Closing this Saturday! Exquisite Little Things

Please join us on the last day of Exquisite Little Things this Saturday!
Please scroll down for information about this and other events in the gallery!

 

 

You are invited to join us for our 
2nd Saturday Holiday Reception for Exquisite Little Things
December 14, 5:00 – 7:00 pm 
the gallery will be open at noon

 

We hope you won't miss our third Exquisite Little Things, a captivating group show featuring small works by 30 talented Bay Area artists. This special exhibit will showcase a variety of mediums, including photography, sculpture, watercolor, painting, hand blown glass and jewelry.
 
The exhibit will feature an exclusive showing of Moment by Moment, a mixed media installation by Ruth Boerefyn in her studio adjacent to the gallery.
 
This exhibit invites you to celebrate the creativity and resilience of our artistic community. We hope you'll join us for this vibrant celebration!
 

Participating Artists:
Jennifer Bain,  Marsha Balian,  Suzy Barnard,  Johann Bitancor,  Ruth Boerefyn,  Maria Budner,  Jenn Doyle Crane,  Judith Foosaner,  Ake Grunditz,  Leslie Frierman Grunditz,  Vivien Hart,  Katie Hawkinson,  Irene Imfeld,  Lisa Levine,  Michael Lynch,  Sue Matthews,  Daniel  McGarrah,  Jill McLennan,  Dorie Meister,  Melina Meza,  Julia Nelson-Gal,  Art Norcome,  Ginny Parsons,  Jude Pittman,  Malcolm Ryder,  Jenny Sampson,  Simone Simon,  Meredith Tromble,  Susan Tuttle,  Jan Watten,  Christine Watten,  Sharon Wickham,  Stephanie Williamson,  June Yokell

Please join us and help support local artists!

 

 

 

 

You can still experience our last show The New College Circle
through various reviews, essay and a video linked below.

  Essay by Meredith Tromble
SFGATE feature story by Sophia Cutino of Henry Rosenthal 
Show Review!  Independent Review Crew by Vita Hewiit
 Press release about the show
Video by Eric Swenson

photo by JM Golding

PURPLE 

 

Our next juried photo show theme is purple!
Juried by Ann Jastrab, Executive Director of the Center for Photographic Art and Jan Watten

Stay tuned for more information about this exhibit that will take place in April/May 2025. Email us for the prospectus.

ANNOUNCEMENT!  We are thrilled to announce our membership in this incredible network of galleries and gallerists in the San Francisco Bay Area. It’s an honor to join such a supportive and artistic community!

ABOUT  GRAY  LOFT  GALLERY

  Gray Loft Gallery has promoted the rich art culture of Jingletown and the greater Bay Area for 12 years. The gallery has been referred to as a hidden gem in Jingletown, and noted by the late Kenneth Baker, former SF Chronicle Art Critic, in his Visual Arts Don’t Miss Column as “…A space gaining prominence in the Bay Area…”   The mission of the gallery is to provide exhibition opportunities for artists in a setting that is an alternative to the traditional gallery model. We hope to inspire, engage and celebrate artists in our community and beyond.  We acknowledge the achievements of emerging, mid-career and established artists – with an emphasis on those who live and work in the Bay Area – in a non-traditional art space.  We are proud that many artists began their art career at Gray Loft Gallery.
 
“I have always enjoyed this gallery, superb atmosphere and lighting. The polished and worn hardwood floors creek slightly in places as you climb to the third floor, providing a granular and unique, organic aesthetic. This is a do-not-miss venue in the East Bay.”  –  Facebook Review

Gray Loft Gallery has received "Best Art Gallery" in the Oakland Magazine's Readers Choice Award in 2016, 2017, 2021 and voted one of five top art galleries in 2022 and 2023.

 

GRAY LOFT GALLERY
is a proud member of the Oakland Art Murmur, San Francisco Art Dealers Association
and Jingletown Arts and Business Association

Gallery Hours:  
December 7 + 8 and Saturday, December 14, 12:00 – 5:00 pm
2nd Saturday Winter Reception: December 14, 5:00 – 7:00 pm
and by appointment

2889 Ford Street #32, third floor, Oakland CA 94601
Not wheelchair accessible.

Oakland Art + Style Week!

