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32nd Annual Quilt Show at Berkeley Public Library

April 17, 2013 in Central Branch, Exhibit by LibraryNews | Permalink

Contact: Debbie Carton
510-981-6139

For immediate release
April 15, 2013


32nd Annual Quilt Show at Berkeley Public Library

 

Berkeley Public Library proudly presents the 32nd Annual Quilt Show.  Quilts will be on display at the Central Library, 2090 Kittredge (at Shattuck) from May 8 – June 9, on the second floor: in display cases, above the Reference Desk and in the Historic Lobby.

We have expanded our miniature quilt focus to include 6 full-size quilts and 14 crib size quilts. The  smaller quilts range in sizes from 12” by 12” to literally “postcard” size, 3” x 5”.  Visitors can take the self-guided tour, using a catalog describing each entry.

This free exhibit is sponsored by the Friends of the Library (www.berkeleylibraryfriends.org).

The Central Library is open Monday, noon-8 p.m., Tuesday, 10 a.m.-8 p.m., Wednesday through Saturday, 10 a.m.-6 p.m., and Sunday afternoons from 1 p.m.-5 p.m.  For further information, call 510-981-6139.  For accessibility information, call 510-981-6107 TTY, 510-548-1240, http://berkeleypubliclibrary.org

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Exhibit Extended Until March 31st! Central Library Art Installation “Flights of Mind” By Vita Wells

February 21, 2013 in Exhibit by LibraryNews | Permalink

Contact: Douglas Smith
Deputy Library Director
510-981-6195

For Immediate Release:
For an exhibit lasting until March 31, 2013


EXHIBIT EXTENDED UNTIL MARCH 31st!

CENTRAL LIBRARY ART INSTALLATION
“Flights of Mind”
By Vita Wells

Artist talk & reception: Sunday February 24th , @2pm

 

BERKELEY, CA – Berkeley-based artist Vita Wells has created a large installation of some two hundred altered books spanning three levels of the atrium of the Berkeley Public Library’s Central Branch, 2090 Kittredge at Shattuck, downtown Berkeley. This exhibit will now be on display through March 31st, 2013.

Vita Wells will discuss the art installation and her work during a FREE artist talk and on Sunday afternoon, February 24th at 2:00pm in the Central Library’s 3rd floor Community Meeting Room.

Wells’ installation features many dozens of altered, sculpted books suspended and airborne, as if flying in a spectacular natural formation, throughout a large portion of the Central Library building.  “This installation,” the artist says, “is about possibility and community across space and time, and it celebrates how public libraries enrich who we are as individuals and as a community.”  Wells, who has created art objects since she was old enough to wield an x-acto knife, makes use of the medium of printed books as the raw material of her art, which is powerfully evident in Flights of Mind. In response to the frequent question, “Why books?” she says, “As physical objects, books are unlike any of the other material objects with which we surround ourselves in our day-to-day lives. They are singular in the power their mere physical presence possesses, the promise and possibility they embody.” Vita Wells lives and makes art in Berkeley. Flights of Mind was created for the Berkeley Public Library Foundation’s 11th annual Authors Dinner and will remain on display until March 31st. Information about the artist and her work can be found at http://www.vitawells.net/flightsBPL.html.

Access to the exhibit is available during the library’s open hours: Monday 12 – 8; Tuesday 10- 8; Wednesday – Saturday, 10 – 6; Sunday 1 – 5.

Wheelchair accessible. Sponsored by the Berkeley Public Library Foundation and the Berkeley Public Library. For more information, call (510) 981-6100 or connect www.berkeleypubliclibrary.org.

