Modesto Famous - Clayton's

Big Earl and the Crying Shame at Claytons SAT, tonight, at 10

Sat, 20 Sep 2008 22:58:04 -0400

Big Earl and the Crying Shame at Clayton's tonight at 10. Part of new Saturday Shows Schedule. Saw Earl at Rachel Renae CD gone electric last night for Music Junky. Ed Saunders on bass, often at Blue Monday with Valley Rhythm Section.

2 for One art walk special at Clayton's, Tresetti's, $3 off DEVA, etc.

Mon, 18 Aug 2008 17:20:27 -0400

Riverbank Art Walk and Chalk drawing contest comes up August 28, but first its specials for Third Thursday Art Walk. Eric Benson and friends play music for Art Walk, at State Theatre Funky Tim, and 25 venues open for art walk in downtown Modesto.

Funky Tim at State Theatre for ARt Walk, more art walk info

Mon, 18 Aug 2008 17:10:12 -0400

Funky Tim is our music guest for downtown Art Walk at State Theatre. Artists include art demo by Jack Morris, Mary Scheinuck, Jim Christiansen, Carlos Mendes Salcedo, Ellie Gould. Slater's Furniture has added to the list of art walk venues, and drop in on Clayton's and Etouffee, DEVA, Picasso's, Lost Art Gallery, Trewin Framery, Anderson's Gallery and Frame Shop, the Chartreuse Muse, Mistlin Gallery, more.

Clayton's July Schedule, Special Sunday, jazz at Jacob's,

Thu, 17 Jul 2008 14:38:04 -0400

Art Walk at Clayton's tonight and artists are Jim Christiansen and Elizabeth Ingebretsen, Rachel Renae on Fridays, see Saturday for details as its X Fest time, Sunday is Kid Charlemagne, and have a John Griswold note on jazz at Jacob's August 1 and 2.

Local Designers and Jewelers at State Theatre, Art Walk

Wed, 16 Jul 2008 15:56:18 -0400

Great Shopping Art Walk night at State Theatre. http://www.theState.org . Scheduled music guest Joelle Maddyson just emailed she has bronchitis, has to cancel, so come shop our local designers on display.

Plan your Art Walk visit today, What's coming up Third Thursday, this week,

Mon, 14 Jul 2008 12:50:21 -0400

THIRD THURSDAY ART WALK IS THIS THURSDAY, JULY 17.

MAPS are out, look for specials on ad page at DEVA, CLAYTON's, TRESETTI good night of the Art walk.

Its the Downtown Modesto Third Thursday Art Walk work week, and over at

June Art Walk Posters, State Theatre, Claytons' and new maps

Sat, 14 Jun 2008 08:27:47 -0400

Get art walk maps today at the Modesto Blues Festival, and look for the drink specials, food specials, sales tax special and all the venues for this Thursday's Downtown Modesto Third Thursday Art Walk, where, like at Farmer's Market this morning, where Keena Wells and I will have maps, these flyers, and art for sale, you can get this stuff from us, and we do sell art on the art walk, most all the artists want to.

