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The Eighth Annual Expo for the Artist & Musician

Address: SomArts, 934 Brannan St., SF

JOIN US! On September 15 the Expo celebrates eight years as a unique "Free Culture Fair" where the emphasis is NOT on selling, but making connections, sharing resources and creating culture and community. Admission is donation-based and no one is turned away.

WHAT IS IT?

The Expo is an all-day extravaganza featuring more than 100 Bay Area arts organizations, free workshops, performances, and hundreds of local artists and musicians. Attendees can browse tables staffed by local galleries, nonprofits, collectives and small businesses; present their portfolios; and join in workshops on grant proposals, censorship, arts marketing, underground art history, making a demo tape and more.

• Watch video clips of Expo 2005

Save the date! The Expo for the Artist & Musician returns to SomArts Cultural Center to celebrate its EIGHTH anniversary on Saturday, September 15, 2007.

Stop By at the Expo and find a MesArt table. We will be glad to see you and answer any of your questions. Don't miss you chance to win free ticket to any workshop or seminar and free yearly subscription for Portfolio or Artist Studio packages! Harry up!

DUALITY, 2007. EXHIBITION: September 7th - 29th

Out of the Box: Reclaiming and Recycling Barbie into eco-friendly Art. 75 artists and vendors showcase their visions and creations for saving the planet with a wide range of Barbie & Ken art and re-usable products that includes mixed-media, painting, printmaking, photography, quilts and 3D Barbies, with video, performance and film.

RECEPTION: September 21st, 6 pm-9 pm

Market Street Gallery: 1554 Market Street, SF
(between Van Ness&Franklin) Map
ARTISTS RECEPTION:
Thursday, August 2nd, 5:30 p.m - 9 p.m

Age Song: 580 Hayes St. at Laguna, SF
BARBIE BALL & ARTISTS RECEPTION:
Thursday, August 2, 5:30 pm to 12 am.

Come dressed as your favorite Barbie or Ken and meet the artists and vendors who are helping to save the environment.

• The evening will be covered live by PNN and will include live performances by various artists, bands and DJ's as well as a demonstration by Allie Buckner the renowned author of the "How to Make an Altered Barbie" and "Barbie Killer" comics.

• Barbie films to be screened will include "The Tribe" by Tiffany Shlain, "Barbie Nation" by Susan Stern and "How to Make an Altered Barbie" by Michel Fraser.

MESART FEATURED ARTISTS. AUGUST 2007: www.mesart.com

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