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East Bay Open Studios in Jingletown
Jingletown Arts, Business and Community presents
the Annual East Bay Open Studios
June 8 – 9 , 11:00 a.m. to 6:00 pm
2nd Friday receptions,
June 14, from 6:00 to 8:00 pm
These events are free and open to the public.
The annual open studio event highlights the work of artists who live and/or work in the area known as Jingletown, which is an Oakland neighborhood between the Park and Fruitvale Street bridges bordered by the estuary separating Oakland from the island of Alameda. There will be superb art and artists in our unique and walkable neighborhood.
Links to more info below.
Watch for photos from this event to be posted on the Viewfinder.
Participating artists and galleries:
Gray Loft Gallery *
2889 Ford Street, third floor
Open both weekends
Olga Evanusa-Rowland, mixed media
Shelley Gardner, mixed media
Jana Grover, mixed media
Sue Matthews, painting
Dorie Meister, hand crafted jewelry
Steven Raskin, photography
Steven Rowland, painting
Jenny Sampson, photography
Susan Tuttle, jewelry and photography
Emily Weil, painting
Ford Street Studios
2934 Ford Street
Peter Dreyfuss, sculpture, watercolors, studio #35
Fernando Reyes, painting, printmaking, studio #26
Gina Jacupke, painting, mixed media studio #8
2912 Ford Street #10
Jill McLennan, painting, printmaking
Jingletown Art Studios *
3001 Chapman Street
Open both weekends
Fernanda Martinez, painting
Tj McCormick, painting
Norton Factory Studios
3094 E. 10th Street
Multiple artists and mediums
ABOUT JINGLETOWN
Among other notable artistic enterprises, it is the location of a
number of galleries, including Faultine Artspace, Gray Loft Gallery,
Jingletown Art Studios and Gallery and Norton Factory Studios, as well
as studios of many renowned artists who are living and working in one of
the most recognized artists’ warehouse districts in Oakland.
The moniker Jingletown came from turn of the century when Portuguese
cannery workers whose earnings would "jingle" in their pockets at the
end of the day as they walked home from the factories in the area. Many
of those canneries and factories closed and the neighborhood went into
disuse, but in the early 1980’s artists realized the potential and
converted many of the neglected warehouses into functioning live/work
spaces. It is now a flourishing artist community in the Bay Area.
The goal of the Jingletown Arts and Business Community is to heighten
awareness about the rich and diverse population of working and
exhibiting artists in the neighborhood, and to promote creative
opportunities in the Jingletown Arts District. Visitors to this historic
arts district will see colorful mosaic murals on converted warehouse
walls, intersection street painting art and the Peterson Street
Community Wall, which features murals by many of the residents of
Jingletown.
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