Sunday, May 1st 2011

Join us in historic Jack Kerouac Alley as we celebrate 10 years of our Art in the Alley series. Come peruse the creations of our awesome local artists. See you there!

Art In The Alley, May 2nd!

On Sunday, May 2, 2010, Kerouac Alley in North Beach will once again be transformed into an open-air art gallery when we hold our annual Art in the Alley event - now in our tenth year!

Over 25 emerging and established artists will showcase their work in the alley named for one of North Beach's most famous Beat icons. An eclectic variety of creativity will be on display including painting, printmaking, fine art glass, art books, photography, mixed media, jewelry and a unique publisher, Submarine Press.



Art in the Alley honors the irreverent spirit of North Beach by creating an opportunity for both local and regional artists to strut their stuff. Janet Clyde, manager of Vesuvio, feels it's an ideal way to give back to the community of artists who have supported the bar over the years, and to celebrate this fabled neighborhood and its artistic roots.



Those wishing to get a sneak preview of work by the participating artists should stop by Vesuvio and check out the Art in the Alley Group Show, on display from April 15 - 30.


2008 Best of the Bay Award, Editor's Pick, SF Bay Guardian - 'Best Beat Keeps Boppin': North Beach has come a long way since the days when Lawrence Ferlinghetti et al. drank gallons of cheap red wine at Caffe Trieste. Though it's now more frat boy than the best minds of a generation starving, hysterical, and naked, North Beach does sometimes remember its poetic beat heritage. For a weekend each May, Kerouac Alley — recently repaved with cobblestones and stone tablets engraved with quotes by Western and Chinese poets — is home to dozens of emerging and established artists showcasing their recent work in the open air for Art in the Alley. Live music, painting, poetry, and sculpture bring back the creative bohemian buzz that enveloped North Beach before the blonde beer haze did, and the art is always on display at fab sponsor Vesuvio bar for a couple of weeks before the festival. Perhaps best of all, at the end of the alley is surreal karaoke bar Bow Bow's, where bartender Mama Candy serves a mean Tokyo Tea. After some heady art and a couple of those, you'll be shouting lines from Howl yourself."

Art in the Alley rescheduled, now on May 10th!

Sunday, May 10, 2009
noon to 6pm

Spontaneous Jazz combustion featuring Vesuvian Andy in the trio: Alt Tal



ARTISTS: John Kraft, Mary Ann Scanlan, Adam Gastelum, Lars Laurinovics, Coco Hayward, Hugh Linn, Graham Linn, Vince Storti, Marsha Bellavance, Riki Chen, Ronald Sauer, Fanny Renoir, Jennifer Barone, Edward Barone, Samantha Kopf, Constantina, Phyllis M Grosz, Josephine Ramos, Julia Farrow, David Lovins, Hilary Williams, Zabrina Tipton, Eric Brooks, Jason Pogo, Abi McCannon, Rosemary Manno, Roger Strobel, Danny Machiarini, Rebecca Peters, Emma Macchiarini Mankin, Jessica Loos, Elizabeth Ashcroft, Funky & Fabulous, Van & Ello

Vesuvio : Art in the Alley

Art Event: Art in the Alley – Outdoor Art Exhibition

Date: Sunday, May 4, 2008 - 12 to 6 p.m.

Location: Kerouac Alley in North Beach @ Columbus & Broadway ~
Between City Lights Bookstore & Vesuvio

Contact # for Listing / Day of show info: Vesuvio, 362-3370, www.vesuvio.com

Music: AlTal ~ Jazz Trio

Sponsors: Vesuvio, North Beach Chamber of Commerce & Pilsner Urquell

Organizer: Elizabeth Ashcroft - 415-263-8959 – artinthealley@yahoo.com

On Sunday, May 4, 2008, the beautifully renovated Kerouac Alley in North Beach will once again be turned into an open-air art gallery when we hold our 12th Art in the Alley event. The alley is now a delightful, stroll-friendly cobblestone pedestrian way embedded with engraved tablets featuring quotations by LiPo, Confucius, Lawrence Ferlinghetti, and, of course, Jack Kerouac himself - among others - successfully creating both a literal and literary link between North Beach and Chinatown.

Over 25 emerging and established artists will showcase their work in the alley named for one of North Beach's most famous Beat icons. There will be something to appeal to the art lover in everyone - art books by Jack Carter, jewelry by Colleen Maur, drawings of North Beach by Elizabeth Ashcroft, whimsical sculptures by Cherry Elliot, silk screen prints and funky dolls by Hilary Williams and evocative collage ensembles by Rebecca Peters - just to mention a few of the artists exhibiting their work on the 4th......

AlTal will serenade the crowd throughout the afternoon.

Art in the Alley honors the irreverent spirit of North Beach by creating an opportunity for both local and regional artists to strut their stuff. Janet Clyde, manager of Vesuvio, feels it's an ideal way to give back to the community and to celebrate this fabled neighborhood and its artistic roots.

Those wishing to get a sneak preview of work by the participating artists should stop by Vesuvio and check out the Art in the Alley Group Show, on display from April 15 - 30.

Contacts: Elizabeth Ashcroft -- 415-263-8959 – artinthealley@yahoo.com Janet Clyde -- 415-362-3370 - janet@vesuvio.com

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See pictures from the May 2004 Art in the Alley
See pictures from the October 2003 Art in the Alley
See pictures from the September 2002 Art in the Alley