MAH Magazine 9yr Anniversary

ART HOP 10.14.2017

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DĂ­a de los Muertos @ The Mac

Zoo Keeper Brings passion to Animals with Art

Merced College

Valley Roots

Goes Digital in the Arts

Bringing Art & Agriculture together

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PUBLISHER Kevin Hammon EDITORIAL John Miller MARKETING Kevin Hammon CREATIVE DIRECTOR Kimberly Zamora GRAPHIC DESIGNER Kevin Hammon

Dear Reader and Art Enthusiast, With Halloween just around the corner, we’ve incorporated a theme of Zombies into this quarter’s Art Hop and have readied our participating artists to transform the Downtown Merced area into a spooky scene for fall event. With the upcoming holiday and theme in mind, this quarters event will feature all of the artworks from local creatives throughout downtown businesses that you’ve come to expect from the Art Hop event over the course of 9 years, but we will also be hosting a variety of hands-on art activities in Bob Hart Square, including yarn pumpkins, leaf art, pumpkin decoration stations, healing hearts, and clay ornament sculpture, as well as live performances along Main Street. We’re also encouraging residents to help us celebrate both our 9 year anniversary and the Halloween holiday by making their way through the Art Hop in their scariest costumes to join in on the free fun. Highlights planned for the event include spooky performances from local dance troop Dance Saut�, who will be puling inspiration from the hit shows and movies American Horror Story, Annabelle, the Purge, the Descendants and much more.

Kevin Hammon Kimberly Zamora Art Hop Co-Founders

LAYOUT John Miller PHOTOGRAPHY John Miller EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR Kimberly Zamora PRESIDENT/CEO Kevin Hammon BOARD MEMBERS Jared Covert Robert Matsuo Celeste Sharp Kimberly Zamora Kevin Hammon

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Since its inception in 2011, Coffee Bandits has always drawn in locals and creatives alike to gather and swap stories, ideas, and more over a cup of joe. Located at 309 West Main Street in the shadow of the Historic Theatre Tower in Downtown Merced, this strong focus on the arts and social creativity is often cited as what makes Coffee Bandits stand out from other establishments. For Coffee Bandits founder Melissa Eisner, the shop’s ability to bring people from all walks of life together isn’t just another positive quality of the business, it’s the foundation.

“Coffee shops are historically social locations, where ideas are exchanged and progress achieved. The arts are inherently part of that; in fact, I doubt if any effective social change can be achieved without arts involved,” Eisner explained. She went on to say that while talking at meetings is certainly useful, the opportunity to see what type of art a person creates can lend insight into their perspective in a way that not much else can. “So when I made my coffee shop with the explicit goal of being a creative hub and intersection point for different walks of Merced life, the arts were fundamentally involved.”

As years have passed, the arts that have become involved in Coffee Bandits day-today operation have only grown. From the hundreds of paintings that have adorned the walls over the years and the countless local zines that the shop has housed to the live music, poetry readings and open mic nights, it’s just a matter of residents choosing a day to find something creative they’d like to enjoy.

When asked about that importance of covering such a wide breadth of arts in the

Businesses Supporting local Artists coffeeshop, Eisner noted that as it applies to the arts, she sees two important roles that they can play, and works to ensure that everyone has something they can relate to, to enjoy those two roles. “The two major components of my artistic philosophy deal with the internal and the social benefits,” Eisner stated. “The importance of art internally to the artist is best summarized in a quote by the late Louise Bourgeois: ‘Art is a guarantee of sanity…The act of creation is a stabilizing force for the psyche; it brings to reality that which was suspected to be only hallucination.’ It functions like an antigaslight, if you will.”

