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Our goals are to “Build Community through Art” and support our Bay Area artists. We have new group exhibitions roughly every two months. Most of our exhibitions are blind juried and we use Art Call for our “Call for Entries.”

See a list of our upcoming exhibitions or contact us at [email protected] to be put on our artist email list.

The library receives a commission for any pieces sold to defray expenses associated with the exhibitions and to help support our library.

Call for Entry

Art Inspired by Literature

Exhibition Dates: May 15, 2025 – July 9, 2025

Submissions Close: February 28, 2025 – March 29, 2025

We are excited to invite our Bay Area artist community to submit new works or good fits from your inventory for Art Inspired by Literature, an exhibition dear to us as a Library Gallery. The printed word has and continues to inspire readers, and artists have interpreted those same words through their creative process and medium. Fiction, non-fiction, poetry, folktales and drama are all acceptable source material. And rather than artworks in dialogue with a published illustration, book cover or other representation already in the public domain, we seek original renditions of artwork inspired by your chosen words. Titles, authors, and/or specific excerpts or passages are welcomed starting places for your creative process.

Invited media are paintings, drawings, mixed media, fiber art or photography. In your submissions, please include the name of the literary work, author, and specific excerpt/passage used as inspiration when appropriate.

Submissions will be evaluated on engagement with the theme, technique, overall mastery, creativity, and originality. We hope to offer layered programming around this exhibit to introduce selected artists to a broad audience.

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