Shana Astrachan Satellite Shop

I am excited to share my latest news that I am opening a retail shop and show space in the Mission district in San Francisco. It is an extension of the Urban Interstice Gallery, located on 26th Street between Valencia and Mission. We'll be open for the months of November and December and carrying all works by yours truly! We will also feature other talented artists with rotating weekly trunk shows.


Location: 3443 26th Street between Valencia and Mission, San Francisco, CA

Hours: Open hours November and December 2010, Fridays and Saturdays NOON till 7PM

Party: Opening celebration Friday November 19th, 4PM to 8PM

And open by appointment, 415.420.0527

For more about Interstice Architects and their award winning designs visit their website
http://www.intersticearchitects.com/
And blog
http://www.intersticearchitects.com/blog/

From Geekery to Regality Exhibition

From Geekery to Regality: Beauty in Reuse
showcasing work from the Metal Arts Critique Collective

Running Sept 1st through the 30th, 2010
Artists Reception Sept 24th, 4-7pm
Green Zebra
Crocker Galleria, lower level
50 Post Street, San Francisco, CA



For more information about the Critique Collective please visit our site:
http://critiquecollective.rewarestyle.com/

And for information about Green Zebra and the Environmental Action Center please go to:
http://www.thegreenzebra.org/eac/Green_Zebra_Action_Center/Welcome.html

International Jewelry Exchange

Members of the Metal Arts Critique Collective (MAC), Shana Astrachan, emiko oye, Christine Dhein, Kelly Nedderman, Aimee Golant, David Casella, and Reed Easley, hosted four members of the Jewellers and Silversmiths Network (JSN) of Farnham, Surrey, England in July as part of an international jeweler’s exchange sponsored by JSN.
 


JSN members Rebecca Skeels, Clare Stiles, Ruta Brown and Susan Levett, enjoyed a private curator’s tour of the Oakland Museum’s Modernist Jewelry collection as well as tours of Velvet da Vinci, the SFMOMA gift shop, and the Revere Academy. Visiting JSN members joined MAC for a special monthly critique. As invited guests, JSN members learned about the critique format, shared their work, and solicited feedback. Upon their return to England, JSN members planned to report back to their group and blog about what they had learned from their American counterparts.


For the second part of the exchange, the JSN has organized Material Connections, a one-day symposium to be held September 10, 2010 in Farnham Maltings, England. MAG/MAC members Shana Astrachan, Christine Dhein, Reed Easley and Kelly Nedderman will lead a panel discussion presenting how they as American designers combine alternative and traditional materials and the influences of the materials on the making process. Christine Dhein will also lecture on Recycled and Ethical Jewelry and co-present a lecture/demonstration on Keum-boo.
For more information visit the following link
http://www.jsnfarnham.com


Watch for a follow up report on our travels and Materials Connections.

-above entry reported by Christine Dhein