295 Oak Street, San Francisco, CA We are currently open Saturdays and Sundays, 12-4 pm and by appointment
Jazz in the Garden
Saturday, September 25 2:30 - 5:00 pm
CURIOUS PLANET
FREE! Live Music! HVAW presents CURIOUS PLANET in our ongoing Music in the Garden series!
Join us in the lovely outdoor sculpture garden for this free special event! (Octavia between Page and Lily.)
Singers! Curious Planet invites you to sing with us! Bring your tune and key you sing in, and we'll provide the mic and best backup band you could ask for! You can even sign up for rehearsal time with the band. Check the signup link below.
Previous Music in the Garden Series:
Curious Planet. 7.24.21 with guest singers
Curious Planet joined us for the second Music in the Garden performance on July 24, with several guest singers sitting in. Check out a snippet here
Nature in the City:
New exhibit opens October 2, 1-4 pm
with 11 am sketching event!
Exhibition runs October 2 - November 11
San Francisco artists Laurie Wigham, Ryan Jones and Zip Lehnus work at the intersection of nature journaling & urban sketching to explore the richness of nature in our city. This exhibit celebrates the immediacy of impression which harmonizes the natural and the urban. Wigham is a prolific sketch artist; Jones (1978-2008) was a self-taught artist whose love of nature is preserved in watercolor; Lehnus always has a sketch pad! Wigham and Lehnus are both educators and Jones was a dedicated teacher of youth education programs.
We hope this selection of works will enhance your experience with your own sketches.
At 11am-1pm on Oct 2nd, artist Laurie Wigham will lead sketching starting in our garden. From her annnouncement:
Come to the opening on October 2 and sketch with us! We’ll be meeting at 11:00 and wandering around the neighborhood to find some nature around Hayes Valley to sketch, and meeting back at the gallery at 1:00. Read more about it at SF Sketchers.
ART NEWS: MURALS!
GALLERY MURAL
A new mural on our converted shipping container/gallery!
Local muralist Eric Broers -instagram @HiERICBRO - completed a brand new series of murals on all four sides of the gallery, titled “Oh My!!”
Stop by to check it out. His accompanying gallery show just closed and was a huge success!
We are delighted to have two more murals by artist Todd Kurnat recently installed in the north garden... come by and check them out... https://www.toddkurnat.com
Watercolor Workshop with artist Lucia Gonnella
It's BACK!
Our online workshop, led by talented plein air artist Lucia Gonnella, became very popular on Zoom. Painters from beginners to advanced, have participated every other Saturday from April 2020 to the present. Next workshop October 2nd! More info on our Facebook page or here at Eventbrite.
HVAW at Shared Streets
Save the Date:
PET PARADE followed by a LIVE DJ EVENT Saturday, October 23
Stay tuned for details
Todd with Caspar and Darla (photo credit: Babs Early)
On other weekends: We've taken the Art Cart to the streets! We've had wonderful times making art with visitors and getting to know our neighbors. Our youngest community artists have shared amazing chalk drawings! Recent guest artists at the Art Cart activation include "The Gate Guy" Todd Young.
ONGOING ACTIVITIES
HVAW is committed to supporting community through art, music, conversation and other forms of social engagement.
Join our group for more details Please check our MEETUP page for each week's schedule. Currently seeking artists and crafters to lead us in these events! https://www.meetup.com/Art-in-the-Garden-at-Hayes-Valley-Art-Works Art in the Garden Saturdays Every other Saturday, we are online with Watercolor Workshops. On other Saturdays, stop by the garden. You can sign up for info on MeetupBring your supplies or share what supplies we have and express your creativity with others. Drawing, painting, clay or wood sculpting and other media encouraged. No formal instruction is provided, although we will have special sessions with local artists to be announced. Writing & Weeding Sundays ONLINE. Sign up on Meetup. Writer's block? Join us to work on wordcraft in a dedicated environment. Prose, poetry, fiction, non-fiction, short stories, journaling - or weeding! - are all welcome. We start with a check in, set writing goals, have breaks, and weed. Now affiliated with the "Shut Up & Write" meetup group. Maker's Day Fridays WE NEED ARTISTS / CRAFTS PEOPLE to lead our Maker's Fridays! Please sign up or contact us on Meetup
Visit
BEE A VOLUNTEER!
We will need you to reopen! If you're interested in buzzing around the garden, helping expand our online presence, programs, or just holding the space open for others, please stop by (when we re-open) or drop us an email. Also seeking local artists interested in exhibiting work in our upcoming shows.
THE CLARK REPORT
IN OTHER MEWS....
CLARK HERE.
So the vet says "maybe" I'll make it to Christmas. Things sound grim but I'm doing ok. It's been a pretty good life, all things considered. Being the Hayes Valley Art Works Mascot since 2017 has really given a purr-pose to my life. And now I've been immortalized by painters the Watercolor Workshop on September 18th.
Anyways. Hope to see you before I head to the great mouse hunt in the sky. I'm looking forward to snacking on some mice at the jazz concert this Saturday 9/25. Check meow...t.
So. You should come, and see me....
Come for the cheese.
Stay for the art.
Fall for the cat.
LOVE,
CLARK
(image: Clark in watercolor, painted by his MeOM Babs, in his Superman Cape..)
We are fiscally sponsored by Intersection for the Arts, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization, which allows us to offer you tax deductions for your contributions. Use the Donate button above or please make checks payable to Intersection for the Arts, and write Hayes Valley Art Works in the memo line. This ensures that you’ll receive an acknowledgement letter for tax purposes, and your donation will be available for our project.
Intersection for the Arts is our non-profit fiscal sponsor. Intersection provides assistance to individual artists and organizations as they work to develop and sustain their artistic work, and the fiscal sponsorship means that donations are tax-deductible.
Hayes Valley Art Works created a community art and gathering space, where neighborhood residents can meet and work with with professional artists and make tangible connections to the Bay Area's creative community. With successful partnership-based exhibitions, performances, activity days, and art residencies, we’re laying the groundwork for new collaborative exhibitions that showcase the Bay Area’s vibrant creative relationships, resources, and creative innovation.
Please help us reach our goal by donating today. Every bit counts! As we are now fiscally sponsored by Intersection for the Arts, your donations are tax-deductible.
Our address is:
Octavia Boulevard between Oak and Lily
(295 Oak on Google Maps)
San Francisco, CA 94102
We are open: Saturdays & Sundays 12-4 Monday - Friday: by appointment only
We are a Member of Intersection for the Arts. Intersection provides Bay Area based artists and arts organizations with resources, community and cultural space in order to develop sustainable practices. Visit www.theintersection.org.
