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2020 – Present
2024/2025 Exhibitions
| Thumbnail | Exhibition | Dates |
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| Beyond Color: The Language of Black and White |
July 12 – September 14, 2025 |
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| Limitless: Celebrating Artists with Disabilities |
April 12 – June 22, 2025 |
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| Stitched: Contemporary Embroidery |
January 11 – March 30, 2025 |
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| Drawn to Abstraction: Prints from the 1960s-70s |
September 28 – December 15, 2024 |
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| Cut Paste Create: The Art of Collage |
July 6 – September 15, 2024 |
2023/2024 Exhibitions
| Thumbnail | Exhibition | Dates |
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Rediscovering Native America: Stories in Motion with The Red Road Project |
Apr. 13 – June 23, 2024 | |
| Jan. 13 – Mar. 31, 2024 | ||
| Sept. 30 – Dec. 17, 2023 | ||
| July 8 – Sept. 17, 2023 |
2022/2023 Exhibitions
| Thumbnail | Exhibition | Dates |
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| Apr. 15 – June 25, 2023 | ||
| Jan. 14 – Apr. 2, 2023 | ||
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The Harmon & Harriet Kelley Collection of African American Art: Works on Paper |
Sept. 29 – Dec. 18, 2022 | |
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Cultural Currency: Contemporary Art from the Riemer Collection |
June 30 – Sept. 18, 2022 |
2021/2022 Exhibitions
| Thumbnail | Exhibition | Dates |
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| Feb. 26 – June 19, 2022 | ||
| Oct. 30, 2021 – Feb. 13, 2022 | ||
| July 1 – Oct. 17, 2021 |
2020/2021 Exhibitions
| Thumbnail | Exhibition | Dates |
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| Feb. 26 – June 13, 2021 | ||
| Oct. 13, 2020 – Feb. 7, 2021 |
2010 – 2020
2019/2020 Exhibitions
| Thumbnail | Exhibition | Dates |
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| The Great Wave: Contemporary Art About the Ocean | Jan. 12 – Mar. 22, 2020 | |
| Off Menu: Contemporary Art About Food | Oct. 6 – Dec. 15, 2019 |
2018/2019 Exhibitions
| Thumbnail | Exhibition | Dates |
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| Blow Up II: Inflatable Contemporary Art | July 14 – Sept. 15, 2019 | |
| Tradition Interrupted | Apr. 11 – June 23, 2019 | |
| Altered States | Jan. 13 – Mar. 24, 2019 | |
| Portia Munson: Her Room / Her World |
Sep. 30 – Dec. 16, 2018 |
2017/2018 Exhibitions
| Thumbnail | Exhibition | Dates |
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| The World of Frida | July 8 – Sept. 16, 2018 | |
| Personal to Political: Celebrating the African American Artists of Paulson Fontaine Press | Apr. 15 – June 24, 2018 | |
| Ned Kahn: Seed Vortex | Jan. 11 – Mar. 25, 2018 | |
| About Abstraction: Bay Area Women Painters | Sep. 24 – Dec. 17, 2017 |
2016/2017 Exhibitions
| Thumbnail | Exhibition | Dates |
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| Sweet n Low: An International Show of Cute | June 22 – Aug. 27, 2017 |
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| Material Girls | Mar. 23 – June 4, 2017 |
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| Cut Up/Cut Out | Dec. 18, 2016 – Mar. 5, 2017 | |
| ReTooled: Highlights from the Hechinger Collection | Sep. 18 – Nov. 27, 2016 |
2015/2016 Exhibitions
| Thumbnail | Exhibition | Dates |
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| Flux: A Site-Specific Installation by Crystal Wagner |
June 26 – Aug.28, 2016 | |
| Safe at Home: A Short Survey of Baseball Art | Apr. 3 – June 12, 2016 | |
| My Hero! Contemporary Art & Superhero Action |
Jan. 17 – Mar. 20, 2016 | |
| The Art of the Brick | Sep. 29 – Dec. 20, 2015 | |
| Botanica: All Things Plant Life | July 12 – Sep. 6, 2015 |
2014/2015 Exhibitions
| Thumbnail | Exhibition | Dates |
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| BLOW UP: Inflatable Contemporary Art |
Apr. 26 – June 21, 2015 | |
| The Object & The Void | Feb. 17 – Apr. 12, 2015 | |
| Jealous Curator: From Blog, to Book, to Gallery | Dec. 7, 2014 – Feb. 1, 2015 | |
| Walnut Creek Turns 100: Celebrating the City Through Art | Sep. 21 – Nov. 16, 2014 |
2013/2014 Exhibitions
| Thumbnail | Exhibition | Dates |
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| The Skull Show | June 12 – Aug. 31, 2014 | |
| Sky: A National Juried Exhibition | Mar. 9 – May 25, 2014 | |
| New Neon | Dec. 5, 2013 – Feb. 23, 2014 | |
| Home: Shelter and Habitat in Contemporary Art | Sep. 5 – Nov. 17, 2013 |
2012/2013 Exhibitions
| Thumbnail | Exhibition | Dates |
