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Wednesday, February 5, 2025, 1 PM

INK & FLOW: EXPLORING NATURE THROUGH THE CREATIVE PROCESS

Art Demonstration and Talk on Zoom

Sponsored by the Fremont Art Association

Please join me from the comfort of your own device on Wednesday, February 5, 2025, at 1:00 pm. I am delighted and honored to have been invited to kick off the Fremont Art Association's first virtual General Meeting and Demo for 2025. I'll focus on conceptualizing, planning, and crafting my dimensional collages and sculptural works using printmaking, digital composition, paper cutting, and mixed-media techniques.

This is a FREE event and the public is welcome!

To register, click HERE

Within Without, Smith River series. Dimensional mixed media collage: original imagery on 100% cotton rag paper, acrylic paint, glass and metallic beads, 16 x 16 inches framed in shadowbox, 2025.

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January 3-30, 2025

ANNUAL MEMBERS' SHOW

O'hanlon Center for the Arts

Reception: Saturday, January 11, 2-4 PM

Stop by and visit this inspiring annual event. Nestled into a Mill Valley hillside, the O'hanlon Center for the Arts is always a great outing.

For details, click HERE

Chalchiuhtlicue II-Aztec Goddess of Fresh Waters, Mixed media: original imagery on 100% cotton rag paper, glass and gold beads, acrylic paint, art papers. 13 x 13 x 1.75 inches framed in shadow box, 2024.

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Through May 3, 2025

SPOTLIGHT: THE PRINTMAKERS IV

Arc Studios & Gallery, San Francisco

Reception & Trunk Show: Saturday, March 22, 12-3 PM

I’m honored to be included in this exciting lineup in Arc Gallery’s fourth annual “The Printmakers” Exhibition, curated by Michael Yochum. My new Hills series is featured, and I’ll have much, much more to share at the Reception & Trunk Show on Saturday, March 22, 12-3 PM. You’re invited!

For details, click HERE

Breath, Hills series. Original digital imagery, stencil, and monotype on 100% cotton rag paper, 16 x 16 inches framed, 2024.

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Between Heaven and Earth, Hills series. Original digital imagery, stencil, and monotype on 100% cotton rag paper, 16 x 16 inches framed, 2024.

October 4-6, 2024

SAN FRANCISCO OPEN STUDIOS 2024

Arc Studios & Gallery, San Francisco

Arc Preview Reception: Friday, August 23, 7-9 PM

Arc 2024 Open Studios: Saturday & Sunday, October 5 & 6, 11 AM- 5 PM

It's wonderful to be back at Arc Gallery & Studios this year. I’m excited to share new print, mixed media, and dimensional works inspired by Bay Area landscapes and inner landscapes. My Water series continues to flow, and there are works inspired by this summer’s visit to my muse, the Smith River—California's last wild river. Come by and visit with me and my inspiring, top-notch exhibiting artist colleagues.

For details, click HERE

August 15 through October 5, 2024

WOMEN CREATE SPACE

A Celebration of Sculpture and Three-Dimensional works by Bay Area Women Artists

Elizabeth Addison & Leah Andrews, co-curators

Karen M. Gutfreund, guest juror.

Olive Hyde Art Gallery, Fremont CA

Reception: Friday, August 23, 7-9 PM

Curatorial Tour: Friday, September 13, 12 noon

Online Artists' Talk: Thursday, September 19, 7-8 PM

I'm delighted to announce my latest curatorial project, Women Create Space—a collaboration between Northern California Women’s Caucus for Art and The City of Fremont’s Historic Olive Hyde Art Gallery. The San Francisco Bay Area is home to an innovative and internationally recognized community of women artists working in three dimensions. Women Create Space spotlights sculptors and 3D artists of the Northern California Women's Caucus for Art, the Olive Hyde Art Guild, and from the Northern California region in this spectacular gallery-wide installation.

Order your print catalog HERE

View the online flipbook HERE

June 15 through July 13, 2024

ACCESS: AN ORDINARY NOTION

A National Juried Art Exhibition

Inspired by Alice Paul and the ERA

Elizabeth Addison & Karen M. Gutfreund, co-curators

Arc Gallery, San Francisco

In-person Panel: Saturday, June 15, 2-5 PM

Reception: Saturday, June 15, 7-9 PM

Curatorial Tour: Sunday, June 23, 1:30 PM

Poetry & Music Event: Sunday, July 7, 3-5 PM

ACCESS: An Ordinary Notion featured artworks that tell individual stories and advocate for social justice and human rights. Inspired by Alice Paul, who introduced the Equal Rights Amendment in 1923, this potent collection showcases works that speak to and illuminate the ongoing conversation around race, women's and LGBTQIA+ rights, reproductive rights, disparities in global wealth, power, access to food, water, shelter, education, health services, disability access, child and elder care, along with immigration issues, climate change, and criminal (in)justice. NCWCA and I are also pleased to announce that the Alice Paul Institute and the Susan B. Anthony Museum & House partnered with us for this important exhibition!

View ACCESS: An Ordinary Notion Online Catalog HERE

Order the Print Catalog HERE

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April 13 through May 4, 2024

CUT AND RUN

A COLLAGE-A-RAMA EXHIBITION

Arc Project Gallery, San Francisco

Dianne Hoffman, curator

Reception: Saturday, April 13, 7-9 PM

Three of my dimensional collages were featured in Cut and Run, Collage-a-Rama’s 2024 exhibition. The medium of collage feels like a celebration of disparate materials and imagery. It is a practice of synthesis and noticing small details that when placed together can communicate cutting-edge ideas! Celebrate the many approaches, concepts, and facets of Collage with the creative community of Arc's Collage-A-Rama artist group curated by Dianne Hoffman.

Chalchiuhtlicue I-Aztec Goddess of Fresh Waters, Mixed media: original imagery on 100% cotton rag paper, glass and gold beads, acrylic paint, art papers, on solid wood panel. 13 x 13 x 2.25 inches, 2024.

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March 21 through April 27, 2024

KALA 50 – ART EXHIBITION & BENEFIT

KALA Gallery, Berkeley

50th Anniversary Party, live auction & short program: Saturday, April 27, 6-9 PM

Celebrating Kala’s 50th year, KALA 50 brings together Kala’s creative community and features the inventive and meaningful art being made right here in the Bay Area. I’m honored to have had Redemption featured in this exciting exhibit! My dimensional collage features original imagery (cellular structure of a cherry plum tree leaf), art papers, vellum, and paint. It's framed in a eye-catching black shadow box giving it a lot of depth and a sculptural sensibility. Profits were donated to Kala Art Institute and its meaningful programs.

Redemption, Interconnected Systems series, Mixed media: original digital imagery on 100% cotton rag paper, art papers, vellum, acrylic paint, framed in a solid wood black shadowbox, 14 x 14 x 4 inches, 2024.

June 2023 through through May 2025

ADDISON ON ADDISON

Solo Exhibition

Bandwidth10, Berkeley CA

Leitha Thrall, curator

Addison on Addison features 22 artworks from three of my favorite series: The Crater Project, Pandemania Days, and the Smith River series. Sculptor Leitha Thrall curated my solo show in Bandwidth10’s elegant open office environment. Visitors are welcome by appointment. Reach out to me to schedule a visit!