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TWO BUCK Tuesday July 17th

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TWO BUCK Tuesday July 17th

Join us at KALEID Gallery for this upcoming TWO BUCK Tuesday, July 17th, 7pm-10pm! Come enjoy an inspired evening of art demos, performances, live painting, $2 art & quirky people get together! Here’s some of what you have to look forward to this time: 
Crafting for Cheapskates will help you create a DIY tin altar honoring dead people. Free!
 Nathan will host Juxl Puzzle, A simple yet challenging strategy game you can play with just a piece of paper and a pencil. You start with 12 short lines that you connect with curves and ultimately build a protective maze around your character. Setup is fast! Start with conception, then build your ultimate Mind Maze by strategically navigating around every single line that you’ve already put down. The rules are simple but deceptively challenging! David Canavese will be sketching live and working on a large sculpture installation piece of towering futuristic…

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TWO BUCK Tuesday April 17th!

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TWO BUCK Tuesday April 17th!

TWO BUCK Tuesday is April 17th, 7-10pm! Join us at KALEID Gallery for this upcoming Two Buck Tuesday! Come enjoy an inspired evening of art demos, performances, live painting, $2 art & quirky people get together! Here’s this evenings line up: In conjunction with her current featured exhibit Selcouth, Shannon Amidon will have a curiosity jar making station. For a small fee you can make and take home your very own little curiosity bottle using, feathers, minerals, bones, or other oddities. The San Jose Museum of Quilts & Textiles invites you to participate in Crazy Quilts a fun interactive crazy patchwork method of quilting! Nathan will host Juxl Puzzle, A simple yet challenging strategy game you can play with just a piece of paper and a pencil. You start with 12 short lines that you connect with curves and ultimately build a protective maze around your character. Setup up fast!…

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TWO BUCK Tuesday March 20th

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TWO BUCK Tuesday March 20th

Join us at KALEID Gallery for this upcoming Two Buck Tuesday! Come enjoy an inspired evening of art demos, performances, live painting, $2 art & quirky people get together! Here are just some of the interesting artists and crafters you will meet! Michele Guieu invites you to participate in a messy paper collage workshop and to experiment with colors and transparency. Tear the paper or use scissors and compose a one of a kind image. Paper (different types and colors), glue and brushes are provided. Size of the collage: 8×5.5”. Laura Callin Bennett will help us make Pysanky (Ukrainian Dyed Easter Eggs). These are not your typical pastel dyed eggs! You will be able to draw intricate designs in wax and use brilliant dyes to create one-of-a-kind egg artwork. David Mejia will paint your portrait on the spot for a small fee. Brande Barrett will demonstrate how to make art…

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Buy! Sell! Trade! Art Supply Swap Meet!

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Buy! Sell! Trade! Art Supply Swap Meet!

UPDATE: Drop off your hazardous and toxic art materials. These items will be disposed of in an environmentally safe way as part of the Healthy Art Program. Items can include: Paints, solvents, preservatives, markers, glazes, glue, spray cans, lacquer, resin, etc. (no house paint). Also featuring live music by My Robot Suit! Who: Everyone is invited to sell, shop or barter. What: paint, paper, studio furniture, frames, tools, fabric, craft supplies, equipment, building materials, film, if an artist can use it then it’s fair game. Why: Reduce, Reuse, Recycle Where: KALEID Gallery 88 South 4th Street  San Jose, When: Saturday March 31st 1:00pm-6:00pm

 Open to the public admission free It’s time for some Spring cleaning. Clean out your studio and head over to KALEID Gallery for a good old fashioned  Art Supply Swap Meet! Just $10 a space for anyone wishing to sell, and we accept donations of art supplies…

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TWO BUCK Tuesday _ September 20th!

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TWO BUCK Tuesday _ September 20th!

Join us for an inspired evening of art demos, performances, live painting, scrumptious tastings, $2 art & quirky people get together!! 

 TWO BUCK Tuesdays at KALEID Gallery
 Tuesday,September 20th, 7-10pm It’s free and open to all ages! Sandi Billingsley believes all of us can express ourselves with paint. Sometimes we just need a simple place to start. Join her and paint some simple and basic one stroke flowers. Paint, brushes and paper will be provided. Ward Greunke will allow artists to experiment with a new form of wearable art. Evozip is a system of interchangeable skins for messenger bags that lets people quickly change the appearance of their bag. The skins are cotton canvas and can be decorated with markers or paints and then attached to the bag. Every skin fits every bag. Free skins will be given out on Tuesday night to allow you to experience this new…

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TWO BUCK Tuesday_Aug. 16th!

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TWO BUCK Tuesday_Aug. 16th!

Shannon Amidon photo weaving workshop at July’s TBT. Join us for an inspired evening of art demos, performances, live painting, scrumptious tastings, $2 art & quirky people get together!! TWO BUCK Tuesdays at KALEID Gallery
 Tuesday, August 16th, 7-10pm – 
It’s free and open to all ages! You probably have a clear plastic container in your refrigerator right now containing something you’ll never eat but you felt bad at the time letting your leftovers go to waste. Well, scrape off the fuzzy green stuff and turn it into a work of art! The organizer of Scary Craft San Jose will show you how to make a keychain, necklace charm, or earrings from plastic trash. http://www.craftingforcheapskates.blogspot.com Lisa Mejia will create beautiful henna tattoos for visitors for a small fee. Our resident portrait artist David Mejia, will draw your portrait on the spot for a small fee. Lara Sophia will help you…

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