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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260621T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260621T153000 DTSTAMP:20260617T204333Z CREATED:20260609T155130Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260617T204333Z UID:18184-1782050400-1782055800@redpoppyarthouse.org SUMMARY:ICU (I See You) : A One-Woman Play DESCRIPTION: ICU (I See You) \nA one-woman staged reading inspired by Iran’s “Women\, Life\, Freedom” movement  \nPresented by \nRed Poppy Art House and Golden Thread Productions present a special theatrical reading of ICU (I See You) by Leyla Modirzadeh and Domenique Lozano\, a one-woman play performed by Bridgette Loriaux. \nDates \nFriday\, June 19\n Doors: 7:00 PM | Performance: 7:30–9:00 PM \nSaturday\, June 20\n Doors: 7:00 PM | Performance: 7:30–9:00 PM \nSunday\, June 21\n Doors: 1:30 PM | Performance: 2:00–3:30 PM \nVenue\n Red Poppy Art House\n 2698 Folsom Street\n San Francisco\, CA 94110 \nPlease Note \n\nSeating is limited.\nDoors open 30 minutes before the performance.\nLate seating may not be accommodated.\nPlease allow extra time for parking.\n\nAdvance tickets are available online. You are required to purchase advance tickets for this event.  \n*Due to the theatrical nature of this performance\, the show begins promptly and late seating may not be permitted.\nRSVP on Facebook & buy tickets: \n\nGET TICKETS\n  \n  \nABOUT THE PLAY\nRed Poppy Art House and Golden Thread Productions proudly presents ICU (I See You)\, a one-woman theatrical reading written by Leyla Modirzadeh and Domenique Lozano\, and performed by Bridgette Loriaux. \nInspired by Iran’s 2022–2023 “Women\, Life\, Freedom” movement\, ICU illuminates the events and human experiences of the uprising through the intersecting lives of five Iranian women. \nThe movement began after the death of Mahsa Amini while in the custody of Iran’s morality police\, sparking nationwide protests led by women and girls demanding dignity\, freedom\, and basic human rights. What followed was one of the most significant protest movements in modern Iranian history and a brutal crackdown by the regime. \nICU is a full-length play currently in development as part of Golden Thread’s New Threads Staged Reading Series. New Threads is Golden Thread’s annual staged reading series that engages its audience in the process of playmaking and allows writers of Middle Eastern and non-Middle Eastern descent an authentic and supportive space to develop work about the Middle East.  \nBecause the events that inspired the work continue to resonate so deeply\, the artists wanted to share the story with audiences now rather than wait for the play’s final production. Portions of the performance will be presented with scripts in hand as part of the play’s ongoing development process. \nThe title ICU operates on several levels. It references the intensive care units where injured protesters sought treatment. It declares “I see you”—the fundamental demand to be witnessed\, recognized\, and remembered. It also evokes the eye itself and the power of sight\, which became a powerful symbol throughout the movement. \nThe play begins on a hopeful morning in the midst of the Women\, Life\, Freedom protests. From there\, it follows the aftermath of a single day and night\, tracing the lives of women whose futures are forever altered by the choices they make and the events they endure. \nThrough humor\, resilience\, grief\, friendship\, and extraordinary courage\, ICU explores what it costs to demand your humanity—and what it takes to keep fighting for it. With some laughs.  \nWritten by: Leyla Modirzadeh & Domenique Lozano\nPerformed by: Bridgette Loriaux \nPresented by Red Poppy Art House and Golden Thread Productions. \nAbout Golden Thread Productions\nGolden Thread Productions is a San Francisco-based theatre company dedicated to exploring Middle Eastern cultures\, diverse perspectives\, and global immigrant experiences. Founded in 1996\, it is the first American theatre company devoted to the Middle East and its diaspora. Through new play development\, education programs\, and its signature ReOrient Festival\, Golden Thread champions underrepresented voices and creates powerful opportunities for cultural exchange\, dialogue\, and artistic innovation. \nARTISTS\nBridgette Loriaux is an award-winning actor\, writer\, director\, choreographer\, and movement artist known for her highly physical and visually inventive approach to storytelling. Her work includes the off-Broadway dance-theatre piece 2½ Breaths\, award-winning productions for Marin Shakespeare Company\, and movement direction for The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time at San Francisco Playhouse. Internationally\, she has toured throughout Europe\, South America\, and Egypt\, performed at the Beijing Olympic Games\, and continues to develop innovative work as both a theatre artist and movement educator.\n \n  \nDomenique Lozano is a director\, actress\, vocal coach\, and educator based on the West Coast. She has served as a Resident Artist with American Conservatory Theater and an Associate Artist with California Shakespeare Theater. Her directing credits include productions with Marin Shakespeare Company\, ACT\, UC Berkeley\, TheatreFirst\, and Southern Oregon University. As an actor\, she has performed with Cal Shakes\, ACT\, Berkeley Rep\, Oregon Shakespeare Festival\, and numerous regional theatres across the country. \n  \n  \nLeyla Modirzadeh (co-writer) is an Iranian-American artist\, actress\, and director. She has performed in theaters across the country including Cincinnati Playhouse\, A Contemporary Theatre\, The Group Theatre\, Wisdom Bridge Theatre in Chicago\, Speakeasy Stage in Boston\, The Kennedy Center in DC\, La Mama ETC and New York Theatre Workshop in New York. She was seen most recently at Indiana Repertory Theatre as Roya in English. In addition to her professional stage work\, Leyla is known for her collaborations with renowned theatre artist Ping Chong. She has a BA in Humanities from UC Berkeley\, MFA in acting from University of Washington. \n  \n  \n  \n  \n\n\n\n \n \n \n \n \n\n \n \n \n \n \n\n \n \n \n \n \n\n \n \n \n \n \n\n \n\n\n\nICU (I See You) : A One-Woman Play URL:https://redpoppyarthouse.org/event/icu-i-see-you-june-21/ LOCATION:Red Poppy Art House\, 2698 Folsom St.\, San Francisco\, CA\, 94110\, United States CATEGORIES:Artist Receptions,Artist Salons,Events,Exhibitions and Receptions,June,Performing Arts ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://redpoppyarthouse.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/Poster.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260620T193000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260620T210000 DTSTAMP:20260617T171932Z CREATED:20260609T152542Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260617T171932Z UID:18170-1781983800-1781989200@redpoppyarthouse.org SUMMARY:ICU (I See You) : A One-Woman Play DESCRIPTION: ICU (I See You) \nA one-woman staged reading inspired by Iran’s “Women\, Life\, Freedom” movement  \nPresented by \nRed Poppy Art House and Golden Thread Productions present a special theatrical reading of ICU (I See You) by Leyla Modirzadeh and Domenique Lozano\, a one-woman play performed by Bridgette Loriaux. \nPresented by heading aside — paste continues below.\nDates \nFriday\, June 19\n Doors: 7:00 PM | Performance: 7:30–9:00 PM \nSaturday\, June 20\n Doors: 7:00 PM | Performance: 7:30–9:00 PM \nSunday\, June 21\n Doors: 1:30 PM | Performance: 2:00–3:30 PM \nVenue\n Red Poppy Art House\n 2698 Folsom Street\n San Francisco\, CA 94110 \nPlease Note \n\nSeating is limited.\nDoors open 30 minutes before the performance.\nLate seating may not be accommodated.\nPlease allow extra time for parking.\n\nAdvance tickets are available online. You are required to purchase advance tickets for this event.  \n*Due to the theatrical nature of this performance\, the show begins promptly and late seating may not be permitted.\nRSVP on Facebook & buy tickets: \n\n\nGET TICKETS\n  \n  \nABOUT THE PLAY\nRed Poppy Art House and Golden Thread Productions proudly presents ICU (I See You)\, a one-woman theatrical reading written by Leyla Modirzadeh and Domenique Lozano\, and performed by Bridgette Loriaux. \nInspired by Iran’s 2022–2023 “Women\, Life\, Freedom” movement\, ICU illuminates the events and human experiences of the uprising through the intersecting lives of five Iranian women. \nThe movement began after the death of Mahsa Amini while in the custody of Iran’s morality police\, sparking nationwide protests led by women and girls demanding dignity\, freedom\, and basic human rights. What followed was one of the most significant protest movements in modern Iranian history and a brutal crackdown by the regime. \nICU is a full-length play currently in development as part of Golden Thread’s New Threads Staged Reading Series. New Threads is Golden Thread’s annual staged reading series that engages its audience in the process of playmaking and allows writers of Middle Eastern and non-Middle Eastern descent an authentic and supportive space to develop work about the Middle East.  \nBecause the events that inspired the work continue to resonate so deeply\, the artists wanted to share the story with audiences now rather than wait for the play’s final production. Portions of the performance will be presented with scripts in hand as part of the play’s ongoing development process. \nThe title ICU operates on several levels. It references the intensive care units where injured protesters sought treatment. It declares “I see you”—the fundamental demand to be witnessed\, recognized\, and remembered. It also evokes the eye itself and the power of sight\, which became a powerful symbol throughout the movement. \nThe play begins on a hopeful morning in the midst of the Women\, Life\, Freedom protests. From there\, it follows the aftermath of a single day and night\, tracing the lives of women whose futures are forever altered by the choices they make and the events they endure. \nThrough humor\, resilience\, grief\, friendship\, and extraordinary courage\, ICU explores what it costs to demand your humanity—and what it takes to keep fighting for it. With some laughs.  \nWritten by: Leyla Modirzadeh & Domenique Lozano\nPerformed by: Bridgette Loriaux \nPresented by Red Poppy Art House and Golden Thread Productions. \nAbout Golden Thread Productions\nGolden Thread Productions is a San Francisco-based theatre company dedicated to exploring Middle Eastern cultures\, diverse perspectives\, and global immigrant experiences. Founded in 1996\, it is the first American theatre company devoted to the Middle East and its diaspora. Through new play development\, education programs\, and its signature ReOrient Festival\, Golden Thread champions underrepresented voices and creates powerful opportunities for cultural exchange\, dialogue\, and artistic innovation. \nARTISTS\nBridgette Loriaux is an award-winning actor\, writer\, director\, choreographer\, and movement artist known for her highly physical and visually inventive approach to storytelling. Her work includes the off-Broadway dance-theatre piece 2½ Breaths\, award-winning productions for Marin Shakespeare Company\, and movement direction for The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time at San Francisco Playhouse. Internationally\, she has toured throughout Europe\, South America\, and Egypt\, performed at the Beijing Olympic Games\, and continues to develop innovative work as both a theatre artist and movement educator.\n \n  \nDomenique Lozano is a director\, actress\, vocal coach\, and educator based on the West Coast. She has served as a Resident Artist with American Conservatory Theater and an Associate Artist with California Shakespeare Theater. Her directing credits include productions with Marin Shakespeare Company\, ACT\, UC Berkeley\, TheatreFirst\, and Southern Oregon University. As an actor\, she has performed with Cal Shakes\, ACT\, Berkeley Rep\, Oregon Shakespeare Festival\, and numerous regional theatres across the country. \n  \n  \nLeyla Modirzadeh (co-writer) is an Iranian-American artist\, actress\, and director. She has performed in theaters across the country including Cincinnati Playhouse\, A Contemporary Theatre\, The Group Theatre\, Wisdom Bridge Theatre in Chicago\, Speakeasy Stage in Boston\, The Kennedy Center in DC\, La Mama ETC and New York Theatre Workshop in New York. She was seen most recently at Indiana Repertory Theatre as Roya in English. In addition to her professional stage work\, Leyla is known for her collaborations with renowned theatre artist Ping Chong. She has a BA in Humanities from UC Berkeley\, MFA in acting from University of Washington. \n  \n  \n  \n  \n\n\n\n \n \n \n \n \n\n \n \n \n \n \n\n \n \n \n \n \n\n \n \n \n \n \n\n \n\n \n \n [Show thumbnails] URL:https://redpoppyarthouse.org/event/icu-i-see-you-june-20/ LOCATION:Red Poppy Art House\, 2698 Folsom St.\, San Francisco\, CA\, 94110\, United States CATEGORIES:Artist Salons,Exhibitions and Receptions,June,Performing Arts ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://redpoppyarthouse.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/Poster.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260419T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260419T200000 DTSTAMP:20260410T222539Z CREATED:20260409T054626Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260410T222539Z UID:17935-1776621600-1776628800@redpoppyarthouse.org SUMMARY:Season for Iran: Exhibition Opening of BĀZ-TĀB (Reflection) DESCRIPTION:RSVP to the Facebook event:\n \n  \n  \n\nBĀZ-TĀB\nAs part of A Season for Iran\, we are honored to present BĀZ-TĀB—meaning reflection—an immersive performance and installation rooted in the architectural memory of Iran. Through large scale charcoal hand-drawing\, paper sculpture\, sound\, and spatial performance\, the work reconstructs the dreamlike fragments of places remembered: courtyards\, domes\, wind towers\, and the intimate interiors of Iranian homes. Centered around the symbolic courtyard and howz (pool)\, the audience is invited to gather inside a living memory-space shaped by longing\, displacement\, and return. BĀZ-TĀB becomes not only an artwork\, but a collective act of remembering the spaces\, sounds\, and emotions that continue to live within us across distance. Throughout the evening\, Sima and Nima will serenade us with songs that echo the tenderness\, longing\, and resilience carried through the spaces of memory. \nSunday\, April 19th\, 6pm – 8pm\nRed Poppy Art House\n2698 Folsom Street\, San Francisco \nRSVP\, Donation encouraged \n\nABOUT THE ARTIST\nSima Shahverdi is an Iranian architect and vocalist based in Brooklyn. She holds a B.Arch from the Art University of Tehran\, an M.Arch I from the University of Tehran\, and an M.Arch II from UCLA’s Suprastudio program under Greg Lynn\, where she collaborated with Boeing\, Bot & Dolly\, UCLA’s IDEAS Robotics Lab\, and Cirque du Soleil. Her professional work spans architectural design\, fabrication\, and process development at offices including AI SpaceFactory\, Why Architecture\, Kevin Daly Architects\, and Kreysler & Associates. \nAlongside her architectural practice\, Sima is a self-taught vocalist and co-founder of Koubeh\, a Brooklyn-based band drawing from Iranian folk traditions while developing original work. Koubeh’s single “Kook” became a breakout release\, and the band has performed across the U.S. at venues including Nublu 151 and Nublu Classic in New York City\, completing a sold-out West Coast run in San Francisco\, Los Angeles\, and Scottsdale. Her current work brings these two practices together – architecture and music – into an integrated\, multidisciplinary performance rooted in Iranian cultural memory. \nGuest artist: Nima Farzaneh \n \nNima is an architectural designer and researcher in the musical and architectural acoustics domain\, working toward a Ph.D. at the Center for Computer Research in Music and Acoustics at Stanford University. He holds a bachelor’s degree in architecture and M.S. in landscape architecture from Iran. In 2010 he moved to the U.S. and studied at Pratt Institute’s post-professional architecture M.S. program focused on computation and design. After practicing architecture in New York City from 2011 to 2019\, he went to RPI (Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute) to specialize in architectural acoustics. His research interest is primarily the study of acoustics in Iran’s historical architectural spaces and its correlation with the region’s aural traditions\, rituals\, and music. Having an interest in working with new media\, he incorporates technologies such as virtual acoustics\, VR\, and immersive experience for recreating architectural spaces and space-based musical experiences. \nVisual Art Exhibition: BĀZ-TĀB\nBĀZ-TĀB (meaning reflection) is a body of work rooted in the architectural memory of Iran. Each piece begins as a large-scale hand drawing of a specific Iranian site – a courtyard\, a dome\, an arched passage – built up gradually in charcoal\, documented frame by frame\, and brought to life as an animated drawing. Three-dimensional paper sculptures grow out of the drawings\, collapsing the boundary between image and object. Sound mirrors the spatial and emotional quality of each place. Together\, the drawing\, moving image\, and sound aim to recreate something closer to how we actually remember a place: not as a photograph\, but as a dream – fragmentary\, layered\, and alive. \nThe performance proposed for Red Poppy takes this further. Two parallel walls become the interior faces of an Iranian house – one the tabestān-neshin\, the summer room\, one the zemestān-neshin\, the winter room. The audience sits at the center\, where the courtyard would be. We are Iranians\, scattered across cities\, each carrying the last memories of a place we can no longer easily return to. My memories are the architectural spaces I walked through as a student – the hum of people under a dome\, a voice carrying across a courtyard\, the cool of wind descending through a badgir. In this performance\, we gather at the howz. We sit by the water. We look up at the sky. We let ourselves miss Iran – together\, out loud\, held by sound and image and each other. \nThis is not documentation. It is not nostalgia. It is the act of remembering as a collective\, bodily\, present-tense experience. We become part of the house. The house becomes part of us. \n\n\n\n \n \n \n \n \n\n \n \n \n \n \n\n \n \n \n \n \n\n \n \n \n \n \n\n \n \n \n \n \n\n \n\n \n \n [Show thumbnails]\n \n\n\nEVENT DETAILS\nSunday\, April 19\, 2026\nTime: 6pm – 8pm  \nAdmission: FREE\, Donation encouraged \nRSVP to the Facebook event:\n \n  \n  \nVolunteer for this event! URL:https://redpoppyarthouse.org/event/season-for-iran/ LOCATION:Red Poppy Art House\, 2698 Folsom St.\, San Francisco\, CA\, 94110\, United States CATEGORIES:April,Events,Exhibitions and Receptions ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://redpoppyarthouse.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/Sima-Apeil-2026-1-scaled.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250118T183000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250118T210000 DTSTAMP:20250114T112612Z CREATED:20250113T183502Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250114T112612Z UID:16607-1737225000-1737234000@redpoppyarthouse.org SUMMARY:Party of Hearts: Exhibition Closing Reception DESCRIPTION:Party of Hearts\nExhibition Closing Reception: CORAZONES / HEARTS by Adrian Arias\nTHIS IS A FREE EVENT\n(Donation is encouraged) \nParty of Hearts is a time to gather as a community and reflect on the power of art as a means of change in our society\, in these difficult times of political transition. A renewed collection of CORAZONES / HEARTS by Adrian Arias\, some of these works have been exhibited at the California Museum in Sacramento. \nSaturday\, January 18th\, 2024\nTime: 6:30 PM – 9:00 PM \n  \nCORAZONES / HEARTS by Adrian Arias\n  \n \nThis exhibition by Adrian Arias explores the symbolic meaning and form of the Heart\, navigating themes of passion and heartbreak\, both socially and personally. The heart is depicted as a dream\, a labyrinth\, and a space for connection and separation\, delving into the pain and hope tied to the organ that continuously beats like music within us. \nABOUT THE ARTIST\n \nAdrian Arias (American born in Mochica Land in Peru)\nCurator/Live Painting/visual poetry \nAdrian Arias is an international multidisciplinary artist working at the intersection of visual arts\, poetry\, performance\, and social justice. A descendant of the Mochica culture of ancient Peru\, he embraces his culture’s use of dreams as a transformative catalyst between reality and imagination. Arias has created large-scale murals for public and private businesses such as Google and a three-story mural at the corner of Turk and Hyde in San Francisco\, commissioned by the Luggage Store. He has recently created murals for Magic Theater\, Freight & Salvage and Red Poppy Art House. Is the co-founder of Mission Arts Performance Project MAPP.  \n  \nEVENT DETAILS\nSaturday\, January 18th\, 2024\nTime: 6:30 PM – 9:00 PM \nNote: Seating is first come\, first served. \nRSVP to the Facebook event:\n \n \n  \nVolunteer for this event! URL:https://redpoppyarthouse.org/event/party-of-hearts-exhibition-closing-reception/ LOCATION:Red Poppy Art House\, 2698 Folsom St.\, San Francisco\, CA\, 94110\, United States CATEGORIES:Events,Exhibitions and Receptions,January ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://redpoppyarthouse.