
The Annual Exhibit and Opening Event
In the development of individual artistic talent, public display of the artist’s work can be as important as classroom instruction; it can provide objectivity and feedback that encourages artistic growth. Art With Elders takes exhibiting seriously. Each spring, Artist Instructors submit representative work from their classes for the Annual Exhibit. A jury of AWE staff and professional artists from the community select 100 works, from approximately 400 submissions, to be included in the exhibit. Each chosen piece of art is framed together with a professionally-taken black and white photo of the artist and brief biographical sketch created with the help of our volunteer Life Stories Specialist and Photography Teams.
The opening event is a celebration of all AWE program artists and their communities. Family, friends, and the general public are invited to attend the festivities, held each October. The much anticipated yearly event is an opportunity for all to celebrate, socialize, and experience the diverse array of art together. The 2020 28th and 2021 29th Annual Exhibits are online exhibits and had Online Opening Events. The exhibits and event videos can be viewed below.
AWE 2021 29th Annual Exhibit
For our 29th Annual Exhibit, 118 pieces of art were selected by jurors Sophie Appel and Cole Solinger of Delaplane SF, a San Francisco art exhibition space at 483 14th St. Below you can see the exhibit in our 3-D Gallery or view in the Video or Catalog format. To learn more about the artists, see “Meet the Artists,” and watch the Opening Event video.
3D Gallery:
Exhibit Catalog View (Link)
Annual Exhibit Video
Art With Elders 2021 29th Annual Exhibit Event Video (Link)
This is our yearly gathering of our AWE family, including Staff, Board Members, Artist Instructors, Participants, and their friends and families. During this year’s online event, we watched a video presentation of this diverse collection of artworks and artists, and we enjoyed sharing our experiences with one another.
Meet the Artists
Belmont Village Albany –
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Joan Chamberlain
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Janet Gordon
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Marge Judge
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Jimmy Khouri
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Jimmy was born in Oakland, California and loved to draw as a child. He studied fine art at an adult school in San Leandro and attended CCAC in 1948. Jimmy worked as a commercial package designer for 33 years and S & O Consultants for 30 years. Jimmy’s likes painting in oil but has mastered using acrylic paint. He likes to use photo reference only for ideas and add his own imagination to his paintings. He also enjoys learning new painting skills. |
May Mok
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![]() Virginia Jourdan – Instructor |
I enjoyed art as a child and continued pursuing my passion and developing my talents through college. I attended the University of Washington where I honed my skills in painting, then went on to the Academy of Art University in San Francisco where I received my BFA in Illustration. I moved to New York and worked as a freelance Illustrator for commercial jobs before returning to the Bay Area where I began focusing on fine art to allow for more creative freedom. I am also an art educator. You can learn more about Virginia’s work at: https://www.virginiajourdan.com/ |
The Carlisle – Instructor Yvette Brown |
![]() Yvette Brown – Instructor |
My paintings hover somewhere along the invisible line of tension between awkwardness and grace. I strive to capture the frozen moment in which balance is either lost or regained. I tend to avoid faces because they give too much away. I want to leave more for the viewer to interpret. Is a figure filled with the elation of soaring? Or is there a violence bubbling just beneath the veneer of beauty? What are those secrets behind the beauty? It all depends on what we bring of ourselves to the viewing. I often break my figures up into multi-canvas construction of varying depths in an attempt to contain aspects of the image- much in the same way that each of us tries to impose some kind of structure on the chaos of our lives. But that structure, as hard-edged as we try to make it, is an illusion. It distorts the picture we present of ourselves in ways that can be both flattering and grotesque. But the truth is that, like the figures I paint, we are all bodies in motion, flowing around and over the rigid boundaries we try to erect. Life is not so easily contained. This is not such a bad thing. You can learn more about Yvette’s work at: http://www.yvettembrown.com/ |
Curry Senior Center – Instructor Min Lee |
Min Lee – Instructor |
Min is the creator of Fuglee, a visual art studio that specializes in creative story-telling through the means of art, photography, and film. From conceptual development to production-ready visuals. Fuglee was founded in 2015 by Min, an award-winning illustrator, published photographer, and accomplished filmmaker. He is a wanderer and a tinkerer. If Min is not traveling the world for inspiration, then he’s in the studio creating something. Min is currently a contributor to Kwest On Media and teaches for Art With Elders. Learn more about Min’s work at: http://fuglee.com/ |
Dr. George W. Davis Senior Center –
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![]() ![]() Virginia Jourdan – Instructor |
I enjoyed art as a child and continued pursuing my passion and developing my talents through college. I attended the University of Washington where I honed my skills in painting, then went on to the Academy of Art University in San Francisco where I received my BFA in Illustration. I moved to New York and worked as a freelance Illustrator for commercial jobs before returning to the Bay Area where I began focusing on fine art to allow for more creative freedom. I am also an art educator. You can learn more about Virginia’s work at: https://www.virginiajourdan.com/ |
Laguna Honda Hospital – Instructor Mark Campbell |
![]() ![]() Mark Campbell – Instructor |
Born in Norfolk, VA in 1968. BFA, painting and sculpture Rollins College. MFA, Academy of Art University, San Francisco. Studied classical realistic oil painting 1992-96. Started using wood and stone in compositions in 1997. Collected internationally by museums, celebrities and businesses since 2000. 2013 assumed Executive Director role at Art With Elders. Mark has worked as a Artist Instructor at the AWE program at Laguna Honda Hospital since 1996, and continues as Executive Director of the Art With Elders. You can learn more about Mark’s work at: https://markhcampbell.com/ |
Lytton Gardens – Instructor Sarah Dwyer |
Louise has lived a life “centered in art.” Born in New Jersey in 1937, she and her two sisters and a brother had a happy childhood. She attended Catherine Gibbs School, a secretarial college and finishing school, and became a legal secretary. She and her husband Dick met when they were both working for a Superior Court judge. Dick was a landscape painter and she began painting with him, often taking their easels and oils outside to paint together. While living in Morristown, New Jersey, they began attending classes at the well known Arts Students League in New York at the time when Jackson Pollock and Georgia O’Keeffe were there. The couple worked and painted together until Dick’s death at the age of 75. She moved to Canada near Toronto where her son was living and joined an art community. “Art,” she says, “saved my life.” Louise has lived for fifteen years in Palo Alto, where her son teaches at Stanford and she’s able to enjoy her three grandchildren. Her philosophy of life is to “accept everyone, but take care of yourself by putting yourself first.” |
