Pecha Kucha Night SLO: A Cultural Petri Dish of Conversation

Details:
Pecha Kucha Night San Luis Obispo Volume 12

• When: Friday September 10, 2010
:: Doors open: 7:00 pm
:: Presentations begin: 8:20 pm

• Where: Steynberg Gallery, 1531 Monterey St. SLO
:: $3 donation at the door.
:: Wine and beer will be available for purchase

Presenters for PKN Vol_12 are:
:: Tod Rafferty_Maintenance and the Zen of Motorcycle Art. Tod has lived 32 years in the county, following relocation from Topanga Canyon, Mill Valley, Atlanta and Avon, Ohio respectively. His journalism career included staff gigs at Cycle News, Big Bike and Cycle Guide and freelance work for Cycle World, Motorcyclist and Motorcycle Classics magazines. He’s the author of several books on Harley-Davidson, Indian, Ducati and “The Encyclopedia of American Motorcycles.” He edited The Achievers, Central California’s Engineering Pioneers, in 2004. Rafferty lives in San Luis Obispo with his wife Bronwyn, the Principal at Oakley School in Santa Maria.

:: Kristina Gill_Paleoethnobotany. Kristina is an archaeologist and graduate student at UC Santa Barbara. Her Ph.D. research in California archaeology is focused on how prehistoric people used plants for food, tools, medicine and rituals among complex hunter-gatherer-fishers. Her research area includes Santa Cruz Island in the Santa Barbara Channel, and also extends into the interior Chumash region where rock art has the potential to elucidate some ritual uses of plants. Paleoethnobotanical studies, combined with traditional archaeological research can provide a more complete picture of past lifeways, and changes in human interaction with our environment over time.

:: Marcie Hawthorne_Muralist. Marcie is a San Luis Obispo artist who has been working as a muralist, gardening/natural history book illustrator and plein aire painter for thirty years. She has earned an academic degree in biology from Duke University, a fine arts degree from California College of Arts and Crafts, and has also received additional training in medical and biological illustration at Duke Medical School. Marcie has combined a love of nature and art in a unique way with her residential and public art mural painting. An example of her recent work is the Saber-Toothed Cat mural at the San Luis Obispo Children’s Museum. www.marciehawthorne.com

:: Russell Swanagon_Storyteller_“Breaking and Entering: An interpretation of Jack and the Bean Stalk.” Russell is a professional storyteller and educator. He is a lecturer in the Liberal Studies department at Cal Poly and at Brandman University. Russell received his Master’s Degree from East Tennessee State University in Storytelling with an emphasis in applications in education. He serves as an artist-in-residence, performs thematic programs for schools and special events and facilitates workshops in the applications of storytelling in education and organizations. He believes that the folktales are not good because they are old; they are old because they are good.

:: Mark Velasquez_Photographer. Mark received his BFA from Cornish College in Seattle in 2000. Since then he has traveled with his camera through Costa Rica, Panama, Mexico, and most of the continental United States spreading his unique sense of humor and creative energy. Today he can be found anywhere on the West Coast, camera in hand, mind reeling. www.markvelasquez.com

:: Duane Heil_Building Innovator. As President of Vitruvian, Duane Heil has designed and implemented the systems that make the Vitruvian processes unique and uncommonly efficient. A third generation builder in California, Duane had the opportunity to apprentice with essentially every trade. This training was rounded off with a Bachelor of Science in Engineering and Business Pre Law (emphasis Civil Engineering) from Arizona State University. He has successfully managed the DW August Company, general contractors, for 20 years, building many very high-end custom and spec homes, as well as commercial and retail structures. Duane is passionate about building the most energy and cost effective buildings with state-of-the-art methods and materials.

:: BK Richard_Octagon Barn Center_Land Conservancy. BK Richard grew up in Eastern Pennsylvania and moved around the United States for college. He enjoyed a thirty-year career in the aerospace industry, working in systems engineering and project management. After retirement and moving to San Luis Obispo in 2003, he joined the board of the Land Conservancy and has been active working on land use policy and the Octagon Barn Center Project. He has also worked on energy issues and solutions by co-teaching a course at Cal Poly and through a County advisory board. He maintains an informal website of photographs from the County and from travel at www.bishoppeakgroup.net

:: Cynthia Meyer_artist paired with Tim Jackson_musician
A San Luis Obispo local, Cynthia Meyer loves old houses, rusty bicycles and perfectly worn-in sneakers; all the old friends from her childhood in Central California. Painting in oils, she pushes the colors of her subjects until every painting feels like late afternoon in summer, her favorite time. www.cynthiameyerart.com

Born and raised on the Central Coast of California, acoustic artist Tim Jackson opens new doors into the realm of the new millennium style of folk music. Tim has been voted “Best Male Vocalist” in the California New Times Reader’s Poll. He has also received the Fine Arts, Music, and Entertainment’s “Best Male Vocalist of the Year” award. No stranger to the larger than life world of rock, Tim has performed for audiences all over the nation, opening for such prominent artists as Dwight Yoakam, former Rolling Stone Mick Taylor, Roger McGuinn, and the Neville Brothers. Tim’s style is undeniably timeless and genuine. www.TimJackson.net

Pecha Kucha Night Volume 12: Save the Date

Friday September 10, 2010
Steynberg Gallery, 1531 Monterey St. in San Luis Obispo

Volume 12 Presenters:

:: Tod Rafferty_Maintenance and the Zen of Motorcycle Art

:: Kristina Gill_ Paleoethnobotany

:: Marcie Hawthorne_muralist

:: Russell Swanagon_storyteller_"Breaking and Entering: An interpretation of Jack and the Bean Stalk."

