MIXED MEDIA MIXER @ ADELINE ARTS HANGAR

Dorian Cohen's MIXED MEDIA MIXER has been a superb exposé of local music, video and photography artists, painters, foodies and performance artists.

In June 2013, the MMM falls on the day of the annual Juneteenth parade, a festival coordinated by a local group of merchants: "Along a five-block stretch on Adeline Street, between Ashby Avenue and Alcatraz Street in South Berkeley. The acclaimed festival will kick off its 26th celebration on Sunday, June 23, 2013 from 10am to 6pm and will feature arts, crafts, music, cultural events and ethnic foods."

Since the Firehouse Adeline Arts Hangar location is smack in the middle of this annual event, we have in the past, created an Art Bazaar in our collaborative Firehouse style.

This year, it's the MMM's turn, to take the spot light.

Here are some photos of last month's Mixed Media Mixer, photos by Julia Lazar for FAC.

It will be a cool chill zone in contrast to the hectic outside activities, starting at 3pm going to 8pm, with an incredible line up of talent:

Music:
LESSONS
How about in the Jaguar?
WILES
2birds

Artists:
Shervin Rostami
Maddy Westcott
Heather Holton
Zephyr Ian Farris
Marvick Garcia
Danya Aletebi
Lindsay Focht
Eder "cheda" Rangel
Tom Myers
Erik Vincent

Videographers:
Mauricio Ageno
Heather Lund
Josh Dennis
Taylor Baldschun
Zac Goldstein
Dorian Cohen
Mikey Garcia
Nick Ambe
Daniella Flores
Paul Nester

More about The monthly Mixed Media Mixer here.

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PRESS RELEASE FOR FAC LIVE BAZAAR

Introducing the "FIREHOUSE ART COLLECTIVE LIVE Weekend BAZAAR", a year round indoor event, taking place on Saturdays, 10am to 6pm in Berkeley, on 3192 Adeline street @ Martin Luther King Jr Boulevard, CA 94608.

“The purpose of the LIVE Weekend Bazaar created by the Firehouse Art Collective under the direction of Tom Franco in collaboration with ‘23Monkeytree-productions’ is to have a space for our community to come together LIVE and co create a culture of sharing leisure, great food, drink and art of all disciplines one weekend at a time. “

A brand new venue for artists of all disciplines to bring their goods directly to the community they live in.  This includes fine art, metal works, jewelry, antiques & collectibles, paper works, food, natural beauty and health products, ceramics, magic, photography...really all the things people adore at an indoor bazaar. With live plus DJ music and our stellar food vendors from the former Underground Food Market of San Francisco, it's a cool party and cultural event every time, with a Firehouse Art Collective slant.

Tom Franco, director: “With the Firehouse Art Collective LIVE Events Bazaars, we are really pushing the envelope in creating a cutting edge space that is beyond any “arts gallery formalism” on one extreme and the “hippy love fest free for all music faire” on the other extreme.  We are scheduled to happen every Saturday in Berkeley, fusing basic human values of being seen plus sharing creative ideas made manifest.  Giggling at the paradox, that the cutting edge art scene of today sports all the elements of ancient traditional cultures of coming together as a community at the market place and sharing leisure, resources and the arts.

One of the specialties of the Firehouse Art Collective is making the collective dreams, the shared dreams of the community, actually come true.  

People often come to me and say, "thank you for making this event happen! I had the same idea and wanted to do it too."   My experience, in this process of putting on events, is that each person is not very far away from a successful happening of sorts. The steps between having a community dream and actually living it, maybe only 3 or 4 steps at the most, coupled with the art of commitment and endurance. After that, there is such a momentum generated from support and good wishes, that frankly, we as the Firehouse Art Collective, are strictly hooked on having a good time!”

