EAST BAY OPEN STUDIOS 2010
June 5 – 6 and 12 – 13, 11 – 6 p.m.

During the first two weekends in June, June 5-6 and June 12-13, and throughout the year by appointment, East Bay Open Studios connects the public with over 400 artists in 14 cities in the East Bay, across the Bay Bridge from San Francisco. Since 1979, this event remains the largest art event in the region and draws an annual audience over 50,000.

My studio building, the Kawneer Building (also known as the Sawtooth Building, due to the jagged sawtooth shape of its roof), located in West Berkeley, is a central point in the Open Studios, as there are a number of prominent artists of all genres working there, including visual/fine artists, writers, musicians, composers, filmmakers, sound designers, photographers, web designers, graphic artists, illustrators, theatre artists, dancers, ceramicists, woodworkers, jewelers, and more. There are also a number of interesting, arts-related small businesses and nonprofits headquartered in our historic Berkeley landmark.

The Sawtooth Building web site is still under development, and more tenants will be added soon, including my business and my arts endeavors. In fact, the entire neighborhood of West Berkeley, bordering on Emeryville, is an intriguing one, full of artist studios, cafes, unusual shops, tech and biotech companies, creative businesses, and the historic Fantasy Studios, part of what was formerly known as the Saul Zaentz Film Center, now Zaentz Media Center. It’s also a short drive from West Berkeley to Pixar and other Emeryville landmarks. Following is more information about how you can most effectively plan your tour of East Bay artists’ and craftspersons’ studios.

How to plan your studio tour:

• Pick up a copy of the Directory of East Bay Arts, the event publication that profiles participating artists and includes maps, an East Bay Arts Index of local arts organizations, galleries, venues and artist groups, and the 12 month East Bay Arts Calendar. Directories are available at Pro Arts and are distributed in the East Bay Express, first week in June.
• Go to the Preview Exhibition that showcases artwork from each of the over 400 participating artists. New in 2010, Pro Arts collaborates with the Berkeley Art Center and Richmond Art Center to present the Preview Exhibition across three celebrated art spaces.

Get on the Bus! Ride the Brake for Art Tour: Art Bus Preview, Friday, June 5 departing from Pro Arts.–>

• Pick-up Artists’ invitations and announcements.
• Follow open studio street signs and banners on event days, or take a curator’s tour.
• Log on to the Pro Arts Online Gallery for all your 2010 East Bay Open Studios information, listings, maps and more! Each participating artist has a fully searchable personalized webpage with image gallery.

Directory of East Bay Arts 2009 pt 1 (PDF Download…)

Directory 2009 pt 2 Maps (PDF Download…)

Directory Addendum (PDF Download…)

Critics Picks by Dewitt Chang (PDF Download…)

Critics Picks by Timothy Buckwalter (PDF Download…)

East Bay Open Studios PR (PDF Download…)

This post also appeared on my Creative Sage™ Postimaginarium: Toasty posts from the Left Coast about creative people, ideas, and innovative projects that make the world a better place (Posterous). Visit there for posts about creative people and organizations that I am not necessarily involved with, but support.

If you want to visit me at my studio at another time, please email me at least two weeks in advance to schedule a time. I’m not officially on the Pro Arts studio tour list because I’m not currently selling visual artworks; but I do intermittently open my studio for part of the time during Open Studio weekends to a small number of visitors. For security reasons, visitors to my studio are limited to people I know, or to those who have been pre-screened prior to the visit.

Come learn about the talented artists living in the East Bay! We look forward to seeing you at Open Studios!

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