Kala Art Institute invites you to join us for Art | Kala 2019 an exhibition, auction and gala benefit to support Kala’s artistic, cultural, and educational programs.
Helen & John Meyer of Meyer Sound will host the auction as Honorary Chairs. Art | Kala 2019 opens with a free, fun, and family-friendly Preview Party on Thursday, March 14 and continues with a three-week exhibition featuring inventive, contemporary art made here and now in the Bay Area and beyond. It culminates the night of Saturday, April 6 with a lively Gala Auction of all the work on view.
Art | Kala 2019 features artworks by over 100 talented artists, and unique art-related items, local treasures, gifts and gift certificates, get-a-ways and experiences offered through both live and silent auctions. We are thrilled to honor beloved Kala artists, Masako Miki and Lava Thomas as the 2019 recipients of Kala Master Artists Award.
Preview Party: Thursday, March 14, 6-9 pm, free admission
Exhibition: March 14- April 6 2019, free admission
Gala Auction: Saturday, April 6, 6-9:30 pm (General admission)
Buy Your Gala Tickets Today!
$100 in advance
$125 at the door
$150 VIP Ticket*
$250 Patron Membership receives two VIP tickets*
*First 30 guests to purchase VIP or Patron Member level tickets receive a limited edition print by Keith Secola.
Gallery Location: 2990 San Pablo Ave., Berkeley, CA 94702
Phone: 510-841-7000
Gallery Hours: Tuesday – Friday, 12-5pm; Saturday, 12-4:30pm
Honorary Chairs
Helen and John Meyer
Honorary Advisory Committee
Barbara Anderson, Kim Anno, Jesse Arreguin, Mayor, City of Berkeley, Stephen Beal, Drew Bennett, Kevin B. Chen, Chandra Cerrito, Randy Colosky, Don & Era Farnsworth, Jack Fischer, Sophie Hahn, Berkeley City Councilmember, Kimberly Johansson, Sharon Jue, Jeff Kelley & Hung Liu, Jody Brunk Knowlton, Yasmin Lambie-Simpson, Julia Marshall & Leonard Hunter, Jim Melchert, Kathryn Reasoner, Larry Rinder, Jane Springwater, Katrina Traywick, Bettina Stiewe, Jeremy Stone, Andrea Voinot, Jan Wurm
Auction Committee
Perrin Meyer, Board Co-Chair
Peter Selz, Board Co-Chair
Sylvia Solochek Walters, Board Co-Chair
Victoria Bevington, Ben Engle, Mayumi Hamanaka, Archana Horsting, Ellen Lake, Siri Mari Vitalis Larsen, Claire McPherson, Meghan Pohlod, Amrita Singhal, Lexa Walsh
Auctioneer
Dia Bondi
Stellar Fundraising Auctions, Inc.
Food by
California Rose
Music by
Robin Applewood
Participating Artists
Mari Andrews
Gale Antokal
Kathy Aoki
Stacey Beach
Lynn Beldner
Susan Belau
Libby Black
Janine Brown
John Casey
Brian Caraway
Enrique Chagoya
Greg Constantine
Jen Cole
Randy Colosky
Stephanie Dennis
Guy Diehl
Holly Downing
Jessica Dunne
Miriam Dym
Dave Eggers
Ben Engle
Kota Ezawa
Beth Fein
Steve Fitch
Barbara Foster
Guillermo Galindo
Fanny Garcia
Ewa Gavrielov
Adam Gerlach
Sheila Ghidini
Veronica Graham
Isca Greenfield-Sanders
Emily Gui
Takuji Hamanaka
Jane Hambleton
Ann Hamilton
Jeff Hantman
Taro Hattori
Ellen Heck
Kenyatta AC Hinkle
Amy M. Ho
nif hodgson
Melissa Holden
Archana Horsting
Shelley Hoyt
Cynthia Ona Innis
Theodora Varnay Jones
Sharon Jue
Lisa Kairos
Hiroyo Kaneko
Pantea Karimi
Sherry Karver
Sarah Klein
Carol Ladewig
Jimin Lee
Ellen Little
Hung Liu
Cathy Lu
Julia Lucey
Cybele Lyle
Pablo Manga
Marksearch
Kara Maria
Mary V. Marsh
Vanessa Marsh
Yuki Maruyama
Daniel McClain
Robin McCloskey
Jim Melchert
Kathryn Metz
Masako Miki
Robert Minervini
Nancy Mintz
Kim Miskowicz
Golbanou Moghaddas
Emmanuel Montoya
Richard Nagler
Gary Nakamoto
Yuzo Nakano
Jeannie O’Connor
Kelly Ording
Jennie Ottinger
Nora Pauwels
Emily Payne
Yulia Pinkusevich
Steuart Pittman
Meghan Pohlod
Carissa Potter
Ronny Quevedo
Benito Rangel de Maria
Gregory Rick
RoCoCo (Modesto Covarrubias & KC Rosenberg)
Blaise Rosenthal
Byron Ryono
Elizabeth Ryono
Deborah Salomon
Julien Schuster
Keith Secola
Heidi Berrin Shonkoff
Deborah Sibony
Linda Simmel
Amrita Singhal
Ema Harris Sintamarian
Maryly Snow
M. Louise Stanley
Tyler Starr
Livia Stein
Jack Stone
Toru Sugita
Leon Sun
Sylvia Sussman
Seiko Tachibana
Lava Thomas
Kirsten Tradowsky
Bubba Trieber
t.w.five
Cianna Valley
Richard Wagener
Sandy Walker
Beth Davila Waldman
Lexa Walsh
Sylvia Solochek Walters
Katherine Warinner
Kazuko Watanabe
Donna Westerman
Heather Wilcoxon
Lena Wolff
Minoosh Zomorodinia
*More artists added weekly
Supporting Galleries / Presses
Anglim Gilbert Gallery
Dolby Chadwick Gallery
Don Soker Contemporary Art
Catharine Clark Gallery
CULT | Aimee Friberg Exhibitions
Don Soker Gallery
Electric Works
Et al. Gallery
Gallery 16
Gemini G.E.L
George Krevsky Gallery
Hang Art
Jack Fischer Gallery
Johansson Projects
Kent Fine Art
Magnolia Editions
Marrow Gallery
NIAD Art Center
Patricia Rovzar Gallery
Paulson Fontaine Press
Rena Bransten Gallery
Seager Gray Gallery
Shoh Gallery
Transmission Gallery
Traywick Contemporary
Walter Maciel Gallery