Two Person Show with James Shefik at KnK Contemporary
https://knkcontemporary.com
Tea Service for Yoga and Soundbath in Redwoods
Plein Air Painting: The Rose Garden with Lauren Jade Szabo Saturday, May 2, 1am-5pm🖌️Through demonstration, group instruction, and one-on-one tutoring, we will investigate the garden as a subject within approaches of traditional and contemporary painting from observation. We will explore techniques for painting methodically on location and outside of the studio. Individual progress will be emphasized. All levels of experience welcome.
For more info and to RSVP visit:
Nature themed group show of 70 Bay Area artists. Opening reception April 2, on view through April 25.
Ritual offering of Hibiscus tea pouring to the Goddess Kali facilitated by Lauren Jade Szabo of Blue Jade Teas. Savor a hot cup of organic Egyptian Hibiscus tea brewed with spring water. Take in the last sips of the year of the snake and set an intention in community to release what no longer serves you.
7-10pm at Parker Electric Building, 221 Washington Street, Oakland
Free entry, donations / tips appreciated
SAVE THE DATE
Art2LOVE
di Rosa’s benefit art sale and online auction supports the stewardship of our Napa preserve and our San Francisco satellite. All art works are donated and consigned by artists and friends who believe in keeping di Rosa’s vision alive. When you participate, you’re investing in a cultural future that belongs to all of us.
Preview of first lots begins week of October 6th.
ONSITE PREVIEW OF ART
GATEHOUSE GALLERY | DI ROSA NAPA
11 AM - 4 PM
ONSITE PREVIEW OF ART
GATEHOUSE GALLERY | DI ROSA NAPA
11 AM - 4 PM
RECEPTION
4 PM - 6 PM
5 PM - Online & In-person bidding ends
The Sausalito Center For The Arts Open
Exhibition:
Oct. 17 - Nov. 16
Opening Reception:
Saturday October 25th, 5:00PM to 7:00PM.
This fall, the Sausalito Center For The Arts proudly presents the SCA Open—a groundbreaking exhibition that showcases the extraordinary talent, vision, and diversity of artists from across the Bay Area and beyond.
From a record-breaking 1,482 submissions by 590 artists, a distinguished jury has selected the most compelling works across painting, sculpture, photography, mixed media, and more. The result is one of the largest and most dynamic showcases of contemporary art in the region.
Why You Can’t Miss This Exhibition
Discover New Voices: Be among the first to experience emerging artists alongside established names.
See It All in One Place: Hundreds of works that span styles, mediums, and perspectives—each one carefully chosen from an overwhelming pool of talent.
Celebrate Creativity: Join fellow art lovers in supporting the vibrancy of the Bay Area’s cultural community.
Save the date for Sunday, June 1st in San Francisco between 1-4pm @knkcontemporary where I will be collaborating with @honeyofwater on hair and makeup, @vita_hewitt_art_and_wanderings behind the camera, and the wonderful bridal party during a free performance titled “Something Blue”!
I am planning to wear my Mother’s 1980s wedding while hand painting it the color blue live in the gallery. The painting starts at 2pm.
We are inviting guests to attend with the option of wearing blue attire and view the gallery show “Blue Note”, the gallery’s current group exhibition of blue dominant artworks featuring over 40 artists. I have two seascape paintings in the exhibition, and additional works the gallery has on site per request.
Please come check out the gallery and invite your friends! The event is part of a neighborhood gallery crawl on Polk street in SF.
You can also see more blue themed costumes (about 30 of them!) at “Heart String”, opening @zacchosf the same weekend in which I created looks for 7 vertical dancers and 22 choir members by @ciarra_do
See you opening night!
Image featured is from an earlier spring performance @bandaloopstudios
True North is di Rosa’s biennial juried exhibition celebrating the work of North Bay artists. Selected by a panel of artists and art workers, this second iteration of True North presents a diverse array of work by artists living or working in Marin, Napa, Solano, or Sonoma counties. Themes explored through the selected work include maximalist or additive aesthetics, playful references to craft traditions and materials, humor, and abstracted figuration and landscape.
Submissions were juried by Lisa Crallé, artist, curator, and Founder & Director of Personal Space in Vallejo, CA; Reniel Del Rosario, artist; and Justin Wyckoff, art conservator and writer.
Opening Reception
Saturday, November 16
5 – 6 p.m.
Patrons & Members Hour
Free for di Rosa Patrons & Members with RSVP to development@dirosaart.org
6 – 7 p.m.
