Join us in Jingletown for Open Studios next weekend!

Please join us next weekend!

Join us for 
Open Studios in Jingletown
In conjunction with East Bay Open Studios
June 1 + 2, 8 + 9, 11 – 5 pm

 
You are invited to join us June 1 + 2 and 8 + 9 for the Summer East Bay Open Studios Event! Check out art, meet the artists and have fun at our annual open studio event that highlights the work of artists who live and/or work in Jingletown, a small but mighty arts neighborhood in Oakland.
This event is free and open to the public.
 
Many artists will be offering affordable and one-of-a-kind pieces. Photography, cards, paintings, prints, jewelry, glassware and more!  Bring your family and friends to this special event that allows you to glimpse into the creative worlds of many talented artists in our special pocket artist community.

Don't miss an opportunity to win an original piece of art in the Jingletown raffle!
Participating artists will have raffle cards in their studios.

Not only will we have great art throughout our neighborhood, you can get a slice of Gabba Gabba Pizza and taste award winning wine offered by Jingletown's own Drawbridge Cellars while listening to the cool tunes of Stephen Dreyfuss and Company in the parking lot of Ford Street Studios
Saturday, June 1, noon to 5:00: Gabba Gabba Pizza and Drawbridge Cellars
Saturday, June 1, 2:00 - 4:30: music by Stephen Dreyfuss and company
Sunday, June 2, noon to 5:00: Gabba Gabba Pizza

Featured below are the participating artists - all within a three-block walk in our unique neighborhood. Be sure to check out the murals along the way!

3035 Chapman Street #6
Sarah Merola – ceramic sculpture
 
Ford Street Studios
2934 Ford Street
Peter Dreyfuss, Studio 35 – painting/sculpture
Lisa Levine, Studio 2 – photography/digital art
Fernando Reyes, Studio 26 – painting/printmaking
Vida Pavesich, Studio 24 – photography
Dobee Snowber, Studio 2 – mixed media/painting
 
Gray Loft Gallery
2889 Ford Street, third floor
Jose Johann Bitancor – painting/mixed media
Paul Feinberg – painting
Shelley Gardner – sculpture
Vivien Hart – kiln-formed glass
Dorie Meister – hand wrought jewelry
Kitty Muntzel – mixed media
Malcolm Ryder – photography
Susan Tuttle – jewelry/mixed media
Jan Watten – photography
 
Jingletown Art Studios and Gallery
3001 Chapman Street
Anna W. Edwards – painting
Patricia Guthrie – mixed media
Karol Hilker – painting
Jill McLennan – painting/printmaking
Halloran Parry – fine art/illustration
 
417 Peterson Street
Dan McGarrah – photo-based art
 
And more!

Please visit our new Instagram page for highlights of many of the participating artists and our newly redesigned website for more information about Jingletown artists.
You can also check out all the open studio listings on the East Bay Open Studios website.
 

Don't miss this special event in Jingletown!
Thank you for supporting local artists!

  

Our mailing address is:
Gray Loft Gallery

2889 Ford Street, third floor

Oakland, CA 94601

Gray Loft Gallery ~ Closing Reception

Join us on Saturday, October 30 for our closing reception!

You Look to See What The Light Lets In
oil monotype with silk dye
by Angelica Trimble Yanu

PLEASE  JOIN  US

 
for the Closing Reception for
RE-ENVISION
 

Saturday, October 30, 4:00 - 7:00 pm
 This is the last chance to see this show, and we hope you will help us celebrate this beautiful exhibit at the closing reception!  Re-Envision highlights the work of seven Bay Area artists that includes painting, photography, mixed-media and hand-blown glass.  These artists have created pieces that show resilience, inspiration and  dedication to their art during the pandemic.

We will also have a wine tasting of Jingletown's own Drawbridge Cellars from 4:00 - 5:00!  Don't miss it!

 

FEATURED ARTISTS
Shelley Gardner – mixed media
Irene Imfeld – photography
Dulama LeGrande – painting
Bruce Pizzichillo – painting and hand-blown glass
Simone Simon – painting
Angelica Trimble-Yanu – printmaking
John Wood – painting

Please check out news about the gallery on Instagram!

UPCOMING  EXHIBIT!

YELLOW!

Stay tuned for more information about our 4th annual color themed photography show selected by Ann Jastrab, Executive Director, Center for Photographic Arts.

