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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KALEID Gallery is proud to present two new solo exhibitions by Leslie Ann Rice and Sara Tomasello for the month of September. Circus Act sculptures by Leslie Ann Rice A mutt-ley crew of characters explore the circus of popular culture, touching upon the freakish tendencies of human nature. Looking through the Glass paintings by Sara Tomasello Through her paintings, Sara Tomasello builds on themes of intimacy and the unity of opposites. Her characters are symbols for the light and dark aspects of human nature. Using a vibrant color palette and inspired by universal mythological themes, Sara portrays the emotional impact of the world she sees and experiences it in her acrylic paintings. There is a story behind each piece and it begins; Once upon time. Viewers are invited to look through the glass that Sara views the world and reflect on your own experiences of the world. Aritsts’ Reception: Friday,…

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KALEID Gallery presents two new solo exhibitions by Michelle Waters and Jonathan Perea Musings From the Wastelandby Michelle Waters The paintings in this series by Bay Area artist Michelle Waters are influenced by the nightmarish imagery of Hieronymus Bosch, Edward Abbey’s writings and her work as a wildlife rehabilitator and environmental activist. Her art deconstructs the assumption of human superiority by showing what might transpire if animals took control over the fate of the planet. Animals demolishing the Glen Canyon Dam and wildlife laying waste to a bulldozer are some of the characters who populate her paintings. Convergenceby Jonathan Perea Subatomic abstract realism: A worldwide acceleration where science and spirituality dances to the tune of the cosmos. The illusion of duality unveiled a new beginning. Exhibit Dates: August 5-26, 2011 KALEID Gallery
88 South Fourth Street
San Jose, CA
info@KALEIDgallery.com / 408-947-1785
http://www.KALEIDgallery.com Gallery Hours:
Tuesday – Friday, Noon – 7pm
Saturday, Noon – 5pm…

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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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KALEID Gallery & the Two Buck Tuesday Crew presents: TWO BUCK TUESDAYS – August 18th 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. This month’s TWO BUCK Tuesdays is curated by the lovely and wildly talented Kate Stewart– here’s what she has in store for you: Speakers: Postal Servix will destroy you with the story of how a mild-mannered Special Ed teacher became a bloodthirsty Silicon Valley Rollerwarrior. Trina Merry just got back from teaching art to kids in Haiti. Don Bon takes things apart. Music by Zonky Flay To see past TWO BUCK Tuesdays events, visit: http://u.nu/5vua KALEID Gallery 88 South Fourth Street (@San Fernando/next to Flames Restaurant) Downtown San Jose info[at]KALEIDgallery.com Free &…

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KALEID Gallery presents Two Buck Tuesday June 21st 7-10pm You’re invited to join us for our monthly $2 art sale and quirky people get together! We have another great lineup of art, demos and hands on activities! Featuring: Sean Stryker & PARTY FOWL Welcome to Party Fowl! A short form improv group that will have you rolling! Party Fowl does interactive improv taken from suggestions from the audience – and make up scenes and improv games on the spot in real time! See your suggestions come to life as we play from razor sharp wit and active imaginations. We always have a ton of fun everywhere we perform and everyone in the group does it just out of the love of being a ham. So please sit back and enjoy Party Fowl! Cipacteo will show us how he makes a gourd & leather bag. Gourds have been utilized by native…

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Sean Sczepanik Steven Sczepanik Layers of Age in Monster Land New installation and paintings by Sean Sczepanik & Steven Sczepanik. An exploration of monsters and cartoons from the imagination, referencing mainly Nightmare on Elm Street, Poltergeist, Fright Night, and Hellraiser. Also on view is a display of hands representing fellow artists. Each hand containing a characteristic of each artists’ style. Artists’ Reception: Friday June 3, 7-10pm, free & open to the public part of the South FIRST FRIDAYS monthly art walk http://www.southfirstfridays.com Feature exhibition on view through July 19, 2011 KALEID Gallery 88 South Fourth Street San Jose, CA info@KALEIDgallery.com / 408-947-1785 http://www.KALEIDgallery.com Gallery Hours: Tuesday – Friday, Noon – 7pm Saturday, Noon – 5pm…

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KALEID Gallery is proud to present to new featured exhibitions by talented artists Emonic, and Katie Gutierrez RENASCI by Emonic RENASCI is the Latin word meaning rebirth or to be renewed. The body of work presented will deal with concepts and subject material based on human energy for an upcoming illustrated book called CRETUM due later next year. The Strip by Katie C. Gutierrez Intrigued with the notion of distilling a place as visually overwhelming as Las Vegas down into simplified points of bleeding light, Gutierrez encaustically collages her own photos with iconic vintage Vegas imagery to create her own brilliant yet hazy version of this place she loves to hate. Opening Reception: Friday May 6th, 7-10pm, free & open to the public part of the South FIRST FRIDAYS monthly art walk [http://www.southfirstfridays.com](http://www.southfirstfridays.com) Feature exhibitions on view through May 27th KALEID Gallery88 South Fourth StreetSan Jose, CAinfo@KALEIDgallery.com / 408-947-1785http://www.KALEIDgallery.com Gallery…

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KALEID Gallery presents Two Buck Tuesday APRIL 19th 7-10pm You’re invited to join us for our monthly $2 art sale and quirky people get together! We have another great lineup of art, demos and hands on activities! FEATURING: Sandi Billingsley will show us how to make recycled styrofoam picture frames! Maria’s Make Ur Own Button station is back! In a world filled with buttons, you can’t seem to find the right button…well come by our button making machine table! this month- Maria will help u design & make a button that is all YOU!. 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. San Jose is Lame Because You’re Lame calendar will be making the next month’s…

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KALEID Gallery & the Two Buck Tues Crew presents: TWO BUCK Tuesdays – April 21st. an all day $2 art sale and quirky speaker series on the third Tuesday of the month. 12noon – 8pm: $2 art all day 6pm – 8pm: interesting people speaker series– 10mns each, before / after demos and live music —— Featured Speakers —— Christina Deptula – Mutual Social Networking: Fun entrepreneurial business models for aspiring artists. Taken from Christina’s experience as Creative Facilitator of Synchronized Chaos variety magazine, this will be a discussion of what artists can learn from successful social networking business models and how to use strategies such as personal business cards, online and in-person networking, leveraging transferable skills, etc., all interspersed with free verse poems. Eric Taggart – The Art of the Art Trade: How artists end up with art collections they could never afford. Art trading is quite simple. Think…

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