Szabo’s 2022 residency at MarinMOCA will culminate in a solo exhibition at the Second Floor Gallery at 500 Palm Drive from November 12 - December 23, 2022.  

Opening Reception November 12, 3-5pm, Live Performance, 4pm

Artist Talk, December 2022, TBA

2022 Artist In Residence: Lauren Jade Szabo
Studio E, 781 Hamilton Parkway, MarinMOCA Campus, Novato

Lauren Jade Szabo is a Los Angeles born artist and educator who lives and works in the San Francisco Bay Area. She graduated with a BFA in Illustration from California College of the Arts with distinction, and received an MFA Fellowship from San Francisco Art Institute for graduate study in Painting, completed in 2018. She is a 2016 Elizabeth Greenshields Foundation Grant recipient and received a Cadogan award for her graduate work in 2017. Her work has been exhibited internationally and locally including the De Young Museum and SFMOMA Artists Gallery, and is in private collections in Europe, South Africa, and the United States. 

During her residency at MarinMOCA, Szabo will develop a body of work that continues to explore the human condition in relation to the natural world through the lens of the landscape of the American West, and what is at stake through industrial and technological advancement. Focusing on the issue of health, Szabo is currently observing the relationship between mental, physical, public, and environmental health, and believes that we are being called to attention to heal ourselves while we heal our planet. Research is an ongoing engagement to guide the content of the work which focuses on the intersection of science and eco-spirituality and considers homeostasis on a micro and macro scale. 

For more information visit: https://marinmoca.org/exhibitions/event/160/

September 10 - October 15, 2022
Art Forward (ART FWD)
Annual Benefit Art Auction 

See and bid on over 40 curated works from our artist member and Bay Area artist community, along with exclusive experience packages!

September 10, 5-8pm
Free Opening Night Party and Silent Auction Kick-off.
Enjoy delicious food, libations and bid in the silent auction. 

Plus, Open Studios! Visit MarinMOCA artists in their studios on 
Saturday, Sept. 10, 2-8pm, and Sunday, September 11, 11am-5pm.

September 10 - October 15
Exhibition and Silent Auction (Free to the public)
Pre-registration for the Silent Auction coming soon.

October 15
Live Auction and Closing Event (Tickets on sale soon!)

Watch this space or join our mailing list here, to receive announcements about the event including how to purchase tickets for the October 15 Live Auction! 

MarinMOCA Open Studios

In conjunction with the opening night party for our ART FWD Annual Benefit Art Auction, visit artists in their studios on the MarinMOCA campus! 

Open Studios will take place on Saturday, September 10, 2-8pm and Sunday, September 11, 5-8pm.

My studio is located at the 781 Hamilton Parkway building, in studio E.

Six Fridays, July 1 - August 5; 1:30 - 4:30pm
Instructor: Lauren Szabo, Artist in Residence

Through demonstrations, studio practice, and one-on-one tutoring, students will investigate the natural, urban, and hybridized landscape within approaches of contemporary painting. With these themes in mind, students will create a body of work communicating their individual and/or collective perception, while inspecting the shift of the western landscape through painting and what has been lost through human corruption of natural space. Formal issues will include the use of color, paint handling, value, and composition. Slide lectures, readings, class discussions, and critiques will enhance studio work time. Individual portfolio progress will be emphasized.

Lauren is MarinMOCA’S Artist in Residence, 2022

Where:  Marin Museum of Contemporary Art, 781 Hamilton Parkway, Novato (building behind Beso Café ) 

Fees:  Members $275; Non-members $315

For materials list and enrollment:

https://marinmoca.org/class-schedule/207/

Four Saturdays, May 28 - June 18; 11am - 5pm
Instructor: Lauren Szabo, Artist in Residence

Through demonstrations and one-on-one tutoring, students will investigate today's natural and hybridized landscape within approaches of contemporary painting from observation. Students will explore techniques for painting methodically    on location and outside of the studio. Individual portfolio progress will be emphasized.

