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Art + Projects in Berkeley, CA since 1997
Current | Amy Kaufman
On view Sept 26 - Nov 21
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Many know Emily Dickinson as a lyric poet, but during her lifetime she was more highly revered for her green thumb and gardening prowess. 🌱 Artists Amanda Marchand and Leah Sobsey—who first met while studying photography in graduate school at the San Francisco Art Institute—became intrigued by this lesser known side of Dickinson and her herbarium. They were inspired to remake the herbarium through anthotypes, a project which became an exhibit and book titled “This Earthen Door.” What does this project have to do with Point Reyes, you may ask? Since completing “This Earthen Door,” Sobsey and Marchand are working to extend the project to reinvigorate other botanical archives around the country. The artists collaborated with PRNSA to create an anthotype of the curly-leaved monardella—an endangered Point Reyes dune plant. They used pigment from invasive ice plant blooms which often displaces the monardella, opening conversation about rare plants and invasive species encroachment, all while recognizing the beauty of both plants. Check out the link in our bio to read the full story, and catch “This Earthen Door” in person at Traywick Contemporary in Berkeley through August 15th. An open gallery night (no appointment necessary) will be held on August 5th from 5-7pm.  📸 Anthotypes by Amanda Marchand and Leah Sobsey; Dickinson's herbarium images courtesy of Harvard Library. #PointReyesNationalSeashore #PointReyes_PRNSA A page from a herbarium and text which reads “Where Two Floras Meet: Point Reyes Through Plant Pigments Inspired by Emily Dickinson’s Herbarium →”
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Late post, but seems like a good time to mention that This Earthen Door featuring the amazing work of art stars @amandabethmarchand and @leahsobsey is closing on June 27th at Traywick Gallery in Berkeley! Don’t miss it! I’m glad I got to see these two and their legendary graduate school mentor, Linda Connor, when they were here in May for install. @traywickcontemporary #traywickcontemporary #emilydickinson #anthotype #berkeley #historicalprocess
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Amanda Marchand & Leah Sobsey: This Earthen Door ~ On view through August 15th ~ *appointment only @traywickcontemporary @amandabethmarchand @leahsobsey "Archivists and artists Amanda Marchand and Leah Sobsey have spent the past five years growing plants from Emily Dickinson’s nineteenth-century herbarium, an intimate collection of more than 400 botanical specimens Dickinson identified as a teenager, in order to recreate its very pages. Through an ethereal series of anthotypes, camera-less prints made from light-sensitive plant emulsions, 'This Earthen Door' paints Dickinson’s specimens as mystical relics, totems of intricate vibrance, offering a poetic meditation on patience, reverence, and re-imagination, all rendered in nature’s transient palette.” - Zoe Spikerman (@zoespikerman)
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🌷Spring was in the air Tuesday night at @traywickcontemporary in Berkeley. 🌿 We had the honor of catering the opening reception for This Earthen Door — a breathtaking exhibition by artists @amandabethmarchand and @leahsobsey that reimagines Emily Dickinson’s herbarium through plant-based photography. Art made literally from the earth. It felt only right that our grazing table did the same. Every placement intentional. Every detail considered. Florals by the brilliant @the_designtable, in collaboration with the @pointreyesnps Association — whose California native plants are woven into the show itself. When the art on the walls and the food on the table tell the same story, that’s when we feel most at home. 🧜‍♀️🌸 This Earthen Door is on view now at Traywick Contemporary, 895 Colusa Ave, Berkeley. Go see it. 🌹
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Thanks to @toddsharp for the artist at work photo and for the super crazy storm chase today! We shot right up until it barreled into us, which was about 5 minutes after this image was shot. . #stormchasing @alskarhouse @billiswilliams.gallery @traywickcontemporary
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A massive thanks to the inimitable omniscient narrator of Bay Area art world matters, @sahotchkiss, and @kqedarts for this incredibly thoughtful review of “opened and split” by @annievought at @traywickcontemporary It means the world to us getting the chance to bring this show into reality. Thank you so much @traywickcontemporary for making this happen and a huge congrats to @annievought, our belief in you and your work will never waver. Thank you, friend ⚽️ “opened and split” by @annievought is on view @traywickcontemporary through April 11 🔗 in profile + stories
