TONSTARTSSBANDHT //\\ MIDNITE COBRAS, performed at Cairo a few months back

Short interview with Mike from Run DMT, then Midnite Cobras featuring Mike

Mike from Run DMT & Tonstartssbandht from Joel leshefka on Vimeo.

next silkscreening workshop, OCTOBER 5TH, 7-9 pm

Reserve your spot NOW, for the next workshop on OCTOBER 5TH, from 7-9 pm. Just in time for fall, get started on those projects you've been ruminating all summer! $40 gets you the two hour workshop taking you STEP-BY-STEP through the entire process:

1. What images work well for silkscreening
2. How to re-use and old screen
3. How to create your screen
4. How to print onto paper or textiles with your screen

The $40 also gets you 7 days a week access to our space for that first month. After you've completed the first month you can choose to stay on for $25 a month, or take a break and come back whenever you've got a new project to work on. EASY. email us if you'd like to reserve your spot, AS THIS WILL BE THE ONLY WORKSHOP OFFERED IN OCTOBER. email: alchemy.of.time@gmail.com

Friday the 13th, August 2010

Flexions, Yellow Fever, Stephanie

MORE HERE

2012

space warrior 2010

new jewelry by WORN PATH. new stellar space tanks by SIRIUS B.

AND THE WINNER IS...

...MOTHER FIGURE by Eric Staciwo











You can pick up one of these sweet tees or sweatshirts at Cairo today and everyday from now until the end of time

shop CAIRO from anywhere on the globe via etsy

new items posted daily!!

CairoVintage

new BEETS video, courtesy of OFFTEMPO

Our friend Kenneth runs a great blog called OFF TEMPO

The Beets (pt 1) from Off Tempo on Vimeo.

cairo TSHIRT DESIGN CONTEST deadline july 1st.

We want your designs! CAIRO is having a t-shirt design contest. If we pick your design you win $100! To enter, submit your one-color design in an envelope with your name, phone number and email address by July 1st. You can drop it by Cairo any day of the week 12-7. Entries must be no larger than 11 X 17. Winners will ...be notified by July 15th.

For those living outside of these here hills, you can also email us a low-res image of the design to: alchemy.of.time@gmail.com

YES

sign up for our next SILKSCREENING WORKSHOP, wednesday june 2nd 7-9 pm

Step-by-Step Orientation and Workshop that will prepare you to work in our new silkscreening studio. Workshop Wednesday June 2nd, from 7-9 pm. Cost will be $40, which includes 30 days of access to our studio to create your work!! Studio will have open hours Wednesday 2-6 pm & Thursday-Sunday from 12-6 pm. Once you've completed the workshop, you are then eligible to use the space.

Once your initial month is up, you can take a break for awhile, or continue using the studio at a $25 per month fee. If you do take a break, you can rejoin at any time.

In addition to teaching you how to use all of the equipment, your membership also gets you photo emulsion (one of the most expensive parts of silkscreening!!), access to screen emulsion cleaner (so you can re-use old screens), discounted equipment (such as screens, tote bags), and use of general silkscreening supplies (emulsion applier, squeegee's to apply ink, etc).

What the studio offers:

1. Water-based ink, non toxic environment
2. Four Color Press
3. Exposure unit to create your own screens
4. Flash dryer to set ink on t-shirts
5. Pressure washer and utility sink (to use in cleaning and re-using screens)

What the workshop will cover:

1. What makes a good image to silkscreen
2. How to Re-claim or Re-use an old screen (application of photo emulsion, and exposing of silkscreen)
3. Printing
4. Clean-up

Sasquatch, smatchuatch. STEPHANIE//PILES (s.f.)//LOVE TAN//WITCH GARDENS, saturday may 29th, 7 pm

THIS SHOW WILL BE UNSTOPPABLE!!!

Saturday May 29th, 7 pm, $5/$7 with Stephanie tape

Stephanie (album release)
Piles (SF)
Love Tan
Witch Gardens (first show EVER)

LETS PARTY

USF at Cairo

amazing show this past weekend!

WHITE RAINBOW//usf//BIG SPIDER'S BACK//matt dillon

this saturday, and epic show, for sure. 7 pm, $6. BLOW YOUR MIND.

FRIDAY APRIL 16TH! 7 PM!

the art of ADAM ZEEK (PDX), music by MALLCRAWLERS (PDX), BEL AIR, and BRAINFRUIT! $5/$7 with zineeeeeeeeee. COME!

Former Ghosts, Stephanie, and VERY special guests! Friday April 2nd 8 pm

Former Ghosts from L.A. and one of our favorite Seattle bands, Stephanie, with extra special guests (!!!), 8 pm, $6.

