 Art Center Finds A Home in Alameda(Page 2 of 3) Jennifer Holmes, who will serve the Center as the managing director, is working on promoting the Center to the local community — upon which its success is in its hands. "Having a vibrant arts community is the sign of a healthy city," she says. "And since Alameda is geographically located near so many other artistic hubs, it's important that it have its own venue for the arts." The city of Alameda has been very welcoming, according to Holmes, who sites that their greatest contributors for funding — which has been their biggest challenge — have been local individuals making personal donations. Living Artfully Downstairs is the K Gallery, named after Koike's mother. "Without her I wouldn't have been able to do this, so we named the gallery after her," she says. The gallery's first exhibit will be "The Art of Food," showing works by still-life painter Guy Diehl, Oakland sculptor Charly Milgrim, Oakland watercolor artist Wendy Yoshimura and photographers Gail Skoff and Janet Delaney. Susan Fishgold will also be displaying her monotypes. "Our mutual intent was to create a gallery space that would exhibit work by Bay Area and nationally recognized and emerging artists, as well as professional work from Alameda and the East Bay," says Kate Kline-May, a longtime filmmaker and photographer and the director of the K Gallery. A friend of Koike, Kline-May took the position a year ago, and has since scheduled shows for the gallery into 2008. "I expect to show work that is brilliant and beautiful — not especially provocative or 'cutting edge,'" she says. "There is an embarrassment of riches now in the global world of fine arts. I want some of the wealth to show in my gallery in Alameda." | ||
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