Connect & Collect – Going, Going, Gone!

The San Jose Institute of Contemporary Artis holding it’s 36th annual art exhibition and auction, Connect & Collect! Last weekend was the opening reception, silent bidding and buy it now options have begun and will build into a crescendo by October 22 . For more details and to get your bidding number visit: http://sjica.org Jody Alexander’s linen wrapped and sewn book piece was already purchased! Cynthia Ona Innis’s Tioga Kirk Maxson’s Hummingbird Wings …

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Tower of Bauble at the Art Party!

I so loved Marianne Lettieri’s Tower of Bauble that was on exhibit at Anne & Mark’s Art Party that I thought I should group all the details in a single post. As a collector of antique and vintage bits and bobs, this six foot Victorian column of ceramic chachkis really connected with me! The mania of collecting, the pile of stuff that looses it’s meaning in its mass, or perhaps …

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Angels Among Us Pivot at the Art Party!

One on the very special moments from the Closing Bash of Anne & Mark’s Art Party last Saturday, was the Pivot: The Art of Fashion’s Runway show! A wildly creative and exuberantly exciting evening full of exciting local designers! I adored Angels Among Us – a collaboration between designers Ruby Roxanne and Sudnya Shrof who produced an ethereal collection employing flowers, feathers, butterflies and branches, splatters of paint, a little sparkle, a little …

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