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PAST EVENTS
TWO BUCK Tuesday at KALEID February 16th
TWO BUCK Tuesday, curated by Matthew Bailey Seigel Tuesday, February 16, 2010 family friendly free for all ages $2 ART SALE starts @12pm FUN TALKS start @7pm featuring: Chef Patti Searle is a professional chef, caterer, and owner of Thrivin’ Edibles, a 100% vegan food enterprise. Raw vegan food is her passion, both as a creator and a consumer and she will be giving a talk called, “Super Foods? How about Foods that are Super?” She’ll include hints on how to prepare these everyday GIANTS in the fruit and vegetable world. Arrive on time at Two Buck Tuesday as Patti will get the evening started at 7pm. Oh, and she is bringing samples of her world-famous HuuRaw chips! 
thrivinedibles.com Gary Coleman, oil and pastel painter, will explore artistic priorities. LIKE: Does painting to sell have to mean selling out? If it does (just a little), does the artist hoard his/her…
TWO BUCK Tuesday January 19th
This edition of TWO BUCK TUESDAY is curated by Lacey Bryant. January 19th 6-10 pm Free admission Featuring our Quirky Speaker Series: Drew Clark: A charismatic artist who will expound upon the finer points of dressing with panache and how it’s totally worth the discomfort involved. Brian Gundy: The owner of For Goodness Snakes will discuss how his passion for animals helped to build his business. Brian has been a local professional snake breeder for over 20 years. His love for people and education now finds him sharing his cold blooded friends at schools, birthday parties and company events. Gary Parker: After over 40 years of experience, Gary will teach us the merit of being a stupid photographer-that is, not playing by the rules and still getting great shots! Also Featuring: A Grand and Unusual Puppet show by Dax Dax’s show is original songs on accordion and wine glasses in…
$2 TUESDAY: A NIGHT OF EDIFICATION Dec. 15th
artwork by Andrew Goldfarb This month’s Two Buck Tuesday is curated by Kate Stewart and is focused on skills. The skills you need to pay the bills, not monetary bills, no, nothing so crass, but the spiritual bills that we all run up living our daily life of compromise and practicality. Pay off the debt of wonder and satisfaction that you owe yourself with our panel of experts. HEAR THE SPINE-TINGLING TALES OF: –> OLLIE MOORE as he reveals to you the secrets of bike racing, giving birth (for fathers,) and the San Jose music scene. HE HAS THE SKILLS THAT PAY THE BILLS! –> GIANFRANCO PAOLOZZI has a story to tell you. “falling in love…yes…falling in love…you know!…when you are surrounded with that colorless odorless cloud that paralyzes you for minutes or years and you really do not know why but something is happening in your brain and…
TWO BUCK TUESDAYS at KALEID Sept. 15th
Join us at KALEID gallery for the next TWO BUCK Tuesdays $2 art sale, quirky speaker series and a newly added live sketch session! Tuesday September 15th, 6pm – 10pm (speakers begin at 7pm) This edition of TBT is curated by Michael Foley. FEATURED SPEAKERS: – Christine Benjamin will give a demonstration on how she creates her creatures in 3D with needle felting. She started needle felting earlier this year in order to translate her painted characters in 3 dimension. She is currently experimenting with adding other materials to her creations such as wood, wire and found objects. – Andrew Clark shall discuss his miraculous mustache ( think Dali, but with a twist)the history of the mustache and how he maintains his mustache of panache. A witty Charismatic artist working currently with found objects. – Derek Scott will be speaking about Beatseqr, a local homegrown musical instrument. His work creating…
“Zine Party Tonight” at KALEID Sept. 18th