When discussing the social benefits of art, Eisner went on to note that art has the unique ability to exist in an artist’s head in an intangible form prior to creation, and when brought into the world for others to experience a rare type of communication begins to occur. “It's in this gap, between existence and non-existence, that all communication takes place. What all art allows us to do is put aside conventions of propriety and communicate in a purely visceral way,” Eisner said. “This is why it can be so difficult to explain or rationalize why we love what art we love, and why it feels to incomplete to say a work of art ‘just speaks’ to us.” She went on to say that it’s at this point that a very powerful and hard-to-control dialogue begins to occur, whether it is verbal or non-verbal in nature.

“It can inspire great change in the world, because it allows us to truly understand one another.”

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For over two decades Dawn Trook has been working in communities across California to bring impacting theatre productions to fruition. Since 1994, she has worked as everything from an actor and writer to a producer and University of California system lecturer, striving to bring new theatre works to the masses. And with the harvest moon passing as I write this article, Trook is back at it working in conjunction with the UC Merced Center for the Humanities to produce Valley Roots, a community-engaged theater project that will highlight Merced County’s agricultural community.

Through the Valley Roots theater project, Trook will be making use of the special skill set among local actors, directors, and writers to tell the stories of people working in farming and food production in Merced County. By giving a voice to a segment of our local community that are often marginalized, Trook and her team for the Valley Roots Project hope to not only give local farmers an opportunity to have their voices heard, but give individuals and communities who may not otherwise cross paths an opportunity to create understanding and jumpstart conversations. In particular, the project aims to “show the differences in our experiences, but more importantly, highlight the commonalities that will inspire us to see each other with more compassion and more understanding,” Trook explained.

One of the many farmers that Valley Roots worked with was Paul Thao of Merced. Thao

continued his agricultural work after coming to the United States from Laos, eventually opening up his own operation on Highway 59 in 2009.

After working with his wife, Lai Saethao, and the many landowners she worked with, the two would take the plunge and open up their own four acre farm on the outskirts of the City of Merced next to the McSwain Lateral. While the Thao had previously practiced sustenance farming, he soon found that farming in the United States was a whole new experience. “I didn’t know how to farm here in this country,” he recalled. “Back in Laos, everyone’s job is to farm to get food onto their own table. Here though, farming is much harder.”

As a particularly striking example, Thao noted the common practices of larger corporations using the leverage that comes with their size to

non-existent amount, preferring to instead simply return to the type of farming he is accustomed to so far as the local regulations and accepted systems allow. “I’d rather keep the work with the strawberries done with my own two hands,” Thao stated. “It’s physical work, but it makes you stay in shape, and it’s why we don’t have problems with headaches and backaches.”Despite that physicality of the work, Thao knows he wouldn’t want it any other way. “Farming is something you, and everyone else, should know how to do,” he said.

“It is something you need to know how to do to know what you’re eating.”

For those interested in hearing more of Thao’s story, Valley Roots plays will be coming to the public in the first week of December.

Audience members and participants will

drive the prices of his strawberries, blackberries, boysenberries, and other fruits and vegetables down. Unable to forego the sale, and with the produce deteriorating as negotiations go on, this

complete surveys to assess the community impact of the plays as a whole. For those who wish to portray the stories of local farmers like Paul Thao, auditions for the plays are currently getting underway. No experience is necessary, and those who are interested do not need to prepare anything specific for the audition.

Actors who are cast in the play will be mentored and coached by the directors and experienced actors. For more information regarding the auditions, Dawn Trook can be reached by email at ValleyRootsMerced@gmail.com or by phone at 415-728-2488.

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"Farming is something you, and everyone else, should know how to do" can put many farmers in a corner so to speak.

Add that to the practice of seed wholesalers creating hybrid seeds that only produce fruits and vegetables for a single season, and often times this can further complicate small farmer’s situations, who might otherwise harvest seeds from their current year’s produce to plant and begin the next planting season to create more natural heirloom products unique to their farm. He went on to explain that the common place use of specialized machinery, fertilizers, and pesticides, as well as the litany of laws, regulations, and general safety issues of all these items when brought onto acreage, was something that was difficult to understand.

