We the Artists of the Bay Area

Save the Art Update! We could still use just a little bit more of your HELP! Amazingly we've ALMOST reached our fundraising goal, and thanks to all the private and GofundMe donations and volunteer effort we got ALL THE ART OFF the casino site last month. WOOHOO! https://www.gofundme.com/f/theart

But we still need about $30K in order to help out all the artists for having to pay to get their own art back after Transfix went bankrupt. It's Giving Tuesday so help us out! Every little bit counts, can you give $20?

Please LIKE and SHARE and maybe you know someone who wants to swoop in and help us cross the finish line? and THANK YOU ALL from the bottom of my heart. Together we are turning a major bummer into a wonderful story of community support and love for ART and ARTISTS!

Save The Art, organized by Tyler Hanson Here’s the deal. In spring 2023, Transfix opened to the public in Las Vegas, starting what was to be a thre… Tyler Hanson needs your support for Save The Art

Great resource for bay area artists:
The Safety Net Fund is a non-profit designed to help support artists in the Bay Area during the COVID-19 crisis. As the world around us descends into bedlam, we turn towards each other to find hope, support, and community. https://medium.com//the-safety-net-fund-20040273d291

The Safety Net Fund Click this link to donate to the Safety Net Fund.

Awesome project here in the bay: Helping keep artists engaged and paid as guardians of hope and beauty in the wake of COVID-19
Together we can bring uplifting art to boarded up businesses across the Bay Area https://paintthevoid.org/

Paint the Void Helping keep artists engaged and paid as guardians of hope and beauty in the wake of COVID-19 Together we can bring uplifting art to boarded up businesses across the Bay Area Donate Now The path to rejuvenation  Where we are now We've all noticed storefronts boarded up around San Francisco and Eas...

Artists United

LATE NITE ART: heART is Oakland

As part of the heART is Oakland exhibition, we are hosting an exclusive evening with LATE NITE ART. This creative experience is intended for surviving friends and family members of the Ghost Ship fire. This event is free and is limited to 50 participants.

LATE NITE ART is an evening of collaborative art-making, curated music and facilitated dialogue to foster creative energy and thoughtful engagement. Come meet new friends,and get your hands dirty exploring some evocative emotions using art supplies. It's a hard thing to describe...just trust us, it can be powerful. See the video http://lateniteart.com/about/.

LATE NITE ART is NOT an event for artists - you don't need to be able to color within the lines or draw portraits of fruit bowls - you just need eyes, ears, and an open mind. Based in Oakland, since 2012 LATE NITE ART has given over 5,000 particpants an evening to remember.

heART is Oakland is a collaboration of FLAX art & design and We the Artists of the Bay Area (WABA). Both FLAX and WABA support Oakland's creative community, with FLAX providing inspiration and materials for creativity, and WABA working for advocacy and public awareness for creativity.

For more see:
heART is Oakland, http://heartisoakland.org/
LATE NITE ART, http://lateniteart.com/
Classic Cars West, http://www.classiccarswest.com/
FLAX art & design, http://flaxart.com/oakland-store/
We the Artists of the Bay, http://artistsofthebay.org/

eventbrite.com As part of the heART is Oakland exhibition, we are hosting an exclusive evening with LATE NITE ART. This creative experience is intended for surviving friends and family members of the Ghost Ship fire. This event is free and is limited to 50 participants. LATE NITE ART is an evening of collaborative...

Safer DIY Spaces

SAFER DIY SPACES is an Oakland-based, fiscally sponsored coalition of activists, architects, contractors, and artists that emerged in the wake of the tragic Ghost Ship fire in Oakland, CA in December 2016. We offer guidance, financial assistance, and labor to the frequently vulnerable members of the Bay Area's communities who live and/or work in non-traditional "DIY" spaces. DIY communities not only face the threat of displacement but also the risk of physical harm because the spaces in which they work or reside frequently require repairs and/or may not be up to code.

While assuring complete anonymity to those in these spaces, SAFER DIY SPACES provides support in the form of pre-inspection walk-throughs and guidance, reparative construction, and micro-grants to help fund the materials and labor necessary to implement core life-safety improvements.

Safer DIY Spaces is a coalition of building professionals and artists providing extensive technical and financial assistance to low-income DIY spaces for life-safety alterations and tenant-led building acquisitions.