:: Mark Velasquez_Photographer

:: Duane Heil _Building Innovator

:: BK Richard_Octagon Barn Center_Land Conservancy

:: Cynthia Meyer_artist + Tim Jackson_musician

Conversations start at 7:01pm

Presentations start at (20:20) 8:20pm

$3 donation at the door

Wine and beer will be available for purchase

pechakucha.slo@gmail.com

805.801.6922

Image courtesy of Tod Rafferty

Get your Quirk on!

Pecha Kucha Night Volume 11

Friday June 4th, 2010

Steynberg Gallery, 1531 Monterey St. in San Luis Obispo

Conversations start at 7:01pm

Presentations start at (20:20) 8:20pm

$3 donation at the door

[Image courtesy of www.annestahl.com]

Volume 11: decidedly quirky

PECHA KUCHA NIGHT 11:

Friday June 4th, 2010
Steynberg Gallery, 1531 Monterey St. in San Luis Obispo
Conversations start at 7:01pm
Presentations start at (20:20) 8:20pm
$3 donation at the door


Presenters for PKN11 are:
:: Michael Hannon_poetry
:: Ron Ruppert_bare bones
:: Adrienne Allebe_painter
:: Heidi Freeman_"uterine anomalies"
:: Christine Moser + Sean Graff_dance
:: Bob Hill_Land Conservancy_conservation Aviation
:: Chris Allen_furniture design
:: Anne Stahl_painter + paired with Brynn Albanese of Cafe Musique

About Volume 11 Presenters

Michael Hannon

Michael Hannon was born in California in 1939, and began making poems sometime in 1959. He has been widely published in journals and anthologies, both here and abroad. He is the author of many limited letterpress editions, and four full-length collections. For many years he has enjoyed the friendship and collaboration of visual artists. Michael lives in Los Osos, California with his wife Nancy Dahl and is the father of three grown sons, Dylan, Jason and Colin. Kenneth Rexroth said of Hannon's work: "A very good poet indeed, and certainly one of the few Tantric writers in any language who is both profound and witty."

Adrienne Allebe

The mesmerizing topography of the central coast against the backdrop of encroaching development has been Allebe’s most constant source of inspiration. In her most recent body of work, she juxtaposes imagery from reality (the natural and constructed landscape) with imagery from her imagination. Allebe received a BA from UCSB and an MFA from Cal State Long Beach. She currently resides on the central coast where she works as an artist and teaches drawing, design, color, painting and art appreciation classes at Cuesta College, Allan Hancock College and Cal Poly, San Luis Obispo. Allebe loves what she does.
www.allebe.com

Dancers:

Christine Moser: Christine is a 5th year Architecture student at Cal Poly. She has been dancing in one form or another for most of her life, and discovered blues and lindy hop in 2007. Since then dancing, teaching and DJing the blues has quickly become her passion, and she travels nationally to DJ as well as teaching and DJing regularly at Drop Dead Blues in SLO.

Sean Graff: Sean is a 5th year Architecture student at Cal Poly. He was first introduced to dance with the Salsa club on campus three years ago, and since has enjoyed ballroom and most recently blues dancing. Though he has only been exposed to blues for a few months, it has quickly become his preferred style, and he has had the pleasure of enjoying the teaching and social dancing venue of Drop Dead Blues.

Heather Springer: Heather Springer is a 3rd year Business Management student at Cal Poly. She started swing and blues dancing at the beginning of her college career and has been dancing for almost three years now. She is currently the weekly lessons coordinator for the Cal Poly Swing Club and will take up the positions of Vice President and Booking during the next year.

Mark Carpenter: Mark is a recent Cal Poly grad receiving a BS in Software Engineering and a Minor in Theatre. He's been swing and blues dancing for 5 years now and teaching and dj'ing for almost as long.

Anne Stahl

Anne Stahl was born in Germany in 1968 and worked and lived in Dublin, Ireland. She moved to Los Angeles in 2000.

Stahl’s work distills the complex spirit of a landscape, and the infinitely sophisticated ecology that sustains it. Ultimately, each piece captures some fragment of the landscape’s power until the larger body of work coalesces to express its deepest essence.

www.annestahl.com

Brynn Albanese

Café Musique’s Brynn Albanese has toured and performed world-wide sharing her exhilarating style with audiences from Boston to the Netherlands. A graduate of the Peabody Conservatory of Music, her first musical endeavor was that of concertmaster for Maryland’s Annapolis Symphony Orchestra. She has also served as concertmaster and soloist for the Tanglewood Festival Orchestra, Boston Philharmonic, and as principal second and soloist of the Boston Pops Esplanade Orchestra. Brynn is a fearless musician unrestrained by a single discipline. She savors the opportunity to discover new musical experiences in all genres.

