Join the Northern California Chapter in Reading at the (Art)Table as we move through the centuries of “The Story of Art Without Men” by Katy Hessel. Here is an opportunity to marvel at art in every shape and form by women who wielded brush, hammer, and fire across continents and conventions to pursue their art.
This program is free to attend (optional donation) and open to ArtTable members. Registration is required below.
Please Note: The event will take place outdoors. In the event of inclement weather, the event will take place indoors with masking suggested for those at risk.
Join Reading at the (Art)Table for a discussion of Know That You Are Lucky by Kathan Brown. From Europe to the United States, this memoir of fifty years of printmaking reveals the cross-pollination that includes East and West Coasts, Northern and Southern California, as well as the collaborative influence of Japan.
Kathan Brown has authored eight books, including Ink, Paper, Metal, Wood, which was published by Chronicle Books in 1996. Artforum’s Bookforum describes her work as “the next best thing to being there.” Brown is additionally known as the editor of the “MAGIC SECRETS” instructional series for printmakers, which is published by Crown Point Press. She has contributed articles to significant publications including “A John Cage Reader” (published by Wesleyan University Press in 1983), the “Cambridge Companion to John Cage” (published in 2002), and The Guardian in 2002.
This program is free to attend (optional donation) and open to ArtTable members. Registration is required below.
The Northern California Chapter’s book club, Reading at the (Art)Table, will meet to discuss The Surreal Life of Leonora Carrington by Joanna Moorhead. We hope you can join us at brunch for lively conversation and a view of this extraordinary life in art and world history! This story chronicles the development of a young woman artist at the heart of the surrealist movement in Europe prior to the outbreak of World War II with intimate recounting of dangers, mental illness, immigration, and rebuilding life and studio practice in Mexico.
“An intimate portrait of this wild child of surrealism and tells her fascinating story as recounted during a series of meetings in the later stages of her life.” —Tate etc.
This program is free to attend (optional donation) and open to ArtTable members. Registration is required below.
Join Northern California Chapter members for Reading at the (Art)Table as we discuss Also a Poet by Ada Calhoun. Explore memories, musings, and dig into the stories of Frank O’Hara, Peter Schjeldahl—the author’s father—and writer, Ada Calhoun.
“Brave, blistering… Fierce, dissonant, yet compelling.”—Washington Post
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Please join us in Berkeley, CA for the next Reading at the (Art)Table book group, where we will be discussing Maria Lassnig—The Biography by Natalie Lettner. This detailed account of the artist who died in 2014 at the age of 96 reveals a gritty view of life as a woman making art in the second half of the 20th century.
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Please join us in Berkeley, CA for the next Reading at the (Art)Table book group, where we will be discussing Julia Morgan: An Intimate Biography of the Trailblazing Architect, by Victoria Kastner. We will come together at Julia Morgan’s Berkeley City Club and become immersed in one of the architect’s magical spaces through an informal tour.
This program is free to attend and open to ArtTable members only. Registration is required below.
All attendees must wear face masks while in the building. Attendees should arrive on time so that they may be escorted in.
Please note that by registering for this event you consent to have your contact information shared with ArtTable to be used in the event that contact tracing is needed.
There is a ground level entrance which is wheelchair accessible and an elevator to the main floor. Please email programs@arttable.org if you need such accommodation and we will arrange with the staff.
Please join us in Berkeley, CA for the next Reading at the (Art)Table book group, where we will be discussing Latinx Art: Artists, Markets, and Politics, by Arlene Dávila. This is a lovely opportunity to discuss the vibrant community of Latinx artists and learn more about current activities and connections.
This program is free to attend and open to ArtTable members only. Registration is required below.
We will meet outdoors for this program. In the event of inclement weather, rapid tests will be available for those who wish to reconvene indoors.Please note that by registering for this event you consent to have your contact information shared with ArtTable to be used in the event that contact tracing is needed.
All ArtTable members are welcome to join us on Sunday, October 16 for our next Reading at the (Art)Table program, where we will be having a lively discussion of Anne Truitt’s book, “Yield — The Journal of an Artist.“.
In the spring of 1974, the artist Anne Truitt (1921–2004) committed herself to keeping a journal for a year. She would continue the practice, sometimes intermittently, over the next six years, writing in spiral-bound notebooks and setting no guidelines other than to “let the artist speak.” These writings were published as Daybook: The Journal of an Artist (1982). Two other journal volumes followed: Turn (1986) and Prospect (1996). This book, the final volume, comprises journals the artist kept from the winter of 2001 to the spring of 2002, two years before her death.
In Yield, Truitt’s unflinching honesty is on display as she contemplates her place in the world and comes to terms with the intellectual, practical, emotional, and spiritual issues that an artist faces when reconciling her art with her life, even as that life approaches its end. Truitt illuminates a life and career in which the demands, responsibilities, and rewards of family, friends, motherhood, and grandmotherhood are ultimately accepted, together with those of a working artist.
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All ArtTable members are welcome to join the Northern California chapter for the next Reading at the (Art)Table program, where we will be discussing Edith Schloss’ memoir, The Loft Generation: From the De Koonings to Twombly Portraits and Sketches 1942 — 2011. We will savor the moods and comings and goings of the New York artists recounted by a member of this tight-knit art world of the forties and fifties.
This program is free and open to ArtTable members only. Donations are always appreciated!
Join us on Sunday, March 13 at 11am PT/2pm ET for our next Reading at the (Art)Table program, where we will be discussing “Edith Heath: Philosophies.”
Trailblazer. Rebel. Revolutionary. Discover the story of Edith Heath, founder and designer of Heath Ceramics. Heath transformed the ceramics industry, creating dinnerware from California clay for “Sunday best” and everyday use. Driven by the power of good design, and a commitment to her craft, Heath’s vision continues to live on through her stoneware and tile over 70 years later. Durable, not delicate, simple, yet stylish, Heath Ceramics is an icon of American design.
This book was created as a complement to the current exhibition at the Oakland Museum of California.
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Image: “Edith Heath: Philosophies”
Thank you to Jan Wurm from ArtTable’s Northern California Chapter for organizing this program.
