calling anyone near Salt Lake City! can’t wait to come back to the freezing climes…oh yeah!
January 12, 2011
December 2, 2010
HOLIDAY PARTY! Thursday, Dec. 9, 7-11pm
it’s that time, my friends – time to party with us at Fourth & Clay for the holidays! there will be food and festive drinks, live music with Front Junk and special guests, plus john’s video art and our much anticipated cup invitational show! bring a friend and get ready to kick off your holiday shopping with some spiked ‘nog in hand…details below:
June 4, 2010
Handful of Salt(y) Christa!
What a treat to wake up this morning and find that an amazingly flattering blog has been posted about me today! SO cool. Handful of Salt is a visually gorgeous, informative, interview-style blog that “explores the idea and people behind what we call DesignCraft: great design that’s beautiful, authentic, responsible, locally-crafted, personal, and deeply human.” I feel incredibly fortunate to be featured as part of this powerful series of interview which includes some of my favorite artists and many friends…check it out when you have a free minute! Thanks, Regina and Handful of Salt – you’re the true heroine!
April 26, 2010
SPRING SALE @ Fourth & Clay!
hope to see you this weekend…we’ll have lots of new and some “must go” pieces from undisclosed times and places! Whitney Smith will be joining us, and we’ll have snacks and our usual selection of bevies…plus great Indian chat next door at Vik’s!
xo, christa
February 20, 2010
TRAX 5+5 Show Opens TONIGHT!
hope to see all of you Bay Area friends at the opening tonight, 5-7pm!
-christa
TRAX Gallery
February 20 – March 21, 2010
5+5
An Exhibition of 5 California Potters & their 5 Invitees
Sam Clarkson / Santa Cruz, California → Charity Davis-Woodard / Edwardsville, Illinois
Rod Guyer / Forestville, California → Sarah Jaeger / Helena, Montana
Jan Schachter / Portola Valley, California → Mila Visser’t Hooft / Berkeley, California
Christa Assad / Berkeley, California → Lorna Meaden / Durango, Colorado
Doug Browe / Ukiah, California → Alleghany Meadows / Carbondale, California
Join us on Saturday, February 20th from 5 – 7 PM for the opening reception & a gallery talk at 5:30 with a few of the artists. Work from this show will be available online after the opening. We hope you can attend!
TRAX Ceramics Gallery
1812 5th Street
Berkeley, CA 94710
510.540.8729
Wednesday – Sunday
12 PM – 5:30 PM
December 8, 2009
HOLIDAY PARTY this thursday dec. 10!
join us for our annual HOLIDAY PARTY at FOURTH & CLAY !
thursday night, december 10th
7:00 to 11:00
2370 4th street (at channing way)
berkeley, ca
94710
there will be food, libation, live music, gifts to buy, and AMPLE PARKING !
p.s. RIP Fourth & Clay GRAFFITI WALL!!!!!!!!!!!!!
plus, for more details — see previous posting!
July 9, 2009
Palo Alto Clay & Glass Festival – this weekend!
This saturday and sunday I’ll be basking in the sun with my pots – no, not in Greece, but in nearly-as-fabulous Palo Alto. Come on out and join in the fun – there will be new work and old friends…hope to see your smiling face!
Visit the 17th Annual Sale & Exhibition
Palo Alto Clay & Glass Festival
Sale & Exhibition
180 prominent ceramic & glass artists. Demonstrations and special exhibits.
Saturday and Sunday, July 11 & 12, 10 a.m.-5 p.m.
Palo Alto Art Center
corner of Newell & Embarcadero, Palo Alto
Free Admission
Valet parking available
take this 'Elbow Pitcher & Cups' set home with you!
March 18, 2009
Urban Ore
On Saturday it was a lazy start after late night with the Eric McFadden Trio (at San Fran’s Boom Boom Room) and Hans and I decided to go looting around at Urban Ore (W. Berkeley, CA) for a globe. I wanted one and we were pretty sure they would have one…they have everything and the kitchen sink, afterall. Sho’ nuff, I found my globe, along with other inspiration for the day. Had to throw in a pic of some gorgeous flowers, too!
out back at Urban Ore, Berkeley, CA
oh yeah!
just an average day in Rockridge, CA
February 23, 2009
Inspiration at the Ivy Room + TONIGHT
Those of you that know me…know that I like to ROCK OUT. The only thing that can drag me out of my studio late nights is live music, particularly loud, ruckus-y, thumping drum and bass, or something edgy and experimental. The Bay Area is crawling with local rockers, but I am a choosy audience, and since I moved back from Kansas City last June I have been combing the papers and frequenting my nearby dive-bars to find a hidden jewel among the ROCKs. One diamond-in-the-rough duo calling themselves “Soft Teeth” caught my attention a month or so ago at Oakland’s Temescal Art Center. Anything but conventional, the guitarist had her teeth on the strings at one point, while the drummer yanked his crash-cymbal off the stand and scraped it on-end across the snare head…ouch. In a good way, I mean! If you like this sort of noise like I do, check out the above mentioned percussionist, Jacob Heule, with double bass wonder, Tony Dryer at www.myspace.com/jacobfelix. You can listen to what I heard February 9th at the Ivy Room (only a bike ride from my studio!) and catch a glimpse of what I saw that night below. Wish you were here – they are playing TONIGHT! Details below pic:
Heule/Dryer play the Ivy Room, Albany, CA
Monday 2/23
club sandwich presents…
Ghost to Falco
Inca Ore
Heule/Nishi/Brzytwa
The Third Victim of Abigail Rutledge
(Jacob Felix Heule, Kanoko Nishi, and MaryClare Brzytwa have all played together extensively, but never before in the same group!)
@ House of Nostromo
4 Fifth Ave, Oakland
http://www.myspace.com/thehousefonostromo
8pm, $5 donation requested
