THE Gallery
THE Gallery actively supports the role of art in building community by showcasing Bay Area artists and providing relevant programming that fosters creativity, critical thinking, and engagement.
New Exhibit
Mark Making: Dots, Lines, Textures
Exhibition Dates: September 17, 2026 – November 11, 2026
Artists employ techniques to create unique visual elements. Brushstrokes on canvas, dashes in ink or graphite, or incised lines – all just strokes that are theirs. These shapes and patterns can not only create rhythm but also drive the viewer’s eye. While some dabs of paint, brush marks, and patterning are conscious, much mark-making is accidental or unconscious. Bring on your strokes.
Upcoming Events
Traces of Being: The Timeless Language of Mark Making
Founders RoomSpeaker Susan Goetz Zwirn, painter and professor of art, will trace the evolution of mark making, the heartbeat of visual expression, across time and culture
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Mark Making: Dots, Lines, Textures
Artists employ techniques to create visual elements that are unique: brushstrokes on canvas, dashes in ink or graphite, or incised lines with the end of a brush.
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Upcoming Exhibits
Palette in Play: How Artists Use Color
Exhibition run: November 19, 2026 – January 13, 2027
Color is the first thing you notice about an artwork. But, as a critical formal element used in art making, artists' choices for hues and saturations are signifiers. This exhibit is about how artists employ color, their relationship to it, and how these palette choices impact the viewer.
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How to be considered for our Juried Group Exhibitions?
Check for the next Call for Entries
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Sponsors
The Library Art Gallery wishes to thank the Belvedere Community Foundation for its generous support.