RESERVE your spot for Cairo's 1st EVER SILKSCREENING WORKSHOP

CAIRO officially opens it's water-based silkscreening studio. We will teach you how to make posters and t-shirts for very little $$$. SPACE IS EXTREMELY LIMITED, PLEASE BRING $40 TO CAIRO THIS WEEK TO SECURE YOUR SPOT! we are open from 12-7 every day.

Step-by-Step Orientation and Workshop that will prepare you to work in our new silkscreening studio. Workshop Saturday April 3rd, 2-4 pm. Cost will be $40, which includes 30 days of access to our studio to create your work!! Studio will have open hours Thursday-Sunday from 12-6 pm. Once you've completed the workshop, you are then eligible to use the space.

Once your initial month is up, you can take a break for awhile, or continue using the studio at a $25 per month fee. If you do take a break, you can rejoin at any time.

In addition to teaching you how to use all of the equipment, your membership also gets you photo emulsion (one of the most expensive parts of silkscreening!!), access to screen emulsion cleaner (so you can re-use old screens), discounted equipment (such as screens), and use of general silkscreening supplies (emulsion applier, squeegee's to apply ink, etc).

What the studio offers:

1. Water-based ink, non toxic environment
2. Four Color Press
3. Exposure unit to create your own screens
4. Flash dryer to set ink on t-shirts
5. Pressure washer and utility sink (to use in cleaning and re-using screens)

What the workshop will cover:

1. What makes a good image to silkscreen
2. How to Re-claim or Re-use an old screen (application of photo emulsion, and exposing of silkscreen)
3. Printing
4. Clean-up

Questions? email us at: alchemy.of.time@gmail.com

EEL-EATER, stephanie, WET PAINT, magic johnson, Friday March 26th

Great show this Friday!

EEL-EATER
WET PAINT
STEPHANIE
MAGIC JOHNSON (pdx)

7 pm, $5

Events this WEEK, March 2nd-9th

THREE BIG EVENTS!

Wednesday we continue to show episodes of season one's Twin Peaks! This event is free, bring your own pillow to sit on, and anything you'd like to sip on. Starts at 7pm

Friday we have an amazing music show:

Hoquiam (RECORD RELEASE!)
Blood Mongrel
Generifus

$5, 7pm



Saturday & Sunday Huge sale on vintage goods, we will be converting the back performance space into a 50% off room, for Cairo AND 20twenty goods. Hundreds of amazing gems at 50% off. Come get it!!

EVENTS for the week of Feb. 15th-22nd!

Got three great events this week at Cairo! We are also open 12-7 pm everyday selling vintage, and locally-made clothing and housewares for men and women...see you soon!!

Wednesday FEB. 17th, 7 pm, FREE Every Wednesday night, starting at 7 PM, we will be watching episodes of the early-90s-cult-television show TWIN PEAKS!




Come chill with your favorite Twin Peaks residents every Wednesday starting on the 17th, until we finish all 30 episodes (and movie).

To make this a more authentic experience we will be providing cherry pie, donuts and coffee.

In appreciation of Northwest fashion and Twin Peaks, each wednesdays, all men's and women's FLANNELS will be 15% off (also any items with shoulder pads!).

Thursday FEB. 18th, 7 pm, $7 music by TINY VIPERS, CHARLES LEO GEBHARDT, and SECRET COLORS!! this is going to be an amazing show! come!!



SATURDAY, Feb. 20th, 7 pm, $7 music with REPORTER (pdx), THEESatisfaction, and Sev and the Sins!! YES!

Changes.

Two years ago today we ignored all economic trends and opened Cairo Gallery, a space for emerging local, national, and international artists of all disciplines. We are proud of what we’ve accomplished as a gallery, and every single artist we’ve hosted in our intimate space. We’ve been encouraged and inspired by your support, and especially the depth of your engagement in Cairo, which is why it pains us deeply to tell you that the space as it’s existed is no longer. Cairo as a gallery will not reopen in 2010, though some elements of its former self will persist. Of note, Cairo will continue to be a venue for great music and occasional film...we may even host another modern dance performance, or let Michael and Emma turn this place into a Narnia-esque (sans biblical references) forest again. Unfortunately the regular 6 week art exhibitions will not be back, nor will one of Cairo’s original founders.

This space could never EVER have happened without Justine, there is just no simpler, nor bolder way to state it. Her vision is an inspiration to me, and everyone else she touches. We are all excited to see what she creates next.

We could give you a list of reasons why running a gallery didn’t work out for us, but ultimately we enjoyed the act of curating and engaging artists, more than the act of hosting and selling. We launched Cairo out of a desire to showcase artists and work that we felt would not otherwise be seen in Seattle, and we did it well.

