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For all those small production businesses in San Francisco and The Bay Area…

Come by Thursday July 29th at 6pm at the Rickshaw Bagworks in SF to get assistance and information on local factories and manufacturing resources. Put on by SFMade this is one to not miss out on.

If you are producing or planning to produce clothing, accessories, food or furniture products this is a great event to address legal issues, get documentation, find out who and where to manufacture, as well as build relationships here in the city.

Time:6:00-8:30pm

Place: 904 22nd St SF, CA 94107

Price: $30

For more information and to purchase tickets click on the link!: https://SFMade.ticketleap.com

The Arts Collective 3rd Ward Thrives in Bushwick, Brooklyn – NYTimes.com.

Interesting article. More spaces are becoming popular in collaborative arts culture. It’s almost an Andy Warhol Factory Room, but for people who have to pay a fee to join with the ability to have access to multiple mediums in art. Printing, woodworking, weaving, jewelry design, welding, screen printing, and maybe most intriguing, a bartender who powers his blender by pedaling bicycle.  They were profitable even in a bad economy. I guess freelancing creative industry needs a time to thrive through collective big spaces. Talk about your connections!

Now, do any of you know of similar spaces who are making the million dollar marks in profits on the West Coast?

Entrepedalers – a new term for people delivering food and making a profit by bicycle. This new trend is picking up speed.

People are baking goods, or cooking and delivering the goods around town. How might you be able to find where they are? The inventions of the 21st century…Twitter.

Since we are a small business as well, I love hearing of others. Because of the recession I actually think it has created some incentive for new methods of how to do business. Low overhead is key and why not be green by going by bicycle! You avoid the price of gas, get exercise and it is sometimes faster than taking a vehicle. You could be  walking around doing errands pick up a handbaked pie from a local baker on a bike and be on your way!

My only question is, do they fear someone getting sick from their food if it isn’t made in a commercial kitchen?

To read the entire article click on the link below.

http://www.sfbike.org/main/entrepedalers-deliver-the-goods/

* Hat by Jasmin Zorlu

Well, we have had a full  fun run of the store in North Beach and these are our last and final days until we pack up shop until our next location pop’s up somewhere else in this wonderful city of San Francisco. So if you haven’t been able to stop by you won’t want to miss our Closing Party. Here are the details…

Where: Local Patron 1418 Grant St (between Grant & Union).

When: 6pm – to 9 (or when we decide to close)

What:

• DJ’s Dominique and Bryan Riate will be sure to have you feeling good.
• Desserts by pastry Chef of Eos Jennifer Riate goodies you don’t want to miss
• Sale 10%-25% off everything in the store.
• Drinks and appetizers on the house.

Check out our Press Page. We were written up on..

• The Chronicle

• 7×7

• NBC Bay Area

• SF Station

• SF Indie Fashion

and Featured on ABC “What’s Hot This Weekend”.

Thank you to everyone who made the store possible. Special thanks to Gregory Bartning, Becky Uline, and Gabe Colaluca for volunteering their time and efforts. Special thanks to Cody Morrison of Danger Deluxxe and Joey, the band Potion, Becky and Friends, Bryan and Dominique for their musical talents. Thanks to Aids Life Cycle and Nest. Thanks to Jennifer Riate and The Key for their passion for food and beer. Thanks to all the wonderful (over 60) artists who participated.

Finally, Thanks to all of you for helping spread the word.

We here at SF Gallery 143 want to thank all of our supporters and enthusiasts for helping us grow in 2009 and following us over to North Beach for our collaboration with Local Patron.

www.sfgallery143.com

Don’t miss our last week of being open at our location and last chance sale. We are having a store wide sale for our full last week and  Closing Party January 10th.

*Closing Party Featuring DJ from Hiest, Dominique, and Brian Riate. Pastry Chef, Jennifer Riate, from acclaimed restaurant EOS will be featuring some of her favorite desserts for you to sample. 6pm-9pm

Where: 1418 Grant Street

When: January 2nd – January 10th

Hours: Monday – Wednesday 2pm-8pm Thursday -Sunday 12pm -8pm

What: Store wide Sale 10%-2o% from January 2nd – January 10th

May the new year bring you joy and happiness!

Over the past several years, we have operated seasonal shops in various locations around town selling locally created art, craft and design products. This year, we are coming together to open our best shop ever! SFGallery143 is merging with Local Patron to bring you the best Holiday Store yet.

Where: 1418 Grant Street @ Green

When: November18th 2009 – January 10th 2010

Hours: Monday – Saturday 11am-10pm; Sunday 11am-6pm

Events : …so far

November 20th:Opening Party Featuring DJ’ Danger Deluxxe, treats and drinks. 6pm-9pm 10% Sale

December 10th: Neighborhood Merchant Crawl 5pm-10pm we will be featuring treats from a local chocolatier.

December 18th: Nest Fundraiser, 10% of sales go to help this Non-Profit Organization. Nest helps woman get out of poverty by providing micro-loans to create their own small businesses and to become self-sufficient.

January 10th: Closing Party Featuring DJ from Hiest Dominique and Bryan Riate. Pastry Chef, Jennifer Riate, from acclaimed restaurant EOS will be featuring some of her favorite desserts for you to sample. 6pm-9pm 10% sale.

Attendance of 5,000! I don’t think so, but never-the-less it was fun. We were expecting to only get a half of a table and ended up with a full one. Yay! We were also told it was non vending….people did it anyway. Had I known we would have brought A LOT more stuff. You live you learn and in the process we still managed to get people interested. So here is to our first “exhibit” and some pictures of the other “exhibitors.”

Enjoy!

September 29th Marks the Independent Arts Expo’s 10th Anniversary. Come to Golden Gate Park at the music concourse between the de Young and Academy of Science for over 200 local exhibitors ranging from arts projects, services, venues, schools, etc. There will be live performances and it is projected to be up to 5,000 attendees.

The event runs from 11-6pm so be sure to come early before the crowds arrive and to make it around to the 4 Groves (Performing Arts, Visual ARts, Literary Arts and Multi-Media).

Did I mention there will be a live mural painting project, sculpture garden and live performances???

TO FIND OUT MORE, Click on the Link Below

WWW.ARTSandMEDIA.NET

Have you thought about starting your own business? Check out the Renaissance Center downtown at 25 Fifth Street (between Folsom and Howard), or go to their website: www.rencenter.org

The Renaissance Entrepreneurship Center has on going workshops ranging from one day to 14 weeks. These classes range from step by step guidance to your business, marketing, how to use QuickBooks, finance, to helping with grants. They offer scholarships for those who qualify but be sure to enter in early, they fill up fast. They even have the ability to link possible buyers to the graduate’s websites of the program.

Happy Searching!

Well, SF Gallery 143 had a successful Grand Opening and first month. We were able to make back our expenses and a profit by the end of the first week, Yay!

The 10 SF artists, artisans and their mothers each sold a product. Thank you for all that came by to support us. Some of the designers, artists, and jewelers include: Belle Images, The Brown Banana, Eon On U, Candelas Designs, Cookie and the Dude, LOL Brands, Daka Bags, Aliaison, Yahzi Rose, and Tribal Stones.

We had two parties with wine and appetizers, thank you for those who helped us drink and eat it all! I am sad to see the little store close but we will be reopening our doors in the summer for another month. Look for future dates to be posted.

Meanwhile, Gregory is anxious to get his photo studio back and for good reason. If you are interested in family photos, engagements, weddings, pregnancy portraits, corporate work, websites, or head shots visit his website at http://www.belleimages.net

And congratulations to Gabriel Colaluca who was our best seller, hooray! See his website at http://www.thebrownbanana.com