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I am especially grateful to teacher Sarah Dwyer an excellent teacher of the Art With Elders. Who patiently, clearly, enthusiastically, lovely guided me to teach drawing pictures hand in hand, and also mailed various AWE publications to encourage me confidence in drawing every picture. I loved drawing since I was a child but did not have the opportunity. Since in October,2020 I arrived at teacher Sarah to drawing online. I was deeply attracted to drawing by her love. I fell in love with beautiful pictures and increased my interest in drawing. |
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Sarah has a Bachelor of Arts degree in Studio Art and a Master of Fine Arts degree in Painting. She has taught with AWE since 2013 and currently teaches My abstract work starts with a drawing or collage. Sometimes a mandala (a symmetrical structure) is the basis of a painting. Images emerge from a collaboration between my imagination and the materials I work with. For me, abstract painting is a partnership between me and the canvas. It’s a give and take. My job is to take my cues from the painting and to render them to the best of my ability. Learn more about Sarah’s work at: https://www.sarah-dwyer.com/ |
Mission Neighborhood Centers –
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![]() ![]() Bonnie Pérez |
My name is Bonnie M Pérez, I was born in El Salvador, Central America on September 28, 1946. I want to thank the staff members of Mission Neighborhood Centers Inc. for the different classes they provide us, like the art class with Hugh and Santiago. I enjoy the art class and I want to thank both Hugh and Santiago for their dedication and support. |
![]() ![]() Carlos Pérez |
My name is Carlos Alfonso Perez, I was born in Guatemala, Central America on August 3rd, 1945. I have been living in the United States for 42 years. I want to thank Mission Neighborhood Centers, Inc. and all the instructors that have provide us with different opportunities of learning like the art class. I want to thank both Santiago and Hugh for their support and patience to teach me how to draw. I have never taken an art class before. Because of them by drawing skills has gotten better. |
![]() ![]() Lorena Pérez |
My name is Lorena Pérez. I am from Nicaragua. I am 66 years old. I have some diseases, which is why I am a person at high risk of contracting the COVID-19 virus, and that is why I have had to spend these months of prevention at home. Despite the above, I am happy to receive the art class with Santiago Gervasi, which is a great help to overcome confinement, because in addition to instructing me in the subject of art, I learn drawing and we had a lot of fun sharing with the other students. I thank Santiago for showing us videos of Latin American painters and from other parts such as Spain, France, USA, etc. The Mission Neighborhood Centers had great success in coordinating the virtual classes. Thank you very much for this great work on behalf of older adults like me.” |
Ana Maria Po |
Ana Maria Po lives in San Francisco, her sister Graciela Orozco and Alicia Hernandez joined the class from Mexico via Zoom. ”Ever since I joined the art class with Santiago and Hugh, I felt at home. When the COVID-19 pandemic occurred, I fell into depression and frustration with loss and isolation; however, the art class was a method of recovery for me. It was more of a lifeline where I could express myself emotionally and physically. Santiago and Hugh, as the instructors, encouraged me to recognize my efforts; and so, this was an extra improvement in my life. I remember saying, “No se como dibujar pisca” (I don’t know how to draw) then Santiago stated that Picasso started with that mindset. Little by little, I grew as an artist. It all started with a Rosary and recently drew “Inspire 2020” being the newest piece. It was an inspiration due to the times we are in. I recognize that the instructors assisted me to continue in the art class. Lastly, I told my family member and friends to attend the art class; we have all have grown so much together as a family and artist.” |
![]() ![]() Maria Rodriguez |
My name is Maria G Rodriguez, I am 71 years old from Guadalajara Jalisco Mexico. I have been living in the United States since 1971. I have 4 children and 9 grandchildren. I like to listen to music, and colored drawings. I have never taken an art class before. I have been taking this class for the last 4 months and I am learning how to draw. It is helping me to develop my drawing skills. I like this class because it keeps my mind occupy and, in that way, I don’t think about stressful things. This class gives me a sense of accomplishment and makes me relax and feel less stress. The last year and half have been very stressful because of the pandemic, during last year’s shelter in place months I got very depressed and hopeless. Now I feel much better, this class has helped me a lot. |
![]() ![]() Concepción Ruiz |
“My name is Concepción Ruiz, I was born in Mexico. I have been living here in the United States for many years. A friend invited me to go to the Mission Neighborhood Centers about four years ago or more. Before I went to another center, they are all very nice, but when I started coming to this one I decided to stay here because I met many very friendly people and the staff who works here at the center always look for programs and services for our benefits. Now that we cannot leave because of COVID-19, we take classes virtually, especially the art class. That class has help me a lot, since I starting participating on it, I am able to cope with everything is going on and relieve my stress. Thanks Aurora, Joana, Claudia and Maria. Thank you very much for thinking of us older adults.” |
![]() ![]() Esperanza Salazar |
My name is Esperanza Salazar, I am from El Salvador. I have been a member of the Mission Neighborhood Centers (MNC) for the last 6 years. Last year was very difficult for everyone around the world, the pandemic changed our way of living. I am a person that is very active and independent, being not able to do my regular routine was very hard at the beginning. Taking the art class with Santiago and now Hugh has helped me tremendously to improve my mental and emotional health. I have never taken a formal art class before I started the class with Santiago in 2018. Taking the class made me realized that drawing came very easy to me, however through this class I have learned how to use color, techniques, terminology, and about other famous artist. This class makes me feel good, I have been able to show who I am through my drawings and the colors I use, I have learned a lot about me through this class. |
![]() ![]() Virginia Zamora |
My name is Virginia Zamora, I am from Guanajuato, Mexico. I have been living in this country for 40 years. I am 64 years old. I am married and I have one child and one grandchild. When I was about 10 years old, I participated in an art exhibition. I joined the art class in august this year and so far, I love it. It reminds me of the time I participated in the school exhibition. I like this art class because I like to draw, I enjoy it, when I concentrate in drawing, I do not think about my problems or issues. It relaxes me. I like the class with Hugh because he is very patient with us. He helps us to improve our drawing techniques. |
![]() ![]() Ana Zavaleta |