“In Laos, you just plant, wait for the rain, and it will grow,” Thao said. In that vein, Thao’s farm keeps to use of chemical agents to a near-

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Muertos For the past 17 years, Charles Perez has worked with local artists and residents to continue the tradition revolving around the annual Dia De Los Muertos (Day of the Dead) event. Originating in Mexico, the traditional holiday and celebration serves as a way to provide participants the opportunity to focus on gatherings of family and friends to pray for and remember friends and family members who have died, and help support their spiritual journey. Locally, Perez first began pulling a local celebration in 2000 with the help of local mural artist Ruben Sanchez. And while the event has remained true to the culture it comes from and its traditional purpose, it has grown into one of the primer Dia De Los Muertos celebrations in the area.

Having grown in size to include a wide variety of artists and other participants alike, the Dia De Los Muertos event curation team has likewise grown. This year’s celebration is curated by Charles Perez along with Richard Gomez, Martha Azevedo, and Oscar Torres. As with past celebrations, this year’s event features dozens of alters, masks, and paintings by local artists in celebration and remembrance of their loved ones throughout the two floors of gallery space at the Merced Arts Center.

As residents make their way inside of the Merced Arts Center’s Main Gallery space to view the Dia De Los Muertos exhibit, they are greeted by a traditional La Catrina. Standing just under 20 feet, the free standing sculpture was designed and developed by local artist Eulalia Gamez, who took on the challenge for the second year in a row after witnessing the exhibit and wanting to add her own unique touch to the

event. “The whole Dia de Los Muertos exhibit is an experience, it's educational and cultural, I wanted to add to it by creating something that would be an experience,” said Gamez. She went on to say that her creation this year was inspired

by Aztec headdresses, corncobs and stories of the Quetza, and took over 80 hours to complete just the headdress that sits atop the artwork.

On display until November 11th, the Dia De Los Muertos exhibit will feature a unique reception on October 28th from 4PM until 9PM. During the reception, participants will have the chance to not only view the variety of artworks and alters that make up the exhibit, but will be invited to join in a traditional Dia De Los Muertos procession at sunset to remember and reflect on loved ones lost for a $1.00. Those who would like to participate in the procession are encouraged to bring wear traditional Dia De Los Muertos outfits, bring LED candles, and carry a photo of those you would like to celebrate with them. Those who are interested in more information are encouraged to stop by the Merced Arts Center at 645 West Main Street Tuesday thru Friday from 11AM until 6PM, or on Saturdays from 10AM until 2PM, visit them online at ArtsMerced.org, or speak to them over the phone by calling 209.388.1090.

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Sofia Prado "I am very passionate about animals" Q: What type of subjects do you find yourself drawn to? Are there certain mediums you prefer to work in more than others?

A: I have always been drawn to animals and plants. Mostly animals. I love portraying colorful, lively subjects.

I work with polymer clay and recycled paper collages for the most part.

Q: What do you think is unique about the work done in your medium?

A: I try to use a lot of recycled material in my work.

In my collages for example I use old discarded books that would otherwise be in the garbage. By using the books, the art has another degree of texture to it with the printed text, colors and shapes.

Q: What's the story behind how you got into art and how you went about learning your craft?

A: I was in college when I saw the library was getting rid of about 20 hardcover, very old books. They had new versions and they were going to throw them out if no one took them. I ended up taking all of them for no real reason other than not wanting them to end up in the trash. I tried to find craft and art 8

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ideas for old books but nothing really spoke to me. I continued to collect books in the garage of the house I shared with roommates, and knew that I needed to do something with the books as the collection was getting out of control.

And that`s when the inspiration came to me.

Q: We're there key figures in helping you get started or reach new heights with your work?

A: I have not found too many p e o p l e that work with similar material, but I am always inspired and in awe of Jonathan Woodwards magazine a n i m a l collages.

