- Odessa Staircase Redux -- November 2009, Pt. 2
In November 2009, Gallery Crawl visited the Haines Gallery in San Francisco to interview multi-media artist Kota Ezawa about his exhibition of photographs and works on paper based on the Odessa Steps Sequence from Sergei Eisenstein's The Battleship Potemkin.
- Sparrow Lane -- November 2009, Pt. 1
View the Gallery Crawl interview with photographer Holly Andres. Her Sparrow Lane series, on view at SF's Robert Koch Gallery through December 24, depicts a mysterious narrative about the transitional space between girlhood and womanhood.
- Plume -- October 2009
In October 2009 Gallery Crawl headed to Hatch Galllery in Oakland to interview artists Stephani Martinez and Evan Holm about their new show, Plume, a collection of mixed-media works, including a wall crawling with buttons, and a painting machine powered by piano keys.
- Echo Test -- September 2009, Pt. 2
In September 2009 Gallery Crawl headed to Fecal Face Dot Gallery to interview Mel Kadel and have a look at her new exhibition Echo Test. Kadel incorporates vintage patterns, yellowed paper, and a persevering heroine into many of her works.
- Strange Fruit -- September 2009, Pt. 1
In September 2009, Gallery Crawl interviewed The Date Farmers about their Strange Fruit show at Fifty24SF Gallery. Found objects, Mexican and American culture, and folk art influences drive the aesthetics of their work, which touches on issues of social injustice.
- Landscaping -- August 2009
In August 2009, Gallery Crawl headed to Rowan Morrison Gallery in Oakland to meet Carl Auge and learn about the inspiration behind the enigmatic paintings featured in his Resound exhibition. Nearby at Swarm Gallery, installation artist Vaughn Bell introduces her adopt-a-biosphere project, which is part of the Natural Selection exhibition, featuring painter Josh Keyes. Reenie Charriére discusses her Washed Up installation in the gallery's project room.
- Stoked Americans -- May 2009
In May 2009 Gallery Crawl headed over to Mills College Art Museum in Oakland to interview five graduate students about their thesis exhibition, Young Americans.
- Non-Violent Femmes -- April 2009
In April 2009 Gallery Crawl interviewed Melanie Pullen about her photographic series Violent Times at Stephen Wirtz Gallery in San Francisco. Down the block at Rena Bransten Gallery, artists Marci Washington and Tara Tucker introduced their concurrent solo exhibitions Dark Mirror and Foreign Relations.
- China Downtown -- March 2009
In March 2009 Gallery Crawl focuses on two San Francisco exhibitions of contemporary Chinese art: LIMN Gallery's dual show, Ming Ren's Poetry in Painting and China Avant Garde - Landscape in Transit and the Mark Wolfe Contemporary Art's A (re)Turn to (re)Form.
- Site and Sound -- February 2009
In February 2009 Gallery Crawl interviewed Bill Fontana about his sound installation Spiraling Echoes at San Francisco City Hall. A few blocks away, local art collector Robert Shimshak explained his interest in musical scores and how his collection inspired a new exhbition, Every Sound You Can Imagine at New Langton Arts.
- The Gleaners -- January 2009
In January 2009, Gallery Crawl checks out the San Francisco Dump's Artist-In-Residence program, visiting with current residents Christine Lee and David King. Across town, we chat with Lori Damiano, the featured artist in the University High School Professional Artist Series.
- Around the World in Palo Alto -- November 2008
Gallery Crawl checks out Lukas Felzmann's Ghostpile photography exhibition at the Thomas Welton Stanford Art Gallery and visits Aicon Gallery's latest group exhibition, The Human Dichotomy, a collection of Pakistani miniatures.
- People in Your Neighborhood -- October 2008
Gallery Crawl checks out A Moment for Reflection: New Work by Lydia Fong at Ratio 3 and visits Gallery 16's fifteenth anniversary exhibition, These Are The People In Your Neighborhood.
- New Digs -- September 2008
In September 2008, Gallery Crawl checks out Patricia Sweetow and Catharine Clark's new digs, exploring a wide range of portraiture, from Jonathan Burstein's collages to Julie Heffernan's "self-portraits."
- There! New Oakland Art at the di Rosa Preserve -- August 2008
In August 2008, Gallery Crawl checked out There! New Art From Oakland at the di Rosa Preserve's Gatehouse Gallery. While there, we took a peek at Rene di Rosa's killer Bay Area art collection.
- Things Small and Large -- June 2008
In June 2008, Gallery Crawl checks out Amanda Smith's debut exhibition, Candy Gardens and Sparkling Sabers at the Jack Fischer Gallery and tromps around town to view Seeing Peace, a collection of billboards that represent how 10 international artists imagine peace.
- CCA-MFA -- May 2008
In May 2008, Gallery Crawl checked out the MFA exhibition at CCA, California College of the Arts. Talk about hitting the jackpot! The show was amazing; we could easily have filled several episodes with what we discovered at the school's San Francisco campus. Greedy bastards, we decided to interview as many of the graduates as we could, capturing their auspicious debut into the San Francisco art world -- and beyond.
- The Art of Diorama -- April 2008
In April 2008, Gallery Crawl takes in The Art of Diorama at the Bedford Gallery in Walnut Creek. The exhibition presents twenty-three artists and as many worlds, ranging from no bigger than a bread box to room-sized and features artists Davis + Davis, Jeremy Mora and Misako Inaoka.