Christopher W. Allen

Christopher W. Allen is a LEED accredited designer at the San Luis Obispo firm of Kornreich Architects, and an award-winning furniture designer. Chris is a graduate of the Architecture program at Cal Poly and is currently working towards his architectural license. CWA Studios specializes in the design and manufacture of beautifully crafted modern furniture and custom cabinet systems for kitchens and other storage/display needs.
http://www.cwastudios.com/

Bob Hill

Bob Hill is the Executive Director at The Land Conservancy of San Luis Obispo County. He earned his Bachelor’s from UC Santa Cruz and a Master’s in City and Regional Planning from Cal Poly. Bob also attended Sierra Institute field school while in college, which both solidified a passion for the mountains and also fueled a growing feeling that a professional career dedicated to conservation would be both possible and necessary. Bob likes to hike, ski, bike, rock climb, and canoe as ways to peacefully experience the natural world. He lives on Terrace Hill in San Luis Obispo with his wife, Jaime, and their twin sons, Albert and Oscar.

Ron Ruppert

Ron Ruppert is chair of the biology department at Cuesta College. He also teaches courses in Human Anatomy, Natural History, Life Science and Desert Biology.

Ron was first introduced to Osteology (bones) at Chaffey College in Southern California. Transferring to CSU Fullerton he earned a Bachelor’s in biology, a teaching credential in science and a Master’s in biology specializing in herpetology (reptiles). He has a life-long interest in lizards and skeletons.

Ron is married to Shaunna Sullivan and has 4 children. They are ages 24 years to 16 years.

Dr. Heidi Freeman

Dr. Heidi Freeman has been a practicing OB/GYN in San Luis Obispo since 2004, and has owned her own practice, Seven Sisters OB/GYN, since 2006. She is currently the chief of French Hospital's Obstetrics & Gynecology Department and is a Board Certified Diplomate of the
American Board of Obstetrics and Gynecology. She lives in San Luis Obispo with her husband, Patrick, and two children, Abby and Cole.

Overhead projecting for your viewing pleasure

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Pecha Kucha Night San Luis Obispo, Volume 10
SAN LUIS OBISPO – Overhead projecting for your viewing pleasure, Pecha Kucha Night San Luis Obispo is sliding into the new decade in 20 second intervals.

Get your kicks with six minutes 40 seconds of brews, boards, art, and music.

Fast-paced and wired for the masses, volume ten presenters are a mix of professionals, academics, eccentrics, musicians, and artists, who are brave enough to break the 'death by PowerPoint' mold.

Presenters for PKN vol_10 are:

1. David Settino Scott_Painter
2. John Huffman_Motown - Runaway American Dream
3. Kim Lisagor_Endangered places
4. Matt Brynildson_Brews
5. Sandy Stannard_Size Matters
6. Janet Allenspach_Tattoo removal
7. Ryk Kluver_Builder_Wooden longboards
8. Collin Sprenkle_Haiti
9. Jameson Swanagon_Musician and videographer

Pecha Kucha Night: San Luis Obispo vol. 10 will be held: Saturday February 13, 2010, Steynberg Gallery, 1531 Monterey St. in San Luis Obispo

Conversations start @ 7:01pm

Presentations start @ (20:20) 8:20pm
$3 donation at the door

Wine and beer will be available for purchase with a portion of the proceeds going to Haiti relief efforts


CONTACT:

Email: pechakucha.slo@gmail.com Cell: 805.801.6922

WEB:

http://pechakucha-sanluisobispo.blogspot.com/
For more information on Pecha Kucha Global: http://www.pecha-kucha.org/

Volume 10 Presenters

|| David Settino Scott ||

Raised in an Italian-American blue-collar family in Southern California, David Settino Scott became interested in art while serving in the US Navy. Following his studies in San Bernardino and Claremont where he studied painting with Hilda Mohle, David tried to adapt to the contemporary art trends that prevailed in the 1960s and 1970s. But these failed to “capture his heart,” and he withdrew from the art world to take up flying and work as a model maker on Hollywood films and screen credits in "Star Wars" and "Caddy Shack." David has been a full time artist since moving to San Luis Obispo in 1985.

http://www.davidsettinoscott.com/

|| John Huffman ||

John Huffman is the co-owner of Boo Boo Records and an avid photographer. He lives here, shoots everywhere, has fun and loves life.

His works are currently featured at BlackHorse/Uptown Espresso and Bakery in San Luis Obispo and in the upcoming book, "Record Store Days"

www.huffmanimage.com

|| Kim Lisagor ||

Kimberly Lisagor is a San Luis Obispo author, journalist and Cal Poly journalism lecturer who writes about sustainability and travel. Her latest book (co-authored with Heather Hansen) is Disappearing Destinations: 37 Places in Peril and What Can Be Done to Help Save Them. www.endangeredplaces.com

|| Matt Brynildson ||

Matt Brynildson, Master Brewer at Firestone Walker Brewery, will speak about the art of making award winning beer on the Central Coast. Matt and the Firestone Walker team have been rewarded for the passion of their art, winning international gold and silver medals year-in and year-out at the Great American Beer Festival in Denver, Colorado, the World Beer Cup, The European Beer Star Award, Australian International Beer Awards, The World Beer Championships, Men’s Journal, and The California State Fair.

The Steynberg Gallery will be selling on the night of Pecha Kucha the Unfiltered Double Barrel Ale out of a Firkin Keg, with a portion of the proceeds going to Haiti relief efforts.

|| Sandy Stannard ||

Sandy Stannard is an architect and an Associate Professor of Architecture at Cal Poly San Luis Obispo. She has a B.A. in architecture from U.C. Berkeley and an M. Arch. from the University of Washington. Professor Stannard was one of the faculty advisors for Cal Poly’s 2005 Solar Decathlon entry, which received third place overall in this U.S. DOE/NREL sponsored international design/build competition. She currently teaches an undergraduate design thesis studio entitled “architecture + nature” which involves guiding advanced students in the conception and realization of a comprehensive architectural design project with an emphasis on carbon neutral/zero energy design. Professor Stannard is a LEED accredited professional.

|| Janet Allenspach ||

Local artist Janet Allenspach is Program Coordinator for the non-profit Community Action Partnership’s Liberty Tattoo Removal Program. Janet graduated from Sonoma State in Photography, but has painted endangered species most of her career. In her paintings, she often combines Aboriginal symbolism with her own imagery to tell a story.

Recently, Janet received a grant from the CA Council for the Humanities to interview and photograph nine of her clients who are ex-gang members. These in-depth stories and photos share the struggles and triumphs of a vulnerable population trying to change their lives in a positive fashion to rejoin our community.

|| Ryk Kluver ||

Ryk Kluver is a local building contractor. For the past 30 years he has specialized in the restoration of historical homes. One of his many hobbies is the collection, restoration, and recreation of vintage wooden surfboards, from solid Hawaiian “Olos” to 1950’s balsa guns. His boards are not only historic… they are amazing works of art.

|| Collin Sprenkle ||

Bio forthcoming, check back soon.

|| Jameson Swanagon ||

Jameson is a guitar composer in the tradition of John Fahey and Leo Kottke, but with the pathetic minimalism of punk rock, and the experimentation of free jazz. His solo finger-style guitar concerts consist of short, dense improvisations as well as tightly composed vignettes he thinks of as sad toys. In 2009 he made his first short film, The Big Feet. Jameson holds a Master's Degree from the New England Conservatory of Music.

http://jamesonswanagon.com/

Volume 10 is only a heartbeat away

Save the date:

Pecha Kucha Night: San Luis Obispo vol. 10 will be held:

Saturday February 13, 2010

Steynberg Gallery, 1531 Monterey St. in San Luis Obispo

Conversations start @ 7:01pm

Presentations start @ (20:20) 8:20pm

$2 donation at the door Wine and beer will be available for purchase

Volume 9: six minutes 40 seconds of digital punctuation

Pecha Kucha Night San Luis Obispo is back for volume 09 and crafting together digital mementos for your viewing pleasure.

|| Volume Nine line-up ||

1. Timo Beckwith- the confluence of creative diversity and production design

2. Doug Jackson – Incompleteness

3. Amanda Wallace – SLO Oddities

4. Larry Rinzel - Joyous Intentions

5. Chloe Adeline White – Figurative Sculpture

6. Robert Arens – Strangely Familiar: Small Buildings and Unbuildings

7. Mark Freear – Tricycles, a new look at an old friend

8. Richard Green – Musician

|| Details ||
Pecha Kucha Night: San Luis Obispo vol. 09 will be held:
:: Friday Nov. 13, 2009, Steynberg Gallery, 1531 Monterey St. SLO
:: conversations start @ (19:00) 7:00pm + Wine and snacks for purchase
:: presentations start @ (20:20) 8:20pm
:: $2 donation at the door

It's in our DNA

Back for volume nine and crafting together digital mementos for your viewing pleasure, Pecha Kucha Night SLO promises to offer an oddball mix of digital projections. Get your kicks with six minutes 40 seconds of irony, surprise, design, and music.

Details:
Pecha Kucha Night: San Luis Obispo vol. 09 will be held:
:: Friday Nov. 13, 2009, Steynberg Gallery, 1531 Monterey St. in San Luis Obispo
:: conversations start @ 7:00pm
:: presentations start @ (20:20) 8:20pm
:: $2 donation at the door

Volume 9 Presenters:

Timo Beckwith- the confluence of creative diversity and production design

Timo has a passion for many forms of artistic expression and the cross pollinating influence they have on each other. He studied sculpture at California College of the Arts, receiving a BFA with distinction in 1972. His work includes painting, drawing, sculpture, lighting, mask making, photography, production design, body painting and original world fusion music performance and recording. Timo has exhibited and performed throughout the state.

Doug Jackson – Incompleteness

Doug Jackson is an architect and an Assistant Professor of Architecture at Cal Poly. His current academic and professional work focuses on the production and theorization of architecture that transforms through user-interaction. Doug’s work has been widely published and exhibited, both nationally and internationally. Previously he was a principal along with Wes Jones in the internationally-acclaimed office of Jones, Partners: Architecture (J,P:A). In addition to his architectural and academic work on transformation, Doug continues to pursue a number of related photographic studies that focus on the issues of artificiality and incompleteness.

Amanda Wallace – SLO Oddities

Amanda Wallace, currently resides in SLO as a local graphic designer, self proclaimed book nerd, letterpress novice, and recent graduate from California Polytechnic State University. With a goal to eradicate Papyrus, a very long “design” bucket-list, and a lack of knowledge of knowing when to give up, she lives by the motto: refine, refine, refine... until you run out of time. Don’t worry, she always stops to enjoy the mundane and search for undiscovered oddities. Likes: Perfectly kerned type, the smell of a well aged book, Bogie (her dachshund MLD), tandem rides. Dislikes: Christmas in July, hornworm tomato eaters, style-biters.

Larry Rinzel - Joyous Intentions

Larry Rinzel is the author of Searching for Mind-Over-Matter: Extraordinary Experiences of an Ordinary Joe. He teaches Engineering at Cal Poly State University in Calfornia and is a Certified Hypnotherapist. In his spare time, Larry plays banjo backstage, rescues kitties from heating vents, spends his vacations rewiring his sister’s mansion, and still finds time to run a successful hypnotherapy practice.

Chloe Adeline White – Figurative Sculpture

Chloe White obtained a BA (hons) in Fine Art from the University of the West of England in England in 1995. She has since exhibited her paintings, prints and sculpture at galleries in Britain and the USA, including The Royal West of England Academy of Art, The Cube Gallery, The Christmas Gallery, Jamaica Street Studios and San Luis Obispo Art Center.

Her sculptures seek to express universal human experiences and emotions. Notions of identity, personal journeys and role-playing are explored in her provocative animal/human creatures. Her theory is that animals express feelings purely, and that at our best and our worst, we have much in common with them.

Robert Arens – Strangely Familiar: Small Buildings and Unbuildings

Robert Arens has a background that blends architecture with landscape architecture, technology with design, and professional activity with teaching.

Trained as an architect and a landscape architect, Robert has held a variety of roles on projects ranging from stage sets to massive urban developments. Robert’s design work has been recognized by the University of Michigan and the Detroit Chapter of the American Institute of Architects.

He joined the Cal Poly faculty in 2005, following professorships at the University of Detroit, Kansas State University and University of Colorado. His most recent project is a grant from the Office of Naval Research to develop emergency shelters using green materials.

Mark Freear – Practical uses for the Tricycle from around the world

Mark Freear painter/designer, makes his home in San Luis Obispo and travels the world for inspiration.

Richard Green – Musician

Richard Green is a longtime Central Coast favorite, featured at such major events as the Live Oak Folk Festival, sharing stages with the likes of Steve Forbert, Bo Diddley and many other national acts. Born into a musical family, Richard learned many different instruments. On his 2009 release, “Better Days,” he keeps the songwriting in the family, sharing lyric credits with brother Matthew.

Local stars with whom Richard Green has played include cellist Bob Liepman (of Bob & Wendy), pianist Brett Mitchell, and drummer Dean Giles. Vocal support comes from Richard’s wife Lori Olson-Green, longtime pal Paul Hobbs, and Cindy Giovacchini

Take a peak...

Some Like it Binary: PKN SLO volume 8

Join us for another round of cultural karaoke this saturday

Pecha Kucha Night vol_08 will be held:

>> Saturday July 25th

@ Steynberg Gallery, San Luis Obispo, 1531 Monterey St.

>> Doors Open 20:20 (8:20pm)

>> Presentations start at DARK.

>> $2 donation

Presenters for PKN vol_08 are:

:: Garry Eister .. .. Resonator Guitars

:: Kenneth Haggard .. .. SLO Sustainability Group

:: Brian Lawler .. .. Panoramic Photography

:: Joey N. Shimoda .. .. Architect

:: Olga Apolinarska .. .. KCPR DJ

:: Ashley Schwellenbach + Steve Miller .. .. Photographically interpreting idioms

:: Ira Amerson + Shane Stoneman .. .. Surf Photography + Live Music

Contact Pecha Kucha Night SLO:

Email: pechakucha.slo@gmail.com

Web: http://pechakucha-sanluisobispo.blogspot.com/

PKN SLO: Volume 8 is ready for public consumption

PKN SLO collective has been hard at work, preparing another fun, informative, visual and audible phenomenon they refer to as “cultural karaoke”.

Pecha Kucha Night vol_08 will be held:
>> Saturday July 25th
@ Steynberg Gallery, San Luis Obispo, 1531 Monterey St.
>> Doors Open 20:20 (8:20pm)
>> Presentations start at DARK.

>> $2 donation

Presenters for PKN vol_08 are:

• Ashley Schwellenbach & Steve Miller

Ashley is Arts and Entertainment Editor at New Times. Steve works as both New Times staff photographer and freelance photographer. They have been collaborating on large-scale projects for the paper’s Spring and Autumn Arts issues for the past year and a half, exploring topics ranging from the muses and artistic creativity, the relationship between artists and death, and the disconnect between contemporary society and words. Their current project is a collaboration with local artists to produce public art installations and performances over the course of the summer.

www.newtimesslo.com

• Garry Eister

Garry is a composer who writes for unusual instruments, including some very rare resonator guitars whose manufacture he has commissioned."  Eister has a Ph.D. in music composition from UCSB.  Garry’s music has been performed by the Emerson String Quartet, Kent Nagano, the Cleveland Chamber Symphony, the SF Guitar Quartet, the SLO Mozart Festival Orchestra, and many others. Eister's compositions have been heard in numerous venues around the world, including in Carnegie Hall, Wigmore Hall in London, and the Kennedy Center. His work has been broadcast on NPR, PRI, many European national radios, German TV and CBS. Eister has concertized with Daniel Lentz, Steve Reich and John Schneider's Harry Partch Band. He has recorded with Linda Ronstadt. His works are available on SONY Classical, Archer Records, and Eister Music.

