Happening In the Gallery This Weekend
Showing through May 31 | The 8th Albany High School Art Show
and, evey Friday in the gallery, Figure Drawing Fridays 6-9pm
Art & Song
Lorin Benedict & Mike Mitchell
Saturday May 18
1-2:15pm
A NEW MUSIC SERIES CURATED BY TIFFANY AUSTIN
Join us this Saturday, May 18, for live jazz in the gallery. This month’s Art & Song features the virtuosic vocal improviser Lorin Benedict with drummer Mike Mitchell for an adventurous afternoon of classic and new genre-bridging music.Lorin Benedict is an improvising vocalist (scat singer, essentially) living in Emeryville, California. He attempts to introduce more structurally involved elements into the field of (Western!) vocal improvisation. Most of his work in this area is centered loosely in the jazz idiom.Art & Song is curated by Tiffany Austin,@tiffanyaustinmusicShe is also co-producing the upcoming Juneteenth celebration in Albany, June 23, as well as curating the music for that event.
8th Albany High School Art Show
In the Gallery through May 31, 2024
Only two weeks left to view our May exhibition, the 8th Albany High School Advance Art Student Show.
Every year, the artists bring us outstanding art in a variety of media, and this year is no different. It is a pleasure to host this show, we hope you can stop by soon to see the artworks.
Call for Vendors
We're looking for vendors for all of our fairs this year. If you want to join our Artisan & Art Fair series, or pop-up in front of the gallery on a Saturday or Sunday, please contact us.
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Figure Drawing Fridays
Every Friday, 6-9pm
A Weekly Open Figure Drawing Session
The gallery will provide chairs and tables. Easels on request. Bring your own paper, pencils, pens, etc.
Cookies and water will be served.
Please register in advance.
About Us
Abrams Claghorn Gallery believes that everyone has a unique story to tell through creative expression. We present over 70 local makers in our diverse collection of home goods and art for sale. We also feature local and emerging artists, rotating monthly in our gallery. We showcase works that allow artists to focus on concept and masterful craftsmanship.
Sustainable, Ethically Sourced, Fairly Priced
There are a several positive results from choosing only local artists as vendors. Most makers in the SF Bay Area are women, and if we choose our vendors based on quality alone, then it naturally follows that we will have a very representitive sampling of the local community, meaning most items in the shop are made by women. And, that also means that with many other factors (culture, ethnicity, age, etc) we have an accurate sampling of the artist community at large.
It is important to us that there are no ethical concerns for labor sourcing and few sustainability issues. We know personally 99% of the makers, and what their inventory is made with. None of the items we sell are made in factories. Almost all of the inventory is hand delivered, which means the vendor does not leave packing materials here, and any used by the vendor can be re-used for later transportation and delivery.
Last, and very important, it is crucial to us that the vendors get paid a fair amount for the items we sell. That means we are not always as inexpensive as other places.
We thank you for your support of local artists and craftspeople, and hope to see you in the shop soon!