An art exhibition opportunity for San Mateo County Artists. There are three categories: Adult Category, High School Category, and Collaborative Category. A stipend is available.

Application opens: October 23, 2024

Application closes: November 25, 2024

Call for Art Theme: Metamorphosis: Evolving Identities

2024 CALL FOR ART

2024 CALL FOR ART APPLICATION

INFORMATIONAL ZOOM

Art can make people care and act. Art can inspire new ways of thinking about the world we live in, can be instrumental in breaking down barriers, and can build community bonds. In 2022, the Foundation launched an art program at the CZI Community Space to create opportunities for San Mateo County artists of all ages and abilities to showcase their artwork.

Meet the Current Cohort of Artists

The Foundation is excited to be working with the current cohort of artists who are exhibiting their artwork at the CZI Community Space.

Read about the March 22nd art exhibition opening HERE.

The art exhibition in the CZI Community Space will be seen and enjoyed by persons who attend or participate in events hosted by nonprofits based in and serving San Mateo County, as well as Redwood City and San Mateo County government agencies who book the space. Some of these events are open to the public. Because of the high demand to book the space,

there are currently no public viewing hours for the art exhibition.

To learn more about an artist, watch a video by clicking on their image.

Artist Rebecca Archer

Rebecca is the bi-racial black/Jewish daughter of American diplomats, and grew up moving all around the world. In her art she strives to connect to her upbringing, cultural experiences and identity in a way that is authentic and honors all parts of her. She is drawn to faces of women of color that hold untold stories and are cloaked in color and festivity. She seeks to show the beauty and variety of melanated skin and depict women of color in their strength, beauty and mystery. An attorney by trade she has an analytical mind and collaging combines that analytical side with her love of color and faces.
@art_attorney, ArtAttorney7@gmail.com

Artist Natalie Ciccoricco

Natalie is a self-taught mixed media fiber artist who was born and raised in The Netherlands and now lives in San Carlos with her family. Natalie experiments with thread, yarn, and rope in combination with different materials, such as paper, ephemera, ink, sticks and rocks. Her works are deeply personal and allow her to express herself beyond words. She has shown her art at various renowned galleries in the USA. Her work has been published in art magazines and books and on modern art blogs. Her art has been used by movie and tv set decorators and she has commissioned works installed at restaurants, hotels, and corporate businesses throughout North America. @mrsciccoricco. info@mrsciccoricco.com

Sculptor Guy Clément Cohen

Guy was born in Egypt in 1951 to a French Jewish Father (whose own father was a rabbi) and an Italian mother. His family moved to Paris (France) when he was five. From age six, his mother took him to museums and exhibitions, developing a strong interest in the various types of artistic expression. As a university student he graduated in Electrical Engineering. One of his favorite hang-outs in the heart of Paris were Les Halles where the Centre George Pompidou Museum was created. He developed some of the earliest Computer-Aided Art and several of his pieces were shown at the opening of the Museum in the early 70’s. In the following years he made a career in high-tech to support his art passion. He lived in Germany for several years and, then returned to Paris where he met his German wife, Marlene. After studying at MIT (Massachusetts Institute of Technology), BU (Boston University) and the fine arts at the College of San Mateo, Guy and his wife adopted two daughters and settled in Emerald Hills near San Francisco, California, where they currently live.
Guyclementcohen@gmail.com

Artist Jennifer Kelley

Jennifer creates mosaics using hand-cut pieces of stained glass, emphasizing light and shadows, and giving depth to the compositions. Raised in California, Pennsylvania, and New York, she has been influenced by botanicals, the ocean and photography. Her current work highlights the beauty of the natural world, emphasizing elements that contain medicinal properties. Jennifer resides in Redwood City, California, as a full-time mosaic artist. @jenniferkelleymosaics, jen@jenniferkelleymosaics.com

Artist Barbara Kibbe

Barbara is a painter, a printmaker, and an art quilter. She prints and paints on a range of fine art papers, panels, textiles, and other substrates. A single work often combines painting, printmaking, and stitching. Scale is relative – the most intimate prints can suggest broad landscapes and large paintings or art quilts can
explore a microscape. Barbara’s art-making practice is equal parts sense-making and solace. In these turbulent times, she works to make art that holds and communicates meaning, and that builds community. That means work that speaks to the viewer about something we may have in common and about a future we can reimagine through art-making and viewing. She is also committed to the use of recycled/upcycled materials. hello@barbarakibbe.com,
https://www.barbarakibbe.com