Opening Reception: 

Saturday, November 20, 4:00 - 7:00 pm

Closing Reception:  

Saturday, December 18, 4:00 - 7:00 pm

ABOUT  GRAY  LOFT  GALLERY   Gray Loft Gallery has promoted the rich art culture of Jingletown and the greater Bay Area for 9.5 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

Hours:  

Saturdays during exhibits: 1:00 - 5:00 and by appointment during the week.
Please email us to make an appointment.
Masks are required in the gallery

Our mailing address is:
Gray Loft Gallery

2889 Ford Street, third floor

 

Gray Loft Gallery ~ RE-ENVISION Second Friday Reception

RE-ENVISION Join us in Jingletown for our 2nd Friday Reception  Friday, October 8,  6:00 - 8:30 pm. If you want to join us another time, please stop by on Saturday, or contact us to make an appointment to see the show, Masks are required and guests will be limited in the gallery.   Re-Envision is an exhibit of seven Bay Area artists which includes painting, photography, mixed-media and hand-blown glass.  Out of the Isolation of the past 18 months, these artists have created pieces that reflect resilience and dedication to their art.   FEATURED ARTISTS   Shelley Gardner – mixed media Irene Imfeld – photography Dulama LeGrande – painting Bruce Pizzichillo – painting and hand-blown glass Simone Simon – painting Angelica Trimble-Yanu – printmaking John Wood – painting Show dates:  September 18 – October 30, 2021 Jingletown 2nd Friday Reception: October 8, 6:00 – 8:30 pm Closing Reception: Saturday, October 30, 4:00 – 7:00 pm Gallery Hours:  Fridays by appointment, Saturdays, 1:00 – 5:00 pm   Please check out news about the gallery on Instagram!     ABOUT  GRAY  LOFT  GALLERY   Gray Loft Gallery has promoted the rich art culture of Jingletown and the greater Bay Area for 9.5 years. The gallery has been referred to as a hidden gem in Jingletown, and noted by 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          Our mailing address is:   Gray Loft Gallery 2889 Ford Street, third floor Oakland, CA 94601                Hours:  Saturdays during exhibits:  1:00 - 5:00 and by appointment during the week. Please email us to make an appointment. Masks are required in the gallery.

Gray Loft Gallery ~ Re-Envision Opens

Re-Envision

You are cordially  invited to the 

Artists' Opening Reception tomorrow:

 
 Saturday, September 25, 4:00 to 7:00 pm.

 

 

If you are hesitant to venture out, please contact us to make an appointment to see the show, or stop by on another Saturday.

Masks are required and guests will be limited in the gallery.

 
 We are thrilled to reopen with our group show Re-Envision, an exhibit of seven Bay Area artists which includes painting, photography, mixed-media and hand-blown glass.  Out of the Isolation of the past 18 months, these artists have created pieces that reflect resilience and dedication to their art.  

 

“While I have been making art during this pandemic, it has given me the space and my undivided attention to really dig deep and produce. Quarantine is not a new environment for an artist. I feel lucky to be able to work through and hopefully navigate these unprecedented times.”  Simone Simon
 
FEATURED ARTISTS
Shelley Gardner – mixed media
Irene Imfeld – photography
Dulama LeGrande – painting
Bruce Pizzichillo – painting and hand-blown glass
Simone Simon – painting
Angelica Trimble-Yanu – printmaking
John Wood – painting

Show dates:  September 18 – October 30, 2021
Opening Reception: Saturday, Sept. 25, 4:00 – 7:00 pm
Jingletown 2nd Friday Reception: October 8, 6:00 – 8:30 pm
Closing Reception: Saturday, October 30, 4:00 – 7:00 pm
Gallery Hours:  Fridays by appointment, Saturdays, 1:00 – 5:00 pm

We hope you will join us!  We have missed you!
Masks are required in the gallery.
 