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/RPAH-EVENTS-horizontal-collages-2.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20241003T183000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20241003T210000 DTSTAMP:20240926T070050Z CREATED:20240924T183606Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240926T070050Z UID:15677-1727980200-1727989200@redpoppyarthouse.org SUMMARY:Opening of Exhibition: Corazones / Hearts by Adrian Arias DESCRIPTION:CORAZONES/Hearts\nby Adrian Arias\nTHIS IS A FREE EVENT\n(Donation is encouraged) \nJoin us in celebrating the opening of “CORAZONES/Hearts” by Adrian Arias and music by Lalin St Juste. \nThursday\, October 3rd\, 2024\nTime: 6:30 pm \nABOUT THE PROGRAM\nRed Poppy Art House\n2698 Folsom @23rd \n\n6:30 pm – Opening \n7:00 pm – Ceviche by Adrian Arias\n7:30 pm – Music by Lalin St Juste\n8:00 pm – Adrian’s performance and audience participation\n\nOpening of Exhibition: Corazones / Hearts by Adrian Arias\n \nThis exhibition by Adrian Arias explores the symbolic meaning and form of the Heart\, navigating themes of passion and heartbreak\, both socially and personally. The heart is depicted as a dream\, a labyrinth\, and a space for connection and separation\, delving into the pain and hope tied to the organ that continuously beats like music within us. \nAs part of his emotional exploration of the heart\, Adrian will prepare ceviche\, a dish tied to his childhood and now a signature performance in his art. Additionally\, we’ll feature music by Lalin St. Juste\, a Haitian-American singer\, songwriter\, and producer whose work delves into themes of identity\, cultural heritage\, and the transformative power of rewriting stories. \nABOUT THE ARTISTS\n \nAdrian Arias (American born in Mochica Land in Peru)\nCurator/Live Painting/visual poetry \nAdrian Arias is an international multidisciplinary artist working at the intersection of visual arts\, poetry\, performance\, and social justice. A descendant of the Mochica culture of ancient Peru\, he embraces his culture’s use of dreams as a transformative catalyst between reality and imagination. Arias has created large-scale murals for public and private businesses such as Google and a three-story mural at the corner of Turk and Hyde in San Francisco\, commissioned by the Luggage Store. He has recently created murals for Magic Theater\, Freight & Salvage and Red Poppy Art House. Is the co-founder of Mission Arts Performance Project MAPP.  \n  \n\nLalin St Juste\nHealing music \nLalin St Juste has been a staple in the Bay Area music scene for a decade with her genre-bending band The Seshen. In 2021 Lalin officially launched her solo career with the release of her debut EP entitled ‘behind my eyes’ via 7000COILS\, a label and art house she co-founded with Dan X (KKINGBOO) that is committed to elevating the queer voices of the African and Caribbean diaspora through the creation of digital and live portals and sacred play through a wellness lens. \nLalin returns in 2022 with the first of a two-part EP series\, the first entitled Vertulie; a powerful homage to her ancestors and Haitian spirituality. Thanks to funding from the Gerbode Foundation\, Lalin St Juste collaborated with Women’s Audio Mission\, an organization established to support women and nonbinary creatives in the music industry\, to record\, engineer\, mix and master Vertulie. \nNamed after Lalin’s maternal grandmother\, Vertulie is both a love letter and sonic healing balm. The EP starts with Psalms 91\, a prayer about protection recited in French by Lalin’s devout Christian mother\, Louise St Juste. It is then followed by a swell of Haitian drums and a Vodou song dedicated to the lwa of initiation – Ayizan Vele Kete. In creating this juxtaposition\, Lalin is healing the ways in which white supremacist religion has impacted her family; the blatant denouncement of Vodou for the sake of Christianity and the internalized assimilation and xenophobia around the Haitian language. The EP then moves to Roll Call\, a calling forth of the ancestors on Lalin’s maternal side\, the first being Dame Vertulie Valbrun\, Lalin’s maternal grandmother. Wild Winds speaks to ancestral guidance and the inherent trust on the path of what is unknown \n  \nEVENT DETAILS\nThursday\, October 3rd\, 2024\nTime: 6:30 pm \nNote: Seating is first come\, first served. \nRSVP to the Facebook event:\n \n \n  \nVolunteer for this event! \n\n \n  URL:https://redpoppyarthouse.org/event/opening-of-exhibition-corazones-hearts-by-adrian-arias/ LOCATION:Red Poppy Art House\, 2698 Folsom St.\, San Francisco\, CA\, 94110\, United States CATEGORIES:Events,Exhibitions and Receptions ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://redpoppyarthouse.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/RPAH-EVENTS-horizontal-collages-2.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240310T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240310T160000 DTSTAMP:20240306T061819Z CREATED:20240306T061130Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240306T061819Z UID:15040-1710079200-1710086400@redpoppyarthouse.org SUMMARY:Mark Coggins in Conversation with Randal Brandt: Geisha Confidential DESCRIPTION:Advance tickets are available online. It is advised to purchase advance tickets for this event. If tickets sell out online\, tickets will not be available at the door. \n\n\n\n\nMark Coggins in Conversation with Randal Brandt: Geisha Confidential\nJoin us for an intimate Q&A event with award-winning author Mark Coggins\, in conversation with Randal Brandt\, discussing ‘Geisha Confidential\,’ a Tokyo Crime Fiction novel.\nMark Coggins is the Choctaw and American author of the August Riordan series. His work has been nominated for the Shamus and Barry crime fiction awards and selected for best-of-the-year lists compiled by the San Francisco Chronicle\, the Detroit Free Press\, and Amazon.com\, among others. \nFeaturing: \nMark Coggins – Author \nChoctaw and American author of a series of novels featuring private eye protagonist August Riordan. \nRandal Brandt – Interviewer \nRandal Brandt is a librarian at the University of California\, Berkeley\, where he catalogs rare books and is the curator of the Bancroft Library’s California Detective Fiction Collection. \n\n\n\nSunday\, March 10th\, 2024\nTime: 2:00 pm – 4:00 pm \nAdmission: FREE \n\n\n\n\nABOUT THE AUTHOR: \n\nMark Coggins \nBorn in the Four Corners region of New Mexico\, Mark Coggins is an enrolled member of the Choctaw Nation. He earned two degrees and a Phi Beta Kappa Key from Stanford University and has worked for a number of Silicon Valley computer and venture capital firms\, including Netscape Communications and Hewlett Packard Company. \nWhile at Stanford\, he studied literature and creative writing with Tobias Wolff\, N. Scott Momaday and Ron Hansen and wrote the first story featuring his series character August Riordan in a class taught by Hansen. This story\, “There’s No Such Thing as Private Eyes\,” was later published in The New Black Mask\, vol. 4\, Harcourt\, Brace Jovanovich. \nHis books have been nominated for the Shamus and the Barry crime fiction awards and have been selected for best of the year lists compiled by the San Francisco Chronicle\, the Detroit Free Press and Amazon.com\, among others. \nRunoff and The Big Wake-Up won the Next Generation Indie Book Award and the Independent Publisher Book Award (IPPY) respectively\, both in the crime fiction category. The Immortal Game was optioned for a film. \nCoggins has published short fiction in Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine and the anthology Masters of Technique\, as well as nonfiction in View Camera and Distributed Object Computing magazines. \nHe is also a photographer. He works with a range of subjects\, but focuses on candid\, black and white images taken in public—aka “street photography.” He has won numerous awards and competitions\, including being shortlisted in the 2023 Photo Review Competition\, receiving an award of excellence by the All-Japan Association of Photographic Societies and winning first place in the 2023 Ribbet Emerging Photographer Competition. \nHis work has been exhibited in galleries and museums across the United States and Europe and has been featured in a variety of on-line and print publications\, including cover images for both fiction and nonfiction books. His own photography monograph\, Street Stories\, was published by Poltroon Press in 2021. \nRandal S. Brandt \nHe is Head of Cataloging at The Bancroft Library\, University of California\, Berkeley. Prior to joining Bancroft in 2001\, he held a variety of special collections cataloging positions on the Berkeley campus: Water Resources Center Archives (1994-2001); California Indian Library Collections\, Hearst Museum of Anthropology (1992-1994); and\, the California Maps Project (1991-1992). \nHe has been an active member of the Rare Books and Manuscripts Section of the Association of College & Research Libraries since 2003\, serving as Chair of the Bibliographic Standards Committee (2007-2009). He also served as one of the editors of Descriptive Cataloging of Rare Materials (Serials)\, published by the Library of Congress in 2008\, and Descriptive Cataloging of Rare Materials (Cartographic)\, published by the Rare Books and Manuscripts Section in 2016. \nRandal Brandt received a B.A. in English (1987) from California State University\, Fresno and a M.L.I.S. (1990) from the University of California\, Berkeley. \n\n\n\nHome \n \nRandal S. Brandt \n \n\n\n\n \n \nEVENT DETAILS\nSunday\, March 10th\, 2024\nTime: 2:00 pm – 4:00 pm \nAdmission: FREE \nNote: A limited quantity of additional tickets will be available for purchase at the door unless otherwise noted on the Facebook event page that the show is SOLD OUT. \nReserve your advance ticket for this event \nNote: Acquiring an advance ticket guarantees admission but does not guarantee a seat. Seating is first come\, first served. \nRSVP to the Facebook event:\n \n \n  \nVolunteer for this event! URL:https://redpoppyarthouse.org/event/mark-coggins-in-conversation-with-randal-brandt-geisha-confidential/ LOCATION:Red Poppy Art House\, 2698 Folsom St.\, San Francisco\, CA\, 94110\, United States CATEGORIES:All,Events,Exhibitions and Receptions,March ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://redpoppyarthouse.