The good people of Lie-Nielson were in The Crucible all weekend demonstrating the use of their gorgeous woodworking tools, and chatting about all things woodworking. We grabbed a few images to share.
The Northern California Society of Glass Beadmakers are Firing up their Torches!
Beads of Courage has challenged the talented bead artists of The Northern California Society of Glass Beadmakers to fire up their flaming hot torches and melt colorful glass into meaningful symbols of COURAGE! These one-of-a-kind glass beads will be given to children coping with serious illness to help them RECORD, TELL and OWN their story of COURAGE. We hope to see you there!
Talented Artists – Flaming Torches – An Amazing Cause
FREE to Attend – BEad Amazed!
You can make a difference by participating in the following activities:
Learn more about Beads of Courage online: www.BeadsofCourage.org
Beads of Courage, Inc. is proud to partner with Children’s Hospital & Research Center Oakland, Kaiser Permanente Oakland, Kaiser Permanente Sacramento-Roseville, UC Davis Medical Center, Sutter Medical Center and Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital at Stanford to provide the Beads of Courage Program.
Thank you for your support and for helping make healing happen!
The Crucible seeks submissions and team proposals from fashion designers and industrial artists for our January 2013 fashion show event.
Something amazing is in the works at The Crucible. For the second time in our history, we’re launching an event bringing the creativity, skill and glamour of high fashion together with the strength, power and volatility of the industrial arts. Introducing HOT COUTURE: A Fusion of Fashion and Fire.
As our 14th year anniversary event, Hot Couture seeks teams of designers to collaborate and design industrial haute couture. Our event concept is to blend the intensity and craft surrounding true French haute couture with the raw energy and materials found in the industrial arts. We’re calling for fashion designers to pair with industrial artists to use talents from both fields to create bold design, visionary fashion, and accessories that can only exist in this rare coupling of worlds.
Leather, metal, paper, stone, silk, fire, electricity… All materials and methods of beautifully integrating them with the human form are up for grabs. The supporting event will be produced in proper Crucible style, with a focus on industrial elements set to a backdrop of metal and fire.
Once the show run has completed, all pieces will be included in a moving art installation as part of a set of exhibits in museums throughout the San Francisco Bay Area.
To start the process, The Crucible is hosting an informal mixer for interested fashion designers, fine and industrial artists, and visionaries on September 11th at 7pm. This informational session will allow interested artists to talk to the organizers and meet potential collaborators. We’ll have wine and snacks, as well as highlight themes and concepts for the show.
HOT COUTURE: A Fusion of Fashion and Fire fashion is a spectacle that you won’t want to miss. We’re looking forward to supporting you and your team, and we’d like to get started as soon as possible.
Coming to the September 11 7pm mixer? Please RSVP to Andrea@TheCrucible.org to let us know how many people to expect.
For information on haute couture and it’s place in France’s fashion DNA, Vanity Fair has this: http://www.vanityfair.com/style/features/2009/09/couture200909
Saturday, Setepmber 8, 2012 • 12-4PM
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The Bay Area’s top artists working in metal, glass, fire, wood and mixed media have donated fine art for tonights auction. The live art auction will take place during dessert. Be sure to have your paddle ready, and good luck. We’ll have your artwork packaged for you when you leave for the evening.
Click here to download a PDF version of the full auction program.
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1. VIDYA RING Sculpted Jewelry $500, AndyLifschutz.comAndy Lifschutz is a native Oregonian now residing in New York City. His exploration into metalwork began in Brooklyn with renowned designer Kristin Hanson, where his natural inclination for design and bursting expression finally found its discipline. He then went on to study under William (“Billy”) Thomas King at the Sterling Quest School of Jewelry Design and Creation in San Miguel De Allende, Mexico and graduated in 2008.Andy creates pieces that symbolize the force of the natural world while articulating the balance between old and new. His work ranges from functional adornments to fashionable and thought provoking ornamentation. |
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2. CORSET FROM “MACHINE: A FIRE OPERA” Silk, Cotton, Steel $550, DarkGarden.comAutumn Adamme and her team of over a dozen women design, dream up, cut, sew and otherwise bring into being corsets, gowns, costumes and clothing for all types of special occasions including, but certainly not limited to, Red Carpet celebrity moments, Playa weddings, traditional weddings (and occasionally Crucible performances), as well as lingerie in leather, lace and silk which have been worn all over the US and in Europe.At the forefront of the world’s corset market for over 20 years, using the finest fabrics, Dark Garden’s talented craftspeople built each corset and tailored garment on-site. Based in Hayes Valley since 1997, they have been making the world a curvier, pervier, more beautiful place, one waist at a time. This auction item was commissioned for The Crucible production MACHINE: |
We’d like to thank everyone involved for being a part of The Crucible’s Fire & Light Soirée and Art Auction. We sincerely hope you enjoyed the evening as much as we did!