Q: Has your artwork been featured anywhere? What was it like to see your work on the walls for the first time? Or do you have accomplishments or awards you're currently in pursuit of?

A: I have participated as an artist in art hop before and displayed my art at Coffee Bandits in downtown Merced.

I have never had the honor of displaying in a gallery such as the MAH one. It`s is incredible to envision my art on the walls for the world to see, I never thought I would get this far!

Q: Are there other causes that you care about? Do you find that art can help those causes accomplish their goals?

A: I am very passionate about animal rights, conservation, sustainability and domestic animal overpopulation. Yes, art is a way to reach people who ordinarily you may not reach with information on your cause, how to help etc. I recently donated an elephant piece to the nonprofit Global Conservation Force, which was auctioned to raise money for the cause.

Q: What do you feel makes your work stand out from other artists?

A: My use of recycled material, bold colors and animal subjects.

Q: Do you think art can be used to help a community in other ways?

A: Of course! I think art is a tool for change. Its a way to connect to people on deeper levels, a way to start conversations about important issues and a tool to bring strong feelings of joy and accomplishments to youth, the elderly and anyone else willing to try.

Q: Do you have plans to use your artistic skills or other talents to help a community in some way?

A: At the moment I am trying to get a small book together featuring the stories of the rescued animals that live in the Merced Zoo where I work. I personally will not be

illustrating it, but am looking for 10 local visual artists to help me do so. This book will tell the stories and raise funds for the zoo, while at the same time, share the work of some of the community here in Merced. My hope is to create a beautiful book that Merced residents can be proud of, because we have so much talent here.

Q: Do you have any planned projects you may do in the future?

A: At the moment I have nothing other than the book I mentioned planned.

Q: If you could work to better Merced's downtown area in some way with art, what would it be?

A: Murals on every empty space! Murals by professional artists but also by local youth, school groups etc.

Exhibit @MAH Epekel Gallery 1733 Canal St, Merced, CA

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Sandee Smith Local artist Sandee Smith is currently on display inside of the Coffee Bandits Coffee Shop as well as the Merced Arts Center’s Dia De Los Muertos show. Working with canvas and acrylic or oil paints, Smith has been drawn to the arts since the young age of 2 when she began drawing.

Throughout her teenage years, Smith found herself designing tattoos for friends, before returning to a canvas and paints in her later years. Pulling from comic books, fantasy art, horror movies, Gothic themes and music from bands like the Misfits, Danzig, and Disturbed over the years, Smith often finds herself creating art that has a distinct Goth and Metal or Punk Music theme to it.

In addition to her artwork, Smith has also worked with community members of the years as an instructor to help

other get in touch with their creative side. In particular, Smith explained that she not only finds this type of work rewarding, but it also serves as a type inspiration for her creative side and pushes her to continue creating and pushing her own work to new levels.

When asked what she strives for her artwork to communicate to those who view her work, Smith stated that she hopes that her painting serve as a similar inspiration for others to be as creative as they can with their own work. In addition, she noted that those looking to create shouldn’t hesitate to do so or otherwise let anything stop them, and that art doesn’t always need to have a stict purpose or goal.

“Art can be fun and not so structured” Smith said.

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Yarn Pumpkin | Leaf Art | Pumpkin Decorating Healing Heart | Clay Ornaments Live painting by JacobRafati & Katie Williams

Dance Saute - Themed Kids Dance Performance American Horror Story - Annabelle - The Purge The Descendants - Jason Vorhees (friday the 13th) Main Place Theater | 5:30 & 6:30pm

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own Merced Ghosts, goblins, and ghouls will be taking to the streets of Downtown Merced Once again as part of the Merced Art Hop’s Halloween Restaurant and Pub Crawl Fundraiser. Residents can look forward to another opportunity to make their way through more than a dozen pubs and restaurants centered on Bob Hart Square.

Tickets for both individuals and groups for are expected to sell quickly as they did last year, so early bird tickets are available for a discounted price for those looking to secure their spot in this year’s first event of the year.

