Private Preview: A Benefit for the The Black Rock Arts Foundation
May 19, 2011
7:00 pm – Midnight
The Phoenix Hotel
601 Eddy St., San Francisco
Proceeds from ArtPadSF’s Opening Night celebration will benefit The Black Rock Arts Foundation‘s public art and grant programs, focused on inspiring art, community and civic participation worldwide.
ArtPadSF Ticket Packages:
Premiere Lounge and Poolside Soiree
$125 online presale; $150 at the door
7:00 pm – Midnight
Includes an evening of featured and roaming performances, DJs, heavy passed hors d’oeuvres, and hosted bar and exclusive access to the lounge from 7:00 – 9:00 pm. Also includes passes to the weekend’s other ArtPad events!
Poolside Soiree Only
$50 online presale; $75 at the door
7:00 pm – Midnight
Includes an evening of featured and roaming performances, DJs, light passed hors d’oeuvres, and one complimentary cocktail beverage.
Don’t miss this hip, homegrown alternative to the mainstream art scene. Get the first look at Chambers Restaurant and Lounge, San Francisco’s newest dining and entertainment destination. Be the first to experience ArtPadSF and to interact with participating artists and galleries from around the nation in this intimate setting.
Bay Area artists set the stage for this exciting new event with site specific and multimedia performances, interactive art, live music and DJs with original scores and mixes created especially for the occasion.
Featuring Performances by:
* Infectious dance beats by
DJ Jive
(Heart Deco) and Smoove
* Wearable art and performances by
Bad Unkl Sista,
Miranda Caroligne, and
Daphne Ruff
* Site specific dance performance by
Capacitor
* A rather unconventional operatic performance by soprano
Diva Marisa Lenhardt
* A processional performance by
Loyd Family Players, mixing street theater, samba, hip-hop, funk, heavy metal,
dancehall & reggae.
* Debut work by local composer and musician,
EO
* San Francisco’s live electric cello + vocal looping
mavericks, LOOP!STATION (loopthis.com)
ArtPadSFis a provocative, new, 21st century boutique art fair that focuses on emerging and contemporary art from the Bay Area and beyond. ArtPad SF invites San Francisco’s world-renowned museums, galleries, arts institutions, and artists to transform the newly renovated Phoenix Hotel into an alternative venue for art.