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/https___cdn.evbuc_.com_images_703206969_232479659298_1_original.jpeg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20231007T163000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20231007T180000 DTSTAMP:20230928T162911Z CREATED:20230928T162723Z LAST-MODIFIED:20230928T162911Z UID:14698-1696696200-1696701600@redpoppyarthouse.org SUMMARY:Mural Opening Reception DESCRIPTION:“Indigenous Woman Is Not Invisible”\nby Peruvian-born Artist\, Adrián Arias\nTHIS IS A FREE EVENT\n(Donation is encouraged) \nJoin us in celebrating the new mural on the RPAH’s exterior wall at 23rd & Folsom\,\nWith a land acknowledgment\, introductions\, poetry readings\, and light refreshments. The introduction will be made by Reneé Baldocchi\, an arts advocate and long-time supporter of the Red Poppy Art House. \nThis event is a part of MAPP (Mission Art Performance Project) \nThis celebratory MAPP event is curated by Adrian Arias. \nSaturday\, October 7th\, 2023\nTime: 4:30 pm – 6:00 pm \nABOUT THE PROGRAM\nMural Presentation 4:30 p.m. to 6:00 p.m. \n5:00 p.m. – Welcome and Introduction by Renee Baldocchi & Adrian Arias\n5:15 p.m. – Poetry by Kim Shuck\n5:30 p.m. – Live music performed by violinist Charith Premawardhana of Classical Revolution \n6:00 p.m. to 6:45 p.m. – INTERMISSION \nMAPP: 7:00 p.m. to 10:00 p.m.\nMission Art Performance Project\nWe’ll continue the celebration inside and outside of Red Poppy with performances including: \n7:03 p.m. – 7:07 p.m. – Welcome by Adrian Arias\n7:07 p.m. – 7:47 p.m. – Classical Revolution Piano Quartet\n7:50 p.m. – 8:30 p.m. – Monica Maria & Jackie Rago\n8:40 p.m. – 9:05 p.m. – Poetry and Tarot reading by Jenna & Adrian\n9:10 p.m. – 9:50 p.m. – Esoterica Tropical \nINDIGENOUS WOMAN IS NOT INVISIBLE | A Mural by Adrián Arias\n \nMural Statement: \nEnglish: The image of this indigenous woman is based on four native women from the territory that we now call America. It represents a woman of Mochica ancestry in Peru\, (my culture\,) mixed with a Nukak Woman native to the Colombian Amazon\, an Ohlone woman\, and a Yuma and Pápago woman from the border area between what we now call Arizona and Mexico. \nSpanish: La imagen de esta mujer indígena está basada en cuatro mujeres nativas del territorio que hoy llamamos América. Mujeres de ascendencia Mochica en Perú\, mi cultura\, mezcladas con una Mujer Nukak originaria de la Amazonia colombiana\, una mujer Ohlone y una Mujer Yuma y Pápago de la zona fronteriza entre lo que hoy llamamos Arizona y México. \nMural Assistant: Lindsey Crawford \nABOUT THE MURALIST\n \nAdrian Arias is an international multidisciplinary artist working at the intersection of visual arts\, poetry\, performance\, and social justice. A descendant of the Mochica culture of ancient Peru\, he embraces his culture’s use of dreams as a transformative catalyst between reality and imagination. This ancestral knowledge is used to connect artists and communities in collaborations that speak to equality\, liberation\, peace\, and beauty. He believes that creation goes beyond the result: that the fantastic is always written in the creative act.\nArias has created large-scale murals for public and private businesses such as Google and a three-story mural at the corner of Turk and Hyde in San Francisco\, commissioned by the Luggage Store. He has recently created murals for Magic Theater & Freight & Salvage. As co-founder of Mission Arts Performance Project MAPP\, he conceptualizes and creates multi-sensory art experiences such as VideoFest\, Luna Negra\, and the ILLUSION show. His most ambitious project to date is Tarot in Pandemic & Revolution\, a multifaceted collaboration conceived and orchestrated by Arias where he engaged sixty-two visual artists and poets in the creation of a community tarot deck that speaks to historic events that transpired over the pandemic. Published by Nomadic Press and released at CAST in San Francisco where Arias serves as the inaugural artist-in-residence. \nhttp://redpoppyarthouse.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/InShot_20230927_192305140.mp4\n  \nKPOO INTERVIEW | October 5\, 2023 at 7:15 p.m\n \nWe invite you to join KPOO radio host Chelis Lopez (89.5 FM) who will interview Adrián about the “The Indigenous Woman Is Not Invisible” mural on October 5\, 2023\, at 7:15 p.m. Chelis is a long-time supporter of Red Poppy and we appreciate her dedicated work in the community of bringing social justice news and art to the people. \nMAPP (Mission Arts & Performance Project)\nLaunched in 2003\, the Mission Arts & Performance Project (MAPP) is a homegrown bi-monthly\, multidisciplinary\, intercultural event that takes place in the Mission District of San Francisco. On the first Saturday of every even month of the year\, the MAPP transforms ordinary spaces\, such as private garages\, gardens\, living rooms\, studios\, street corners\, and small businesses into pop-up performance and exhibition sites for a day/night of intimate-scale artistic and cultural exchange among a kaleidoscope of individuals and communities.  Due to COVID-19\, we had temporarily changed this dynamic program from an onsite to an online series. Thanks to the mastery and innovation of the presenting artists and curatorial vision we were pleased that the kaleidoscope of cultural exchange continued to be an incredibly enriching experience for the presenter and the viewer. We are glad that the days that we can safely present at our neighborhood venue have finally arrived and we are grateful for everyone’s ingenuity in making the online presentations meaningful and unique experiences.   \nThis program is funded by the California Arts Council Impact Project Grant. \nWe will continue our work in presenting unique artistry to the communities that we serve. \n RED POPPY MAPP TEAM: \nCurator | Artistic Director | Managing Director: Dina Zarif  \nPR and Digital Marketing: Jennie D. Legary \n  \nEVENT DETAILS\nSaturday\, October 7th\, 2023\nTime: 4:30 pm – 6:00 pm \nNote: Seating is first come\, first served. \nRSVP to the Facebook event:\n \n \n  \nVolunteer for this event! URL:https://redpoppyarthouse.org/event/mural-opening-reception/ LOCATION:Red Poppy Art House\, 2698 Folsom St.\, San Francisco\, CA\, 94110\, United States CATEGORIES:Events,Exhibitions and Receptions,MAPP ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://redpoppyarthouse.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/IMG_4571-2EDIT.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20230805T183000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20230805T220000 DTSTAMP:20230804T071750Z CREATED:20230803T041013Z LAST-MODIFIED:20230804T071750Z UID:14585-1691260200-1691272800@redpoppyarthouse.org SUMMARY:August 5th MAPP DESCRIPTION:Saturday\, August 5th\, 2023 \nAugust 5th MAPP\nThe Summer of Solidarity\nRe-building our Joy together \nMAPP – August 5th @ 6:30 pm – 10:00 pm | FREE! \n \n  \n  \nPlease join us this Saturday at 6:30 pm for a FREE evening of music\, dance\, and visual art\, curated by Indira Urrutia\, Chilean-born interdisciplinary artist\, educator\, community organizer\, curator\, and co-founder of several arts education initiatives. \nRPAH PROGRAM AUGUST 5TH | MINI-ILLUSION\n\n\n\n\n SATURDAY  AUGUST\, 5TH\, 2023 \n(IN PERSON) \n\n\n\n\nArtwork by Marc Hors\n(Photography): “Nazavzhdy” Para Siempre / Forever by Marc Hors \nInstallation “Soul Tears”\nby Indira Urrutia \n\n\n\nTime\nPerformance Description\nArtists\n\n\n6:30 pm – 7:00 pm              \nArt Exhibition \nOpen for viewing\n\n\n7:00 pm– 7:30 pm\nArtist presentation Installation & Photography                            \nIndira Urrutia & Marc Hors\n\n\n7:40 pm – 8:20 pm\nDuo Guitar and Cajon\nRafa Sarria Bustamante (la Gente) and Javier Navarrette\n\n\n8:30 pm – 8:40 pm\nSolo dance performance\nMy-Linh Le\n\n\n9 pm – 10 pm\nReggae and World music\nSol Tevél\n\n\n\nMAPP (Mission Arts & Performance Project)\nLaunched in 2003\, the Mission Arts & Performance Project (MAPP) is a homegrown bi-monthly\, multidisciplinary\, intercultural event that takes place in the Mission District of San Francisco. On the first Saturday of every even month of the year\, the MAPP transforms ordinary spaces\, such as private garages\, gardens\, living rooms\, studios\, street corners\, and small businesses into pop-up performance and exhibition sites for a day/night of intimate-scale artistic and cultural exchange among a kaleidoscope of individuals and communities.  Due to COVID-19 we have temporarily changed this dynamic program from an onsite to an online series. Thanks to the mastery and innovation of the presenting artists and curatorial vision we are pleased that the kaleidoscope of cultural exchange continues to be an incredibly enriching experience for the presenter and the viewer. We look forward to the days that we can safely present at our neighborhood venue and we are grateful for everyone’s ingenuity in making the online presentations meaningful and unique experiences.   \nThis program is funded by California Arts Council Impact Project Grant and Hardly Strictly Bluegrass Relief Fund and SF Art Reopening Fund.  \nWe will continue our work in presenting unique artistry to the communities that we serve. \n RED POPPY MAPP TEAM: \nCurator | Artistic Director | Managing director: Dina Zarif  \nPR and Digital Marketing: Jennie D. Legary \n“SOUL TEARS” INSTALLATION | INDIRA URRUTIA\n \nIndira Urrutia\nInstallation “Soul Tears” \nIndira Urrutia is a Chilean-born interdisciplinary artist of international projection with a very personal style defined by organic elements combined in a perfect harmony that prints beautiful emotions in her work\, allowing the audience to experience different sensations and movements while watching. \nThe Pandemia has kept her stock in Barcelona for three years\, where her work inhabits time\, silence\, and memory\, where weaving interacts to create a surface\, skin\, and little by little\, a presence manifest. \nWeaving is an organic and metaphorical expression and a meditation on the nature of life. We are all bound together\, interwoven and interconnected\, in ways that we overlook in our modern lives. \nHer work has been exhibited internationally in group and individual presentations\, including The de Young Museum\, Root Division\, Mission Cultural Center\, San Francisco Symphony\, San Francisco USA; National Council of Culture and the Arts\, Pablo Neruda House Museum\, Chile; Invited to the VII Biennial of Art and Design\, Valencia\, Spain\, Real Cercle Artistic de Barcelona\, El Borsí\, Barcelona\, Spain\, Fontecchio International Airport Gallery\, Italy. \nABOUT THE ARTISTS\n \nPHOTOGRAPHY\nMarc Hors\n“Nazavzhdy” Para Siempre / Forever \n \nThe escalation of the international armed conflict in Ukraine has caused civilian casualties and destruction of civilian infrastructure\, forcing people to flee their homes seeking safety\, protection\, and assistance. Millions of refugees from Ukraine have crossed borders into neighboring countries\, and many more have been forced to move inside the country.