We’d like to take this time to thank the artists who took a chance on a couple of folks with nothing but passion, and gave us such inspired work in return. We hope other galleries and artspaces will take notice of these artists, as their work deserves to be seen more in Seattle:


Aaron Osborn (NYC)
Alika Cooper (LA)
Chad States (Philadelphia b/w of Seattle)
Edie Tsong (Santa Fe)
Pete Kuhov (Santa Fe)
Kyle Ranson (SF)
Nicholas Kamuda (Seattle)
Jesse Brown (Seattle)
Aaron Harris (Seattle)
Stephen Eichhorn (Chicago)
Toby Liebowitz(Seattle)
Heidi Anderson(website is for her twin sister Erika as well (Seattle/LA)
Amelia Bauer(NYC)

All of these artists truly inspire us. They are the reason why Cairo existed in the first place. Thank you all for showing at Cairo.

Thanks also to the following talented and patient Cairo interns: Emily Stebbins, Jennifer Mao, Serrah Russell, Francesca Lohmann, Sacha Parker, Maegan Bell, and Lindsey Schoeneman

Though we are at times incredibly torn about watching elements of what we created together become history, Justine and I are simultaneously very thankful to be returning to just "partners", as opposed to “business partners”. This is not to say we have regrets, we've reveled in even the most difficult interpersonal/business situations, gaining a greater respect for each other and our relationship in process....more on that here:

The Strange Attractor

The next week will bring more information on Cairo, the space, but not the gallery. A new partner for Cairo has also emerged in Aimee Butterworth, formerly of 20twenty, and one of the driving forces behind The Holy Mountain, a venue for incredible music in Seattle. We’ve chosen to keep the Cairo name, because we think the new space still properly reflects the mission statement written two years ago, which we reprint below. Cairo has never been just one thing, we've lived in each moment of our two years, morphing and adapting, while keeping the integrity of it's original vision completely intact. Cairo is an ever evolving entity. As long as people find a place and a time to engage it, we will continue to tweak, sustain, and grow it.

Mission Statement: Cairo is a forum for creative inquiry and exposure, showcasing visual arts, design, performance, sound, film, and artist-in-residence opportunities. We renegotiate the traditional relationships between artist and institution in partnership with our visiting artists, and, in the process, create an ever-evolving arts space open to all kinds of circumstance.

Sincerely,

Joel Leshefka

Cairo Collection Tshirts !

Cairo Collection Tshirts ! Designed by artists Justine Ashbee, Nicholas Kamuda, Jesse Brown . . . Super deliciously soft tees - get your own here

http://cairocollection.bigcartel.com/

TWO BIG NIGHTS///12.18 & 12/19

FRIDAY 7 PM: CMRTYZ trunk show, with FREE music by PRISON<>TIME COPZ<>INDIAN WARS

Event shirt by CMRTYZ:


CMRTYZ shredders:


SATURDAY 7PM music by KARL BLAU, WET PAINT, and SLIPPERS (USA), $5

ECLECTIC MAGIC now open!! come party tonight!

Open everyday from 12-6 until January 3rd!!

SNEAK peak at some designs for Eclectic Magic.

Stacey Rozich


Darin Shuler

We've been busy commissioning some new t-shirt designs for December's pop-up store, opening December 3rd. here is a sneak peak at two of the 6 local artists we'll be featuring:

Eclectic Magic at Cairo, Dec. 3rd-Jan. 3rd.

Eclectic Magic, open 12-6 everyday from December 3rd - January 3rd

Vintage---Music---Art---Local Designs

Opening party with music by WILD ORCHID CHILDREN, ALASKAS, and STEPHANIE. Friday December 4th at 7 pm. COME HANG.

EXPO 87, November 19th-21st, 2009

FULL SCHEDULE AND LINE-UP. thursday night is free/donation, FRI&SAT, $10 for all day pass at both venues.

A-ROOM-A-LOOM October 21st 6-10pm

A-ROOM-A-LOOM
JULIA SHERMAN

Wednesday October 21, 2009 – 6-10pm

Cairo is thrilled and proud to announce the opening ceremony of A-ROOM-A-LOOM, a traveling community interactive woven installation, project established by artist Julia Sherman.

