Exhibits and Events

In Person Exhibits and Events

Pieces of Us: Exploring Identity through Mixed Media
Tuesdays, March 3 – April 21, 2026 | 3:30-5:30 pm
Onsite | All are welcome

In celebration of Pride, and in partnership with Ruth’s Table, this 8-week mixed media workshop invites older adults to explore identity through layering, symbolism, and material exploration. Our identities are made up of many pieces, memories, experiences, contradictions, and quiet truths, shaped both by who we are as individuals and by the communities we belong to.

Using a wide range of accessible materials, participants will explore how images, textures, colors, and marks can come together to tell layered visual stories. The class includes gentle guidance, material demonstrations, and playful experimentation, along with practical tips and techniques to support each participant’s creative process.

This class is open to all experience levels and emphasizes curiosity, self-expression, and creative freedom. Participants will create mixed media artwork to be featured in Ruth’s Table’s Pride exhibition in June.

Registration: Space is limited- RSVP Here

 

AWE in the Salon at SF Women Artists Gallery
Jan. 6 – Feb. 27, 2026
Opening Reception Sat. Jan. 10, 2-4p – Free, accessible, and open to the public
647 Irving St, San Francisco, CA 94122

AWE at the SFO Museum – A Study of Familiar Places
May 9, 2025 – May 9, 2026
SF International Airport – Presecurity in Harvey Milk Terminal 1, Departures Level 2, Gallery 1A – See map below
A “Study of Familiar Places” brings together works that expand the notion of travel and challenge the age limit imposed on discovery. The exhibiting artists embrace the curious traveler’s mentality in their studied approach to place, position, and perspective. Just as travelers seek new adventures or find themselves in familiar destinations, the artists’ compositions inspire a visual meandering that is rooted in their own past experiences and memories. Some artists travel to new places and others travel down memory lane and explore the vastness of their mind space. From farmer to museum curator, from El Salvador to China, from amateur to lifelong creative, these artists personify the rich mosaic of older adults in the San Francisco Bay Area and beyond.

AWE Online Exhibits – SFO
https://www.sfomuseum.org/exhibitions/study-familiar-places
Public Exhibit – “For the Love of it” featuring artists from the AWE program at Laguna Honda Hospital
375 Laguna Honda Blvd., SF, CA 94116 – Thu. Mar. 8, 2024 – TBD, 1st Floor Lobby

AWE Artists at Imago Gallery Trinity St. Peter’s Episcopal Church
Open to the public second Sundays 1-3p
1668 Bush St, San Francisco, CA 94109, (415) 775-1117,
ADA Accessible
This exhibit, hosted by Trinity-St. Peter’s, features artworks created by seniors participating in the Art With Elders (AWE) program. The exhibiting artists represent a diverse cross section of older adults from senior living communities located within a mile of the church.
See our traveling Exhibit page to view featured art

Online Exhibits

Online Exhibit – AWE Artist Feature – In Memory of Richard Williams – AWE at The Sequoias

Online Exhibit – Study of Familiar Places” – AWE at SFO Museum
May 9, 2025 – TBD

A “Study of Familiar Places” brings together works that expand the notion of travel and challenge the age limit imposed on discovery. The exhibit is in person at SF International Airport (see details above) and viewable in our Online Gallery.

AWE Artist Feature – In Memory of Concepción Ruiz – AWE with MNC Inspiring Success
Enjoy artwork created by longtime AWE Artist Participant Concepción Ruiz and learn more about her life story on the Online Exhibits page of our website: https://www.artwithelders.org/online-exhibits/
8/19/25-TBD

Online Exhibit – AWE Artist Feature: Gloria Learned – Heritage on the Marina
Apr. 20, 2025 – TBD
Enjoy artwork created by longtime AWE Artist Participant Gloria Learned and learn more about her life story on the Online Exhibits page of our website: https://www.artwithelders.org/online-exhibits/

Online Exhibit – In Memoriam – For Jason
Fri. Mar. 21, 2025 – TBD
A tribute to former AWE Operations Director Jason Varner featuring works by Jason and including AWE student works in his honor.

Online Exhibit – Celebrating Black History and Women’s History
Mon. Feb 26, 2024 – TBD
Online exhibit featuring AWE Artist Instructor Virginia Jourdan and artist participants in her classes at Crescent Park, Dr. George W. Davis, and Wings of Love Church.