Please check out our gallery posts on Instagram

A Thousand Whispers mixed media on paper, 52 x 36 by John Wood

The Dark Side mixed media by Shelley Gardner

You Look To See What The Lights Lets In monotype with yellow silk dye by Angelica Trimble Yanu

Between Memory and Present mixed media painting by Dulama LeGrande

A Delicate Balance mixed media painting by Bruce Pizzichillo

Touch 177 photograph by Irene Imfeld

 

Breathstoke
painting by Simone Simon
 

Yellow!
4th annual juried color themed photography exhibit

 Entry Deadline:  Saturday, September 25, 2021
 

We are interested in images that are about the color YELLOW.
Show us your photos of lemon yellow, yellow ocher, amber, gold, saffron, cream, mustard, mellow yellow. Yellow is the color of sunshine, hope, and happiness - and is associated with freshness, happiness, positivity, clarity, energy, optimism, enlightenment, remembrance, intellect, honor, loyalty, and joy.
What does the color yellow mean to you?  
All photo-based work will be considered.

Show dates: Saturday, November 20 – Saturday, December 18, 2021
Opening Reception, Saturday, November 20, 4:00 – 7:00 pm
2nd Friday Reception, December 10, 6 – 8:30 pm

Please click here for the full prospectus.
Don't miss the chance to enter our 4th color themed photo show!
 

Please check out news about the gallery on Instagram!

ABOUT  GRAY  LOFT  GALLERY

 

We are humbled and filled with gratitude about receiving "Best Art Gallery" in the 2021 Oakland Magazine Readers Choice Award!
Thank you all for your love support!  
 

Gray Loft Gallery has promoted the rich art culture of Jingletown and the greater Bay Area for 9 years. The gallery has been referred to as a hidden gem in Jingletown, and noted by 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
 

     

Hours:  Saturdays during exhibits: 1:00 - 5:00 and by appointment during the week.
Please email us to make an appointment.
Masks are required in the gallery.
 

Our mailing address is:
Gray Loft Gallery

2889 Ford Street, third floor

Oakland, CA 94601

Gray Loft Gallery ~ Re-Envision

 SAVE  THE  DATE  FOR  OUR RE-OPENING  EXHIBIT!

Re-Envision
 

 

We are very excited to announce that we are re-opening this September with a group show of seven Bay Area artists.  On view will be painting, photography, mixed-media and hand-blown glass.  Out of the Isolation of the past 18 months, these artists have created pieces that reflect resilience and determination.

“While I have been making art during this pandemic, it has given me the space and my undivided attention to really dig deep and produce. Quarantine is not a new environment for an artist. I feel lucky to be able to work through and hopefully navigate these unprecedented times.”  Simone Simon

 
 
FEATURED ARTISTS
Shelley Gardner – mixed media
Irene Imfeld – photography
Dulama LeGrande – painting
Bruce Pizzichillo – painting and hand-blown glass
Simone Simon – painting
Angelica Trimble-Yanu – printmaking
John Wood – painting

Show dates:  September 18 – October 30, 2021
Opening Reception: Saturday, Sept. 25, 4:00 – 7:00 pm
Jingletown 2nd Friday Reception: October 8, 6:00 – 8:30 pm
Closing Reception: Saturday, October 30, 4:00 – 7:00 pm
Gallery Hours:  Fridays by appointment, Saturdays, 1:00 – 5:00 pm

We hope you will join us! We have missed you!
Masks are required in the gallery.

Gray Loft Gallery

2889 Ford Street, #32

Oakland CA 94601

Gray Loft Gallery ~ last day of SUMMER SALON

This is your last chance to see 
SUMMER SALON.

 

Join us in Jingletown this Saturday!



Join us this Saturday for the last day of
 
SUMMER SALON
 
Closing reception: 
Saturday, August 25, 4:00 – 6:30 pm
The gallery will be open at 3 pm, 
if you would like to stop by earlier


Participating artists at Gray Loft Gallery:
 
Susan Brady, mixed media assemblages and monotypes
Jamey Brzezinski, paintings and prints 
Olga Evanusa-Rowland, mixed media
Shelley Gardner, mixed media   
Dorie Meister, hand crafted jewelry
Barbara Nussel, photography   
Jude Pittman, drawing and painting
Laurie Rothman, painting and mixed media
Jenny Sampson, photography
Susan Tuttle, jewelry and photography
Emily Weil, acrylic works and watercolors

"Heated Bedrock"

Lin Fischer
I use painting as a way to get in touch with a higher power. Images occur to me and I create them. Everything depends on the mood I am in when I go to paint, and what I am feeling. It all revolves around what image is attracting me and what will fulfill me. Consequently the paintings are not always exactly the same as the last ones in terms of abstraction, expressionism, impressionism or realism. I trust the paint and my hand to do the job. The brain seems to have little to do with it. Afterwards I learn from what is on the canvas.  