\n“The situation is disconcerting\, this is what several Ukrainian women I talk to are telling me. They agree in shrinking the importance of material belongings\, including the roof under which they raised the children who accompany them\, and which\, as they can learn from the news\, has now turned into ruins. The real heartbreaker has been to leave their husbands fighting with rudimentary resources against a Goliath armed outright. The two typical words in any farewell “see you soon” have been replaced by “love you forever”. The chances of surviving are swinging at the rhythm of the bombs and the decisions taken by political leaders coerced by economic interests.”\nThis series of photographs were taken at the Polish border of Medyka and the town of Przemyšl during the month of March 2022. Photographs that bring us closer to a reality that\, however distant it may seem to us geographically\, puts into perspective the fragility of the social fabric that led us to develop as a civilized species. \nFormat: Fine art prints on cotton paper Size: 13 x 19” – 17 x 22” \n  \nPERFORMANCES\nMy-Linh Le\nSolo dance performance \n\nMy-Linh Le is a second-generation Vietnamese American dancer\, award-winning choreographer\, multidisciplinary storyteller\, and former environmental attorney. She is the founding director of Mud Water Theatre\, a street dance performance collective featuring turfers. As a strutter/popper\, she is the first woman to represent Playboyz Inc. since its formation in 1981\, making it one of the Bay Area’s oldest dance crews. She has danced for artists including Sanford Biggers and Grammy-winning Kendrick Lamar.Acoustic Set. \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \nRafa Sarria Bustamante (la Gente) and Javier Navarrette\nGuitar and Cajon Duo \n\n\nJavier Navarrette is a professional percussionist\, musician\, composer\, arranger\, and educator living in Oakland\, California\, specializing in Afro-Caribbean music. Javier’s performance and recording career spans over three decades. He has played and studied with many of the greats in the Afro-Latin music tradition and has recorded on three Grammy-nominated albums with John Santos and the Machete Ensemble/ Folklorico Kindembo. \nRafael Sarria Bustamante is a Colombian-Nicaraguan singer-songwriter\, activist\, band leader of LA GENTE SF\, and voting member of the Recording Academy/Grammy’s. With his group\, he has created his own unique blend of Cumbia\, Reggae\, Salsa\, Champeta\, and Reggaeton. His original composition and live shows fuse together rhythms\, dances and cultural influences from all over Latino America and the Caribbean with a distinct San Francisco flavor\, to create an infectious\, high-energy dance party. From his new home base of Madrid Spain Rafa & LA GENTE SF has just released “Lotus Hotel” their first single and music video from their fifth studio album “Entre 2 Mundos”. The album and series of music videos were recorded and filmed in San Francisco\, Colombia\, Spain\, Mexico\, and Morocco. Produced by Rafael Sarria Bustamante\, Maya Finlay & Jordan Feinstein. He is currently on his 2023 world tour with dates in the US\, Spain\, Mexico & more. \n\nSol Tevél\nReggae and World music \n\n\n\nSan Francisco-based band Sol Tevél\, led by Jerusalem-born artist Lior Ben-Hur\, is redefining Reggae and World music with its uplifting melodies and unique approach. \nLior Ben-Hur & Sol Tevél released an eclectic World music album in 2012\, infusing contemporary interpretations of Jewish texts\, ideals\, and mysticism. The band’s passion for Reggae\, a key inspiration for their creativity is evident in their self-titled 2015 Reggae EP. \nTheir full-length album\, So I Wander\, was released in 2017\, debuting at #14 on Billboard’s Top Reggae Albums chart. This band\, having shared the stage with Roots Reggae legends like Stephen Marley and Black Uhuru\, represents a new generation of World and Reggae music. \n\n\nIN PERSON EVENT DETAILS\nTime: August 5th\, 2023\, 6:30pm- 10pm (IN PERSON) \nAdmission: Free  \n\n \n  \nDONATE URL:https://redpoppyarthouse.org/event/mapp-august-5th/ LOCATION:Red Poppy Art House\, 2698 Folsom St.\, San Francisco\, CA\, 94110\, United States CATEGORIES:August,Events,Exhibitions and Receptions,MAPP,Performing Arts ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://redpoppyarthouse.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/MAPP-August-2023-poster-FB.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20220618T193000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20220618T213000 DTSTAMP:20220613T162942Z CREATED:20220613T062903Z LAST-MODIFIED:20220613T162942Z UID:13889-1655580600-1655587800@redpoppyarthouse.org SUMMARY:Mini-ILLUSION show 10.02 | A white canvas to Paint\, Perform & Dream! DESCRIPTION:Please join us for the second MINI-ILLUSION show curated by Adrian Arias who will take us on a beautiful multi-disciplinary journey with poets\, visual artists\, and musicians\, transforming our Red Poppy Art House from a WHITE CANVAS to a DREAM! \nWe invite the audience to come dressed in BLACK!\nTo preserve the paper on the floor for the artistic process\, we will try to have a “Shoe off” event! Wear your artsy socks!!! \nThe MINI-ILLUSION 10.2 includes music performances by Anais Azul\, and Kenya Moses Trio\, poetry reading by Virginia Barrett\, and Live painting by Ytaelena López and Adrian Arias during songs\, poems and music. \nThis is a part of Adrian Arias’s “3 MINI-ILLUSIONS shows”\, an artist residency at Red Poppy Art House! Other dates: June 4th\, June 18th and October 8th. \n \n  \n  \n  \nOUR COVID PROTOCOLS\n\nWe are requiring proof of full vaccination and a photo ID at the door. \nFace coverings are required inside AT ALL TIMES. \nWe have missed our packed events\, but due to the ongoing COVID-19 Pandemic and with respect to the safety of our staff\, volunteers & artists\, we must operate at a limited capacity.\nWe can only accommodate 25 guests per event. Please purchase your tickets soon.  \nPlease be advised that no concessions will be served during the event.\n\nARTIST STATEMENT | THE ILLUSION PROJECT\n\n \nMy artistic residency as a co-curator for the MAPP series at the Red Poppy Art House is focused on embracing the community in areas of collaboration and participation\, as well as honoring the memory of those who taught us\, inspired us\, paved the way for art\, creativity\, and social justice. \nMy love for the community and the RPAH is based on the connections that are created when the artists\, creators\, and population of the community come together to share a creative moment\, a moment of freedom and inspiration\, that invites us to live better\, to feel better\, inspires us to live without fear and to continue creating and inspiring. \nMini ILLUSION show is a multidisciplinary event which is a space for the participation of artists from a wide range of ethnicities and races in the community for mixing disciplines and combining styles to respond artistically to the theme. \nOver the years\, more than 300 artists participated in the ILLUSION shows during 2003-2017. Six times at the Mission Cultural Center for Latino Arts\, and two times at the de Young Museum and one time at SOMArts. \nILLUSION is an amazing experience\, sharing the art\, the momentum\, the projects and ideas around us\, the creative process of individuals and groups. More information about ILLUSION project can be found here \nThe MINI-ILLUSION events marks the “10th ILLUSION show” after 5 years!  \nThis is a part of my “3 MINI-ILLUSION shows”\, an artist residency at Red Poppy Art House! Other dates: June 4th\, June 18th and October 8th. \n\nABOUT THE CURATOR | RESIDENT ARTIST: ADRIAN ARIAS\n \nAdrian Arias (American born in Mochica Land in Peru) \nIs a visual artist\, poet\, performer\, curator\, activist\, art teacher and cultural promoter\, who brings together multidisciplinary artists to engage in community projects with messages of social justice\, racial equality\, climate change\, peace\, beauty\, health\, and hope in the San Francisco Bay Area. \nArias is one of the founders and creators of MAPP (Mission Arts Performance Project) and creator of festivals in the San Francisco Bay Area such as VideoFest\, Luna Negra\, and ILLUSION shows. \nAdrian uses his dreams as creative initiatives\, which he makes come true in performances and community projects. He has participated in international group exhibitions such as the Venice Biennale\, The Ibero-American Biennial\, The Contemporary Museum of Barcelona\, and art residencies at the de Young Museum\, Benamil Spain\, Google new Mountain View building and at the Red Poppy Art House in San Francisco. \nAdrian has been commissioned to do murals in SF Chinatown and Oakland Lakeshore\, in addition to the Black Lives Matter on the asphalt of the Petaluma Library\, and the giant altar for George Floyd at SOMArts. Recently he has been commissioned by Luggage Store Gallery and Someland Foundation to paint a mural on two three-story buildings in the tenderloin of San Francisco\, exalting art and music as a means of medicine\, and combining his Mochica culture with the Ohlone culture\, which is the territory where currently we are living. More info at http://adrianarias.com/ \nJUNE 18TH | MINI-ILLUSION 10.02\n\n\n\n\n SATURDAY  JUNE 18TH\, 2022 \nMINI-ILLUSION 10.02 \n\n\n\nTime\nPerformance Description\nArtists\n\n\n7:30 pm- 8:15  pm \n(First part)\nAdrian Arias (The curator) presentation \nAnais Azul   \nVirginia Barret  \nLive painting by Ytaelena López” and “Adrian Arias”\nAnais Azul- Vocalist & multi instrumentalist \nVirginia Barret – Poet\, tarot Reader \nYtaelena López- Visual Artist \n\n\n8:15 pm- 8:30 pm \n(Audience participation)\nAudience are welcome to participate\, Paint\, dance and dream  \nAll the audience in BLACK!\n\n\n8:30  pm – 9:30  pm \n(Second part)\nKenya Moses Trio \nLive painting by Ytaelena López” and “Adrian Arias”\nKenya Moses – Vocals \n\n\n\n  \nABOUT THE ARTISTS\n \nMUSICIANS\n \nAnaís Azul \n  \nPeruvian first generation immigrant\, Anaís Azul (they/them)\, is a California-based singer-songwriter\, composer\, and teaching artist. Described as “stunningly honest and vulnerable\,” their artistry engages with music as a tool for community building\, cross-genre collaboration\, and collective healing. When the March 2020 lockdown began\, Anaís started getting their tarot cards read nearly weekly by professional readers as well as students of tarot. This inspired them to connect to their intuition and study tarot\, so they could have another tool to accomplish their mission of engaging in collective healing. More info here. \n  \n  \n  \n  \n \nKenya Moses trio \n“Kenya Moses embodies the essence of Brazil’s bossa nova in her warm and heartfelt sound. Born in the United States\, yet connected to her Afro-Brazilian roots\, Kenya fell in love with the sounds of Brazil after 15 years performing as a classical vocalist\, flutist and professional dancer. Kenya’s vocal resonance has allowed her the opportunity to perform throughout the Western and Eastern United States\, in addition to Italy and France. With acclaimed musicians by her side\, Kenya will release her first album of bossa nova duets in late 2022.” \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \nPOETRY\n  \n \nVirginia Barrett  \nIs a poet\, writer\, artist\, editor\, and educator.   