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EMERYVILLE CELEBRATION OF THE ARTS ANNOUNCES

36th ANNUAL EMERYVILLE ART EXHIBITION
OCTOBER 8 – 30, 2022
11am-6pm, Wednesdays - Sundays

Opening Reception, 6-9pm, Friday, October 7, 2022

Public Market Emeryville, 5905 Shellmound Street
Emeryville, CA

Emeryville Celebration of the Arts, Inc. is proud to announce the 36th Annual Emeryville Art Exhibition, a juried exhibition featuring over 150 artworks created by 93 Emeryville artists. The exhibition is open October 8 – 30, 2022, from 11am to 6 pm, Wednesdays through Sundays at 5905 Shellmound Street, Emeryville, CA. The opening night reception at 6 pm, Friday, October 7 is an opportunity to meet the artist and get the first look at the artwork on display, with music by The doRiaN Mode: Vintage Jazz & Blues; no-host bar raises funds for the Emeryville Youth Art Program. Admission to the reception and exhibition is free. For details regarding current covid protocols, directions, and Emery-go-round stop, log onto www.emeryarts.org or call 510/652-6122.

For more than three decades the Annual Art Exhibition has showcased the vast and varied talents of new and established artists that live or work in Emeryville. The exhibition continues to serve as an annual celebration of the city’s thriving collective creativity and an invitation for community members and visitors to experience a sampling of artwork created by local artists. Each year a jury of Bay Area art professionals select the pieces for the annual exhibition. The result is a carefully curated group show featuring the works of nearly 100 artists and craftspeople that live or work in Emeryville. The annual exhibition is held at a different location every year – donated by a local Emeryville business. The Public Market Emeryville, owned by Oxford Properties in partnership with City Center Realty Partners, has generously offered exhibition space for the 36th Annual Exhibition at the south end of this lively artisan food eateries destination.

“After all these years, I continue to be amazed -and grateful- for the enthusiasm and generosity of our exhibition site donors and this year is no exception,” said Sharon Wilchar, exhibition coordinator. “As fate would have it, the 36th Annual space at the Emeryville Public Market has us returning to the site of our very first Exhibition in 1987. But so much has changed for the City of Emeryville and for this venue. The Public Market has blossomed with sophisticated dining choices and now includes a beautiful community park, contemporary residential spaces, public art, and much more.”

The exhibition is open to artists of all media and includes paintings, sculpture, photographs, prints, ceramics, textiles, and glass works. This year’s exhibition includes contributions of poetry and dance, featuring a site-specific dance performance by Nancy Karp + Dancers, and an ekphrastic poetry workshop and readings with former Emeryville Poet Laureate Sarah Kobrinsky.

The contributing artists include painters Frank Cole, M. Louise Stanley, Foad Satterfield, Lenore McDonald, and Steve Bronson; clay artists Cuong Ta, Bill Schwob, and Lena Badhia; photographers Bonnie Thomas, Kevin Twomey, Ronald Davis, and Pam Mendelsohn; printmakers Cianna Valley, Nora Pauwels, and Kazuko Watanabe; Gail Tarantino, Michele Théberge, Robin Bernstein, and Erin Fong working in mixed media; sculptors Ken Kalman, Mari Andrews, Roger Bash, and John Whitehead; textile artists Ana Lisa Hedstrom, and LaRae Schneider; glass artist Tali Grinshpan. Most works in the 36th Annual Art Exhibition are for sale.

Independent curator and exhibition designer Kathleen Hanna is curator and juror.

“Although thirty-six years is a very long life in the world of community arts organizations, Emeryville Celebration of the Arts at thirty-six is a thriving and developing youngster,” said Kathleen Hanna, exhibition curator and juror. “Among the many reasons for this longevity: a community bursting with creative talent, an intelligent and determined administrator continuously at the helm since the project’s inception, interest and active volunteerism in the community as a whole, the generosity of the business community and support from city government.”

The other 2022 jurors are Kimberley Acebo Arteche, Co-Director, Berkeley Art Center and Emebet Korn, Founder/Director of Desta Gallery, Mill Valley.

“It’s always exciting to support flourishing artist communities like Emeryville,” said Kimberley Acebo Arteche, Co-Director, Berkeley Art Center. “This year’s artist selections are a representation of Emeryville as a whole: it is growing, diversifying, and expanding through the perspectives of the artists that live in the city. I hope artists continue to feel empowered to share their voices and stories in future years of the Emeryville Celebration of the Arts!”

Juror Emebet Korn, Founder/Director of Desta Gallery, Mill Valley also expressed her congratulations to the artists who submitted their works to the 36th Annual Emeryville Art Exhibition. “The broad spectrum of subject matters, materials, and techniques used in this body of submissions was engaging and exciting,” Korn said, “I was moved by the artists’ sense of exploration and creative expression. I believe the diverse artwork selected for the exhibition will offer the audience an enriching and enjoyable experience.”

