Spacecraft artist, Aoife Crofts is taking part in a group exhibition, with several of her countrymen, or should we say countrywomen. San Francisco Art Beat collaborates with Arc Gallery & Studios for the group show, “Finding Our Place”, featuring four Irish artists living and working in San Francisco; curated by San Francisco Art Beat in conjunction with “Neither Here Nor There,” sponsored by ArtSpan & Kearny Street Workshop.
“Finding Our Place” presents artwork by four emerging Irish artists currently living and working in the San Francisco Bay Area: Janet Williams, Aoife O’Sullivan, Maggie McKeever, and Aoife Crofts. The group exhibition explores the artists’ experimentation in their artwork after influence from the unique arts styles and environments of their new location, San Francisco and Bay Area. In some instances, these Irish artists have also lived in other countries or are from families of various cultures, illustrating a greater depth and complexity of the theme in their work. The show aims to show that many artists of various nationalities form communities to exchange ideas and experiences, while rejecting antiquated desires to organize or classify artists to particular cultures and ethnicities. In this way, their photographs and paintings explore similar ideas and themes of cultural fluidity, hybridization, and cross-cultural influences as found in “Neither Here Nor There.”
Opening Reception || Saturday, August 13th, 4-7pm
Exhibition || August 13th-20th
Gallery Hours || Wednesdays, Thursdays, & Saturdays 12-5pm