We the Artists of the Bay Area – A resource for artists and creative communities far and wide.

artistsofthebay.org We the Artists of the Bay Area is an inclusive organization of artists, tenants, and community activists working to ensure safe, long-term spaces for the creative community.

About WABA:

Our goal is to find sensible, workable solutions to support the creative community that serve everybody’s needs and interests, and to speak with one unified voice to advocate for their implementation.

- HeArt Is Oakland

CALL FOR ART EXTENDED TO JUNE 26!

On Dec 2, 2016, Oakland experienced the tragic loss of 36 unique and creative souls. A city rich with visual artists and performance talents from various backgrounds make up a community unlike any in the world. For many, the act of creating and sharing art is an outlet of expression, freedom, and communication. We the Artists of the Bay Area and Flax art & design have teamed up to offer a community art show. This is a call for heART.

What

A benefit exhibition with the theme heART is Oakland, which will serve as a tribute to the victims of the Ghost Ship fire, and an opportunity to celebrate the art and artists that beat within the city’s heart.

When & Where

Show runs July 1-31, 2017
Soft Opening – Saturday, July 1, 6 PM – 9 PM
Opening Reception – Friday, July 7, 6 PM – 9 PM

Classic Cars West
411 26th St
Oakland CA 94612

This family-friendly venue is open:
Wednesday thru Friday: noon – 10pm
Saturday Brunch: 11am – 3pm, Dinner 5 – 10pm
Sunday Brunch: 11am – 3pm

Why

Because from tragedy can come hope and with hope we can triumph. Through art there is community, and this exhibition will serve as a visual reflection to inspire dialogue. We support local artists and the DIY spaces in which many live and work.

Benefit

All artworks submitted will be sold in a silent auction, which will be open for the duration of the exhibition. Bids for each piece will start at $50. All proceeds will go towards the support of safe housing for artists. Artwork submitted is a donation to a silent action and will not be returned.

http://heartisoakland.org/

heartisoakland.org heART is Oakland – We wish to give Oakland an opportunity to honor the spirit and celebrate the lives lost in the Ghost Ship, through art. We hope to shift the attention to Oakland’s treasures, its artists, and let their works provide meaning to the community. Call for heART Open call for art donati...

We the Artists of the Bay Area (WABA) is an inclusive organization of artists, tenants, and community activists dedicated to working with city officials to ensure safe, long-term spaces for the creative community in Oakland, the larger Bay Area, and throughout the United States.

- HeArt Is Oakland

Artists Register Here: http://heartisoakland.org/

heART is Oakland – We wish to give Oakland an opportunity to honor the spirit and celebrate the lives lost in the Ghost Ship, through art. We hope to shift the attention to Oakland’s treasures, its artists, and let their works provide meaning to the community.

Thank you The Unity Council for announcing the Call For HeArt in your most recent community eNewsletter.

Open Call Now - June 16th 2017

heartisoakland.org heART is Oakland – We wish to give Oakland an opportunity to honor the spirit and celebrate the lives lost in the Ghost Ship, through art. We hope to shift the attention to Oakland’s treasures, its artists, and let their works provide meaning to the community. Call for heART Open call for art donati...

Collab Entrepreneurs & Artists Network

Collab Entrepreneurs & Artists Network - A city social for entrepreneurs, artists and small business owners. Collaborate to sustain, grow and thrive. Interested in joining or learning more?

Like The Page or Join The Facebook Group
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Thank you for sharing and inquiring.

The Political Dynamics of Housing

We all know that the Bay Area is facing an urgent crisis in housing. From 2007 to 2014 the nine Bay Area counties issued permits for only 57% of the housing needed to keep up with population growth. Since January 2011 the region has created five times more jobs than housing units.

Everyone seems to agree there is a problem, and there is general consensus about the solution set -- so why is it so hard to get anything done? Who are the players and what do they want? Are there any breakthrough legislative efforts underway, and how might we support their passage?