My name is Ana Zavaleta. I am from El Salvador. I am 24 years old. I began confinement on March 13, 2020. We had to stock up on food, water, medicine for 3 months. I thank the Senior Center Mission Neighborhood Centers for the support they have given me with virtual classes that are giving us. These are difficult times and I want all this to pass so that we can meet again and give my friends a hug. |
![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Santiago Gervasi – Instructor |
Santiago Gervasi was born in Lima, Perú. He moved to the San Francisco Bay Area in the early 80s, where he has been residing ever since. Gervasi received a BFA from the San Francisco Art Institute and an MFA from the California College of Arts and Crafts. Gervasi has shown his work extensively both nationally and internationally. The galleries that have represented his work include Olga Dollar (S.F., CA) SFMOMA Artists Gallery (S.F. CA), Cervini-Haas Gallery (Scottsdale, AZ) and Bay Area Visual Arts Network (Oakland, CA). His work has been reviewed in Art Week magazine, and has been featured in the TV show “Latin Eyes.” Learn more about Santiago’s work at: https://santiagogervasi.net/home.html |
![]() ![]() ![]() Hugh Leeman – Instructor |
Hugh Leeman is a multi-disciplinary artist and educator whose artwork and projects focus on community collaboration and social interaction. Leeman first collaborated on a self-empowerment project with the homeless in San Francisco. More recently, he teamed up with Aetatribes.org to bring clean water projects to the indigenous Aeta Tribes of the Philippines. Now he is creating impasto paintings and sculptures. They address personal and societal transformation. Leeman has exhibited his artworks at the de Young Museum, the Museum of Mexico City, the Masur Museum of Art, and the Arlington Contemporary Art Center. He was awarded an Artistic Mastermind Grant and created a twenty-foot-tall mural of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. adjacent to King’s birth house in Atlanta, Georgia. His artwork and projects are published in The Outlaw Bible of American Art. Learn more about Hugh’s work at: http://www.hughleeman.com/ |
Mission Plaza Apartments – Instructor Min Lee |
![]() ![]() Pearl Pooner |
Pearl is a survivor. She is finally home again after five surgeries, five months in the hospital and one month in a coma. During her recovery, with two sheets of white paper and a pen, Pearl slowly tried to gain control of her fingers by drawing shapes. Circles at first, then triangles and finally her toy dog. The work she is creating now is inspired by the dreams she had while in the hospital. Growing up in San Francisco as a mixed-race child, she suffered discrimination and “ugliness.” Doing art was a way to bring something beautiful into her home. Her mother, who was raised with art in Mexico and an uncle who told her, “You have a creative mind,” inspired Pearl to draw. Her father gave her a Playboy Magazine so she could study figure drawing. She kept the magazine under her bed so her brothers wouldn’t find it. Pearl took art classes at City College, but had to give up studying for many years while she worked and raised a family. She began painting again just a few years ago. Now, she carries with her the two white sheets of paper from her hospital days. Although she is in pain much of the time, the crude drawings remind her that she is a survivor and an artist. |
![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Min Lee – Instructor |
Min is the creator of Fuglee, a visual art studio that specializes in creative story-telling through the means of art, photography, and film. From conceptual development to production-ready visuals. Fuglee was founded in 2015 by Min, an award-winning illustrator, published photographer, and accomplished filmmaker. He is a wanderer and a tinkerer. If Min is not traveling the world for inspiration, then he’s in the studio creating something. Min is currently a contributor to Kwest On Media and teaches for Art With Elders. Learn more about Min’s work at: http://fuglee.com/ |
Online Combined Communities Studio –
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![]() ![]() Sarah Armstrong Belmont Albany |
Sarah Armstrong is a trailblazer. Born in 1944 in Oil City, Pennsylvania, she graduated from Cornell with a liberal arts degree in government, intending to become a college teacher. Frustrated with the politics of higher education, she changed careers and worked in Human Resources for three different companies over a total of 39 years. She was a pioneer of benchmarking “best practices” at her first company, where she used this technique to develop the HR department. She says that life was challenging in those days for a woman who wanted a career in management. The high point of her career was working at ITT (formerly International Telephone & Telegraph), which was like “being paid for going to graduate school in business.” She was the first woman to become a department head there. She was then hired by Campbell Soup Company where she was in charge of executive and employee pay and benefits. She retired from Campbell in2006 after 20 years of service. Knowing that she loved Berkeley, she bought her house here several years before she retired. She plays classical piano and has recently taken up the cello. She enjoys spending time with her three children and three grandchildren. Her advice is to “know who you are and stand on your own two feet.” |
![]() ![]() Margaret-Mary Miller Belmont Albany |
Margaret Mary was born in Chicago in 1949, the youngest of three children, and moved to California in her early teens. At the age of 20, Margaret Mary was accepted at the prestigious Brooks Institute of Photography and fell in love with the art. She was 1 of 2 women among 250 men.She met her husband at Brooks and they moved to Redding CA, where her daughter Kate was born. She opened a photo studio, and over time found her next passion: flower design. She became the owner of a flower shop where shelearned to love floral art. In 1985 she made some life changes, and after a divorce she moved to Sacramento.Struggling with personal losses she needed to find her essence. She volunteered at Loaves and Fishes, working on the front line with homeless people in need of mental health services, and became a full time employee. She later became director of the Service Center, handing out up to 1,000 lunch tickets. She then founded “SisterNora’s Place,” a shelter for homeless schizophrenic women. Margaret-Mary spent years developing leadership programs and supporting individuals in her community. She has often been celebrated for her compassion and authenticity. Now at Belmont Village,she enjoys creating floral designs, exploring painting and reading to her grandkids. The biggest lesson she discovered and embraced: “We are all the same.” |
![]() ![]() Masha Beylin El Bethel Arms |
My name is Masha. I was born in Leningrad city, now St. Petersburg, in Russia. St. Petersburg is very beautiful city with great palaces, bridges, and art museums. I loved visiting the Hermitage, the world famous art museum. I spent hours enjoining pictures of Italian renaissance and French impressionism. All my life I dreamed to learn how to paint. Luckily, I became a student of Mei Mei, a very talented art teacher and great person. She makes my dream to paint a reality. |
![]() ![]() Alice Gibbons Western Park Apartments |
