“Summer of Love” Bay Area Juried Exhibition
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“Summer of Love” Bay Area Juried Exhibition During the summer of 1967, as many as 100,000 young people converged on Haight-Ashbury, making San Francisco the epicenter of the hippie revolution and a melting pot of music, psychedelic drugs, sexual freedom, creative expression, and politics. OPENING RECEPTION: Saturday, May 20th 7-9PM ARTIST'S RECEPTION: Saturday, June 10th, 1-3PM EXHIBITION: May 20, 2017 – June 10, 2017 HOURS: Wednesdays & Thursdays 1-6PM and Saturdays 12-3PM |
The year 2017 marks the 50th Anniversary of the Summer of Love in San Francisco
The Summer of Love refers to the summer of 1967, when an unprecedented gathering of as many as 100,000 young people converged on the Haight-Ashbury neighborhood of San Francisco, creating a phenomenon of cultural and political rebellion. The Summer of Love became a defining moment of the 1960’s, as the hippie counterculture movement came into public awareness.
This exhibition pays tribute to the 1967 Summer of Love and celebrates it’s 50th anniversary with Bay Area artists who have created works that celebrate or reimagine the brief period in 1967 that was the Summer of Love.
The Summer of Love refers to the summer of 1967, when an unprecedented gathering of as many as 100,000 young people converged on the Haight-Ashbury neighborhood of San Francisco, creating a phenomenon of cultural and political rebellion. The Summer of Love became a defining moment of the 1960’s, as the hippie counterculture movement came into public awareness.
This exhibition pays tribute to the 1967 Summer of Love and celebrates it’s 50th anniversary with Bay Area artists who have created works that celebrate or reimagine the brief period in 1967 that was the Summer of Love.
JUROR'S CHOICE AWARDS: Fiona Fahey, Linda Joy Kattwinkel & Miles Kattwinkel Ceralde, Sylvia Gardner
ARTISTS: Dan Alcazar, Amanda Baker, Jennifer Banzaca, Brandin Barón, Jennifer Clifford, Nikki Dance, Peter Diggs, Loring Doyle, Fiona Fahey, Amber Fua, Sylvia Gardner, Carla W. Gelbaum, Dilcia Giron, Dennis Hearne, Susan Elting Hillyard, Johnny Karwan, Linda Joy Kattwinkel & Miles Kattwinkel Ceralde, John Kraft, Jennifer Landau, Liz Mamorsky, Seren Moran, Gigi Ordway, Mallika Prakash, Fernando Reyes, Summer Romasco, Cleng Sumagaysay, Mari Bianca Tepper, Randy Titchenal, Robin Van Wijk, Lola X
FEATURED ARTIST: HILARY WILLIAMS in the Project Gallery at Arc
Hilary Williams is an artist living and working in the San Francisco Bay Area. She creates fine art screen prints on paper, mixed media paintings and illustrations in which she takes inspiration from her environments, the urban and natural landscapes and a fantastical imagination. Hilary received her BA in Printmaking from California College of the Arts.
www.hilaryatthecircus.com
Hilary Williams is an artist living and working in the San Francisco Bay Area. She creates fine art screen prints on paper, mixed media paintings and illustrations in which she takes inspiration from her environments, the urban and natural landscapes and a fantastical imagination. Hilary received her BA in Printmaking from California College of the Arts.
www.hilaryatthecircus.com
Arc Gallery celebrates the amazing revolution that started in the Haight-Ashbury and changed the world forever.
"If you're going to San Francisco, be sure to wear some flowers in your hair. If you're going to San Francisco, summertime will be a love-in there" – song by John Phillips of The Mamas and the Papas
"If you're going to San Francisco, be sure to wear some flowers in your hair. If you're going to San Francisco, summertime will be a love-in there" – song by John Phillips of The Mamas and the Papas
FEATURED ARTISTS: NEW BOHEMIA SIGNS in the Project Gallery at Arc
David Benzler, Lauren D'Amato, Ashley Fundora, Heather Hardison, Patrick Piccolo,
Cole Solinger, Damon Styer and Debra Styer
New Bohemia Signs has been dealing exclusively in hand painted signs in San Francisco for a quarter century now, fully half of all the years since the Summer of Love, having been founded in 1992 by journeyman entrepreneur Steve Karbo, who insists that he owned the rst shop to sell bell-bo omed jeans on Haight Street! We are designers and sign writers who appreciate the art of a good looking hand-painted sign, and want nothing more than to keep spreading their love with a brush.
