Rocier Collective presents Paintings by David Schonhoff

Rocier Collective hails from San Diego, and they're taking their show on the road this January to present a series of paintings by David Schonhoff here at Actual Cafe. Opens January 11th, 8pm, and runs through early Feb. Don't miss it!

  • Nerd/Cool is up! See for yourself…

    Nerd/Cool is up! See for yourself...

    April 14th, 2012

    Lots of really cool stuff in our Nerd/Cool show, and a great opening last night. Sorry I didn't get a chance to post a preview before the opening, but better late than never, right?[...]

    April art show: Nerd/Cool opens April 13

    April art show: Nerd/Cool opens April 13

    March 31st, 2012

    We've got another great group show coming up in April. It's called Nerd/Cool, and it's packed full of great artists, including Jen Oaks, Maggie Hurley, Beca Irizarry, Steven Chunn, and Billy Darr. Drawing on video games, scifi, comics, and the more f[...]

    Welcome to our new wordpress site and blog

    Welcome to our new wordpress site and blog

    March 28th, 2012

    Hey, kids. We've been working for a while now on our new wordpress site - I've spent dozens of my own hours massaging content and migrating blog posts from our old blog and art blog, creating new promotional slides for events, updating and format[...]

    Sneak Preview: Paper Trails (a zine show) – opens Friday 3/9

    Sneak Preview: Paper Trails (a zine show) - opens Friday 3/9

    March 14th, 2012

    The folks at Rock Paper Scissors, Fly Away Mobile Zine Library and Rad Dad are busy right now making holes in our walls and hanging zines everywhere...here are a couple early shots to whet your appetite. Don't miss the opening, tomorrow (Frid[...]

    on March 3 – a mini opening for a new series of portraits by Lena Zentgraf

    on March 3 - a mini opening for a new series of portraits by Lena Zentgraf

    February 22nd, 2012

    Lena shot a series of portraits during the opening of Alternate Takes (the show that's still hanging in the cafe). She'll be back to display the result of that shoot, and do another portrait sit and shoot. These are really striking portraits - you[...]

    Upcoming show: Paper Trails (a zine show) – opens March 9

    Upcoming show: Paper Trails (a zine show) - opens March 9

    February 14th, 2012

    We're excited to announce another collaborative art show - this time partnering with the Rock Paper Scissors Collective and Tomas Moniz of Rad Dad Zine. Paper Trails is a zine-themed show, encompassing hundreds of zines, many of which are locall[...]

    new show up…Alternate Takes / People Make the World Go ‘Round

    new show up...Alternate Takes / People Make the World Go 'Round

    February 11th, 2012

    We just opened an excellent new show of portraits in several media (photos, drawings, paintings), by a really talented group of artists: Chloe Crossman, Ashley Eberlein, Sage Redclay, Stephanie Sarley, Daniel Salo, and Jeffrey Chung. Apologies for no[...]

    Images from Live Drawing; also April open drawing workshop coming!

    Images from Live Drawing; also April open drawing workshop coming!

    February 9th, 2012

    Alison Tharp, who's been coordinating our Live Drawing parties (and drawing in them herself), sent on some new photos of last month's event. For those of you who have never been to one of our Live Drawing Parties: a group of artists come out and dra[...]