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| Larger than Life: Exploring Scale in Contemporary Art | June 2 – Aug. 18, 2013 | |
| Peaceable Kingdom: Animals, Real and Imagined | Mar. 3 – May 19, 2013 | |
| Broadway Revealed: Behind the Theater Curtain | Dec. 11, 2012 – Feb. 17, 2013 | |
| Captured: Specimens in Contemporary Art | Sep. 6 – Nov. 18, 2012 |
2011/2012 Exhibitions
| Thumbnail | Exhibition | Dates |
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| CIT Presents Cardburg 2012: The Super Track | June 14 – Aug. 12, 2012 | |
| Outfitters: The Contemporary Art of Clothing | Mar. 4 – May 13, 2012 | |
| SNAP: A National Juried Photography Exhibition | Dec. 8, 2011 – Feb. 19, 2012 | |
| Insider/Outsider Art: Selections from Bay Area Collections | Sep. 18 – Nov. 20, 2011 | |
| Outlandish: Contemporary Depictions of Nature | July 6 – Sep. 4, 2011 |
2010/2011 Exhibitions
| Thumbnail | Exhibition | Dates |
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| Land of Magic: Artists Explore Make Believe | Apr. 10 – June 12, 2011 | |
| Nature's Beloved Son: Rediscovering John Muir's Botanical Legacy | Jan. 9 – Mar. 27, 2011 | |
| The American Scene: New Deal Art. 1935–1943 | Oct. 3 – Dec. 19, 2010 | |
| Unbound: A National Exhibition of Book Art | July 11 – Sep. 19, 2010 |
2000 – 2010
2009/2010 Exhibitions
| Thumbnail | Exhibition | Dates |
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| The Dutch Impressionists and Beyond: Selections from the Beekhuis Collection | Apr. 25 – June 27, 2010 | |
| Story Painters: Drawings, Paintings, Prints, and Tapestries by Squeak Carnwath, Hung Liu, and Inez Storer | Feb. 16 – Apr. 11, 2010 | |
| Object of Virtue | Dec. 1, 2009 – Jan. 31, 2010 | |
| Art on Market Street: SFAC Kiosk Poster Project | Sep. 24 – Nov. 15, 2009 | |
| Full Deck: A Short History of Skate Art | July 5 – Sep. 13, 2009 |
2008/2009 Exhibitions
| Thumbnail | Exhibition | Dates |
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| Working In Wax: A National Juried Exhibition | May 3 – June 21, 2009 | |
| PostSecret | Mar. 1 – Apr. 19, 2009 | |
| Illuminated Sculpture | Jan. 11 – Feb. 22, 2009 | |
| Civic Arts Education 45th Anniversary | Dec. 3 – Dec. 21, 2008 | |
| Untold Stories: Early American Quilts from the Collection of Susan Brooks | Sep. 13 – Nov. 23, 2008 |
2007/2008 Exhibitions
| Thumbnail | Exhibition | Dates |
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| Local Voice 2008 | June 29 – Aug. 31, 2008 | |
| The Art of Diorama | Mar. 26 – June 8, 2008 | |
| Contemporary Warrior | Jan.13 – Mar. 9, 2008 | |
| LEADED: The Materiality and Metamorphosis of Graphite | Oct. 2 – Dec. 22, 2007 | |
| Carny Art: Contemporary Artists at the Circus and Carnival | Aug. 5 – Oct. 7, 2007 |
2006/2007 Exhibitions
| Thumbnail | Exhibition | Dates |
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| Paved Paradise: Perspective on (Human) Nature | June 10 – July 22, 2007 | |
| Space is the Place | Mar. 4 – May 27, 2007 | |
| Anatomy of a Hot Rod | Nov. 19 – Feb. 11, 2007 | |
| Embroidered Stories / Knitted Tales | Sep. 24 – Nov. 5, 2006 |
2005/2006 Exhibitions
| Thumbnail | Exhibition | Dates |
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| By the Hand | July 9 – Sep. 10, 2006 | |
| See Jane Run | Apr. 30 – June 25, 2006 | |
| The Kennedy Years | Feb. 5 – Apr. 16, 2006 | |
| Majestic Tapestries of Magnolia Editions | Nov. 30 – Jan. 29, 2006 |
2004/2005 Exhibitions
| Thumbnail | Exhibition | Dates |
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| Pots: Objects of Virtue | June 1 – Aug. 28, 2005 | |
| The World of Joyce Hsu | Feb. 13 – May 15, 2005 | |
| Waiting for Van Gogh | Nov. 17, 2004 – Jan. 30, 2005 | |
| The Past in Present Tense: Four Decades of Baskets by Julia Parker | Aug. 31 – Oct. 31, 2004 |
2003/2004 Exhibitions
| Thumbnail | Exhibition | Dates |
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| The Essence of Nature | June 6 – Aug. 15, 2004 | |
| The Most Difficult Journey | Apr. 8 – May 24, 2004 | |
| The World I See | Feb. 29 – Mar. 21, 2004 | |
| Thin Skin | Nov. 23, 2003 – Feb. 15, 2004 | |
| Artists in the Studio | Sep. 16 – Nov. 2, 2003 |
2002/2003 Exhibitions
| Thumbnail | Exhibition | Dates |
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| The Big Tree Project | June 29 – Aug. 31, 2003 | |
| Wild Ones | Mar. 30 – June 1, 2003 | |
| Conceptual Contraptions | Jan. 26 – Mar. 9, 2003 | |
| Looming Large | Sep. 10 – Nov. 3, 2002 |
2001/2002 Exhibitions
| Thumbnail | Exhibition | Dates |
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| On the Land | Jan. 16 – Mar. 10, 2002 |
2000/2001 Exhibitions
| Thumbnail | Exhibition | Dates |
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| Yellow | Feb. 8 – Apr. 9, 2000 |
