Triple Basement

Ukiah!

2010-06-01T09:42:00.000-07:00

This memorial weekend, Larry Rinder hosted the most epic outdoor music, art, cooking, camping extravaganza at his property in Ukiah. Organized by David Wilson, Jesse Schlesinger and a crew of other makers, the weekend unfolded in mellow fashion with around 100 buddies meandering up and down the hills of the stunning property, finding art installations and music performances all along the way. Artist/chef Jerome Waag manned the hearth -- massive paella one night, slow roasted pig in the ground the next. I imagine Burning Man started with these kinds of best intentions (ambitious creativity shared among friends) and I was privileged to be a part of it.

9 1/2 minute video of performances and scenes from the kitchen:

James Bradley new drawing!

2009-03-13T16:18:00.000-07:00

New Bryson Gill painting!

2009-03-13T13:38:00.000-07:00

Miami 2008

2008-12-13T12:30:00.000-08:00

NADA Art Fair, Jay and Rachel getting engaged over a game of ping pong!, vip celebrations with cuban sandwiches, dance parties, takashi murakami in a plush flower suit, hot tubs, snowmen, redneck cuban cafe, the everglades, airboats, gaters, BBQ with simmons & burke, beaches, massages on the beach and a farewell crab dinner. triple base miami 2008! always having fun in any economy!

((((((((((((((((Berlininer))))))))))))))))

2008-11-20T02:16:00.000-08:00

Hi Everyone, It's raining and cold now in Berlin, but hot in my studio! (jk)

I hope everyone is well, and I miss you all... Go NADA, Go T-Base!!!!

One Minute Wish

2008-11-04T13:06:00.000-08:00

This is a new project I am working on with some friends. I am really excited about the ideas and can not wait to see what happens.

Bests,

Michelle

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Event Info: 11:11 - One Minute wish

The enigma of catching our actions aligning for one minute

Host: All of us

Type: A special event

Network: Global

Time and Place

Date: Tuesday, November 11

Time: 11:11-11:12 am and then again at 11:11 pm - 11:12 pm

(Gather early at 11:00 am/pm)

Location: Dolores Park, San Francisco, CA

(and everywhere else)

City/Town: San Francisco, Ca

Description

Who? Everyone in the world

Where? Everywhere in the world

For people in the Bay Area please meet at Dolores Park near the tennis courts, to collectively make our wishes, and document this event through photographs and writing.

We will be making a wish list, preserving all wishes made, to be published in the future.

When? Tuesday, November 11 @ 11:11 am and again at 11:11 pm

Why? This November 11, at 11:11 am/pm people everywhere are invited to come together in Dolores Park in San Francisco for one full minute of silence to collectively make our own wishes. The alignment of numbers and synchronicity of people coming together for a common mission can remind us that together we can realize the true affect that positive thinking can have.

People who are not in San Francisco are also encouraged to take a moment at 11:11 to make your wish, and email it for later inclusion in a future publication.

If you want to join in please invite your friends too. Anyone is welcome to participate.

Email address:
1111wishlist@gmail.com

Art Show @ City Hall

2008-08-05T12:05:00.001-07:00

Hello Everyone!
I want to invite you to attend the opening of a show that I am curating.
The show is titled Triangulation, and it's a printmaking show featuring Jeanne Lorenz, Parker Ito and Billy Sprague.
The opening reception is on Friday, August 15th 5:30 - 8:00 PM. All are welcomed and there will be free wine and snacks too!
The location is at San Francisco City Hall in Supervisor Ross Mirkarimi's office--Room 282.

Hope to see you there!

-Nick

Dirty Girl Farm Tour & Manresa Beach Trip

2008-07-10T15:34:00.000-07:00

Jesse Schlesinger organized a beautiful July 4th getaway for Triple Base and friends at the Dirty Girl Farm in Santa Cruz. We foraged for veggies, grilled em up and picked fresh strawberries in the morning for breakfast. Then we were off to Manresa Beach for some more picnicing and sunning! Thanks for an amazing trip Jesse...