Public Reception
$10 General | Members Free
More info:
https://www.dirosaart.org/2024/07/open-call-true-north-2024/
Beginnings—our 2024 Artist Member show—opens Sat., Oct. 26 with a reception from 2:00-4:00 pm that afternoon. 90% of sale proceeds go to you—the artist! Invite your friends and family. Closing date is yet to be determined. MarinMOCA is open Wed-Fri, 11am-4pm and Sat-Sun, 11am-5pm.
Outdoor Landscape (Plein Air) Painting Course
Three Sundays, October 20 - November 3; Noon to 5pm
Through demonstrations and one-on-one tutoring, students will investigate today's natural, urban and hybridized landscape within approaches of contemporary painting from observation. Students will explore techniques for painting methodically on location and outside of the studio. Individual portfolio progress will be emphasized.
Instructor: Lauren Szabo graduated with a BFA in Illustration from California College of the Arts and received an MFA Fellowship from San Francisco Art Institute for graduate study in painting.
Fee: Members $300 for three sessions; $120 for individual sessionx
Non-members $350 for three sessions; $135 for individual session
Where: MarinMOCA, courtyard between the 781 Hamilton Parkway and Beso Cafe
ART FWD (Art Forward) is MarinMOCA’s flagship annual event celebrating the North Bay's singular creative spirit. ART FWD introduces museum members and new audiences to the depth and breadth of MarinMOCA’s exhibition programming, educational initiatives, and community-focused events. This year’s theme - Art All Around Us - will come to life at the ART FWD Party on September 28, with MarinMOCA's Inaugural Northern California Open exhibition as well as live performances by youth groups and renowned professionals from the San Francisco North Bay.
The Northern California Open is a richly diverse presentation of works by artists from Monterey to Eureka. The sale of these works via ART FWD's Silent Auction directly benefits contributing artists and the museum. All money raised through ART FWD and the Northern California Open supports MarinMOCA's exhibitions, educational initiatives, public programs, and work with local artists.
Artworks featured in our Silent Auction were selected by an esteemed panel of jurors:
Facundo Argañaraz, Artist, Founder-Director, 1599fdT
Mariah Nielson, Director, Blunk Space
Lawrence Rinder, Director Emeritus, BAMPFA
Mari Robles, Executive Director, Headlands Center for the Arts
Donna Seager, Partner, Seager Gray Gallery
A curated selection of artworks by highly esteemed Bay Area artists will also be available at the Live Auction at the ART FWD Party on September 28.
More info here: https://cbo.io/bidapp/index.php?slug=artfwd&id=%23bidder_login#
Get ready, art enthusiasts, for an exhibition that will be remembered! We have an exciting line-up of 66 artists, each displaying their most cherished creations under one roof. This magnificent event is part of our 'Showstopper Series', a unique showcase that focuses on bringing the artists' most adored works to the forefront. With a wide array of styles and mediums on display, there's bound to be something that appeals to every art lover's taste. Don't miss the chance to immerse yourself in this artistic extravaganza!
Four Fridays, August 30 - September 20: 1:30pm - 4:30pm
Instructor: Lauren Szabo
Through demonstrations and one-on-one tutoring, students will investigate today's natural, urban and hybridized landscape within approaches of contemporary painting from observation. With these themes in mind, students will create a body of work communicating their individual and/or collective perception. Formal issues will include the use of color, paint handling, value, and composition. Class discussions and critiques will enhance studio time. Individual portfolio progress will be emphasized.
Instructor: Lauren Szabo graduated with a BFA in Illustracion from California College of the Arts and received an MFA Fellowship from San Francisco Art Institute for graduate study in painting. Website: LaurenSzabo.com
Fee: Members $195 Non-members $230
Where: Marin Museum of Contemporary Art, 781 Hamilton Parkway, Novato (building behind Béso Bistro)
Materials List: Will be provided upon registration
Lauren Jade Szabo: As Above, So Below
Solo Exhibition, Marin Museum of Contemporary Art, Second Floor Gallery, Novato
Opening Reception July 13, 2-4pm. Exhibition runs July 13 - September 28
Live Performance at the reception in collaboration with dance artist Morgan Olson and vocal artist Rowan Katz
Focusing on our relationships to the environment, “As Above, So Below” revels in the complexity of the ever-changing hybridized seascape, landscape, and skyscape. Szabo explores visual symptoms of perceived separation of humankind and nature through realist paintings and site-specific dance collaborations.
The exhibition leans into a vision of interconnectedness while exploring facets of the exquisite paradox of existence, such as duality and unity in the age of late capitalism. Composed of man-made environments that are in the process of being reclaimed by the elements, her work celebrates ephemeral cycles emphasizing light and color as the divine embodied.
