12/1/2005 -
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Contact: Joao de Brito
Phone: 408-348-3400
New Art Gallery Debuts in Oakland’s Industrial Area
OAKLAND, CA—On December 10, 2005 from 6-8:30, The Stone Art Gallery on 50th Avenue in Oakland will hold a grand opening celebration in which local and internationally renowned artists will display paintings and sculptures. According to impressionist/figurative painter and Gallery Director João de Brito, the city’s newest gallery will become a creative community that features a wide variety of talent and attracts art enthusiasts from around the world.
“We believe that the city of Oakland will become an East Bay destination for those who appreciate fine art,” says De Brito who travels extensively throughout, the U.S. and Europe to paint in oils en plein aire. “We’re very encouraged and excited because this undertaking works in tandem with other local redevelopment and renewal projects that are bringing out the best of this culturally rich region.“
De Brito’s works will be the first to be on exhibit at The Stone Art Gallery. His art is influenced by great French fauvists, California impressionists and Oakland’s Society of Six, though he often incorporates his Portuguese roots into his works. With connections to the Northern California Portuguese community, de Brito will donate 25% of sales from his paintings to San Jose’s Portuguese Heritage Museum during his two-month showing that ends January 31st.
Nudged between industrial buildings and factory warehouses at 600 50th Avenue, and sharing space with two other businesses, The Stone Art Gallery’s
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Grand opening will also feature the works of Jamie Abbott, well known in Northern California for his sculpting talents and Maria Leal da Costa, international known sculptor.
“Creative energy feeds off of creative energy,” says de Brito, “Therefore, I see this gallery as a place of intense inspiration.”
With a heart for visual art since early childhood, de Brito realized that the East Bay lacked sufficient space to highlight the works of artists, so he took action. “There is every reason to put Oakland on the fine arts map,” explains de Brito. “Art is truly part of Oakland’s past and a needed link to our future.”
At Present exhibits at The Stone Art Gallery will be featured for two months at a time.
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