New Bohemia Signs, 281 9th Street, San Francisco, CA
www.newbohemiasigns.com
David Benzler, Lauren D'Amato, Ashley Fundora, Heather Hardison, Patrick Piccolo,
Cole Solinger, Damon Styer and Debra Styer
New Bohemia Signs has been dealing exclusively in hand painted signs in San Francisco for a quarter century now, fully half of all the years since the Summer of Love, having been founded in 1992 by journeyman entrepreneur Steve Karbo, who insists that he owned the rst shop to sell bell-bo omed jeans on Haight Street! We are designers and sign writers who appreciate the art of a good looking hand-painted sign, and want nothing more than to keep spreading their love with a brush.
New Bohemia Signs, 281 9th Street, San Francisco, CA
www.newbohemiasigns.com
San Francisco Summer of Love events:
Organized by San Francisco Travel and the California Historical Society, highlights include the following:
• “All Power to the People: Black Panthers at 50” at the Oakland Museum of California, Oct. 8, 2016 - Feb. 12, 2017
• “Bruce Connor: It’s all True” at the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, Oct. 29, 2016 - Jan. 22, 2017
• “Jim Marshall: Summer of Love” at the San Francisco Arts Commission Galleries at City Hall, Jan. 26 - June 1, 2017
• “Hippie Modernism: The Struggle for Utopia” at the Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive (BAMPFA), Feb. 8 - May 21, 2017
“Summer of Love” at the de Young Museum, April 15 - Aug. 20, 2017
“Intersection of Revolutions: The Road to the Haight-Ashbury, 1967” at the California Historical Society, May 11 - Sept. 8, 2017
• “Summer of Love” by Smuin Contemporary Ballet at the Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, May 2017
• A Summer of Love exhibition at the Mexican Museum, June 1 - Aug. 20, 2017
• “Flower Power” at the Asian Art Museum, June 16 - Oct. 1, 2017
• Summer of Love 50th Anniversary Concert, June 2017
• 15th Annual “Jerry Day” concert in celebration of what would have been Jerry Garcia’s 75th year, Aug. 6, 2017
• San Francisco Public Library’s Summer of Love Exhibition
• Sunday Streets events throughout 2017 in partnership with It’s Your District
• San Francisco Giants Summer of Love-themed home games and additional activities
Additional events showcasing this special moment in time include “The Summer of Weird” at the annual How Weird Street Festival (May 7, 2017), the 40th Annual Haight Ashbury Street Festival (June, 2017), the Monterey Pop Festival 2017 (June 16-18, 2017) and “Let the FUN Shine In!” at the Marin County Fair (June 30-July 4, 2017). Plans are currently underway for additional lectures, service and volunteerism events, personal appearances and other “happenings.”
https://www.pubclub.com
http://www.sftravel.com/summer-love-2017
A special website has been set up devoted to everything about the Summer of Love and it’s 50th anniversary: summeroflove2017.com.
Organized by San Francisco Travel and the California Historical Society, highlights include the following:
• “All Power to the People: Black Panthers at 50” at the Oakland Museum of California, Oct. 8, 2016 - Feb. 12, 2017
• “Bruce Connor: It’s all True” at the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, Oct. 29, 2016 - Jan. 22, 2017
• “Jim Marshall: Summer of Love” at the San Francisco Arts Commission Galleries at City Hall, Jan. 26 - June 1, 2017
• “Hippie Modernism: The Struggle for Utopia” at the Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive (BAMPFA), Feb. 8 - May 21, 2017
“Summer of Love” at the de Young Museum, April 15 - Aug. 20, 2017
“Intersection of Revolutions: The Road to the Haight-Ashbury, 1967” at the California Historical Society, May 11 - Sept. 8, 2017
• “Summer of Love” by Smuin Contemporary Ballet at the Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, May 2017
• A Summer of Love exhibition at the Mexican Museum, June 1 - Aug. 20, 2017
• “Flower Power” at the Asian Art Museum, June 16 - Oct. 1, 2017
• Summer of Love 50th Anniversary Concert, June 2017
• 15th Annual “Jerry Day” concert in celebration of what would have been Jerry Garcia’s 75th year, Aug. 6, 2017
• San Francisco Public Library’s Summer of Love Exhibition
• Sunday Streets events throughout 2017 in partnership with It’s Your District
• San Francisco Giants Summer of Love-themed home games and additional activities
Additional events showcasing this special moment in time include “The Summer of Weird” at the annual How Weird Street Festival (May 7, 2017), the 40th Annual Haight Ashbury Street Festival (June, 2017), the Monterey Pop Festival 2017 (June 16-18, 2017) and “Let the FUN Shine In!” at the Marin County Fair (June 30-July 4, 2017). Plans are currently underway for additional lectures, service and volunteerism events, personal appearances and other “happenings.”
https://www.pubclub.com
http://www.sftravel.com/summer-love-2017
A special website has been set up devoted to everything about the Summer of Love and it’s 50th anniversary: summeroflove2017.com.