Her six books of poetry include Between Looking (Finishing Line Press\, 2019) and Crossing Haight—San Francisco poems (Jambu Press\, 2018). \nVirginia Barrett’s six books of poetry include Between Looking (Finishing Line Press\, 2019) and Crossing Haight—San Francisco Poems (Jambu Press\, 2018). She has twice received a writer’s residency grant from the Helene Wurlitzer Foundation of Taos\, New Mexico\, and has been nominated for a Pushcart Prize. Barrett is the editor of two anthologies of contemporary San Francisco poets\, including OCCUPY SF—Poems from the Movement. She has taught poetry workshops throughout the San Francisco Bay Area\, most recently in the MFA in Writing program at the University of San Francisco. Website: www.virginiabarrett.com  \n  \n  \n  \nLIVE PAINTING\n\nYtaelena Lopez \n“As a visual storyteller\, I want to build a collective narrative to allow the public to add their own interpretation. Sometimes I am straightforward when I deliver the message\, but usually a second gaze is needed to understand the intention of the piece. \nI plot an imaginary cartography of our human condition. To achieve that\, I twist the lines of the subjects into topographic landscapes. This style\, which I call Wildlines”. \nYtaelena comes from a very diverse background\, covering journalism\, art history\, literature\, linguistics and technology. This allows her to use a sheaf of theories and disciplines to assemble deux-ex-machina installations and mixed media art that connects with the public in a visceral way. \nShe has been a featured artist during stARTup Art Fair SF\, in 2015\, an Artspan Artist in Residence (2011)\, a finalist in the SECA SFMoma in 2012 and exhibited at the DeYoung Museum in 2020. Visit her website here. \nCURRENT WINDOW EXHIBITION:\n\nTarot in Pandemic and Revolution by  Adrian Arias\nTarot in Pandemic and Revolution\, inspired by Adrian Arias’ lucid dream of a fortune teller and cards embellished with images of viruses\, masks\, Black Lives Matter\, marches\, and protests\, is a unique 81-card Tarot deck. It is accompanied by an exquisite book of poetry\, created by 67 internationally-recognized artists and poets (24 visual artists\, 43 poets) with deep ties to the San Francisco Bay Area\, who span three generations. These award-winning poet laureates\, novelists\, authors\, muralists\, painters\, graphic artists\, performance artists\, composers\, musicians\, and dancers are each committed to social\, environmental\, food\, public health\, and climate justice\, and have used their powerful talents to create tarot images and poems in response to the critical times we are living in. This deck is a bold expression of hope\, resilience\, resistance\, and the courage to continue forging a path to justice and love. \nPresented in partnership with Red Poppy Art House\, Nomadic Press\, and Baldocchi Projects & Collaborations. Tarot in Pandemic and Revolution (81-CARD DECK) is available here for purchase. \nPREVIEW THE EVENT \n\nAnaís Azul \n \nKenya Moses trio \n \nAdrian Arias- Live Painting \n \nAdrian Arias Mural “River to the Sky” in 69 seconds \nhttps://vimeo.com/682109842?embedded=true&source=video_title&owner=59730175 \n\n \n\n \nIN PERSON EVENT DETAILS\nTime: 7:00 pm Door / 7:30 pm- 9:30 pm Show (IN PERSON) \nAdmission: (Online) $25-30 / (Door) $35 general\, $30 student & senior with valid ID \nNote: A limited quantity of additional tickets will be available for purchase at the door unless otherwise noted on the Facebook event page that the show is SOLD OUT. \nAdvance tickets are available online for this show. It is advised to purchase advance tickets for this event. If tickets sell out online\, tickets will not be available at the door. \nTicket LINK  \n\n \n  \nDONATE URL:https://redpoppyarthouse.org/event/mini-illusion-event-20220618/ LOCATION:Red Poppy Art House\, 2698 Folsom St.\, San Francisco\, CA\, 94110\, United States CATEGORIES:Events,Exhibitions and Receptions,June,Performing Arts ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://redpoppyarthouse.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/Poster-Short-June-18th2022.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20130608T150000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20130608T200059 DTSTAMP:20130521T055846Z CREATED:20130516T012940Z LAST-MODIFIED:20130521T055846Z UID:3847-1370703600-1370721659@redpoppyarthouse.org SUMMARY:Art Auction with Adrian Arias DESCRIPTION:  \nAdrian Arias will host an art auction of his drawings at the Red Poppy Art House\, on Saturday to raise money for his daughter Anais Azul’s college education and for the Red Poppy Art House. The day of the AUCTION will be full of drawings in all sizes\, prices starting at $45. A group of artist friends will be improvising dance\, music and poetry\, and Adrian will prepare his ceviche…The event will commence at 3:03 pm and end at 8:03pm. \n  \nTo preview Adrian’s drawings go to: adriandrawings.blogspot.com URL:https://redpoppyarthouse.org/event/art-auction/ LOCATION:CA CATEGORIES:Events,Exhibitions and Receptions,Performing Arts END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20130511T130000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20130511T160059 DTSTAMP:20130508T005503Z CREATED:20130429T055154Z LAST-MODIFIED:20130508T005503Z UID:3793-1368277200-1368288059@redpoppyarthouse.org SUMMARY:Our Place at the Table: Honoring Birthmother Stories DESCRIPTION:  \n“Our Place at the Table: Honoring Birthmother Stories” is a groundbreaking exhibit about mothers who have placed or lost a child to adoption. Learn about this experience through personal objects contributed by birthmothers\, and honor their important stories. We invite everyone to attend\, whether you have a personal connection to adoption or not. Children welcome. Free. URL:https://redpoppyarthouse.org/event/our-place-at-the-table-honoring-birthmother-stories/ LOCATION:CA CATEGORIES:Events,Exhibitions and Receptions,May END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20130218T180500 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20130302T220059 DTSTAMP:20130219T061449Z CREATED:20130212T035058Z LAST-MODIFIED:20130219T061449Z UID:3537-1361210700-1362261659@redpoppyarthouse.org SUMMARY:Trash Memories DESCRIPTION:  \nAbout the Art Installation: \n  \n“TRASH MEMORIES is the collection of visions and visual experiences of artists who have faced on their way interaction with the human body\, litter and soil\, as creator shaft” \n  \n Indira Urrutia (Chilean born) & Marc Hors (Barcelona\, Spain) both photographers that had documented a four-year journey on a bicycle across the American Continent. A project in harmony with the essence of human being\, evolution\, adaptation\, survival. Faced with a seemingly bleak world\, humans and their presence in balance with chaos. \n  \nCaleb Duarte (Méxican Immigrant). In Collaboration with El Ambo Bajo\, (an autonomous indigenous community from Chiapas MX) as an extension of the EZLN\, Zapatista Movement. 2013 The body and the history it carries buried with out the material belongings of waste. Participating performing artists\, Mia Eve Rollow and Emory Douglas. \n  \nAdrian Arias (American born in Peru) “God does not exist\, we are what we eat\, what we think\, what we love” is the result of the work in progress “Beautiful Trash” launched in the de Young Museum in 2010\, and exploring the strong influence of the trash in the human body and mind. \n  URL:https://redpoppyarthouse.org/event/trash-memories/ LOCATION:CA CATEGORIES:Events,Exhibitions and Receptions END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20130124T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20130124T210059 DTSTAMP:20130111T232542Z CREATED:20130110T200846Z LAST-MODIFIED:20130111T232542Z UID:3415-1359050400-1359061259@redpoppyarthouse.org SUMMARY:Last Night DESCRIPTION:Paintings by Patrick St. Clair\n  \nMonday January 13th – Thursday 31st 2013 \n  \nArtist Reception Thursday January 24th\, 6-9pm \n  \nThe Red Poppy Art House is pleased to present Last Night\, an exhibit of paintings by San Francisco artist Patrick St. Clair. In this collection\, semi-abandoned spaces allow for a netherworld where structures and remnants left by people have been partially reclaimed yet still retain a human presence\, seen and unseen at the same time. \n  \nPatrick St. Clair juxtaposes the man-made and nature as elements at once in conflict and in harmony. His use of dilapidated and graffitied structures represents a hidden world of interlopers where nature reclaims the manmade and wanderers explore it as they would a garden. The juxtapositions create narratives that veer into territory that may be surreal or magical-realistic. St. Clair risks this for the sake of attempting to recreate a subjective experience of urban walkabout. In depicting scenes that not only exist in the margins between the urban and natural but are also abandoned of all life and shrouded in an eerie darkness\, St. Clair creates a world that is unreal and seems only to exist in hazy\, youthful memories of last night. \n  URL:https://redpoppyarthouse.org/event/last-night/ LOCATION:CA CATEGORIES:Artist Receptions,Artist Salons,Events,Exhibitions and Receptions,January END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20130119T110000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20130119T170059 DTSTAMP:20121220T030947Z CREATED:20121213T230638Z LAST-MODIFIED:20121220T030947Z UID:3284-1358593200-1358614859@redpoppyarthouse.org SUMMARY:Painting Workshop: TEXTURE\, COLLAGE & MIXED MEDIA DESCRIPTION:  \nSaturday\, January 19\, 2013\, 11:00 AM to 5:00 PM \n Taught by Todd Thomas Brown\n  \nThis 6-hour workshop focuses on the use of collage and mixed media in the development of varied textures within the painting surface. We will explore different thicknesses of paint\, and the use of modeling paste and collage of varied materials\, both organic and inorganic. Through these techniques\, we discover how the painting becomes a sculptural object in which we can imbed other objects meaningful to us. \n  \nCost: $95 \n**Required Materials:\n– 36″ x 48″ canvas (we use this large size for the increased physical range of motion and gesture with the arm/hand that it allows)\n– Charcoal\, rags\, and items for creating texture and collage (colored papers\, scraps\, phone bills\, love notes\, leaves\, grasses\, sand\, etc.)