Using juxtapositions of image and text, Lauren’s work utilizes advertising techniques that reference popular culture recontextualized with environmental motives at the thematic intersection of painting, propaganda, and the American West. She believes in reflecting on our environmental relations to learn about ourselves and widen our capacities for empathy.
Film projects screened in collaboration with Lauren Godla, Kara Starkweather, Héctor Jaime, Brandon Graham, Bryan and Vita Hewitt.
Figure Drawing
Six Thursdays, June 20 - August 1 (No Class July 4)
Through demonstrations, studio practice, and one-on-one tutoring, students will investigate techniques for drawing the human figure within traditional and contemporary approaches. With these goals in mind, students will create a series of works based in live figure drawing from a nude and clothed model. Formal issues will include the use of anatomical proportions, value, and composition. Readings, class discussions, and critiques will enhance studio work time. Individual portfolio progress will be emphasized.
Instructor: Lauren Szabo graduated with a BFA in Illustration from California College of the Arts and received an MFA Fellowship from San Francisco Art Institute for graduate study in painting.
When: Six Thursdays, June 20 – August 1 (No class July 4) 4pm – 7pm
Where: Marin Museum of Contemporary Art | 781 Hamilton Parkway (building behind Beso Café)
Fee: Members $300; Non-members $350 (Plus $75 model fee to be paid directly to the instructor on the first day of class)
Materials: Materials list is posted online
Visa and MasterCard welcome.
Four Fridays, May 24 - June 14
Instructor: Lauren Szabo
Through demonstrations and one-on-one tutoring, students will investigate today's natural, urban and hybridized landscape within approaches of contemporary painting from observation. Students will explore techniques for painting methodically on location and outside of the studio. Individual portfolio progress will be emphasized.
Instructor: Lauren Szabo graduated with a BFA in Illustration from California College of the Arts and received an MFA Fellowship from San Francisco Art Institute for graduate study in painting.
Fee: Members $400 for four sessions; $120 for individual session
Non-members $450 for four sessions; $135 for individual session
PLEASE CONTACT THE OFFICE TO ENROLL IN INDIVIDUAL SESSIONS
Where: MarinMOCA, courtyard between the 781 Hamilton Parkway and Beso Cafe
Marin Open Studios
Saturday and Sunday, May 4/ 5 and 11/ 12
11-6pm
Lauren Szabo Studio
781 Hamilton Parkway, Studio E
Novato, CA
Museum of Northern California Art (MONCA)
900 Esplanade, Chico, CA
Reception: Friday, March 22, 2024, 5-8pm
March 21 - May 12
Eight Thursdays, March 7 - May 2 (no class on April 11); 4:30 - 6:30pm
Instructor: Lauren Szabo
Through demonstrations, studio practice, and one-on-one tutoring, students will investigate techniques for drawing the human figure within traditional and contemporary approaches. With these goals in mind, students will create a series of works based in portraiture and live figure drawing from a clothed model.
Formal issues will include the use of anatomical proportions, value, and composition. Lectures, readings, class discussions, and critiques will enhance studio work time. Individual portfolio progress will be emphasized.
Instructor: Lauren Szabo graduated with a BFA in Illustration from California College of the Arts and received an MFA Fellowship from San Francisco Art Institute for graduate study in painting.
Fee: Members $300; Non-members $350
Where: Marin Museum of Contemporary Art, 781 Hamilton Parkway, Novato (building behind Beso Café)
For The Love Of...
Group show
Opening Reception January 5, 5-8pm
Show runs through January 28th
2358MRKT Gallery
My work was chosen for The de Young Open 2023!
The de Young Open 2023, the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco’s second triennial juried community art exhibition, features work by artists from the nine Bay Area counties: Alameda, Contra Costa, Marin, Napa, San Francisco, San Mateo, Santa Clara, Solano, and Sonoma. Artworks are hung salon-style and installed nearly edge to edge and floor to ceiling in the de Young museum’s Herbst Exhibition Galleries, maximizing the number of works on view. Designed to celebrate and support our local arts communities, The de Young Open 2023 invites you to see the creativity of the Bay Area under one roof—you might even find an artwork to make your own!
Join Marin Museum of Contemporary Art (MarinMOCA) for its ART FWD Annual Benefit Art Auction. This year’s event will celebrate the organization’s 40-year history and pave the way for a bright future at the museum. Register to bid on auction items and to purchase tickets for the Live Auction and Celebration on September 30th. For help and additional information, please contact MarinMOCA staff at info@marinmoca.org.
Szabo’s 2022 residency at MarinMOCA will culminate in a solo exhibition at the Second Floor Gallery at 500 Palm Drive from November 12 - December 23, 2022.
