Join Us This Weekend:
Annual Photo Show +
Poetry and Performance
This
is a full weekend with events on Saturday and Sunday.
Orange Crush
opens in Jingletown on Saturday, and on Sunday at our satellite gallery
in The Orchard on 25th Street we are hosting an afternoon of poetry and
performance.
Please scroll down for more information! We hope you will
join us at both events!
THIS SUNDAY AT OUR JINGLETOWN GALLERY
GRAY LOFT GALLERY
2889 FORD STREET, OAKLAND
ORANGE CRUSH
8th annual juried color-themed photography exhibit
Saturday, March 14 – May 9, 2026
Opening Reception:
Saturday, March 14, 4:00 – 7:00 pm
Tessier Winery Orange Wine Tasting:
Saturday, April 18, 3:00 - 5:00 pm
Closing Reception:
Saturday, May 9, 4:00 – 7:00 pm
Jingletown Gallery, 2889 Ford Street, third floor
Gray Loft Gallery is delighted to present Orange Crush
– our 8th annual color-themed juried photography exhibition. This
dynamic showcase explores the expressive range and emotional resonance
of the color orange through an impressive selection of contemporary
photographic works.
The exhibition features elegant and vibrant interpretations of orange
across mixed media, alternative processes, traditional color imagery,
and hand-colored photographs. Eclectic and thought-provoking, the
collection captures the many facets of orange – its warmth and
intensity, its symbolism and ambiguity.
Presented in conjunction with PhotoCarmel! Juried by Ann Jastrab, Executive Director, Center for Photographic Art; and Jan Watten, founder, Gray Loft Gallery.
This year’s exhibit highlights the work of 80 talented Bay Area
photographers who bring fresh, distinctive perspectives to the color
orange.
THIS SUNDAY AT OUR SATELLITE GALLERY IN UPTOWN
GRAY LOFT UPTOWN @ THE ORCHARD GALLERY
489 - 25th STREET, OAKLAND
Texts/Worlds:
Poetry readings by Stephen Ratcliffe and Barrett Watten
“Demos: Gertrude Stein’s Do Let Us Go Away”
A performance by Carla Harryman and Jon Raskin
Sunday, March 15, 4:00–6:00 PM
Gray Loft Gallery @ The Orchard / Galleries on 25
489 25th Street, Oakland, CA
Gray Loft Gallery Uptown presents “Texts/Worlds,” two readings and a
performance by renowned experimental poets Stephen Ratcliffe, Barrett
Watten, Carla Harryman, and composer/improvisor Jon Raskin.
The event celebrates the West Coast book launch of Barrett Watten’s Zone: correlations (1973 2021), published by Chax Press, a collection of textual hybrid works that “correlate” disparate modes of writing.
Northern California poet Stephen Ratcliffe will read from his
conceptually inflected poetry of time, space, and minute-by-minute
cognition and perception from b r e a t h i n g , an on-going work, and his new chapbook onward walking on (Neo-Mimeo Press), accompanied by digital image projections.
“Demos: Gertrude Stein’s Do Let Us Go Away” is a performance continuing Carla Harryman and Jon Raskin’s collaborative work in word/sound compositions and improvisations.
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ART OF THE AFRICAN DIASPORA AT OUR SATELLITE GALLERY IN UPTOWN
GRAY LOFT UPTOWN @ THE ORCHARD GALLERY
489 - 25th STREET, OAKLAND | | |
Art of the African Diaspora
Presented by Gray Loft Uptown and The Orchard /Galleries on 25
February 28 – May 2, 2026
First Fridays on 25th Street: March 6 and May 1, 5:00 - 8:00 pm
Closing Reception: Saturday, May 2, 2:00 - 5:00 pm
Location: The Orchard / Galleries on 25, 489 – 25th Street, Oakland, CA
Gallery Hours: Saturdays, 12:00 to 5:00 pm, and Fridays by appointment
Gray Loft Gallery is delighted to present a satellite exhibition of the Richmond Art Center’s Art of the African Diaspora.
Art of the African Diaspora is the longest running event of its kind
in the Bay Area. It began in 1989 as a salon for African American
artists known as Colors of Black, organized by artist and professor
Marie Johnson Calloway.
This exhibit features 19 artists selected from the Richmond Art Center’s
AOTAD roster, all of whom live and work in the Bay Area. Organized by
Gray Loft Gallery, the show will be on view at The Orchard / Galleries
on 25.
Featured Artists:
Cynthia Brannvall, Stephen Bruce, Kim Champion, Cairo McCockran, Kelvin
Curry, Anna W. Edwards, Jimi Evins, Eva Facey, Kin Folkz, Chuck Harlins,
Raymond L. Haywood, Alexis Joseph, Gathoni Kamau-Devers, Ashlie Kego,
Eric Murphy, Arthur Norcome, Malcolm Ryder, Xan Walker, Darrin Westmore
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Examples of pieces by the artists in the Art of the African Diaspora exhibit | |
GRAY LOFT GALLERY
a proud member of the Oakland Art Murmur, San Francisco Art Dealers Association
and Jingletown Arts and Business Association
Gray Loft Gallery Jingletown
2889 Ford Street #32, third floor, Oakland CA 94601
Third Floor - not wheelchair accessible.
Gallery Hours: Saturdays 1:00 - 5:00 pm and by appointment
Gray Loft Gallery Uptown @ The Orchard / Galleries on 25
489 – 25th Street, Oakland
Hours: Fridays by appointment and Saturdays from 1:00 to 5:00 p.m.
Our mailing address is:
Gray Loft Gallery2889 Ford Street, third floor
Oakland,
CA 94601
