The Painting Salon
Cate Nelson served as Co-Director of The Painting Salon from 2015-2017. She received an Alternative Exposure grant from Southern Exposure in San Francisco to support 2017 programming including stipends for presenting artists and support for the development of a website with online archive.
Description Of The Project
The Painting Salon is monthly nomadic lecture series where artists present their work in various galleries, studios, and arts organizations throughout the Bay Area. The series fosters community by bringing together artists, gallerists, curators and the public in an intimate setting where guests are invited to ask questions in a casual, inviting atmosphere. We ask that everyone bring a snack or beverage to share and dedicate time for new connections to be made and discussion to ensue.
Artist Kate Rhodes moderates a slide-roulette style Paining Salon at R/SF in San Francisco, engaging artists Marcela Pardo Ariza and Steuart Pittman in an off-the-cuff dialogue about their work. -May 2017
Artist, Josh Fought talks about his textile based work at FraenkelLAB in San Francisco. -September 2017
PRESENTING ARTISTS
During Cate's tenure as co-Director the following artists presented at The Painting Salon:
John Zurier
Yetunde Olagbaju
Megan Reed
Amy Ellingson
Evan Reiser
Alyssa Block
Woody Othello
Ivy Haldeman
Marcela Pardo Ariza
Kate Rhoades
Steuart Pittman
Taravat Talepesand
Terry Powers
Serena Cole
Libby Black
Sam Spano
Lisa Jonas Taylor
Linda Geary
Laurie Reid
George Pfau
Tom Commita
Sarah Thibault
Dana Hemenway
Josh Faught
James Gobel
Sarah Hotchkiss
Courtney Johnson
Bruna Massadas
Woodrow White
Sabina Ott
Jeremy Ehling
Kim Bennett
Jacqueline Norheim
Henry Chapman
Maria Guzman Capron
Christie Yuri Noh
Heather Deyling
Daniel Samaniego
Radka Pulliam
Sahar Khoury
Katie Dorame
Claire Daigle
Jamie Healy
Rebecca Bolinger
Lisa Blatt
Mike Bartalos
Above, artist Terry Powers talks about his work , at Guerrero Gallery in San Francisco. -October 2016
VENUES
The Painting Salon began in 2012 in the apartment of artist Rebekah Goldstein, as a critique group. In 2015 the series went public and from 2015-2017 the following venues were generous enough to host and/or support:
Minnesota Street Project
FraenkelLAB
Gallery 16 (closed 3rd St location. Looking for new space)
R/SF (now closed)
Guerrero Gallery (now closed)
City Limits Gallery (now closed)
Alter Space (now closed)
Et-Al, Etc.
Interface Gallery (now closed)
CTRL-SHFT Collective
Royal Nonesuch (now closed)
Scrawl Space (now closed)
Embark Gallery (now closed)
Studio of artist Amy Ellingson
Studio of artist Lisa Jonas Taylor
The Battery
Guests mingle outside Royal Nonesuch Gallery while artists Woody Othello and Ivy Haldeman prepare their presentations. -July 2017
Artist Libby Black stands in front of one of her paper sculptures during her presentation at Gallery 16. -June 2016
A screen shot from The Painting Salon website 2016 archive. Cate developed and maintained the online archive during her tenure as Co-Director.
SPONSORS
In addition to individual donations and contributions, The Painting Salon and the October 2017 fundraising event were supported by the following sponsors:
THE PAINTING SALON CONTINUES
At last check, The Painting Salon is still an ongoing project. Information about their programming, current Directors, etc. can be found on their website.