December 4th MAPP (In Person & Virtual) 

Saturday, December 4th @ 3:00 – 6:30 pm | FREE

The event will be also streamed live through the Red Poppy Art House Facebook page.

During the last 22 months, our goal has been to continue providing excellent and uplifting programs to our dedicated audiences. We are pleased to announce our very first IN PERSON program!

Our (FREE) MAPP program includes 3 performances with 12 musicians on December 4th, 2021 live and in person at Red Poppy Art House located at the corner of 23rd and Folsom in mission street. 

MAPP (Mission Arts Performance Project)
Date: Saturday December 4th, 2021
Time: 3 pm- 6:30 pm
Location: Red Poppy Art House

Please note: In accordance with San Francisco’s city health ordinance, we are requiring proof of full vaccination and a photo ID at the door. Face coverings are required inside AT ALL TIME. Limited capacity inside. RSVP REQUIRED!

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MAPP (Mission Arts & Performance Project)

Launched 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.  

This program is funded by California Arts Council Impact Project Grant and Hardly Strictly Bluegrass Relief Fund and SF Art Reopening Fund. 

We will continue our work in presenting unique artistry to the communities that we serve.

RED POPPY MAPP TEAM:

Curator | Artistic Director | Managing director: Dina Zarif 

Tech support: Bob San

PR and Digital Marketing: Jennie D. Legary

RPAH PROGRAM (IN PERSON) DEC 4TH

PERFORMANCES (IN PERSON) DECEMBER 4TH

RAWCOUSTIC TRIO

Music from Spain, Brazil, Argentina, Venezuela and the US 

With a raw, innate musical chemistry and deep foundations in the music of Brazil, Span, Argentina, Venezuela and swing, Rawcoustic Trio will bring joy to  audiences through their virtuosic melodies, beautiful grooves and playful improvisations. 

Featuring:

Rebecca Kleinmann – Flutes & Vocals
Marlon Aldana – Percussio
Carlos Caminos – Guitar

ABOUT THE ARTISTS:

Rebecca Kleinmann, a natural improviser with a rich international career, uses highly-tuned musical instincts to deliver heartfelt melodies and shape intriguing solos, her playing informed by immersion in the cultures of Jazz, Spain, Brazil and beyond. Several composers including Hermeto Pascoal, Jovino Santos Neto, Ian Faquini, Carlos Oliveira, Dan Neville and others have written original music inspired by her.  She has performed and recorded with world class musicians including all the above-mentioned composers, Airto Moreira, Toninho Horta, dancers Rosagela Silvestre, Melissa Cruz and others. She leads several ensembles, teaches, tours widely and locally graces the stages including the SF Jazz Center, Yoshi’s, the Sound Room, the Healdsburg Jazz Festival and The San Jose Jazz Festival. The Red Poppy was the first venue she ever played in the Bay Area, and is still her favorite!  

Drummer and Percussionist Marlon Aldana was born in Guadalajara, Mexico. Aldana is a multi-genre accompanist and educator based in Berkeley California. As a young musician, Aldana exposed himself to many styles, and joined many groups, from Cumbia and Salsa to Rock, Funk and Metal.  In the summer of 2012, Aldana toured and performed in Mexico and the US on bicycle with American Folk band “Los Ginger Ninjas”, while carrying their gear on bikes. Seeking musical development, Aldana moved to California.

In 2013 Aldana was introduced into the Flamenco world by Maestro Guitarist Jason McGuire “El Rubio”, who became his teacher and mentor, and took on The Jason McGuire Trio as a full time project, resulting in an album.

Aldana has been 1st call percussionist to several Flamenco dance companies such as Caminos Flamencos led by Emmy Award winning Yaelisa, Theater Flamenco, La Tania Flamenco, Agua Clara Flamenco, and others. Since then Aldana has traveled Spain to study with great percussionists such as Paquito Gonzalez, Israel Suarez “Piraña” and Paco de Mode. Aldana has shared stage with renowned artists such as Flamenco guitarists and Grammy Award winner Antonio Rey, Legendary Rumbero John Santos, former Pedrito Martinez pianist Edgar Pantoja, Jazz Mafia, Jose Luis de La Paz, Bay Area Bassist Jeff Chambers, Flamenco Pianist Alex Conde, Flamenco singers Mara Rey, Jose Mendez, Jesus Montoya, Manuel Moreno Carrasco, Flamenco Dancers Alfonso Losa, Andres Peña, Ivan Vargas, Juan Ogalla, Fanny Ara and may others.

In 2018 and 2019 Aldana collaborated and accompanied the Oakland Symphony led by Conductor Omid Zoufonoun. The first time performing a series composed and arranged by Flamenco pianist Alex Conde, and the second time with the Avalon Flamenco Suite composed by renowned Flamenco guitarist Jose Luis de la Paz.

Aldana is now working on building an independent home studio and writing/composing some material of his own.

Carlos Caminos is a composer and guitarist with over 20 years of experience as a performer. His original music is strongly influenced by Latin rhythms and grooves, Flamenco, Venezuelan Music and Jazz. 

He studied Flamenco with teachers Carlos Zárate and Emilio Maya, and Flamenco Guitar at Carmen de las Cuevas School (Granada, Spain, 2001) and Jazz guitar with Johann Espinoza, founder of Bajo Sospecha group (Mérida, Venezuela, 1999).

He has worked in the following projects: Rostros concert for Group and Symphonic Orchestras with the Latifonia Foundation (Venezuela, 2008); live music and dance group Raíz de Agua (Venezuela, 2004) under the direction of Juliana Mendonca; Afro-Venezuelan rock group Mirada Interna (Venezuela, 2015), directed by Jorge Espinoza, among others. He has also performed as guest artist in other projects such as the Mérida Jazz Big-Band (Venezuela, 2015) under the direction of Pablo Gil.