As always, our guests arrived in full, fabulous attire. Our main studio space was transformed into a breathtaking performance hall, complete with a gallery of the art up for auction. The night featured amazing performances by Rose Nisker, Omega Recoil and members of Gamelan X and Gamelan Sekar Jaya. These amazing performers, along with thundering fire effects and a 1,000,000 volt Tesla coil, made for a spectacular event.
This year we had 240 guests join us for the evening, and grossed over $130,000! This will assist us in further achieving our mission of arts, industry and community by providing industrial arts education that is accessible to our community.
Without the help of our supporting community we would not have been able to have such a successful evening. This year, The Crucible will serve over 4,000 young students with industrial arts education, and provide over $75,000 in youth scholarships. Our Fire & Light Soirées assist us in raising the necessary funds to achieve our goals, and this year’s event was no exception.
Special thanks again to Grace Street Catering, O’Shaughnessy Winery, Oro Pisco, Periscope Cellars, Lagunitas Brewing Company, Greg Hessel, and Durwood Zedd.
Thanks to Ed Jay Photography / Oakland Magazine for sharing these wonderful photos.
Special thanks to all of the artists who donated their works for the Soiree Art Auction:
| Andy Lifschutz Autumn Adamme Billy Hiebert Carla Hall Daniel Yasmin Chris Niemer Cliff Bohm Cynthia Handel Damien Jnes Durwood Zedd Gabrielle Kuzsel |
Greg Hessel Jennybird Alcantara Jeremy Scidmore Joey Gottbrath Jonathan Hyman John Lewis Kevin McElroy Kier Lugo Mary Bayard White Matt Wolpe Michelle Knox |
Nemo Gould Nicholas DiPhillipo Peter Kropf Rob Nehring Sam Waller House of Nines Design Warren William Rose Zach Rudolph |
The Crucible has some exciting upcoming events. Stay tuned for announcements on Hot Couture this January and Forged: Gamelan 2013 next summer!
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We are hosting this event to raise awareness of our classes in the fine and industrial arts. We strongly encourage selling work that fits with The Crucible‘s classes such as metalwork, jewelry, glasswork, neon, ceramics and other industrial arts. Special consideration will also be given to crafts and supplies geared towards the Burning Man event held in the Black Rock City desert in August/September.
The Crucible’s Playa Bound Open House features:
If you would like to check out the space before applying please feel free to attend one of our studio tours held Tuesdays & Thursdays at 6pm (except during holidays and events). Booth and table spaces are assigned in order of completed applications forms and submitted fees.
All Proceeds benefit participating artists and The Crucible’s arts education programs. Please read through this page of event rules and information. By supporting The Crucible, you are helping to keep accessible art education and community programs alive in the Bay Area.
The Crucible staff and community thank you for your support!
If you are interested in sharing a table or booth with another artist, please contact Andrea via email: andrea@thecrucible.org
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Fireside Lounge Series“Made In Oakland”May 11, 2012 * 6:30-9:30pmThe Crucible’s Fireside Lounge is an intimate evening of art, industry, community and entertainment. This exclusive engagement takes place in The Crucible’s studio and highlights our extraordinary art programs. Explore the creative passions of professional artists and the educational opportunities available while sipping cocktails in our unique atmosphere. A gallery of remarkable artwork by students and faculty will be on display and live performances are scheduled throughout the night. Admission is $10 at the door and is free for members of The Crucible. Join us for an evening of makers, innovators, dreamers, and creators, as we celebrate “Made In Oakland.” This evening hosts some of the Bay Area’s most influential makers and artists. Join us as we illuminate the world of original Oakland artists in this unique presentation and discussion panel of industrial arts collectives and innovators who created movements “Made in Oakland.” We will host an industrial art show, fire performances, discounts on Crucible classes and live industrial arts demonstrations. We are featuring
Please join us for a discussion from 7-8 pm as Executive Director, Steven Young, facilitates a panel of working artists in industrial fine arts and community artists working in Oakland. Our “Made in Oakland” panel discussion featuring Maurice Cavness, Karen Cusolito, Dorothy Lenehan, Natalie Nadimi, Sean Orlando, Tyrone Stevenson Jr., a.k.a. Scraper Bike King, and other innovators. Event Location & DirectionsThe event will be located at: ParkingThe Crucible has a very small parking lot on the corner of 7th & Union that will be available for disabled placard parking only. Those spaces are available on a first-come, first-serve basis and go quickly. There are also two paid parking lots that will be staffed. One is on Kirkham Avenue and the other is the 5th Street lot by BART. Please do not park in lots owned by local businesses or the residential area behind The Crucible; your car may be towed. Public TransitDitch the car and don’t worry about parking – The Crucible is easily accessible by BART! From the West Oakland BART Station, exit onto 7th Street, turn right and walk 2 blocks east to Union (at the 2nd light). The Crucible is on the northwest corner of 7th & Union, at 1260 7th Street. To plan your BART trip, visit www.bart.gov.
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