The Sixth Annual Expo for the Artist & Musician

Sat, Sep 10
11:00 am-6:00 pm
$2 suggested donation -- no one turned away

Hey! It's time once again for the Expo for the Artist & Musician.
This year is our SIXTH anniversary, and for the occasion we are
staging it at SomArts -- a new venue for us. We have a record-
breaking 116 arts organizations at the event this year, so come on
down and meet the community!

Here are some special items of interest:

--The legendary Billboard Liberation Front will be participating in
Jeff Ray's "Local Troublemakers" workshop and panel at 4pm at the
Expo! Note the time change from what is listed in our newspaper.

--There will be food and drink this year, featuring BBQ and veggie
options.

--Artists & musicians, bring your portfolios and demos for a free
review and critique at the event! Musicians, note the CD dropoff
deadline: 1:00pm at the KZSU table.

Thanks! See below for URLs to our site (including updated workshop
schedule), listing of raffle prizes, list of participating
organizations, and other good stuff.

See you on Saturday at the Expo!

WHAT:
The Sixth Annual Expo for the Artist & Musician
Saturday, September 10, 2005, 11:00 a.m.-6:00 p.m.
SomArts Cultural Center, 934 Brannan St. (bet. 8th & 9th)

WEB SITE:
artsandmedia.net/expo/

FULL SCHEDULE, ATTENDEES, ETC.:
www.artsandmedia.net/cgi-bin/dc/expo/2005/2005_attendees

ADMISSION:
$2 donation, no one turned away for lack of funds

WHO:
Up to 120 arts organizations, nonprofits, schools, collectives
galleries, radio stations, studios and more ... plus hundreds of
local artists, musicians, culture-workers, hobbyists, patrons,
fans and just-plain-folks looking to make connections and make
the arts happen in the Bay Area.

KID STUFF:
Children's jazz workshop, youth craft area

PERFORMING:
AcroSports City Circus, Colored Ink Hip Hop Theater, The Jazz
Congress, The Mercury Dimes Appalachian String Band & Square Dance

WORKSHOPS:
Podcasting basics, marketing for musicians and record labels
accounting for artists, non-toxic sculpture, D.I.Y. publishing
and event planning, Sweet Things cooking class, CD critique,
portfolio review ... and much more.

ON TAP:
Frey Vinyards organic wine
Sapporo Beer
Nub Chai
The Switch

GOOD EATS!:
Food by Memphis Minnie's BBQ Joint & Smokehouse.
Juicy Lucy's Organic Juice & Food Bar

RAFFLE: All prizes to be given away on Sept. 10
-- $340 gift certificate: "Writing for Community Success"
-- $250 class gift certificate from the Pacific Art League
-- Two (2) Poser 3D Figure Design & Animation Software packages
(one for Windows, one for Mac. $250 value each)
-- Three (3) $40 coupons for Temple of Poi fire dancing classes
-- One (1) free class at the Bay Area Video Coalition (TBA)
-- Free overnight stay via Hostelling International
-- ArtworkSF membership package -- www.artworksf.com/
-- Tickets to the San Francisco World Film Festival
-- Tickets to the AcroSports City Circus November Artaud show
-- Video From Charles Gatewood
-- Henna design and application by Hennaglyph.com
-- Two free hours of individual coaching from Creativity Support
-- Tickets to "Devil in the Deck" at the Climate Theater
-- CDs from Olao Records
-- CDs & T-shirts from KFJC 89.7-FM
-- T-shirts from Bread & Roses

SPONSORS:
Laughing Squid, SoundSafe, KUSF 90.3-FM, Frey Vinyards,
Hostelling International, Nub Chai, The Switch, CompassPoint
Nonprofit Services, The San Francisco Bay Guardian.

APATURE:
This year the Expo is teaming up with Kearny Street Workshop,
which will be offering a special sneak preview on September 10
of their blockbuster art exhibit, "APAture: A Window on the Art
of Young Asian Pacific Americans."

THANKS:
The Expo is made possible in part by the Walter & Elise Haas
Foundation, the Zellerbach Family Fund and the Wallace Alexander
Gerbode Foundation.

PERFORMANCES
www.artsandmedia.net/cgi-bin/dc/expo/2005/2005_attendees

-Acro Sports City Circus
www.acrosports.org/

-Chitresh Das/Chhandam Classical Dance of India
www.kathak.org/

-Colored Ink Hip-Hop Theater
www.coloredink.org

-The Jazz Congress
featuring Top Cat & Miles Ahead

-The Mercury Dimes Old-Time String Band & Square Dance
www.themercurydimes.com

WORKSHOPS
www.artsandmedia.net/cgi-bin/dc/expo/2005/2005_attendees

-Podcasting--The Basics
Stephen Page, Station Manager, KYOU Radio

-Jacqui Naylor, www.jacquinaylor.com
Marketing for Independent Musicians & Labels

-Children's Jazz Workshop
Top Cat/Jazz Congress

-Creative Commons & Artistic Freedom
Mia Garlick/Creative Commons

-Video Editing with iMovie
Sumiko California/Iconoclast Productions

-How to Produce a Film Festival
Karen Gabai/San Francisco World Film Festival

-Accounting for Artists
Sarah Lockhart/21 Grand Arts Group

-Studio vs. Business Time: Prioritizing for Visual Artists
Therese F. Martin

-Non-Toxic Sculpture
Nell Hergenrather, spaceagedesigns.com

-Turning your Passion into Profit
Janet Lees, Renaissance Entrepreneurship Center

-Let's Put on a Show! D.I.Y. Event Planning
Sister Kitty Catalyst/Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence, Cameron
Eng/Sequelmedia.com, Larry Bob Roberts/Q Comedy, Killian
McGegarty/The Gun Doll Show, Melinda Adams/Lilycat.com

-Reading, Writing, Printing: D.I.Y. Publishing
Re/Search Publications, Manic D Press, Last Gasp Press, Black
Books, K Chronicles, M. Holdaway, others TBA

-Sweet Things Cooking Class
Vikki Friedman

-Local Troublemakers
Curated by Jeff Ray/Mission Creek Music & Arts Festival

-The Recording Industry & the Home Studio
Jim Greer/Fortune Records, Weasel Walter/Flying Luttenbachers,
Jim Fourniadis/The Dark Room, Charlotte Summers

-Brushfire Painting Workshop
Naomi Rifkin/Brushfire Painting

-Art Heaven: Making peace with your own worst enemies
Robert Ressler/Creativity Support

-CD Critique
Drop your demos off for constructive critique by local DJs
and music writers. Curated by Crisco Jones/KZSU, Sarah Gordon/
Finger
on the Pulse

-Portfolio Review
Bring your portfolio for a free review by Bay Area gallerists

Venue:

SomArts
934 Brannan St. between 8th & 9th streets
San Francisco

Additional Info:

http://artsandmedia.net/expo/