San Leandro Main Library, 300 Estudillo Ave, Karp Room

The San Leandro Art Association has their general meetings on the second Tuesday of the month. Starting at 5:30pm with a social gathering, with snacks, the main meeting begins at 6pm and lasts approximately 20 minutes. During a short break you are invited to vote for the Artist of the Month from the member artwork on display. At 6:30 we introduce the July guest speaker: Ramekon O’Arwisters, mixed media sculptor. He will give a presentation describing his art practice and mediums. More information about him may be found here. You may join us for the whole meeting or come at 6:30 to see the presentation. All are welcome to this FREE event.

The San Leandro Art Association participates in the Downtown San Leandro Second Friday events April through August. Located at 100 W Juana, the event is comprised of multiple vendor booths, food trucks and entertainment for the whole community. SLAA hosts a FREE Art Activity Table where children of all ages may participate in making a piece of art. This season we are focusing on Color Theory using watercolor paint.

First Presbyterian Church of San Leandro, 180 Estudillo Ave, Main Hall

Zentangle was developed 20 years ago as a form of sketching that incorporates meditation into your drawing. It’s easy to learn, relaxing, and a fun way to create beautiful images by drawing structured patterns, known as tangles. You create tangles with combinations of dots, lines, simple curves, S-curves and orbs. These patterns are drawn on small pieces of paper called "tiles." As you complete multiple tiles, you can assemble them into mosaics.

This class is FREE for San Leandro residents, 12+.

To register, click here

First Presbyterian Church of San Leandro, Main Hall, 180 Estudillo Ave, San Leandro.

The San Leandro Art Association has their general meetings on the second Tuesday of the month. Starting at 5:30pm with a social gathering, with snacks, the main meeting begins at 6pm and lasts approximately 20 minutes. During a short break you are invited to vote for the Artist of the Month from the member artwork on display. At 6:30 we introduce the Demo Artist of the month: Kim Cardoso, encaustic painter. She will give a presentation describing her art practice and medium. More information about her may be found here. You may join us for the whole meeting or come at 6:30 to see the presentation. All are welcome to this FREE event.

Location change for March 10 meeting: now at the First Presbyterian Church of San Leandro, 180 Estudillo Ave, San Leandro. The San Leandro Art Association has their general meetings on the second Tuesday of the month. Starting at 5:30pm with a social gathering, with snacks, the main meeting begins at 6pm and lasts approximately 20 minutes. During a short break you are invited to vote for the Artist of the Month from the member artwork on display. At 6:30 we introduce the Demo Artist of the month: John Werhle, Official Artist of the City of Richmond. He will give a presentation for about an hour. You may join us for the whole meeting or come at 6:30 to see the presentation. All are welcome to this FREE event.

The San Leandro Art Association has their general meetings on the second Tuesday of the month. Starting at 5:30pm with a social gathering, with snacks, the main meeting begins at 6pm and lasts approximately 20 minutes. During a short break you are invited to vote for the Artist of the Month from the member artwork on display. At 6:30 we introduce the Demo Artist of the month: Debbie Koopman. She will give her presentation for about an hour. You may join us for the whole meeting or come at 6:30 to see the presentation. All are welcome to this FREE event.

The San Leandro Art Association Presents a Demo of Art from Items Found in Nature

SLAA is hosting a FREE art demonstration on August 12, at the Main Library, 300 Estudillo Ave. At 5:30pm a half hour of socializing begins, refreshments included. The short general meeting starts at 6:00pm and the demonstration begins at 6:30pm. Local artist, Alison S. Limoges, will be sharing how she creates collages, mobiles and sculptures from found natural objects such as rocks, pieces of wood and leaves. Participants are encouraged to bring a few similar objects to create a small piece of art during the demo. Members will also be displaying artwork for the Artist of the Month Contest. All ages are welcome to participate in this free event. For more information contact contact@sanleandroart.com

SLAA is hosting a FREE art demonstration on July 8, at the Main Library, 300 Estudillo Ave. At 5:30pm a half hour of socializing begins, refreshments included. The short general meeting starts at 6:00pm and the demonstration begins at 6:30pm. Local artist, Meredith Moles, will be demonstrating gouache techniques and discussing her stairways series. Members will also be displaying artwork for the Artist of the Month Contest. All ages are welcome to participate in this free event. For more information contact contact@sanleandroart.org

Meredith Moles is a visual artist interested in perception, space, and location.

