nature AND the city; walking through both; ART and MUSIC!!!; doing stuff; cruising around on my bike, but my bike is still currently in need of repair; working hard balanced with the feeling that it's hardly work; loving what I do and doing what I love; hanging out and going out; hanging out with good friends and eating good food (together and/or seperately); yoga; breathing; DANCING to good music; playing; finding cool spots to do fun things; flying my little airplane in open spaces; practicing living meditation and mindfulness (when I can remember to, that is). I thrive off good conversation and fresh air. I enjoy going to see good live music and art shows. I do a wide variety of art including illustration, painting, sculpting, drawing, arts and crafts. I do live art, event coordination, curation, promotion, and booking for the local SF creativity scene. I also teach general art, interdisciplinary art, and oil painting to kids, teens and adults... I try to teach life through art... I love my jobs! CREATIVITY is meditation in motion. I like to listen to and play music. I think of myself not so much as a musician but as a dabbler. I play music cuz it feels good. drums, rythym and percussion are cool. loves playin' me geetar too. love to sing, but only belt it out around people I am comfortable with. I also dabble in bass guitar, keyboards/synths, and whatever else there is around. When I'm not doing anything else, I really like to hang out with my cats, drink tea and be mellow. :)
Music
SUPPORT YOUR LOCAL MUSIC (and art) SCENE!!! Represent mothafuckas. :) Music feeds the soul. I heart Charles Mingus, Ella Fitzgerald, Billie Holiday, Duke Ellington, Jaco Pastorius, Head Hunters, Airto Moreira, Flora Purim, Chick Corea, Wes Montgomery, Miles Davis, Zakir Hussain, Babatundi Olatunji, Ravi Shankar, Vince Guiraldi, Dave Brubeck, Louis Armstrong, Tito Puente, John Coltrane, Shakti, John MacLaughlin, Weather Report, Mahavishnu Orchestra, Mochipet, Jazz Mafia, the Brass Mafia, Shotgun Wedding Quintet, Spaceheater, Kneebody, Buddy Guy, Frank Zappa, 70's Yes, Madeline Peyroux, Joni Mitchell, Norah Jones, Feist, Paul Simon, Peter Gabriel, Lady Smith Black Mambazo, the Beatles, the Pixies, the Shins, the Strokes, Eliot Smith, Beck, Nick Drake, Operation Ivy, Fugazi, the Ramones, the Descendents, Crimpshrine, La Plebe, Lewee and the Regals/Get Dead, the Misfits, the Cure, the Yeah Yeah Yeahs, thee Merry Widows, the Hot Toddies, the Postal Service, Coldplay, Nirvana, the White Stripes, Bob Marley, Peter Tosh, Jimmy Cliff, the Allman Brothers Band, Parliment, Prince, Marvin Gaye, Otis Redding, Etta James, Led Zeppelin, Pink Floyd, Grateful Dead, Jimi Hendrix, the Doors, Oh Brother Where Are't Thou? soundtrack, Black Eyed Peas, Beastie Boys, Queens of the Stoneage, Death Cab for Cutie, Modest Mouse, Jane's Addiction, old Red Hot Chili's, and OLD Metallica... to name a few. heehee ...and it's growing all the time.
I love finding new music/bands I like, and I like turning people on to new music.
Movies
not a huge movie person... there's a lot of things I'd rather be doing.
some stuff i do like: Kirosawa stuff (7 Samurai, Rashomon), Nightmare Before X-mas, Lord of the Rings, Spirited Away, cool animation, Baraka, the Secret, arty philisophical stuff, old school skate movies (Search for Animal Chin, Skateboard Madness, Dog Town & Z-boys), sometimes movies with will farrell, adam sandler or ben stiller... monty python, mel brookes movies... they make-a-me laugh :) ..... just saw COLMA the Musical... freakin' hilarious!
Television
again... there's a lot of stuff I'd rather be doing ...don't watch much tv, don't have cable and sometimes think of getting rid of my TV all together, but I was raised on television like a lot of people and it's a hard habit to brake..... :) I'll very, very occasionally watch the Simpsons, King of the Hill, KQED stuff.
Books
I like a bunch of random books and authors. Steinbeck could be my favorite author if his freakin' stories didn't all (for the most part) have unhappy, fucked up, sad, tragic endings (the one's I've read anywho). JRR Tolkein stuff, all of it is awesome. The Little Prince is an awesome and deep book. Shel Silverstein's, The Giving Tree, is a long time fav. I like kids books and folktales. They have cool art and cool stories. I liked Fear and Loathing in L.V., and Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy. I dig Carlos Casteneda, Joseph Cambell, buddist philosophy, and ancient wisdom tradition type books cuz they are mind expanding and trip me out. On the same note, I like, and read a bit about science and physics (string theory is pretty cool, even if it doesn't pan out). I have somewhat recently read: Siddartha, the Prophet, Life of Pi, Idiots Guide to Yoga, Motley Crue Dirt, A Brief History of Time (the illustrated version kicks ass), the Alchemist, Fup, a couple o' Casteneda books, choice portions of the SF Chronicle (Mark Morford and Jon Carroll for sho), and Rob Brezny in SFWeekly. I am currently reading Sweet Thursday by Steinbeck... I hear this one has a happy ending. :)
Heroes
my mom. hardworking political, environmental, humanitarian activists. It's a dirty, depressing job, but someone's got to do it.