 

"Gradually Blue" Suzy Barnard Now, as I paint, I find it is not necessary to literally describe the ships.  Perhaps I am painting from the ship’s perspective, diving into the seascape through which they must venture in all weathers. Or perhaps they are still there, just beyond the veil of fog,  hugging the shoreline in the distance.  I search the light particles of water and air for the perfect unattainable spot, and sift and sort the colors that seem to simultaneously intertwine and separate themselves.  In this quest, mixing and layering paint is like playing with my own delicious elements. Traveling with my mind’s eye between sea, sky and shore, I imagine myself completely immersed in the colorscape.

"Botanical Blue" Karyn Yandow Karyn has been photographing private and public gardens and the landscape of San Francisco and the Bay Area for over twenty-five years. Plants and trees reflect the magnificence and vulnerability of all living things. She looks for a beauty that elevates the imagery into a realm of abstraction while remaining representational. Karyn continues to seek out sensuous and ephemeral botanical imagery that is metaphorical for the transcendent and intimate moments in our lives.

"Buck's Lake" watercolor on canvas Lynn McGeever As I paint I look for the nexus between abstraction and realism.  I work from life, not photographs, because I am interested in seeing and documenting the essence, the kernel of the feel of the person or place and I love the physical act of painting a unique look or body position.  My work documents the ephemeral moment; that moment then becomes universal reality.

"Murmuration" photo collage construction Larry Davidson I look for a combination of color, light and texture - and the creation of mood that follows. In this sense, the subject matter is almost secondary which gives me a lot of freedom in creating these images. In a way my camera becomes my paintbrush, light and color my paints the film my canvas, and texture my very best friend.

"The Date" Jan Erion I listen for that humorous edge in conversation; watching friends laugh, love and enjoy life to the fullest.  The rhythm of life is compelling to me, and I embrace the textures, and the colors I see daily, within each of my works.  The patterning of my canvases and prints has a distinctive message of life in progress; and the lush world that surrounds us. My work is pulled together with post-expressionist big black lines, and vibrant hues.

 

 

 

 

 

Amy Sollins

The gallery is honored to be showcasing Amy's art posthumously.
Amy created charcoal drawings of her possessions, including her grandmother’s cast iron doorstop, underwear, jewelry, and other inanimate objects that had meaning for her, revealing a whimsical nostalgia for sacred and personal artifacts. She drew with the softest charcoal possible so that the dust falls in shadows.   Uprooted from the context of her life, the artifacts were drawn on large white pieces of paper, floating and swimming, disregarding the natural laws of gravity. She subjectively curated the drawn objects from her personal mythology and that of her heritage. The result is a surreal narrative, where scale and context are less relevant than emotive charge, and the everyday, inanimate object is poetry.
If you are interested in seeing other pieces by Amy, please contact the gallery.

Save the dates!
Fall Exhibitions!

In the Realm of the Senses - Karyn Yandow  solo show
September 14 - 29
Reception: 2nd Friday, September 14, 6:00 - 9:00 pm
This exhibit is part of the Month of Photography event held this September throughout the Bay Area.

Betty Jo Costanzo - Portals  - solo show
October 20 - November 17
Opening reception: Saturday, October 20, 4:00 - 6:30

Exquisite Little Things - a group show of small works of art
December 1, 2 and 8
2nd Friday reception: December 14, 6:00 - 9:00 pm
in conjunction with the 13th annual Jingletown Winter Art Walk

Please check out our Facebook and Instagram pages
for photos of the gallery and events.

ABOUT  GRAY  LOFT  GALLERY

 

Gray Loft Gallery - voted "Best Art Gallery"  two years in a row - 2016  & 2017 - in the Oakland Magazine Readers' Choice Award - has promoted the rich art culture of Jingletown and the greater Bay Area for 5 years. The gallery has been referred to as a hidden gem in Jingletown, and noted by 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
is a proud member of the Oakland Art Murmur, Jingletown Arts and Business Association,  Oakland Grown and the San Francisco Art Dealers Association
Hours: Saturdays 1:00 - 5:00 and by appointment
2889 Ford Street, third floor, Oakland CA 94601

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