Lauren is MarinMOCA’S Artist in Residence, 2022

Where: Marin Museum of Contemporary Art, 781 Hamilton Parkway, Novato

(building behind Beso Café)

Fee: Members $350 for four weeks, or $100 per session

        Non-members: $400 for four weeks, or $120 per session 

For supplies list and enrollment:

https://marinmoca.org/class-schedule/208/

Open Studio Dates 2022

Weekend 1: Apr 30-May 1

Weekend 2: May 7-8

https://marinopenstudios.org

Building Name

Marin Museum of Contemporary Art, Artist Studio, 2022 Artist in Residence

Studio Or Unit Number

Studio E

Studio Address

781 Hamilton Pkwy, Novato, CA 94949, USA

Lauren Jade Szabo
4 Sessions »Saturday, November 20 - December 18, 2021
No class on November 27
1:00pm - 4:00pm | Various locations | $200

San Francisco Art Institute Public Education

The Artists Salon is a nomadic group of artists that gather to exchange ideas at various locations in the Bay Area. Through site specific visits and community engagement, artists will convene in dialogue and explore various aspects of the local art scene. 

This curriculum is developed for post shelter in place reintegration into the art scene, and is designed to enliven the artist’s sense of community building and engagement through local art and current events. Activities include but are not limited to studio visits, artist talks, museum and gallery visits, and portfolio review.

Transportation is recommended. Additional fees for admission and activities may apply. Covid cautious, masked, and socially distanced. The class will be capped at six students.

Register Now »

“The Future Is...”

SFAI Painting Department Alumni group show featuring two of my most recent paintings.

Opening reception Thursday, October 27 in the SFAI courtyard, on view until November 26.

Instructor: Lauren Szabo

2 sessions >> Saturday + Sunday >> October 16 - October 17

11:00am - 5:00pm, Black Mountain Ranch, $200

Through demonstrations and one-on-one tutoring, students will investigate today's natural, urban and hybridized landscape within approaches of contemporary painting from observation. Students will explore techniques for painting methodically on location and outside of the studio. Individual portfolio progress will be emphasized.

*Courses will take place on location and the class will be continuing to practice social-distancing. Students will be asked to stand at least 6 feet apart from each other.

*Class is capped at 6 students*

NOTE: In accordance with San Francisco guidelines, all participants and faculty will be required to wear masks that fully cover their nose and mouth for in-person, indoor class time.

REGISTER HERE!

Materials List

CRITIQUE SEMINAR (ONLINE) 

San Francisco Art Institute Public Education

Lauren Jade Szabo
5 Sessions »Thursday, July 29 - August 26, 2021
6:00pm - 8:00pm | Online | $200

Critique is a fundamental method of learning where a group of artists present completed works or works in progress to one another in order to gain feedback on how the work is “read”, and in addition, how to progress further. A productive and essential format for any working artist, this method also encourages verbal articulation, accountability, and communication development around art making.

This seminar is a platform that enhances the conceptual and technical content of the artwork, helps draw connections through historical and contemporary references, and aims to bridge the gap between your studio, your audience, and the greater art world.

Open to all levels of experience and disciplines. Individual portfolio progress will be emphasized.

Register Now »

Contemporary Plein Air Painting (In Person/ Onsite)

Instructor: Lauren Szabo

4 sessions >> Saturdays >> July 10 -  July 31

10:00am - 4:00pm, On Location, $400 for 4 weekends, or $110 per session

Through demonstrations and one-on-one tutoring, students will investigate today's natural, urban and hybridized landscape within approaches of contemporary painting from observation. Students will explore techniques for painting methodically on location and outside of the studio. Individual portfolio progress will be emphasized.

*Courses will take place on location and the class will be continuing to practice social-distancing. Students will be asked to stand at least 6 feet apart from each other and are asked to wear masks. 

*Class is capped at 6 students*

REGISTER HERE!

Instructor: Lauren Jade Szabo

6 Sessions >> Saturdays >> April 10- May 15

1:00 - 4:00pm, Online, $295

Through online coaching and one-on-one tutoring, students will develop tools necessary to advance their professional careers as an artist. With this theme in mind, students will engage with the art world within but not limited to: portfolio development and review, exhibition open calls, website development, grant writing, gallery courtship, and pricing your work. Individual professional progress will be emphasized.

Artists at all career stages welcome.

REGISTER HERE! 