\n– All other painting materials provided (brushes\, paints\, etc.) \n  \nAbout the Instructor: Todd has 20+ years experience in painting and 10+ years of teaching experience. He is former resident artist and artist fellow of San Francisco’s de Young Museum and has exhibited work in the US and abroad. He is passionate about the learning process and experimenting with new ways of supporting others in their own process of discovery.\nwww.toddthomasbrown.com \n  \nTo register:\nhttp://www.meetup.com/Painters-club-and-workshops-at-Studio-Teobi/events/95044382/ URL:https://redpoppyarthouse.org/event/painting-workshop-texture-collage-mixed-media/ LOCATION:CA CATEGORIES:Events,Exhibitions and Receptions,Workshops, Discussions, and Films END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20121216T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20121216T160059 DTSTAMP:20121206T234801Z CREATED:20121116T231759Z LAST-MODIFIED:20121206T234801Z UID:3184-1355659200-1355673659@redpoppyarthouse.org SUMMARY:POP! Artist Reception & Holiday Sale DESCRIPTION:Photo: Malcom Easton \n  \nHoliday Art Sale & Artist Talk at 3pm\n  \nBUY ART! Come deck out your halls this holiday season! This will be a fun afternoon of art\, friends and food. A special Artists Talk will bring together members of BAPC in conversation with Marisa Aragona\, curator of our current exhibit “POP!”. Sale proceeds benefit local artists and The Red Poppy Art House. Woks for sale include prints\, cards\, books from BAPC artists And we will be selling artwork varying from postcards\, bookmarks\, and framed paintings made by children in our Family Art program ranging from $5- $5000. \n  \nCome celebrate the holidays while supporting the Poppy and local photographers by picking up some prints – great for gifts or your own walls! The Red Poppy Art House is pleased to present POP! our latest exhibit in partnership with Bay Area Photographers Collective (BAPC). “POP!” is a group exhibition of photographs from the members of BAPC that evokes both a startling and invigorating energy. Read more about the POP!installation… URL:https://redpoppyarthouse.org/event/pop-artist-reception-holiday-sale/ LOCATION:CA CATEGORIES:Events,Exhibitions and Receptions END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20121213T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20121213T210059 DTSTAMP:20121206T234022Z CREATED:20121116T232150Z LAST-MODIFIED:20121206T234022Z UID:3185-1355421600-1355432459@redpoppyarthouse.org SUMMARY:POPPY Holiday Art Sale & Party DESCRIPTION:Photo: Gary Weiner \n  \nThursday Dec. 13\, 6-9 pm \n“POP!”Artist Reception by the members of the Bay Area Photographers Collective (BAPC)\n  \nBUY ART! Come deck out your halls this holiday season! This will be a fun evening of art\, friends and food. Sale proceeds benefit local artists and The Red Poppy Art House. Works for sale will include photos from BAPC and artwork varying from postcards\, bookmarks\, and framed paintings made by children in our Family Art program. BAPC items will feature prints\, cards and books among other things ranging form $5- $5000. \n  \nAlso if you miss Thursday: \n  \nSunday Dec. 16\, 12-4pm\nHoliday Art Sale & Artist Talk at 3pm\n  \nBUY ART! Come deck out your halls this holiday season!  This will be a fun afternoon of art\, friends and food.  A special Artists Talk will bring together members of BAPC in conversation with Marisa Aragona\, curator of our current exhibit “POP!”.  Sale proceeds benefit local artists and The Red Poppy Art House. Works for sale will be from BAPC and the Family Art program including prints\, cards and books among other things ranging form $5- $5000. \n  \nRead more about the POP! installation. URL:https://redpoppyarthouse.org/event/pop-afternoon-sale-artists-talk/ LOCATION:CA CATEGORIES:Artist Salons,Events,Exhibitions and Receptions,November END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20121115T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20130112T180059 DTSTAMP:20121027T215413Z CREATED:20121025T235506Z LAST-MODIFIED:20121027T215413Z UID:3093-1353002400-1358013659@redpoppyarthouse.org SUMMARY:“POP!” DESCRIPTION:Photo by Jack Androvich\n  \n“POP!”\nThursday November 15th 2012 – Saturday January 12th 2013\n  \nThe Red Poppy Art House is pleased to present POP!\, our latest exhibit in partnership with Bay Area Photographers Collective (BAPC). “POP!” is a group exhibition of photographs from the members of BAPC that evokes both a startling and invigorating energy. This exhibit is a curated selection of bold and dynamic works from BAPC members who employ diverse photographic methods to express both the emotional and the abstract uncanny. \n  \nLike the audible POP! of a balloon expiring\, these works have in common a strong emotional resonance that intends to jolt the viewer to question the artifice of our popular culture. Through bold imagery\, high color and movement\, “POP!” unites these intellectual ideas and further examines the role of artifice as a photographic element by juxtaposing straight photography and constructed images. This show invites the viewer to a celebration of the unsettling and uncertainty that lies beneath the surface of modern\, glittering beauty. \n  \nArtist Reception and Holiday Sale: Thursday December 13th\, 6-9pm. \nArtists’ Talk and Afternoon Sale: Sunday December 16th\, 12-4pm. URL:https://redpoppyarthouse.org/event/%e2%80%9cpop%e2%80%9d/ LOCATION:CA CATEGORIES:Events,Exhibitions and Receptions END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20121107T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20121107T193059 DTSTAMP:20121027T013358Z CREATED:20121023T200231Z LAST-MODIFIED:20121027T013358Z UID:3046-1352311200-1352316659@redpoppyarthouse.org SUMMARY:Shifting Margins: Curatorial Discussion DESCRIPTION:Artist: Jan Blythe\n\nPlease join us for an evening with co-curators Kathrine Worel and Emmanuelle Namont Kouznetsov of OFF Space on Wednesday\, November 7th from 6 – 7:30pm. We will engage in a thoughtful discussion of our current exhibition Shifting Margins showcasing literal\, metaphorical and conceptual approaches to marginalization from over twenty local and international artists. \n  \nShifting Margins intends to examine ideas of exclusion\, inclusion\, and the spaces between. How does marginalization affects all of us whether by choice or circumstance? The presentation and discussion following will explore varied representations of marginalization from its effect on the artistic impulse to its impact on society and the economy. \n  \nArtists Salon with Rupa and the April Fishes follows. Come for both! URL:https://redpoppyarthouse.org/event/shifting-margins-curatorial-discussion/ LOCATION:CA CATEGORIES:Events,Exhibitions and Receptions,November END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20121011T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20121110T210059 DTSTAMP:20121024T232937Z CREATED:20120920T032213Z LAST-MODIFIED:20121024T232937Z UID:2857-1349978400-1352581259@redpoppyarthouse.org SUMMARY:Shifting Margins - October Exhibition at the Poppy DESCRIPTION:September 27 – November 10 \n  \nCuratorial Discussion: November 7 @ 6:00 pm \n  \nShifting Margins is a two-part exhibition curated by Bay Area curatorial organization OFF- Space running concurrently at The Red Poppy Art House and Aggregate Space in West Oakland. This two-part group exhibition brings together a variety of works that inspire deliberation\, consideration and argument in order to grapple with the location\, meaning and use of the edge\, outsider-ness\, privilege and what it means to be “on the margin” whether by choice or by force of circumstance. Shifting Margins will embrace the center\, the periphery and the bridge between those concepts through the use of two locations “The City” (San Francisco) the perceived cultural and social center and its “marginal” sister city (Oakland) noted center of racial and social upheaval. URL:https://redpoppyarthouse.org/event/shifting-margins-october-exhibition-at-the-poppy/ LOCATION:CA CATEGORIES:All,Artist Receptions,Artist Salons,Events,Exhibitions and Receptions END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20120809T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20120922T170059 DTSTAMP:20120906T012342Z CREATED:20120815T235255Z LAST-MODIFIED:20120906T012342Z UID:2666-1344499200-1348333259@redpoppyarthouse.org SUMMARY:I Walk the Line: Recent Works by Peter Foucault DESCRIPTION:  \nWork on view at the Red Poppy Art House by resident artist Peter Foucault\n  \nI Walk the Line\n  \nMixed-media works by Peter Foucault \n  \nThursday August 9 – Saturday September 22\, 2012 \n  \nArtist Reception: Thursday\, September 6 6pm-9pm \n  \nThe Red Poppy Art House is pleased to present new mixed -media works by Peter Foucault investigating the nature of drawing and community\, where chance factors and collaboration exchange and collide to develop what ultimately becomes the finished piece. \n  \nIn his current body of work\, Peter Foucault creates a series of drawing projects where outside factors influence the creation of abstract compositions. Among the selection of works presented in I Walk the Line\, Foucault has collaborated with a small sensor driven robot that interacts with the artist and the public at large to create layers of mark making which he later returns to the studio to further translates these layers\, decoding the algorithm generated by this machine interface. Additionally\, other works presented include Belgium beer suspended in blobs of ink which Foucault then blows across the surface of the paper to further build on his mark making and collage techniques. \n  \nFueled by a love of drawing and mark-making\, Foucault’s works presented at The Red Poppy Art House explore the tension between control and the loss of control\, where viewer interactivity plays an integral part in many of the drawing installations and large-scale artworks on view. \n  \nBased in Oakland\, Foucault’s work has been included in group shows at the Smithsonian Institutes’ Freer and Sackler Gallery\, Kit Schulte Contemporary (Berlin\, Germany)\, The University of Salford (Manchester\, England)\, The NASA Aimes Research Center and The Orange County Center for Contemporary Art among numerous others.  