Art Reception: Wednesday, June 12, 2024 at 4:30-6pm

Illustrator, photographer, and graphic designer, Bruce Cassady has 50 years of experience in his field. His corporate clients included Buick, IBM, Amtrak, Metro North and automobile magazines. This photographic exhibit is a panoply of his interests from nature, to railroads, to music.

Art Reception: Wednesday, June 12, 2024, at 4:30-6pm

At 22, Faith Vanderbilt is just starting on her artistic journey.  She specializes in fantasy characters that seem to dance across each page. When Faith was 9 months old, she was diagnosed with Cerebral Palsy and ASD.  She hopes to inspire others with disabilities to pursue their passions as she has done. Faith has greeting cards and holiday ornaments for sale also.

Art Reception: Saturday, March 2, 2024 at 3:30-5pm

Oakland textile artist Alice Beasley’s quilts celebrate the human condition in pieces that both intrigue and inspire the viewer.  She is able to show deep emotions through the “soft” medium of fabric, catching viewers by surprise.  Black History Month and the political climate are the subjects of many of the quilts on display.
Image: "Somewhere in Me, There Lives Giselle"

Art Reception: Saturday, March 2, 2024 at  3:30-5pm

Cathy Raingarden’s urban sketches of familiar Castro Valley haunts such as Rudy’s Donut House, Al’s Market, and Lake Chabot fill the Lobby of the Center for the Arts.  Cathy’s subjects are anywhere she wanders.  This past year’s inspirations included New Zealand, Columbia, all over the Bay Area, and always Castro Valley where she used to live.  Cathy has a full page in every issue of THE VALLEY, always a Castro Valley scene, and this month it is of the Castro Valley Center for the Arts.  Cathy explains that urban sketchers draw from real life rather than in a studio.  Last year she filled a dozen sketchbooks, “from the mundane to the marvelous.”  Cathy’s enthusiasm for sketching is infectious.  She hosts a monthly group, First Saturday Urban Sketching, and would love to talk to guests about how to get started. 

November, 2023

Gerald and Winifred Thompson are leaders in the arts community, including A.R.T., Inc in Castro Valley and the Hayward Arts Council.  They are both visual artists and support other local artists and arts organizations, including the Adobe Art Center in Castro Valley where they help coordinate the annual Member's Show and Area Artists' juried Exhibition.
Image: "Sailor's Delight," Winifred Thompson

2023

National League of American Pen Women (NLAPW) are professional creatives from many fields. NLAPW has branches across the U.S.  Among their early members were women such as writers Eudora Welty, Eleanor Roosevelt, and Pearl Buck, and artist Georgia O’Keeffe.  NLAPW is the oldest women’s arts organization in the U.S. and has its headquarters in the historic Pen Arts Building in Washington, D.C.  NLAPW aims to reach out to new generations of women while continuing to build on its rich history and legacy.

2023

Scout has been a practicing intuitive life coach for decades, expanding his awareness of the beauty and energy in all things. His photography has been primarily nature, where he seeks to capture the patterns and light in nature and a reminder of natural energy flow and aliveness.

Art Reception:  Sunday, February 26, 2023 at 12:00-2pm

Denise Oyama Miller’s show features innovative work based on West Coast landscapes and designs based on Nature.  Denise explains, “Nature is a source of constant inspiration, and I look for patterns, textures and color combinations that can be interpreted in fabric.”  She has shown her work nationally and internationally, had pieces accepted at the Triennial of Tapestry in Lodz, Poland, Quilt National and Quilt Visions.  Denise lives and works in Fremont.
Image: "Fuchsias"

Art Reception:  Sunday, February 26, 2023 at 12-2pm

Lynne Shephard calls herself an abstract artist.  She describes herself: “I am an artist.  I am a journeyman.  For me, the path through a painting is always a visual adventure.  I strive for an expression of wonder and presence.”  Lynne grew up in San Leandro, but has lived in Livermore for the past 50 years. She teaches private students.
Image: "When Spring Comes"

2022

Doyle Wegner's art is dreamlike and mysterious, representational rather than abstract.  The images blend the everyday world we see before us and the world of dreams, imagination, fairy tale, myth, and archetypal characters.
Image: "Fox and Rabbit Mandala"

2021

"I have been carrying a camera with me since I was a kid.  The darkroom that was built into my garage was always a favorite place to be.  I always enjoyed capturing and sharing my images.  I love to travel with my camera to see what finds me." - Darrell Lavin

2021

Chandana Srinath intertwines vibrant color with patterns, and nature with humans to depict a way of life. Her images represent seven different forms of native Folk Art from across India.
Image: "Fish"

2021

Niambi Kee’s fiber art has exhibited nationally (New York, NY; Oakland, Castro Valley and Hayward, CA; Charleston, SC) and internationally (Ghana; Costa Rica). Her work is in several private collections. She hold workshops in fabric dyeing.
Image: "And on the Fifth Day"

2021

Botanical Beauties: Watercolor and Ink Paintings by Artists from the Mary L. Harden School of Botanical Illustration.

2020

Rita Sklar is a climate change activist and member of the Auburn Ohlone Society. Her wildlife paintings have been featured at the California State Building in Oakland, Lindsay Wildlife Museum, the Oakland Zoo, and Tilden Park Education Center.  She lives and paints in Castro Valley, and has received a commission from the Alameda County Art Commission and two grants from the Oakland Cultural Arts Fund.  Rita's paintings have been selected into national shows by acclaimed jurors.  She has received over twenty-five awards for artistic excellence.
Image: "Missing You Already"