All virtual programs are listed in Eastern Time (ET). Start times for all other continental US time zones are listed in the program description below the main image. For in-person programs, the program start time is listed in the location’s time zone.
Northern California
Virtual | Artist Talk with Hiba Schahbaz
Zoom12pm ET | 11am CT | 9am PT ArtTable’s Artist Talk series is made possible by the Pollock Krasner Foundation. Originally formatted as in-person Artist Breakfasts, ArtTable has moved all programming into the virtual realm during the pandemic. Please join us for a virtual Artist Talk with Hiba Schahbaz. Tickets are $10. Member tickets are […]
Virtual | Collection Visit with Ellen Cantrowitz
Zoom12pm ET | 11am CT | 9am PT This virtual collection visit program is free for ArtTable Circle Members and $10 for all other members. Click here to learn more about ArtTable's membership levels. How it works: You will receive access to a recorded collection visit in advance of the live program on February 3. […]
Virtual | AT Local – NoCal First Thursday Coffee Break
Zoom12:30pm PT AT Local virtual programs present opportunities to connect as a local chapter online. This NoCal First Thursday Coffee Break event is for members of ArtTable’s Northern California chapter. Stay tuned for AT Local events near you! Not a member? Join us today! How to take part: Click here to Register for this event. […]
Virtual | DC BreakfastTable with Jaynelle Hazard
Zoom8:30am ET| 7:30am CT Join ArtTable’s DC Chapter for a presentation and conversation with Jaynelle Hazard, Executive Director & Curator of the newly rebranded Tephra Institute of Contemporary Art. Jaynelle will discuss how the Greater Reston Arts Center repositioned and transformed into Tephra ICA as the institution’s programs, audience, and impact had drastically evolved over […]
Virtual | AT Local: NoCal Film Night – Art21’s Art in the Twenty-First Century: Borderlands
Zoom8:30pm ET | 7:30pm CT | 5:30pm PT Join ArtTable's Northern California Chapter for a virtual film night to watch and discuss Art21's Borderlands, an episode in the 10th season of their Art in the Twenty-First Century series. Following the film, we'll be joined by Lolita Fierro, Associate Director, Major Gifts & Special Events at […]
RESCHEDULED | MFA Artists Talk: Recent Cadogan Scholarship Awardees
Zoom8:30pm ET | 7:30pm CT | 5:30pm PT This program has been rescheduled to a later date. Stay tuned for updates. In support of Bay Area MFA candidates, the Northern California Chapter invites you to join us on Thursday, February 25 (8:30pm ET/ 7:30pm CT/ 5:30pm PT) for a visit with recent Cadogan Scholarship Awardees […]
Virtual | AT Local – NoCal First Thursday Coffee Break
Zoom12:30pm PT AT Local virtual programs present opportunities to connect as a local chapter online. This NoCal First Thursday Coffee Break event is for members of ArtTable’s Northern California chapter. Stay tuned for AT Local events near you! Not a member? Join us today! How to take part: Click here to Register for this event. […]
Virtual | Reading at the (Art)Table – ‘Just Us: An American Conversation,’ by Claudia Rankine
2pm ET | 1pm CT | 11am PT Join the Northern California Chapter's Reading at the (Art)Table book group for a discussion of our latest book selection, "Just Us: An American Conversation," by Claudia Rankine. With essays, poems, and images, Just Us is an invitation to discover what it takes to stay in the room […]
Virtual | AT Local – NoCal First Thursday Coffee Break
Zoom12:30pm PT AT Local virtual programs present opportunities to connect as a local chapter online. This NoCal First Thursday Coffee Break event is for members of ArtTable’s Northern California chapter. Stay tuned for AT Local events near you! Not a member? Join us today! How to take part: Click here to Register for this event. […]
Virtual | AT Local – NoCal First Thursday Coffee Break
Zoom12pm PT AT Local virtual programs present opportunities to connect as a local chapter online. This NoCal First Thursday Coffee Break event is for members of ArtTable’s Northern California chapter. Stay tuned for AT Local events near you! Not a member? Join us today! Click here to see who is already registered. How to take […]
Virtual | Reading at the (Art)Table – ‘Consuming Stories: Kara Walker’ by Rebecca Peabody
Zoom2pm ET | 1pm CT | 11am PT Join us for Reading at the (Art)Table as we delve into the new selection, "Consuming Stories: Kara Walker and the Imagining of American Race," by Rebecca Peabody. Peabody uses the work of contemporary American artist Kara Walker to investigate a range of popular storytelling traditions with roots […]
NoCal | MeetAT at Headlands Center for the Arts
The Commons at Headlands Center for the Arts Between 944 & 945 Simmonds Road, Sausalito, CA, United StatesPlease join us for an in-person MeetAT program at the Headlands Center for the Arts! Attendees will enjoy wine and bites outdoors in the stunning landscape of the Marin Headlands. Headlands Center for the Arts is a multidisciplinary, international arts center dedicated to supporting artists, the creative process, and the development of new, innovative ideas […]
Virtual | NoCal Film Night – “Everybody Knows…Elizabeth Murray”
Zoom8:30pm ET | 7:30pm CT | 5:30pm PT Join ArtTable's Northern California Chapter for a virtual film night to view and discuss Everybody Knows...Elizabeth Murray — The Life of a Great Contemporary Painter. You can also view the film in advance and join us for the discussion afterwards. We are delighted that after the viewing, we will […]
