Open Studio

with live music by Shikan Jade McAloon and David Lang Kessem

Saturday & Sunday, December 17th & 18th, 2022

Reception 10:00am - 2:00pm

We so look forward to sharing our artistry with you.  Please feel free to bring your family, colleagues and art loving friends! 

Convoy, High Beams #6

Saturday, August 20, 2022

Reception 5:00pm - 9:00pm

Rocky Mountain College of Art and Design, Denver Colorado

High Beams outdoor exhibitions began in September 2020 on the rooftop of a parking garage in Los Angeles’ Fashion District, and since its inception exhibitions have been held at Gallery ALSO and the Torrance Art Museum in southern California. This summer’s High Beams exhibition is the first to take place outside of California with artists traveling from across the country to convene in Denver, Colorado. Convoy invites an artistic contemplation of “whatever moves you” featuring a selection of artists from the diverse community of SFAA in collaboration with dozens of artist collectives across the country.  Selected works for the one-day exhibition will be showcased at RMCAD as well as on SFAA’s Instagram page.

Participating SFAA Artists: Richard Alpert, Dominic Angerame, Bryan Birch, Charles Chadwick, Chris Corrente, Kevin Eichorst, Marshall Elliott, Laura Hyunjhee Kim, Claire Jackel, Walt Ohnesorge, Shokai Carter Sinclair, Denise Susanne Townsend, Cristina Velazquez, Vivian Vivas, Ingrid V. Wells, Momo (Yuntong) Wu.

 LAF Alumni Artists-in-Residence Exhibition

October 2020 - January 2021

The Lucid Art Foundation Artist Residency Program, held in an idyllic forest setting in the hills of Inverness, California, borders on the Point Reyes National Seashore. The artists in this exhibition were selected for the residency through a juried process by invitation due to their affinity with the vision of the Foundation.

Since the residency invites one person at a time, most of the artists do not meet one another during their time in residency, though the experience of this semi-retreat in the wilderness bonds them together through an invisible thread. Varied as their works are, they are in line with the mission of the Foundation, which promotes exploration of deep levels of consciousness in harmony with the natural world.

The residency alumni exhibition covers the entire program, from its inception in 2008 through 2019, with sixty-five works selected for this show. Rather than presenting the work chronologically, the works were arranged in a series of four online exhibitions, one group per month, from October 1, 2020 to January 31, 2021. The works were selected according to the artists' concepts, materials, and forms.

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 Invisible Light/Luz Invisível

Thursday, July 26, 2018

Reception 7:00pm - 10:00pm | Performance 8:00pm

CAS - Casa de Artes Sustentáveis, Rua Democrata 21, Dois de Julho, Salvador, Bahia, Brazil

Invisible Light, co-curated by Denise Susanne Townsend, Tobias Tovera and Mika Aono, speaks directly to the metaphysical in art and the how the connection between energy and transformation and chaos and order relate to our global consciousness. The exhibition includes paintings, sculptures and installations inspired by collaborations with Salvador Prefeitura Elementary School and offerings by the artists in residence bridging creativity, consciousness and connection exploring the infinite possibilities of movement, meditation and the arts.  

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 Origin

Thursday, June 1, 2017

Reception 7:00pm - 10:00pm | Performance 8:00pm

2121 Peralta Street, Suite 117, Oakland, California 94607

Origin, curated by Aru Rudenko, Tobias Tovera and Denise Susanne Townsend, explores deep time creation, primordial life, and intimations of the prehistoric body.  Join us to celebrate our second year of the Ark Project with an evening of contemporary art installation and painting along with a performance choreographed by Indonesia-based artist in residence, Ari Rudenko. 

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 Symbiosis

Thursday, May 5, 2016

Reception 7:00pm - 10:00pm | Performance 8:00pm

2121 Peralta Street, Suite 117, Oakland, California 94607

Symbiosis, co-curated by Tobias Tovera and Denise Susanne Townsend, celebrates the first year of The Ark Project, an international independent artist-run studio and exhibition residency program with a focus on creation, presentation and documentation of contemporary art in all forms that engage discovery, transformation and innovation. 

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Lucid Art Residency Annual Exhibition

Sunday, April 3, 2016

Reception 3:00pm - 5:00pm

Gallery Route One

11101 Highway One, Ste. 101, Point Reyes Station, California 94956

Lucid Art Foundation Artist-in-Residence

February 2015

The Lucid Art Foundation, nestled deep in the heart of the Bishop Pine Preserve, is dedicated to the exploration of arts and consciousness.

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