  

 

   

Immerse yourself in Oakland Style!

Oakland Art Murmur + Visit Oakland present
OAKLAND STYLE WEEK
Saturday, October 12, 2:00 - 3:30
 
Join the Art+Style walking tour, bus tour or plan your own adventure on October 12th during Oakland Style Week.

Gray Loft Gallery is very excited to participate in the 2nd annual Oakland Style Week fashion show  which will feature unique creations by Carol Lee Shanks and Devin Doyle Crane with music mixed by Alex Starfield, Saturday, October 12, 2:00 – 3:30 pm
   
Oakland Art Murmur, in collaboration with Visit Oakland, is offering this arts and culture event across the city of Oakland as part of this year's Oakland Style Week.

The fashion show will be presented during our exhibit NEW  COLLEGE  CIRCLE.
Please see below for information about this very special show.
 
Light refreshments will be offered -  tastings of Tessier Winery, cupcakes by Angel Cakes and light bites and artisan breads by Night Heron Bread.
 
There are two options to participate:
1. Sign up for a one of the special guided tours where local art experts will lead you through a journey of art, fashion and culture at a number of Oakland's Art Murmur galleries and art spaces.

To purchase a ticket for the Oakland Art Murmur bus, check out this link to sign up!
 
2.  Go solo:  If you don't want to go on the tour, join us at the gallery for the fashion show that starts at 2:00 – please arrive at 1:45.
Please let us know if you will be going solo and not on the bust - we have limited space!  RSVP here.
 
Details about our designers:
Carol Lee Shanks designs and handcrafts unique and wearable clothing. She has a great reverence for cloth, allowing it to be the foundation of her inspiration. Carol strives to make beautiful, simple, unstructured garments that feel good on the body, function well and are easy to care for. Her layered silhouettes of unencumbered cloth flatter the body and capture the eye with a hint of mysterious delight.  The surfaces of these garments are lively due to the piecing and patching that happens while she assembles the small bits into a larger piece of cloth.  Ultimately, she creates layered silhouettes of unstructured garment shapes that become moving sculptures once they are on the body.

Devin Crane is a 17-year-old high school senior in Alameda, California. At age 12, she taught herself how to sew during the COVID-19 pandemic.  She began to sketch clothing designs and used the old family sewing machine, scrap fabric and reused a LOT of ribbon. This resourcefulness instilled a deep appreciation for sustainability and innovation within fashion. She organized her first fashion show at a local art studio, which encouraged her to design and created a second show with eleven unique outfits – including a prom dress for a friend. She believes by using natural resources and having family support has inspired her to continue to create unique fashions.

Join us!

The New College Circle
The Life-long Impact of a Creative Education

On view until: November 10, 2024

An exhibition of archival materials, costume design, film, drawing, landscape design, music, installation, sculpture, performance, and photography, celebrating fifty years of creative achievement launched by an experimental education at New College of California in San Francisco.

Featured Artists: Carola Anderson, David B. Doty, Michael Patrick Lynch, Elaine McKeen, Henry S. Rosenthal, Dale Soules, Meredith Tromble and Jan Watten.

Curated by Meredith Tromble 

Read more about the show in the press release.

 

Gallery hours: Join us in the gallery on Saturdays from 1:00 - 5:00 - or by appointment. 

Madam Entropy: Artist Talk, 

a performance by Meredith Tromble

Saturday, October 26, 6:30 pm 

Closing Reception: 

Sunday, November 10, 4:00-6:00 pm

Show Review!  Please read this excellent review in the Independent Review Crew by Vita Hewiit here.

New College Circle is a celebration of fifty years of creative achievement launched by an experimental education at New College of California (NCOC) in San Francisco.  On view in the exhibit will be archival materials, costume design, film, drawing, landscape design, music, installation, sculpture, performance, and photography.

