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Art Organizations that Show Art

The following organizations exhibit work by Bay Area artists in addition to other services they provide. For other organizations, both national and international, that offer networking, legal assistance and funding, see our Art Links - Organizations page.

One of the best ways for an emerging artist to show and sell his or her work is to join an art organization, some of which have their own galleries. Other art organizations rent or borrow spaces for shows. Still others will help you network. Many of them are listed below, including some who do not advertise and are discovered only through word of mouth.

Members generally need to pay a fee and/or volunteer time. This is a tremendous opportunity to meet patrons, network with other artists, learn how to hang a show and prepare your work, and sell work. But remember that you get out of membership exactly as much as you put into it.

   Because galleries frequently relocate or close, you should always call before you send slides.
If you discover that a gallery is no longer in business, PLEASE let us know.

ACCI Gallery ('05)
Membership organization.
1652 Shattuck, Berkeley, CA 94709. (510) 843-2527

     Art2u   Bay Area ('05)
Online portfolio of Fine Art and Design, event listings, articles, bookstore, gallery, giftshop and extensive filmographies and highlights of World Cinema and Hollywood.
P.O. Box 19062; Oakland, CA 94619
Email: gil@art2u.com (Roxane Gilbert),  URL: http://www.art2u.com

Artists of Marin Festival
Festival showcase for the fine artists and crafts people of Marin County, California.

Artists’ Television Access
992 Valencia (at 21st), San Francisco, CA 94110
415-824-3890 or workshops@atasite.org for mailing list

ArtSpan/San Francisco Open Studios
600-artist member organization and HUGE annual event in the fall.
Annual membership - $125.
934 Brannan (betw. 8th & 9th), San Francisco, CA 94103
artspan@sirius.com

ARTwork ('05)
120-artist member organization. Curates shows in more than 27 San Francisco venues. Slide archive. Arranges/curates exhibits in many cafes, restaurants, corporate and public spaces. A great place to get started.
info@artworksf.com  Event Hotline: 415/673-3080  

The Athenaeum Music & Arts Library
1008 Wall St., La Jolla, CA 92037 (619)454-5872)

Bay Area Video Coalition
2727 Mariposa @ Bryant, 2nd floor, screening room, 415-641-4326,
email: lsplan@slip.net

Bay Area Women’s Caucus for Art (WCA)
Membership organization
2625 Alcatraz Ave. Box 368, Berkeley, CA 94705
(National Organization - Women’s Caucus for Art, Moore College of Art, 20th and The Parkway, Philadelphia, PA 19103, (215) 854-0922)

Berkeley Art Center Association (BACA)
Membership organization, juried & curated exhibitions, workshops, festivals.
Thurs - Sun, 12-5pm. No admission fee to view exhibition.
1275 Walnut St., Berkeley, CA 94709 (in Live Oak Park).
(510) 644-6893

California Arts Council
Grants to individuals and organizations, statewide Art in Public Buildings Program. . .
2411 Alhanbra Blvd., Sacramento, CA 95818-2411.  (916) 227-2550

California Society of Printmakers ('05)
PO Box #475422, San Francisco, CA 94147
http://www.caprintmakers.org/

Center For Contemporary Art
1516 Del Paso Blvd., Sacramento, CA 95815

The Clay Studio / Space 743
743 Harrison St, SFCA 94107
a multipurpose art space, we offer ceramic classes,
artists'studios and an 1100 square foot exhibition space
claystudio@aol.com (John DeLois)

The Coastal Arts League Museum
Membership organization. Juried shows.
520 Kelly Avenue, Half Moon Bay, CA 94019.  (415) 726-6335

Headlands Center for the Arts
944 Fort Barry, Sausalito, CA 94965
http://www.headlands.org
sschoech@headlands.org
(415) 331-2787

JFK University Arts and Consciousness Gallery
Arts Annex, 2nd Floor, 2956 San Pablo Avenue, Berkeley
( 510) 649-0499, 11am-5pm

Kala Art Institute
Workshop, Media Center, Gallery
1060 Heinz Ave., Berkeley, CA 94710
Gallery hrs: Tues - Fri, 12-5pm, or by appt.
kala@kala.org
http://www.kala.org/

Intersection for the Arts
446 Valencia (btwn 15/16)
San Francisco CA 94103
http://www.theintersection.org/
kevin@theintersection.org
(415 )626-2787

