San Francisco Voice

Tuesday was the free admission day at SFMoMA (the first Tuesday of every month is no charge to get in there and see their exhibits). I’d been meaning to go check it out since I moved here but you know how it is, that first Tuesday comes around so fast every month and there’s always something else to do. So I hadn’t been there since moving here. In fact, I hadn’t been there since the very first time that I came to San Francisco back in 1998. At the time, I didn’t know anything about the city. I had a …read more

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One of my favorite times of day is when I hear the mailman open up our screen door and bang the mailboxes as he fills them. I get lots of interesting stuff in my mail … CDs, letters with packages, business plan request, manuscript stuff … but today the exciting thing was my calendar of events for the JCCSF. And it occurred to me that a lot of people probably don’t know what a great place the JCCSF is for events.
I used to work at the Jewish Community Center back home in Tucson so I was familiar from there about …read more

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*paintings by Angela Simione, see more on her art blog.
Angela Simione is a Bay Area painter whose work comes from the feminist perspective that the personal is political. She creates provocative pieces that make you think and cause you to debate. Despite the serious controversy that can be drummed up by some of her pieces, Angela has a fun, light-hearted approach to life. She loves the diversity of the city, she enjoys the work that she does and she’s excited to meet other creative folks in the city. In this interview with San Fran Voice, she …read more

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The image that you see up there is the poster for the San Rafael Food and Wine Festival which is happening this weekend up in San Rafael. The reason that you see it here is because the poster was created by local artist Rich Sigberman who was recently interviewed by San Fran Voice. If you’re heading up to check out the festival, be sure to say hi to Rich since he’s going to have a booth there.
If you miss him there, you can catch him in September at his booths at the Telluride Blues Festival (which he also did the …read more

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*”Morning Glory” by Rosalind Solomon
Rosalind Solomon has spent more than thirty years doing commercial artwork, primarily illustrations for such projects as children’s books and advertising packaging. In recent years, she has begun to make the switch to fine art, using inspiration from her own spiritual journey and from all of her years of making art to create paintings that are the manifestation of this personal history. She is currently working on opening her own studio in her home and continuing to explore this new aspect of her artwork. In this interview, she tells us about this new work as well …read more

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Go to Rich Sigberman’s website and you’ll learn that he does “Jazz, Pop & Abstract Artwork” and “Commercial and Architectural Illustration”. What does that mean? He’s an illustrator and artist who has done work for books and buildings all throughout the Bay Area. Much of his inspiration comes from the jazz musicians that he has loved for years. In other words, Rich gets to do what many artists only dream of doing; he makes a living from his art. And he gives you some hints as to how in his blog. But first, learn more about his work from this …read more

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Dena Rose is a Bay Area fashion designer whose one-of-a-kind vintage items are beginning to pop up in the city at places like RAG Co-op in Hayes Valley. She got started in her career when she was just a kid, tailoring used clothes to fit her tall frame and to create her own style. Now she applies that style to vintage clothes that she finds in thrift shops around The Haight and elsewhere, creating a variety of new clothes inspired by all kinds of different things in the city (and elsewhere). Check out some of the work that she’s got …read more

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The truth is that I don’t even know where to start with telling you about the art and entrepreneurship of Illyanna Maisonet. That’s because this chick (who was Mission before Mission was cool) has got so much going on and she’s doing it all well. She’s a graffiti artist, a fashion line produced, an illustrator for various projects including stuff affiliated with bands and her own upcoming ‘zine. Really, there’s not much this girl isn’t doing. And somehow, she finds the time to set goals related to using art to help latchkey kids. But I’ll let her tell you all …read more

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*painting by Ken Keegan, see his virtual art gallery for more images and information*
Ken Keegan is a San Francisco artist originally from New York. His use of color draws in your attention and creates a kind of flow to his artwork that makes it seem almost as if it is in motion. This effect is enhanced when you view his work in his virtual art gallery which is one of the best website set-ups for an artist that I’ve ever seen. In this interview, Ken tells San Fran Voice about his work and his experiences so far in San Francisco.
What …read more

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As you may know, photographer Ginny Mangrum caught my eye with stunning images of storage units (see the post). They turned my vision upside down and gave me a new perspective into something that is fairly every day. So, of course, I’m happy to be able to say that San Fran Voice interviewed Ginny and got some more info on what motivates this artist.
What can you tell us about the basics of your artwork? Specifically, how do you become drawn to the topics that you cover? My curiosities about empty public spaces normally filled with people contemplates memories …read more

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