“In the legendary neighborhood of Montparnasse, the most celebrated painters and the most secretive amateurs come to the Academie de la Grande Chaumiere to practice the timeless art of painting” – taken from the Academy’s historical sketch. After four years of study at the San Francisco Art Institute, majoring in printmaking, Alice Gibbons recalls fondly the spring of 1967 when she went to Paris to study at the Academy to improve her painting and drawing techniques. Artistic inclinations surfaced early in Alice’s life in her native San Francisco. And she has worked devotedly to achieve a high degree of competence – a devotion that has paid off handsomely in local, national and international exhibits of her prints, drawings and etchings. She is represented by galleries through the U.S. and abroad and her prints especially are in many private collections. Alice loves entertaining a concept, image or idea and then grappling with just how to communicate this idea through art. When she gets stuck doing this, that’s when she’ll return to the classroom to perfect her techniques. She’s determined to find a way to express herself. “I find I become quite peaceful in this process,” she notes, “it’s nutrition for the soul. I feel better physically, too.” |
![]() ![]() Chieko Lafferty Western Park Apartments |
The ebullient Chieko Lafferty, born in Kyoto, Japan, worked as an accountant. However, here dreams always led to art. After an apprenticeship, she began designing Western-style fabric patterns. Ten years later, she decided to visit the United States before settling down, but in San Francisco she met Jack, a dashing Scot, to whom she has now been married 36years.Chieko takes fine arts classes while continuing to work as a bookkeeper. She loves todraw, and enjoys painting still lifes, but her favorite is figure drawing. She regularly returns to the classics to check her technique. “If you can draw a circle, cylinder, box, you can draw,” Chieko explains. “The basics are so important. Sometimes it’s boring –another white bowl! But then you can go anywhere. ”Chieko enjoys reading in Japanese and murder mysteries in English, cooking all cuisines, listening to classical music, and taking walks. More than anything else, she is constantly exploring, seeking to develop her style. “There are rules, but rules are for breaking,” she laughs. “I love that!” For example, she will refigure classical compositions with a cubist technique and use origami paper for collage. “If I paint something and everyone says, ‘That’s Chieko’, that is what I want.” |
![]() ![]() Yelena Kristich Western Park Apartments |
If you’re lucky, Yelena might sing you the Ukrainian folk song that is featured in this painting of her grandmother’s house where she spent her summers in the central Ukrainian town of Poltova. Born in Kiev in 1948, she lost her father at the age of thirteen, but went on to study in the Polytechnic University, where she met her husband. The couple raised a daughter, who inherited Yelena’s love of singing, and the family came to the U.S. in 1998. Yelena began doing art with AWE five years ago, but a broken wrist interrupted her art-making. Her teacher Rafael gave her a series of exercises to help her brain recover from the trauma and on that same day, she was able to write her name for the first time with her non-dominant hand. She likes to paint in what she calls “Ukrainian style,” once adapting the work of a Mexican artist that inspired her into her own native style. A creative person, she also enjoys sewing, embroidery, and knitting–a skill she uses to make blankets for babies in the neo-natal unit. As for the lessons she’s learned: “Immigration is very hard, but if you like music and art it always helps you to recover and adjust. The deeper you go into a new culture, the better.” |
![]() ![]() ![]() Mei Mei Everson – Instructor |
Mei Mei Everson is an artist who is passionate in storytelling. Her choice of mediums ranges from acrylic and watercolors for illustration & painting to puppets and mechanical props for her stop motion animation. She has won an award in her stop motion film and frequently collaborates with others in paintings as well as in film. She has shown her painting in galleries and is currently working with others on their projects. Mei Mei Everson has a Bachelor Degree in Fine Art, in which she majored in Illustration, and pursued into Stop motion and Film projects. She has worked with children of all ages and with adults for over 10 years. She feels that the Art With Elders program has been one the most rewarding programs she has worked for and excitedly looks forward to meeting and connecting with more Elders in her future. She feels that the Art With Elders program not only greatly benefits the Elderly community itself but also the surrounding community as well by reconnecting it with older adults. You can learn more about Mei Mei’s work at: https://meimeieverson.com/ |
On Lok Gee Center – Instructor Insio Che |
Dan Bao Xie |
Born in China, Ms. Xie had been joining the AWE class since 2018. At first, she started with doing the Chinese Calligraphy but pandemic started activity staff invited her to join the online AWE class in Dec 2020 and since then she began her watercolor painting class with teacher Insio. Ms. Xie likes the online art class because it is very convenient for her to join from home. No need to worry about getting ready for the driver to pick her up to go to Gee Center. Center activity staff is supportive and frequently checks in for art supply replenishment. She is enjoying learning different techniques and is gaining skill in doing watercoloring. “This class improves my mood and makes me happy. Concentrating on painting helps me release stress and pressure” says Ms. Xie. |
![]() ![]() Mei Kuo Chen |
Ms. Chen, born in Vietnam, says that when she was young, she didn’t have time to develop any leisure interest because she had to take care of family. But now she has the opportunity and time to explore new interests which she really enjoys. One of her new interests is the AWE online art class which she joined in December of 2020. She did not have any prior experience in painting, but now, taking this art class for the past 10 months, she reports that she can complete different images with guidance from her instructor, Insio. Ms. Chen especially enjoys using watercolors to paint plants, flowers, and landscapes. Through the class, she is enjoying making new friends, and says she appreciates how everyone shares their skills and learns from each other. She encourages other seniors to “take the opportunities to develop new interests even though we are elderly.” |
![]() ![]() Lai Fong Ho |
Lai Fong Ho, born in Hong Kong, hadn’t done any artwork since taking a few drawing classes in elementary and high school. She says she likes the AWE online art class because it gives her flexibility to take the class at home. She was especially grateful for the at-home activity during the height of the Covid-19 pandemic. She likes being able to see the teacher doing the demo online, and following along to gain firsthand experience of different techniques. She has learned about color themes, how to mix color, and how to create 3-dimensional images. Lai Fong enjoys working on various subjects including plant life and portraits, using watercolors. She reports that the class has helped her build up her self-confidence. |
![]() ![]() Qing Ho |
Qing Ho, from China, began her art practice in December of 2020 when she joined the AWE-On Lok class taught in Cantonese and Mandarin by Instructor Insio Che. She is learning many new skills using watercolor, color pencils, pen, and pencil. She says of the class, “During pandemic this class really support me spending my time on learning a new task. I don’t feel bored staying at home. The class also train me focusing on a subject matter. Time passed very fast when I was focusing on painting. This class improved my concentration, provided me a calm and tranquil mood.” |
![]() ![]() Insio Che – Instructor |
