{"id":18357,"date":"2014-06-26T00:31:20","date_gmt":"2014-06-26T07:31:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/barbarafalconernewhall.com\/?p=18357"},"modified":"2014-06-26T00:31:20","modified_gmt":"2014-06-26T07:31:20","slug":"oaklands-jingletown-arts-crafts-cool-kitsch-and-cookies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/server.stagingweb3.net\/barbarafalconernewhall\/oaklands-jingletown-arts-crafts-cool-kitsch-and-cookies\/","title":{"rendered":"Oakland’s Jingletown: Arts, Crafts, Cool Kitsch — And Cookies"},"content":{"rendered":"
\"The<\/a>
Jingletown Art Studios<\/a> in Oakland, CA, is decorated with mosaics inspired by Laurel True, founder of the Institute of Mosaic Art. Photo by BF Newhall<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

By Barbara Falconer Newhall<\/em><\/p>\n

It was a lovely afternoon for wandering in and out of artists’ studios in Oakland, California’s Jingletown<\/a> neighborhood, where a vibrant, up-and-coming arts community mingles with a robust Latino population.<\/p>\n

More than a dozen neighborhood artists joined hundreds of other San Francisco East Bay artists in opening\u00a0 their doors for the annual Pro Arts East Bay Open Studios earlier this month. And there was lots to see — fine art, beautiful crafts, and a dollop of fun, kitschy stuff. Also, fruit, brownies, chips and cookies being offered everywhere.<\/p>\n

The Institute of Mosaic Art has departed Jingletown for a site in Berkeley. But founder Laurel True and her colleagues and students left their dazzling handiwork behind on walls and buildings all over the neighborhood.<\/p>\n

Is Oakland the West Coast Brooklyn? Take a look at “Amazing Places — A Walk Around Oakland’s Jingletown.”<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n

\"Red<\/a>
Hannah Woebkenberg<\/a> dyes new and used pantyhose …\u00a0<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Hannah<\/a>
… to make wall hangings and sculpture. Photos by BF Newhall<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Food<\/a>
Brownies, fruit, an oilcloth table covering, and an indoor wall mosaic designed by Isaiah Zagar, a Phildelphia artist. Photo by BF Newhall<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Christopher<\/a>
Sculptor Christopher Kanyusik has moved from creating life-sized ceramic figures …<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"A
… to working with bronze and steel. Here, 4×8-foot sheets of steel, rolled and bent. Photos by BF Newhall<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

\"A<\/a>
“Vessel Seven,” a cast acrylic bowl by Philip Dow<\/a>. Photo by BF Newhall<\/em><\/em><\/p>\n
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\"Bill<\/a><\/dt>\n
Bill Silveira<\/a> repurposes license plates. Photo by BF Newhall<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/dd>\n<\/dl>\n
\""White<\/a>
“White Roses” is a glass mosaic inset made for a client’s garden by Rachel Rodi<\/a>. Photo by BF Newhall<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

\"Bright<\/a>It was a lovely afternoon for wandering in and out of artists’ studios in Jingletown, Oakland, California’s vibrant, up-and-coming arts neighborhood, earlier this month. More than a dozen neighborhood artists had opened their doors for the annual East Bay Open Studios. Read more.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":18501,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[1244,653,1245,1123,1246,34,1247,1248,1249,1250,1251,1004,1252,1253,1254,814],"class_list":["post-18357","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-a-case-of-the-human-condition","tag-acrylic-art","tag-arts-and-crafts","tag-bill-silveira","tag-ceramics","tag-christopher-kanyusik","tag-dont-miss","tag-hannah-woebkenberg","tag-institute-of-mosaic-art","tag-jingletown","tag-mosaics","tag-oakland","tag-open-studios","tag-philip-dow","tag-rachel-rodi","tag-sculpture","tag-shopping-stories"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/server.stagingweb3.net\/barbarafalconernewhall\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18357","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/server.stagingweb3.net\/barbarafalconernewhall\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/server.stagingweb3.net\/barbarafalconernewhall\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/server.stagingweb3.net\/barbarafalconernewhall\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/server.stagingweb3.net\/barbarafalconernewhall\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=18357"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/server.stagingweb3.net\/barbarafalconernewhall\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18357\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/server.stagingweb3.net\/barbarafalconernewhall\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18357"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/server.stagingweb3.net\/barbarafalconernewhall\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=18357"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/server.stagingweb3.net\/barbarafalconernewhall\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=18357"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}