Online Exhibit– AWE Artist Feature: Pearl Pooner
Tue. Jan. 16, 2024 – TBD

Enjoy artwork created by longtime AWE Artist Participant Pearl Pooner and learn more about her life story on the Online Exhibits page of our website: https://www.artwithelders.org/online-exhibits/

Previous Exhibits and Events
Block Party in association with Community Living Campaign, Civic Joy, and Neighbor to Neighbor
Sat Oct. 11, 2025 1-3pm – Outer Mission – Rome St. off of Cayuga
AWE will offer a Chinese-themed hands on art workshop led by AWE Teaching Artist Min Lee
Coalition for Social Connection Resource Fair – SF Public Library Main Branch
Tuesday Nov. 11, 2025, 1-4p. 
AWE will have a table at the Coalition for Social Connection Resource Fair.
AWE at the Carlisle – Carlisle Community Exhibit 
1450 Post Street, SF, CA
Exhibit runs Oct. 22-26,2025 Opening Event – Wed. Oct. 22, 1 – 3p
An exhibit of artists of The Carlisle.

AWE Exhibit at Jones Senior Housing/Jones Methodist Church
1975 Post St. SF, CA 94115
Exhibit runs 10/1/25 – 11/12/25Opening Event Sun. 10/5/25, 12-2p

AWE Annual Exhibit at The Sequoias
1400 Geary Blvd. SF CA by appointment contact info@artwithelders.org for details

9/7 – 11/1/25 

AWE Annual Exhibit at Veterans Building War Memorial Performing Arts Center
401 Van Ness Avenue, SF, CA 94102

9/2 – 9/29/25 

AWE at Ruth’s Table – “Boldly Ourselves” Pride 2025
June 17 – Aug. 2 with Sat. June 21 event, 12-3p
and Boldy Ourselves LGBTQ+ Artists Talk Tue. July 8, 5-6:30p, Virtual on Zoom, Free of Charge
Ruth’s Table – 3160 21st Street, San Francisco, CA 94110
The exhibition centers LGBTQ+ older adults from the Bay Area, whose works reflect decades of resilience, joy, and creative defiance. Their personal narratives speak to lives shaped by exclusion, sustained by community, and expressed through art.

Art With Elders 32nd Annual Exhibit
Exhibit runs June 8 to July 31, 2025 

Laguna Honda Hospital Administrative Building Lobby
375 Laguna Honda Blvd. SF, CA

Thank you to our jurors S.F. Bay Area art community members Ananya Goel and Aimée Duddridge-Picard.

Opening Event Sunday June 8, 2025, 2-4p. Please join us for our in person Annual Exhibit Opening Event! More than 100 artworks by students participating in AWE classes will be on exhibit. The event is free and open to the public. A donation at the door is requested, but not required. Light refreshments will be served. The venue is wheelchair accessible and free parking is available. A shuttle will run between Forest Hill Station and the event, 1:30-4:30p. The event will also feature a performance by CMC Coro de la Treinta, directed by Martha Rodriguez and accompanied by Jennifer Peringer.  This choir is one of 17 Neighborhood Choirs run by Community Music Center. 

The Women of AWE
In the Salon at
SF Women Artists Gallery

647 Irving Street at 8th Avenue
San Francisco, CA 94122
Exhibit runs Tue. Jan. 7 – Fri. Feb. 28, 2025

Opening reception 1 – Sat. Jan. 11, 2-4p
Opening reception 2 – Sat. Feb. 8, 2-4p
Gallery Open Hours – 10:30a – 5:30p Tuesday – Saturday

AWE at CMC Art and Music Event
Friday December 6, 1-3pm
Community Music Center Concert Hall
544 Capp St. SF CA 94110

Please join us for an exciting art and music event on Friday December 6, 1-3pm! Artwork by Art With Elders (AWE) participants will be on display at the Community Music Center (CMC) Concert Hall and and 552 Capp St. building. Coro Solera, the CMC Solera Singers of Mission Neighborhood Center will perform a set of their favorite songs and light refreshments will be served. Come down and enjoy this special afternoon with us! Accessible, free of charge and open to the public.

Featured artists come from arts workshops at the Mission Neighborhood Centers, Inc., Curry Senior Center, Community Living Campaign, Openhouse, Crescent Park, Dr. George W. Davis Senior Center, and AWE Open Studios.

In addition to art on display in the Concert Hall, an exhibit of music-themed art will be exhibited Nov. 20-Jan. 31, 2025 in the newly renovated building at Community Music Center at 552 Capp St., next door neighbor to their original building at 544 Capp St.

Parking
Street parking available or use
Mission Bartlett Garage, 3255 21st St (Between Barlett and Valencia)

Public Transit 
16th or 24th Street BART, Muni bus lines: 14, 33, and 49. For detailed directions visit 511.org

Community Music Center (CMC), founded in 1921, is a nonprofit music school and performance space with branches in the Mission and Richmond Districts. Community Music Center makes high quality music accessible to people of all ages, backgrounds and abilities, regardless of financial means.