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NIAD at the 2024 San Francisco Art Book Fair (SFABF)

Minnesota Street Project 1275 Minnesota Street, San Francisco, CA, United States

NIAD is thrilled to participate once again in the SFABF. We'll be unveiling a special collaborative print by NIAD artist Ann Meade and beloved friend of NIAD Lena Gustafson, along with artist books and merch galore. The San Francisco Art Book Fair (SFABF) is pleased to announce its seventh year at Minnesota Street Project’s contemporary art campus. Open July 19 through July 21, 2024, with a preview the evening of July 18, the SFABF is a free annual multi-day exhibition and celebration of printed material from independent publishers, artists, designers, collectors, and enthusiasts from around the world.

“BEASTIES” Opening Reception at Rebecca Camacho Presents

rebecca camacho presents 794 Sutter Street, San Francisco, CA

"The show began as I was thinking about those stories of orcas that have been inexplicably linked to the destruction and sinking of boats across the Mediterranean. Perhaps this fascination stems from the unpredictability and raw defiance embodied by these aquatic mammals – baffling occurrences that stand in heavy contrast to humans’ ever-quickening technological advancements and rapid domestication and degradation of our shared environment. As an exhibition, BEASTIES ruminates on artists and artworks that mirror the spirit of these orcas, eschewing docile natures and tame-ability for wildness and unknowability."

Richmond Open Studios

NIAD Art Center 551 23rd Street, Richmond, CA, United States

NIAD is Hosting Artists for 2024 Richmond Open Studios!   Bay Area art lovers are invited to the Richmond Open Studios to be held August 17 and 18, 2024, from 11-5 pm. NIAD will be opening its courtyard during this event on Saturday August 17, hosting work by six Richmond artists. This free event will introduce the public to the rich and diverse work of 48 artists opening their studios or showing their work at three sites. This is a fantastic story because Richmond Open Studios is the grassroots, no budget, independent project of a group of five working artists. Read More ...

Open Call // Public Art Workshop with Dorian Reid

NIAD Art Center 551 23rd Street, Richmond, CA, United States

Join us during Richmond Open Studios on August 17th from 1:00 PM to 4:00 PM for a Public Art Workshop hosted by Dorian in NIAD’s 23rd Street Gallery. NIAD artist and curator Dorian Reid will convene voices from Richmond’s community around themes of water, animals, and music to create a collaborative design for cut-metal panel work across NIAD’s building, fence and courtyard gate. Participants can make artwork for submission and possible inclusion in this public arts project as well as in a Spring 2025 exhibition at NIAD that will feature the unveiling of images of the final design and individual participant drawings. All are welcome!

NIAD at SFMOMA’s Free Family Day

SF Moma 151 3rd St, San Francisco, CA 94103, San Francisco, CA, United States

Celebrate the creativity of the artists of Creative Growth, the first U.S. organization dedicated to supporting artists with developmental disabilities. Artists and staff from Creative Growth and their sister organizations NIAD and Creativity Explored will be on-site to help us celebrate. If you have an access need, check out Accessibility at SFMOMA to see what we offer!

Outside Exhibition // “Don’t mind if I do” at Sacramento State University

sacramento state university library gallery

Sharing the work of eleven artists who have influenced Shannon’s practice, Don’t mind if I do destabilizes rigid ableist and exclusionary museum “best practices” like sparse seating, untouchable objects, dense wall labels, and guards who protect rather than invite engagement. It is a project built upon a framework of flexibility. By welcoming glitches, inviting informality and messiness, and unsettling the hierarchy of objects, Don’t mind if I do prioritizes people over artwork and makes more room for us to show up as our full selves.

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