SUMMER weather brings out the boulevardier in most of us, and there is no better boulevard to stroll than San Jose’s South First Street for a balmy edition of South First Fridays. The monthly art and gallery confab takes place Aug. 6, starting at about 7pm and running all evening. This installment provides chances to catch up with some shows that are ending while glimpsing some new arrivals.
MACLA’s bracing selection of bold, clever, pointed and sometimes didactic agit-art—”The Art of Politics: Three Generations of Political Printmaking in the Bay Area”—features works by Juan Fuentes, Melanie Cervantes and others. Right next door, the San Jose Museum of Quilts and Textiles showcases a variety of fabric and fashion designs from Hawaii. Both shows end this weekend.
Anno Domini presents a new show called “Pangea” by Brazilian artist Fernando Chamarelli, who creates symbol-laden paintings with mosiaclike elements. The reception includes music by DJ Basura. At Caffé Trieste, Michael Foley exhibits photos and paintings that delve into the fringes, extremes and oddities of the urban experience; singers from Opera San Jose will perform. Slave Labor Graphics’ Art Boutiki presents selections from the graphic novels of Gene Luen Yang, plus live bands. The group show at South First Billiards, called “ImagiNATIVES,” comprised pieces by HB Crew, Sean Boyles and others. In Metro’s lobby, strollers can find a new selection of contributions from the First Street Photo Collective. The whole event is tied together with an outdoor DIY festival with vendors and music by Panthelion, the Emerald Hill and MC Mike McGee.
South First Fridays
Aug. 6, 7pm, South First Street, San Jose
