Art Studio Alumni News & Exhibitions

Elaine Nguyen (M.F.A. ‘24) will show her film “Jade: Protection & Permanence” at the 25th anniversary of APAture’s Film Festival: Return.

Alum Emmanuel Camacho Larios (B.A. ‘23) has co-curated and is featured in the exhibiton Desde los Cielos (From the Heavens at The Cheech Center Marin Center for Chicano Art and Culture. 

Join PBS KVIE for a screening of Leonardo da Vinci, a new film by Ken Burns, followed by a conversation with art studio alum Julia Couzens (M.F.A. ‘90) and design Professor James Housefield as they discuss the towering achievements of Leonardo da Vinci.

Alum Mercy Hawkins is featured in the group show “Packing and Cracking: The Art of (and Response to) Gerrymandering” at Saint Joseph’s Arts Foundation in San Francisco.

A new exhibition by Luka Vergoz (M.F.A., ‘23) opens at the Pelota Gallery in San Francisco on Sunday, Aug. 18. 

Axis Gallery’s 19th National Juried Exhibition “Am I Home?” features a new work by recent graduate and alum Elaine Nguyen (M.F.A. ‘24).

April Camlin (M.F.A., ‘24) has been awarded a 2024-2025 Headlands Graduate Fellowship.

Night Tea is a series of events conceptualized by alum Whitney Vangrin (M.F.A. ‘22) that bring together food and art. Night Time Tea: Vol. 4 is the fourth iteration of an evening tea service with a fermentation-inspired menu. 

Kelley O’Leary (M.F.A. ‘22) has just received a Kala Art Institute Parent Artist in Residency for 2024-2025. This is O’Leary’s second residency a Kala Art Institute. In 2022, O’Leary participated in their Artist-In-Residence (AIR) Program.