PAINTING CRITIQUE SEMINAR (ONLINE) 

Lauren Jade Szabo
8 Sessions »Thursdays, April 1 - May 20, 2021
12:00pm - 1:30pm | Online | $250

Critique is a fundamental method of learning where a group of artists present completed works or works in progress to one another in order to gain feedback on how the work is “read”, and in addition, how to progress further. A productive and essential format for any working artist, this method also encourages verbal articulation, accountability, and communication development around art making.

This seminar is a platform that enhances the conceptual and technical content of the artwork, helps draw connections through historical and contemporary references, and aims to bridge the gap between your studio, your audience, and the greater art world.

Open to all levels of experience, specializing, but not limited to the discipline of painting. Individual portfolio progress will be emphasized.

Register Now »

https://www.eventbrite.com/e/spring-2021-painting-critique-seminar-online-registration-140938006371

SFAI 150 | A Spirit of Disruption

On view: March 19, 2021—July 3, 2021
Walter and McBean Galleries and Diego Rivera Gallery, SFAI—Chestnut Campus
Curated by Margaret Tedesco and Leila Weefur

The San Francisco Art Institute (SFAI) celebrates its 150th anniversary in 2021 with ​A Spirit of Disruption, ​an exhibition that reflects on the school’s profound and sustained influence on contemporary art and highlights the contributions of generations of diverse artists and individuals often overlooked in the historical narrative of SFAI. ​A Spirit of Disruption​ includes the work of more than thirty alumni and faculty from the 1960s to the present; a dynamic media installation drawn from SFAI’s vast archive; and a section dedicated to artist model Florence “Flo” Wysinger Allen, the subject of countless paintings, sculptures, and drawings made at the school from 1933-1997.

Also launching in conjunction with the March 19th exhibition opening and anniversary day is a 10-episode podcast and web series, created by the exhibition’s curators, that reveals new stories and old gleaned from the archive.

Founded in 1871, generations of important artists, scholars, and thinkers from around the world have been educated and have taught at SFAI, formerly the California School of Fine Arts. This spirited and often unruly community established SFAI as a microcosm of the Bay Area art world—a place dedicated to the interdisciplinary, where ideas and education reach beyond formal boundaries. This radical creativity played a central role in many influential contemporary art movements, including Abstract Expressionism, Bay Area Figuration, Color Field, California Funk, and the Mission School, affirming the school’s long-standing impact on the international art world.

A Spirit of Disruption​ features a selection of artworks and archival materials that celebrate the ethos and expansive ecosystem of the institution. Curated by longtime SFAI employee and educator Margaret Tedesco together with recent faculty member Leila Weefur, whose first curatorial project for SFAI was bringing the work of contemporary Black artists into a 2019 exhibition about the Black Panthers, ​A Spirit of Disruption b​oth embraces and takes a departure from the school’s wide-ranging history, advancing a new breadth of perspectives past, present, and future.

More info:

https://sfai.edu/exhibitions-public-events/detail/sfai-150-years-a-spirit-of-disruption

Contemporary Plein Air Painting (with Art School SF)

(on location and distanced)

Instructor: Lauren Jade Szabo

4 Sessions >> Saturdays >> March 6 - March 27

10:00am - 4:00pm >> Bay Area, On Location >> $385

Through demonstrations and one-on-one tutoring, students will investigate today's natural, urban and hybridized landscape within approaches of contemporary painting from observation. Students will explore techniques for painting methodically on location and outside of the studio. Individual portfolio progress will be emphasized.

*Courses will take place on location and the class will be continuing to practice social-distancing. Students will be asked to stand at least 6 feet apart from each other and are asked to wear masks. 

*Class is capped at 6 students*

REGISTER HERE!

October 10, 2020 – January 3, 2021

The de Young Open

In celebration of the de Young museum’s 125th anniversary, the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco are hosting The de Young Open, a juried community art exhibition of submissions by artists who live in the nine Bay Area counties: Alameda, Contra Costa, Marin, Napa, San Francisco, San Mateo, Santa Clara, Solano, and Sonoma. The de Young Open continues the museum’s long-standing tradition of engaging the local community and showcasing the talent of Bay Area artists, who will be able to offer their pieces for sale and retain 100 percent of the proceeds.

