2024 LECTURE SEIRES

SANT KHALSA AND DEBBIE BENTLEY

Sunday, October 13th, 6:00 pm PDT
Bayfront Theater (BATS Improv) at Fort Mason

Come together for a thoughtful evening featuring artists Sant Khalsa and Debbie Bentley in Women in the Desert, a talk delving into the profound relationships between these women, nature, and the arid landscapes they live in.

Sant Khalsa, a pioneering artist and activist, and Denver-based photographer Debbie Bentley both use their work to explore environmental and cultural issues. Khalsa, known for her mindful investigations of place, will reflect on the desert as a metaphor for resilience, drawing from her career of nearly five decades and her book Crystal Clear || Western Waters. Bentley, recognized for projects like Salton Sea: Beautiful Desolation, will discuss her latest work, Dammed: Birth to Death of the Colorado River, which examines the environmental impact of the river’s transformation and the need to preserve fragile desert landscapes.

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2024 Fall Lecture Series is presented in partnership with Mark Ryan Fine Art Services who has provided meticuloulsy hand crafting and finishing frame packages in Oakland, CA since 2014.

OPEN CALL

METAPHORS OF RECENT TIMES | A DIALOGUE OF THE PERSONAL, THE POLITICAL AND THE CULTURAL

Presented by PhotoAlliance in partnership with San Francisco Arts Commission Galleries
Deadline: Saturday, November 2, 2024

We invite photo-based artists whose work raises awareness and provokes dialogue, using the common ground of image as a tool for reflecting, sharing, and learning. We encourage submissions that are not just a historical view but a portrayal of our times seen through individual lives. This exhibition will feature a multitude of incisive visual perspectives based on diverse identities and backgrounds.

This exhibition will ask the artists to review the INSIGHT/INCITE 20/20 portfolio and submit a trio of 3 images for consideration, relating to each other and to the high level theme(s) of the portfolio. Submission to this call is free of charge through the generosity of the San Francisco Arts Commission.

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PHOTOALLIANCE PORTFOLIO

INSIGHT/INCITE 20/20

We are happy to share that our Insight/Incite 20/20 portfolio has been acquired by the Bancroft Library at University of California, Berkeley!

Curated by PhotoAlliance Creative Director Linda Connor, this portfolio comprises 20 limited edition prints by talented local, regional, and international photographers.

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2024 PROGRAM HIGHLIGHTS

PhotoAlliance 2024 Lecture with Klea McKenna and Max Kellenberger at Bayfront Theater at Fort Mason, September 15th, 2024.

PhotoAlliance 2024 Community Benefit Dinner at Sunnyside Conservatory, June 13th, 2024.

PhotoAlliance 2024 Lecture with Carolyn Drake and Ebti at Bayfront Theater at Fort Mason, March 3rd, 2024.

Gallery owner Scott Nichols, PhotoAlliance Creative Director Linda Connor, and artist Chris McCaw at the opening of the INSIGHT/INCITE 20/20 exhibition at Bolinas Museum, February 3, 2024.

PhotoAlliance INSIGHT/INCITE 20/20 exhibition at Bolinas Museum. February 3 - March 31, 2024.

Chris McCaw in conversation with Cantor Arts Center Assistant Curator of Photography and New Media Maggie Dethloff at Bayfront Theater at Fort Mason, January 20, 2024.