Q & Z (monoprint)

Q & Z (monoprint)

Cover | Elizabeth Addison

Q & Z (monoprint). Elizabeth Addison is an award-winning printmaker and installation artist. Her monoprints involve layers of meanings with the use of depth and complexity masquerading as something much simpler, incorporating imprints of everyday objects (keys, birth control dials, coins) and textures. Q & Z is from Addison’s dancing couples series. The couples in their carriage contain strong emotional content, and negative space is as important as positive. Addison’s prints are regularly featured at Kiss My Ring, 2514 San Pablo Ave., Berkeley. Visit her printmaking studio, Studio 1509, during East Bay Open Studios June 2, 3, 9 and 10, from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. Studio 1509 is located at 1509 San Pablo Ave. (at Cedar) in Berkeley. For more information, e-mail eaddison@lmi.net or visit www.elizabethaddison.com.

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In the Philanthropic Swim

In the Philanthropic Swim

Rockridge residents John Bliss and Kim Thompson may live far removed the gritty flats of East and West Oakland. But this philanthropic couple see themselves as one with the citizens of Oakland, particularly those who are struggling financially, and they’re leading a campaign to get their “financially blessed” peers to invest in the community like they have by funding city programs to teach kids how to swim.