Empire Seven Studios

You may or may not know... But we have been affected by the extreme gentrification going on in the Bay Area... And Empire Seven Studios is getting replaced with Luxury Apartments ... In January we have to leave the space we spent 10 years building and enjoying art with you It sucks that we have to leave our beautiful space So many great memories and art shows So many great people we have met and had the fortune to work with Now we need to think about what's next To learn more about the future of Empire Seven Studios... Please watch the short video we made And if you'd like to help... please share our Gofundme page with as many people as you can You can also help by contacting local news channels and radio stations... Letting them know what's going on... And what Empire Seven Studios means to you and The City of San Jose Thank you so much for sharing your love of art with us throughout the years... https://www.gofundme.com/save-empire-seven #sanjose #sanjosecalifornia #sanjoseca #bayarea #bayareaart #artlovers #artgallery

Register to join us this Wednesday, October 21 from 5:30-6:15pm for a Native Plant Watercolor session with Roan Victor @roanvictor / Artist in Residence Free zoom event, sign up (link in @powwowsanjose bio) and have your watercolors ready! If you’re local and need to purchase materials, visit @thearsenal to pick up your supplies! Located in Japantown Art: gallery, studio and supply store owned by Roan and her husband @mrseanboyles Supported by @powwowworldwide @montanacan...s_usa @monsterenergy @guadaluperiverparkconservancy @kellymoorepaint #Applied4Good #PWSJ20 #POWWOWSANJOSE #PWSJAIR #roanvictor #nativeplant #watercolor

Mew Mural by @thedraculas for the San Jose Fire Fighters Local 230 Union building . Stay safe, air quality is bad again today. Thank you! @sanjosefirefighters @californiafirefighter #sjff #sanjoselocal230

Our hosts in Washington DC were Kelly Towles and his wife Virginia Arrisueno. Kelly is a husband, father, artist, festival director, city food guide, friend, and gracious host. He spends a productive portion of the afternoon in isolation from the outside world making art, while balancing a career in the arts with his wife. Arrisueno is a wife, mom, artist, Peruvian American entrepreneur, and small business owner. She stays busy running the operations at Steadfast Supply, a st...ore in the District of Columbia showcasing products from independent artists and small companies from around the world. . Full story at https://www.empiresevenstudios.com/blog-empiresevenstudios- . @kellytowles @holy.bones @powwowdc @steadfastsupplydc #washingtondc #dc #baltimore #maryland #virgina #districtofcolombia See more

In October 1947, as postwar paranoia about the perceived threat of Communism was ramping up in the United States, Trumbo was among a group of 10 Hollywood directors and writers called to testify before the House Committee on Un-American Activities (HUAC), which was charged with investigating whether Communist sympathizers had propagandized American audiences. . Trumbo and the other nine individuals summoned all refused to testify, and as a consequence, the Hollywood Ten we...re found guilty of contempt of Congress. They were subsequently blacklisted by the heads of the major studios, and in 1950, Trumbo served almost a year in prison. . Following his release, Trumbo was unable to find work in California and moved his family to Mexico City. From there, he continued to write screenplays, which he was able to sell by using either pseudonyms or other writers to act as fronts for his work. . During this time, Trumbo wrote at least 10 screenplays that were made into filmsincluding the 1953 classic Roman Holiday, starring Gregory Peck and Audrey Hepburnas well as doing an unknown quantity of revision work on many others. . Borrowed from his biography.

This clip reminded me of our conversations and fun times listening to music. Rest in Paint my friend, a world for us awaits. RIP @madiocruz

Please donate anything you can to help Mario’s family during these difficult times. . I will miss you @madiocruz . This hurts and we really wish this wasn’t true. .... Your friendship, love and caring heart for others. Always helping someone, in the randomness acts of kindness. That’s how we will always remember you. . The world loses beautiful souls too soon. Love you friend till we meet again. . @yo_b is managing the link. Stay strong luvs. @ San Jose, California See more

Someone thought of building drones to paint walls. Build something we need, like a empathetic RoboCop.

Start building Mayors, Senators, City Councils, Presidents, aka Politicians. . We all don’t want to sign up for the job. . Who are the people we want to see in office? All the way to the White House. ... . Leaders in the community organize, mobilize, and utilize capabilities to act on change. I’ll see you Marching and Partying at the Voting booth this November 2020. . Stay Healthy, Safe is a point of view. @ San Jose, California See more

Brown Boy . . .... We worry about what a child will become tomorrow, yet we forget that he is someone today. ~ Stacia Tauscher

I want peace, but I also want justice. My hope is through all this tension we can have authentic conversations about Racial Reconciliation in our City. I stand in solidarity with my black brothers and sisters. #blacklivesmatter

Black Lives Matter . . . I've learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel. - Maya Angelou

SJPD practiced shooting at unarmed civilians. It’s true they threw bottles and rocks and whatever they could find but it was not match for the rubber bullets. #handsupdontshoot

On March 30, in Downtown San José #blacklivesmatter #icantbreathe

Rise Above Injustice | Hands Up! Don’t Shoot! . . . As a person of color it is important to have conversations with youth about how to interact with Police. Keep your hands visible at all times, literally have elbows to ears hands up and say literally say don’t shoot and whatever you do NEVER EVER RUN!... Why do we have to start this conversations with people of color? -meanwhile our white or white-passing folks just get to act a fool. Why can’t we get away with behaving in the same manner? Because as a person of color you make the wrong move and your dead. History continues to repeat itself. This is what had been on my mind and my heart for some time now. Share you thoughts below. . . . A shout out to @bby_mowgli for joining me on the vision and to @coolhandken & @peptalks for this beautiful collaboration @powwowsanjose mural