Wiegand Gallery - Membership

 

November 2007

Dear Friends,

Just as you and I depend on the arts to connect us to enduring values, so does the Wiegand Gallery depend on us for our consistent support.

I hope you will join me in making a generous annual gift to the Wiegand Gallery this fall season. We have some wonderful exhibitions lined up for you this year:

 

• Melissa Meyer in Black and White, Works on Paper, 1984-1994 begins on January 25th and runs until March 1st.  Known for her ability to combine lightness and monumental effect, Melissa Meyer garners a range of aesthetic approaches for the abstract tradition. This exhibition gives us a behind the scene glance at what inspired her current colorful lyrical abstraction paintings.  We will also be hosting a benefit on Sunday January 27th from 11:30-1:30pm.  The event will include an interview with Melissa Meyers by David Cohen, renowned art critic and curator.  A champagne brunch will be served.  Benefit tickets are $75 per person (tax deductible).

 

• Hardy Hansen’s exhibition of wall relief’s, paintings, and sculptures will represent the range of exploration by one of Northern California’s most important artists.  Hansen’s work is highly formal in its conception.  Metaphors begin to emerge with contemplation of this meticulously crafted work, which often and unexpectedly suggest aspects of contemporary society.

 

• We began this years fall program with Retablos: Behind the Altar, a collection from Paul LeBaron Theibaud.  Retablos are better known as “laminas” in Mexico, are small oil paintings on tin, zinc, wood or copper. There were over 150 examples of retablos in the exhibition, which depict the wide range of stylistic approaches in this genre of folk art. 

 

The Wiegand Gallery was founded in 1977 at Notre Dame de Namur University with a two-fold mission:  to exhibit unusual or rarely seen work by the West’s most formative artists and to seek out artists whose work calls for greater recognition.  The gallery has been on the forefront of social justice and cross-cultural understanding. Recent examples include Art form the Inside:  Drawings by Chicano Prisoners and Martin Luther King: Countdown to Eternity by photojournalist Benedict Fernandez.  The Wiegand Gallery is also introducing nationally recognized artists from other parts of the country such as painters John Walker and Melissa Meyer, and photographer, Kathy Vargas to Bay Area audiences.

Your tax-deductible contribution will help us in two ways – by supporting the Gallery’s programs and by underwriting the publication of brochures and even full-scale catalogues for each exhibit.  Very few galleries of comparable size are able to uphold this commitment to publishing scholarly materials in conjunction with exhibitions.

As a Friend of the Wiegand Gallery, you will receive exclusive invitations to special events as well as regular announcements about our exhibitions.  I thank you for your support and hope to see you soon at an upcoming Gallery event.  Remember, the Gallery’s lasting future depends on you and me.

 

Warm Regards,

 

 

Karen Rhodes

Chair, Wiegand Gallery Development Board

                                                            

 

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INDIVIDUAL
$25

PATRON
$50

CONTRIBUTOR
$100

SUPPORTER
$250

BENEFACTOR
$500

DIRECTOR'S CIRCLE
$1,000

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Please make checks payable to: Wiegand Gallery and mail to: Wiegand Gallery 1500 Ralston Avenue Belmont, CA 94002 * Contributions are tax deductible