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.

Check out one of San Francisco’s hottest designers has in store for you at SFGallery143.com. She has won battles through SF Fashion Feud, rocked numerous runways. We still remember LOVE SICK with all that scantly laced lingerie. Daryl Hannah has even had some one-on-one private lessons on sewing with Alexandria. Did we mention she has her own camp couture for girls?

Alexandria von Bromssen is featuring some of her more classic pieces for us online check it out! She will also be featuring more designs not seen online for our Holiday store in North Beach. Alexandria sews everything herself and is now doing a small production run of each item (maybe 5 are available of each) so be sure to come to the Holiday Store before her unique items are gone forever.

When does she have time to sleep??? psst…I hear it’s 4am these days. : )
Model: Kara Krauss featured in Alexandria’s Gold Cocktail Dress

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

Hello Crafty People. I got this from a friend and wanted to help spread the word. Take a look at the requirements and see if you are interested. Looks like a lot of fun!

Call For Artists: R U Crafty?  iB Crafty Trunk Show Submission
Deadline Extended 8/7

Event Date: Sept 26

Application Details: http://market-sf.com/events/ib/crafty/artists.html
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As we are closing into our last week of events of the June Store, we are happy to let you know of 2 more events we are having. June 19th, this Friday, come by from 6pm-9pm to see Beth from Sweet Can Productions perform her amazing balancing act with objects.

Our events are Free and open to the public, so come on by with friends and enjoy drinks, appetizers and a show! 

10% of proceeds go to support Sweet Can Productions in their future endeavours with wonderful nights of acrobatics, juggling, trapeze, music, dance, and theater! Learn more about what their up to, join the email list and see how amazingly talented these individuals are.

JUNE 21st is our Last Day Open! Come by before we close until December. We have even added more items to the store to keep things lively and new. So even if you came by last week we still have more goodies for you to see.  Closing night we will have DJ’s Danger Deluxxe and Joey Mousepad playing great beats for you to enjoy while shopping the store, meeting the local individuals that make the store happen! Most important, we will have 10% off most everything in the store!

Store Hours: Wednesday – Friday 3-7pm (Friday open ’til 9pm for Sweet Can Productions)

Saturday: 11am-6pm

Sunday 11am-6pm (with closing party until 9pm with DJ’s Danger Deluxxe and Friends)

Come by this Friday, June 12th from 6-9pm to support Liss Fain Dance Company. Meet the dancers and the director in an intimate setting and watch video of their work. Bring friends and enjoy drinks, appetizers and fun music while shopping from over 20 of the top SF local designers and artists in the area! Meet some the designers and get tips on how to update your closet and alter or wear clothing in multiple ways!

Remember 10% of purchases go to support Liss Fain. So have fun, meet some great people and learn what this city has to offer!!

To see more about Liss Fain’s Works go to their site at Liss Fain Dance.

Location: 143 Fillmore Street (cross street Waller)

Come join us for our June Temporary Store Opening. See what new artists and designers we have selected to participate this Summer. Check out what Dance Companies we’re holding benefits for in our space.

10% of purchase go to support the featured company!

Come mingle with the Designers and Artists, drink Sangria and support local DIY (Do It Yourself) Artists.

Where: Located at 143 Fillmore Street (cross street Waller).

When: Store Hours are Tuesday – Friday 3pm-7pm Saturday/Sunday 11am-6pm with events following.

If unable to attend check out our new line of products by Miranda Caroligne and Daka Bag on the website.

Be Sure to stay tuned for the next 2 weeks of events. To find out more about the June Store and to click to the featured artists websites, click on the page listed on the right titled ” June Temporary Store“.

Next week June 12th Liss Fain Dance Company Benefit 6pm-9pm and June 19th Sweet Can Productions Benefit.

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A couple weeks ago I found out about a great project that has been continually growing. WYDWYD is a site online where anyone can join and post a photograph with text answering the question.

The project will go to Burning Man as a huge collage of printed images. They also have localized events to inspire people. I attended Lower Haight’s TRUNK where Gregory Bartning was taking photographs of people who wanted to participate and post an instant image inside the Designer Co-Op.  You can also “join” the Lower Haight group online and post an image there at: www.wydwyd.com/trunksf 

This was a great event for coming by and getting crafty with strangers.  It was very inspiring to see the work that has gone into some of these photographs. Some images were powerful and some were hilarious.  If you are in the city stop by and check it out at 544 haight st between steiner and fillmore st. Hurry! It will be coming down at the end of the month (10 days and counting).  

Check out my answer! The bubble says “sale benefits artists”.