Julia Lazar, assistant director: “The difference in our approach to live events is that each person in the room becomes an active participant in the event. Versus being a consumer, passive bystander or excluded by an exclusive event, everyone is included and prompted to personally contribute to the experience, by sharing, listening, speaking, mingling, and being introduced to each other. The art of basic social connection is enlivened. This is how culture happens on a community level and we get that distinct feeling that we are part of each other’s lives and share the same world…it’s a way to get a buzz, like Tom said, we live to enjoy!”

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BAZAAR UPDATES

The TACO guys

SUNDAY JUNE 26th is coming up fast...we are cleaning, building and hanging the setting for the Premiere of the LIVE Weekend Bazaar put on by the Firehouse Art Collective leadership team.

We are so proud to have the best line up of vendors seen at any event of this kind!
  

Courtesy of Paintbrush Diplomacy

As we are just about maxed out on vendors space, we are also scheduling live music and are offering a sweet free spot for a non profit org to offer information on what they do and are all about. The premiere bazaar will feature "Paintbrush Diplomacy" a group that brings art supplies to children in war torn areas and the collects the art to show at home and bring awareness into our lives about what is happening to our children in parts of the world. "Connecting the world one paintbrush at a time. Promoting peace and understanding through the universal language of art."

We will post the lineup of vendors on Saturday and also photos and videos of the actual event next week.

For the next step, we will need Your support, in keeping the bazaar thriving.

Jessica Feinsmith of JFeindesigns.com

We know that this LIVE weekend Bazaar  has the potential to bring ripple effects all across the San Francisco Bay Area as a public, social community and cultural event, which transcends all differences in age, sex, race and lifestyle, as it connects us in the spirit of leisure, art and fantastic food. 

Berlyn Soul Food

This is a call for You to use your social networking platforms and resources to let everyone know about the ongoing weekly Saturday LIVE Weekend Bazaar in Berkeley brought to you by the Firehouse Art Collective, directed by Tom Franco and his current collaborators.

MORE ABOUT OUR FAC "EAST" BAZAAR

The Firehouse Art Collective 'east' Bazaar in Berkeley, is a new venue for artists of all disciplines, to bring their creations directly to the community they live in. This includes jewelry, collectibles, paper goods, food, natural beauty and health products, ceramics, photography...really all the things we love to see in a local bazaar. 

...a perfect array of the kind of things people adore at a bazaar...

With live music and our stellar food vendors, whom we met at the underground markets, it's a cool party and cultural community event every time.

The premiere is Sunday, June 26, on 3192 Adeline street, which on that day will also be the area for the "Juneteenth Festival" with thousands of people coming through celebrating.

This Bazaar, will be open every Saturday and is right across from the weekly Berkeley Flea market on Ashby Bart parking lot.

Our venue is a really cool building with a roof, but open air areas, like a covered parking area which is now part of the Firehouse Art Collective "East" art studios. Hence the acronym FACe.

You can directly sign up here to get a booth or e-mail me if you need to know more. 

lazar dot julia at gmail dot com

You can also call me anytime 510 593 0733.

Best,

Julia Lazar 

online bazaar coordinator

FIREHOUSE ART COLLECTIVE BERKELEY BAZAAR

Introducing "FIREHOUSE ART COLLECTIVE BERKELEY BAZAAR", a year round indoor market, on Saturdays and Sundays, for purveyors of all kinds of fine community goods featuring live music, stellar street food vendors, DJs, co creating community and culture one weekend at the time.


Premiering SUNDAY, JUNE 26, 2011, which happens to be a great celebration day in Berkley: Juneteenth Festival.

Please sign up here, if you know that you would like to be a vendor on Sunday, June 26. 
Booths are 10 x 8 sq ft and $ 75 per booth.*


Information on the weekly Saturday & Sunday Bazaar, which happens parallel to the Berkeley Flea market across the street, will be posted here soon and you can let us know if you would like to be invited as a vendor here.




*Call 510 593 0733 or e-mail Julia@23Monkeytree.com to get help with a refund..