Hot stuff, hot art, too hot, and just warming up

Fri, 16 May 2008 12:40:59 -0400

Hot enough for everyone, or too hot..... well, almost a dip in art walk patrons by the places I was, but hardy crowd that were out, in a pretty good mood, in for the air conditioning, and glad they came out. If you missed the State Show last night, you missed nice use of the stage, bombshell by Pauline and some Keena Wells framing Modesto Bass, some screwups from our first century degree weather, as some additional music on the streets, had Joelle Maddyson make a quick sound check appearance, always good to see her, sad to see her have to leave for the un air conditioned spot on the Street, but music out there on Photographers Gallery corner, and seemed a good crowd for Young Masters show there. I was in our own hot water, as Pauline's MJC photo project, involved the male nude figure, and had these award shots from her classes and shown there, and having to try and explain also, the spot she was in, should be the featured stage spot to see Solo Bass in action, and... they were up, people enjoyed the work, even scary works, which we note Peter Kanestrom sold four, and too hot in the other corner of the top of theatre, David Morgan moved down, we had a great and hot art demo by David Bienkowsky, some good work by Jack McBride, and got a call from Bob Shootenpics Nelson, game gone on, got stuck on assignment, so we redid the show mid art walk, to fill some easels, as for some, health in jeopardy to come out in the heat, and some disorganization as art walk returned to 5 p.m. start in most venues, and good night for me, with first little works sale over at Clayton's, where Keena chillin' as host, working on a new work, as he's sold three recently from the crayon series, as we did blues, music theme, with that Dream Girls painting of Keena's that barely fits in the car, a small Jack Morris Robben Ford, likely involved in a trade to attend Chris Cain on Saturday. Music, well we must have invited Randy Marshall on solo bass, as he was first to buy one of Peter's black and white originals, so you get how this ties in to bass with art....... he wished his part of the bay area doing an event like ours. Penny Meyer had her Carl Robinson painting finished with the varnish on, Judith Cochran a couple of her collages after her first Blue Monday drawing session, and I got talked to on a blues band commission for a friend who has my art on her refrigerator door, so all in all a good night, and still made it to chat with Penny, Sandy, and Christine and Lorena over at DEVA at the after party, found out Steve Kenworthy had come down to Crow Trading but not the State, where I had my framed slam on rye, and portrait of Steve playing his Wednesday gig at P. Wexford's ready to hand out. So, music on the sidewalks, artists, some did pretty well, crowd unable to leave for the air conditioning, with the what they wanted to see, hang out with, so another monthly success on a very hot night. Me, it was too hot in the house, so wrote up the column for Chris Murphy, ever in evidence with the camera while I forgot to bring mine with me. Read the June Modesto View issue, see if the heat got to me, on the wordy side of art.

Art Walk, art, artists, music, dining, Clayton's, State, Trewin, Maps

Wed, 14 May 2008 11:51:25 -0400

You can start your art walk with Clayton's, DEVA, Queen Bean, and end up there, or the After Art Walk Party at DEVA, with visual treats from 5 p.m. to 9 p.m. A lot of good art, and art is for sale, see Efren's blog, and also his article in Riverbank's Rio Arts newsletter.

Off the Air, short review

Sat, 03 May 2008 04:18:56 -0400

I've been framing pics today, for the Visually Impaired Persons Support Center show tomorrow, 9 am to 4 pm, had this sale to partner of one rejected from Spring Show, took the two back from last show, took in the three for Sping Show, tired of art I decided to take a break, see a real show, with art by Angry F on the walls. I'm working on my follow up to my letter to the editor of the Modesto Bee yesterday of the idea of that train and hwy 33 overpass into that park in Patterson in front of City Hall, like Bambi meets Godzilla and how to draw that one out..... so was ready from some time at DEVA. compare my shots to Efren J's.

Off the Air, short review

Sat, 03 May 2008 04:16:48 -0400

Johnny Valdez with Eric Benson at Claytons with ARtists for Art Walk, other art walk news

Thu, 17 Apr 2008 01:47:55 -0400

Special notes on music and art coming Thursday this week, to our 800 Scenic Event next week.

I've had to spend the day with JB and Tim White as we went up on business, including art at the California Institute of Mental Health, Integrated services conferences, and art show, where mention of Modesto Blues Festival, the Downtown Third Thursday Art Walk, etc, some of the projects many of our friends with Recovery and mental wellness, been out and about, benefitting from the experience in our community.

Johnny Valdez with Eric Benson at Claytons with ARtists for Art Walk, other art walk news

Thu, 17 Apr 2008 01:47:40 -0400

Special notes on music and art coming Thursday this week, to our 800 Scenic Event next week.

Clayton's Blue Monday, music and art walk schedule

Mon, 14 Apr 2008 19:28:05 -0400

Tonite, Eric Benson Presents and Clayton's host Blue Monday Jam, headline host band is D.A.R.C. with Aubrey Johnson and Carl Robinson. jam, sit in, live music, things to eat, bar is open

Claytons, Lost Art Gallery, Tenth and H, Art Walk dinnner, art, sculpture

Thu, 20 Mar 2008 10:46:58 -0400

Eric Benson on piano tonite, Keena Wells, Jim Christiansen, other artists, and next door to Clayton's is Lost Art Gallery, sculptures and metal craft by Nevada Silva.