Recent reviews of Foucault’s work have appeared in The San Francisco Chronicle\, The SF Weekly\, ArtWeek\, Wired Magazine\, Stretcher Magazine and is the recipient of grants through the Creative Work Fund\, the City of San Jose’s Pubic Arts Program\, the Seattle Center Foundation and the City of Oakland’s Cultural Funding Program. \n  \nGallery Hours by appointment. Email Marisa Aragona\, Director of Exhibitions for a viewing: marisa@redpoppyarthouse.org \n  URL:https://redpoppyarthouse.org/event/i-walk-the-line/ LOCATION:CA CATEGORIES:All,Events,Exhibitions and Receptions END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20120623T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20120623T160059 DTSTAMP:20120623T014216Z CREATED:20120623T014052Z LAST-MODIFIED:20120623T014216Z UID:2338-1340438400-1340467259@redpoppyarthouse.org SUMMARY:AMALGAMATION: A Project about Systems\, Networks and Communities DESCRIPTION:This project seeks to integrate the residence of artist Ralph Vázquez-Concepción at the Red Poppy Art House\, the Family Arts Program\, local residents and artists as well as invited artists from abroad to participate in a dialogue about what the terms “networks”\, “systems”\, and “community” mean to them. The result will be an installation that will express\, if in a conceptual manner\, the continuum of significance and the way these terms integrate in culture. Everyone has an idea of what the central motifs for this installation are\, and it is that intuitive understanding which will take center stage and become the content of the final collaborative work. \nCost: Free by RVSP at johanna@redpoppyarthouse.org URL:https://redpoppyarthouse.org/event/amalgamation-a-project-about-systems-networks-and-communities-2/ LOCATION:CA CATEGORIES:All,Artist Salons,Events,Exhibitions and Receptions,Family Art Activities ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://redpoppyarthouse.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/QR-Code-AMALGAMATION1.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20120412 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20120527 DTSTAMP:20120413T220458Z CREATED:20120410T185232Z LAST-MODIFIED:20120413T220458Z UID:1788-1334188800-1338076799@redpoppyarthouse.org SUMMARY:On Exhibit: "Steam and Ice\," Hiroyo Kaneko DESCRIPTION:Steam & Ice: Hiroyo Kaneko \nOn Exhibit: April 12- May 26\, 2012 \nArtist Reception: Thursday April 26\, 6-9pm \n\n \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \nWater\, in its many forms presents opportunities for connection to engage our environment\, as well as offering its own unique challenges. Contemplating the states of water seems especially relevant in the wake of Japan’s recent Tsunami and other natural and man-made disasters. The photographs presented in this exhibition\, Steam & Ice\, speak to the physicality and varying transformative expressions of water. \n  \nThe works presented here represent two bodies of work by Japanese-born photographer Hiroyo Kaneko taken in her native Japan\, including her hometown of Aomori. In these works\, routine traditions in Japan such as the bath and shoveling snow reveal a more complex relationship to water\, family and community. \n  \nKaneko presents both an intimate and removed view into these routines – in one instance photographing herself and her family at a hot spring outside of Tokyo. Here we see a family intimately sharing in this common practice valued for its promise of renewal and healing. In contrast\, Kaneko’s photographs of Aomori townspeople offer a quirkier look into negotiating the impacts of weather and living in close proximity to one another. Unlike the seclusion of the hot springs\, we see how a community connects working together to dig each other out of the ice and snow. Like steam\, ice offers healing qualities to preserve and provide new growth. \n  \nMarisa Aragona \nDirector of Exhibitions\, RPAH \n\n  \nHiroyo Kaneko is currently based in San Francisco\, California. Born in Aomori\, Japan\, she received her MFA from the San Francisco Art Institute in 2005 and a BA in French Literature from Maiji Gakuin University\, Tokyo in 1987. Her work has been exhibited extensively in the United States and Japan including the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art\, the Headlands Center for the Arts\, the San Francisco Art Commission Gallery\, Rayko Photo Center\, the Nagasaki City Library and the National Museum of Modern Art in Tokyo. In 2009\, Kaneko was a recipient of the Santa Fe Prize for Photography. Her work is in the permanent collections of the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art and Rayko Photo Center. \n  URL:https://redpoppyarthouse.org/event/on-exhibit-stream-and-ice-hiroyo-kaneko/ LOCATION:CA CATEGORIES:All,Events,Exhibitions and Receptions END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20120322T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20120322T210059 DTSTAMP:20120225T002835Z CREATED:20120225T002835Z LAST-MODIFIED:20120225T002835Z UID:1481-1332439200-1332450059@redpoppyarthouse.org SUMMARY:MOYURBANDO - Paintings by Maykel Vargas: Artist Reception DESCRIPTION:Moyurbando references the Afro-Cuban religious mythology and practices\, that inspire this new\ncollection of oil-paintings by Cuban-born artist Maykel Vargas. Vargasʼs paintings call on ancient symbolism to\nexpress a spiritual path unique to todayʼs uncertain times. Out of the darkness\, imagery appears from a base of abstract shape and color to reveal both the symbolic\, as well as\, the everyday in his recollections of life in the streets of Havana\, Oakland and beyond. \nMaykel Vargas was born in Havana\, Cuba in 1977. Upon moving to the Unites States in 2008\, he began showing his work at Art Spaces such as Good Bye Blue Monday in Brooklyn\, New York. Additionally\, Vargas has worked extensively in the Bay Area as both a teacher and activist in the “Viva El Espanol Program” and “Growing Great Families Project”\, for HIV and substance abuse prevention. URL:https://redpoppyarthouse.org/event/moyurbando-paintings-by-maykel-vargas-artist-reception/ LOCATION:CA CATEGORIES:Artist Receptions,Exhibitions and Receptions END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20120223T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20120407T170059 DTSTAMP:20120224T020615Z CREATED:20120224T020502Z LAST-MODIFIED:20120224T020615Z UID:1477-1329984000-1333818059@redpoppyarthouse.org SUMMARY:MOYURBANDO - Paintings by Maykel Vargas DESCRIPTION:Moyurbando references the Afro-Cuban religious mythology and practices\, that inspire this new\ncollection of oil-paintings by Cuban-born artist Maykel Vargas. Vargasʼs paintings call on ancient symbolism to\nexpress a spiritual path unique to todayʼs uncertain times. Out of the darkness\, imagery appears from a base of abstract shape and color to reveal both the symbolic\, as well as\, the everyday in his recollections of life in the streets of Havana\, Oakland and beyond. \nMaykel Vargas was born in Havana\, Cuba in 1977. Upon moving to the Unites States in 2008\, he began showing his work at Art Spaces such as Good Bye Blue Monday in Brooklyn\, New York. Additionally\, Vargas has worked extensively in the Bay Area as both a teacher and activist in the “Viva El Espanol Program” and “Growing Great Families Project”\, for HIV and substance abuse prevention. \nClick here for a downloadable flyer. \n  URL:https://redpoppyarthouse.org/event/moyurbando-paintings-by-maykel-vargas/ LOCATION:CA CATEGORIES:Exhibitions and Receptions,February,March END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20120108T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20120219T200059 DTSTAMP:20111229T223605Z CREATED:20111229T223605Z LAST-MODIFIED:20111229T223605Z UID:1306-1326009600-1329681659@redpoppyarthouse.org SUMMARY:ON EXHIBIT: Artists of EDELO - "Where The United Nations Used To Be" DESCRIPTION:The Red Poppy Art House currently presents\, Where The United Nations Used To Be\, curated by Caleb Duarte and Mia Eve Rollow\, co-founders of EDELO\, the Poppy’s sister Art House in San Cristobal De Las Casas\, Chiapas\, Mexico. The exhibit highlights a cross-section of EDELO resident artists\, past and present\, with works that represent both local and international cultural political movements.  The Red Poppy Art House and EDELO wish to create an inter-communal exchange forum of diverse practices from all areas of the planet – where individuals from various walks of life exchange thoughts and actions as gifts. \nArtists’ Reception\, Thursday February 2nd\, 6-9pm URL:https://redpoppyarthouse.org/event/on-exhibit-artists-of-edelo-where-the-united-nations-used-to-be/ LOCATION:CA CATEGORIES:Events,Exhibitions and Receptions END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20111208T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20120101T210059 DTSTAMP:20240814T171354Z CREATED:20111104T002452Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240814T171354Z UID:1050-1323367200-1325451659@redpoppyarthouse.org SUMMARY:Claire Brandt: Mission Lascaux DESCRIPTION:Claire Brandt: Mission Lascaux \nSite Specific Installation at The Red Poppy Art House
 \nOn Exhibition: November 7 –  January 1\, 2011 (EXTENDED) \nReception: Thursday\, December 8\, 2011\, 6-9pm \nThe Red Poppy Art House is excited to present Mission Lascaux\, a site-specific installation by Claire Brandt exploring communication\, embodiment\, movement and the connection between all three. Mission Lascaux will be an installation of life-size cut-paper wild animals of the land\, sea and air mid-movement on the gallery walls of the Red Poppy Art House. Visitors to the Poppy will be able to compare their own bodies to animals they would not usually have an opportunity to be close to—Orca whales and coyotes for example—giving them an opportunity to feel a physical connection with beings outside of usual urban experience. Brandt’s installation will develop over the course of November\, culminating in a final closing reception on December 8\, 2011\, 6-9pm. \nBrandt’s work has been shown in Los Angeles and the Bay Area\, most recently at the David Brower Center in Berkeley. She maintains an active studio practice in San Francisco’s Infill Studios (of which she is a founding member). Brandt has been awarded residencies at the Vermont Studio Center and the Headlands Center for the Arts: Open to the Elements.  She received her A.B. in English and American Literature from Harvard College in 1994 and an MFA in painting from the San Francisco Art Institute in 2005. She was raised in Bellingham & Tacoma\, Washington. URL:https://redpoppyarthouse.org/event/claire-brandt-mission-lascaux/ LOCATION:CA CATEGORIES:Events,Exhibitions and Receptions END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20111116T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20111116T170059 DTSTAMP:20111116T052851Z CREATED:20111116T052648Z LAST-MODIFIED:20111116T052851Z UID:1122-1321430400-1321462859@redpoppyarthouse.org SUMMARY:Open Studio with Claire Brandt DESCRIPTION:  \nCome join Red Poppy Artist-in-Residence Claire Brandt as she discusses her ongoing site-specific installation Mission Lascaux on exhibition until December 7\, 2011.\n  \nFor more information on the show click here. \n  \n  \n  URL:https://redpoppyarthouse.org/event/open-studio-with-claire-brandt/ LOCATION:CA CATEGORIES:All,Exhibitions and Receptions END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR