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Winter Open Studios: Jeremy Mayer

Jeremy Mayer disassembles typewriters then reassembles the components into anatomically correct human figures. He does this reassembly without soldering, gluing, welding, wiring, and without using any part that doesn’t come from a typewriter. Meet Jeremy and see his sculptures at Norton Factory’s Winter Open Studios on Saturday, December 6 from 4 – 9pm. […]

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Winter Open Studios Artist: Katherine Meyer

Katherine Meyer makes 3×4 foot charcoal drawings, and much of her work depicts SF Bay parklands, as well as the high desert of New Mexico and the coast of Maine. Regardless of the location, every drawing is meant to invoke the restorative power of nature when we can experience it slowly, in solitude. Check out […]

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Announcing Norton Factory Winter Open Studios

Join us Saturday, December 6th, from 4 to 9 p.m. View the studios of our 24 resident artists, listen to live jazz, and enjoy a pint from Ale Industries! We will are also excited to announce our first exhibition, PLUS or MINUS, in our gallery. Norton Factory Exhibiting Artists Kanna Aoki kannaaoki.com Janet Bartlett Goodman Janetbartlettgoodman.com Bar Davi saatchiart.com/bardavi […]

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Winter Open Studios Artist: Tricia Rissmann

Tricia Rissmann is a painter who is drawn to balance, color and especially to texture, form and words. In her contemporary abstract and mixed media paintings, her passion is fueled by the exploration of the emotive properties of color. Tricia’s paintings are depictions of intuitive expressions inspired from both dream and waking environments. Elements of […]

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East Bay Open Studios Artist: Janet Bartlett Goodman

Using graceful lines and translucent color, Janet Bartlett Goodman’s encaustic landscapes convey the feeling of quiet solitude and tranquility. Her mixed media encaustic works are about moments in time. She is intrigued with the history of a place and the idea that its history has a felt presence. Each piece preserves a single moment but that moment contains all the depth, […]

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East Bay Open Studios Artist: Howie Katz

Howie Katz uses software, projections, and physical objects to create interactive, personalized installations that bring the virtual world of social media into the real world. The work addresses the divergence of our online alter-egos and our true selves. View Howie’s work on his website, howiekatzart.com, and in-person today at East Bay Open Studios at Norton Factory. […]

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East Bay Open Studios Artist: Lara Hoke

Norton resident artist Lara Hoke’s sketchbooks journal daily life. They are not created with an intentional theme or narrative, but their horizontal multi-page presentation has a cinematic, story-telling quality. View Lara’s work on her website www.larahoke.com and this weekend during the final weekend of East Bay Open Studios at Norton Factory, June 14-15, 11 a.m. […]

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East Bay Open Studios Artist: Kathryn Rummel | Kreate Photography

Norton Factory resident Kathryn Rummel of Kreate Photography is a passionate and driven photographer and multi-media artist. Kathryn sees the human form as a powerful work of art in itself. Her series Everybody is Beautiful {Body Scapes + Impressionist Form} was cultivated from a deep desire to celebrate the unadorned human form; to capture and […]

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