Come help WEAVE! At the opening reception, Wednesday October 21, 6-10pm, & Cairo doors will be open the following weekend October 24 & 25, 12-6 pm. Please email cairocollection@gmail.com to set up other weave times on week nights and for the following week! Please bring materials to weave*

Description: A-Room-A-Loom is a site-specific weaving experiment. With consideration for the architecture of the gallery, the loom uses the building’s walls to turn a room into a simple machine. With the loom spanning the width and breadth of the space, approx 6 feet x 14 feet, viewers are invited to become a part of the woven field! This loom is a very simple incarnation of what can be a very complex craft, and people are thrilled to have the opportunity to pick up the basics so quickly and with so little pressure. Anyone can be taught how to weave on the A-Room-A-Loom in a matter of minutes. Participants often form new friendships while sharing stories about the materials they bring in.

Past A-Room-A-Looms at Workspace in Los Angeles and Copy Gallery in Philadelphia have generated a curiosity for weaving and empowered the viewer to co-create a large-scale artistic project, via basic hands on interaction. *Some past materials that used have been: Dog fur, weeds from a neighbor’s garden, a blanket from distant travels, bubble wrap, the yellow pages, an ex-girlfriend’s pajamas, John Baldessari’s toilet paper, audio cassette tape, and tons of old clothes. The possibilities are endless!

It is super easy to learn! And super fun to do! Bring any and all materials you can think of, and let’s weave A-ROOM-A-LOOM at Cairo!

A-ROOM-A-LOOMs have been built in several cities, including Providence, Chicago, Nashville, Los Angeles, Vancouver-BC, Philadelphia, & New York. These pieces will take part in a large exhibition, as a group of woven A-ROOM-A-LOOMs.

ARTIST WEBSITE: JULIA SHERMAN

View other exhibitions at galleries here:

WORKSPACE GALLERY

COPY GALLERY

For more information, please contact Justine Ashbee and Joel Leshefka at email: cairocollection@gmail.com

Home, Wednesday Sept. 30h, 7-9 pm

Continuing our series of Intern-curated events, please join us for Home, brought to you by recent Providence transplant, Francesca Lohmann. Please join us Wednesday September 30th, 7-9 pm

A group show exploring the concept of "home", with selected works by Seth Clark, Sarah Cuno, James Ewart, Maureen Halligan, Marisa Keris, Francesca Lohmann, Anna Lynett, Annie Medina, Ana Mikolavich, Allison Roberts, Duncan Scovil, Nicholas Simpson, Henrik Soderstrom, Melissa Tyson, and Jay Zehngebot.

Gathered from a group of young artists across the continental United States, the work in this show is a response to the question “What constitutes your experience of home?” Not yet at the age when we have truly settled, we are still in the process of constructing “home” for ourselves in both a physical and emotional sense. Friends, family, old stories, and familiar objects are the tangible characters that inform our internal conception of "home" and ground us with a sense of place.

Nat Damm Poster Show.

Thanks to everyone that came out, and to Nat, for persistence and vision within his field...he's come a long way since making that first poster at Ground Zero way back when.

9/26 & 9/27 Ten Years of Poster design, by Nat Damm. A two day special event hosted by Cairo

Please join us this Saturday from 6-10 pm for ten years of poster design by Seattle artist, Nat Damm. show will also open Sunday September 27th from 12-6 pm. For more information about the show and artist:

Nat Damm

The poster show will feature OVER 100 11x17 street posters and heaps of silk screened posters from over the past ten years. We're talking old school folks, posters from The Sit & Spin, Graceland, I-Spy, The Breakroom, Vera and The Paradox. There will of course be work from Neumos, El Corazon, The Crocodile, The Showbox, Chop Suey, not mention venues from all over the country. As if it couldn't get any better he'll be unveiling several large and in charge life size silk screens of drum sets as well. Friends of Nat will also know that where Nat goes, beer is. Bring friends.

Our Family, curated by Serrah Russell

We had the pleasure of working with three fantastic interns this past quarter. Each was asked to complete their time at Cairo by hosting an event of their choosing. First up is Serrah Russell, who curated Our Family, which opens Thursday September 17th at 6 pm, and shows through the weekend. Please join us. Description of the show below.






Welcome home to broken bones and silver spoons, to play houses and stitched up wounds.

A group show of drawings, deconstructions and collages by Paige Fukuhara, Lilly Hern-Fondation, and Julia Salamonik.

As we are cleaning, we find them under a bed. They appear and distract us when on a hunt for something else. After an estate sale, they remain unsold, enduring memories of those who have gone before us. They are monumental and symbolic, but they are also banal, blurry and left for discard. As these images become far removed, stories fail us and names escape us, scenarios are imagined and memories constructed, with wishful thinking and tragic deceptions.

The connection of past events to present life is impossible to sever, even when our minds can not recall the reasons for their grasp. This connection has prompted us to make our own family, to distill, to memorialize and to alter, in order to understand. And in doing so, our family images become less specific, less referential of yours or mine. It becomes ours.