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There are still a few weeks left to see Annie Vought’s “opened and split” @traywickcontemporary in Berkeley. We couldn’t be more proud to co-present this remarkable body of work with @traywickcontemporary , Annie is a truly special artist. Contact @traywickcontemporary for appointments and gallery hours, and stay tuned for further closing events 🪚🪚 📸 @annievought “Look at what you’ve already dawned” 2025 Hand cut paper, oil stick, glitter, sequins, glue, graphite, charcoal, colored pencil, spray paint 61 x 49’’
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“The World is Astonishing With You in it: A 21st Century Field Guide to the Birds Ferns and Wildflowers” 3 images of birds from my earlier series on endangered species. Just found these - never shown - made during a residency at #mothersmilkresidency All lumen collages made with different expired photo papers. So many more I haven’t even scanned… One day! In this work, I allow myself only to work with up to four cut parts per image, exposing each to sunlight for a different amount of time. I also use Field Guide books to block the light/expose, and the rule is - I can make one mark (or none) per piece of cut paper. There’s a lot you can do with a rigid set of rules.😊 You can read more about this project and larger lumen series in my recently published interview in Analog Forever Magazine (online - the interview was published a few years ago in print). Link in bio. ✨#theworldisastonishingwithyouinit #analogforeverzine #lumenphotography #endangered_species
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@traywickcontemporary and @pacificsawworks are pleased to present “opened and split,” an exhibition of new works by @annievought (Santa Fe, NM). This solo exhibition of large format works marks an important moment in the artist’s career and a return to the Bay Area where her signature cut-paper reliefs first developed. The remarkable details that comprise Vought’s constructions bely their own depth; thousands of hand-cut fragments implore close inspection, but ultimately become consumed by the larger visual effect of the whole object. The impossibly intricate elements of Vought’s meticulous efforts are only fully realized in the full and finished works, evoking Color Field painting and the “All-Over” effect of Abstract Expressionism. Transforming paper in a self-described “painterly manner,” Vought achieves an impactful sense of stenciled flatness, enhanced by the chosen medium of black construction paper displayed on a white wall. But where her previous efforts sometimes relied on paper and the X-Acto knife alone, the compositions here incorporate subtle, additional moments of color and texture on the paper’s surface, as hints of oil pastel, sequins, glitter, glue drips, and spray paint adorn the compositions and further conflate Vought’s deeply personal imagery with the constructed object. Annie and her family are central to our world here in the Bay Area and this homecoming means so much to so many. If you know Annie and her artwork, you love her. If you don’t, you’re about to. Join us Saturday @traywickcontemporary 3-5pm and DM for info on a big dinner get-together afterwards. 📸 @annievought “Demeter” 2025 Hand-cut paper, oil stick, glitter, sequins, graphite, charcoal, colored pencil 65 x 58”
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~ Saturday’s Openings & Events Part 1 ~ Judith Belzer: Weather Report Opening Reception, 3 - 5 PM @hosfeltgallery @belzerjudith 260 Utah Street, San Francisco Max Gimblett: Where Dreams Come True Opening Day, 11 AM - 7 PM @hosfeltgallery @maxgimblettstudio 260 Utah Street, San Francisco Annie Vought: Opened and Split Opening Reception, 3 - 5 PM @traywickcontemporary @annievought 895 Colusa Ave, Berkeley CODEX Book Art Fair & Symposium Opening Day, 12:30 - 5:30 PM @codexfoundation 1001 Broadway, Oakland History of the Bay: Street Art & Graffiti Lecture & Workshop with Dregs One 2 - 4 PM @sfmoma @dregs_one @rubyroseneri 151 3rd Street, San Francisco Phaedra Tillery-Boughton: SistahFriend Directed by Margo Hall Reading & Performance, 2 - 5 PM @moadsf ‍@phaedratboughton @margogot 685 Mission Street, San Francisco
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Always such a sweet honor to document the creations of Annie Vought! "opened and split" opening February 7, 2026 at Traywick Contemporary in Berkeley in collaboration with Pacific Saw Works ❤️ Annie Vought Demeter, 2025 Hand cut paper, oil stick, glitter, sequins, glue, graphite, charcoal, colored pencil 65 x 58" represented by Traywick Contemporary
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Today! Experience the East Bay Art scene with special hours, tours, artist studio visits, and talks at some of Oakland, Berkeley's leading galleries and museums. 📍Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive 11 AM - 7:00 PM 📍Berkeley Art Center 12:00 PM - 5:00 PM 📍Creative Growth Art Center 10:00 AM - 4:00 PM 📍Johansson Projects 1:00 PM - 5:00 PM 📍Oakland Museum of California (OMCA) 11:00 AM - 5:00 PM 📍pt. 2 Gallery 9:00 AM - 5:00 PM *Artist Open Studios from 9-12 📍The Fourth Wall 12:00 PM - 5:00 PM 📍Traywick Contemporary 10:00 AM - 5:00 PM Visit sfartweek.com/east-bay-art-day to learn more!
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