http://www.eistermusic.com/

• Kenneth Haggard

Kenneth is a registered architect in the states of California and Florida with 32 years of experience in urban design and architecture. For the past 26 years, he has been a principal in San Luis Sustainability Group (SLSG). Known as a pioneer in passive solar design, Haggard has designed numerous residential and commercial projects with an emphasis on making the best use of the energy and materials available on-site. In 1972, he served as architect and senior researcher for the first passive solar house in California. In 1978, he co-wrote "Passive Solar Handbook for California," a guide for architects interested in the passive solar design. With colleague Polly Cooper, Haggard helped renew serious interest in straw bale construction in California by designing the first-permitted straw bale house in the state.

http://www.slosustainability.com/

• Brian Lawler

Brian teaches courses at Cal Poly in color theory and quality control, new technologies, digital printing, and typography. He is a graphic arts and photographic industry expert with over 30 years’ experience in photography, typography, and printing. His love of photography has taken him all over the world. Whenever and wherever he travels, he makes panoramic photographs. Lawler builds his own camera mounts out of wood for his panoramic work, each one a specialized product for a combination of camera and lens. His photographic work is widely published online and in print.

http://www.thelawlers.com/

• Joey N. Shimoda

Joey earned a Bachelor of Architecture degree from California Polytechnic State University in San Luis Obispo in 1988. In 1985 he interned at Morphosis Architects in Santa Monica, and was instrumental in the design and execution of drawings for Kate Mantilini Restaurant and the Sixth Street House. Both projects received Progressive Architecture Awards for that year. On Valentines Day 2000, he founded Shimoda Design Group. A studio founded on a multi-disciplined platform that seeks to bring quality design, innovation and technical excellence in projects of every scale. In addition to the core staff of six, the studio has the ability to assemble an optimum team of design professionals according to each clients needs. They include planners, landscape architects, graphic designers, lighting consultants and marketing professionals. Currently the firm has ongoing projects in Dallas, Chicago, and Los Angeles.

http://www.shimodadesign.com/

• Olga Apolinarska

Olga earned a Bachelor of Architecture degree from California Polytechnic State University in San Luis Obispo in 2009. She is from Poznan, Poland and continues to work as a DJ at KCPR (since 2005). KCPR, Cal Poly's non-profit volunteer-run radio station, provides its listeners with alternative programming which entertains and informs. Programs on KCPR attempt to open local minds to alternative points of view and provide diversity on the airwaves. KCPR’s initial Broadcast was in the Fall of 1968. According to Brad Brown, the first words on the air were: "Is THIS the damn switch!?"

http://kcpr.calpoly.edu/

• Ira Amerson & Shane Stoneman

Ira lives and works on the central coast of California. His photos have been featured in most major surf magazines and many surf related websites.

http://www.irafoto.smugmug.com/

Shane is a surfer, shaper, musician and painter. He has created a line of surfboards that is both artistic and practical. He knows from experience how subtle designs work under the feet and he also knows the qualities of A-grade product. He creates boards that are unique, hand-crafted, and well-tested. Drawing and painting is something he has loved ever since he was a child. He still gets to it every chance he can.

http://www.shanestoneman.com/

Contact Pecha Kucha Night SLO:
Email: pechakucha.slo@gmail.com

For more information on Pecha Kucha Global: http://www.pecha-kucha.org/

Evangelizing Outside the Box: Pecha Kucha Night SLO

Back for volume seven and decidedly quirky, Pecha Kucha Night San Luis Obispo promises to dazzle at breakneck speed. Get your kicks with six minutes 40 seconds of irony, surprise, design, and music.

Fast-paced and wired for the masses, volume seven presenters are a mix of professionals, academics, eccentrics, students, and artists, who are brave enough to break the 'death by PowerPoint' mold.

Presenters for PKN vol_07 are:

1. Susan and Jack Biesek_crop circles
2. Tom Jones_ affordable housing consultant +Cal Poly’s CAED
3. Darran Marsan_lighting artisan
4. Tera Galanti_artist
5. Mark Wilson_Bulletproof_vespas
6. Abbey Onikoyi_artist + drummer
7. Bob & Wendy Liepman_ musicians

DETAILS:
Pecha Kucha Night: San Luis Obispo vol. 07 will be held:
:: saturday March 14th, 2009, Steynberg Gallery, 1531 Monterey St. in SLO
:: conversations start @ (19:00) 7:00pm
:: presentations start @ (20:20) 8:20pm
:: $1.00 donation at the door

CONTACT:
Email:
pechakucha.slo@gmail.com

Get your kicks...

Save the Date:
Pecha Kucha Night: San Luis Obispo vol. 07 will be held:
:: Saturday March 14th, 2009, Steynberg Gallery,
1531 Monterey St. in San Luis Obispo

:: conversations start @ (19:00) 7:00pm
:: presentations start @ (20:20) 8:20pm
:: $1.00 donation at the door

Chit for Chat: Pecha Kucha Night SLO volume 06

Pecha Kucha Night: San Luis Obispo vol. 06


SAN LUIS OBISPO – Back for volume six and celebrating their first year of slide show awesomeness, Pecha Kucha Night: San Luis Obispo is presenting another night of cultural karaoke.

Visual and super sonic, volume six is a digital percussion of music, photography, design, fine art, wheeled objects, and a little bit of nature tossed into the mix.

Fast-paced and wired for the masses, volume six presenters are a mix of professionals, academics, eccentrics, students, and artists, who are brave enough to break the 'death by PowerPoint' mold.

