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July 31, 2025

The Art of Clouds & Tessier Wine tasting

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Sunset - 2025 
 
      
This Saturday, the The Art of Clouds exhibition at the Gray Loft Gallery in the Jingletown section of Oakland will feature a wine tasting featuring Tessler Wine. The West Berkeley based winery, which is owned by Kristie Tacey, scientist turned winemaker, utilizes what it calls Sustainable Farming. The winery sources grapes from unique sites throughout Northern California farmed by great Sewards of the land. The fruit they source is always organically farmed, hand picked and hand sorted.                
 

Saturday, August 2, 3:00 - 5:00 pm 
 
The Art of Clouds exhibition will be open until August 23 at which time there will be a closing reception.        
 
Closing Reception:  
Saturday, August 23, 5:00 to 7:30 pm 
               

Artists Participating:
 

Gale Antokal, Francis Baker, Paola Berthoin, Ginnie Chabre, Mark Citret,
Laura Graham, Sarah Grew, Ake Grunditz, Irene Imfeld, Patrick Jagger,
Jennifer LaPierre, Laurel Anderson Malinovsky, Melina Meza, Deborah O’Grady, Ginny Parsons, Maja Planinac, Fernando Reyes, Alex Starfield, Styrous,
Christine Watten, Jan Watten, Sharon Wickham, Thomas Winz,
Wilton Wong, June Yokell  

      

Gray Loft Gallery
2889 Ford Street #32
Oakland, CA 94601

Third floor - not wheelchair accessible

     
      
Viewfinder links:       
         
The Art of Clouds         
Gray Loft Gallery        
     
Net links:       
        
Gray Loft Gallery         
Tessler Wine        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
Styrous® ~ Thursday, July 31, 2025         
        















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The Art of Clouds exhibition

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Installation photos by Styrous® 












    
      
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The Art of Clouds           
Gray Loft Gallery        
     
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July 14, 2025

Gray Loft Gallery ~ The Art of Clouds articles/mentions

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The Art of Clouds invitation 
Every Passing Storm mixed media 
image by Francis Baker


Sunrise Promise           
The Art of Clouds Opening Reception                         
Tessier Wine Reception                   
           
           


 
             



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March 17, 2025

Barbara Lee town Hall meeting @ the Gray Loft Gallery

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waiting with anticipation for the arrival of 
Barbara Lee - March 12, 2025
photo by Styrous®
 
 
I had the fortune of attending a town hall meeting with U.S. representative Barbara Lee a few days ago. She represented California's 12th congressional district (numbered as the 9th district from 1998 to 2013 and as the 13th district from 2013 to 2023), which is based in Oakland and covers most of the northern part of Alameda County. She was picked by Ron Dellums to replace him in congress in the 1990's. She is now running for mayor of Oakland to fill the vacancy left by the recall of former Mayor Sheng Thao.      
        
Gray Loft Gallery owner Jan Watten hosted the event and residents of the Oakland Jingletown area were in attendance to hear what Lee had to say about the future of our city.       
 

On the left is Cynthia Elliott, 
the unofficial "Mayor" of Jingletown.     



 Jan Watten with Lee's spokesman
 
 
Lee firmly stated that contrary to some opinions that Oakland is a broken city, "Oakland is NOT!" She spoke about the economic opportunities waiting to be tapped into. She dealt with the 12% vacancy and what to do about it. She talked about the homeless situation and that affordable housing was a right not a privilege; that resources, agencies, etc. are needed to address the problem. Services would be a priority. Department efficiency needed to be looked into.     
      
 
 
 
 
Lee spoke about business theft, the bankruptcy the city of Oakland is facing and the threat of federal funding being cut off. Regarding the city's budget deficit she would include an audit, a focus on bringing in revenue and a deeper look at the city's spending.                           
 
 
 
 
I voted for her all the years she was in congress because in spite of what she had to deal with in Washington, she did her best for California. I think she's the best thing that could happen to Oakland.
I pray the local bureaucrats let her do her job and help her do it. She has my vote!               
 



The supporters of Barbara Lee have argued she’s the only candidate who can provide stability in a turbulent time given her decades of elected experience, powerful connections and sterling reputation in the city.   
 