This event will explore these questions, and include a forward-looking, solutions-oriented conversation about how we can break the deadlock. Kim-Mai Cutler will give an overview of housing's political landscape. She'll be speaking with:
- Gloria Bruce, East Bay Housing Organizations Executive Director
- AnMarie Rodgers, SFPlanning Senior Policy Advisor
- Victoria Fierce, East Bay Forward Organizer
- Rev. Damita Davis-Howard, Oakland Community Organization
- Eric Tao, Developer and CEO of AGI Avant

eventbrite.com We all know that the Bay Area is facing an urgent crisis in housing. From 2007 to 2014 the nine Bay Area counties issued permits for only 57% of the housing needed to keep up with population growth. Since January 2011 the region has created five times more jobs than housing units. Everyone seems to…

"heArt Is Oakland" tribute art exhibit will be held July 1st. Healing through arts. To learn more and for artist call registration information visit www.heartIsOakland.org.

Image By Brooke Hansen

Do you wanna work on something that is rewarding and makes a difference? We are seeking Art Activists who would be interested in hosting a workshop at the Rootcamp May 20th & 21st

Sign up here https://therootcamp.typeform.com/to/AgIg6F

People of The Facelandia!
Im raising my hand up in the digital air, and asking for help from you who care. There is an experience i have been working on for, lets call it the last 100 days, that is now ready to get on out into the world.
The Rootcamp @ Tortona Big Top May 20th & 21st 2017 is now alive! http://therootcamp.org
What it is: A two day gathering of local bay area community organizations and activists new and old, coming together under one big top tent to workshop, dialogue, share knowledge, and have a nice time doing it.
Who it's for: This gathering is made for you, the concerned citizen, you the activist new and old. This is for everyone who is out there feeling that urge that is pushing for you to DO something, to connect with your fellow citizens and DO your part and fight the good fight. But you don't know where to go, where to to join or who excalty you need to fight against let alone who should be fighting for.
GATHER
Meet movement-building superheroes, leaders of locally based organizations, and citizens like you. Get inspired together through art, films, performances and speakers.
GET TOOLS
Daytime workshops educate and deepen understanding in areas such as inclusion, non-violent strategies, tools for organizing, art and activism.
GET TO WORK
Get plugged into to local groups, gather new tools, and go home ready to be participate in relevant and meaningful ways.

Call for "heArt is Oakland"

Through art, there is community. Through tragedy, there is hope. Through hope, we can overcome. On December 2, 2016, Oakland experienced the tragic loss of 36 unique and creative souls in the devastating Ghost Ship fire. This city, rich in visual artists and musical talents from diverse backgrounds, has a creative community unlike any in the world. For many, local art & music provides an outlet for expression, freedom, and communication. We The Artists Of The Bay (WABA) and Flax Art & Design have teamed up to offer a community benefit art show- heArt is Oakland.

"This is a call for heArt, which we define as works that speak to Oakland's unique artistic soul". Tyler Hanson

Register Here: https://heartisoakland.typeform.com/to/SrZnUp

SPUR

Join us Wednesday evening at SPUR Oakland for the first of a series on safe art spaces in Oakland. In this session we’ll look the needs of current spaces at risk of being displaced and learn about the city regulations pertaining to event spaces. This event is free to the public, bring a friend!
Co-presented by Intersection for the Arts

Appropriate posts in this forum: topics directly related to the Ghost Ship fire, artist displacement, event permitting and venues, housing issues, offers, requests, and fundraising for assistance to affected artists, politically relevant calls to action.
Not appropriate: advertising of paid services, promotion of non-topically-relevant art, ticketed events that are not donating their proceeds to relevant causes, non-artist-related political content.

Relevant: Long Now Talk With Jennifer Pahlka:
Fixing Government: Bottom Up and Outside In.

Code for America was founded in 02009 by Jennifer Pahlka “to make government work better for the people and by the people in the 21st century.”
The organization started a movement to modernize government for a digital age which has now spread from cities to counties to states, and now, most visibly, to the federal government, where Jennifer served at the White House as US Deputy Chief Technology Officer. There she helped start the United States Digital Service, known as "Obama's stealth startup."

http://longnow.org/seminars/02017/feb/01/fixing-government-bottom-and-outside/

WE BELIEVE ART HAS THE POWER TO WAKE PEOPLE UP.

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/amplifierfoundation/we-the-people-public-art-for-the-inauguration-and

Immediately release Donald Trump's full tax returns, with all information needed to verify emoluments clause compliance. | We the People: Your Voice in Our Government

Sign and Share. The goal is to get 1 million signatures by the end of the week.

