Showing posts with label Steve Nakashima. Show all posts
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October 30, 2022

Jingletown Originals ~ Otta here like a bat out of Hell

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Suzanne Olivia Davis ~ Bat Out of Hell 


The exhibition, Jingletown Originals, at the Gray Loft Gallery in Oakland, closed last night and it went out in GRAND style!     

As it will be All Hallows' Eve tomorrow, costumes befitting the bewitching occasion were encouraged and some people went whole hog at it.      




photos by Styrous®
except where indicated


 
 



 
The Cats in the hat
 
 




 
 
 
 
The tourist 
photo by Isaac Amala
 
 
And some people played it low key . . . 
 
 
 
 photo by Tom White

 
The dazzling event was beautifully catered by Isaac Amala with the help of his friend, artist turned sous chef, Abel Soto Díaz.       
 
 
 

 
 
 
 

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 




 
 
 











 

 
 
 
 
Participating artists in the Jingletown Originals exhibition:
 



Jan Watten & Steve Nakashima
 

As I left the celebration, the dancing started and when I got to my studio below, I could feel the building shaking from the thunderous sound of stomping feet and booming music! It was a helluva way to end The Jingletown Originals!       
 




     
      
Viewfinder links:       
         
Isaac Amala          
Suzy Barnard         
Ruth Boerefijn         
Betty Jo Costanzo               
Suzanne Olivia Davis           
Gray Loft Gallery         
Ake Grunditz          
Leslie Frierman Grunditz          
Kyung Lee        
Susan Matthews           
Dorie Meister        
Steve Nakashima            
Amy Sollins         
Styrous         
Jan Watten                 
Tom White         
Karyn Yandow        
     
Net links:        
         
Suzy Barnard        
         
Betty Jo Costanzo          
Gray Loft Gallery          
Ake Grunditz             
Leslie Frierman Grunditz          
Kyung Lee           
Sue Matthews         
Dorie Meister            
Styrous           
Jan Watten                         
Tom White        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
Styrous® ~ Sunday, October 30, 2022           
        















 
 
 
 
 
 

Steve Nakashima articles/mentions

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mentions:     
Gray Loft Gallery ~       
The America That I Love          
Exquisite Little Things closing reception      
Figure opening reception         
     
Steve Nakashima - 2022
Photo by Styrous®

        
        
        


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April 10, 2022

Gray Loft Gallery ~ Art of the African Diaspora opening

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Last night the exhibition, Art of the African Diaspora, opened at the Gray Loft Gallery. It is an iteration by the gallery of the theme based on the work of African-American artists, the first was in February of 2020 (link below).     
 
The exhibition is a showing of stunning work that includes everything from photography to fine art (link below) and will be running until the 14th of May, 2022.         
 
 
April 9 – May 14, 2022 
 
First Friday Reception:
Friday, May 6, 6:00 – 8:30 pm 

photos by Styrous®
 
 
  
 
 
  
 
 
  
Tom White & Eleanore Hockabout
 
 
 
 
 
Arthur Norcome explained to me the difficulties he has encountered in learning how to produce super saturated and dark water color tones in his work which are stunning!  
 
 
 
 
 
This is the third exhibition Dulama LeGrande has been in at the Gray Loft Gallery; his work was in the first Diaspora show (link below) as well as the Re-Envision show (link below).     
 

Dulama LeGrande





Jan Watten, Tom White, Eleanore Hockabout & Steve Nakashima
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Kelvin Curry also had his neo-surrealist images that are reminiscent of Picasso in the first Diaspora exhibition in 2020.           
 

 
Kelvin Curry (above & below)




 
 

 
     
     
     
Viewfinder links:       
         
 Art of the African Diaspora          
Gray Loft Gallery        
Dulama LeGrande         
Arthur Norcome         
Re-Envision         
Styrous         
Tom White        
     
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Art of the African Diaspora                   
Kelvin Curry            
Gray Loft Gallery         
Dulama LeGrande                  
Arthur Norcome          
Styrous®       
Tom White       
        
        
        
Styrous® ~ Sunday, April 10, 2022        
        















 
 
 
 
 
 

December 14, 2019

Exquisite Little Things closing reception

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photos by Styrous®

The second Exquisite Little Things closed last night. It was the end of another brilliant assemblage of the work of talented Bay Area artists by Jan Watten. It seems it has become an annual event at the Gray Loft Gallery (links below).          


Steve Nakashima
















Jill McLennan, Tom White & Jan Watten


J. M. Golding





Minoo Hamzavi



Tom White & John Wood





Jan Watten




Minoo Hamzavi






J. M. Golding


Stephanie Williamson & Ed Summerfield





Da Gang


       
       
         
Viewfinder links:      
         
Exquisite Little Things           
Exquisite Little Things 2            
Gray Loft Gallery                    
J. M. Golding           
Minoo Hamzavi       
Jill McLennan           
Styrous®          
Ed Summerfield             
Jan Watten           
Tom White         
John W. Wood          
Stephanie Williamson 
   
       
       
Net links:      

J. M. Golding          
Gray Loft Gallery               
Minoo Hamzavi         
Jill McLennan       
Ed Summerfield                         
Jan Watten         
Tom White         
Stephanie Williamson
John W. Wood           
   
       
       
Styrous® ~ Saturday, December 14, 2019