Mercury 20 Gallery in Oakland's Arts District is pleased to present 3 gallery artists Mary Curtis Ratcliff, Charlie Milgrim, Andrea Guskin and Art Advisor Chandra Cerrito, Principal of Chandra Cerrito/Art Advisors. I am your host Elizabeth She

Art Collaborations - Why and How

Apr 24th, 2023 18m 33s

Ever wondered about collaborating? Getting started? What makes a successful collaboration? Listen for the inside scoop from the experts!2 Close 2 the Sun: Art Obsessions from Mercury 20 Gallery in Oakland's Art District features artists, curat

Art & Community - A Mutual Enhancement

Sep 9th, 2022 19m

Three Mercury 20 Gallery artists: Tara Esparanza, Raymond L. Haywood and Jill Mclennan and Oakland Art Murmur executive director Jean Marie Durant share insights about how art enhances community and community enhances art. They share stories

How Art Enhances Community

Sep 8th, 2022 24m 13s

How does art enhance a community? How does community involvement inspire artists? How can you get involved to expand your local art/community scene? Three artists from Mercury 20 Gallery (Tara Esparanza, Jill McClennon and Raymond L. Haywood)

Unraveled -a conversation with fiber artists

Jun 7th, 2022 22m 52s

Three fiber artists from Mercury Twenty Gallery and acclaimed textile artist Lia Cook share their philosophies, motivations, pitfalls and techniques as well as their inspirations and challenges of marketing fiber art. More information and link

Art Entanglements: a conversation w visual and performance artist Johanna Poethig and Chris Brown composer and musician

Feb 16th, 2022 22m 34s

Episode 4 from 2 Close 2 the Sun: art obsessions presents Art Entanglements: a conversation with Johanna Poethig a visual, public and performance artist and Chris Brown, a musician, composer. and professor emeritus at Mills College. They will

Is A Photograph Still Worth 1000 Words?

Oct 20th, 2021 22m 28s

Three photographers from Mercury Twenty Gallery and Jan Watten Director of Gray Loft Gallery present a lively discussion of their philosophies and processes and how they keep their passion for the photograph in our images saturated world. Fea

Then and Now

Aug 16th, 2021 19m 40s

In this episode founding member Kathleen King gives a brief history of Mercury 20 Gallery, this year's 15th anniversary plans and best of all explains her own artwork evolving from abstract expressionist painting to constructions, installations

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What's in a Name?

Jun 12th, 2021 10m 23s

Because Mercury 20 Gallery (in Oakland, CA) is an artist run gallery, all members have a say in everything we do. In tonights "trial" episode 8 members "duke" it out to decide on a name. Spoiler alert - we got one!

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