Manetti Shrem Art Studio

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

ARTnews has recognized Professor Beatriz Cortez as one of the most impactful contemporary Latinx artists working in the United States. “75 Latinx Artists to Know,” written by Maximilíano Durón, Paula Mejía, Mauricio E.

Tara Daly’s (M.F.A. ‘26) solo show “Tender Balance” features new paintings and sculptures that explore the interplay of destruction and restoration, and a striving for harmony.

“Tender Balance” is on view in the Founders Gallery at Art Works Downtown in San Rafael until Nov. 8. A closing reception will be held from from 5-8 p.m.

The Rum Point Club in Los Angeles presents a solo exhibition by alum Kyle Hittmeier (B.A. ‘07). “Stowaway” features ten new paintings on canvas and linen centered on the Cayman Islands.

Oct. 12-Nov. 16, 2024 with opening reception on Oct. 12 from 5-8 p.m.

Join Professor Beatriz Cortez in a celebration of the closing of “Future Dreaming… A Path Forward,” an exhibition which features her sculpture Ilopango, the Volcano that Left.  In a special event, musician and composer Benjamin Cortez and Beatriz Cortez’s sculpture Ilopango, the Volcano that Left engage in a live improvisational human and non-human conversation.

Bryce Vinokurov’s solo exhibition at the Birdhouse Gallery features new paintings and collages based on the Italian card game Scopa. 

“Scopa” is on view Oct. 19 with an opening reception from 5-8 p.m.

Birdhouse Gallery
2548 Judah Street
San Francisco, CA

Professor Shiva Ahmadi’s first solo exhibition in Los Angeles will be presented by Shoshana Wayne Gallery this fall. “Tangle” features new paintings layered with screenprints which focus on female figures immersed in fantastical landscapes of land and water.

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. This exhibition features fifteen Inland Empire artists who use the concept of alienness to explore personal and communal identities that defy societal norms.

Sarah Lehrer-Graiwer’s new article in Artforum takes a look at exuberant and quirky art of alum Maija Peeples-Bright (B.A. ‘64 and M.A. ‘65) in her ”Animal Farm: On the Art of Maija Peeples-Bright.”

Read the full article here.

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.

Recently gifted works to the Manetti Shrem Museum from dedicated art lovers and philanthropists Jan Shrem and Maria Manetti Shrem are the focus on a new exhibition curated and designed by UC Davis students.

Gallery 12071’s new group show “Sweaty Armpits: We All Live in Bodies” features the work of numerous art studio alum. Curated by professor emerita Lucy Puls and alum Helia Pouyanfar (M.F.A.

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.

This quilting focused show was inspired by Rich Silverstein and curated by Martin Strickland. It presents works by thirteen Bay Area artists alongside six original quilts commissioned by Rich Silverstein.

“All This Soft Wild Buzzing,” a new group show at the California College of the Arts in San Francisco’s Wattis Institute for Contemporary Art, considers the relationship between artists and the natural landscape through a lens of collaboration, of listening, and of reciprocity. Professor Young Suh and eight artists who live now or have lived in northern California present work that resonates with the

Professor emerita Gina Werfel links Asian influences to the Western tradition in her new works on view at Prince Street Gallery.Werfel’s paintings integrate landscape, calligraphy, Baroque figure painting and lyrical mark-making in ”Bicoastal: New Works by Gina Werfel” on view from Sept. 3-28.

Opening: Sept. 5 from 5-8 p.m.