The Harrington Gallery is excited to welcome back the 14th Annual Fresh Works Juried Exhibition. An open call to emerging and established artists throughout the Bay Area, visitors can expect to see works of oil, acrylic, watercolor, pastel, sculptures, and more. All exhibited artwork are original, completed within the last year, and not previously exhibited in Pleasanton.  

Reception & Awards Ceremony on Saturday, June 6 from 1:00 - 3:00 P.M.

Art Exhibit Hours: 
Wed – Fri: 10 AM – 5 PM
Sat: 10 AM – 3 PM

The Dublin Arts Collective is pleased to partner with KeyPoint Credit Union, Dublin branch of the Alameda County Library and the Dublin San Ramon Water Services District office in the Spring 2026 neighborhood Dublin Arts Collective Art Circuit program.

The theme for this 4 month exhibit is Abstract Figures. In this installation you will find a myriad of lithe colorful motion, grace, and various interpretations of abstract figures by our DAC participating artists in a wide variety of creative techniques and concepts, energy, and media.

The Way I Feel, The Way I See

This exhibition brings together two bodies of work that explore identity, perception, and
transformation through fine art portraiture. Moving between self-portraiture and conceptual
portraits of children, the work reflects both an internal and external way of seeing.

The Way I Feel presents self-portraiture as an intuitive and symbolic response to personal
experience. These images are shaped by emotion and informed by visual dialogues with artists
who have influenced me. A feminine reinterpretation of The Son of Man becomes a point of
departure, while references to Yayoi Kusama appear in the repetition of red polka dots, and a
quiet nod to Zinaida Serebriakova informs the exploration of femininity and presence. Subtle
surreal elements run throughout, creating a visual language that reflects emotional complexity
rather than literal narrative.

The Way I See turns toward children as subjects, where portraiture becomes a metaphor for life
and transformation. In the Russian language, there is a saying: “children are the flowers of life.”
This idea is embedded in each image through the integration of natural elements—flowers and
organic forms—that become symbols of growth, fragility, and change. The children are
presented in a space between reality and imagination, suggesting a state of becoming rather
than a fixed identity.

Together, these works form a dialogue between inner experience and observation. The Way I
Feel, The Way I See reflects a continuous movement between emotion and perception, where
both are inseparable in shaping how we understand ourselves and others.

Artist Reception @ASCC July 5th 5-7pm.

 "Hello, I'm Haruka and I'm an illustrator who has lived in San Ramon all my life. I make Japanese and Anime style illustrations, and I'm super excited to share it with you for my first ever solo exhibition. From sketches to full pieces, I hope to reach people with my visual style and character designs. Thank you everyone for your support, and I hope to see you there!"

Christopher Lloyd Tucker is a San Diego based multimedia artist who specializes in combining woodwork, metalwork, and digital art. Tucker thrives in situations that involve hands-on problem solving and exploring new materials, and his body of work reflects that, integrating new approaches and new media with each new phase of life.
While spending a great deal of his artistic career working in abstraction, Tucker has recently embraced more socially engaged versions of realism as a way of responding to our cultural moment. His latest body of work has been largely portrait based, relying on gestures and expressions as a vehicle for social commentary.

Tucker’s recent work has been an adaptation of digital drawing into three dimensions, with a thematic focus on the relationship of the human face and figure (and of marginalized and minoritized faces and figures in particular). The pieces submitted all began the same way, as a digital sculpture. They were then rendered and converted into a more simplified vector image. They were laser cut from a collection of exotic hardwoods or multicolored acrylic sheets and puzzled back together into a two-dimensional mosaic-like artwork and framed in a hardwood.

The work displayed here represents the last few years of the artist's practice.

Vibrant Respite 

 Vibrant Respite brings together a selection of paintings and collages to create a beautiful sense of lively pause in the shared civic spaces of San Ramon City Hall.

My work draws energy from the tension between seeming opposites—effort and ease, emotion and intellect, surrender and control. All my paintings are born as collage first, and it is through the making that I discover meaning. Every piece I create begins intuitively, with color as the emotional starting point. I collage only with papers I paint myself, and my final compositions balance playful chords of color.

I passionately believe art and the act of creating deepen our connection to what is most human in ourselves and each other. I live and work in San Carlos, Calif. with my family.

ARTIST RECEPTION:

Where- San Ramon City Hall

When: July 10, Friday 4-6pm.

Tom Stahl is a San Francisco–based travel, landscape, architecture, and Burning Man photographer. He began photographing in 1987 after leaving his job to travel the world for 18 months. During that journey, he discovered that his most vivid experiences and lasting memories unfolded behind the lens. Since then, Tom has traveled to 60 countries across six continents — tracking lions in Zimbabwe, hitchhiking across the Tibetan Plateau, watching the moon rise over the Sahara, and chasing lemurs through the jungles of Madagascar.

Tom’s work centers on the vibrant colors and dramatic landscapes he encounters in remote and extraordinary places. Combining technical precision with a subtle touch of surrealism, he transforms fleeting moments into immersive, otherworldly compositions. Driven by curiosity and a love of adventure, Tom seeks to convey the awe of discovery, inviting viewers to lose themselves in the depth, scale, and beauty of our world.

Tom’s images have been exhibited worldwide and have won awards in numerous international competitions, including runner up in the 2017 Travel Photographer of the Year contest. Since 2023, his photographs have been displayed in five museums, including the de Young Museum and the Triton Museum of Art in Santa Clara. He has participated in twenty juried exhibitions and has held three solo shows. Tom’s book, Traveling Light: Photographs and Stories, was recently selected for The Griffin Museum of Photography’s 16th Annual Photobook Exhibition.

The show contains 22 of Tom’s favorite images from around the world. All of the images are for sale, to be delivered at the end of the show in July. 

If you would like to see more of Tom’s work, visit his website at tomstahlphoto.com, or follow him on social media via @tomstahlphoto.

The Firehouse Arts Center is excited to feature the work of Marina Omelianenko on the Nancy Thompson Memorial Wall (2F) from July through September 2026. A collection of 15 serene watercolors, viewers can expect to see the artist’s skillful still lifes and landscapes.

EXHIBITION DATES: July 18 – September 5, 2026

RECEPTION: July 25, 2026 from 1:00 – 3:00 P.M.

A joint exhibition between the City of Pleasanton’s Harrington Gallery and the UNCLE Credit Union Art Gallery at the Bankhead Theater, “Yesterday Once More, Scenes from the Past” is an exhibition that invites artists to step through the present and into the echoes of what once was. Through artworks of evocative imagery and bygone moments, this group exhibition explores the dialogue between nostalgia and personal history.

Exhibition Dates: August 13 – October 10, 2026

Harrington Gallery Reception: August 15, 2026, 1 - 3 P.M.

UNCLE Credit Union Art Gallery at the Bankhead Theater Reception: September 5, 2026, 2 - 4 P.M.

Harrington Gallery Hours: Wed – Fri: 10 AM – 5 PM, Sat: 10 AM – 3 PM

Bankhead Theater Hours: Thurs — Sat: 12 PM — 5 PM

The Scary Art Show invites artists to explore the many faces of fear through their own creative vision. Whether inspired by personal experiences, social anxieties, folklore, the supernatural, or the unknown, this exhibition encourages artists to express what truly scares them. From unsettling imagery to symbolic storytelling, we welcome artwork in all styles and mediums that captures the emotions, questions, and mysteries surrounding fear.

Reception: Saturday, October 24th, 6 - 8PM. Costumes are encouraged!

Exhibition Dates: October 5th, 2026 - October 30th, 2026