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The Experience, Emeryville: Celebration of the Arts Opening Night

The Experience:

Be Seen at the Art Scene at Bay St!

Opening Night is Friday, October 1 with a reception from 6-9pm. Meet the artists and enjoy live music as you immerse yourself in Emeryville’s creativity.

Celebrating art and artists in Emeryville for 35 years, the 35th Annual Emeryville Art Exhibition features more than 200 pieces of artwork by 87 Emeryville artists. The exhibition is open to artists of all media and includes paintings, sculpture, photographs, prints, ceramics, textiles, video, glass works, and literary arts.

“For our 35th anniversary, we feel it is important to be able to celebrate this milestone year with a live exhibition. Our artists and our community are so ready for this October tradition to resume, masks and all,” said Sharon Wilchar, exhibition coordinator. “Emeryville has become well known for its creative community and we are proud to acknowledge this with our annual celebration.”

Emeryville artists and their artwork continue to reflect the city’s great creativity and diversity. Each year a panel of Bay Area art professionals selects the pieces for the annual exhibition though a jury process.

For more than three decades the Annual Exhibition has been installed at a different location, each year donated by an Emeryville business. Last year during the challenges of 2020, the Exhibition was presented online only. This year CenterCal Properties LLC has generously offered the use of a 14,000 square foot space, conveniently located at the north end of the Bay Street Emeryville shopping district.

The exhibition is open October 2 – 31, 2021, from 11am to 6 pm, Thursdays through Sundays at Bay Street Emeryville. Admission to the reception and exhibition is free.For details regarding current covid protocols, directions, and Emery-go-round stop, log onto www.emeryarts.org or call 510/652-6122.

Photo featured here. “Sophie, Duchess of Hohenberg and Archduke Franz Ferdinand”, by Rachel Kalman, oil on canvas, 30”x 26”, 2019

Where:

5690 Bay St At Bay St

Emeryville

www.emeryarts.org

By Mary Lou Thiercof|2021-09-29T10:02:02-07:00September 29th, 2021|Tags: Bay St Emeryville, Celebration of the Arts, Linda Lee Boyd|0 Comments

The Experience, Emeryville: Celebration of the Arts

The Experience:

35th Emeryville Art Exhibition Goes Live at Bay St!

Mark your calendars! Opening reception for the 35th Annual Emeryville Art Exhibition is Friday, October 1 from 6-9pm. Enjoy a live month-long juried exhibition featuring over 200 pieces of artwork created by 85 Emeryville artists.

The exhibition is open October 2 – 31, 2021, from 11am to 6 pm, Thursdays through Sundays at Bay Street Emeryville. Admission to the reception and exhibition is free.

“For our 35th anniversary, we feel it is important to be able to celebrate this milestone year with a live exhibition. Our artists and our community are so ready for this October tradition to resume, masks and all,” said Sharon Wilchar, exhibition coordinator. “Emeryville has become well known for its creative community and we are proud to acknowledge this with our annual celebration.

“We are hopeful that, with this large space, we will be able to adhere to the current protocols and challenges of social distancing,” continued Wilchar. “We are cautiously moving forward with plans for the live exhibition and opening night reception, yet understand we may need to be flexible.”

Emeryville artists and their artwork continue to reflect the city’s great creativity and diversity. Each year a panel of Bay Area art professionals selects the pieces for the annual exhibition though a jury process. A carefully curated group show featuring the works of artists and craftspeople that live or work in Emeryville, the exhibit includes all media – paintings, sculpture, photographs, prints, ceramics, textiles, video, glass works, and literary arts.

For details regarding current covid protocols, directions, and Emery-go-round stop, log onto www.emeryarts.org or call 510/652-6122. Stay tuned for more information.

Photo featured here: “Safety Cone, Sawdust, New Concrete”, by Linda Lee Boyd, acrylic on panel, 11”x14″, 2021, courtesy of artist

Where:

5690 Bay St At Bay St

Emeryville

www.emeryarts.org

By Mary Lou Thiercof|2021-09-15T10:51:06-07:00September 15th, 2021|Tags: Bay St Emeryville, Celebration of the Arts, Linda Lee Boyd|0 Comments

SNEAK PREVIEW: A Change of Art for Linda Lee Boyd & Emeryville’s Art Exhibition

Introducing something she knows. Something she painted – Street Scenes

One of the great volunteers for Emeryville’s Annual Art Exhibition is artist, printmaker and designer Linda Lee Boyd. Linda has entered a series of three acrylic paintings in this year’s show, a departure from the Linda we knew – a woodblock print artist.

Linda has been on the board of Celebration of the Arts, sponsor of the annual art exhibition, for 20 years and had volunteered on the Operating Committee several years prior. She first entered her artwork, woodblock prints, in 1992. “Of all printmaking techniques, cutting and printing woodcuts had always felt the most natural to me,”commented Linda.

What is interesting about her woodblock prints is that she liked watching people and had so admired figurative artists like Alice Neal, Lucian Freud, Rembrandt, and Vermeer, that she started with images of her family, friends, and then co-workers. This led to a series of prints of workers. “These prints of workers are observations of the people but are also an attempt to give the viewer a sense of how they feel about themselves and their work.”

When asked why the change in medium for the 2020 Art Exhibition, Linda said, “I’ve been doing woodblock prints for over 40 years. I never learned to paint. This year, I decided to give it another try. I figured out that I had to paint in the same way I do prints – layers of color to make shapes and textures.”

Street Scenes seem to depict glimpses of all our walks during the pandemic – we all know our sidewalks, streets and gutters by heart now. And what led Linda to these themes in her paintings? “I got inspired by looking at the gutters while out walking my dog.” What is she planning for her next effort? Well according to Linda, “I’m still in the gutters!”

Linda is passionate about the Emeryville Annual Art Exhibition. “I love the Emeryville Art Exhibition. It’s a great show every year because of the depth and variety of artwork done by people living and working in Emeryville. It’s a true representation of what a creative community is producing

“Sharon Wilchar, the Project Coordinator, does an amazing job every year pulling together so many different aspects of the show,” continues Linda. “In the recent past, the largest problem has been finding a site for the show. This year, there is no site due to the Covid-19 pandemic. Instead, she has had to guide us through the new territory of an online show through the website, Zoom and Facebook live. I’d like to give a shout-out to US Design Resources, volunteers who are helping non-profits find digital outlets. They have been great opening the new world for us of a totally online art exhibition.”

Street Scenes Series by Linda Lee Boyd:

Street Scene 4 – Street Scene 5 – Street Scene 6. All acrylic on panel 11”x 14” x.5” and listed at $500. More info here: https://lindaleeboyd.com/

Emeryville Annual Art Exhibition

When:

2020 Virtual Exhibition is Online, October 2–November 1, 2020
Live-Streaming Opening Night Party: Friday, 6pm, October 2, 2020

Where:

ONLINE

Public Info:

www.emeryarts.org or 510-652-6122

By Mary Lou Thiercof|2023-09-14T15:29:43-07:00September 23rd, 2020|Tags: Emeryville Art Exhibition, Linda Lee Boyd, Opening Night, Zoom Party|0 Comments