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Contact Improvisational Dance at Mabuhay Gardens with Juliana Mendonca
Fri, Nov 20, 2:30 AM6:30-8 PM contact improvisational class with Juliana Mendonca 8-11 PM open dancing continues: live musicians' jam and solarpunk riffs (words that reflect the future we wish for) Contact Improvisational Dance at Mabuhay Gardens is an ongoing series of classes and jams, led by multiple collaborators of themab.org. Juliana Mendonca opened the series with two Fluid Dance evenings, and she returns to lead this one. THE CLASS WITH JULIANA MENDONCA (6:30-8 PM) Fluid Dance is Juliana's somatic movement practice. It grew out of her water-based work, Aquatic Intelligence (formerly Liquidanza), and tonight she brings it onto the dance floor. Through breath, rhythm, weight-sharing, and contact improvisation, we explore fluidity, relational awareness, and embodied connection: how to move with ease, give and receive weight, and listen to each other through touch. You are invited to arrive exactly as you are, with your joy, your longing, your stillness, or your movement. Whatever lives within you is welcome. No experience needed. What to bring: Comfortable clothes you can roll, lean, and move in, and a water bottle. AT 8 PM: SOLARPUNK RIFFS OVER LIVE MUSIC At 8, the class opens into more than a contact jam. Darrell from Camp Contact will also help invite the contact improvisational dance community. Loke, of the funk jam band «As/Is», anchors the music. Loke is joined by a new circle of musicians for the night, and solarpunks riff freestyle over the groove with spoken, improvised visions of regenerative futures. The music answers the words, and dancers carry the contact practice into both. Dance, play, play an instrument, speak, or witness. Musicians are welcome to bring an instrument and sit in. What are SolarPunk riffs? Short, spoken, improvised visions of the futures we'd love to live in, riffed over live music. See a 15-minute uplink of Shared Origin, Mutual Futures from Mabuhay Gardens, originally broadcast live to 70 countries as part of the global ORIGIN festival. TEXTS FROM STEVE PAXTON, FOUNDER OF CONTACT IMPROVISATION These words are part of History Texts Back, a series where real words from history arrive as messages on your phone, as if they were meant for tonight: "a martial art, but without the martial... an art-cooperation." (1975) "Improvisation is a very difficult nut to crack because it can't really be defined. It deals with the future, maybe only the next second but the future. Its definition is in the result of it." (1986) "Maybe it isn't art... for a while. Maybe it has to exist for a while before people see the art of it or the art in it." (1986) "I'm talking about the democracy between two people. Did I, through energy and exchange between two people find out a secret that I could share with you? Yes, it's one that was already known." (1998) Contact improv, live music, and spoken word, improvised together in one room, isn't a familiar form yet. Maybe it isn't art for a while. Dancers, musicians, and solarpunk riffers will each be improvising and listening, with none of them leading: an art-cooperation, defined by whatever we make together that night. A note from Bobby: This is a gathering the week of my birthday in celebration at a favorite place - Mabuhay Gardens. I'm a San Francisco artist and community builder, and Artistic Director and Solarpunk in Residence at Mabuhay Gardens. My work comes from a belief that intuition, exuberant creativity, and authentic stretch goals can unlock phase shifts in people and in systems. I'm drawn to the unfinished task of protecting and growing the conditions where people can imagine a future fit for their future selves, in a more-than-human world. I do that by exploring everyday micro-utopias: preferred futures specific enough to be walked toward together. So for my birthday I wanted a room where everyone gets to be an improviser, and where we meet each other in the vignettes of micro-utopian kind. The building has long been a center for inspirationally positive deviance - it has hosted legends including Louis Armstrong, Allen Ginsberg, Lawrence Ferlinghetti, Dead Kennedys, Iggy Pop, The Sex Pistols, The Ramones, The Specials, Metallica, Guns N' Roses, Herbie Hancock, REM, Robin Williams, Whoopi Goldberg, Green Day, Soundgarden, George Lopez, Bad Religion, and Dave Chappelle. HOW TO ARRIVE Thursday, November 19 6:30-8:00 PM: The Waters Within, a contact improvisational dance class with Juliana Mendonca 8:00-11:00 PM: Solarpunk riffs over a live musicians' jam, open dancing, and Bobby's birthday celebration Mabuhay Gardens, 435 Broadway, San Francisco Suggested donation $20, pay what you want - any amount welcome, and no one turned away for lack of funds. Full listing with videos: https://luma.com/0zbutx52 Let's meet in the flow.
