Trunk Show featuring Liisa Dalbak & Lisa Moro

Saturday 11/21, 1-8 PM & Sunday 11/22, 12-6 PM



Bernal Heights resident & long time clothing designer Liisa Dalbak will be showing her latest line of vintage print, modern wrap, reversible skirts. You won't find these fabulous, easy to wear, designs in any other clothing boutique in the city. Perfect for autumn in SF with tights, boots or flats.

Lisa Moro will, once again, break out her collection of Antique Silver from India. If you like ethnic tribal silver, you will not want miss the opportunity to add a special piece to your collection. Bracelets, rings, amulets, handmade chain, traditional mirror pieces & more.

AMONG THOSE WHO LIVED TRUTH | Art by Jennifer Mondfrans

November 7 - December 12, 2009
Opening Reception: Saturday November 7, 2009 6-9 PM

Featuring Portraits of Women Scientists
with Portraits of Artists & Participatory Installation, Your Truth Is Within Reach




Using wax pastels, acrylic and oil on canvas, Jennifer Mondfrans strives to bring the notably obscure into the viewer’s knowledge of history, in order to dislodge inaccuracies and give claim to those who are a part of the past’s importance. Jennifer is inspired by true individualism and searches for subjects whose self-determinism defied odds with a vision thatexpanded the boundaries of how we think, thereby influencing the cultural mind. She lives in San francisco.


Sunday November 8, 2009 12-4 PM
Free Children’s Art Activity Celebrates Women Scientists




Venus Gallery and Art 2 Go will host a free, hands-on art workshop where visitors may create portraits of women scientists and learn about Density, Solutions, and Solutes.

The activity is organized to celebrate the opening of Jennifer Mondfrans "Among Those Who Lived Truth" exhibition. This series of paintings explores women whose contributions - despite many obstacles - advanced science.

“This is a wonderful opportunity for children to connect art with science and to honor women like Rosalind Franklin and her groundbreaking discoveries with physical chemistry” said mom of two inquisitive kids, Vanessa Brown.

Children and families of all ages are invited to attend, FREE

INCLUSIONS | Art From Within Bernal Heights

October 7 - October 31, 2009
Artists' Reception: Sunday, October 25, 2009 1-5 PM



This show is the first of its kind for Venus Gallery. From a desire to collaborate with and bring attention to the many talented artists that reside in the local community, an open call for submissions was made. The response was overwhelming. The selections being shown represent the work of forty artists, in a variety of mediums, reflecting a small cross section of a much larger creative community.

Bernal Heights - Open Submissions

Autumn is an exciting season for Bernal Heights and Venus Gallery.
During the month of October many fantastic annual events occur in and around the neighborhood. ArtSpan's Open Studios, Bernal Heights Outdoor Cinema and Fiesta on the Hill, to name a few.

This year Venus Gallery will participate by having an exclusive show featuring selected work from the local residents of Bernal Heights. The show will be up from October 7th through the 31st.

Bernal Heights residents of any age can participate by submitting artwork (see the attachment for details/deadline). If you are not a resident you can still participate by supporting and enjoying our local creative community.

Opening August 22 - QUINN SCHEIBAL

AUGUST 22 - SEPTEMBER 27, 2009
Artist's Reception Saturday August 22, 2009 6-9 PM



Eight miles out on a one lane road in rural Northern California, in a small cabin in redwoods, lives Quinn Scheibal. A reclusive artist, Scheibal paints strange and mysterious images with acrylic paint on reclaimed wood. Scheibal has limited formal artistic training and gathers most of his ideas for paintings from, as he says,“ the things I see in my head when I am actively doing nothing.” Much of what influences Scheibal’s work comes from growing up around his father’s collection of Early American Folk Art.



The paintings are all done on reclaimed wood with acrylic paint and covered with a heavy varnish. The images are distressed and worked over several times giving a deep multi layered affect. The pieces range in size from 4x6 inches to 4x5 feet.



How the pieces are painted, what they are painted on, as well as the subject matter, all help to create works of art that are tactile, warm, human and accessible. This is art that draws you in and invites you to be a part of it. When Scheibal was asked why he paints he said, “ I paint with the intention of creating art that will serve as a guide in this vast mystery of life, a mystery that can not be known by the mind, but can only be experienced through the heart."

Mark Faigenbaum | Periodical Updates

NEW PRINTS, COLLAGE AND MIXED MEDIA
JULY 10 - AUGUST 15, 2009
OPENING RECEPTION: FRIDAY JULY 10, 6-9 PM



Trained as a graphic artist Mark Faigenbaum has focused exclusively on fine art for the past 12 years. In his work he uses materials that reflect the passage of time. Brittle newsprint, yellowed paper, old books, damaged photographs, outdated technical drawings. He combines these assorted materials using layering, repetition and assemblage to create shapes and patterns that move beyond pure physical representation to suggest invisible connections. Mark's work has been shown nationally and internationally. He has twice been an artist in residence at the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco. He was also a resident artist at San Francisco Recycling and Disposal.



Mark intends for his art to be a reminder of impermanence, that all things pass. But in this passing we can still feel connected to a continuum and in this impermanent state there can still be order, though sometimes this order may be invisible to us. He seeks to suggest the possibilities of this order and complexity while acknowledging the emotions present in decay and impermanence.

Opens May 23 - FIRE . EARTH . WIND . SKY

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English born painter Sandra Russell spends as much time as possible in her San Francisco studio. She draws direct inspiration from the natural world surrounding her. Highly influenced by the writings of Jung, eastern philosophies and mystical religions, her oil paintings are a personal form of meditation. This is translated to the viewer through abstract, expansive fields of color and light.








Ceramic artists Hideo Yoshida and Carmine Giordano create their work in San Francisco studios. Majority of the pieces represented in their collections have been wood fired in a traditional Japanese Anagama kiln. Raised in rural California, the son of Japanese immigrants, Yoshida's fascination with nature strongly influences each hand built piece. Giordano credits the colors and patterns of exotic cultures, ancient palaces and temples as the strongest influence on his work.