Saturday February 4th  7pm  $ 12 at the Door

Featuring Alex Garcia on Saxophone and Flute, Max Bonick on Piano, Colin McCuen on upright Bass,and Miles Tune on Drums.

The Real Jazz Quartet is based in San Francisco, and features the music of Coltrane, Miles Davis, Monk, Wayne Shorter, Duke Ellington and a Latin Jazz twist with compositions by Chick Corea, Hermeto Pascoal as well as Original Jazz. The Quartet is exited to be performing in San Francisco as well as throughout the Bay Area, and has its sights set on Recording, Touring, and appearances at Jazz Festivals. A group you won’t want to miss!

is pleased to invite you to a concert “Caffe degli Artisti” featuring French and Italian songs by Due Zighi Baci on  Saturday, January 21st 2012 at 7 pm

Giorgi Gallery

Hosts an afternoon tea and Fashion show  with 4 Berkeley Designers

Sat Dec 3rd  2- 5pm

 - Fine Chinese Green Tea- Taro Tea Cookies and other tea snacks

    2911 Claremont Ave. Berkeley, Ca 94705

 510-848-1228     www.giorgigallery.com

giorgigallery@gmail.com

Xiaoyan Lin’s designs are a collection of modern woman’s clothing utilizing fine and unique European fabrics. It embodies simplicity, an elegant Asian influence, and architectural lines. Xiaoyan only produces limited quantities for high-end boutiques nationwide. Her pieces are truly beautiful and one of a kind.

Valerie Sobel’s designs are all about color and texture. She finds inspiration in her natural surroundings and uses materials such as wool fiber, silk and cotton. Each object is individually designed and handcrafted to create a unique piece of wearable art.

Jewelry by Dante Designs & Elisabeth Michel-Meyrueix

Giorgi Gallery presents

        “Holidays in Paris”

Four French-American artists will present their most recent work at Giorgi Gallery. The show “Holidays in Paris” will be on display December 8th to 31st. Opening reception is on December 10 from 5 to 9 pm. The gallery visitors will then have the opportunity to meet the artists, enjoy some live music while sipping some wine: A great evening in perspective.

Fabienne Bismuth, Sculpture; Joe Boissy, Paintings; Elisabeth Michel-Meyrueix, Jewelry & Valerie Sobel, Mixed Media & Wearable Art.

French singer, Catherine Vincenti will perform with French opera arias and songs from well-known French singers like Edith Piaf or Yves Montand.

“Holidays in Paris”: a beautiful night, a night of beauty. Come enjoy this special event with us.

http://www.sculpturebyfab.com     http://rightfocus.com/

www.em-meyrueix.com        http://www.zoobywooby.com/

 Giorgi Gallery Presents

                        SARAH WHITECOTTON

Encaustic & Acrylic Paintings

November 24, 2011 – December 4, 2012

Reception, November 26, 6-8PM

www.sarahwhitecotton.com

Encaustic is a painting method known as hot wax painting, Sarah uses melted beeswax applied to a rigid, porous, surface such as wood, stone, or plaster. She reheats the wax into a smooth or textured finish. Powdered pigment and oil paint and other mediums can be used to color the wax. Damar resin is used as a hardening and stabilizing agent for the wax. Heat guns, torches and irons are used to manipulate the wax and to apply heat to bond each layer together. The wax can be reheated and reworked, and because it is impervious to moisture it will not deteriorate.

Sarah Whitecotton has been an artist for more than 40 years. She received her B.F.A at the University of Oklahoma where she won several commendations in painting. One of her award winning work is owned by the University Museum.

In the late 1950’s she spent a summer session in Oaxaca and Mexico City where she became strongly influenced by the Mexican muralists and Rufino Tamayo. Her later paintings show this influence with her use of rich earth colors and muted pinks and greens reminiscent of Tamayo’s work.

After she switched to painting with her left hand in the 1970’s because of an old injury to her right hand that never healed properly, her works became more detailed and patterned with many layers of paint. She also experimented with collage using found objects, various papers and torn pieces of discarded art work.

Whitecotton has been described as a narrative painter. She has a unique style and is influenced by the surroundings and environment in which she lives. The California figurative artists, the Impressionists, the Fauve school of art and the German Abstract Expressionism have also had significant influence in her development as a professional artist

Her book, Sarah Whitecotton- Acrylics, Watercolors, Mixed Media, 1996-2010, is available for viewing and purchase: http://www.blurb.com/bookstore/detail/1386120?ce=blurb_ew&utm_source=widget

sarahsart@bigplanet.com

www.sarahwhitecotton.com

Sarah Whitecotton exhibits at Giorgi Gallery from November 1st, 2011 to January 31st, 2012.