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

A Virtual Walkthrough of “Do We Dream Under the Same Sky?”


In honor of Asian Pacific American Heritage Month in May 2021, 8-bridges founding member Kelly Huang of KCH Advisory, and Aleesa Pitchamarn Alexander, Assistant Curator of American Art and Co-Director of the Asian American Art Initiative (AAAI) at the Cantor Arts Center at Stanford University, have curated a selection of historical, mid-career, and emerging artists from the Asian diaspora.

Join the co-curators this Thursday, May 20th at 1 PM PST for a virtual walkthrough of the 26 Asian American and diaspora artists currently featured on 8-bridges.com.



Thursday, May 20, 2021

1 PM to 2 PM PST


SF Chronicle Datebook: 8-bridges to debut online exhibition celebrating Asian Pacific American Heritage Month

In honor of Asian Pacific American Heritage Month, Bay Area art website 8-bridges will debut a new online exhibition dedicated to artists of the Asian diaspora.

 

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The 8-bridges Podcast

The 8-bridges Podcast features cultural visionaries and leaders across the Bay Area. The inaugural series includes conversations with art advisor Mary Zlot, curator Ali Gass, collector Pamela Hornik, and artist Woody de Othello. 8-bridges is 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.

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4×8-bridges “Missions and Ambitions” Talks: Part 2


We invite you to explore 4×8-bridges “Missions and Ambitions” Talks, a two-part series of livestreamed conversations with Bay Area art-world movers and shakers. Part 2 of the talks is hosted by Lauren Schell Dickens, Senior Curator at the San Jose Museum of Art.



Wednesday, January 27, 2021

11 AM to 12 PM PST


4×8-bridges “Missions and Ambitions” Talks: Part 1


We invite you to explore 4×8-bridges “Missions and Ambitions” Talks, a two-part series of livestreamed conversations with Bay Area art-world movers and shakers. Part 1 of the talks is hosted by Glen Helfand, curator and Associate Professor at CCA San Francisco and adjunct professor at Mills College, Oakland.



Tuesday, January 26, 2021

11 AM to 12 PM PST


Presenting 4×8-bridges | January 25-31, 2021


In the tradition of San Francisco’s celebration of the visual arts in January, 8-bridges is pleased to announce 4×8-bridges – an expansion of the 8-bridges website to include thirty-six Northern California art galleries, each showing four carefully selected works as well as a series of talks, webinars, and Zoom walk-throughs.

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 and larger gatherings. We invite you along with our many great colleagues to come together the week of January 25-31, in support of our arts community.

This month we are proud to support Tipping Point, a non-profit based in San Francisco. For 15 years, Tipping Point has combated poverty in the Bay Area by funding and supporting non-profit organizations that provide basic resources such as, education, housing, and employment, to those in need. An initial contribution is led by Phillips.

Bridging the Bay Area Art World: Panel #3


Join 8-bridges for a lively Zoom discussion with the directors of three Bay Area institutions: Neal Benezra (Director of the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art), Lori Fogarty (Director of the Oakland Museum of California) and Mari Robles (Executive Director of the Headlands Center for the Arts). Chaired by journalist Sarah Hotchkiss of KQED, the session will discuss curatorial agendas and building bridges between audiences.

Rye on the Road will prepare special cocktails for the panel, which you can enjoy at home by clicking the button below.



Wednesday, December 16, 2020

6 PM to 7PM PST

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Bridging the Bay Area Art World: Panel #2


Join 8-bridges for a lively Zoom discussion with the directors of three Bay Area institutions: Susan Sayre Batton (Director of the San José Museum of Art), Thomas P. Campbell (Director of the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco) and Monetta White (Director of San Francisco’s Museum of the African Diaspora). Chaired by journalist Jori Finkel (of The New York Times and The Art Newspaper), the session will discuss curatorial agendas and building bridges between audiences.

Rye on the Road will prepare special cocktails for the panel, which you can enjoy at home by clicking the button below.



Wednesday, November 18, 2020

6 PM to 7 PM PST

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Sophia Kinell on 8-bridges


A member of our founding committee Sophia Kinell, Phillips’ regional lead for San Francisco, discusses 8-bridges as a form of community-building, Phillips’ roots in the Bay Area, and the city she calls home.

“All of it started out of an earnest dialogue around how to come together as a community and support artists, and our greater arts ecosystem, in this time of uncertainty.”

Read the interview here.

Bridging the Bay Area Art World: Panel #1


Join 8-bridges for a lively Zoom discussion with the directors of three Bay Area institutions: Julie Rodrigues Widholm (the new Director of Berkeley Art Museum), Alison Gass (the new Director of ICA San Jose) and Jay Xu (Director of Asian Art Museum since 2008). Chaired by art sociologist Sarah Thornton, the session will discuss curatorial agendas and building bridges between audiences.

Rye on the Road will prepare special cocktails for the panel, which you can enjoy at home by clicking the link below.



Wednesday, October 21, 2020

6 PM to 7 PM PST

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