Artist Audrey Lam

Audrey is a high school student. She was born in San Francisco and spent much of her early life drawing and painting with her mother. Her artwork depicts her life experiences growing up in a Chinese-American household and her path to discovering her culture. Audrey expresses her struggle to find a sense of belonging to either culture as well as various traditions and expressions of affection through the use of symbolism and uses each work to tell a story. Her mediums of choice are Acrylic paint and graphite, and she enjoys harnessing small details to draw attention to important aspects of her pieces. She hopes her artwork can reach a community of other Asian Americans and build connections with others with similar memories and stories. Audrey hopes to continue making artwork in the future and discover who she is as an artist.
audreylam717@gmail.com

Sculptor Priyanka Rana

Priyanka was born and raised in India. Her early inquiries into aesthetics and philosophy and professional work in exhibitions led her to establish a full-time sculpture practice in 2018. Largely self-taught, Rana’s experiments with various sculptural materials have led to a nearly-singular engagement with untreated wood. Her practice is rooted in ecology and sustainability; she works with local trees, transforming naturally felled trunks into abstract sculptures using a range of power tools. Living and working in San Francisco, California’s Bay Area, Rana’s work has been shown widely in the region, including at a number of arts festivals and through prestigious and highly visible public art commissions.
@priyankarana_artist, 12.rana@gmail.com

Artist John Romano

John is a digital artist living and working in Menlo Park. His multidisciplinary approach to art is reflected in his diverse portfolio, encompassing painting, photography, collage, film, and sound. John’s work explores the interaction between different forms of visual and auditory expression, and creates porous boundaries between traditional and contemporary imagery and techniques. He likes to work intuitively and experimentally, and his botanical pieces represent an interconnection of nature, technology, and human perception.
JohnRomanoFineArt@yahoo.com

Artist Ella Satterwhite

Ella is an artist based in San Carlos, California. She is currently a senior attending high school where she takes the International Baccalaureate Art course along with the full International Baccalaureate Diploma program. She enjoys finding beauty in the little things and loves experimenting with new mediums. For her newest series, which has the theme of water, she has explored mediums such as oil, resin, freestyle embroidery, waste sculptures, and thread art. Ella hopes to use her love of art in her future profession, whatever it may be.
ella.satterwhite4@gmail.com

Art Advisory Work Group Members

The Foundation created an Arts Programming Plan for the CZI Community Space and established a thoughtful process to help set a vision for ongoing creative community engagement. The Foundation works with an Art Advisory Work Group, composed of San Mateo County residents from different backgrounds who serve a one-year term, to implement the Arts Programming Plan which includes selecting the exhibition theme, choosing the artists who will participate in the exhibition, serving as liaisons with the artists, conducting community outreach and hosting an annual art exhibitions.

The main purpose of the art exhibitions is 1) to promote San Mateo County artists by exhibiting their artwork at the CZI Community Space and 2) to provide an opportunity to bring the community together to promote education, awareness, and understanding.

The 2024-2025 Art Advisory Work Group members are:

Artist Rebecca Archer

Rebecca is the bi-racial black/Jewish daughter of American diplomats, and grew up moving all around the world. In her art she strives to connect to her upbringing, cultural experiences and identity in a way that is authentic and honors all parts of her. She is drawn to faces of women of color that hold untold stories and are cloaked in color and festivity. She seeks to show the beauty and variety of melanated skin and depict women of color in their strength, beauty and mystery. An attorney by trade she has an analytical mind and collaging combines that analytical side with her love of color and faces.
@art_attorney, ArtAttorney7@gmail.com

Artist John Romano

John is a digital artist living and working in Menlo Park. His multidisciplinary approach to art is reflected in his diverse portfolio, encompassing painting, photography, collage, film, and sound. John’s work explores the interaction between different forms of visual and auditory expression, and creates porous boundaries between traditional and contemporary imagery and techniques. He likes to work intuitively and experimentally, and his botanical pieces represent an interconnection of nature, technology, and human perception.
JohnRomanoFineArt@yahoo.com

Artist Audrey Lam

Audrey is a high school student. She was born in San Francisco and spent much of her early life drawing and painting with her mother. Her artwork depicts her life experiences growing up in a Chinese-American household and her path to discovering her culture. Audrey expresses her struggle to find a sense of belonging to either culture as well as various traditions and expressions of affection through the use of symbolism and uses each work to tell a story. Her mediums of choice are Acrylic paint and graphite, and she enjoys harnessing small details to draw attention to important aspects of her pieces. She hopes her artwork can reach a community of other Asian Americans and build connections with others with similar memories and stories. Audrey hopes to continue making artwork in the future and discover who she is as an artist.
audreylam717@gmail.com

Common Questions & Answers

Check out our previous exhibitions:

April 2022

October 2022

Meet the Current Cohort of Artists

Art Advisory Work Group Members

Common Questions & Answers

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