In-Person Soft Pastels Drawing Class in Art Studio in SF
Sat, Nov 21, 2:00 AM**Please sign up directly on our website: sweetartssanfrancisco.com** GOALS 1\. Acquire familiarity with the media and the tools\. 2\. Develop drawing\, and blending skills\. 3\. Developing the ability to work with layers\. 4\. Increase students' ability to perceive and match values\. OVERVIEW Our art teacher will offer a demonstration, guiding students step-by-step, from start to finish. You will create a simple landscape pastel drawing to take home at the end of class. No drawing experience is necessary since the course is for beginners, and we will provide all the materials. SPECIFICATIONS In this course, the student will draw with soft pastels from a selected photo reference, using a light mid-tone paper surface, and blending tools. The mid-tone surface allows the student to add value when making the colors darker and subtract value when making them lighter. Working in both directions will add a natural and realistic character to the drawing. The student will start with a simple sketch, using lines to create a basic shape while considering the proportions. Then the student will find and apply the values to the drawing using analogous soft pastel colors, creating areas of colors indicating light and shadow. The student will be using blending tools to create a color gradient while working on layering the soft pastel colors. Lastly, we will create a shadow for the object in the background and use lighter colors to reveal the illumination source.
Side Project Saturday for Artists
Sat, Nov 14, 7:00 PMCome down and work alongside fellow artists and creatives. Whether you prefer traditional art, or the latest AI tools—all mediums are welcome. Come down and learn and explore! **Who should join:** Artists of all kinds, from hobbyists to seasoned creators, all are welcome. Just have fun working alongside friends. **What to bring:** * Your art materials of choice. * Current project, or a blank canvas. * An open mind and creative spirit. The coffee shop has all the conventional options, a few lunch selections, and the best smoothies in town. Kindly patronize them. Thanks!
East Bay Sketchers at OMCA
Sun, Nov 22, 7:00 PMLet's sketch at the Oakland Museum of California. 1000 Oak St. There are public gardens and views of Lake Merritt. There are covered areas in case of rain. Reminder from last event. Don't forget to bring your 8x10 artwork for the upcoming show. 11:00-1:00 Sketching 1:00- 1:30 Throw Down
In-Person Oil Pastels Drawing Class in Art Studio
Sun, Nov 15, 9:00 PMOur art teacher will offer a demonstration, guiding students step-by-step, from the beginning to the end. You will sketch and create an oil pastel drawing/painting to take home at the end of the class. No drawing or painting experience is needed. The class is for beginners, and all the materials will be provided. ***Please remember to register for this class directly on our website here: www.sweetartssanfrancisco.com/art-for-adults at 10pm the night before the event the latest. We do not accept walk-ins.
Live Music Jam + Solarpunk Riffs at Mabuhay Gardens
Fri, Nov 20, 4:00 AM8-11 PM: live musicians jam, solarpunk riffs (spoken, improvised words that reflect the future we wish for), and open dancing for anyone who feels moved. A gathering the week of Bobby Fishkin's birthday. You don't need to dance to come. This part of the night is for listeners, musicians, poets, riffers, witnesses, and friends as much as for dancers. WHAT ARE SOLARPUNK RIFFS? Short, spoken, improvised visions of the futures we'd love to live in, riffed over live music. The music answers the words, and the words answer the music. Grab the mic for a line, a verse, or a wish, or just listen and let the room surprise you. See for yourself: our 15-minute uplink of Shared Origins, Bright Mutual Future from Mabuhay Gardens was broadcast live to events in 70 countries as part of the global ORIGIN festival. https://www.youtube.com/live/Dj3wJ-9Q4ds?t=2530 https://www.youtube.com/live/Dj3wJ-9Q4ds?t=21048 THE MUSIC Loke, of the funk jam band «As/Is», anchors the music, joined by a new circle of musicians for the night. At ORIGIN, As/Is scored the spoken word with "word painting": music that colors the meaning of words as they're spoken. This time the words come from the room. Musicians are welcome to bring an instrument and sit in. Hear a small window from a past As/Is jam: https://youtu.be/HR2WO0uv_9E THE DANCING Juliana Mendonca's contact improvisational dance workshop runs just before, 6:30-8 PM. At 8 the dancers carry their practice onto the floor alongside the music. Join in if you feel like it, or enjoy it from the edges. Contact improv is, in founder Steve Paxton's words, "a martial art, but without the martial... an art-cooperation." A NOTE FROM BOBBY This is a gathering the week of my birthday, in celebration, at a favorite place: Mabuhay Gardens. I wanted a room where everyone gets to be an improviser, and where we meet each other in vignettes of the micro-utopian kind. The building has long been a center for inspirationally positive deviance. It has hosted legends including Louis Armstrong, Allen Ginsberg, Lawrence Ferlinghetti, Dead Kennedys, Iggy Pop, The Sex Pistols, The Ramones, The Specials, Metallica, Guns N' Roses, Herbie Hancock, R.E.M., Robin Williams, Whoopi Goldberg, Green Day, Soundgarden, George Lopez, Bad Religion, and Dave Chappelle. On November 19, it's our turn to improvise. THE FULL EVENING 4-6:30 PM: Solarpunk Happy Hour 6:30-8 PM: Contact Improvisational Dance workshop with Juliana Mendonca 8-11 PM: Live music jam, solarpunk riffs, open dancing, and birthday celebration (this event) WHERE Thursday, November 19, 8-11 PM Mabuhay Gardens, 435 Broadway, San Francisco (https://themab.org) Full listing: https://luma.com/vsi5fqmv Listen, play, speak, dance, or witness. Let's meet in the flow.
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