Featured Artists: Carola Anderson, David B. Doty, Michael Patrick Lynch, Elaine McKeen, Henry S. Rosenthal, Dale Soules, Meredith Tromble

Catalyzed by Meredith Tromble 

In the mid-1970s, a group of young artists at New College of California fueled their creative practices with friendship and the radically experimental education offered by the school. They drew each other, recorded their own physiological data, performed plays written by their professor, invented musical instruments, and received credit for a gallimaufry of life experiences. At the time, statistics revealed that of students graduating with an art degree, only 5% were still making art ten years later. But in the ensuing decades each person in the New College Circle created their own path over, under, or around the barriers that stop young artists from becoming mature artists, pursuing creative practices and careers. This exhibition presents the New College Circle’s vibrant work in context with the unique institution that prepared them to thrive creatively throughout life. 

Read more about the show and the artists in the press release and see exhibit photos on our Instagram page.

 

 

 

 

 

  

   

   

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December 7, 8 and 14
Small works show held during the annual Jingletown Winter Art Walk.  
Stay tuned for more information

 photo by JM Golding

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PURPLE

Our next juried photo show theme is purple!
Juried by Ann Jastrab, Executive Director of the Center for Photographic Art and Jan Watten

Stay tuned for more information about this exhibit that will take place in early 2025.   

 

 

 

Thank you to our gallery supporters!
Tessier Winery, Angel Cupcakes Oakland and Night Heron Bread!

 

 

 

   

 

 

 

ABOUT  GRAY  LOFT  GALLERY

 

Gray Loft Gallery has promoted the rich art culture of Jingletown and the greater Bay Area for 12 years. The gallery has been referred to as a hidden gem in Jingletown, and noted by the late Kenneth Baker, former SF Chronicle Art Critic, in his Visual Arts Don’t Miss Column as “…A space gaining prominence in the Bay Area…”   The mission of the gallery is to provide exhibition opportunities for artists in a setting that is an alternative to the traditional gallery model. We hope to inspire, engage and celebrate artists in our community and beyond.  We acknowledge the achievements of emerging, mid-career and established artists – with an emphasis on those who live and work in the Bay Area – in a non-traditional art space.  We are proud that many artists began their art career at Gray Loft Gallery.
 
“I have always enjoyed this gallery, superb atmosphere and lighting. The polished and worn hardwood floors creek slightly in places as you climb to the third floor, providing a granular and unique, organic aesthetic. This is a do-not-miss venue in the East Bay.”  –  Facebook Review

Gray Loft Gallery has received "Best Art Gallery" in the Oakland Magazine's Readers Choice Award in 2016, 2017, 2021 and voted one of five top art galleries in 2022 and 2023.

GRAY LOFT GALLERY
is a proud member of the Oakland Art Murmur and
Jingletown Arts and Business Association

Gallery Hours:  
The gallery will be closed until September 21.

Gray Loft Gallery ~ The New College Circle

The New College Circle
The Life-long Impact of a Creative Education

September 21 – November 10, 2024
Opening Reception: Saturday, Sept. 21, 5:30 - 7:00 pm

An exhibition of archival materials, costume design, film, drawing, landscape design, music, installation, sculpture, performance, and photography, celebrating fifty years of creative achievement launched by an experimental education at New College of California in San Francisco.

Featured Artists: Carola Anderson, David B. Doty, Michael Patrick Lynch, Elaine McKeen, Henry S. Rosenthal, Dale Soules, Meredith Tromble and Jan Watten.

Curated by Meredith Tromble 

Read more about the show in the press release.

 

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December 7, 8 and 14
Small works show held during the annual Jingletown Winter Art Walk.  
Stay tuned for more information

 photo by JM Golding

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

PURPLE

Our next juried photo show theme is purple!
Juried by Ann Jastrab, Executive Director of the Center for Photographic Art and Jan Watten

Stay tuned for more information about this exhibit that will take place in early 2025.   

 

ABOUT  GRAY  LOFT  GALLERY

 

Gray Loft Gallery has promoted the rich art culture of Jingletown and the greater Bay Area for 12 years. The gallery has been referred to as a hidden gem in Jingletown, and noted by the late Kenneth Baker, former SF Chronicle Art Critic, in his Visual Arts Don’t Miss Column as “…A space gaining prominence in the Bay Area…”   The mission of the gallery is to provide exhibition opportunities for artists in a setting that is an alternative to the traditional gallery model. We hope to inspire, engage and celebrate artists in our community and beyond.  We acknowledge the achievements of emerging, mid-career and established artists – with an emphasis on those who live and work in the Bay Area – in a non-traditional art space.  We are proud that many artists began their art career at Gray Loft Gallery.
 