Eugene International Performance at Suzanne Husky's Opening

2008-06-10T18:16:00.001-07:00

2 week sublet needed for 2(or more) German Artists: May 25-June 18

2008-05-20T11:12:00.001-07:00

Friends,

As many of you know, I'm curating an exhibition with and about an artist collective called The Institute for Social Research. The ISR was the result of a collaboration between CCA and an art school in Germany that allowed students from both institutions to live and work together in San Francisco last semester. The ISR is an international group, most of whom have returned to Stuttgart, Germany but have recently been awarded a grant for travel. They'll return to the Bay Area this summer to help with the show's installation and to reunite with their local counterparts. A press release is attached that further describes the group but let me assure you that the exhibition is going to be incredibly dynamic now that the ISR have secured funding to get here for the show!

I'm writing to you because I'm invested in finding housing for these students during their time in the Bay Area. There will be eight students arriving on May 25 and staying through June 18th. They will be working at the Richmond Art Center nearly everyday during that time, helping to install our exhibition. The group was born out of a communal living situation and clearly want to live together during their time here. They are well accustomed to sleeping on floors, in tents, wherever they can. The group is in their late twenties and thirties and is extremely sweet, respectful, hard-working and gracious.
>
> What is needed:
> - space for eight people to sleep
> - access to public transportation
> - use of a bathroom and kitchen
> - no need to provide bedding or food -- just sleep space
>
> The benefits of housing these students include:
> - free exhibition catalogs
> - a tax-deduction for the price you name
> - public acknowledgement of your gift in both exhibitions -- here and in Stuttgart
> - networking with some fantastic artists, being part of a very vibrant and fun project
> - $500 in rent/security deposit/cleaning fees
>
> Please let me know if you have any ideas about where these wonderful people might rest their weary heads after long days of brilliant creative production at the Richmond Art Center! The reward of working with these people is tremendous (I can verify first hand!) and their gratitude is bound to show up in the form of artworks, cooked meals, and more. I've attached some pictures of the group for your enjoyment.
>
> All my thanks,
> erin
>
>
> --
> e r i n e l d e r
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> Independent Curator
> San Francisco, CA
> 415.690.3064
> mserinelder@gmail.com

Show Pics! Car Clutch, The Urxed, Soft Circle, Hawnay Troof & Beatheart vs. Warmen Fussy

2008-05-12T19:07:00.001-07:00

Thanks to all the people who came out and bands that played on Saturday. Epic show!

Jay's Treehouse Raising

2008-05-04T23:54:00.000-07:00

Jay Nelson's treehouse was installed in a beautiful tree on Larry Rinder's Ukiah property with the help of some friends and a few trucks. We also flew kites, ate yummy food, sang songs around the campfire and soaked in the hottub. Livin' the Northern Cali dream...

Peru/Chile Adventure

2008-04-29T22:43:00.001-07:00

Check out my pics from my trip to Peru (Lima, Cusco and the highlight was the hike up to Macchu Pichu) and Chile (Valparaiso, SF's sister city and Santiago). We ate lots of amazing food saw amazing orchids and stunning views, fed the chakras for days...

HOUSE SHOW!!!

2008-04-20T13:59:00.000-07:00

I would like to invite everyone to attend a really great group art show that I'm hosting at my house.
The show is one night only, Saturday, April 26th. It starts at 7PM and goes till Midnight.
25 Bay Area artists will be showing works in painting, photography, printmaking, sculpture, video installation, mixed media, illustration, and fashion.
Participating artists are current Bay Area art students (undergradutes and MFA) and emerging artists. Artwork will be for sale and artists will receive 100% of their sale.
Plus, there will be good music, wine and beer, and lots of nice people!!!

