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 TrombleCatalyzed 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!
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.
