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Adult Ed
The physical and intellectual pacing may have been more deliberate and deliberative, but the adults in their 60s and 70s were kids at heart as they...
Original post made by John A. Barry on Aug. 19, 2015Last comment by andy, on Sep 29, 2017 at 12:39 am | 7 comments | 6581 Views
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Art-Full WeekendBy John A. Barry The weekend of August 21 in Danville was an artful one that actually started on Thursday with the annual Art and Wine Stroll. Three art venues...
Original post made by John A. Barry on Aug. 25, 2010There are no comments yet. 6560 Views
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Be an Exhibitionist!I just read an entertaining, informative, thought-provoking book that should be on the shelf of any artist, struggling or not. Show Your Work, by Austin Kleon,...
Original post made by John A. Barry on Apr. 15, 2014Last comment by John Barry, on Apr 16, 2014 at 11:18 am | 5 comments | 6545 Views
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Local LandscapesLandscape painting has historically ranked low in the genre hierarchy in the post-Renaissance Western world (landscape painting was already well established in China...
Original post made by John A. Barry on Apr. 1, 2011There are no comments yet. 6520 Views
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Pedal-Propelled PaintingI had the best intentions about blogging during my trAction Painting performances at San Ramon's Art in the Park last weekend. But with preparation, performance,...
Original post made by John A. Barry on Oct. 7, 2013There are no comments yet. 6502 Views
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Learning the Ropes: Curating 101Recently my husband and I were driving through a small town on our way home from Mendocino. It exuded charm and quaintness, good food, good wine. . .all the expected...
Original post made by John A. Barry on Jun. 2, 2014Last comment by Tora Satterfield, on May 5, 2016 at 8:22 pm | 1 comment | 6469 Views
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The Lost Art of Carquinez Scenic DriveIn The Painted Word, published in 1975, Tom Wolfe wrote about the trend in art away from representationalism and toward reductionism and, ultimately, ephemeralism. Forty...
Original post made by John A. Barry on Nov. 4, 2014There are no comments yet. 6461 Views
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Danville Fine Arts FairFor several years now, I've been attending the Danville Fine Arts Fair, covering nearly all of Hartz Ave. in downtown Danville. Because of the large number of exhibitors...
Original post made by John A. Barry on Jun. 27, 2010There are no comments yet. 6446 Views
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Strong Artistic ViewsSan Ramon artist Kevin Davidson (whom I profiled in a past column) recently acted on a whim. He decided to contact the Vatican to determine how to submit his spiritual...
Original post made by John A. Barry on Oct. 26, 2010There are no comments yet. 6444 Views
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Eyesore or Art?Beauty is in the eye of the beholder; art is anything you can get away with. These two truisms came to mind as a I read recently in the "Contra Costa Times" about...
Original post made by John A. Barry on Jul. 27, 2010There are no comments yet. 6382 Views
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Art Icon Turns '39'Beth Bachelor is a legend in local art circles. A cofounder of the Alamo Danville Artists' Society (ADAS) in 1977 and the Contra Costa Academy of Fine Art in 2001,...
Original post made by John A. Barry on Aug. 3, 2010There are no comments yet. 6365 Views
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Three Generations of Artists Together (from Shanghai to Danville)Danville artist Leslie Ruth comes to painting by way of her mother and grandmother, both artists in their own right. "I'm the third generation of artists in...
Original post made by John A. Barry on Jan. 30, 2012There are no comments yet. 6307 Views
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Art and BicyclingKevin Davidson, of San Ramon, is concurrently an artist and a patron of the arts. Self-taught, he works in oil, often portraying religious themes. He is currently...
Original post made by John A. Barry on May. 3, 2010There are no comments yet. 6300 Views
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Five Will Get You FivesTo paraphrase Rogers and Hammerstein, the local hills and valleys are alive with the sound of music: Danville Band, San Ramon Symphonic Band, Contra Costa Wind Symphony,...
Original post made by John A. Barry on Aug. 18, 2014Last comment by Doug Earl , on Aug 21, 2014 at 6:43 am | 2 comments | 6298 Views
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The Brewing Company at Peace LutheranClifford Brown III is the grandson of legendary jazz trumpeter Clifford Brown and son of Clifford Brown, Jr., who has a show on the KSCM-FM (91.1) jazz station....
Original post made by John A. Barry on Apr. 22, 2011Last comment by John Barry, on Apr 28, 2011 at 1:38 pm | 1 comment | 6292 Views
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Art About ArtFrom the Greek comes the word ekphrasis, meaning description. A synesthetic art form, ekphrasis is a poem written about another form of art—most often a painting....
Original post made by John A. Barry on Sep. 21, 2010There are no comments yet. 6282 Views
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TurbanismTurbanism is an art and fashion movement that was born in Danville in late 2010/early 2011. Turbanistic works can be expressed in visual, written, or millinerist...
Original post made by John A. Barry on Apr. 15, 2011There are no comments yet. 6186 Views
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Danville Artist Exhibits in MadridThe exhibit Arte + Fe is being held at the Pons Foundation in Madrid on the occasion of World Youth Day and offers a look at Christian contemporary works of...
Original post made by John A. Barry on Aug. 12, 2011There are no comments yet. 6183 Views
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Kinkade, Breath Mint of the Passion PaintersSo-called painter of light Thomas Kinkade died recently. I'd always thought of Kinkade as a kitschmeister and con artist. I still do. But millions of people do not...
Original post made by John A. Barry on Apr. 13, 2012Last comment by Ms. Bunny, on Aug 22, 2012 at 8:14 am | 1 comment | 6183 Views
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Symbolike April“April is the cruellest month” opens T.S Eliot’s “The Waste Land.” He wasn’t writing about the IRS, but the fourth month can...
Original post made by John A. Barry on Mar. 31, 2016There are no comments yet. 6149 Views
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