Presenters for PKN vol_06 are:
• Darren Clarke_musician
• Jeff Jamieson_furniture + art
• Tracy Taylor_fine artist
• Bill Mulder_bikes
• Donna Duerk_gardener + professor
• Barry Goyette_photographer w/ Inga Swearingen_vocalist
• Inga Swearingen_vocalist w/ Barry Goyette_photographer

More about the presenters can be found here.

Japanese for "the sound of conversation," Pecha Kucha Night is a digital presentation event where each participant is given 20 slides, 20 seconds per slide to share their works and ideas freely, giving a total of 6 minutes 40 seconds before the next presenter is up. This keeps presentations concise, the interest level up, and gives more people the chance to show. With no specific theme or topic, presenters are provided a forum to render their creativity into a free-flowing non-stop time slot. No breaks. No interruptions. One right after another. It is similar to a Salon from times past, with organizers encouraging event participants and the audience to gather, discuss and socialize.

Held several times a year and originally devised and shared by Tokyo based Klein Dytham Architecture, the local collective is dedicated to seeing the Pecha Kucha philosophy and conversation included as an element in San Luis Obispo’s cultural landscape. They have garnered support from designers, artists, students, professionals and musicians who are all committed to joining the San Luis Obispo conversation. Sponsored by Steynberg Gallery and the generosity of Eric Meyer.

Details:
Pecha Kucha Night: San Luis Obispo vol. 06 will be held:
:: Saturday November 8th, 2008, Steynberg Gallery, 1531 Monterey St. in San Luis Obispo
:: conversations start @ (19:00) 7:00pm
:: presentations start @ (20:20) 8:20pm
:: $1.00 donation at the door

CONTACT:
Email:
pechakucha.slo@gmail.com

about pkn volume 6 presenters

Presenters for PKN vol_06 are:

Darren Clarke
Darren Clarke was born and raised in England and was performing in pubs and clubs in London as young as age 13. Renowned as an outstanding guitarist, record producer, published songwriter and mentor, Darren Clarke made San Luis Obispo his home 15 years ago & founded Music Lab in 2003, now known as Modern Music Academy. MMA specializes in Guitar, Song Craft & Production. Darren has a degree in Contemporary Music & Music Business & he thrives on training others to be successful musicians.

www.modern-music-academy.com

Donna Duerk
I grew up in North Carolina and have had a garden since elementary school and a camera since my first Brownie Hawkeye at twelve. Architecture at Cal Poly brought me to California in 1981. I got serious about photography in an underwater class with Mike Francis who said, "Make sure that the fish's eye is in focus!" The underwater film gear got stolen, the world turned digital, I turned into a Master Gardener, and the world of cacti and succulents opened a fascinating new venue of exploration in addition to the usual flowers. So, here I am.

Barry Goyette
Barry Goyette is a photographer/designer based in San Luis Obispo. He completed his studies at Cal Poly in 1989, and specializes in photographing people for advertising. Goyette also provides interior and graphic design services for a number local commercial clients. His photography and design work is also regularly seen in association with a variety of non-profit organizations including the Civic Ballet of San Luis Obispo, Ballet Theatre of SLO, DeyoDances, Transitions Mental Health, and The San Luis Obispo Symphony.

Goyette is a regular contributor to the local arts scene, producing numerous exhibits of contemporary photography over the past 18 years.

http://www.barrygoyette.com

Jeff Jamieson
Jeff Jamieson was born in 1960 and has been making art for 32 years.
He has concentrated on small-scale works for the last 5 of those 32.
He is still finding and seeing good new things.
He will show some of the new small-scale works at David Patton in Los Angeles in April.

Bill Mulder
We are a loose confederation of bicycle riders that do it from a different perspective. Tall bikes are nothing short of a parade when riding down a street. One has to try really hard not to have a positive reaction to a tall bike passing by. We strive to inspire individual creativity, community giving, and having a good time while doing it "Posse Up" and ride high with us!

Inga Swearingen
While she readies her album for a 2009 release, Inga Swearingen continues to grow and evolve as an artist; playing everything from jazz vespers in San Francisco to Tanglewood with James Taylor and a Prairie Home Companion. She incorporates her experiences to enhance her skill as a singer who conjures with her audience. She concludes, "I want an audience to feel uplifted and connected. I want them to know that they can make music more a part of their lives. It's a wonderful profession, I love what I do."

http://www.ingaswearingen.com/

Tracy Taylor
Tracy’s studio occupies the second story of a century old rural general store surrounded by vineyards, in Edna Valley. Although she specializes in watercolors, she also loves to paint in oils. Self taught, Tracy sold her first painting at fourteen.

While living in Hawaii early in her career, she became fascinated with painting the local tropical fish and since then has sold hundreds of thousands of aquatic watercolor posters worldwide.

Tracy's portfolio can be viewed at tracytaylor.com

Baking up some conversation

Save the date!
Pecha Kucha Night San Luis Obispo Vol. 06
:: Saturday Nov 8th, 2008, Steynberg Gallery, SLO
:: conversations start @ 7:00pm
:: presentations starts @ 8:20pm

Presentation Zen: Pecha Kucha Night SLO, volume 05

Pecha Kucha Night (PKN) is a presentation format in which (mostly creative) work can be easily and informally shown. Pecha Kucha Night vol_05 will be held Friday June 13th at the Steynberg Gallery in San Luis Obispo.