Lillian Paley Center for the Visual Arts (CVA)
Membership organization, shows, gallery.
Hrs: Tues & Weds 10am - 7pm, Sun 12 - 4pm
713 Washington St., Oakland, CA 94607.   (510) 451-6300

Los Medanos College Art Gallery
hrs: Tues, Wed, Thu, 12:30-2:30pm & 6:30-8:30pm
2700 East Leland Rd., Pittsburg, CA 94565    439-2185 x493

Matrix Gallery
Workshop of Women Artists’, membership organization, shows
1725 I Street, Sacramento, CA 95814, (916) 441-4818

Mission Cultural Center for Latino Arts
2868 Mission St. San Francisco, CA 94110
(415) 821-1155

Northern California Center for the Arts
314 West Main Street, Grass Valley, California, 95945

Northern California Council (of the National Museum of Women in the Arts)
Membership organization, shows at other sites
NCC/NMWA, P.O. Box 471915, San Francisco, CA 94147-1915
(415) 435-0987

The Pacific Center for the Book Arts
Workshops, lectures, exhibitions, newsletter
P.O. Box 424431, San Francisco, CA 94142-4431, (415) 281-5902
http://www.pcba.info/

Palo Alto Cultural Center & Guild
1313 Newell Road
Palo Alto CA 94303.  (415) 329-2519 / 329-2366

Palo Alto Art Center
1313 Newell Rd., Palo Alto, CA 94303
FREE Admission everyday. hrs: Mon - Sat, 10am-5 pm Thurs,
7pm-10pm & Sun, 1pm-5pm
http://www.city.palo-alto.ca.us/artcenter/
(650) 329.2366

Pastel Society of San Diego
c/o Jack Nicholson
Box 80523, Central P.O.
San Diego, CA 92138-0523

Pastel Society of the West Coast
Sacramento Fine Arts Center
5330-B Gibbons Drive
Carmichael, CA 95608

ProArts/East Bay Open Studios
400-artist membership organization, gallery, and HUGE annual event in the spring.
461 9th @ Broadway, Oakland, CA 94607. (510) 763-4361, (510) 763-9425
http://www.proartsgallery.org/index.html

Queer Arts Resource  
". . .a focus on queer art contributes to a deeper  understanding of art, of our community, and of the universal artistic impulse." QAR is a not-for-profit, volunteer-based organization
http://www.queer-arts.org

San Francisco Arts Commission Gallery (upstairs space) ('05)
401 Van Ness @ the War Memorial Building, San Francisco
http://sfac.sfsu.edu/

San Francisco Center for the Book ('05)
300 De Haro Street, San Francisco
For more information, call 415.621.5744.

San Francisco Women Artists Gallery ('05)
300-artist member organization, gallery. Juried shows. Workshops. Slide Archive. Annual membership fee plus volunteer service in gallery or on committee. As of January 2005, we are most happy to have announced that we have found a new
permanent gallery location for our organization. The SFWA Gallery is located at 3489 Sacramento Street (cross street is Laurel), San Francisco, CA 94118.
Phone: (415) 440-7392.
info@sfwomenartists.org
http://www.sfwomenartists.org

San Jose Art League
was founded in 1938 to serve and support new and emerging artists in the local and regional area.
19 N. 2nd, Suite 102 San Jose, CA 95113
(408) 294-4545

San Mateo County Arts Council
Manor House Gallery
Membership organization, gallery, shows
1219 Ralston Ave., Belmont, CA 94002.  (415) 593-1816

Santa Cruz Mountains Art Center
9341 Mill St., Ben Lomond, CA 95005
831-336-3513
http://www.mountainartcenter.org/

Silicon Valley Local Artists
http://www.svlocalartists.org/

SoCo gallery of the Arts Council of Napa Valley
68 Coombs Street, D-4, Napa CA 94559
(707) 257-2117

South Bay Area Women’s Caucus for Art
Membership organization
759 Maplewood Avenue, Palo Alto CA 94303.   (408) 995-0277

Vallejo Artists' Guild
24 local artists: art glass, poetry, masks, assemblage, sculpture, photography, watercolor, acrylic, oils
Francie Gross, vallejoartguild@artlover.com
707.557.3319

Ylem: Artists Using Science and Technology ('05)
Ylem Forum Events and lectures
(lectures are at McBean Theater, Exploratorium,
3601 Lyon St., San Francisco)
http://www.ylem.org