September 1, 2023

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Your Guide to today’s Castro Art Walk September 1, 5-8 pm The September edition of the Castro Art Walk is today with 17 great art exhibits sprinkled all across the amazing Castro Arts District in San Francisco.  You don’t want to miss it! The Castro Art Walk is 5 - 8, and some businesses stay even later. Paper maps can be picked up in any of the participating stores. Feel free to tag us in any social media posts @castroartwalk and use hashtags #CAW #CastroArtWalk. Castro Art Walk www.castroartwalk.com Featured Art Exhibits: Flore Dispensary (258 Noe St):  will feature the art of Oscar Zaora Graves www.oscarzamoragraves.com 2358 MRKT (2358 Market St): 'Beauty in the Mundane' is all about those quiet moments a photographer captures, that most rush by within our daily lives. 19 Bay Area Photographers invite you to take in the stillness of each still photo on our walls. Featured Photographers: Andi Benet, Anton O'Donnell, Bee Roehrig, Christine Kemp, Clint Frederic Wiater, Daniel Kong, Elaine Pratt, Gene Lee, Harry Williams, JB Higgins, Kalie Capadona, T. Mallie Brathwate, Natty Coleman, Nicholas Blair, Nick Lee, Ria Burman, Theo Garvey, Vince Thomas, & Yi Lu Ruby’s Clay Studio and Gallery (552A Noe St): Belgarde – featuring artworks of longtime studio member Charles Belgarde, Jr. Art House SF (2324 Market St): "Faces of Soweto" by the amazing South African artist Tsholo "Splash" Motong. Born in poverty of South West Townships (SoWeTo), Splash inner world and his perception of it contrast his outer surroundings.  His love and appreciation for the people of Soweto shines bright through his work. His paintings exude warmth, subtle humor and empathy. Schlomer Haus Gallery (2128 Market St): ON VIEW: What Remains Debris from SF’s 2023 Pride Parade was transformed into original works of art – with 100% of the proceeds going to support  Queer LifeSpace. Featuring: Alexander Hernandez, Alma Landeta, Jamil Hellu, Jason Mecier, Jun Yang, Leonard Reidelbach, Monica Canilao, Nat Saia, Nicole Shaffer, Marcel Pardo Ariza MAG Galleries (3931 18th St): The three artists in CHANGED INTENTIONS, use materials not normally intended for the creation of art.  Bussie Parker Kehoe uses rubberlike masses of dried, house paint found at the bottom of paint cans, Denise Laws up-cycles discarded, consumer-good packaging with reflective or stained surfaces and Sarah Smith repurposes leftover construction materials which she surfaces with hydrocal.  The artists have created beautiful objects whose materiality represents the possibility and hope of recycling. Welcome Castro (525 Castro St):   Artist: Katie Gilmartin I valiantly tried to embody the anguished suffering artist, but chronic backsliding forced me to resign myself to a life of delight, abundance, and gusto. My checkered past includes stints as a buoyant union organizer, bona fide sex researcher, and deeply engaged college professor. I attended Oberlin College and Yale Graduate School, then for over a decade taught cultural studies with an emphasis on the histories of gender and sexuality. On an urgent quest to relocate pleasure, I took up printmaking and became utterly smitten with the medium as art and as craft. In 2000 I surrendered my academic life to assume care of Chrysalis Print Studio, where I now teach linocut and monotype classes. Along the way I founded City Art Cooperative Gallery, a thriving artspace on Valencia Street, and the Queer Ancestors Project, which is devoted to forging sturdy relationships between young LGBTQ people and their ancestors. The Academy (2166 Market St):  Celebrating Street & Mural Artists of San Francisco Featured artists include: J. Manuel Carmona - @manuel165 Xtopher J. McCutcheon - @mccutcheon_art Elliott C. Nathan - @elliottcnathan Jeremy Novy - @jeremynovy Simón Malvaez - @simonmalvaez Tanya Wischerath - @tanyawischerath Josh Katz - @jkatzart Harvey Milk Photo Center (50 Scott St):  Our annual Member, Staff & Volunteer Show portrays the current look at what is being created in our darkrooms and digital lab here at the Harvey Milk Photo Center, by our members, staff and volunteers.  This exciting exhibit is showcasing each photographers chosen and personal best. It has been curated by the staff, members and our generous volunteers and encompasses a wide and exciting range of subject matter. Headprint Studio Castro (4327 18th St):  Our current featured artist, Mike Marcus, is a gay printmaker who focuses on queer visibility in his work. He uses a combination of linocut and monotype printmaking techniques, combined high contrast colors and inks. His current body of work is exploring the connection between sexuality, intimacy, and sobriety. … and more! See all of you tonight! 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