More about Presenters for PKN vol_05 can be found here:


DETAILS:
Pecha Kucha Night: San Luis Obispo vol. 05 will be held:
:: Friday June 13th, 2008, Steynberg Gallery, 1531 Monterey St. in San Luis Obispo
:: conversations start @ (19:00) 7:00pm
:: presentations start @ (20:20) 8:20pm
:: $1.00 donation at the door

CONTACT:
Email: pechakucha.slo@gmail.com
Web: http://pechakucha-sanluisobispo.blogspot.com/

For more information on Pecha Kucha Global:
http://www.pecha-kucha.org/. For those interested in presenting for future PKNs contact: pechakucha.slo@gmail.com .

about PKN volume 5 presenters

Presenters for PKN vol_05 are:

:: Bill Ostrander ::
headwinds in conservation development
"When I grow up I'm going to leave the midwest and go to Hollywood and make movies. When I'm done with that then I'm going to go to Africa and do something for wildlife. Like help try to save rhino's and cheetahs. When I'm there I'll meet this really cool girl and we'll get married and have kids and move to California where we'll live on a farm and raise hay and cows and horses and chickens. Besides farming I'll build stuff. Then I'm going to find land and develop some cool places to live. And sometimes I'm going to travel and I'll play with my kids a lot."
--Bill Ostrander.

:: Sumaya Agha ::
photography
Sumaya has been studying the Arabic language for the past year. Recently returning from Damascus, Syria, she spent a four-month stint learning to speak Arabic more proficiently, absorbing the culture, and acclimating with humor to the ways of the city.
She has worked for DoubleTake magazine, filmmaker Errol Morris, and Plazm magazine. Her photography has been published in the San Francisco Chronicle and the New York Times. She graduated from the Art and Design department at Cal Poly University, San Luis Obispo.

:: Mark Bryan ::
artist
Local painter Mark Bryan has become known as a deadly satirist taking on the villains of the day in surprising and delightful fashion. He is also known for his whimsical surrealistic work and pieces that evoke wonder and ask the big questions. Bryan’s work has been widely exhibited and featured on numerous satirical and political web sites across the US and internationally. The work has also appeared in many publications and magazines as illustration and cover art.

In 2007 Bryan was given a feature article in Juxtapoz magazine. This fall, Bryan’s well known “Mad Tea Party” painting will be appearing in a new movie. “Lake View Terrace”, starring Samuel Jackson.
www.artofmarkbryan.com

:: Enrica Lovaglio collaborating with Russell Read ::
media arts + poetry
Enrica Lovaglio currently teaches digital arts at California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo. She is known to inspire and stimulate her students, pushing them to be outstanding and individual. Born on the French border in the Italian city of Bordighera, her childhood took her to Egypt, Borneo, Singapore, France and then Spain as her family followed her father's career in deep-sea exploration. This exposure to diverse cultures increased her visual sense and led to a passion to discover new forms of expression through design.

In Italy, Enrica studied architecture where beauty, function and meaning all intersect in a magnificent sculpture that becomes part of a living city. In France, she studied town planning which deepened her understanding of the context of architecture and expanded her ability to design on the larger scale of urban environment. In the United States, she has studied multimedia arts in order to extend her design knowledge into the virtual world.

:: Mignon Khargie collaborating with Kellie Wenzel ::
artist w/ vocalist

:: Mignon Khargie
Mignon Khargie is Hannah Fowler's mom. They are both residents of www.zand2ohs.com where they share a passion for drawing animals.

:: Kellie Wenzel
Kellie Wenzel has been performing since she was 12 years old and has been in a number of musicals and has sung regularly before large audiences in the Bay Area and on the central coast. She has toured Africa twice with a band called Quest and currently teaches piano and vocal at Grand Central Music & Conservatory. She has composed her own songs and sings regularly at Atascadero Bible Church. Kellie has had a longstanding love for Jazz music and drummer Jesse Hesch invited Kellie to sing with a local band called NewjaZ. With Kellie singing, NewjaZ can cover songs by artists like Norah Jones, Jane Monheit, Diana Krall, and many others.


:: SLOmobility: Tony Henderson, Derek Benedict, Chris Pratt ::
city of the future
SLOMobility is a multidisciplinary team of student engineers and planners from Cal Poly, San Luis Obispo hailing from every region of California. Focusing on sustainable mobility, the original SLOMobility team won the student segment of the Los Angeles City of the Future challenge for 2007. In 2008, SLOMobility looked to the future of San Francisco by incorporating sustainable mobility, land use and design; approaching the design challenge with a wide variety of leadership, professional, and competition experience and a passion for the built environment.


:: Lisa Deyo performing with Helene Dinsmoor & Drew Silvaggio ::
dance
Lisa Deyo, choreographer and 2006 winner of an ART INSPIRES! Individual Artist’s Grant, is the product of a diverse background as a dancer. Originally from San Luis Obispo, she went on to New York City, Los Angeles and Chicago (Hubbard Street Dance Chicago), returning to San Luis Obispo to form her company, Deyo Dances. For 10 months last year, Lisa was dancing and teaching ballet, jazz and modern at the Ramon Solé Studio in Barcelona, Spain.
Deyo Dances exists in varying forms, whether on the stages of Russia or in the aisles of Vons grocery store, using Lisa's diverse dance resources to tell a story and reflect the human condition.