Year of the Dog and other Animals

Thu, Jan 5
6:00 p.m.-8:00 p.m.
free

Year of the Dog and other Animals: an exhibition by Patricia Wakida
January 5 - February 1, 2006

new year's opening reception and blessings:
Thursday, January 5, 6-8 p.m.

GO, DOG. GO!

The French duly warn us, "n'esveillez pas lou chien qui dort", (let
sleeping dogs lie) but come on, 2006 is the Year of the Dog! Plus, it
only comes but every twelve years (not quite a dog's age).

In celebration of man's best friend, Deep Roots Urban Teahouse in
Oakland will host Year of the Dog and Other Animals: an exhibition of
linocuts and letterpress by wasabi press. This Chinese zodiac themed
exhibition will open with a lively Japanese New Year style reception
on Thursday, January 5, 2006 from 6:00 - 8:00 p.m.. The exhibition
continues through Friday, February 1, 2006.

Patricia Wakida is the proprietor of wasabi press, a tiny green
Chandler and Price platen letterpress stashed away in her garage
studio in Oakland. She is a yonsei (fourth-generation Japanese
American), born in the Year of the Dog, and has cut her teeth in the
book arts and printing business as an apprentice papermaker in Gifu,
Japan and as with letterpress printer and hand bookbinders, the Arts
and Crafts Press in Berkeley. Examples of her whimsical linoleum
block prints and letterpress books have appeared in exhibitions at
the Mission Cultural Center, SOMArts Gallery, New Langton Arts, the
Korean Cultural Center of Los Angeles, the San Francisco Center for
the Book, Mills College, the San Francisco Main Public Library, and
at Post, Poster, Postest in Tokyo.


Deep Roots Urban Teahouse is located in the Fruitvale district of
Oakland, at 1418 34th Avenue and International Boulevard. Hours are
Tuesday through Saturday from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m., Sunday from 12 p.m.
- 5 p.m. Deep Roots is closed on Mondays.
The exhibit and opening reception is free and open to the public. For
more information please call 510-261-1573 or visit www.wasabipress.com

Venue:

Deep Roots Urban Teahouse
1418 34th Avenue
Oakland
510-436-0121
www.deeprootsteahouse.com

To get here by BART or Bicycle
Take BART to Fruitvale Station. Walk through platform into the plaza,
past the fountain, and directly to International/East 14th Street.
Cross the street (towards Payless Shoes) and continue onto 34th
Avenue, Deep Roots will be on your right.

To get here by car:
From north Oakland
Take 880 South
Exit Fruitvale Avenue
Make a left on Fruitvale
Right on International/East 14th
Left on 34th Ave

Or Take 880 North Exit 29th Ave
Make a right at offramp, take 2 blocks to Fruitvale Avenue
Make a left on Fruitvale
Right on International/East 14th
Left on 34th Ave

Additional Info:

510-261-1573
www.wasabipress.com