 
I also discovered there is a new motto for the City of Oakland. 
"Love Life"    




        
       
Viewfinder links:        
        
Gray Loft Gallery        
Barbara Lee        
Jan Watten              
        
Net links:         
Bay Area Reporter ~ Lee says she's ready to lead Oakland             
Barbara Lee website                  
Politico ~ Barbara Lee’s Oakland mayoral run        
        
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Barbara Lee articles/mentions

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mentions:           
            
            
            
            
            
        Barbara Lee - March 12, 2025 
photo by Styrous
            
            
            
            
            
            
            
            
            
            
Styrous® ~ Friday, September 10, 2021          








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November 11, 2024

Gray Loft Gallery ~ The New College Circle exhibition closing

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photos by Styrous®
(except where noted)


Last Sunday I had the pleasure of attending the closing reception for The New College Circle exhibition at the Gray Loft Gallery (link below).       
 
During the event I had the fantastic fortune to find and buy a 45 RPM album by Crime and have Henry S. Rosenthal, aka Hank Rank, autograph it. The album contained Hot Wire My Heart and Baby You're So Repulsive, both songs I already had on 45's, but the album had other songs I didn't have.         
 
 

 
Crime - Live 1978 
album photo by Roberto Morrison
45 RPM album
 
 
  
 
Jan Watten w/ Hank Rank
 
 
Another group in the show, Other Music, had their albums Prime Numbers and Incidents Out Of Context for sale but I'd bought both albums sometime in the early eighties . . .     


 
. . . however, I did buy one of their t-shirts . . . 

 
. . . which is 100% cotton AND made in the USA! 
 

 
Other Music T-shirt 
photo by Jan Watten



Meredith Tromble (curator) & Jessica

 
 












 

 
 
      
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Crime           
Gray Loft Gallery            
Jan Watten                 
     
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Gray Loft Gallery          
Jan Watten                         
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
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October 11, 2024

Gray Loft Gallery Fashion Show

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 photos by Jan Watten
 
        
Tomorrow the Gray Loft Gallery will feature a fashion show of creations by designer Carol Lee Shanks, who has previously shown at the gallery (link below), and Devin Doyle Crane. There will be runway music created by Alex Starfield.     
 
The show will be presented during the New College Circle exhibition (link below) now showing at the gallery. It's a unique exhibition, so it's a chance to see mesmerizing art & fashion at the same time.      

        
Event:
 Saturday, October 12
2 PM to 4 PM 
 
Fashion show may begin early in the event!
 
2889 Ford Street 
Third Floor 
Oakland CA 94601
     
 
The Gray Loft Gallery fashion presentation is part of the Oakland Art Murmur + Visit Oakland during the Oakland Style Week (links below).     
 
     
     
Viewfinder links:     
     
Gray Loft Gallery        
Carole Lee Shanks          
Carole Lee Shanks fashion show           
Jan Watten              
     
Net links:    
     
Oakland Style Week          
Jan Watten             
     
YouTube links:    
     
Oakland Style Week               
     
     
     
    
     
    
     
     
    
     
Styrous® ~ Friday, October 11, 2024     
     
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
    
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October 9, 2024

New College Circle articles

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September 29, 2024

Gray Loft Gallery ~ Oakland Art + Style Week!

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 Oakland Art Murmur + Visit Oakland present
Oakland Style Week
 
October 9 to 13, 2024
        
        
There will be an exciting Art and Style walking and bus tour adventure on October 12th during the Oakland Style Week, a collaboration of Visit Oakland and the Oakland Art Murmur. Several galleries will present various forms of style and fashion.          

The Gray Loft Gallery will feature a fashion show of creations by designer Carol Lee Shanks, who has previously shown at the gallery (link below), and Devin Doyle Crane. There will be runway music created by Alex Starfield.     
 
The show will be presented during the New College Circle exhibition (link below) now showing at the gallery. It's a unique exhibition, so it's a chance to see mesmerizing art & fashion at the same time.      

        
 Saturday, October 12
3 PM to 4 PM 
 
2889 Ford Street 
Third Floor 
Oakland CA 94601
  

As they used to say in the jazz scene of the 40's
"Be there or be Square"!     
     
     
     
Viewfinder links:     
     
Gray Loft Gallery        
Carole Lee Shanks          
Carole Lee Shanks fashion show          
     
Net links:    
     
Oakland Style Week          
     
YouTube links:    
     
Oakland Style Week               
     
     
     
    
     
     
    
     
     
    
     
Styrous® ~ Sunday, September 29, 2024     
     
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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