“I have always enjoyed this gallery, superb atmosphere and lighting. The polished and worn hardwood floors creek slightly in places as you climb to the third floor, providing a granular and unique, organic aesthetic. This is a do-not-miss venue in the East Bay.”  –  Facebook Review

Gray Loft Gallery has received "Best Art Gallery" in the Oakland Magazine's Readers Choice Award in 2016, 2017, 2021 and voted one of five top art galleries in 2022 and 2023.

GRAY LOFT GALLERY
is a proud member of the Oakland Art Murmur and
Jingletown Arts and Business Association

Gallery Hours:  
The gallery will be closed until September 21.

September Gallery Events

Minoo Hamzavi Presents
TRIPTYCH - a solo performance

Saturday September 7, 5:00 -7:00 pm
Performance starts at 5:30 pm

Featuring:
The America That I Love
 Furious Fuchsias
I Choose Freedom

Minoo Hamzavi holds a BFA in Textile Arts from the California College of Arts & Crafts and an MA in Sculptural Performance from  San Francisco State University. She has performed and choreographed productions since 1980.  These performances are her "love letters to my fellow human beings."

Suggested donation: $5 - $10

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We were thrilled with our last exhibit Among The Trees, which was referred to as a "Sophisticated Forest" in a review by Agustin Maes.

If you missed the show  - but are interested in learning more about it, please check out these two  wonderful show reviews:  A Sophisticated Forest by Agustin Maes
I Love My Tree; My Tree Loves Me by Malcolm Ryder

Follow us on  Instagram for updates and examples of the the work in the show.

If you discover a piece that you are interested in, please contact us for more information.

Upcoming Events

The New College Circle
The Life-long Impact of a Creative Education

September 21 – November 10, 2024
Opening Reception: Saturday, Sept. 21, 5:30 - 7:00 pm

An exhibition of archival materials, costume design, film, drawing, landscape design, music, installation, sculpture, performance, and photography, celebrating fifty years of creative achievement launched by an experimental education at New College of California in San Francisco.

Featured Artists: Carola Anderson, David B. Doty, Michael Patrick Lynch, Elaine McKeen, Henry S. Rosenthal, Dale Soules, Meredith Tromble and Jan Watten.

Curated by Meredith Tromble 

Read more about the show in the press release.

 

 

 

 

 

 

December 7, 8 and 14
Small works show held during the annual Jingletown Winter Art Walk.  
Stay tuned for more information

 

 

 

 photo by JM Golding

 

 

 

 

PURPLE

Our next juried photo show theme is purple!
Juried by Ann Jastrab, Executive Director of the Center for Photographic Art and Jan Watten

Stay tuned for more information about this exhibit that will take place in early 2025.

 

 

 

 

ABOUT  GRAY  LOFT  GALLERY

  Gray Loft Gallery has promoted the rich art culture of Jingletown and the greater Bay Area for 12 years. The gallery has been referred to as a hidden gem in Jingletown, and noted by the late Kenneth Baker, former SF Chronicle Art Critic, in his Visual Arts Don’t Miss Column as “…A space gaining prominence in the Bay Area…”   The mission of the gallery is to provide exhibition opportunities for artists in a setting that is an alternative to the traditional gallery model. We hope to inspire, engage and celebrate artists in our community and beyond.  We acknowledge the achievements of emerging, mid-career and established artists – with an emphasis on those who live and work in the Bay Area – in a non-traditional art space.  We are proud that many artists began their art career at Gray Loft Gallery.
 
“I have always enjoyed this gallery, superb atmosphere and lighting. The polished and worn hardwood floors creek slightly in places as you climb to the third floor, providing a granular and unique, organic aesthetic. This is a do-not-miss venue in the East Bay.”  –  Facebook Review

Gray Loft Gallery has received "Best Art Gallery" in the Oakland Magazine's Readers Choice Award in 2016, 2017, 2021 and voted one of five top art galleries in 2022 and 2023.

 

 

 

 

GRAY LOFT GALLERY
is a proud member of the Oakland Art Murmur and
Jingletown Arts and Business Association

Gallery Hours:  
The gallery will be closed until September 21.