Just a head's up that this Saturday and Sunday, June 9 and 10, is the final weekend for the East Bay Open Studios.
More than 400 painters, illustrators, photographers, ceramicists, sculptors, and other artists in Oakland, Emeryville, Berkeley, and beyond will open their homes and studios to showcase and sell their work. The event is produced by Pro Arts, a nonprofit community arts organization.
Download a directory of open studios here -- and preview the exhibiting artists (organized by location) here.
A (small) sampling of some of the participating artists' work:
Kate Van Der Riet, Oakland
Robin Kibby, Oakland (Update: Robin will actually be at Berkeley's Live Oak Park Fair this weekend -- not at Oakland's Cricket Engine, as listed on the EBOS directory.)
Heather Chou Photography, Berkeley
Shari Arai DeBoer, Alameda
Thursday, June 7, 2007
Mark Your Calendar: East Bay Open Studios
Thursday, April 26, 2007
Retail Therapy: Klassik by Lynne
If you've spent any time lately trolling our local craigslist outpost for Danish Modern furniture, you can't have missed Lynne's listings. She always has the mintiest pieces, which she culls on regular trips home to Denmark.
Now Lynne's opened a warehouse and showroom in Emeryville that's stocked with to-die-for teak credenzas, swanky armchairs, and sharp-looking midcentury dressers and tables by the likes of Hans Wegner, Clausen & Son, N.O. Moller, and other Danish design luminaries -- plus a drool-worthy selection of vintage modern objets, funky lighting, and contemporary art.
I stopped in on opening day today to check it out, and while I regrettably had to leave the $1,500 wall-length credenza behind, I did snag this totally cute trio of chartreuse apple bowls for just $5 a pop! Lynne couldn't have been nicer, and I know I'll be back again soon.
Visit the showroom Wednesday through Saturday from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. at 1313 67th Street in Emeryville, right around the corner from Berkeley's famed Urban Ore salvage yard and just a quick jaunt up San Pablo from the equally fab Retro @ Home. You can also check out the Klassik by Lynne website here.