Opening Reception November 12, 3-5pm, Live Performance, 4pm
Artist Talk, December 2022, TBA
2022 Artist In Residence: Lauren Jade Szabo
Studio E, 781 Hamilton Parkway, MarinMOCA Campus, Novato
Lauren Jade Szabo is a Los Angeles born artist and educator who lives and works in the San Francisco Bay Area. She graduated with a BFA in Illustration from California College of the Arts with distinction, and received an MFA Fellowship from San Francisco Art Institute for graduate study in Painting, completed in 2018. She is a 2016 Elizabeth Greenshields Foundation Grant recipient and received a Cadogan award for her graduate work in 2017. Her work has been exhibited internationally and locally including the De Young Museum and SFMOMA Artists Gallery, and is in private collections in Europe, South Africa, and the United States.
During her residency at MarinMOCA, Szabo will develop a body of work that continues to explore the human condition in relation to the natural world through the lens of the landscape of the American West, and what is at stake through industrial and technological advancement. Focusing on the issue of health, Szabo is currently observing the relationship between mental, physical, public, and environmental health, and believes that we are being called to attention to heal ourselves while we heal our planet. Research is an ongoing engagement to guide the content of the work which focuses on the intersection of science and eco-spirituality and considers homeostasis on a micro and macro scale.
For more information visit: https://marinmoca.org/exhibitions/event/160/
September 10 - October 15, 2022
Art Forward (ART FWD)
Annual Benefit Art Auction
See and bid on over 40 curated works from our artist member and Bay Area artist community, along with exclusive experience packages!
September 10, 5-8pm
Free Opening Night Party and Silent Auction Kick-off.
Enjoy delicious food, libations and bid in the silent auction.
Plus, Open Studios! Visit MarinMOCA artists in their studios on
Saturday, Sept. 10, 2-8pm, and Sunday, September 11, 11am-5pm.
September 10 - October 15
Exhibition and Silent Auction (Free to the public)
Pre-registration for the Silent Auction coming soon.
October 15
Live Auction and Closing Event (Tickets on sale soon!)
Watch this space or join our mailing list here, to receive announcements about the event including how to purchase tickets for the October 15 Live Auction!
MarinMOCA Open Studios
In conjunction with the opening night party for our ART FWD Annual Benefit Art Auction, visit artists in their studios on the MarinMOCA campus!
Open Studios will take place on Saturday, September 10, 2-8pm and Sunday, September 11, 5-8pm.
My studio is located at the 781 Hamilton Parkway building, in studio E.
Thursday, September 8, 5:30 - 10pm
SOMArts Cultural Center
934 Brannon Street, San Francisco
For more information visit: https://one.bidpal.net/cohartauction22/welcome
Join us at Gray Loft Gallery in Oakland on Friday, August 26 from 5-8pm for a one-night-only screening of our new short film, in collaboration with Lauren Godla, Valerio Belloni, and the Hewitts.
Six Fridays, July 1 - August 5; 1:30 - 4:30pm
Instructor: Lauren Szabo, Artist in Residence
Through demonstrations, studio practice, and one-on-one tutoring, students will investigate the natural, urban, and hybridized landscape within approaches of contemporary painting. With these themes in mind, students will create a body of work communicating their individual and/or collective perception, while inspecting the shift of the western landscape through painting and what has been lost through human corruption of natural space. Formal issues will include the use of color, paint handling, value, and composition. Slide lectures, readings, class discussions, and critiques will enhance studio work time. Individual portfolio progress will be emphasized.
Lauren is MarinMOCA’S Artist in Residence, 2022
Where: Marin Museum of Contemporary Art, 781 Hamilton Parkway, Novato (building behind Beso Café )
Fees: Members $275; Non-members $315
For materials list and enrollment:
Four Saturdays, May 28 - June 18; 11am - 5pm
Instructor: Lauren Szabo, Artist in Residence
Through demonstrations and one-on-one tutoring, students will investigate today's natural and hybridized landscape within approaches of contemporary painting from observation. Students will explore techniques for painting methodically on location and outside of the studio. Individual portfolio progress will be emphasized.
Lauren is MarinMOCA’S Artist in Residence, 2022
Where: Marin Museum of Contemporary Art, 781 Hamilton Parkway, Novato
(building behind Beso Café)
Fee: Members $350 for four weeks, or $100 per session
Non-members: $400 for four weeks, or $120 per session
For supplies list and enrollment:
Weekend 1: Apr 30-May 1
Weekend 2: May 7-8
Building Name
Marin Museum of Contemporary Art, Artist Studio, 2022 Artist in Residence
Studio Or Unit Number
Studio E
Studio Address
781 Hamilton Pkwy, Novato, CA 94949, USA
