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Yesterday we went to the Little Farm at Tilden Park in Berkeley....

Thu, 10 Jan 2013 13:51:21 -0500

Yesterday we went to the Little Farm at Tilden Park in Berkeley. Here’s Lance with his new cow friend.

Peter Pulizzano’s portrait of Justin Bieber. He’s...

Thu, 10 Jan 2013 13:49:58 -0500

Peter Pulizzano’s portrait of Justin Bieber. He’s going to see him in concert in San Jose for his birthday

Whitman in his panda hat this morning, on his way to see the...

Thu, 10 Jan 2013 13:46:39 -0500

Whitman in his panda hat this morning, on his way to see the Nureyev show at the de Young.

Thomas Pringle was working on this this morning. It comes from a...

Fri, 20 Jul 2012 17:59:54 -0400

Thomas Pringle was working on this this morning. It comes from a memory when he was a kid in Sonoma. One person would shake the apple trees in the orchard and another would poke at the branches to get the apples to fall down.

Makeya Kaiser is the one who’s got the pink drumkit...

Mon, 16 Jul 2012 19:57:25 -0400

Makeya Kaiser is the one who’s got the pink drumkit currently up in the window of CE. I hung out with her today at CE 2 and she’s working on this sculpture/wallpiece thing where she’s sewing wire into burlap pouches with thousands and thousands of black stitches.

From Ka Wai’s sketchbook: towel sterilizer

Wed, 11 Jul 2012 13:25:27 -0400

From Ka Wai’s sketchbook: towel sterilizer

Quintin’s work-in-progress. Hoof boots with gun heels.

Wed, 11 Jul 2012 13:13:16 -0400

Quintin’s work-in-progress. Hoof boots with gun heels.

How did I forget to post a photo of the spaghetti and meatballs...

Wed, 13 Jun 2012 15:14:07 -0400

How did I forget to post a photo of the spaghetti and meatballs CAKE that instructor Geri Montano made for Camille’s art opening? Incredible.

I was talking to Gerald Wiggins this morning and he said what...

Tue, 12 Jun 2012 16:34:00 -0400

I was talking to Gerald Wiggins this morning and he said what inspired his robot drawing was another piece of art hanging in the CE studio. He pointed up at the painting (pictured below) and said, “I saw the eyes and knew I wanted to make something with those, but I wanted to make mine a robot.” I’ve talked to the artists about so many of their inspirations, but this was the first time someone told me they were inspired by another CE artist. Pretty cool.

And this painting by Albert Meyer was Gerald’s...

Tue, 12 Jun 2012 16:32:00 -0400

And this painting by Albert Meyer was Gerald’s inspiration.

Camille and I went to Mission Thrift today. She’s always...

Thu, 07 Jun 2012 16:46:32 -0400

Camille and I went to Mission Thrift today. She’s always looking for stuff to make ferris wheels or merry-go-rounds out of. There were some pretty good contenders today, including one of those spinning bingo cages, but Camille was worried she might get too frustrated trying to extract all the balls from inside. She’s having a solo show at 18 Reasons tomorrow, Friday June 8. See you there?

Pancho Cruz watching the film Guan Zizai by Wang Chao at the...

Wed, 16 May 2012 14:26:04 -0400

Pancho Cruz watching the film Guan Zizai by Wang Chao at the Chinese Cultural Center.

Paul Gee’s masterpiece. He’s been working on it...

Wed, 09 May 2012 00:39:35 -0400

Paul Gee’s masterpiece. He’s been working on it since before I started coming around in October.

How To Be A Good Boyfriend by Zachary Adams

Thu, 03 May 2012 13:09:52 -0400

Be a gentleman. Be cool. Be sweet. Be a friend. Take turns picking the movie. Take turns taking out the garbage for when the garbage truck comes by. And dance all the time.

Walter shows off his style with a few signature pieces.

Fri, 27 Apr 2012 18:16:39 -0400

Walter shows off his style with a few signature pieces.

Albert and Leeza tearing up the dance floor.

Fri, 20 Apr 2012 17:52:11 -0400

Albert and Leeza tearing up the dance floor.

Valerie leads the circle in an exercise before the dance party.

Fri, 20 Apr 2012 17:51:10 -0400

Valerie leads the circle in an exercise before the dance party.

Quintin hard at work on Attack of the 50 Foot Woman!

Wed, 11 Apr 2012 15:26:00 -0400

Quintin hard at work on Attack of the 50 Foot Woman!

Knots: The Concept I mean, think about it.

Wed, 11 Apr 2012 13:35:00 -0400

Knots: The Concept

I mean, think about it.

This is the beautiful and charming Jeanette Rideau. On this day...

Mon, 09 Apr 2012 16:20:00 -0400

This is the beautiful and charming Jeanette Rideau. On this day she was trying to learn how to draw new kinds of flowers. We started talking about clothes and she told me that if you have a dress that shrinks, or else you just get too fat for it, you can usually wear it over pants and it still looks cute.