come play with threads of presence and set free whatever is weighing you down!

TICKET LINK: https://tinyurl.com/silviwavechamberSFJune3

FB EVENT LINK: https://www.facebook.com/events/7603855883014176

what do you get when you combine live poetry + a chamber quartet + YOU? a one-of-kind performance monday june 3rd @thelostchurchsf that’s not to be missed!

THIS SHOW IS: LIVE POETRY & CHAMBER MUSIC MAGIC & A SURPRISE YOU WON’T FORGET!

if you don’t know, wave chamber collective is a one-of-kind evening of knocking chamber music tradition off its pedestal by introducing risks, questions, instability, crowds, the unknown—healthy chaotic good. 

founded by musicians, in collaboration with a community of artists, for audiences of everyone.

with poet in residence silvi alcivar (the poetry store) who’s written ~100k custom poems for twice as many people and clients like sfmoma, google, and clothing brands that made her sign nda’s. 

wave’s musicians evan khan, @joy fellows, maya cohon, and pauline kempf have performed with the sf symphony, sf opera, sf ballet, one found sound, the juilliard string quartet, and sting. 

can’t wait to play with you! 

Doors at 7:30pm :: Event from 8:15-9:45pm with one intermission

While some of the show’s music and poetry is prearranged and scripted, for half of the performance none of the performers know what's gonna happen until it's on the page—not even the poet herself! While the quartet plays, and the audience listens, Silvi types then reads the written on-the-spot poem. If you haven't seen this collaboration before, expect an absolutely original experience. The typewriter is another instrument, poetry another line of music. and, get excited: YOU are part of the show too!

the choose your contribution ticket tiers are a direct way of financially supporting all artists in our show. your contribution continues the centuries long practice of arts patronage where musicians and poets are valued members of a culture's currency. every drop you pour into our existence is how a wave becomes an ocean. ($25 Supporter Ticket $45 Patron Ticket $75 Champion Ticket $150 Superstar Ticket) if you’re experiencing financial hardship and cannot afford to support the artists but would like to attend, please contact us. tinyurl.com/wavechambercollectiveNov30

thank you for supporting the livelihood of artists and musicians in san francisco! all proceeds go directly to the musicians and artists. to continue supporting art and the emergence of new experiences, become a patron: www.patreon.com/wavechambercollective and/or www.patreon.com/silvialcivar

www.wavechambercollective.com

Knocking chamber music tradition off its pedestal by introducing risks, questions, instability, crowds, the unknown - healthy chaotic good. Founded by musicians, in collaboration with a community of artists, for audiences of everyone.

silvi alcivar, poet, @thepoetrystore

silvi's work lives in the moment two strangers meet over her red royal typewriter--the anonymity an invitation to speak, the typewriter keys a willing listener. the poetry is almost incidental. the real work is offering what we all want at the core of our humanness—to feel witnessed and connected, present and seen, spontaneous and at play. while best known as an event poet, she's currently collaborating with musicians, classrooms, conferences, and more.

Recommended if you like:

back pocket media, sf symphony meets live painting but poetry, sofar sounds

come see a whole new collection of work! https://www.cityartgallery.org/

city art gallery :: 828 valencia street :: san francisco

opening reception friday nov 3rd 7-10pm

gallery hours :: SUN + WED-THURSDAY 12-9PM :: FRI + SAT 12-10PM

reserve your spot here or rsvp here

Have you ever wondered how mindfulness and meditation might affect your art practice? Do you want some ways to deepen your relationship to yourself or simple techniques to come back to presence when your artist mind is in a rut?

Artist Silvi Alcivar will speak about what meditation is and how, in as little as five to ten minutes a day, a consistent meditation practice can influence not just an artist’s life but also their art. By turning awareness inward, toward compassion for ourselves and acceptance of what is, meditation not only brings to the surface what we might not otherwise see, but can also help us find ease, inspiration, clarity, focus, intuition, authenticity, freedom from unhealthy thinking, motivation, and insight.

Silvi will suggest simple, accessible ways of approaching a practice and offer resources for continuing one. We will begin and end the hour with a short guided meditation. New and experienced meditators alike are welcome.

About the Presenter: Silvi Alcivar's poetry lives in the moment two strangers meet over her red royal typewriter--the anonymity an invitation to speak, the typewriter keys a willing listener. As poet and owner of the poetry store, she writes and sells typewritten custom poetry on-the-spot at events and as art. Since 2008, she’s worked in places as small as someone's living room, as intimate as a funeral, as recognizable as tedX, as close to home as San Francisco and as far off as Kauai. To date, she's written tens of thousand poems for as many people, that now live in wallets, on refrigerators, and an army bunker in Antarctica. She’s also published in anthologies, performed on radio and stage, shown in galleries, maintained residencies, and taught poetry classes to elders. Silvia holds degrees in writing and art from Cornell University and Penn State. Her work, informed by mindfulness practice, lives in pursuit of quiet via intimacy of scale, meaning, and the medium of the typewriter--where writing is a kinesthetic process of remaining in presence and trusting what comes. Visit her website to see poetry, art, and to book events. Follow @thepoetrystore for daily gratitudes and poems and become a patron Here.

About ArtSpan Artist Mixers: ArtSpan produces Artist Mixer events throughout the year to give artists a chance to meet, mingle, and make art with each other. Past events have included studio and gallery tours, bingo games, printmaking, assemblage with recycled objects, letterpress and bookbinding, live model figure drawing, portrait painting, and more! Presently all ArtSpan Mixers are held virtually online for an interactive opportunity to socially create with ArtSpan artists via zoom.

“Poetry, Watercolors and Song” is the first workshop from our new series called Social Art Roundtables. Designed in response to patient and survivor’s need for connection, these community project experiences will give participants the opportunity to create individual pieces of art that are later combined to form unique larger works. The program will feature professionals in the fields of literary, visual and performing arts including children’s book illustrators, music producers and muralists.

Our first Social Art Roundtable is only three weeks away!
Titled “Poetry, Watercolors and Song,” the online workshop will take place on Sunday, March 7th from 1.00 PM - 2:30 PM PST
Poet and educator Silvi Alcivar has designed an afternoon of writing, painting and creativity that is open to pediatric cancer patients and children suffering from other life-threatening illnesses (siblings and caregivers are welcome as well).
After the event, these poems will be translated into classical songs, turned into an anthology, and performed by operatic activist Chelsea Hollow and students from the Ruth Asawa School for the Arts.

To receive the ArtKit, register by February 26, 2021

register here