My photograph, “An alchemy of protection,” is included in the exhibition Yellow! at Gray Loft Gallery.
Yellow! runs from November 20 through December 18, 2021, with an opening reception on Saturday, November 20, from 4:00 till 6:30 p.m., and a closing reception on Saturday, December 18 from 4:00 till 6:30 p.m.
The exhibit features the work of Bay Area photographers and includes images from a wide array of traditional and alternative photographic processes – including pinhole photography, images made with Polaroid and plastic cameras, tintypes, and other film-based works. This exhibit is a celebration of the color yellow and embraces the unexpected and treasured qualities of this color in many mediums.
Participating Photographers are Stephen Albair, Mima Cataldo, Francis Baker, Gary Beeber, Rose Borden, Maria Budner, Virginia Chabre, Nina Chiappa, Sarah Christianson, Marna G. Clarke, Joshua Curry, Tony DeVarco, Gene Dominique, Lisa Erdberg, Laura Epstein-Norris, Diane Fenster, J. M. Golding, Cheryl L. Guerrero, Marsha Guggenheim, Kent A. Hall, Najib Joe Hakim, Judi Iranyi, Josie Iselin, Laura Kiernan, Ellen Konar/Steve Goldband, Philip Krayna, Claire Maen, Erik Mathy, Sonia Melnikova-Raich, Charles Moulton, Maureen Mulhern-White, Jeannie OConnor, Eben Ostby, Mark Overgaard, Anne Rabe, Steven Raskin, Charles Reilly, David Robinson, Philip T. Sager, Jenny Sampson, Neo Serafimidis, Elizabeth Sher, Gail Skoff, Susan Sperry, Douglas G. Stinson, Michael Teresko, George Tomberlin, Jill Van Hoogenstyn, Jacqueline Walters, Sally Weber, Rusty Weston, Jeff Weston, Susan West, Anita White, Stephanie Williamson, Nick Winkworth, Mitsu Yoshikawa, and Yelena Zhavoronkova.
The juror for Yellow! was fine art photographer, master printer, curator, and educator Ann Jastrab, who is Executive Director of the Center for Photographic Art in Carmel, CA.
Gray Loft Gallery is located at 2889 Ford Street, third floor, Oakland, CA 94601 and can be reached by phone at 510-499-3445.
Gray Loft Gallery was founded in 2012, when an airy Jingletown loft was converted to a gallery space. The gallery has been referred to as a hidden gem in Jingletown, and noted by the late Kenneth Baker, former SF Chronicle Art Critic, in his Visual Arts Don’t Miss Column as “…a space gaining prominence in the Bay Area…”