According to event organizers plans for the night’s activities include a new free sampling of local drink and food specials, a scavenger hunt, costume contest, and more throughout this year’s Halloween Pub Crawl.

In addition to the 2017 Merced Art Hop Halloween Restaurant and Pub Crawl Fundraiser having entertainment for everyone, this year’s event will be highlighted by grand prizes including a family 4-pack of Monterey Bay Aquarium Tickets, Dinner at Five-Ten Bistro, two tickets and a $20 gift card for the movies, gift cards for ColdStone Creamery, and more. "Were always looking forward to bringing the pub crawl events to Merced each year" said Art Hop Co-Found Kevin Hammon. "But with the prizes were handing out this year we're expecting a lot more fun for this years event."

Tickets for this year’s event start at $15.00, and you can grab your tickets by logging onto the Merced Art Hop’s website or by stopping by Epekel Gallery, O'Ryleigh's Bar and Grill, FiveTen-Bistro or Cue Spot Billiards. For the most up-to-date information regarding the upcoming Pub Crawl, be sure to follow the Merced Art Hop on social media.

for TICKETS prices and more visit: mercedarthop.org

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At a time when it’s become all too common to see educational institutions across the nation cutting back on education in the arts, trading music for more time in math and eschewing photography for physics, it’s become increasingly rare to hear about schools at every level taking steps to bolster their students’ access arts education. Even more so, it’s become nearly unheard of to hear of schools and colleges not only adding new art classes here and there, but adding entirely new arts-based degrees and training and investing in the newly created arts-based curriculum.

Nevertheless, here at the local level we are seeing just that as Merced College steps up to the task of expanding arts education for Central Valley creatives with their massively expanded Digital Art (Art-D) program.

Spearheaded by Professor Alana Perlin, the Art-D program aims to bridge the divide between the curriculum and skills developed in the Industrial Technologies, such as drafting and rendering, and similar pursuits that make use of those skills in a more traditionally creative manner, such as game design and animation.

Having been methodically developed over the past few years, the program encompasses many courses that those who have studied at the Blue Devil Art Department will recognize, such as design 2D foundations and introduction to figure drawing, as well as a litany of new classes that truly move the college’s Art Department into the 21st Century, including typography, motion graphics, and web design, to name a few. In addition to providing students with a wide variety of modern arts education as they pursue the new degree, the program is also rounded out with the inclusion of business courses, helping ensure that those who walk away with the new Digital Art degree in hand are able to market themselves effectively in the competitive market they will soon find themselves in.

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Perhaps the largest benefit to the newly developed classes is the ability to now transfer your studies in Digital Art to the California State University or University of California system.

“After we wrote the curriculum for all of these digital art classes, we were able to make sure they were all fully accepted by other institutions, say like UCLA.” Professor Perlin explained.

“About 60 percent of our digital art students are transferring to CSU Stanislaus, which also has a concentration in digital art.”

In addition to ensuring that their own students are taken care of, the Merced College Art Department also works extensively with local high schools and younger students.

Overall, the goal of this outreach is to ensure that those who may be making their way to a career in a digital art related field of early access to the newest capabilities early on, and are able to enter their college years a step ahead.

For more information regarding the Digital Art courses and program offerings, or to learn more about any of the programs offered by the Merced College Art Department, log onto mccd. edu/academics/finearts.

Wam Kou Moua works one of the many Wacom tablets to put the finish touches on a recent creation. In addition to the top-of-the-line Wacom tablets available to students of Merced College’s Digital Art program, the campus has recently invested in a set of Cintiq Interactive Pen Displays, allowing students to use styluses to create directly onto a pressure sensitive monitor system for a more natural process and feel.

