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All of the artwork SOLD and we raised over $2900 for the school!
Thank you so much to all the artists for their generous donation of their time and talents.
Thank you to all the supporters of our school!
Here’s a look at the gallery at this year’s Springfest.
THE ARTWORK
Kristen Brown
Kristen Brown with Kian Sudanthi, Miles Fung, and Fox Grossman
About the Artist
Kristen Brown is a San Francisco-based artist originally from Saskatchewan, Canada. Her work explores the themes of dissociation, transience, memory, and truth. She has exhibited at the de Young Museum, San Francisco Arts Commission, Joyce Gordon Gallery, Berkeley Art Center, Arizona State University, Richmond Art Center, Sanchez Art Center, Gearbox Gallery, Federation Gallery, Void Gallery, and Mendel Art Gallery, among others. Kristen has received grants from the Canada Council for the Arts (2021) and a prestigious painting grant from the Elizabeth Greenshields Foundation in Montreal (2015). She was a fellow of the Clark Hulings Fund in 2017-18. Kristen’s work has been featured in Fresh Paint Magazine (now Create Magazine), RELISH Magazine, Art Maze Magazine, and elsewhere. She holds a BFA in Studio Art from the University of Saskatchewan and an MFA in Painting from the Academy of Art University in San Francisco.
Ryan Martin
Ryan Martin with Noto Mieuli
Ryan Martin with Juniper Jan-Herman
Ryan Martin with Levi Weiss
About the Artist
Ryan Martin lives and works in the San Francisco Bay Area where he attended the California College of the Arts. Through painting and drawing, Martin creates surreal, dream-like compositions of his subjects. He is influenced by his roots, growing up in Southern California during the 80’s & 90’s, where his pluck choices of hues dominate his artwork. Martin’s portraits are loosely haloed by floral and fauna; these haloes embody his Native American (Mexican/Seri Tribe) roots, taking the place of warbonnets which are attributed to males and masculinity during Native American rituals. The ring of botanical designs also reference Martin’s Russian heritage, through a reinterpretation of kokoshniks, which are solely attributed to the feminine. Several portraits depict their subjects conflicted within their makeup, in high contrast, between light and dark, and contrasting color. Martin’s latest work intertwines memories of fish-keeping as a child and the textiles of his heritage which he attempts to reconnect with. Martin’s artworks also include observation through photography, video and investigations of texture through installation work. Martin’s artwork has been highlighted by numerous media including The Advocate, Chic Today Magazine, Creative Boom and The Art Man. He has exhibited widely across the United States, including the deYoung Museum in San Francisco, Context, Scope & Untitled in Miami, and selected for Volta NY 2014. His exhibits include three solo shows at Mark Wolfe Contemporary Art in San Francisco and two solo shows at Elizabeth Houston NYC.
Rachel Corn-Hicks
"Glorious Ooze" by Rachel Corn-Hicks with Archer Wilmers, Emory Newman, and Zoey Hammerl
About the Artist
My work struggles out of me as a loud car crash of influences ranging from pop art to vintage sci-fi pulp illustration to cartoons to vintage horrorto classic painters. I never know what I’m going to get. Like a box of chocolate that’s half centipedes.
Chamisa Kellogg
Chamisa Kellogg with Rowen Jones
Chamisa Kellogg with Evie Gulbache
Chamisa Kellogg with Noe Smith-Frias
About the Artist
Chamisa is an illustrator, art director and surface pattern designer based in Portland, Oregon. She makes work for children’s books, textiles, games and ed-tech. Her go-to illustration style is lush and textural with notes of nostalgia, dreaminess and play. Chamisa has collaborated with brands like Nickelodeon, Old Navy and Nasa to bring their stories to life, and enjoys making work that celebrates compassion, hope and connection. When she’s not making art you might find her gardening, buying too many books, or snuggling with her pup, Orca.
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Sofia Venegas
"Adventure Time" by Sofia Venegas with Zora and Mercury Wilson-Frey
"Smile" by Sofia Venegas with Roman Amell
About the Artist
Eliza Reisfeld
"Tiger Lagoon" by Eliza Reisfeld with Rory Flagg
"Creative Chameleon" by Eliza Reisfeld with Asa Aulston and Leander Skwerer
About the Artist
Eliza Reisfeld is an Illustrator and Art Director based in Oakland represented by Bookmark Literary. Her playful work is inspired by her passion for animals, nature, and the human connection. She captures charming personalities with a wide variety of mediums including watercolor, gouache, colored pencil, and digital media. She’s also a dedicated sculptor, creating characters, figures, and animals in clay. After graduating from RISD with a BFA in Illustration, Eliza illustrates picture books and art for animation and branding. She has worked with clients from Disney Publishing, Meta, ABC, and the American Psychological Association to name a few. She co-founded RogueMark Studios, a creative agency in Berkeley, CA. Her favorite animals are sloths, tigers, and her black cats Bagheera and Mowgli.
Elana and Ruby Lutz
Elana and Ruby Lutz with Aria Lepe, Cody Mak, and Jackson Fahy
About the Artist
Texture and the manner in which the surface of a piece is handled has always been the root of what drives Elana’s work as a mixed media artist. Elana arrived in the Bay Area with two main goals: to work with children and to make art. Nearly 30 years later she is still heavily focused on those same goals as a long-time art teacher and current owner of ArtWorks Fine Art Studio in San Francisco.
Elana enthusiastically collaborated on her piece with her 14-year old daughter (and blossoming artist), Ruby, along with the three wonderful toddler artists.
Jaia Linden-Engel
Jaia Linden-Engel with Sophie Cho
Jaia Linden-Engel with Misha Trauss
Jaia Linden-Engel with Penelope Yip
About the Artist
Jaia Linden-Engel is a San Francisco based illustrator who loves to create art full of whimsy and color. Growing up in the mountains of Big Sur California, she has long been inspired by the natural beauty of the mountains, forest, and ocean, and works across a variety of mediums to create illustrations which invoke childlike delight, magic, and an appreciation of nature.
Mailee Vang
Mailee Vang with Betito Plascencia and Sunny Harpalani
About the Artist
Yujin Lim
Yujin Lim with Chase Thompson, Theo Luong, and Simone Fung
About the Artist
Yujin is a an artist and photographer based in San Francisco, California. Inspiration for her artwork is mainly rooted in nostalgia. She has been both producing and teaching art for over twenty years. Her work has been exhibited in Seoul, South Korea, Los Angeles, and San Francisco.
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Miraloma Cooperative Nursery School, a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization, has a long-standing history of building community for parents and children in San Francisco. Your contribution goes towards providing art supplies and playground equipment for nursery-aged children.
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