Abrams Claghorn Gallery & Shop
We now host weekly workshops on a variety of craft & art topics
Click Here to See All the Workshop Listings
and, every Friday in the gallery, Figure Drawing Fridays 6-9pm
Watercolor Painting for Beginners
Saturday November 9, 16, 23 10am-1pm
In this 3 hour workshop, Wei Ren will introduce students to the fundamental techniques of watercolor painting, enabling them to explore the medium's unique properties while developing their own creative expression. By the end of the session, students will be familiar with basic watercolor techniques, understand color blending, and be able to create a simple, cohesive painting based on a chosen theme.
Albany Print and Zine Fest
Join us at Abrams Claghorn for our third annual Albany Print & Zine Fest! More than a dozen artists will be showing off their prints, cards, zines, comics, stickers, and more. Come find unique holiday gifts or discover a new favorite artist!
Gallery Reception on Saturday, November 30th from 5-8pm.
Artist Market on Sunday, December 1st 11am-5pm.
Habitats - November 2024
Reception for the Artists - Saturday November 9, 3-6pm
Elizabeth Addison, Salma Arastu, Marguerite Elliot, Vicki Gunter, Laura Abrams
From treetops to the ocean floor, from mountains to the rich soil beneath the earth’s surface, every living thing calls the earth home. According to the dictionary, a habitat is “the natural home or environment of a plant, animal, or other organism. It provides the organisms that live there with food, water, shelter and space to survive.” Biotic (living) and abiotic (nonliving) things exist together to form a habitat, where flora and fauna live side by side in a symbiotic effort to survive.
Figure Drawing Fridays
Every Friday, 6-9pm
A Weekly Open Figure Drawing Session
The gallery will provide chairs and tables. Easels on request. Bring your own paper, pencils, pens, etc.
Cookies and water will be served.
Please register in advance.
About Us
Abrams Claghorn Gallery believes that everyone has a unique story to tell through creative expression. We present over 70 local makers in our diverse collection of home goods and art for sale. We also feature local and emerging artists, rotating monthly in our gallery. We showcase works that allow artists to focus on concept and masterful craftsmanship.
Sustainable, Ethically Sourced, Fairly Priced
There are a several positive results from choosing only local artists as vendors. Most makers in the SF Bay Area are women, and if we choose our vendors based on quality alone, then it naturally follows that we will have a very representitive sampling of the local community, meaning most items in the shop are made by women. And, that also means that with many other factors (culture, ethnicity, age, etc) we have an accurate sampling of the artist community at large.
It is important to us that there are no ethical concerns for labor sourcing and few sustainability issues. We know personally 99% of the makers, and what their inventory is made with. None of the items we sell are made in factories. Almost all of the inventory is hand delivered, which means the vendor does not leave packing materials here, and any used by the vendor can be re-used for later transportation and delivery.
Last, and very important, it is crucial to us that the vendors get paid a fair amount for the items we sell. That means we are not always as inexpensive as other places.
We thank you for your support of local artists and craftspeople, and hope to see you in the shop soon!