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Oakland Renaissance Jazz Series The Photography of Kamau Amen-Ra, Edward Miller, Tumani Onabiyi and Wanda Sabir

February 19, 2013 in Art & Music Event, Exhibit by LibraryNews | Permalink

Contact: Michele McKenzie — phone: 510-981-6240

For Immediate Release
For an exhibit February 11th – May11th
Artist reception and jazz concert March 2nd

PHOTOGRAPHY EXHIBIT
& JAZZ CONCERT

Oakland Renaissance Jazz Series
The Photography of Kamau Amen-Ra, Edward Miller,
Tumani Onabiyi and Wanda Sabir

 

A collection of Oakland based photographers celebrate the art and artistry of jazz musicians in the Bay Area with an exhibition in Berkeley Public Library’s Central Catalog Lobby, 2090 Kittredge at Shattuck, downtown Berkeley, from February 11th through May 11th.  The exhibition is curated by Kamau Amen-Ra and it features the work of Wanda Sabir, Edward Miller and Tumani Onabiyi.  This series of jazz photography captures performances held in a variety of Bay Area venues including the East Side Cultural Center and the 57th Street Gallery in Oakland.  This group of artists have been documenting the rich history of jazz performance in the Bay Area for over a quarter of a century.  Access to the exhibit is available during the library’s open hours: Monday 12 – 8; Tuesday 10- 8; Wednesday – Saturday, 10 – 6; Sunday 1 – 5.

The artist reception features a performance by TVC, a jazz string trio comprised of local musicians Kash Killion on cello, with Sandy Poindexter and Jean “Tarika” Lewis on violin.  This FREE jazz concert and artist reception takes place on Saturday, March 2nd at 2PM in the 3rd floor Community Meeting Room in the Central Library.  The exhibiting photographers will be available to discuss their work immediately following the concert at 3:00 pm.

Wheelchair accessible.  Sponsored by the Friends of the Library.  For more information, call 510-981-6100 or connect  www.berkeleypubliclibrary.org


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Artist talk & reception: Sunday February 24th “Flights of Mind” By Vita Wells

February 4, 2013 in Exhibit by LibraryNews | Permalink

Contact: Douglas Smith
Deputy Library Director
510-981-6195

For Immediate Release:
For an exhibit February 11 – 24, 2013

 

Artist talk & reception: Sunday February 24th

CENTRAL LIBRARY ART INSTALLATION
“Flights of Mind”
By Vita Wells

 

BERKELEY, CA – Berkeley-based artist Vita Wells has created a large installation of some two hundred altered books spanning three levels of the atrium of the Berkeley Public Library’s Central Branch, 2090 Kittredge at Shattuck, downtown Berkeley, that will be on display from February 11 to February 24.

Vita Wells will discuss the art installation and her work during a FREE artist talk and on Sunday afternoon, February 24th at 2:00pm in the Central Library’s 3rd floor Community Meeting Room.

Wells’ installation features many dozens of altered, sculpted books suspended and airborne, as if flying in a spectacular natural formation, throughout a large portion of the Central Library building.  “This installation,” the artist says, “is about possibility and community across space and time, and it celebrates how public libraries enrich who we are as individuals and as a community.”  Wells, who has created art objects since she was old enough to wield an exacto knife, makes use of the medium of printed books as the raw material of her art, which is powerfully evident in Flights of Mind. In response to the frequent question, “Why books?”, she says, “As physical objects, books are unlike any of the other material objects with which we surround ourselves in our day-to-day lives. They are singular in the power their mere physical presence possesses, the promise and possibility they embody.” Vita Wells lives and makes art in Berkeley. Flights of Mind was created for the Berkeley Public Library Foundation’s 11th annual Authors Dinner and will remain on display for two weeks. Information about the artist and her work can be found at http://www.vitawells.net/flightsBPL.html.

Access to the exhibit is available during the library’s open hours: Monday 12 – 8; Tuesday 10- 8; Wednesday – Saturday, 10 – 6; Sunday 1 – 5.

Wheelchair accessible. Sponsored by the Berkeley Public Library Foundation and the Berkeley Public Library. For more information, call (510) 981-6100 or connect www.berkeleypubliclibrary.org.