Along with the impressive collection of visual art, the 36th Annual Exhibition continues to include a celebration of performance and literary arts. Nancy Karp + Dancers will perform selected duets and trios from the company’s newest work, fly through the night, and land near dawn. Emeryville’s former Poet Laureate Sarah Kobrinsky will lead an ekphrastic poetry writing workshop and reading, with poems inspired by the collection of works on display. The dance performance, poetry workshop (limited number) and reading are open to the public, for details visit www.emaryarts.org.

The Annual Emeryville Art Exhibition is sponsored by Emeryville Celebration of the Arts, Inc. The mission of the non-profit Emeryville Celebration of the Arts, Inc. is to foster an appreciation of the arts and artists of Emeryville, to promote the city as a culturally vital and progressive center for living and working, and, most recently, to partner with the City of Emeryville in the Rotten City Emeryville Cultural Arts District, a program of the California Arts Council. The Annual Emeryville Art Exhibition continues to support this mission by providing a free public venue, open to all, to experience the rich diversity of artistic expression of those who live and work within the city of Emeryville. 

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CALENDAR LISTING - ART EXHIBITS:

What: 36th Annual Emeryville Art Exhibition

Celebrating the art and artists in Emeryville, this juried group show features more than 150 pieces of artwork by 96 Emeryville artists. The exhibition is open to artists of all media and includes paintings, sculpture, photographs, prints, ceramics, textiles, jewelry, and glass work, along with a special site-specific dance performance and poetry workshop and reading. The East Bay enclave of Emeryville is well known for its active and diverse arts community and this exhibition serves as the city’s annual celebration of its thriving collective creativity. Each year a panel of Bay Area art professionals selects the pieces for the annual exhibition. The result is a carefully curated group show offering a sampling of the vast and varied works of local artists and craftspeople.

The Annual Emeryville Art Exhibition is sponsored by Emeryville Celebration of the Arts, Inc.. Independent curator and exhibition designer Kathleen Hanna is curator and juror. The other 2022 jurors are Kimberley Acebo Arteche, Co-Director, Berkeley Art Center and Emebet Korn, Founder/Director of Desta Gallery, Mill Valley.

When:
36th Annual Art Exhibition is Open Wednesdays through Sundays
11am – 6pm, October 8–30, 2022

Opening Night Reception
6pm, Friday, October 7, 2022

Cost:
FREE - donations encouraged

Where:
5905 Shellmound Street, Public Market Emeryville, Emeryville, CA

Public Info:     www.emeryarts.org or 510/652-6122

CALENDAR LISTING – ART OPENINGS

What:
36th Annual Emeryville Art Exhibition Opening Night Reception

Celebrate art and artists in Emeryville. Meet the artists and get the first look at the artwork on display in the 36th Annual Emeryville Art Exhibition, a juried show of 96 artists and craftspeople who live or work in Emeryville. Music by The doRiaN Mode: Vintage Jazz & Blues; no-host bar raises funds for the Emeryville Youth Art Program.

 When:
Opening Reception, 6-9pm, Friday, October 7, 2022

Cost:
FREE - donations encouraged

Where:
5905 Shellmound Street, Public Market Emeryville, Emeryville, CA

Public Info:     www.emeryarts.org or 510/652-6122

CALENDAR LISTING – ART EVENT / DANCE / SITE-SPECIFIC PERFORMANCE

What:
NANCY KARP + DANCERS
Selected Excerpts from fly through the night, and land near dawn
36th Annual Emeryville Art Exhibition hosts a special site-specific dance performance of selected duets and trios from Nancy Karp + Dancers’ newest work, fly through the night, and land near dawn. The complete new work premieres October 28-30, 2022 at the Dresher Ensemble Studio in Oakland in celebration of the dance company’s 40th Anniversary Season.

When:
3-4pm, Sunday, October 9, 2022

Cost:
FREE - donations encouraged

Where:
5905 Shellmound Street, Public Market Emeryville, Emeryville, CA

Public Info:
www.emeryarts.org or 510/652-6122

CALENDAR LISTING – ART EVENT/ POETRY READING WITH JAZZ

What:
Annual Emeryville Art Exhibition Poetry Reading with Sarah Kobrinsky
Sarah Kobrinsky, Emeryville’s former Poet Laureate, hosts a reading of poetry amidst the artwork of nearly 100 artists and craftspeople who live or work in Emeryville. Sarah will be joined by local jazz musicians with poets reading works inspired by the art on display.

When:
2-4pm, Saturday, October 30, 2022

Cost:
FREE - donations encouraged

Where:
5905 Shellmound Street, Public Market Emeryville, Emeryville, CA

Public Info:  www.emeryarts.org or 510/652-6122