Mercury 20 Gallery in Oakland's Arts District is pleased to present 3 gallery artists Mary Curtis Ratcliff, Charlie Milgrim, Andrea Guskin and Art Advisor Chandra Cerrito, Principal of Chandra Cerrito/Art Advisors. I am your host Elizabeth Sher but as I also work in multiple mediums, I will be part of the discussion. Learn why artists choose to wor…

Ever wondered about collaborating? Getting started? What makes a successful collaboration? Listen for the inside scoop from the experts! 2 Close 2 the Sun: Art Obsessions from Mercury 20 Gallery in Oakland's Art District features artists, curators and influencers bring compelling content about art and artists. In this episode, Art Collaborations - …

Three Mercury 20 Gallery artists: Tara Esparanza, Raymond L. Haywood and Jill Mclennan and Oakland Art Murmur executive director Jean Marie Durant share insights about how art enhances community and community enhances art. They share stories from their own experiences and art practice and tips on how to get involved with your own or Oakland's vibra…

Three fiber artists from Mercury Twenty Gallery and acclaimed textile artist Lia Cook share their philosophies, motivations, pitfalls and techniques as well as their inspirations and challenges of marketing fiber art. More information and link at Mercurytwenty.comBy Host - Elizabeth Sher. featuring gallery artists from Mercury 20 Gallery and outside curators, experts, influencers, collectors

Episode 4 from 2 Close 2 the Sun: art obsessions presents Art Entanglements: a conversation with Johanna Poethig a visual, public and performance artist and Chris Brown, a musician, composer. and professor emeritus at Mills College. They will talk about their collaborations, their separate creative practices and their life together over the past 4 …

Three photographers from Mercury Twenty Gallery and Jan Watten Director of Gray Loft Gallery present a lively discussion of their philosophies and processes and how they keep their passion for the photograph in our images saturated world. Featuring Brooks Fletdher, Neo Serafimidis and Jan Wattan moderated by Chris Komater…

In this episode founding member Kathleen King gives a brief history of Mercury 20 Gallery, this year's 15th anniversary plans and best of all explains her own artwork evolving from abstract expressionist painting to constructions, installations and collages transforming society's discards which she finds on the streets of Oakland into aesthetic and…

Because Mercury 20 Gallery (in Oakland, CA) is an artist run gallery, all members have a say in everything we do. In tonights "trial" episode 8 members "duke" it out to decide on a name. Spoiler alert - we got one!By Host - Elizabeth Sher. featuring gallery artists from Mercury 20 Gallery and outside curators, experts, influencers, collectors

By now you've heard about the violent attacks by counter-protesters last Sunday in our beautiful downtown Nevada City. I must admit it broke my heart. It was painful to see our community torn in two by a jacked up, flag draped gang, tearing through a non-threatening peaceful protest of local families, women, and young people beating tambourines and…

Now, it doesn’t take a genius to walk around and see the big changes being made to our downtowns. The roll back of indoor restaurant dining due to the out of control coronavirus has put all restaurants in a fight to survive. Thanks to the Cities, County, and the Environmental Health Department, it looks like this summer our businesses have a workab…

As the first year of the Trump Administration and the 114th Congress wraps up its first chaotic year, let’s look forward to what positive change we CAN bring about in the year ahead. This is the year of the 2018 midterm elections. Front and center on the agenda is the seat of incumbent Congressman, Doug LaMalfa. In 2017, LaMalfa served as a guarant…

Here in California, District One is unique for its size and demographics. It consists of eleven counties making up a vast tract of land, a fifth of the state, yet it makes up only 3 percent of its population. Unlike its dense and diversified urban neighbors, 86 percent of the population here is white, with 20 percent living below the poverty line. …

This week the House began debate on the optimistically named, “Resilient Federal Forests Act”, otherwise known as the “Westerman Bill”. It is the least discussed bill that most directly impacts our daily lives here in District One. Presented as a ‘Common Sense Forest Protection Bill’, it does little, if anything to protect our forests. Instead it i…

Welcome to California District One Media. I’m Tony West. This is your weekly watchdog news report on your District One elected officials in Congress. Here’s the latest. Last time we reported on The Healthy California Act, or SB 562, a popular and serious contender for a viable affordable healthcare system covering all Californians. It’s cleared the…

In District One, one in seven people depend on Obamacare for their healthcare and nearly one third have pre-existing conditions now protected. In Washington, thirteen republicans are working behind closed doors fast tracking a modified version of the disastrous Trumpcare bill, that will strip healthcare away from twenty-three million Americans. But…

Welcome to California District One Media. I’m Tony West. This is your weekly watchdog news report on your District One elected officials in Congress. Here’s the latest. In Washington this week, presidential scandals are grinding the government’s gears to a halt. But between the headlines, the big news is the release of the congressional budget offi…

Welcome to California District One Media. I’m Tony West. This is your weekly watchdog news report on your District One elected officials in Congress. Here’s the latest. A recent Gallup poll shows Donald Trump’s approval rating of his first 100 days in office at a record low of only thirty-seven percent, an approval rating lower than any president i…

This week, the nation was rocked by the chaotic firing of FBI Director, James Comey. The Senate, House, and FBI are all investigating mounting evidence of President Trump’s ties to Russian organized crime and interference in the 2016 election. There was bipartisan uproar at the President’s poorly timed firing of the very man investigating him, resu…

Welcome to California District One Media. I’m Tony West. This is your weekly watchdog news report on your District One elected officials in Congress, their votes and public actions. District One is California’s largest congressional district which includes Butte, Lassen, Modoc, Plumas, Shasta, Sierra, Siskiyou, and Tehama counties plus portions of …

Welcome to California District One Media. This is your weekly watchdog news report on your District One elected officials in Congress, their votes and public actions.Episode Two reports on Doug LaMalfa's Oroville and Redding April Town Hall meetings. - 3 minutesBy CADistrictOneMedia

Welcome to California District One Media. This is your weekly watchdog news report on your District One elected officials in Congress, their votes and public actions. Episode One includes Congressman Doug LaMalfa's voting record so far under the Trump Administration. - 3 minutesBy CADistrictOneMedia

Welcome to California District One Media. I’m Tony West. This is your weekly watchdog news report on your District One elected officials in Congress, their votes and public actions. This week, congress returned to Washington from their April recess and local town hall meetings. Returning to work, our leaders in Congress delivered the nation a near-…