Zine Party Tonight! at KALEID Gallery Zine Makers: Yumico Miyagawa (organizer & hostess), Reiko Miyagawa, Mike Huguenor, Keiko Komada, Kyle Pellet, Matthew Seigel, Maria Inocencio, David Mejia, Christine Benjamin, Trina Merry, Joe Claus, Michael Foley, Kate Stewart, Eddie Flores, Gianfranco Paolozzi, Lisa Buchanan, Bob Vielma, Adam Pasion, Lacey Bryant, Darius B’Alexander, Jai Tanju, Ray Stevens, Pod, Wez Lundry, Jason Raquinio, Erin the Stego, Alex Siquig, Nate Kavanaugh, Kittyhotpants and more! Music by: David Knight The Runaway Five Friday, September 18th, 7-9pm free and open to the public KALEID Gallery 88 South Fourth Street (@ San Fernando) Downtown San Jose, CA www.KALEIDgallery.com…
TWO BUCK TUESDAYS – June 16th
above $2 artwork by Pellet KALEID Gallery & the Two Buck Tuesday Crew presents: TWO BUCK TUESDAYS – June 16th An all day $2 art sale and quirky speaker series (6-8pm) on the third Tuesday of the month. 12noon – 8pm: $2 art all day 6pm -8pm: interesting people speaker series- 10mns each, with additional performances and demos before and after the speakers. Speakers: Lacey Bryant will share some of the most unique pieces from her 10 years in the making Pez Collection. From a 1950’s Pez gun that shoots the sugary pellets at you to the promotional collaboration between Pez and a drug company, Lacey’s ecclectic knowledge on all things Pez will amuse and astound you. Elise Lippin – A mandala meditation using two of her latest works as meditation focal points. “Mandala†is a Sanskrit word meaning “having essence†or “circle-circumference.†Reuben Rutledge – PhD candidate at California…
Call for Art – TWO BUCK TUESDAYS – June 16th
TBT art by Pellet TWO BUCK TUESDAYS is open to all artists that want to create unique affordable art for a once a month crazy sale of $2 art! To participate, just drop off as many 4″ x 6″ (or smaller) works of art that you want by this Saturday, June 13th at 3pm. All work must be priced for $2 (you keep ALL the proceeds) and make sure all of your contact info is on the back so new customers can get in touch with you. Then come out Tuesday, June 16th from 7-9pm for the quirky speaker series and meet a bunch of truly interesting people! KALEID Gallery 88 South Fourth Street Downtown San Jose (next door to FLAMES Restaurant) 408-947-1785…
TWO BUCK TUESDAYS at KALEID May 19th
KALEID Gallery & the Two Buck Tuesday Crew presents: TWO BUCK Tuesdays – May 19, 2009 an all day $2 art sale and quirky speaker series (6-8pm) on the third Tuesday of the month. 12noon – 8pm : $2 art all day 6pm -8pm : interesting people speaker series- 10mns each, with additional performances and demos before and after the speakers. Speakers: David Ramsey will cater this evening’s event and speak about creativity in cooking Blaise Rosenthal: American Painter. Talks about a piece from his series “An Initial Approach to Knowing Everything,” a body of work in which he has explored the nature of free will and the conflict of good & evil. He’ll discuss his pursuit of contextualizing himself and the human condition as well as his process of combining classicist considerations and contemporary dialogue. http://www.flickr.com/photos/20965327@N03/3398639275/ Carolina Harris, owner of “Beyond Wonderland,” will talk about how to get an…
TWO BUCK TUESDAYS April 21st – thank you!
Thanks to everyone that came out to the April 21st Two Buck Tuesday! We’d also like to thank all the incredibly interesting and quirky guests below! As with all Two Buck Tuesdays – $2 art all day! Eric Taggart spoke about The Art of the Art Trade: How artists end up with art collections they could never afford. Christina Deptula presented Mutual Social Networking: Fun entrepreneurial business models for aspiring artists. Ceramicist Ben Shutz demonstrated throwing clay to make a vase. Sam Brown and friends provided smooth jazz before and after the speaker series. We invite you to the next one – third Tuesday, May 19th! $2 art all day starting at noon Interesting, quirky speaker series 6pm-8pm This event is presented by the Two Buck Tues Crew: Christine Benjamin Lacey Bryant Eddie Flores Maria Inocencio Trina Merry Kyle Pellet Matthew Seigel Kate Stewart Two Fish Design KALEID Gallery 88…