My love for classical music developed my artistic sensibilities and eventually led me to the appreciation of fine art drawing and painting. I attended the Academy of Art University in San Francisco and received a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree majoring in Illustration in 2002. While continuing my life-long study in art and music education, The process of studying art and music has not been an easy journey but I feel grateful to continue to fulfill my dream. I am currently teaching art to elders and teach private piano lessons, I am happy to do what I love and paint passionately; I hope to share the joy of arts with others. My goal as an artist is to discover the inner beauty of humanity and nature using my innate senses with the help of my paintbrush. The subjects of my paintings represent my attraction and my appreciation of people and nature around me. I am compelled to capture the beauty of life’s essence through the techniques of painting vibrant light, harmonious colors, and the seductive mystery of shadows that in turn allow me to convey my emotions. Learn more about Insio’s work at: http://insioart.com/ |
On Lok Peralta – Instructor Dmitry Grudsky |
![]() ![]() Zhenyu Gong |
I participated in the AWE drawing course around October 2020. Since the outbreak of Covid-19, Activity Team has arranged for everyone, an online senior art course- -Color Water Painting, taught and guided by the teacher. We started to learn watercolor painting from scratch (start at 0). In December of the same year, and also took part in the Cantonese art classes. Due to old age and multiple body parts disease, numbness of the arms has brought many difficulties to learning painting, and it takes a long time to complete a painting. After completing each painting, I still have a sense of accomplishment, and I feel that learning watercolor painting also adds color to my life. I continue to encourage myself to work hard and persevere. Thank you, teacher! Thanks Activity Team! |
![]() ![]() Yi Jaing |
I started to learn painting at the end of December 2020. Art class is very help me overcome my anxiety, I feel good when I forgot everything to drawing picture, and I am happy and lucky for showing my picture. Although I start art classes lately. but I will try my best to paint and learn from teacher. |
![]() ![]() Yuzhen Lu |
Mr. Yuzhen Lu has been an artist all his life, with a few detours along the way. Born in China in 1944, he started learning techniques in elementary school when he was seven years old. But there were no art classes in high school and he trained to be a teacher. When he graduated he was drafted by the army and learned to send messages in Morse Code. After five years in the army, he began a 40-year career as a high-school Physics teacher. He would have loved to become an art teacher and to continue painting, but stopped painting since he was so busy. During the Cultural Revolution artists were only allowed to do portraits of Chairman Mao and Karl Marx. |
![]() ![]() Indira Pai |
Being devoted to classical Indian music and English literature, I have always considered myself quite artistic. Yet, even in my wildest dreams I haven’t thought of entering the paths of Paul Gauguin and Vincent Van Gough. Thanks to On Lok and Dimitri I learnt to use my brush and dabble with paint! |
![]() ![]() Ashwin Sheth |
My name is Ashwin Sheth. I am an active participant in the Art Classes offered through Peralta Center. I greatly appreciate these classes as I am learning so many new things. I have always loved & enjoyed drawing. In the art class I have learned many more skills on how to use colors and to combine them. Our teacher Dmitry is very knowledgeable, and I enjoy learning more and more skills from him. I feel very blessed to be able to participate in this class. |
![]() ![]() Linhua Xiao |
In October 2020, I participated in the AWE online senior art course—Color Water Painting, which was taught and guided by the teacher. I started to learn watercolor painting from scratch. In December of the same year, and took part in the Cantonese art class. I really like painting. I didn’t have the opportunity and conditions in the past. Now I can learn through the Internet Zoom, which is a good opportunity. After studying for a period of time, I have improved my knowledge and skills in watercolor painting. Although I am getting older, I still have to study hard so that painting can enrich and cultivate life. Thank you, teacher! Thanks to Activity Team! |
![]() ![]() Dmitry Grudsky – Instructor |
Dmitry Grudsky was educated in Russia and holds a Master Degree in Fine Arts from the Tashkent Art Institute. This intensive training exposed him to a broad range of artistic styles, building on a strong foundation in classical Western European art traditions with stylistic infusions from Asia Minor. He has extensive experience in drawing, oil and acrylic painting as well as in mix medium painting. He is an exhibiting artist, displaying my paintings through local galleries, national and international shows and museums. Dmitry is skilled in bi-lingual communication, and was initially taught English as part of his foundation training. “My schedule revolves around the studio; teaching children and adults, working in senior centers, conducting workshops and taking care of my family. When I have free time, I like to seek out areas of town that I want to paint.” Learn more about Dmitry’s work at: https://www.grudsky.net/ |
Open Studios Saturday – Instructor Darcie O’Brien |
![]() ![]() John Collister |
Covid-19 has no side effects or symptoms that are desirable, sought after, or pleasant. To my delight because of the stay at home mentality I decided to participate in the AWE on-line class. Surprisingly, I am enjoying the experience. Previously some years ago, I had taken a day long watercolor class wherein I had failed drawing distance stick figure people. I give to Darcie for her guidance a thankful virtual hug. |
![]() ![]() Shirley Keller |
Spirit Hill Meditation Garden and Art Studio, in Three Rivers, is Keller’s favorite place to be, letting the creative energies have the day. Keller plays with clay, focusing on ceramic masks. Repurposed items like hubcaps, skill saws, horseshoes, and more, are made into art pieces with dots of acrylic. Mixing words and art is her latest exploration on canvas and hubcaps. Gift Cards Keller designs from her photography. Keller’s art work grew out of her love of writing, which she does every morning. Coordinator for 1st Saturday in Three Rivers, a monthly art event. Published in two books: But What About The Children? Diversity is Life: A Memoir, 2019, by Shirley A. Blair Keller Amazon in paperback and Kindle; Tulare-Kings Writers Present Tales From The Strip Mall, An Anthology of Short Stories available on Amazon. Edited by Judith Bixby Boling, 2020. |
![]() ![]() Fran Marcus |
I have enjoyed dabbling in art since I was in elementary school. As an adult, |
![]() ![]() Kay Talbot |
I am indebted to Art With Elders for providing a new experience with art. To me art is a different way of seeing our world. When I was in practice as a life transitions counselor, I used drawing and collage with some of my clients. This was especially effective with adults and children who were grieving a loss. I am the author of a workbook titled “What Happens Next: Messages from Heaven.” It provides space to answer contemplative questions with writing, drawing, and/or painting. I am a resident of Vallejo Hills retirement community in Vallejo where I first learned about AWE. Thank you for your wonderful art courses. |
![]() ![]() Mary Ann Taylor |
