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Adventures in art welding.

CELLspace is excited to offer welding classes in M.I.G. Receive individual attention with one instructor and two students. Learn from a certified welder. M.I.G. is the easiest welding process to learn. Each student takes home one individual sculpture.

Classes take place Monday night from 7-10pm.  Each class meets for 5 sessions. Cost is $360 per student. $60 material fee included.

Contact heycoreybest@yahoo.com if interested.
 

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SPACECRAFT

Salon style exhibition featuring painting, sculpture and multimedia works by  Cellspace studio members and guest artists!

Live music by
Ash Reiter        http://www.myspace.com/drunkenboat
Panic is Perfect   http://panicisperfect.bandcamp.com/
Luc Fornier

FREE!!!
7pm till midnight
Thursday Aug 5th
Cellspace 2050 Bryant
SF CA 94110

http://www.facebook.com/pages/San-Francisco-CA/SpaceCraft-CellSpace-Fan-...

Check out out write up in the Chronicle   http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2010/07/06/DDRL1E8OJQ.DTL

also some video from the last show http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ha_-iEVMxrQ

see you all there

Original link to article: http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2010/07/06/DDRL1E8OJQ.DTL

Cellspace artists keep underground scene alive

Trey Bundy, Special to The Chronicle

Tuesday, July 6, 2010

 

Like the Golden Gate Bridge, Cellspace is the kind of thing the rest of the world imagines when they think of San Francisco - even if they've never heard of it. The 10,000-square-foot Mission District artists' residence hosts local and visiting artists in an interdisciplinary and fiercely community-minded project space. Started in 1996, the gallery has continued the legacy of San Francisco's underground warehouse art scene, which has been slowly eroding since the dot-com boom. We stopped by for the first anniversary of Spacecraft, a party on the first Thursday of each month, when residents and local standouts display their latest and greatest pieces. True to the Cellspace philosophy, the work was amazingly diverse, and the DIY ethos was inspiring.

Shannon Abac, 26

Profession: Academic adviser at San Francisco Academy of Art / Ceramicist

Neighborhood: Inner Richmond

How have others described your work?

Whimsical, dark at times, feminist. Somebody called them cute earlier and asked, "Can I call them cute?"

Define art.

I can't define art. My pieces are how I feel about societal expectations of women. How we're supposed to be versus how we really are.

Have you suffered for your art?

Financially, yeah. But I think my work makes people happy, that's why I love doing it.

Grace Cooper, 25

Profession: Record store employee (artistic medium: watercolor/ballpoint pen)

Neighborhood: Sunset

How have others described your work?

Feminist but unorthodox. I thought that was funny. They said it was very sexual but detailed.

Define art.

Masturbation, because it's getting the most out of yourself and creating something only you can truly understand.

Have you suffered for your art?

I guess so. I spend many hours at home to the detriment of having better social skills.

Scott Walker, 42

Profession: Multimedia artist/worker

Neighborhood: Mission

How have others described your work?

Somebody came by today and just said, "I like these. They're musical collages."

Define art.

Art is regurgitation. Art is cover versions of things you've heard before. There's nothing new. There's never been anything new.

Have you suffered for your art?

All art is suffering. You take things that give you problems and solve them by making art.

Michelle Guintu, 27

Profession: Making stuff/record store

Neighborhood: SoMa

How have others described your work?

Expressionist, stylish, kind of dark.

Define art.

For me it's a lifestyle. You make stuff for yourself and no one else, but you get to show people what your soul is all about.

Have you suffered for your art?

Are you kidding me? My parents hate me. They're, like, "What are you doing?" And I'm poor.

Corey Best, 40

Profession: Teacher/artist

Neighborhood: Upper Haight

How have others described your work?

Minimalist, abstract, modern.

Define art.

On a very basic level, an artist makes art. Every good artist practices all the time.

Have you suffered for your art?

I don't know about the word "suffer," but it's made me smarter. I've understood how lucky I've been to have something better than myself to work on.

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In early October 2009, new CELLspace studio artist Cy Wagoner liked the idea of putting the Black Sheep Art Collective's first San Francisco mural up on the back doors of the arts space that they worked out of. Hailing from Arizona, specifically Navajo Nation, the Collective seeks to heal and strengthen indigenous peoples through conscious art, so it is fitting that they tell a Diné story about the Bay Area's connectons to their people's history. Over the following months, on the large bay doors of CELLspace's Florida St. facade, a group of artists brought out the story of a powerful woman who came to the Pacific Ocean and created many of the animals depicted in the mural.

Since landing in San Francisco, the Black Sheep Arts Collective has been hard at work supporting their mission of providing mentorship, encouragement, and a space for young artists to create personal and distinctive art free from societal restrictions. They have completed another Diné-based mural in the significant intersection of Albion St. and Camp St., where the first Spanish/Catholic Mission Dolores stood in 1776. They have also created another mural with youth in the alleys off of 15th and Mission/Valencia Sts.

Here are some photos of the CELLspace mural in progress, starting with the completed work and going backwards in time. Painting with almost no budget, the Florida St. Mural Project is deeply appreciative of the BSAC's talent and cooperation, and CELL is proud to hold a unique story from some of the original peoples of Western North America.