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AM/PM Magazine
March 10.2004
PAC session (Pacific Art Collective)

Cultural Xposure Through Unity of Art

By Justine Ortiz (Mrs. Joe Black)

If you're described as "living in a cave", it's easy to assume you may not have heard of a PAC session. For those "living outside that ubiquitous box", more than likely you're aware or have even engaged in the collaborative wonder that is PAC session produced by the Pacific Art Collective.

The Pacific Art Collective (PAC) is a Downtown San Jose based exposure group, focused on giving our community cultural exposure through the unity of art and technology. In just 15 months, the PAC has grown to over 200 members with support from their 26 sponsors. PAC's exuberant, unprecedented versatility is obtained, and gracefully sustained. PAC's creators, much like their events, are ever changing in chameleon like ways. Their cutting edge approach in displaying expressive art, enables them to adapt and absorb new surroundings, and seamlessly become each environment.

PAC has showcased their recognized art events at more than a dozen venues throughout the Bay Area exposing venues as well as the artists. Venues such as the SJ Rep Theatre, City Lights Theatre, The Carnelian Room, 5 Color Cowboy, Johnny V's, Waves, & Barbarella share the triumph of a brand new audience and consumer demographic while contributing to the enrichment of our community.

PAC's network of artisans such as painters (Duser/SF post-graf, Ryan Ellison/SJ figurative-surrealist), poets (Mike McGee/SJ Nat. Poetry Slam Champ), musicians (INQ/SJ rock, Datz Hym & Hym 2/Oakland Hip-Hop, Rick Walker/S.Cruz live looping), dancers (Tezkatlipoka/SJ aztek), performance artists (BSCLF/Fremont Kung Fu Academy), comedians (Godnthaflesh/Modesto), photography (Jennifer & Nancy Ahn/SJ), dee Jayz (Gabriel Black/SJ, Rick Preston/S.Cruz, Divinity/Oakland), and many others can be seen guiding the shopping center tour of inspiration and creativity twice monthly.

You see, PAC strives to make San Jose an art capitol for promising gatherings, where people from all over the Bay, and the World, can come together. A closer look at the diversity of each artist and their diverse geographical locations, only further supports their endeavors.

A United Nation's for all artists, PAC session continues to bring artists and audiences from all over the West Coast, here to San Jose.

PAC's always looking for new volunteers and Collective artists!
Pacific Art Collective (PAC)
info@pacificartcollective.com
www.pacificartcollective.com
(408) 298-0450

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