I am a retired elementary teacher. I taught all grades during my career and my favorite grade was fifth, because of the students’ interest and the curriculum. I also taught in Finland and Taiwan. I loved the cultural experience and making lasting friends. I enjoy the Art With Elders’ classes, since I did not have time to study art until I retired. |
![]() ![]() Paula Tschida |
Paula Tschida is a retired educator who joined our class in 2020. Paula is enjoying the opportunity to learn new skills in painting and drawing and to develop her creativity through art. Meeting and learning from Darcie and all the students in the art class have been gratifying experiences for Paula. She appreciates the positive and encouraging spirit in the class. Paula enjoys visiting museums and other sites so that she can see the originals of her favorite works of art. |
![]() ![]() ![]() Darcie O’Brien – Instructor |
Darcie O’Brien’s work focuses on building community through art. She has a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in painting and photography, and works as a freelance graphic artist, art educator, and organizes art exhibitions. In 2009, Darcie began teaching art to youth from her home studio in a project called “The Art Garage.” engaging local youth to work on projects in a mode of self-discovery and collaboration. As an offshoot of the Art Garage project, she offered art workshops for youth and families in the city of Vallejo, CA. which led her to teach Art, Photography, and Graphic Design at Vallejo middle schools. In 2012, she began working for Art With and currently serves as Exhibitions Director and Artist Instructor in addition to providing graphic design, web, and communications support. You can learn more about Darcie’s work at: darcieobrien.com. |
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![]() ![]() Melinda Allen |
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![]() ![]() Margaret Bacon |
I came to Art with Elders as a writer. Brent H. Nettle, Kathy Barrows, and Darcie O’Brien connected me with artists in the program to write their bios for exhibits and two books. I always came away inspired, especially by the artists who were new to drawing and painting. During the pandemic when classes went online Darcie invited me to join. I was a bit intimidated but Darcie and Mei Mei, as well as the other students, were (and still are) so supportive and encouraging that I felt my creativity soar. While I still consider myself more of a writer than an artist, I’ve fallen in love with watercolors and many days I’d rather paint than write! |
![]() ![]() Carol Martin |
After so many years of lifetus interruptus, I began painting again now that I am retired and have mucho Covid-19 time on my hands. High school and college were my painting days of still life and abstracts with a prize and honorable mentions here and there while living in Colorado. My inspiration to paint again was late 2019, floral and fauna, but also, began a Fire Art painting in honor and awareness for our firefighters. Though I am not a professional (yet) and have no special certificates or degrees, I absolutely love working with oils and acrylics painting any subject. Attempting watercolors and colored pencil, still a challenge. Please check out my website carolsoriginals.com and note my granddaughter’s gallery. May my legacy be of encouraging my granddaughter to push forward with her talent. |
![]() ![]() Dolores Smiller |
Dolores Smiller of Pittsburgh, PA is a painter, photographer and mixed multi-media artist. She has been recognized in many art venues for her painting and glass blowing and was a recipient of a national award for outstanding photography from Eastman Kodak. She volunteered her time for years as the team photographer and reporter for her daughter’s swim teams and photographed and provided various artistic designs for many events for the Carnegie Mellon University Mechanical and Chemical Engineering Departments. Her local library hosted two art shows in recent years featuring just her work and she has been sought out and commissioned to create paintings and drawings for individuals. Recently, she donated architectural drawings of stained glass windows for a local historic group fundraiser. While not a professional artist, Dolores has pursued the study of art her whole life completing many courses mostly through the Design and Painting and Sculpture Departments of Carnegie Mellon University School of Fine Arts. Watercolor study is her most recent passion and she takes a class locally in the Pittsburgh area. She is extremely appreciative to have the opportunity to join the online AWE program classes, in addition. According to Dolores, “The COVID restrictions on any type of gatherings (art classes) paralyzed my creative soul. It caused me to not create any artwork for more than a year. My heartfelt thanks to AWE for restarting me!” |
Paula Thompson
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![]() ![]() Gayle Wanamaker |
Gayle, born in Columbus, Ohio, is an avid quilter whose passion for using embellishments, fiber, and multi-dimensional approach leads to layered crazy quilts, collages, and paintings that capture her love for spiders, dressforms and nature. Her biggest fear is not being able to tell her story the way she wants through her art. But as Henry Matisse said, “creativity takes courage”. So, with that said, she strives for joy and the story generally follows. Thank you AWE for being a source of inspiration that enables me to find creative and mindful possibilities. |
![]() ![]() Nadine Whitaker |
I was born in New York, but my family moved to San Diego when I was 3 years old. Later, I attended UCSD and then worked as chemist. In 1975, I obtained position as chemist in Sunnyvale, CA. In 1976, I was working full time and decided to go to SJSU part time in hopes of a masters degree. I met my former husband there. We married on 5/8/1977–Mother’s Day. My first daughter, Leilah, was born 7/12/1978. My second daughter, Almira, was born 10/27/1979. My 3rd daughter, Summer, was born 10/16/1988. When my husband and I divorced, I moved back into the 1st of 3 houses we owned in San Jose, which is now my home. My daughter Summer has always been interested in art. She worked for several years at the Whitney Museum in NYC. While at the Whitney, she took several classes in ceramics and a had a website where she sold some of her work. She now works at the Pratt Institute In Brooklyn, NY. I started taking an art history class and a studio art class about a year ago on Zoom from the Greenwich House Senior Center in NYC. They have many classes, one just has to remember the 3 hour time difference. Then I heard about the Art With Elders classes and joined their Online Open Studios with Darcie and Mei Mei. I find art relaxing. I also take classical piano lessons and spend at least one hour a day practicing. |
![]() ![]() ![]() Darcie O’Brien – Instructor |
Darcie O’Brien’s work focuses on building community through art. She has a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in painting and photography, and works as a freelance graphic artist, art educator, and organizes art exhibitions. In 2009, Darcie began teaching art to youth from her home studio in a project called “The Art Garage.” engaging local youth to work on projects in a mode of self-discovery and collaboration. As an offshoot of the Art Garage project, she offered art workshops for youth and families in the city of Vallejo, CA. which led her to teach Art, Photography, and Graphic Design at Vallejo middle schools. In 2012, she began working for Art With and currently serves as Exhibitions Director and Artist Instructor in addition to providing graphic design, web, and communications support. You can learn more about Darcie’s work at: darcieobrien.com.