...and my friend Brew for holding out as long as he did and being such a happy dog til the very end.:(
About me: Suzie Ferras was born in San Francisco, California and grew up engulfed by San Francisco's unique creative energy and culture. She has been a creative artist since early childhood, and focused in the fine arts and the sciences academically throughout high school and college.
Though her choice of medium can vary widely depending on the project, Suzie specializes in oil painting, illustration and sculpture. She does live art with live music regularly in San Francisco with fabulous local musicians. Her illustration work can be seen featured on Sesame Street and she is currently working on illustrations for an upcoming children's book.
She is an active artist, organizer and curator in the San Francisco arts & music scene. In 2008, she founded the art & music collective, Local365, to facilitate collaboration and cohesion within local creative culture. he has been one of many championing the live art movement in the San Francisco Bay Area, making the fine arts more accessible and tangible to local audiences.
Suzie has also been an an art educator and program director for many years, and has worked with the San Francisco Unified School District to bring art into science classes for children who would otherwise get no art in school.
Suzie Ferras has shown her art at:
de Young Museum
111 Minna Gallery
Space Gallery
Madrone
Balazo 18 Gallery
Cafe Revolution
Art SF
The Condor
Jazz at Pearl's
The Royale
Grant & Green
Bruno's
Cafe Du Nord
1015 Folsom
Club Deluxe
Socha
New Door
Art Attack!
Pacifica Fog Fest
Green Party Campaign Headquarters
Suzie has worked with many fabulous local musiciAns, including:
Marcus Shelby
High Society & Horace-Scope
8 Legged Monster
Jaz Sawyer
Adam Theis & The Jazz Mafia
Mochipet & Daly City Records
Spaceheater
Supertaster
The Park
Classical Revolution
Mike Boo
Teeko & 4OneFunk
Cikee
Lady Fingaz
Mophono
E-Da-Boss
Dead Rap Kids (Dublin & DJ Aspect)
MarkStep Trio
Mike Olmos
Kasey Knudsen
Faye Carole
Cut Chemist
Bloody Snowman
Space Cowboys
Bassnectar
Rogue Element
Glitch Mob
Ren and the Archeologist
I appreciate and enjoy life, and the world around me.
I am a San Francisco native (and hella proud of it). I am compelled to do art and play music, amongst other things. I like people and love life (most days). I was born in the year of the Tiger, be warned. I am a warrior fighting to keep the balance! :) Who's with me?!............................................
The Local365 Videozine: Volume I
Who I'd like to meet: artists, musicians, muses, dancers, thinkers, do-ers, teachers, creative creatures. Nice, honest, open-minded, relatively positive, good people into doing some of the same stuff I am (i.e. art, music, LIFE, creativity, hanging out, going out, dancing, walking, talking and being happy). Partners in crime... the more the merrier. Bodhisatvas. Other warriors.
Interstellar Grains psychedelic rock live at The Boom Boom Room SF this Friday April 10th with Nucleus wich should be a great show.Hope you can make it ,peace.
"Ticklin' The Strings" by Sweet Hollywaiians
Amazing Japanese hot string band playing 1920's, 30's, 40's style hawaiian, swing, calypso, blues, italian music and originals,featuring vintage instruments.3 songs with Robert Armstrong and Tony Marcus(from Robert Crumb and His Cheap Suit Serenaders)
"The Sweet Hollywaiians have probably the best feel for this 20's music of any string band working today. They manage the rare feat of sounding relaxed even when their playing is hot, are top notch musicians with tasteful arrangements and a full, rich, warm sound.Plus, they have a nice gamut of tunes, from King Nawahi to Giovanni Vicari to Bobby Leecan. See them live, if you can, for an unforgettable experience. If you can't, buy their Cds!" ~ Terry Zwigoff
"Top Electronic Artists of 2008 - Savaged edits over schizphreaked beats sizzled Mochipet's great album into our charts…talent populated this sonic bullet. "
edIT (The Glitch Mob) "Mochi is keepin' it hyphy for the asians. "
Lazersword (Briefcase Rockers) "yo man, was just listening to this mochipet track on my itunes a second ago, and was like what the fuck thi
happy happy birthday! hope its a great one.. you should come hear us play Beer Friday @ Devil's Canyon Brewery Friday, January 30th 6-8PM for a free, all ages show in Belmont :) www. myspace. com/theamericaneconomy
heck yeah, SF Suzie! Hella supportin' the homies & the local San Francisco creative culture of which we are all a part!!!! ya gettin' hungry yet? xo ;)