Meredith’s work features paintings in gouache and casein, and urban sketches in watercolor and ink. Her stairway series follows the tradition of David Hockney in exploring how to express the perceived, four-dimensional environment on a two-dimensional surface. Much of her work explores the joys of life in the San Francisco Bay Area, with its hills, parks, coffee shops, breweries, and quirky/charming/gritty/fascinating neighborhoods. A sense of playfulness and fun runs through her work.

The SLAA General Meeting and Free Art Demo on May 13, at the Main Library, 300 Estudillo Ave., in the Karp Room. At 5:30pm a half hour of socializing begins, refreshments included. The short general meeting starts at 6:00pm and the demonstration begins at 6:30pm. Local artist, Rachel Perls, will be discussing her approach to painting extra large paintings of the details of dahlias and other flowers. SLAA members will also be displaying artwork for the Artist of the Month Contest. All ages are welcome to participate in this free event. For more information contact sanleandroart.contact@gmail.com

SLAA is hosting a free art demonstration on April 8, at the Main Library, 300 Estudillo Ave. At 5:30pm a half hour of socializing begins, refreshments included. The short general meeting starts at 6:00pm and the demonstration begins at 6:30pm. Local artist, Pat Guthrie, a textile artist and quilter, will be sharing her unique approach to quilting - not you dear aunt Martha’s quilts. SLAA members will also be displaying artwork for the Artist of the Month Contest. All ages are welcome to participate in this free event. For more information contact sanleandroart.contact@gmail.com

The SLAA General Meeting and Free Art Demo on March 11, at the Main Library, 300 Estudillo Ave., in the Karp Room. At 5:30pm a half hour of socializing begins, refreshments included. The short general meeting starts at 6:00pm and the demonstration begins at 6:30pm. Local artist, Sean Shelly, will be discussing his approach to color theory and his use of color in his art. SLAA members will also be displaying artwork for the Artist of the Month Contest. All ages are welcome to participate in this free event. For more information contact sanleandroart.contact@gmail.com

The San Leandro Art Association is happy to welcome the very-talented local artist, Bushra Gill, as our first demonstrator in our 2025 series of demos, which are free to the public. Her demonstration begins at 6:30.

Bushra Gill is an artist and curator who finds order within the chaos of everyday life through art. She was born in Karachi, Pakistan, and emigrated to Houston, Texas, with her family as a small child. Drawn to art from a young age, she graduated from Pratt Institute in 1994 with a BFA in sculpture. She has been awarded residencies at Pilchuck Glass School and Kala Art Institute.
 
Gill spent many years working as a museum educator at various galleries and museums including The Museum of Modern Art, The Drawing Center and The Rotunda Gallery, while also working as a studio assistant to various artists including Maya Lin, Ursula von Rydingsvard, and Maria Elena Gonzalez. Currently living and working in northern California, Gill also curates, drawing on her experience from a long teaching career to be a visual storyteller. She is a member of the California Society of Printmakers, the Northern California Women’s Caucus for Art and Asian American Women Artists Association.

Her website may be found here

M.J. Bogatin (“Bo”) author of "Legal Guide For The Visual Artist”, and a founding member of the San Francisco Law Firm of Bogatin, Corman & Gold, bcgattorneys.com/ will be speaking about and answering questions on copyright, trademark and contract issues for artists.

On Saturday, September 21, 10am to 4pm, the San Leandro Art Association (SLAA) presents ArtFest 2024, an outdoor art show, at the Main Library, 300 Estudillo Avenue. You are invited to explore many forms of art by members, on display and for sale: paintings, photography, jewelry and more. Get started on your holiday purchases! Meet the Artists. Buy original works of art. Watch art demos by members. This year we will be hosting a Free Mural Class at which an original mural will be created during the event. We will also have a free craft table where children of all ages may create a paper butterfly to take home. Enter our Fundraising Drawings to win art, goods and/or services. All money collected from the drawings goes to our award programs for school art programs and students in the San Leandro School District.

For more information visit SanLeandroArt.org or email sanleandroart.contact@gmail.com 

Claudia Kruse lives in El Cerrito, is a member of the El Cerrito Art Association and approaches her artistic interests as a passionate hobbyist.   Mixed media painting. collage and gel printing have been her recent focus.  As a member of the Friend of Calligraphy, she is finding ways to incorporate letters and forms of writing into her art work.

Claudia will be sharing a recent project that includes a handmade book and case as well as a presentation on the use of calligraphy in handmade bookmaking. Photos from her recent attendance at the Roman Holiday 2024 International Calligraphy Conference will be part of her talk as well a examples of this type of work from her long time interest.

Claudia encourages SLAA members in attendance to bring in handmade books of any kind that they may have created themselves or purchased as examples of this art form.  A resource list will be provided for those who may want to learn more.