Carlos Caminos performs regularly in the Bay Area with his own project, Trio Caminos, and collaborating with groups such as Tangueros Del Oeste (Electro-Tango), Byrds of A Feather (Jazz-Reggae) and Angelo Tomandl Harmonica Funk Band. 

Pablo Estigarribia
Latin Grammy Nominee & Tango Pianist 

Tango has been the music of Buenos Aires for two centuries. It captures the suffering, nostalgia, intensity and fire of the Argentine people. 

In this performance, Pablo will perform a part of Horacio Salgán piano transcriptions, which is the result of almost two years of decoding this rare recording into a studio album and a music book with all the scores and research notes of the project. The repertoire will feature traditional tango and some of the original work by the Maestro.

ABOUT THE ARTIST:

Pablo Estigarribia is a Latin Grammy nominee and world-renowned tango pianist, arranger and composer. Like many artists of this genre, he began his training as a classical musician and soon branched out into the world of tango. He studied at the National Conservatory in Buenos Aires, where he won the Bienal Juvenil National Competition for Young Artists. After graduating, he spent several years on the frenzied performance circuit in Argentina, collaborating with the Congress Chamber Orchestra, the National Radio Orchestra, and the Chaco Symphony, among many others. Seeking to broaden his musical horizons beyond the classical realm, Estigarribia took a brief detour through jazz and then discovered tango in 2005. He quickly won the Orquesta Escuela de Tango scholarship and performed with this superb ensemble under the direction of Maestro Emilio Balcarce. Estigarribia continued working with Balcarce shortly thereafter when he first toured Europe.

Estigarribia rapidly established himself as a nuanced and masterful tango performer in Germany, France, Belgium, Japan, Russia, Finland, Canada, the United States and Cuba. He has been featured in over a thousand concerts, joining Argentine tango legends like Maria Graña, Victor Lavallén, Leopoldo Federico, Nestor Marconi, Horacio Cabarcos, Emilio Balcarce and many others. Estigarribia’s album Tangos Para Piano (EPSA) won the prestigious 2015 Gardel Prize for Best Tango Album by a New Artist. After receiving wide acclaim for this album, he earned coveted recognition from the Argentine tango industry as an expert in the art of tango music. He is a recipient of the Argentine Tango Society’s Medal of Honor for his educational forays at the Stowe Tango Music Festival (Vermont, USA) in multiple years. Estigarribia’s ascendancy brought him to Japan in 2016 where he was lauded in the Tokyo press following his performances. He then became sought after in the United States, where he played in New York’s famous Blue Note Jazz Club. He has made performance and interview appearances on NBC, Univision, Telemundo, and The Huffington Post. Estigarribia splits his time between his native Buenos Aires, Argentina, and New York City.

Istanbul Connection

Old school Balkan Latin folk music in a funky Bay Area context

Featuring:

Kata Miletich – vocals
Raul Vargas – vocals and cajon 
Haluk Kelecioglu – vocals, oud and violin
Greg Jenkins – vocals, clarinet and saxophone
Danny Cao – trumpet
Joaquin Zamudio – bass
Bob San – guitars
Melissa Cruz – drums and flamenco dance

ABOUT THE PROJECT:

Istanbul Connection is a Bay Area musical collective formed in 2015 when 13 members of the hottest Balkan and Latin bands were gravitationally pulled to visit the city of Istanbul. With a mind towards cross-cultural connection and sonic expansion, these die-hards flew 7,000 miles to represent a piece of the Bay Area music scene. In the process, they have cemented themselves as a supergroup of groove and since their epic beginnings, the band has performed sold-out-show after sold-out-show. They continue to draw their inspiration from the Turkish Maqam, Flamenco, Rumba, Balkan, and Cumbia they are so deeply rooted in.

Paintings in Pandemic and Revolution | Adrian Arias
The current exhibition on view in walls of The Red Poppy Art House

ARTIST STATEMENT

Adrián believes that poetry is in constant motion, and that feeds on each discipline to continue among us. Sometimes it is a photograph of a feather lying on the shore, sometimes a book-object that seems to tell us the future, sometimes the body moving slowly between blue lights to go dancing with paper and umbrellas, without rain. The absurd, the light, the sensual, the shadow, the dreams, are often elements in the daily life of Adrian, who in addition to declaring himself a Poet in motion, is an art teacher and a cultural organizer of events.

“During 2020 Adrian returned to an old style of painting that he used in Lima, Peru in the 80s, one that was baptized as” Virus Style “, because it is based on painting and spontaneous writing, which grows rapidly with the motivation of what we hear or see around us.

These works are the result of collaborations and virtual conversations with friends from different parts of the world. Adrian was connected with poets and musicians from Argentina, Mexico, Nicaragua, Peru, and various states of the USA, creating several of the pieces in this exhibition live, online. In addition, Adrian spent some time creating his “Monsters of the Day”, showing his feelings about the pandemic, which are also part of this exhibition.

Tarot 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.

Presented 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.

Adrian Arian is a poet, visual artist, performer, art teacher, and South American cultural activist based in the Bay Area for two decades. His poetry and visual art have won awards and local and international recognition. His work has been presented at the Young Museum, San Marcos Museum, Poetic Nights of Struga, Macedonia, Benamil Residence in Spain, Venice Biennale, Latin American Biennial of Lima, etc. Creator of the multidisciplinary event Illusion Show, and the Poem of the Day.

PREVIEW THE PERFORMANCE

Carlos Caminos

Rebecca Kleinmann & Marlon Aldana

Pablo Estigarribia

Istanbul Connection

ONLINE EVENT DETAILS 

Time: December 4th, 3pm- 6:30pm (IN PERSON)

Admission: Free (donations are encouraged)

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