About Us

Sun Gallery fulfills its mission by offering a range of exhibits and ancillary education programs that bring to the community art work it might otherwise never see, then to invite the community into the gallery through interesting, affordable programs that include the entire family. Although Sun Gallery is a membership organization, admission to the gallery is free to all. Exhibitions run on the average six to eight weeks per show. Because Sun Gallery is a small facility, we frequently curate group exhibitions to maximize audience exposure to a range of artists and media. A variety of art education activities for adults and children includes hands-on experiences in the studio, lectures, workshops, film screenings and readings resonant with the theme of the exhibit. Sun Gallery operates a gift shop that carries one-of-a-kind crafts created by California artists — ceramics, glass and wood work, photography, jewelry — and an assortment of children's books.

Sun Gallery's art education program for youth, unique in our region, engages students with fine arts by combining gallery exposure and hands-on creativity. In the past year alone, we have strengthened this program, increasing the number of field trips from three per week to eight per week, and expanded Summer Art Day Camp from four to eight sessions last summer and to ten this year. A new outreach component provided an off-site art educator to a pilot after-school program developed with the City of Hayward, Hayward Area Recreation and Park District and Hayward Unified School District for "latch key" children from low-income households. We anticipate securing funding from the California Arts Council to invite youth from this program into Summer Art Day Camp through scholarships.