New Museum Los Gatos (NUMU) is proud to host the biennial exhibition, Greater Bay Area Open (GBAO) organized by the Los Gatos Art Association (LGAA). This juried exhibition titled “Journeys” is juried by esteemed artist and Executive Director of the Richmond Art Center, Ric Ambrose.  Works in a range of mediums, reflect the exhibiting artists wide interpretations of the show’s theme.  Artist submissions originate from the greater Bay Area, spanning Walnut Creek to Pebble Beach. The exhibition opens June 28 and runs through September 8, 2019 at NUMU. A public reception with the artists will take place on Friday, June 28, 6pm to 8pm at NUMU. More information on the exhibition opening reception is available here.

Los Gatos Art Association President, John Giannotti states, “We are thrilled to be partnering with NUMU to present this special biennial fine art showcase that brings together extraordinary artists in the Greater Bay Area.”

For many years the former Museums of Los Gatos (now NUMU) regularly featured both member and open juried exhibitions organized by the LGAA. NUMU hosted GBAO in 2015 and 2017. "We are excited to continue our longstanding collaboration with the LGAA and host the 2019 exhibition,” says NUMU Executive Director, Maureen Cappon-Javey. “We welcome the opportunity to collaborate with artists and creatives in the community through this dynamic exhibition that serves to shine a light on exceptional works and practices from across the region.”

During his long career, GBAO Juror, Ric Ambrose has managed art collections and curated over 300 art, science and history exhibitions at Sangre de Cristo Arts Center in Pueblo, Colorado, the Fresno Metropolitan Museum, the Clay Center for the Arts and Sciences in Charleston, the Pacific Art League in Palo Alto, and the Lawrence Hall of Science in Berkeley. Ambrose taught studio art at Colorado State University, West Virginia State University, and Arapahoe Community College inLittleton, Colorado.  His large-scale drawings have been featured in solo and group exhibitions across the United States, most recently at the Triton Museum of Art in Santa Clara in spring 2019. His work is represented in numerous public and private collections. Ambrose received his MFA in drawing at Colorado State University, and a BFA in studio art and art history at the University of Oregon.

For more information about LGAA and the exhibition please visit www.lgaa.org

Generous support for the exhibition provided by:
Los Gatos Art Association
Los Gatos Community Foundation

On the Shoulders of Giants: Selected Works from the NUMU Atelier Masters and Students
May 17-October 13, 2019

Opening in the main gallery on May 17, On the Shoulders of Giants: Selected Works from the NUMU Atelier Masters and Students features the works of master artists and students from NUMU's Classical Drawing and Painting Atelier Program. The exhibition showcases all levels of mastery in the traditional style of classical drawing and painting. Featured artists include NUMU Atelier Director, Gabriel Coke, and Master Artists from NUMU’s Visiting Artists Workshops program: Adrian Gottlieb, David Gray, Brianna Lee, Jim McVicker, Cuong Nguyen, Sarah Sedwick, Enzo Segovia, Robert K Semans, Oliver Sin, Conor Walton, Zhaoming Wu, and Elizabeth Zanzinger.

An opening reception was held on Friday, May 17 from 6-8pm.
To view photos and videos from the reception, click here.

NUMU Atelier Program Director Gabriel Coke founded the Atelier in 2015 and teaches classical drawing and painting classes for adults and teens. Gabriel has also developed a robust Visiting Artists Workshops program at NUMU that invites regional and local contemporary masters to lead week and weekend-long intensive workshops to the Atelier throughout the year. This  program has grown out of Coke's many friendships with painters across the United States and Europe. Coke has studied with teachers and working artists in Seattle, Santa Fe, France, Norway and New York City. Gabe has worked and studied at The Grand Central Academy of Art in New York, Frovik Kunstskole in Norway, Ecole Albert deFois in France, The Studio of Anthony Ryder in Santa Fe, New Mexico, The Gage Academy of Art in Seattle, Washington, The Concrete Tower, and Old Arcata Creamery in Arcata, California.

Warren Chang: Voice of the Fields
February 22-June 16, 2019

Monterey artist Warren Chang presents an exhibition of paintings​ titled Voice of the Fields. The exhibition showcases​ Chang’s large scale luminous paintings of the community who labor in the farms around the Salinas Valley. Chang was born and raised in Monterey and California’s agricultural environment is part of his daily life. Influenced by the John Steinbeck tales of his youth, Warren was drawn to field workers as subjects for his recent series of paintings. Voice of the Fields​ is on view in NUMU’s Spotlight Gallery through June 16, 2019.

A contemporary realist whose primary focus is figurative, Warren’s striking series of paintings of farmworkers provides a revelatory glimpse into the communal experience and hard physical labor of producing our food. The lives and experiences of farmworker families often tend to be invisible, even though their labor supports some of the most productive agricultural land in the country. Chang skillfully depicts the old and young, men and women, hoeing, pruning, harvesting, at break time, and leaving the fields at day’s end. Deeply personal yet forthright, these beautifully realized paintings compel our attention and empathy to tell an important story that has been too long overlooked.

Download press release here.

Voice of the Fields is generously sponsored by The Winfield Gallery.

In the Artist’s Studio: Warren Chang
January 31-April 14, 2019

Acclaimed artist Warren Chang is featured in an exhibition titled In the Artist’s Studio: Featuring Warren Chang. Visitors are invited into Chang’s studio for an introduction to his work, creative process and life as an artist. In this virtual studio visit, a selection of the artist’s works, art making tools and personal items, along with rarely seen photographs of private studio spaces - rarely open to the public - are on view.

Chang’s studio is relatively small, a stand-alone building constructed in the backyard of his house in 2007. Inspired roughly by the architectural drawing of Norman Rockwell’s studio, it boasts a large bay window from the direction of the north. There is a long bookshelf installed along the north wall, containing hundreds of art books and literature, which are of constant inspiration to him. There is a small loft on the second floor primarily used for storing paintings and this is where he also stretches his canvas.

Join Warren Chang for a Talk and Tour of his art-making process from 2-3pm on April 7.

NUMU’s In the Artist’s Studio exhibition series, introduced in 2018, supports the museum’s mission to share stories in new ways. Most people do not have the opportunity to visit an artist’s studio and learn firsthand how artwork is made, and more importantly why it is made. Through this program, NUMU offers insight into the practice of artmaking and shares with the community the ingenuity, intelligence and empathy that goes into the creative process.

An artist’s studio is both a sacred creative space and a functional workshop, each as unique as the individual artist. The studios of artists provide a treasure trove of insight into their practices and personas. Examples from art history include painter Francis Bacon, known for working amongst a disheveled hoard of creative material. Georgia O’Keefe’s adobe home studio is filled with found bone fragments and rocks, and punctuated with windows that provide magnificent views - all informed and inspired her creative process. Constantin Brancusi’s workspace was chock-full with not only his sculptures, but also his own handmade furniture.

Warren Chang’s exhibition of large scale paintings of migrant farmworkers, titled Voice of the Fields, is also on view. More information is available here.

In the Artist's Studio is generously supported by the Borgenicht Foundation.

The Borgenicht Foundation works to promote the understanding of secularism as the way and hope for establishing peace in the world. In addition, the Foundation supports social justice, conservation and historic preservation, the arts, health, and education.