Eight bridges connect the San Francisco Bay, so it is an apt name for a gallery platform that brings the Bay Area art world together.
Our mission is to maintain a vibrant gallery scene, despite restrictions on travel, celebrations and other larger gatherings. We want to support our artists by informing and entertaining curators, collectors and critics with potent online exhibitions of their work.
On the first Thursday of every month, we will launch 8 shows of artists relevant to the Bay Area. They may be working in this place, long considered an epicenter of change, or deeply engaged in the conversations the Bay Area holds dear, whether it’s related to technology, the environment, social justice or sexual identity, to name a few. In addition, each month will highlight the crucial work of a Bay Area non-profit arts organization.
Founding Committee
Claudia Altman-Siegel, Kelly Huang, Sophia Kinell, Micki Meng, Daphne Palmer, Ratio 3, Sarah Wendell Sherrill, Jessica Silverman, and Elizabeth Sullivan
Ambassador Committee
Sayre Batton & Maja Thomas, Joachim & Nancy Bechtle, Matt Bernstein, Sabrina Buell, Wayee Chu & Ethan Beard, Natasha Boas, Douglas Durkin, Carla Emil, Matt & Jessica Farron, Lauren Ford, Ali Gass, Stanlee Gatti, Brook Hartzell & Tad Freese, Pamela & David Hornik, Katie & Matt Paige, Putter Pence, Becca Prowda & Daniel Lurie, Deborah Rappaport, Komal Shah & Gaurav Garg, Laura Sweeney, The Battery, Robin Wright, Sonya Yu & Zack Lara
Sponsors
Lobus, The Space Program
Our latest drop is 1.16.21 by Henna Vainio.
From the artist:
These collaged compositions of fused glass have been a daily activity during the past year. I found it important to focus on something cumulative and iterative as a way to define my own sense of time, while taking in everything that was happening. I guess it was like a daily doodle, if you understand it as a way to let the mind casually wander but also as a way to reflect and process. Some of them hold many iterations in one, growing more condensed and complex with each firing, like all the pages of the notepad as one. Others have arrived there like a sketch on the back of the napkin, quickly and carelessly.
Courtesy the artist.
Henna Vainio
1.16.21, 2021
Fused glass
12 x 10 inches
$2,000
Henna Vainio
1.16.21, 2021
Fused glass
12 x 10 inches
$2,000