DATES + TIMES
November 16, 2024 – January 11, 2025
Opening Reception: November 16, 7-9 PM

LOCATION
Arc Gallery, 1246 Folsom Street, San Francisco

DESCRIPTION
JOY shares a diversity of euphoric experiences and the effects of positive emotion on the body with art that sparks pure delight. Joy brings catharsis, builds resilience and brings people together. This deliberate turning to joy is not a shying away from the reality of sadness, pain and distress, instead—it is about drawing on a deep sense of joy at the known and unknown, linking thankfulness and hope. Artists reclaimed the joy of artmaking by tapping into one’s inner child or by displaying moments of contentment they’ve experienced or witnessed. We asked artists to answer the question—what does happiness means to you in the here and now, and to provide a window into a personal source of peace and pleasure.

“Resistance is the secret of joy – moving forward despite obstacles, seemingly insurmountable odds, and repeated defeats. As members of the larger living community nurtured by the Earth, our mother, we creatures, star stuff animated by cosmic consciousness, find joy in continuing the work begun by our ancestors, creating song out of tears and laughter.” ~Lorraine Bonner, Joy Gallery Artist

Co-Curated by Karen M. Gutfreund and Priscilla Otani.

Artists Talk #1 November 21, 6-7 pm PT
Marie Cameron, Sena Clara Creston, Carla Goldberg, Rinat Goren, Sarah C.B. Guthrie, Denise Howard, Ian James, Mijin Kwon, Suki Liebow, Marion Maenner, Laura Morrison, Katrina Niswander, Debra Shapiro, Rachel Ungerer, and Chris Wubbena
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Artists Talk #2 December 5, 6-7 pm PT
Salma Arastu, Jonathan Crow, Janey Fritsche, Indigene Theresa Gaskin, Krisztina Lazar, Kristine Mays, Sheila Metcalf Tobin, Lucky Rapp, Danielle Satinover, Renée Switkes, Linda Tapscott, Victoria Veedell, Kay Weber, Raf Willems, and Umit Yalcinalp

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Catalogs: Click the logo above or here to view the online catalog.
To order the print catalog from Amazon go here

GALLERY ARTISTS
Salma Arastu, Tara Austin, Jennifer Banzaca, Lorraine Bonner, Payton Brown, Jade Butay, Marie Cameron, Jaime Coffey, Olivia Cohen, Molly Corbett, Sherri Cornett, Sena Clara Creston, Jonathan Crow, Janey Fritsche, Jonathan Gaber, Indigene Theresa Gaskin, Carla Goldberg, Rinat Goren, Laura Gurton, Sarah Guthrie, Harper Hay, Denise Howard, Ian James, Shannon Knowlton, Ann Kogen, Mijin Kwon, Beth Lakamp, Krisztina Lazar, Suki Liebow, Marion Maenner, Chandrika Marla, Kristine Mays, Sheila Metcalf Tobin, Maidy Morhous, Laura Morrison, Stephen Namara, Nancy Natow-Cassidy, Katrina Niswander, Lucky Rapp, Ashley Ravidas, Jenny Reinhardt, Deborah K. Rich, Paula Saslow, Danielle Satinover, Debra Shapiro, Lakshmi Sunder, Renée Switkes, Linda Tapscott, Kathleen Truax, Rachel Ungerer, Victoria Veedell, Kay Weber, Raf Willems, Chris Wubbena, and Umit Yalcinalp

ONLINE ARTISTS
Wendy Ackrell, Dan Alcaxzar, Jose Agustin Andreu, Delbar Azari, Brandin Barón, Pablo Tapay Bautista, Anne Bedrick, Katy Bishop, Harry Boone, Vibrata Chromodoris, Emilie Dashe, Licita Fernandez, Harriet Garfinkle, Kristen Guest, Marc Ellen Hamel, Scott Idleman, James Jaxxa, Koon Hwee Kan, Sophia Lee, Michelle Mariano, DAN McGarrah, Mary-Jo Okawa, Tona Pearce-Myers, Sawyer Rose, Karla Rossi, Sally Kristina Smith, Tracy Swedlow, and Linda True