NoCal | AT Local – First Thursday Coffee Break on Location: Music Concourse, Golden Gate Park
Music Concourse, Golden Gate Park San Francisco, CA, United States8:00am PST All members of ArtTable's Northern California Chapter are welcome to join us in the early morning of Thursday, July 8th, to share a cup of coffee before your workday gets started. Bring your own coffee, tea, and/or pastry and meet and catch up with other members during this first in-person outdoor coffee break […]
NoCal | Curator Chat: Dr. Elaine Yau on ‘Rosie Lee Tompkins: A Retrospective’ at BAMPFA
BAMPFA 2155 Center St, Berkeley, CA, United States12:30pm PT Connect in-person with your fellow Northern California ArtTable members and guests during an outdoor picnic and discussion with Dr. Elaine Yau, Associate Curator for the Eli Leon Living Trust Collection of African American Quilts. Dr. Yau co-curated the exhibition, Rosie Lee Tompkins: A Retrospective at the Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive […]
Virtual | NoCal Artist Talk with Lava Thomas
Zoom10am PT ArtTable's Northern California Chapter is very pleased to present an Artist Talk with Lava Thomas. Thomas tackles issues of race, gender, representation and memorialization through a multidisciplinary practice that spans drawing, painting, photography, sculpture, and site-specific installations. Drawing from her family’s Southern roots, current socio-political events, intersectional feminism and African American protest and […]
NoCal | First Thursday Coffee Break On Location – Flywheel Coffee Kiosk
Flywheel Coffee Kiosk 678-650 Stanyan Street, San Francisco, CA, United States8:30am PST All ArtTable members are welcome to join the Northern California Chapter in the early morning of Thursday, September 2nd, to share a cup of coffee before your workday gets started. Get your coffee, tea, and/or pastry at this local family owned coffee shop kiosk (inside Golden Gate park, across from Page Street) and […]
National | ArtTable at The Armory Show
Javits Center 429 11th Avenue, New YorkPlease join us for the annual ArtTable Brunch at The Armory Show! This is a great time for members and friends from across the country to come together and network at New York's premiere art fair, now to take place annually in September at the Javits Center. We will be joined by The Armory Show's […]
Virtual | Reading at the (Art)Table – ‘The Free World: Art & Culture in the Cold War’ – Louis Menand
Zoom2pm ET | 1pm CT | 11am PT Join Reading at the (Art)Table as we delve into 'The Free World: Art and Culture in the Cold War" by Louis Menand, hosted by ArtTable's Northern California chapter. This deep and detailed history shines a light on the art and culture of the period from WWII through the […]
NoCal | First Thursday Coffee Break on Location – Sightglass Coffee
Sightglass Mission 3014 20th St, San Francisco8:30am PST All ArtTable members are welcome to join the Northern California Chapter in the early morning of Thursday, October 7th, to share a cup of coffee before your workday gets started. Get your coffee, tea, and/or pastry at this local Mission coffee shop and catch up with other members during this in-person outdoor coffee […]
NoCal | Curator Guided Tour of ‘Judy Chicago: A Retrospective’ at the de Young Museum
de Young Museum Golden Gate Park \ 50 Hagiwara Tea Garden Drive, San Francisco, California, United StatesJoin Claudia Schmuckli, Curator-in-Charge of Contemporary Art and Programming at the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, for a guided tour of the Judy Chicago: A Retrospective exhibition at the de Young Museum. Meet up with your fellow NoCal members at the entrance to the exhibition on October 14th at 11am. Following the tour, enjoy […]
Virtual | Marcela Guerrero & Daisy Nam on Donna Huanca’s exhibition at Ballroom Marfa
Zoom9am PT / 10am MT / 11am CT / 12pm ET Please join Marcela Guerrero, Jennifer Rubio Associate Curator at the Whitney Museum of American Art, and Daisy Nam, Curator at Ballroom Marfa, for a discussion on Donna Huanca's exhibition ESPEJO QUEMADA, on view at Ballroom Marfa through January 22, 2022. The two will also […]
NoCal | Curator Tour of ‘New Time: Art and Feminisms in the 21st Century’, at BAMPFA
BAMPFA 2155 Center St, Berkeley, CA, United StatesJoin Claire Frost, Curatorial Assistant at BAMPFA, for a guided tour of New Time: Art and Feminisms in the 21st Century at the Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive. Afterwards, join Claire and your fellow ArtTable members at a nearby outdoor patio for no-host drinks and a discussion under guidance of local writer/curator and […]
NoCal | First Thursday Coffee Break on Location – Sightglass Coffee
Sightglass Mission 3014 20th St, San Francisco8:30am PT All ArtTable members are welcome to join the Northern California Chapter in the early morning of Thursday, November 4th, to share a cup of coffee before your workday gets started. Get your coffee, tea, and/or pastry at this local Mission coffee shop and catch up with other members during this in-person outdoor coffee […]
Virtual | Self-Mythology and the Unreliable Narrator in the Life & Times of Sam Francis
Zoom11am PT/ 12pm MT / 1pm CT / 2pm ET Please join Gabrielle Selz, Jeremy Stone, and Debra Burchett-Lere as they probe the self-mythologizing narratives of artists and personalities of the 20th Century. This talk will focus on discoveries Selz made in her new book, Light on Fire, the first comprehensive biography of Sam Francis. Light on Fire […]
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