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![]() ![]() ![]() Mei Mei Everson – Instructor |
Mei Mei Everson is an artist who is passionate in storytelling. Her choice of mediums ranges from acrylic and watercolors for illustration & painting to puppets and mechanical props for her stop motion animation. She has won an award in her stop motion film and frequently collaborates with others in paintings as well as in film. She has shown her painting in galleries and is currently working with others on their projects. Mei Mei Everson has a Bachelor Degree in Fine Art, in which she majored in Illustration, and pursued into Stop motion and Film projects. She has worked with children of all ages and with adults for over 10 years. She feels that the Art With Elders program has been one the most rewarding programs she has worked for and excitedly looks forward to meeting and connecting with more Elders in her future. She feels that the Art With Elders program not only greatly benefits the Elderly community itself but also the surrounding community as well by reconnecting it with older adults. |
Openhouse – Instructor Hugh Leeman |
![]() ![]() Keith Baillie |
Keith Baillie is a Brit who worked in Silicon Valley and is now retired in San Francisco. His passion is traveling but the covid shutdown has afforded more time to paint scenes from photos of the city and his travels. He is an untrained, naïve artist primarily using gouache. He is currently a student of Hugh Leeman’s Art With Elders course (through Openhouse). |
![]() ![]() Luis de la Garza |
Luis de la Garza’s life-long interest in art found him working many years in museums, archives, and libraries managing their collections. Collages and graphic design have been his major artistic output. For the about a year he has participated with other San Francisco Openhouse community members in art classes taught by AWE instructor Hugh Leeman. |
![]() ![]() Robert Leone |
I’ve been taking an art class with Hugh Leeman through Openhouse since November of 2020, and I’ve come to rely on it as a mainstay of my week, especially with the restrictions imposed by the ongoing pandemic. I look forward to using what I’ve learned and spend several hours each week working on various art projects, which is a new experience for me and very satisfying. I look at everyday things in my life or ideas that have been running around in my head and see how I can incorporate them into my art. The pieces I’ve submitted for this exhibit are recent examples of my work in watercolor and ink. |
![]() ![]() Kathy Phillips |
I’ve been taking an art class with Hugh Leeman through Openhouse since November of 2020, and I’ve come to rely on it as a mainstay of my week, especially with the restrictions imposed by the ongoing pandemic. I look forward to using what I’ve learned and spend several hours each week working on various art projects, which is a new experience for me and very satisfying. I look at everyday things in my life or ideas that have been running around in my head and see how I can incorporate them into my art. The pieces I’ve submitted for this exhibit are recent examples of my work in watercolor and ink. |
![]() ![]() Lourdes Rivera Pollard |
Lourdes Rivera Pollard, Puerto Rican, born in New York City. In the early 60’s I moved to Big Sur, San Francisco and now I live in I have participated with AWE ” I love the fact that the program offers Zoom Art class to elders. This has allowed me and others to participate from home by eliminating travel barres and invisible borders .” The AWE program made me realize I missed painting. For the last 30 plus years, my main involvement in the arts had been as a photographer. “Due to COVID 19 being out in the public was not an option for me, With Openhouse AWE I was able to turn negative into a positive opportunity by participating in a weekly online class with instructor Hugh Leeman. The Saturday class had given me a group of diverse elders to meet with, positive support, and a place to meet, learn, share ideas and make new friends,” The painting in this exhibit “Ocean View” is acrylic on canvas. |
![]() ![]() Kim Ringle “Abstract on Black” |
I am a lesbian artist who has made San Francisco her home for the past 45 years. With my trademark “Blue Nails” or signature “Keem” I have worked in all kinds of media from drawing, painting and collage to puppetry and music. In the past, I was part of “Hand Ghost Theatre”, now defunct, a puppetry group that designed and created it’s own scripts, puppets, scenery and music. Recently, my collage “Dancers” was a winner in the Openhouse “Pride Inside” 2021 Art Contest. |
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![]() ![]() Kered Whitcraft “Snapshot” – A snapshot of who I am on an energy basis |
This is perfect for this moment Every art piece reveals another part of me that is now falling into place. Had a dream last night of Tetris game made out of wall-size colored blocks. I need it to sort the blocks into a certain pattern and then everything “fell into place“ Just to clarify I am not transgender. I am not trying to change the gender I was assigned to at birth. I just wish to determine what that gender is to me. I may look “male” but that is only because of years trying to hide what I truly was because I was afraid of other peoples’ reactions. Openhouse has been teaching me to be free in this aspect, “gender non-conformist“ is what they are now stating my category to be 🙂 All change now as every morning when I wake up my head is filled with dreams that need to be expressed. I spend hours manifesting. I am correct, when the student is ready a teacher will present themselves now that I need it more than ever before the gift of art has been released inside of me |
![]() ![]() ![]() Hugh Leeman – Instructor |
Hugh Leeman is a multi-disciplinary artist and educator whose artwork and projects focus on community collaboration and social interaction. Leeman first collaborated on a self-empowerment project with the homeless in San Francisco. More recently, he teamed up with Aetatribes.org to bring clean water projects to the indigenous Aeta Tribes of the Philippines. Now he is creating impasto paintings and sculptures. They address personal and societal transformation. Leeman has exhibited his artworks at the de Young Museum, the Museum of Mexico City, the Masur Museum of Art, and the Arlington Contemporary Art Center. He was awarded an Artistic Mastermind Grant and created a twenty-foot-tall mural of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. adjacent to King’s birth house in Atlanta, Georgia. His artwork and projects are published in The Outlaw Bible of American Art. Learn ore about Hugh’s work at: http://www.hughleeman.com/ |
The Reutlinger Community – Instructor Betty Rothaus |
![]() ![]() Betty Rothaus – Instructor |
Betty Rothaus, MFA, an artist and art educator, has exhibited, lectured, and/or taught nationally and internationally on the east and west coasts of the U.S. and in Paris, France, Kobe Niki, Japan, Castello and Cadaques, Spain, and Byrne, Norway, and hangs in private collections in the United States and abroad. The magic of creating has been part of my life for as long as I remember; what I am drawn to create continues to reveal what is closest to my soul. Drawing, painting, color and design are my ways to both record my observations and to explore deeper meaning. Creating and viewing art helps us to become more conscious to observe and witness who we are, here and now in the universe. I like to work in series because it invites me into the subject more deeply and widely – I have time to explore it and our relationship to it in this larger context. In all my work, light illuminates form externally, and internally- portrays a spiritual Presence and Source; there is a quiet, calming, underlying quality of interconnectedness that invites the viewer to focus and find peace. Learn more about Betty’s work at: https://www.bettyrothaus.com/ |
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![]() ![]() Arnold Benetti “Winter Sunset” |
I started to do art work when I was a boy. If I found any blank paper lying around my house I had to draw on it. Sometimes it drove my parents crazy! In Grammar school I tried painting like the French impressionists. In high school I had a great art teacher and was lucky enough to win several awards for my art and a scholarship at the California School of Arts and Crafts in Oakland, CA. In college I majored in photography. After that for 30 years I became a metalsmith specializing in metal work in the style of the arts and crafts movement. |
![]() ![]() Edward Bergh “Arabesque” |
