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Thank you for helping to get the ball rolling for Kala?s end of the fiscal year fundraising challenge. Our goal is to raise $80,000 before Sept 30th to invest in supporting artists and creative exchange. In three weeks with your help we have raised close to $30,000. Thank you! We have $52,000 to go! Donations of all sizes add up to make a big difference. Your contributions support Kala’s artist residencies, arts education, exhibitions, and public programs. Thank you for making our work possible!

Photo credit: Left and Center) James Ken Butler; Right) Lee Oscar Gomez

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Dig and Rise Artist Events
We?d love to see you at upcoming events with 2022-2023 Kala Fellowship and Media Arts Fellowship Artists in connection with the Dig and Rise exhibition. Dig and Rise celebrates diverse voices and research, with a focus on resilience and hope that each artist in the exhibition carries and amplifies through their projects.

Artist Talk + Performance with Rosa Park & Nasim Moghadam
Artist Talk + Q&A + Performance by Rosa Park
Date and Time: Saturday, September 16, 2-3:30pm
Artists: Rosa Park and Nasim Moghadam

Join us for an artist talk with Rosa Park and Nasim Moghadam as they offer perspective and discussion about their artwork presented in Dig and Rise. Rosa Park will be doing a live performance in conjunction with her work A Body I Touched: New Sonic Look on the Graveyards.


Rosa Park is a multi-disciplinary artist and educator based in SF. Her fellowship work is a hybrid multimedia installation that combines the soundscape of traditional gravesites with moving images, photography, aural sculpture, and live performance.

Nasim Moghadam is an Iranian born art educator and a multidisciplinary visual artist. Her installations focus on discrimination and hyphenated identity, and the constraints on women, their bodies, and their voices.

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Artist Talk, Performance and Closing Reception
Date and Time: Thursday, September 21
5:30-7:00pm Artist Talk,
7:00-8:00pm Performance by Lani Asunción and Closing Reception
Artists: Lani Asunción, Meghana Bisineer, Paola de la Calle and Trina Michelle Robinson


Artists Lani Asunción, Meghana Bisineer, Paola de la Calle, and Trina Michelle Robinson present their work for the insightful Dig and Rise, 2022-2023 Fellowship Exhibition. A performance by Lani Asunción will be followed by a closing reception.

Lani Asunción is a Boston based interdisciplinary artist creating socially engaged art. Their work weaves together a visual language guided by historical research, community engagement, and experimental performance connected to their identity as a queer multiracial Filipinx-American.

Meghana Bisineer is an Indian born artist, curator and educator. Her work in the exhibition Beautiful In-between is a multifaceted installation that explores foreignness, the sense of belonging, and ways of connection.

Paola de la Calle is a Colombian-American multidisciplinary artist whose work examines home, identity, borders, and nostalgia through the use of textiles, printmaking, and sculpture.

Trina Michelle Robinson explores the relationship between memory and migration through installation, film, print media and archival materials.

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Fall Teen Studio


Teen Studio: After School
Wednesdays, Sept 13-Dec 6, 4-6:30pm

(12 sessions)

Instructor: Yael Levy

Location: Kala Gallery & Classroom

10% Multi-child / Multi-session Discount / Payment Plan

Want your child to experience our after-school programs before registering? Teen Studio Trial Days available on a space-available basis. If you sign up for a class, Kala will prorate the total tuition for the remaining time in our school year!

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Adult Class Highlights

Batik on Fabric
Saturday, Sept 30, 10am-1pm
Instructor: Vyjayanthi (YJ) Malladi
Location: Kala Community Classroom
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Intro to Printmaking
Wednesdays, Oct 4-Nov 29, 6-9pm
Instructor: Tomoko Murakami
Location: Kala Printmaking Studio
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Artechn?: Botanical Drawing
Thursdays, Oct 5-Nov 2, 6-9pm
Instructor: Eva-Maria Spampinato
Location: Kala Community Classroom
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Intro to Digital Illustration
Sundays, Oct 8-Nov 12, 2-5pm
Instructor: Sejal Popat
Location: Kala Community Classroom
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All Adult Classes

More News... In Brief

- Out of Place, an exhibition of Kala-affiliated artist, Rupy C. Tut, opens Sept 23rd at Institute of Contemporary Art San Francisco.

- Apply now for the California Arts Council's Individual Artist Fellowship Program for $5,000-$50,000 grant awards. Applications due September 30th.

- Call for Art for Mercury 20 Gallery?s exhibition Metamorphosis. Apply by September 30th.


Join us for the launch party for Dia Bondi's first book Ask Like an Auctioneer, October 27th, 6pm. Profits benefit Kal