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Enjoy painting Large format illustration with black ink murals on paper! 
Enroll you in the 1st art workshop at Public Works SF with Joana Santamans from Barcelona.


Aimed at 
Illustrators, painters, graphic designers and adults who want to explore and share the arts. You do not need a high level of technique and experience. It is essential to have desire to learn!


Duration: 8 hours (2 days)
Dates: Tuesday 5th and Wednesday 6th of March //  Timetable: from 12:00 to 4:00pm


Price
100 $* with basic material included. Limited to 10 people*.
*Four participants minimum. The course will be confirmed by e-mail or telephone.


For more information please email: 
hola@joanasantamans.net 
b.bigas@publicsf.com

“100 Faces: A Benefit for FACE AIDS”

“100 Faces” is Public Works premier portrait art show recognizing World AIDS Day and benefitting one of the nation’s most successful youth-led non-profits, FACE AIDS.  

Featuring 100 portraits by local, international and student artists in a variety of different mediums, each piece explores a unique way faces can convey identities and emotions outside the constraints of advertisements and publications.  The diverse approaches to the genre invite visitor to ask:  Who are these people?  What identity do they portray?  Is their story that of the beholder, or who the subject is meant to be?  

Each face featured in the show, not unlike those of loved ones, challenges the viewer to examine the possibility of being profoundly moved, and moving others, by the expressions we project and perceive.

Please join us for an evening of art, refreshments and conversation while supporting a great cause!

Featuring … Read more ›
Explore the eerie, dark, and surreal world of director David Lynch during the Roll Up Gallery’s Halloween exhibition, “In Heaven, Everything Is Fine.”

All of the artwork will be crafted for the theme of this show while incorporating Lynch’s weird sensibility, reflected as such in his films ‘Eraserhead,’ Mulholland Drive,’ and TV series ‘Twin Peaks’ (to name a few.)

A installation replica of The Black Lodge from Twin Peaks will be also be on display for your “investigation.” BYOD (Bring Your Own Dopp elganger), everyone!

COSTUME CONTEST: Best Lynch-inspired get-up to walk through the gallery receives a special prize!!

Featuring:

Freya Prowe
www.freyaprowe.com

Patrushka
http://www.patrushka.net/Home.html

Emily Lounsbury
http://vegetablecandy.tumblr.com/

Emilee Link
http://emaileelink.com/

Elaine Bradford
http://elainebradford.weebly.com/

Kirsten Tradowsky
http://www.kirstentradowsky.com/

Jenny Fontana
http://www.facebook.com/morbidmerrygoround?ref=stream

Edna Cao
http://ednacao.carbonmade.com/

Kashton Kane

Amelia Lewis
www.Amelial.com

Natalie Franco
http://www.nataliefrancophotography.com/portfolio.php

Stephanie McGovern

Show curated by: Lauryn Porte & Betty Bigas

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Open calls for artists: CLOSED
Thanks to all who submitted! There were so many talented artists – it was a very tough decision. Keep up the good work … Read more ›
“The love for all the living creatures is the most noble attribute of the man”
Charles Darwin
An exhibition fills of creativity and illusions that will transport you to a wild new exciting  colored world.
Approach to the ferocious, vivacious, vigorous,  cute, adorable and touching beings with whom we share the land, The animals.
Come to enjoy the colorful adventure at Roll Up Gallery.

A group exhibition featuring artwork by:

Deedee Cheriel
www.deedeecheriel.com

Joana Santamans
http://www.joanasantamans.net/

Xiau-Fong Wee
http://www.xiaufong.com

Joshua Coffy
http://www.undersong.com

Santos Román
www.santosroman.com

DeLa
http://delacanvas.com

Masako Miki
www.masakomiki.com

Shayna Yasuhara
www.shaynashenanigans.com

Chelsea Brown
www.chelseadraws.com

Show curated by:  Betty Bigas (Roll Up Gallery)

Opening, Friday September 28th 2012
6:00 to 9:00pm
Free
21 +
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“Navigating this city and our planet requires cycles. These patterns result in movement and change.
Roll on over and take a look at these cycles through the eyes of our artists.
We’ll see you around!”

Featuring art by:

Alice Koswara
www.alicekoswara.com

Eric Broers
www.ericbroers.com

James Garcia 
http://ganyan39.blogspot.com

Grant Gilliland
www.thegrossuncle.com

Show curated by: Janice Myint (Lower Hatters SF)
Promoted by: Betty Bigas (Roll Up Gallery)

Opening : Friday  August 10th 2012
6:00 to 9:00pm
Free
21 +

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CHROMATIC: AN UNDENIABLE EXPERIENCE

Do YOU dream in COLOR?

Are you blue? Green with envy? Or better yet, is your love like a red, red rose? Why is it that color inspires and evokes such powerful emotion in the human mind? Come and see for yourself at Roll-Up Gallery’s Chromatic Exhibition. A bold, richly hued group show featuring the kaleidoscopic  works of six exceedingly talented local artists.

Zio Ziegler
http://zioziegler.com

Jeremy Scott Eaton
www.jeremyscotteaton.com

David Witt
http://chromaticarts.tumblr.com

James Reedy
gentlegiantkreations.tumblr.com

Raun Harris
Raunharris.com

Curators: Sarah Sobol & Betty Bigas

Opening : Friday  August 31st 2012
6:00 to 9:00pm
Free
21 +

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This exhibition captures and explores the depths of human melancholy. Its title also implies the desired eventual state of content tranquillity and meditative reflection.
Featuring portraits, still lifes, drawings … and more captivating art pieces, Roll Up Gallery is inviting everyone to discover the joy of remembrance, sweet sorrow and longing.

“At that moment, beauty itself struck me as a kind of painful melancholy.” (Arthur Golden)

Art by:

Jhina Alvarado-Morse
www.jhinaalvarado.com

Queena Hernandez
http://www.queenahernandez.com/

Jose Ángel González
http://joseangelgonzalez.net/home.html

Amelia Lewis
http://amelial.com/

Li Ma
http://lima.moonfruit.com

Aurélie Monfait
www.monfait.com

Vishaka AVILA

Curator: Betty Bigas
Assistant: Cornelia Göhring

Opening Friday June 15th 2012
6:00 – 9:00 pm
Free
21 +

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