As a youngster I did some drawing and painting in school, but it wasn’t until I entered the school of architecture that I began art instruction in earnest. After graduation I worked as an architect and occasionally made up compositions of forms and colors using colored pencil, pastels or designer watercolors. I am learning to use acrylic and love to paint from my imagination. |
Joanna Hopkins “New England Mountains” |
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![]() ![]() Richard Williams “Western Vista” |
Born in Ypsilanti, Michigan, Richard grew up in Wisconsin, went to Northwestern University, and performed in live theatre, mostly comedies and musicals, for twenty years. His favorite character was playing King Arthur in Camelot. But his true passion is ceramics. Richard returned to school for an MFA in ceramics and came to California planning to become a potter. He has worked in San Francisco’s Castro district for thirty years as one of the managers of a non-profit studio for ceramic artists – Ruby’s Clay Studio – where he has his studio. Richard has been an avid participant in Art With Elders for many years, painting stunning landscapes of some of his favorite spots. Richard exhibits with AWE frequently, often choosing to donate his work. Richard has been in the “Artist Spotlight” of our newsletter and his recently sold work, Stony Cliff, was on the cover of our 24thAnnual Show Program. Richard, who describes himself as a generally positive person and a peacemaker, is excited about painting. “You’re never too old to discover new things,” he says and quips, “I doubt I’ll develop into Grandpa Moses, but I’m having a great time in my AWE class.” |
![]() ![]() Herbert K. Uetz “Kitty Cat” |
I started to paint from scratch during the first year of Covid-19. My Kitty Cat painting is the second painting I have ever done. |
![]() ![]() ![]() Yvette Brown – Instructor |
My paintings hover somewhere along the invisible line of tension between awkwardness and grace. I strive to capture the frozen moment in which balance is either lost or regained. I tend to avoid faces because they give too much away. I want to leave more for the viewer to interpret. Is a figure filled with the elation of soaring? Or is there a violence bubbling just beneath the veneer of beauty? What are those secrets behind the beauty? It all depends on what we bring of ourselves to the viewing. I often break my figures up into multi-canvas construction of varying depths in an attempt to contain aspects of the image- much in the same way that each of us tries to impose some kind of structure on the chaos of our lives. But that structure, as hard-edged as we try to make it, is an illusion. It distorts the picture we present of ourselves in ways that can be both flattering and grotesque. But the truth is that, like the figures I paint, we are all bodies in motion, flowing around and over the rigid boundaries we try to erect. Life is not so easily contained. This is not such a bad thing. You can learn more about Yvette’s work at: http://www.yvettembrown.com/ |
![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Santiago Gervasi – Instructor |
Santiago Gervasi was born in Lima, Perú. He moved to the San Francisco Bay Area in the early 80s, where he has been residing ever since. Gervasi received a BFA from the San Francisco Art Institute and an MFA from the California College of Arts and Crafts. Gervasi has shown his work extensively both nationally and internationally. The galleries that have represented his work include Olga Dollar (S.F., CA) SFMOMA Artists Gallery (S.F. CA), Cervini-Haas Gallery (Scottsdale, AZ) and Bay Area Visual Arts Network (Oakland, CA). His work has been reviewed in Art Week magazine, and has been featured in the TV show “Latin Eyes.” Learn more about Santiago’s work at: https://santiagogervasi.net/home.html |
SF Senior Center – Instructor Santiago Gervasi |
![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Santiago Gervasi – Instructor |
Santiago Gervasi was born in Lima, Perú. He moved to the San Francisco Bay Area in the early 80s, where he has been residing ever since. Gervasi received a BFA from the San Francisco Art Institute and an MFA from the California College of Arts and Crafts. Gervasi has shown his work extensively both nationally and internationally. The galleries that have represented his work include Olga Dollar (S.F., CA) SFMOMA Artists Gallery (S.F. CA), Cervini-Haas Gallery (Scottsdale, AZ) and Bay Area Visual Arts Network (Oakland, CA). His work has been reviewed in Art Week magazine, and has been featured in the TV show “Latin Eyes.” Learn more about Santiago’s work at: https://santiagogervasi.net/home.html |
SF Towers – Instructor Yvette Brown |
![]() ![]() Judy Donahue “After Titians” |
I am very grateful for being able to have the time to paint with Art With Elders. I never really had time before. I love coming together with fellow artists to focus on art and to share in the experience. |
![]() ![]() Joyce Lampert “Golden Sunset” |
I started painting at 95 years old and had never painted or created art previously. After classes started coming back post Covid, I found myself wanting to fill the time. I really look forward to coming to class. This is a new beginning for me, taking art classes, and I haven’t missed a class yet! |
![]() ![]() ![]() Yvette Brown – Instructor |
My paintings hover somewhere along the invisible line of tension between awkwardness and grace. I strive to capture the frozen moment in which balance is either lost or regained. I tend to avoid faces because they give too much away. I want to leave more for the viewer to interpret. Is a figure filled with the elation of soaring? Or is there a violence bubbling just beneath the veneer of beauty? What are those secrets behind the beauty? It all depends on what we bring of ourselves to the viewing. I often break my figures up into multi-canvas construction of varying depths in an attempt to contain aspects of the image- much in the same way that each of us tries to impose some kind of structure on the chaos of our lives. But that structure, as hard-edged as we try to make it, is an illusion. It distorts the picture we present of ourselves in ways that can be both flattering and grotesque. But the truth is that, like the figures I paint, we are all bodies in motion, flowing around and over the rigid boundaries we try to erect. Life is not so easily contained. This is not such a bad thing. You can learn more about Yvette’s work at: http://www.yvettembrown.com/ |
Visitacion Valley Family Center – Instructor Min Lee |
![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Min Lee – Instructor |
Min is the creator of Fuglee, a visual art studio that specializes in creative story-telling through the means of art, photography, and film. From conceptual development to production-ready visuals. Fuglee was founded in 2015 by Min, an award-winning illustrator, published photographer, and accomplished filmmaker. He is a wanderer and a tinkerer. If Min is not traveling the world for inspiration, then he’s in the studio creating something. Min is currently a contributor to Kwest On Media and teaches for Art With Elders. Learn more about Min’s work at: http://fuglee.com/ |
AWE 2020 28th Annual Exhibit Video:
A retrospective of our program featuring many AWE artists

2020 28th Annual Exhibit and 30 Year Retrospective Featured Art


27th Annual Art With Elders Exhibit Gallery Tickets Artist Pages Event Pics
Oct. 27, 2019-Nov. 17, 2019 2-4pm
Gerald Simon Auditorium Laguna Honda Hospital San Francisco, CA


26th Annual Art With Elders Exhibit Gallery Artist Pages Event Pictures
Oct. 21, 2018-Nov. 30, 2018
Gerald Simon Auditorium Laguna Honda Hospital San Francisco, CA


25th Annual Art With Elders Exhibit
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Oct. 22, 2017-Dec. 8, 2017
Gerald Simon Auditorium Laguna Honda Hospital San Francisco, CA


24th Annual Art With Elders Exhibit
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Opened October 23, 2016
Gerald Simon Theatre Laguna Honda Hospital San Francisco


23rd Annual Art With Elders Exhibit
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Opened October 18, 2015
Gerald Simon Theatre Laguna Honda Hospital San Francisco


22nd Annual Art With Elders Exhibit
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Opened October 26, 2014
Gerald Simon Theatre Laguna Honda Hospital San Francisco


21st Annual Art With Elders Exhibit
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Opened September 23, 2012
Mission Bay Conference Center UC San Francisco


20th Annual Art With Elders Exhibit
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Opened October 2, 2011
Mission Bay Conference Center UC San Francisco