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The Amazing Literary Adventures of Chabon & Waldman

January 4, 2013 in Exhibit, Uncategorized by LibraryNews | Permalink

For Immediate Release:
January 3, 2012

Contact: Will Marston (510-981-6233)

 

The Amazing Literary Adventures of Chabon & Waldman

 

Berkeley Public Library invites you to an exhibit on the literary careers of this year’s Berkeley Public Library Foundation’s Authors Dinner co-chairs, husband and wife authors, Michael Chabon and Ayelet Waldman. They are the authors of a dozen books each, ranging from fiction and mysteries to books on parenthood. Chabon won the 2001 Pulitzer Prize in fiction for The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay. His latest novel is Telegraph Avenue, set in the East Bay. Like his wife, Chabon has written essays on parenthood, collected in his book, Manhood for Amateurs. Waldman has written seven books in her popular series, The Mommy-Track Mysteries. Her controversial essay “Motherlove” was published in 2005 and was argued about on The View. Oprah Winfrey invited Waldman onto her show to discuss the essay. The reception of the essay inspired Waldman to publish a collection of essays, Bad Mother: A Chronicle of Maternal Crimes, Minor Calamities, and Occasional Moments of Grace.

Berkeley’s Central Library, 2090 Kittredge Street, historic lobby and old entrance display cases. The exhibit runs January 8 – February 10, 2013.

Sponsored by the Friends of the Library (http://www.berkeleylibraryfriends.org/).

For questions and accessibility information, call 510-981-6195, TTY 510-548-1240, http://www.berkeleypubliclibrary.org

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New Exhibit Covers the History of Berkeley’s Neighborhood Libraries

November 19, 2012 in Exhibit by LibraryNews | Permalink

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Nov. 19, 2012

Contact: Donna Corbeil (ph. 510-981-6195)


New Exhibit Covers the History of Berkeley’s Neighborhood Libraries

 

The Berkeley Public Library (BPL) has designed and installed a new historical exhibit, The Branches of Our Community: Berkeley’s Neighborhood Libraries, which is now on view in the Reading Room of the Central Library, 2090 Kittredge Street, in downtown Berkeley. The exhibit contains historic images from the four branch libraries that, since the 1890s, have formed the network of vibrant community centers that for generations have been well used and much loved by Berkeley’s citizens. Berkeleyans have long viewed their libraries as an essential part of their community’s continuum of learning, and the tradition of smaller libraries serving Berkeley’s local neighborhoods has ensured ceaseless library service for everyone for well over a century. The Berkeley Public Library has been there all along–from the horse-and-buggy era to today’s world of eBooks and free wireless networks–helping to nourish the hearts and minds of local citizens.

The Branch Library Improvement Program is the result of the voters’ approval of Measure FF, a $26 million bond funding the renovation and rebuilding of the four neighborhood libraries. As part of project planning, the City of Berkeley undertook a CEQA process. The resulting Draft Environmental Impact Report (EIR) played an important role in the decision-making associated with the South and West Branch Library projects, and a Zoning Ordinance Amendment under consideration at that time by Berkeley’s City Council. The final EIR was published in March 2011, and contains mitigation measures related to the documenting of library history. The Library is pleased to announce this work has been completed and is available for viewing by the public at the Central Library in downtown Berkeley. For the South and West Branches, distinct reports were commissioned, including drawings, floor plans, exterior and interior photographs, and a written history of the libraries and their place in BPL’s history.

The exhibit outlines how the current North Berkeley Branch Library was originally built in 1936, but due to budget shortfalls a planned rear wing was never built. This was remedied by the renovation and expansion that culminated in the branch’s reopening in April of this year. Similarly, the Claremont Branch Library, built originally in 1923 and expanded in the 1970s, was until this year in need of seismic strengthening and upgrades to full compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act. The renovated Claremont Library reopened last May. West and South Berkeley were home to the first two branch libraries in the city of Berkeley, with small facilities originally established in 1896. Later buildings housing the West and South Berkeley Branches are now being completely rebuilt as new and larger libraries slated to open in 2013. The new exhibit now on display at the Central Library commemorates the history of these four neighborhood libraries and the roles they have played within their respective communities.

