Slow Art, Day & Night
Vesuvio Cafe
255 Columbus Ave
San Francisco, Ca 94133
Opening Reception, April 2, 2016
4 - 6pm
Show runs April 1- April 30
For Immediate Release
A New Show Celebrates North Beach Traditions - Old and New
Slow Art, Day & Night — Artwork by Peter Onstad
and John Hagami
What is the slow art movement? Two artists from Mendocino County will explain the movement at legendary Beatnik hangout Vesuvio Cafe in San Francisco’s North Beach on April 2, 2016 (4-6pm)
"It’s like the slow food movement that started in Italy," says John Hagami, one of the artists in the collaborative show. "As far as my humble experience goes at an exhibition, the most frequently asked question is “How long did it take you? This is a difficult question, because I don’t keep a track of time I spent on creating an art work. Also it’s hard to pin point the starting time and finishing point in exact time. So I usually answer, it takes a long time because I paint slowly." The idea was the genesis for the Slow Art show.
Hagami has lived in and around the Bay Area for decades. "[Years ago] I ended up getting a job as a guide and translator for a group of Japanese tourists, it was a fun and easy job. I took people on a night tour, and told them about the first topless dancer Carol Doda and a joint called Vesuvio cafe where poets like Allen Ginsburg hung out."
Peter Onstad, a longtime North Beach resident and graduate of the SF Art Institute, whose work will be featured in the Slow Art, Day & Night show, will also be highlighted in another show this summer, the Post Beat Generation, opening at BridgemakerARTS in Richmond on July 9th. The Post Beat Generation show seeks to celebrate the bohemian characters who helped make North Beach the epicenter of the post-Beat artistic and literary movements of the late 60s and 70s.
There's good reason to join the Slow Art Movement and keep the old and new alive, meeting real people, and becoming a part of the amazing history of San Francisco. Now there are two ways to participate.
Slow Art, Day & Night
Vesuvio Cafe with artist James Hagami and Peter Onstad
on April 2, 2016 from 4-6pm
and
The Post Beat Generation
BridgemakerARTS in Richmond CA, a night of poetry and jazz as well as new paintings
on July 9, 2016 from 4-7pm
Vesuvio Cafe
255 Columbus Ave
San Francisco, Ca 94133
Opening Reception, April 2, 2016
4 - 6pm
Show runs April 1- April 30
For Immediate Release
A New Show Celebrates North Beach Traditions - Old and New
Slow Art, Day & Night — Artwork by Peter Onstad
and John Hagami
What is the slow art movement? Two artists from Mendocino County will explain the movement at legendary Beatnik hangout Vesuvio Cafe in San Francisco’s North Beach on April 2, 2016 (4-6pm)
"It’s like the slow food movement that started in Italy," says John Hagami, one of the artists in the collaborative show. "As far as my humble experience goes at an exhibition, the most frequently asked question is “How long did it take you? This is a difficult question, because I don’t keep a track of time I spent on creating an art work. Also it’s hard to pin point the starting time and finishing point in exact time. So I usually answer, it takes a long time because I paint slowly." The idea was the genesis for the Slow Art show.
Hagami has lived in and around the Bay Area for decades. "[Years ago] I ended up getting a job as a guide and translator for a group of Japanese tourists, it was a fun and easy job. I took people on a night tour, and told them about the first topless dancer Carol Doda and a joint called Vesuvio cafe where poets like Allen Ginsburg hung out."
Peter Onstad, a longtime North Beach resident and graduate of the SF Art Institute, whose work will be featured in the Slow Art, Day & Night show, will also be highlighted in another show this summer, the Post Beat Generation, opening at BridgemakerARTS in Richmond on July 9th. The Post Beat Generation show seeks to celebrate the bohemian characters who helped make North Beach the epicenter of the post-Beat artistic and literary movements of the late 60s and 70s.
There's good reason to join the Slow Art Movement and keep the old and new alive, meeting real people, and becoming a part of the amazing history of San Francisco. Now there are two ways to participate.
Slow Art, Day & Night
Vesuvio Cafe with artist James Hagami and Peter Onstad
on April 2, 2016 from 4-6pm
and
The Post Beat Generation
BridgemakerARTS in Richmond CA, a night of poetry and jazz as well as new paintings
on July 9, 2016 from 4-7pm
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