Works of art in The de Young Open will be hung “salon-style,” installed edge to edge and floor to ceiling, which enables a maximum number of works to be displayed. The de Young looks forward to filling the 12,000-square-foot Herbst Exhibition Galleries with 877 artworks by 762 Bay Area artists in The de Young Open.

NOTE: Free General Admission on Saturdays for Bay Area Residents

https://deyoung.famsf.org/exhibitions/de-young-open

de Young museum: Golden Gate Park \ 50 Hagiwara Tea Garden Drive, San Francisco, CA 94118 \  415.750.3600 \ Hours: Tuesdays – Sundays, 9:30 am–5:15 pm

CONTEMPORARY LANDSCAPE PAINTING (ONLINE) 

Lauren Jade Szabo
8 Sessions »Saturdays, September 26 - November 21
No class October 31
1:00-4:00pm | Online | $385

Through demonstrations, studio practice, and one-on-one tutoring, students will investigate the natural, urban, and hybridized landscape within approaches of contemporary painting. With these themes in mind, students will create a body of work communicating their individual and/or collective perception, while inspecting the shift of the western landscape through painting and what has been lost through human corruption of natural space. Formal issues will include the use of color, paint handling, value, and composition. Slide lectures, readings, class discussions, and critiques will enhance studio work time. Individual portfolio progress will be emphasized.

Register Now »

Lauren Jade Szabo
4 Sessions »Saturdays, July 18 - August 8
10:00am-4:00pm | Offsite | $385

Materials List

Through demonstrations and one-on-one tutoring, students will investigate today's natural, urban and hybridized landscape within approaches of contemporary painting from observation. Students will explore techniques for painting methodically on location and outside of the studio. Individual portfolio progress will be emphasized.

*Courses will take place off-campus and the class will be continuing to practice social-distancing. Students will be asked to stand at least 10ft apart from each other and will be asked to wear masks. 

UPDATE: We are capping the class at six students and have room for one more to join us.

Register Now »

PAINTING IN THE AGE OF PHOTOGRAPHY 

Lauren Jade Szabo
8 Sessions »Wednesdays, February 5- March 25
7:00-10:00pm | FMC STE 26 | $385

Materials List

Through hands on demonstrations, studio practice, and one-on-one tutoring, students will investigate the relationship of photography and painting within approaches of contemporary painting. How does each medium support their counterpart? With this theme in mind, students will create a body of work communicating their individual and/or collective perception of what painting means in the age of photography. Individual portfolio progress will be emphasized.

Register:

https://www.eventbrite.com/e/spring-2020-painting-in-the-age-of-photography-registration-77570211591

Fresh Focus: Small Works Exhibition of Recent Bay Area MFA Artists

Monday, Dec 9, 2019–Sunday, Feb 23, 2020
Opening Reception: Wednesday, Dec 11, 6–8 p.m.
Exhibition Meet and Greet: Wednesday, Jan 15, 4–9 p.m.

Please note that other than the public events, it is best to make an appointment in advance with the gallery for viewing.

Located at SFMOMA Artists Gallery at the Visitor’s Center at Fort Mason Center for the Arts in Building A (next to the Interval).

https://www.sfmoma.org/artists-gallery/exhibitions-events/

ORGANIZED BY

California College of the Arts Illustration program

EVENT DESCRIPTION

The Illustration program presents an array of images, objects, and digital media highlighting the diversity of contemporary practice of alumni and faculty. The collection includes sketchbooks, personal artwork, and unusual professional projects. The pieces express personal obsessions, original narratives, and diverse social and cultural perspectives. Much of the work falls outside the tradition of commissioned illustration for publication. Visitors will see paintings, virtual and augmented reality experiences, animations, sculptures, posters, comics, costumes, toys, murals, textile designs, and more. The CCA Illustration program gives students the tools, techniques, and conceptual skills to pursue unique creative paths. The show celebrates the breadth of expression possible when Illustrators are set loose in the world. 

ENTRY DETAILS

CCA Hubbell Street Galleries
Free and open to the public
Opening Reception: Thursday, November 7, 5:30–7:30pm
On View: November 4–December 13, 2019
Gallery hours: Mon.–Fri. noon-5pm; Thurs. noon–7:30pm