The unprecedented economic conflicts of this administration need to be visible to the American people, including any pertinent documentation which can reveal the foreign influences and financial interests which may put Donald Trump in conflict with the emoluments clause of the Constitution.

https://petitions.whitehouse.gov/petition/immediately-release-donald-trumps-full-tax-returns-all-information-needed-verify-emoluments-clause-compliance

petitions.whitehouse.gov The unprecedented economic conflicts of this administration need to be visible to the American people, including any pertinent documentation which can reveal the foreign influences and financial interests which may put Donald Trump in conflict with the emoluments clause of the Constitution.

Keeping Space - Oakland Information Session Jan. 24

This is tonight:

https://www.eventbrite.com/e/keeping-space-oakland-information-session-jan-24-registration-30932515988

eventbrite.com Keeping Space – Oakland is CAST’s new pilot program dedicated to preserving real estate for Oakland’s arts and culture organizations that are facing displacement. Through direct financial grants, one-on-one technical assistance, and strategic real estate cohort training, CAST’s goal is to provide sa...

Keeping Space - Oakland Information Session Feb. 2

Keeping Space – Oakland is CAST’s new pilot program dedicated to preserving real estate for Oakland’s arts and culture organizations that are facing displacement. Through direct financial grants, one-on-one technical assistance, and strategic real estate cohort training, CAST’s goal is to provide safe, stable, and permanent real estate solutions for Oakland’s local arts organizations.

https://www.eventbrite.com/e/keeping-space-oakland-information-session-feb-2-registration-30961189752

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KQED Arts Launches New Series, ‘First 100 Days: Art in the Age of Trump’

This is a great call to art-action. https://ww2.kqed.org/arts/2017/01/17/kqed-arts-launches-new-series-first-100-days-art-in-the-age-of-trump/

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Understanding Oakland Rent Control

Oakland Rent Control and Eviction Laws. Know Your rights!

https://www.tobenerlaw.com/oakland-rent-control/

tobenerlaw.com The Oakland Rent Adjustment Program protects tenants from wrongful evictions, illegal rent increases and is the basis for general Oakland rent control.

Fire Extinguisher & Smoke Alarm Give-Away

We're hosting another fire extinguisher and smoke alarm give-away on Saturday in Oakland. Come by! http://artistsofthebay.org/event/fire-extinguisher-smoke-alarm-give-away/

artistsofthebay.org WABA is doing another fire extinguisher and smoke alarm give away on Saturday at 2600 Magnolia St. Oakland, from noon to 2pm. If you need fire extinguishers or smoke alarms, come by!...

We've updated our Events page with a number of upcoming events, including an Artists' Workshop about getting your space up to s***f, a Ghost Ship tribute at First Friday's, a community meeting with Oakand Councilmember Rebecca Kaplan, and an important Oakland Community & Economic Development Committee Meeting (we need people there!). See all the upcoming events, and participate! http://artistsofthebay.org/events/

This holiday, while we take care of the many of us still grieving, we'd like to acknowledge that the first responders who came to save lives and were faced with an impossible and heartbreaking situation are also deserving of our care. Please send letters of gratitude, cookies, massage certificates, and your good thoughts, over to the men and woman of service at Oakland Fire Station No. 13. They are suffering this great loss with us. Send love to: 1225 Derby Ave, Oakland, CA 94601

We the Artists of the Bay Area

We are working hard on creating a Saftey net for creative spaces.

If you would like to request assistance on any issue you are having with your Creative Space, or if you would like to volunteer a service, please fill out our intake forms here:

Fire Safety Equipment Request:
http://bit.ly/2hOV3Iw

Request for Assistance, Tenants:
http://bit.ly/2hJNpj2

Request for Assistance, Landlords:
http://bit.ly/2hydmUs

Volunteer services & goods to Creative Spaces:
http://bit.ly/2i4pSbk

We the Artists of the Bay Area

Aaaand go!

If you would like to request assistance on any issue you are having with your Creative Space, or if you would like to volunteer a service, please fill out our intake forms here:

Fire Safety Equipment Request:
http://bit.ly/2hOV3Iw

Request for Assistance, Tenants:
http://bit.ly/2hJNpj2

Request for Assistance, Landlords:
http://bit.ly/2hydmUs

Volunteer services & goods to Creative Spaces:
http://bit.ly/2i4pSbk