- Deep in the Mission - March 2008
In March 2008, Gallery Crawl visits San Francisco's Mission District to see Stand Still Like the Hummingbird, Paul Wackers's solo show at the Eleanor Harwood Gallery and Starting with Blade, a collaborative exhibition starting with local artist Michelle Blade, at Triple Base gallery.
- BOTH Here and There - February 2008
In February 2008, Gallery Crawl drops into the Neither Here Nor There show at Johannson Projects and checks out the Invisible Cities exhibition at Mercury 20, an artist-run gallery that's just a few blocks away in downtown Oakland.
- The Luggage Store - January 2008
In January 2008, Gallery Crawl checked out the 20th anniversary group show, In the Fullness of Time, a survey of the Luggage Store's three locations on Market Street and in the Tenderloin in San Francisco.
- Art and More: December 2007
For the 2007 holiday season, Gallery Crawl checked out Electric Works and Fabric8 in San Francisco, two galleries that are also great places to stock up on artist-made gifts.
- Second Life -- Oct/Nov 2007
Gallery Crawl visits Odyssey and East of Odyssey, two islands devoted to the presentation of art, installation and performance in the virtual world, Second Life. In Second Life, users create alternate selves or "avatars," which can socialize, buy and sell goods, purchase land, design and build structures and create various forms of art. In October 2007, Gallery Crawl interviewed the avatar Beavis Palowakski, one of the folks responsible for the creation and curation of the Odyssey art spaces.
- The Streets of San Francisco- August/September 2007
Celebrate the second anniversary of Gallery Crawl by taking to the streets of San Francisco with artist Jeannene Przyblyski. After two years of shooting exhibitions in various Bay Area galleries, Gallery Crawl goes outdoors to highlight art that just cannot be contained. From large public sculptures to the smallest sticker, art can be found in just about every nook and cranny of the city.
- San Jose - July 2007
We couldn't get enough of the great art scene in San Jose when visited a few months ago. So, in July 2007, Gallery Crawl headed back to the SoFA District and visited the San Jose Institute of Contemporary Art and Works/San José.
- Geary Street - June 2007
In June 2007, Gallery Crawl visited two art spaces across the street from each other on Geary Street, Gallery Paule Anglim and the Rena Bransten Gallery.
- Tenderloin - May 2007
In May 2007, Gallery Crawl went to the gritty 'Loin to check out some urban art at the conjoined spaces, The Shooting Gallery and White Walls Gallery.
- South Park - April 2007
In April 2007, Gallery Crawl went to investigate a couple of galleries participating in the Last Saturday Art Walks in the SOMA South Park area and stopped in at Andrea Schwartz Gallery and MMGalleries.
- Chinatown/North Beach - March 2007
In March 2007, Gallery Crawl checked out the community-based galleries at the Chinese Culture Center of San Francisco in Chinatown and the San Francisco Art Institute in North Beach.
- San Jose - February 2007
In February 2007, Gallery Crawl went south to check out the hip art scene in San Jose and found Anno Domini and MACLA.
- More 49 Geary - January 2007
In January 2007, Gallery Crawl got back into the downtown grind at the 49 Geary building visiting Mark Wolfe Contemporary Art and the Stephen Wirtz Gallery.
- Mission Shopping: December 2006
In December 2006, Gallery Crawl checked out a couple of galleries that are also stores: Adobe Bookshop and Needles and Pens.
- Oakland Art Murmur II - November 2006
In November 2006, Gallery Crawl checked out a couple more of the art galleries that are part of Oakland Art Murmur: Blankspace and Front Gallery.
- Yerba Buena - October 2006
In October 2006, Gallery Crawl chose a couple of galleries near San Francisco's bustling Yerba Buena Arts Center including the Lisa Dent Gallery and SF Camerawork's new location.
- Anniversary Special - August/September 2006
In August/September 2006 Gallery Crawl took a break from the usual format to bring you tips on how to start your own art collection -- visiting Toomey Tourell Gallery, Jack Fischer Gallery, and Art Exchange Gallery in downtown San Francisco at 49 Geary.
- Clementina Street - July 2006
In July 2006, Gallery Crawl checked out two adjoining galleries on Clementina Street in SOMA visiting Brauntein/Quay Gallery and Hosfelt Gallery.
- Valencia/Market - June 2006
In June 2006, Gallery Crawl checked out a couple of galleries near Valencia and Market Streets visiting Jack Hanley Gallery and Lincart.
- SOMA - May 2006
In May 2006, Gallery Crawl took a tour of SOMA stopping at Modernism Gallery, Varnish Fine Art and 111 Minna Gallery.
- Potrero Hill - April 2006
In April 2006, Gallery Crawl took a tour through San Francisco's Potrero Hill design district, visiting Organization:Kent and Vicki Logan Galleries at the CCA Wattis Institute and the San Francisco Center for the Book.
- Polk Street - March 2006
In March 2006, Gallery Crawl visited Velvet da Vinci and SPACE Gallery on Polk Street in San Francisco.
- Oakland Art Murmur - February 2006
In February 2006, Gallery Crawl made the Oakland art scene, visiting Mama Buzz Cafeé, 33 Grand Gallery and Rock Paper Scissors.
- Union Square - January 2006
In January 2006, Gallery Crawl took a tour through San Francisco's Union Square shopping district, visiting Dolby Chadwick, Toomey Tourell and Heather Marx galleries.