The Central Library is open Monday Noon – 8pm, Tuesday 10 am – 8pm, Wednesday through Saturday 10am – 6pm, and on Sunday 1pm – 5 pm. For questions and accessibility information, call (510) 981-6195, TDD (510) 548-1240

 

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Notable Berkeleyans: An Exhibit

August 27, 2012 in Exhibit by LibraryNews | Permalink

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
August 27, 2012

Contact: Will Marston, Art & Music Librarian
510-981-6233

 

Notable Berkeleyans: An Exhibit
Berkeley Public Library Celebrates National Library Card Month

 

What does Wavy Gravy have in common with Whoopi Goldberg and Jack London? Berkeley Public Library invites you to discover some of our more notable Berkeleyans (anyone who has lived, studied, or worked in Berkeley!). This is an exhibit of the books, art, music, and movies of  50-odd Berkeleyans. Presented in the display cases at the old library entrance on Kittredge Street and the four large cases on the 2nd floor of the Central Library through Saturday, September 15th. Part of the Read Local celebration for National Library Card Month.

The Central Library is open Monday, noon-8 p.m., Tuesday, 10 a.m.- 8 p.m., Wednesday through Saturday, 10 a.m. until 6 p.m., and Sunday afternoons from 1 p.m. till 5 p.m.  For questions and accessibility information, call 510-981-6195, TTY 510-548-1240, http://www.berkeleypubliclibrary.org.

Notable Berkeleyans Flier

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31st Annual Quilt Show at Berkeley Public Library

April 20, 2012 in Exhibit, Workshop by LibraryNews | Permalink

For immediate release
April 19, 2012

Contact: Debbie Carton (Ph: 510-981-6236)


31st Annual Quilt Show at Berkeley Public Library


Berkeley Public Library proudly presents the 31st Annual Quilt Show. Quilts will be on display at the Central Library, 2090 Kittredge (at Shattuck) from May 1 – May 27, in the 1st floor gallery, second floor display cases and the  Historic Lobby.

For the past three years, our show has focused on miniature quilts. This year, we include 19 larger quilts in addition to the smaller quilts. Accompanying the quilts is a display of antique miniature sewing machines from the collection of Eloine Ralph, donated by her sister Gwen Ralph. Visitors can take the self-guided tour, using a catalog describing each entry.

As part of the Quilt Show, the library welcomes the Textile Mavens for a program on community quilts. Join us for Quilting by Committee, on Tuesday, May 8, from 6-7 p.m. in the third floor Community Meeting Room. This workshop and forum on community quilts features quilters Fern Royce and Catherine Durand (www.textilemavens.com). With more than a dozen community quilts under their belts, they will share their lessons learned and success stories. Learn how to best use group efforts to create quilts for a community, by a community.

The free exhibit and program are sponsored by the Friends of the Library. For further information, call 510-981-6241. For accessibility information, call 510-981-6195 TTY, 510-548-1240, http://berkeleypubliclibrary.org

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Photography Exhibit: Red, Bike and Green: An Art + Photo Exhibition

December 31, 2011 in Art & Music Event, Exhibit by LibraryNews | Permalink

For Immediate Release
For an exhibit January 9th – March 11th
and family program on February 25th


Contact: Michele McKenzie — phone: 510-981-6241

 

PHOTOGRAPHY EXHIBIT
Red, Bike and Green: An Art + Photo Exhibition

 

The Oakland bicycle collective, Red, Bike and Green (RBG) exhibits photographs and original artwork in Berkeley Public Library’s Central Catalog Lobby, 2090 Kittredge at Shattuck, downtown Berkeley, from January 9th through March 11th .

RBG: An Art + Photo Exhibition presents the work of nine artists – Africano Photographia, Corinna Nicole Brewer, Ed Nitri, Che Holt, Kwesi InLight, Makeda Rashidi, Gloria “Smokie” Arce, Nick James and Juliana “Jewels” Smith – all unified in their close attention to Black health, economic empowerment and sustainability in Bay Area communities and abroad. The works are in a variety of media – photography, painting, and graphic design – each affirming RBG’s Three Point Plan of Health, Economics, and Environment.  Much like the community rides RBG organizes; the exhibition depicts cycling as intergenerational and recreational, asserting the value of Black healthy living.  Access to the exhibit is available during the library’s open hours: Monday 12 – 8; Tuesday 10- 8; Wednesday – Saturday, 10 – 6; Sunday 1 – 5.

