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September-October 2010
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“Spiritual Journeys”Exhibition Dates: Saturday, April 28 – Friday, May 25, 2012Reception: Saturday, April 28, from 5.00-7.30 PM. Artist...
Mondays, May 7th, 14th, 21st and 28th; Beginner @ 7:30 pm, Intermediate @ 8:30 pmGroup Beginning and Intermediate Salsa dance classes take place on...
Mobile Food and Family Fun featuring Oakland's gourmet food trucks Face-painting, hula hooping. Bring your own blanket.
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Johansson Projects
Tucked into a small whitewashed space with arched walls and a low, moss-covered ceiling on the busy block of Telegraph Avenue and 23rd Street where Mama Buzz cafe spills legions of bearded vintage-bikers onto the sidewalk, Johansson Projects (2300 Telegraph Ave., 510-444-9140, www.johanssonprojects.com) has garnered acclaim for its founder/owner’s unique curatorial vision. Kimberly Johansson founded her contemporary art gallery in 2007 in a corner storefront that was a Black Panther hangout 20 years ago but had been boarded up and vacant ever since.
Her style, to mix emerging artists with long-established ones, leads to the kind of “fun exchanges” that she tries to foster — with some help from the neighborhood. “People come to Oakland because it isn’t part of the big art marketplace. Artists don’t have to worry so much and be so self-conscious, and because of that Oakland is pure; there’s lots of sincerity.” Johansson describes this sincerity as missing in much of the art world today, where devotion to craft and insistence on things being well-made and well-crafted are often hard to find. “I like to have artists that are really immersed in their process,” she says, “artists that make you feel something.”
With its astonishing range of styles and fearless support of new artists, Johansson Projects has found a unique place to show off her favorites.
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