The Museum of Pocket Art began five years ago in response to an idea by author Walter Mosley. Everyone should carry with them a small artwork in their pocket to enrich their day and share with others. MOPA took this idea and organized it into a formal venue for contemporary artists and patrons.

MOPA introduces artwork from new and emerging artists in an intimate and personal way. The museum displays works of art created to fit inside a wallet, usually business-card size. MOPA show's open at the opening of other art exhibits, or "leach" the reception. At the opening, MOPA's curator approaches people individually and asked if he/she would like to visit the works on display. Currently MOPA host four shows a year.

LoBot Gallery is a 10,000 sqft contemporary arts space founded in 2003 to host emerging artists alongside established artists within visual art exhibitions, music, dance and performance events, video and film screenings, as well as to provide a space for the incubation, production and implementation of ideas and cultural events.

LoBot also seeks to supply a resource to the local community by providing art studios and specialized workshops as well as hosting national and international artists through exhibition and a free artist in residence program.

LoBot is guided by the conviction that contemporary art is a vital social force that extends beyond the immediate art communities and into the broader culture - We seek to provide a supportive and accessible place for the advancement of ideas and our purpose is to engage diverse audiences ranging from arts professionals to individuals with no background in art.

I sell eco-jewels on etsy at times.

"Origin [Ursprung], although a thoroughly historical category, nonetheless has nothing to do with beginnings [...]. The term origin does not mean the process of becoming of that which has emerged, but much more, that which emerges out of the process of becoming and disappearing. The origin stands in the flow of becoming as a whirlpool [...]; its rhythm is apparent only to a double insight."

-Walter Benjamin

I love this museum. For one thing, it's free every Tuesday. Smart, if ya ask me.
Plus, they will carry my eco-jewels, Spring 2009.

Artist Residency at this experimental Artist Collective

Chance Operations Group Show
Saturday, October 25, 2008
Climate Theater/Gallery Nine

Paper made from stuff other than from fresh killed trees

December 14, 2007-January 26, 2008

Opening Reception Friday, December 14, 6-9 pm

I.O.U @ Mission 17

Link to SFAI alumni images

A class I was involved with at San Francisco Art Institute which investigated and interrogated education in historical and contemporary forms.

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Installation Artist, Writer, Advocate

Fiber artist extraordinaire

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Professor Lessig is the author of Remix (2008), Code v2 (2007), Free Culture (2004), The Future of Ideas (2001) and Code and Other Laws of Cyberspace (1999). He is on the board of the Creative Commons project, MAPLight, Free Press, Brave New Film Foundation, Change Congress, The American Academy, Berlin and iCommons.org. He is on the advisory board of the Sunlight Foundation and LiveJournal. He has served on the board of the Free Software Foundation, the Electronic Frontier Foundation, the Public Library of Science, and Public Knowledge. He was also a columnist for Wired, Red Herring, and the Industry Standard.