In conjunction with this exhibition the library presents a FREE family program which will include hands on crafts and a presentation by RBG founders and exhibiting artists on Saturday afternoon, February 25th from 2:00 – 4:00 pm in the Community Meeting Room on the 3rd floor of the Central Library.  The Children’s Department of the Berkeley Public Library hosts the family craft workshop where participants can create spoke cards and decorate their bike helmets. Supplies will be provided. Please call the Art & Music Department at (510) 981-6241 for more information. See also RBG’s website (www.redbikeandgreen.org) for upcoming family rides and related events.

Founded in the fall of 2007 by Jenna Burton, Red, Bike and Green started as a small group of Black urban cyclists in Oakland, CA.  After notifying a few friends of her dream to create a Black cyclists group, Jenna Burton soon drafted the Three Point Plan; giving this cycling group a deep social purpose.  RBG has been recently featured on the National Radio Project’s program Making Contact and in Momentum magazine.

Sponsored by the Friends of the Library.  For more information, call 510-981-6241 or connect www.berkeleypubliclibrary.org

Berkeley’s Central Library is open Monday 12 noon until 8 p.m., Tuesday 10 a.m. until 8 p.m., Wednesday through Saturday, 10 a.m. until 6 p.m., and Sunday afternoons from 1 p.m. till 5 p.m. For more info please call 510-981-6195 or visit www.berkeleypubliclibrary.org. Wheelchair accessible. To request a sign language interpreter or other accommodations for this event, please call (510) 981-6195 (voice) or (510) 548-1240 (TTY); at least three working days will help ensure availability. Please refrain from wearing scented products to public programs.

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Photography Exhibit & Artist Workshop – Man vs. Nature: quiet images from the frontline

October 21, 2011 in Art & Music Event, Exhibit by LibraryNews | Permalink

For Immediate Release
For an exhibit November 6th – December 17th
and artist workshop on December 17th

 

Contact: Michele McKenzie — phone: 510-981-6241

 

PHOTOGRAPHY EXHIBIT & ARTIST WORKSHOP
Man vs. Nature:
quiet images from the frontline

 

Oakland photographer and life coach, Nancy Duranteau exhibits color prints from her series Man vs. Nature in Berkeley Public Library’s Central Catalog Lobby, 2090 Kittredge at Shattuck, downtown Berkeley, from November 6th through December 17th.

Duranteau explores the complex relationship of humans and their natural environment by focusing on the futile struggle to replace chaos with structure.  Her series of photographs depict functional objects created by man facing inevitable destruction at the hands of nature.  Exploring this process through photography provides an opportunity to embrace that which is natural within us and in the world around us, yet improperly labeled disorderly and undesirable by society.   Access to the exhibit is available during the library’s open hours: Monday 12 – 8; Tuesday 10- 8; Wednesday – Saturday, 10 – 6; Sunday 1 – 5.

In conjunction with this exhibition Nancy Duranteau will present a FREE workshop “Building your Dream Life out of Chaos” on Saturday afternoon, December 17th at 3:00 pm in the Community Meeting Room on the 3rd floor of the Central Library.  Duranteau will speak about her approach to life coaching and how you can use documentary photography to achieve your goals.  Please call the Art & Music Department at (510) 981-6241 to register for this workshop.

Duranteau explores documentary photography through the lens of life coaching.  Her unique approach to life coaching integrates photography as a medium to facilitate self-awareness and explore emotions.  Duranteau’s educational background includes undergraduate work at Boston University where she received a B.A. degree in Economics and graduate work in Organizational Psychology at Columbia University in New  York.  She’s completed formal coaching programs including certification from JFK  University and Personnel Decisions, International.  An exceptional coach with a wealth of experience, she’s been featured in Fitness Magazine for her work.

Sponsored by the Friends of the Library.

Berkeley’s Central Library is open Monday 12 noon until 8 p.m., Tuesday 10 a.m. until 8 p.m., Wednesday through Saturday, 10 a.m. until 6 p.m., and Sunday afternoons from 1 p.m. till 5 p.m. For more info please call 510-981-6195 or visit www.berkeleypubliclibrary.org. Wheelchair accessible. To request a sign language interpreter or other accommodations for this event, please call (510) 981-6195 (voice) or (510) 548-1240 (TTY); at least three working days will help ensure availability. Please refrain from wearing scented products to public programs.

 

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