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Join us for Slow Art Day!
One day each year – this year April 15 – people all over the world visit local museums and galleries to look at art slowly. Participants look at five works of art for 10 minutes each and then meet together over lunch to talk about their experience.
That’s it.
Simple by design, the goal is to focus on the art and the art of seeing.
Click here for more information about Slow Art Day.
We will be hosting Slow Art Day at the gallery from 12:00 to 2:00pm,
which includes lunch with the artists in our current show Depictions.
Send us an email and we will send more information about Slow Art Day at the Gray Loft Gallery.
Limit of 12 participants.
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Send an email to register. Space is limited.
Below are photos from Slow Art Day during our exhibit The Big Painting Show, 2014.
Currently on view in the gallery is DEPICTIONS - a stunning exhibit of portrait art.
We had a wonderful opening reception on Saturday!
Please check out Facebook and Instagram pages
for photos from the opening.
On display in the gallery is a diverse exhibit of portrait and
identity-based art, including expressionist portraits, photographic,
mixed media and narrative portraits in realistic, imagined and
unconventional representations of individuals created by eleven Bay Area
artists.
Featured Artists:
Jayne Biehn, Gene Dominique, Christine Ferrouge, Lin Fischer, Drew Klausner,
Sue Matthews, Lynn McGeever, Glenna Mills, Jude Pittman, Bill Prochnow,
Ron Moultrie Saunders
Depictions will be on view until May 6.
Please join us on Saturday, April 22 for a special tasting of award winning Tessier Wines. Sample four different delicious blends as you take in our exquisite exhibit Depictions. Wine and art is the perfect pairing!
Tastings will be served from 3:00 - 4:30pm.
Please join us!
UPCOMING EVENTS
East Bay Open Studios
May 13 + 14, 20 + 21
Participating Artists
Dorie Meister – hand wrought jewelry
Malcolm Ryder – photography *
Jenny Sampson – photography
Alex Starfield – photography *
Julia Sumangil – photography *
Susan Tuttle – jewelry/mixed media *
Emilie Watten – photography *
Jan Watten – photography
Stephanie Williamson – photography
* showing 2nd weekend
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SUMMER SALON
a celebration of summer
dates TBA
ABOUT GRAY LOFT GALLERY
Gray Loft
Gallery has promoted the rich art culture of Jingletown and the greater
Bay Area for 11 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. A number of 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.
GRAY LOFT GALLERY
is a proud member of the Oakland Art Murmur and
Jingletown Arts and Business Association.
Hours: Saturdays 1:00 - 5:00 and by appointment
2889 Ford Street, third floor, Oakland CA 94601
Not wheelchair accessible.
