Secret Sushi Social: Get Creative!

Join us August 5th from 7 pm - 10 pm for the “Secret Sushi Social: Get Creative!” event. We will be developing your creative side by collaborating with two wonderfully creative individuals and an art & tech organization to host this awesome Summer social and networking event.

Bay area resident and artist Sonya Paz will be opening up her Campbell gallery to host the event. We will also be joined by the talented Southern California artist Natasha Westcoat who will be producing artwork in real-time during the event.

Zeum: San Francisco’s Children’s Museum will also be there to give you a taste of one of their creative exhibits: The Animator’s Studio. Zeum will inspire the kid in you to come out and play… you’ll see!

Sticking with the theme of the event, there will be some additional things going on to let you release your creative side and walk away with something fun & unique.
 

The event includes appetizers and drinks and some great raffle prizes.

Tickets are $11 before August 1st and $16 after. 

All proceeds for this event are going to Zeum: San Francisco’s Children’s Museum. Serving the Bay Area for over a decade, Zeum is an incredible multimedia arts & technology museum for kids of all ages, located directly behind the Zeum Carousel in the Yerba Buena Gardens. The funds will go directly to the ZeumMasters Teen Internship Program (click for more info).

• When: Thursday August 5th 7 pm - 10 pm 
• Where: Sonya Paz Fine Art Gallery - 195 East Campbell Avenue

Socialize : Facebook, Foursquare, Plancast, Twitter (#sssocial)

Hosts

Secret Sushi Creative

Founded in 2006 by Adam Helweh, Secret Sushi is new media design, development and marketing company located in the Silicon Valley. Secret Sushi works with clients from all over the country to help them understand, devise, build, and maintain their digital marketing presence in a quickly changing business environment. Building a loyal client base and having a tight-knit, talented team has allowed Secret Sushi to steadily grow, despite challenging economic times.

website: www.secretsushi.com

Twitter: @secretsushi

Sonya Paz

Artist Sonya Paz is creating a new direction in the Pop Art movement through her exuberant use of color and playful forms. Colors and shapes that explode off her canvas' and you will find yourself reaching for more. Engaging yet simple, motivating and energized, colors that pulls you in like a vortex... all through her wild creative and positive attitude. 

Sonya's paintings and vivid images are a reflection of her California roots and her passion and love for life. This passionate expression and creative attitude represent an optimistic view of her world. Her works are inspired by cubist style elements and the Pop Art movement. Seasoned by traveling the world to study art and its history, Sonya has a passion for Modern Art, Pop Art, Cubism, and Surrealism. These influences can be seen in her work, where traditional styles compete with modernized pop art imagery fancied over the past 30 years. 

Over the past few years her art has been exhibited at a number of venues; these include elSol Vineyards, Effusion Gallery and at ArtExpo International in New York City. She is represented by many galleries in the United States. Her works are presently on display at the PoP Gallery at the Walt Disney Resort in Orlando, Florida, Pop Gallery in Santa Fe, New Mexico, the HoyPoloi Gallery in Chicago, HayStack Gallery in Cannon Beach, OR and amongst several restaurants, museum shops and wineries around the country. 

website: www.sonyapaz.com

Twitter: @sonyapaz
 

Natasha Westcoat

Self-propelled by both ambition and furious inspiration, Natasha Wescoat began selling her work online at age 22. Through the use of Social Media and auction sites like eBay, she began her art career. Since 2004, over 1000 original works have graced private and corporate collections worldwide and Wescoat has garnered attention from high profile studios and classrooms around the world. Her work is inspired by artists like Takashi Murakami, Tim Burton, Andy Warhol and Picasso's Blue period. Her experience as a musician, dancer and actress have played an integral part in the way she expresses herself through her art. High energy and emotion are a recognizeable signature in her style.

It is because of her unconventional approach to marketing and promoting her art that she has been able to support herself for over 5 years and been approached to work with shows likeABC's Extreme Makeover Home Edition, a Lifetime Channel original movie and the blockbuster film, Marley & Me. As part of Abrakadoodle's artist of distinction program, Wescoat's work is being taught in schools nationwide.

Natasha is active in a variety of groups, donating work to worthy causes like Social Media For Social Change, Twestival and the Black Card Circle Foundation. In 2007, Natasha was named "Emerging Artist and Trendsetter" by Art Business News, the largest trade publication in the U.S. In February 2009, the artist exhibited her work at the Ritz-Carlton. Her art continues to be requested by significant players in the entertainment and new media scene. Her licensed art is now becoming part of merchandise around the nation, being found in stores like Barnes & Noble, Bed Bath & Beyond and Aarons Brothers art and framing.

As an avid blogger, Natasha has participated in events teaching creatives and business owners about utilizing the web. She is the co-founder of Create Live which brings together creatives and tech to collaborate and learn about opportunities through social media. 

website: www.natashawestcoat.com

Twitter: @natasha

Zeum

Zeum: San Francisco’s Children’s Museum is a hands-on, multimedia playground for kids of all ages.  At Zeum, families get to explore their creativity through clay animation, digital arts, special effects, music videos, and more. We believe that the success of the next generation will hinge not only on what they know, but also on their ability to think and act creatively as global citizens. Our mission is to nurture the 3Cs of 21st-century literacy – Creativity, Collaboration, and Communication - in all youth and their families.

Zeum is a nonprofit 501(c)(3), community-based organization.

website: www.zeum.org

Twitter: @zeum