The address is:
647 Clement St. @ 8th Ave
San Francisco

Hope to see you there,

Nick

silver dollars/pirate coins

2008-04-14T19:29:00.000-07:00

I'm making a giant sculpture/pile of silver coins made out of aluminum foil and I'm looking for some friends to help me make them. It really just involves rolling up a ball of aluminum foil, stepping on it and then flattening out the sides, but its taking me longer than expected to get the size of the pile up there.

As a bribe I was thinking of organizing a few nights cooking food, making drinks and inviting people over to my house to make this alchemy happen... maybe people would want to help me?

If this sounds fun email me and say hi:

info@michelleblade.com

yes!

best,

michelle

Install Job May 12-27

2008-04-10T18:40:00.000-07:00

Hello young healthy strong motivated people,
I am looking for san francisco's best loosely-employed people to come out for some LONG days of exhibition wall installation!

dates:
install: MAY 12 13 and 14
and
deinstall: MAY 26 and 27

deets:
The install days will start at 7:00AM @ Fort Mason Center
and we will be working up to 12 hour days.
There will be time and a half after 8 hours each day.
The rate for this job is $19.00.
Carpentry and lifting skills are ideal.

Please pass the word along to qualified folks and
send inquiries to:

drew@gizmosf.com

Thank you,
drew

SFMoMA Job

2008-04-09T12:41:00.000-07:00

SFMoMA's looking for an Administrative Assistant in the Painting and Sculpture Dept.:

http://sfmoma.snaphire.com/jobseeker/safelink=JSJDMM&O_p=XItC7&

LA Art Photographer?

2008-04-06T21:30:00.000-07:00

I need someone skillful to take documentation pictures of a show I have up in LA right now...
Can your recommend someone? Thanks!

Lynn Kirby needs a studio assistant..know anyone who would be interested?

2008-04-06T17:58:00.000-07:00

(her email to me below)

Hi Joyce,

My current studio assistant will be leaving at the end of the month. I
am looking for someone new.
Candidates need DVD skill and video editing skills and common sense.
Any thoughts?
8- 10 hours a week, starts at $12.50/ goes to 15/hr once up to speed.
Thanks loads for any suggestions.

++

Lynn

Center for Cultural Innovation

2008-04-04T11:16:00.000-07:00

The Center for Cultural Innovation (CCI) was launched in 2001 to promote knowledge sharing, networking and financial independence for individual artists and creative entrepreneurs by providing business training, grants and loans, and incubating innovative projects that create new program knowledge, tools and practices for artists in the field.

In the spring of 2007, CCI opened an office in San Francisco, marking the transition from Los Angeles based programming to statewide services. CCI provides a range of programs designed to serve the needs of individual artists, including a statewide grants program called Investing in Artists. The next deadline is June 6, 2008 for artists seeking to acquire the equipment and tools that will sustain their long-term ability to make work. More information about CCI and the Investing in Artists program can be found at www.cciarts.org

Triple Base Stinson Retreat Slideshow

2008-04-03T23:43:00.000-07:00

Studio Visit Requests

2008-04-03T16:16:00.000-07:00

Yes we would love to come check out what you are working on.

People's Other Projects

2008-04-03T16:15:00.000-07:00

This is where we find out alternative realities. Let us know what else you are doing.

Residencies

2008-04-03T16:12:00.000-07:00

When, where, what? Pass the opportunities along.

Rentals/Sublets

2008-04-03T16:11:00.000-07:00

Do you part against gentrification and help someone on the mean time.

Grants

2008-04-03T16:10:00.000-07:00

Cash, money, prize. Share if you know an opportunity to get some.

Free Bin

2008-04-03T16:01:00.000-07:00

Have anything to get rid of that may be useful to others? Let us know...

Art and Resource Trades

2008-04-03T15:59:00.000-07:00

A great way of getting projects done by swapping skills and work.

Recipes

2008-04-03T15:55:00.000-07:00

People in this group have such great gourmand skills that I am sure some really yummy stuff will pop here.

Triple Base Retreat 2008

2008-03-30T11:41:00.000-07:00

It was awesome! Thanks for coming!Images and insights to come...
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