Hello everyone!  As some of you may know we have been busy running the Holiday Temporary Consignment Store and haven’t had a chance to get around town to all the amazing events that have happened.

Good news though, we recieved recognition on 7×7′s Blog GlamWatch!  Woohoo! Check out the article listed below or click on the link.

http://www.7x7sf.com/blogs/glamwatch

AND we received an article on SF Indie Fashion’s Blog as well.  Either click on the blog listing on the right for SF Indie Fashion or Click the link below!

http://sfindiefashion.com/

SFGallery143 Holiday Store

Photography courtesy of SFGallery143

If there’s one thing that always remains in fashion, it’s the weekend. As plenty head out of town on holiday adventures, others will be launching last-minute shopping missions and hunting down enviable outfits for upcoming soirees.

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SFGallery143 Holiday Store

Photography courtesy of SFGallery143

If there’s one thing that always remains in fashion, it’s the weekend. As plenty head out of town on holiday adventures, others will be launching last-minute shopping missions and hunting down enviable outfits for upcoming soirees.

For either endeavor, you can start the weekend off feeling warm and fuzzy when you take a can of food to the Maneater Threads Holiday Sample Sale and save an additional 35 percent on already discounted apparel from such designers as Nu Collective, Burning Torch, Rami Kashou and Mike & Chris.

• What: Maneater Threads Holiday Sample Sale
• Where: 101 Townsend St., Suite 302, 415-777-1488
• When: Fri. 4-7pm.

Next, we’d recommend a visit to the Lower Haight for the final weekend of the SFGallery143 Holiday Store, which brings a slew of local indie designers together under one roof. You’ll find hand-crafted jewelry from Fluidance, avant-garde offerings from folks like Bad Unkl Sista and Miranda Caroligne, scarves by Harlequin Feltworks and lots of locally-made products. On Friday and Saturday nights, 10 percent of the proceeds go to a featured artist beneficiary, while Sunday closes out the month-long event with an all-day 10 percent discount on everything in the shop.

• What: SFGallery143 Holiday Store
• Where: 143 Fillmore St. (at Waller St.)
• When: Fri. 3-9pm, Sat. 11am-9pm, Sun. 12-6pm

From there, check out sample sales taking place on both sides of the Bay. In the Mission, 2008 Gen Art alum Serial Cultura will be having a holiday event featuring the designer’s signature scarves for $20 to $60, as well as ceramics, jewelry, paintings and other unique items from local artists, including Papaver Vert.

• What: Serial Cultura Holiday Event
• Where: 724 Valencia St. (at 18th)
• When: Sat. 1-8pm

Across the Bay Bridge, edgy Oakland-based fiftyseven-thirtythree will be spreading holiday cheer with a Christmas Party and Warehouse Sale. The hipster apparel company’s graphic tees and hoodies will be 30 to 60 percent off retail during the event.

• What: fiftyseven-thirtythree Christmas Party Warehouse Sale
• Where: 5733 San Leandro St., #4, Oakland, 510-207-0088
• When: Sat. 2-8pm

A warehouse sale of another kind goes down this weekend in Union Square. A serious boon to jeans fiends, The Warehouse Sale brings rack upon rack of premium denim brands to the Hilton San Francisco at a discount. While the company prefers to stay mum about the exact brands it will offer, our previous visits have turned up pairs from Seven for All Mankind, Chip & Pepper, Ditto, J Brand, Miss Me and many others.

• What: The Warehouse Sale
• Where: The Hilton San Francisco, 333 O’Farrell St., Yosemite Room
• When: Sat-Sun. 10am-4pm

By Lorraine Sanders

As a member of the California Academy of Sciences I was able to get a sneak peak of the new green building before its Grand Opening September 27th, this Saturday!  Check out the first green building to ever house an aquarium, planetarium, and museum under one roof! 

I wanted to spread the word about this great place that shows how vital it is to gain knowledge of our oceans and earth. I appreciate so much those who support organic produce, fair trade, shopping locally, recycling, and supporting businesses that do their part in making our world a greener place. I hope these pictures motivate you to do the same and keep our earth beautiful.

Unfortunately, buying a 2 year membership and seeing the preview didn’t even allow us to see the Planetarium OR the Rain Forest Globe.  Hey, what’s up with that?? But I did enjoy everything else that was there. I also enjoyed the fact that I didn’t have to wait through a huge line of people to view the exhibits. So, if you can’t wait at least 6 months until the public dies down on visiting the space, here are some pictures to hold you over.  

Visit the website at: http://www.calacademy.org/