Orange Crate Art

ORANGE CRATE ART from the Collection of John Orr will be showing in the Main Gallery of the Frank Bette Center in Alameda from January 16 – 30. Join John Orr today, Wednesday, January 13 from 6-8pm as he shows a number of the Orange Crate Artworks while talking  about the history of commercial art and California.

The gallery is open on weekends 11am -5pm  – only 12 socially distanced visitors at a time, according to their website. Check their website first for updates. (Image to the right: Call for ‘Shelter in Place’ Artwork for the exhibit Alone Together, February-March, 2021. Details online.)

About John Orr

John Orr is a freelance writer, reporter, editor, photographer, and Arts journalist. A member of the American Theatre Critics Association and founder of Regarding Arts, he was formerly a staff writer and editor for the Bay Area News Group

.About Frank Bette Center for the Arts

Frank Bette Center for the Arts is  a nonprofit, volunteer-run art center housed in a lovely yellow turn-of-the-century Victorian at 1601 Paru Street in Alameda. Benefactor Frank Bette was a master antique furniture restorer. Upon his death in 1999 at the age of 99, he bequeathed the house as “a place for meetings, readings, showings, and other creative doings.” The Frank Bette Center offers a variety of classes and workshops online – Drawing, Painting, Mixed Media, Photography, Cartooning, and Music.

1601 Paru Street
Alameda, CA 94501
510-523-6957