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Band performance times and expanded onsite experiences have been announced for the sixth annual Monster Energy Aftershock--California's biggest rock festival--Saturday, October 21 and Sunday, October 22 at Discovery Park, near downtown Sacramento, CA. Nine Inch Nails, Ozzy Osbourne featuring Zakk Wylde, A Perfect Circle, Five Finger Death Punch, Run The Jewels, Stone Sour, Marilyn Manson, and Mastodon top a bill of more than 35 artists performing on three stages.

In addition to music, Monster Energy Aftershock offers many onsite experiences, including artist signings at the Monster Energy Experience, along with beverage sampling and prime viewing from the Monster Energy viewing deck. Fans can get the full VIP treatment at the Thunder Valley Casino Resort VIP Lounge, participate in some rock ‘n’ roll philanthropy at Take Me Home animal rescue and Fxck Cancer / Dyin 2 Live, and check out activations from Coors Light and Heavy Grass.

Website: http://aftershockconcert.com Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/AftershockFestival Twitter: http://twitter.com/aftershocksac Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/aftershockconcert/

MAH Magazine was able to catch the City of Trees Festival in Sacramento and what a show.

From spinning DJ's and Live Art Demo's to jammin reggae by Iration, The highlight of the night was a super performance by Blink 182.

For festival info visit: cityoftrees.com Pictures: MercedArtHop.org/MAHmagazine

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Founded in 2014 MMSA is a membership based organization that is in the process of obtaining a 501(c)(6) nonprofit designation which supports the ongoing efforts of this thriving district, with small town charm with interesting shops and exciting restaurants filling this restored historic district.

People of all ages come downtown to meet friends and to enjoy the wide variety of activities.

MMSA will take whatever measure needed to improve and maintain these services and ambiance through an integrated approach, identifying top issues facing our community/district today, bringing partners and resources together to create solutions, and increasing awareness about the power of collaboration.

Their mission: To improve the Downtown District through organization, pro-

motion, design and economic stability, by fostering a safe, pleasant, diverse retail and entertainment environment.

The MMSA committees: Economic Development Organization Promotion Design

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It is in these committees, made up of business owners and involved community members, that the work of the MMSA gets done. Committees meet at least once a month and propose direction and programming to the board of directors.

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Merced Arts Events Merced Theatre

Playhouse Merced

Merced Arts Center

Erth’s Dinosaur Zoo LIVE

Evil Dead: The Musical

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October 17 - 7PM

Observe and interact with a collection of amazingly life-like dinosaurs and other creatures presented in a theatrical performance.

October 14 — 7:30PM

October 28 — 4PM

Based on Sam Raimi's 1980s Join us for a special opening cult classic, “Evil Dead: the reception and evening candle Musical” is a comedy that tells procession for Dia De the story of 5 college kids who Los Muertos. Exhibit travel to a cabin in the woods features alters, masks, where they accidentally paintings and more. unleash an evil force.

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Merced Art Hop

Merced College Concert Band

Monika Meler Artist Reception

Halloween Pub Crawl

October 20 — 7:30PM

October 25 — 9:30-2:00PM

October 27 — 5:00PM

$8 in adv, $10 at the door.

Printmaking exhibition Celebrate Halloween and Mark Doiel, Conductor. showing from October 23 until expirence Downtown Merced Presented by Merced College November 9, with a reception like never before with drink Music Department. held on October 25th at 6PM. and food specials. Must be 21, Call 209.386.6644.

ID required.

Merced Arts Center

Merced Symphony

Merced College ARTS

Kids Day at the MAC

Serenading Strings

Merced College Theatre

November 4— 11AM

November 10 — 7:30PM

November 16-18 — 7:30PM

Created for children ages 5 Nothing can show the variety General admission $10; and older, Kids Day at the of colors possible from a string Students, seniors, and military MAC features new ativities orchestra than repertoire that $8. Directed by Jack Souza. each month that provide spans over all over Europe and Presented by Merced College children and families a chance Russia.

Theatre Department. to engage in hands-on art activities or performances.

Art Hop 2018

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