3420 Mt. Diablo Blvd, Lafayette
Back in August I noted that the Lafayette Art Gallery sculpture garden was removed due to the expanded parking lot for the new Cooperage restaurant and a few weeks ago noted that the Klein Gallery was replacing the Lafayette Art Gallery. Now, the Lafayette Art Gallery is open in a more spacious building on Mt. Diablo Blvd next to Bo’s Barbecue. I stopped by and it looks great. The outside area in back is really nice as well although it won’t be used for their sculptures. However, I’ve been told that sculptures will be placed outside near the building itself.
From their website:
After 14 years on Lafayette Circle, the Lafayette Art Gallery will open it’s doors on October 8, 2013 at a new, and greatly expanded location, in the historic Forge complex of Lafayette.
The new space was formerly occupied by the Pacific Wildlife Galleries, and has been designed expressly for displaying art, photography, ceramics and jewelry. The new Gallery space is next door to the well-known Bo’s Barbecue, and adjacent to The Artisan Bistro. With nearly double the square footage, the new space will accommodate additional artists, sculptors and ceramicists.With the newly available space, the Lafayette Art Gallery has added a new focus on ceramic art: the gallery will now be featuring an award-winning group of ceramic artists whose work includes sag- gar fire, rake-pit fired, wood-fired and low- and high- fires work. The new ceramicists include James Aarons, Coreen Abbot, Steve Allen, Michael Berkeley, Lauri and Kurt Fehlberg, Lesley Jensen, Olga Jusidman, Judy Bolef Miller, Virginia Rigley, and Cheryl Wolff – all are well-known artists who have their own stable of collectors.
The grand opening reception will take place on Saturday, November 9th.
Check out part of the inside:
