The MilkBar at The Sunshine Biscuit Factory in East Oakland is an artist
curated salon series, established in 2004 as an environment for the
intersection of innovative, contemporary and experimental dance, music,
theater and film.
The MilkBar’s co curators are: Mary Armentrout, Merlin Coleman and Ian
Winters. Their shared curatorial asthetic produces The MilkBar salons in
their vibrant intimate forty seat venue. The Milkbar actively supports site
specific work in and around the Sunshine Biscuit Factory's vast industrial
complex.
These salons host a dynamic and diverse range of artists creating a unique
collage effect of mixed disciplines such as local butoh, experimental
Russian and Turkish film, mixed media photo installations, rooftop performance art with audience participation, and singer/songwriters
Over the past 5 years The MilkBar has evolved into the site of dialogue
between artist and artist, artist and audience, audience and the new.
It is curated and produced by studio members:
Merlin Coleman, Mary Armentrout, and Ian Winters
Special thanks to our funders the Zellerbach Family Foundation, the Clorox Foundation and Meet the Composer.
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Our goal is to show new performance, music, film and installation works for a small and aware studio audience.
To contact us or if you have something to show?
Email us at milkbar AT milkbar DOT org a brief proposal if you'd like to show work, or have a project to propose.
Deadlines: We are currently completing our schedule for regular salons for 2010. .We encourage you to send us info on projects you'd like to show. Our deadline for considering unsolicted proposals is 6 weeks prior to the show.
We will announce info on the next Live Film Festival when it becomes available.
Each show typically features new music, a multimedia performance or installation, and, visual art and of course-- live performance.
merlin mary and ian
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Links to many of past performers/artists
- The action theater ensemble: owen walker, catherine debon, jenny schaffer and julie feinstein
- astrid almkhlaafy
- Mary Armentrout
- Christine Bonansea
- Hilary Bryan
- Mathias Bossi
- Dan Carbone
- Charity Chan
- Adam Chew
- George Cremaschi
- Merlin Coleman
- Kristin Delmage
- Kelly Dalrymple
- Niffer Desmond
- Jason Ditzian and Max Baloian
- Krista DeNio and Ryan Eggensperger
- Inga Dorosz
- Dinah Emerson
- Ryan Eggensperger
- Bob Ernst
- Afrooz Family
- Julie Feinstein
- Ashley Ferro-Murray
- Elise Ficarra
- Evelyn Ficarra and Suse Bohse
- Heather Frasch
- Bulk Foodveyor
- Christy Funsch
- Stefanos Georgantis
- Sonsheree Giles
- Gilbert and Grape
- Sky Grealis
- Natalie Greene
- Jeffrey Hannan
- Lucy H.G. / League of Imaginary Scientists
- igloo : adam, justin, damon palermo
- Matt Ingalls
- Isak Immanuel / Todays Name
- Stine Eva Jørgensen (film w/ Ian Winters)
- Sarah Klein
- Daniel Konhauser
- Dafna Kory with Melinda Hackett
- Eric Koziol
- Sara Kraft
- David Lakein
- Meadow Leys
- Leah Libow
- Scarth Locke
- Andrew Lyndon
- Thollem McDonnas
- Francis Mcilveen
- Lucio Menegon and Laurie Amat
- Susie Meserve
- Modern Garage Movement with Theo Angell, Felicia Ballos, Biba Bell, Jmlly Leary, Robert McNeill
- Dance Monks: Rodrigo Esteva & Mirah Moriarty
- Damond Moodie
- Miranda Mutanta
- Andrey Nastunichev with Derevo
- Maxine Moerman
- Nature Theater of Oklahoma (Tobias, Joshua Bewig, and Rev. Markus Hawkins)
- Vanessa Norton
- Suki O'Kane
- Open Cinema Festival of St. Petersburg, Russia
- Randy Paufve
- Dan Plonsey
- Sue Roginski
- Leslie Seiters
- Jenny Beth Schaffer
- Jonathan Segel
- Minako Seki
- JoAnn Selisker
- Rajendra Serber
- G.P. Skratz
- Edward Schocker
- paige starling sorvillo
- Erin Mei-Ling Stuart
- TWINCEST
- Jen Mayortena Taylor
- Matt Volla
- Andrew Wass
- Sarah Wilson
- Ian Winters
- Lisa Wymore and Sheldon Smith
- Pamela Z
If we've missed you or you'd like a link updated just email us.
A few other friendly groups:
mary armentrout
merlin coleman and minako seki
paige sorvillo
leslie seiters and rachael lincoln
photos by ian winters