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Come in!

Megan — Sun, 10 Jul 2011 11:22:00 +0000

Blue dot cafe and coffee bar was founded by James and Megan Hume to bring high quality food and beverages to the neighborhood.

We are committed to great service. We want everyone, of all ages, to feel comfortable at our place. We want blue dot to be your gathering place.

Meet friends for coffee, breakfast or lunch, pop in for a quick latte to go, bring the little ones for a chocolate bubble bar or enjoy a solitary moment with a housemade scone. Come and unwind, think, chat or just hang out in our comfortable space.

You see? A gathering place for everyone, every mood, every craving, every moment.
Come on over and experience top quality espresso beverages and coffee, housemade pastry and treats, hot breakfast and lunch, sandwiches, salads and a great menu for kids.

We are committed to and will serve you the freshest products available. If it does not meet our standards, we will not serve it. We will serve organic at all times possible. Our coffees are fair trade and organic. We will serve hormone-free dairy only and none of our housemade items will have trans fats, ever. Our to go containers, bags and cups are bio-degradable.

Hours:
• Monday to Friday: 7:30am – 5pm
• Saturday: 8am – 4pm
• Sunday: 8am – 2pm

Caroline Arnold – Animals

Megan — Fri, 10 Jun 2011 12:16:37 +0000

Caroline Arnold’s Animals
Jan 14 – Feb 29, 2012. Brightly colored giclee prints of cut-paper illustrations in author/illustrator Caroline Arnold’s children’s books depict pandas, penguins, koalas, platypuses and more. In each print, the shadows and layers of the paper are visible, revealing the tactile character of the art. These limited edition prints are ideal for a child’s room or for anyone who loves animals.

Fine Oil Paintings by Paul R. Glaviano

Megan — Fri, 10 Jun 2011 11:25:57 +0000

These oil paintings are direct, organically-conceived, synaesthetic experiences. They reflect my unique vision of the world, bearing witness to a rich inner life lived amidst recurring alarms from the mass media. These paintings mirror and mediate my struggle toward higher levels of cognition, communication, and humanitarianism.
This series of images describes particular geographical catastrophes, both “acts of God” and acts of men who boast that they are servants of God. It links the fates of Sri Lankan tsunami victims and Gulf Coast flood residents with those of Iraqi and other war torn civilians in acknowledging humankind’s shared vulnerability. These works investigate the global consequences of our failings, the byproducts of our troubled evolution. They blend landscape, figuration, and abstraction to produce signposts for a millennium that has seen much of its optimism vanish. They represent the “state of the Union” without shallow soundbites or appeals for sycophantic applause. They are my way of deciphering and confronting the challenges that face our species.

Gary Comoglio – Knowledge and Destiny

Megan — Fri, 10 Jun 2011 11:23:22 +0000

Gary Comoglio was born in 1968 in Arcadia, CA., grew up in Huntington Beach, CA. and graduated from the San Francisco Art Institute in 1990 with a BFA in Painting. He currently resides in Alameda, California with his wife, Kavita and a beagle, Gilly.
He works at the Academy of Art University in the Fine Art Printmaking Department. His creative mediums are Acrylic Painting and Relief Printmaking. Since 2007, has served on the Board of Directors of the California Society of Printmakers as the Exhibition Director. While serving in this role, he has produced 12 printmaking exhibitions in the bay area, and published an interview with local artist, William T. Wiley.

Relief Printmaking is my primary working medium. My printmaking focuses on fine craftsmanship of unique & self-developed techniques while taking inspiration from Japan, German, and American printmakers. Stylistically, my artwork has gone through several changes over the past 25 years, but currently I am focusing on a variety of single images, segmented by light patterns, naturally abstracted by the tools & materials, and by maximizing the tonal range of colors through a minimal use of printmaking plates/matrix.

My Paintings often replicate the images of my relief prints. I normally hand print 5-10 unique copies of each image in several different color schemes, and use these as the basis for medium and large scale paintings. Often, the paintings will have heavy textures and many layers of paint.

When I am not painting, carving or printing, I have several other passions which include; playing golf, cooking, spending time with family and friends, motorcycling along the magnificent Bay Area’s roads, drinking Sonoma County zinfandels and pinot noirs, eating fine cheeses and chocolates.

For Additional information:
William T Wiley interview: Published by the California Society of Printmakers, Spring 2009 NewsBrief . www.caprintmakers.org

Blog: “The Creative Process of Woodcut Printmaking.” Blog focuses on the challenges in technical and creative aspects of relief printmaking. www.garycomoglio.blogspot.com

Additional Artwork: www.garycomoglio.com

Danielle Giudici Wallis

Megan — Fri, 10 Jun 2011 11:20:06 +0000

Bio 2011
Danielle Giudici Wallis has lived and worked in the East Bay for the past 20 years. She received her MFA from Stanford University where she was the recipient of the Murphy Cadogan Grant, the James Borelli Fellowship in Art, the Anita Squires Memorial Fund in Photography and a fellowship from the Cantor Center for the Visual Arts. Her work has been exhibited widely in the Bay area and beyond including shows at Catharine Clark Gallery, SFMOMA Artists Gallery, The Bedford Gallery, Mark Wolfe Contemporary, Raid Projects in Los Angeles, and The California Palace of the Legion of Honor which holds one of her artist’s books in their Achenbach collection. She has also been nominated twice for SFMOMA’s SECA Award. She will soon be relocating to Southern California and wanted to take this chance to show some of the work she’s done here in Alameda while adjusting to parenthood. Alameda is an inspiring community!

Peter Tonningsen – Dress Up

Megan — Mon, 25 Apr 2011 23:06:08 +0000

April 22 – June 2, 2011
Much of my artwork has in some manner been concerned with things past. In this series I continue that investigation by attempting to reanimate a series of bygone dresses with modern spirit. Each dress is significant to the woman modeling that dress; either being something noteworthy passed down from a previous generation or something worn for a momentous occasion. These pictures are portraits in the traditional sense, but they are also collaborative fictions; a collection or cast of characters choreographed to emulate dolls, playfully pretending or enacting some type of enigmatic personal drama or flight of the imagination.

Our Menu

Megan — Sat, 19 Mar 2011 23:01:47 +0000

March 22nd

We are always updating our menu, check in often for new dishes and delights.

This week’s new delicacies include: …

Upcoming Art Shows

Megan — Sat, 19 Mar 2011 23:00:49 +0000

Upcoming artists include:

Peter Tonningsen – Photographer

Danielle Wallace – Mixed Media

Gary Comoglio – Painter

Thinking about teas

Megan — Sat, 19 Mar 2011 22:58:19 +0000

A wider range of yummy teas coming soon.

Floral Arrangements

Megan — Sat, 19 Mar 2011 22:57:41 +0000

Coming soon.