Flicka is one of ten local artists exhibiting at Live Worms May 19 - June 12.

From Live Worms…

“You’ll find landscapes and cityscapes, realism and abstraction and – pieces that refer directlyto our lives today and in the past alongside works focus on the visual relationships between color, shape, composition, texture & emotional depth. Plenty of room for joy and whimsy as well.

Participating Artists:

John Turner, Carrie Roberts, Barbara Sizelove, Billy Douglas, Kevin McLaughlin, Gordon Sizelove, Charles Versaggi, Junara Greco, Flicka McGurrin, Elizabeth Ashcroft

Vist the exhibition from Thursday, May 9 through Sunday, June 12, 2022. “

Flicka McGurrin

“The Great Polluters” is an exhibit of works by Flicka from 1990 and created in her former studio in Pier 70. in her words, Flicka says…mega behemoths that ply our oceans with pollution and violate the wild inhabitants of our seas...they sit peacefully at anchor like cows at pasture...and while we acknowledge their beauty , we cannot ignore the pollution wrought by the contents of their bellies...

“The Great Polluters” is on exhibit at Sweetie’s Art Bar’s Black + White Gallery and open Wednesday - Sunday during Sweetie’s hours…opening daily at 4 pm and closing at 10pm on weeknights and 10:30pm on the weekend. May 6 - May 31, 2022.

Art Party Celebrating “The Great Polluters” is Friday, May 27 from 6pm - 8pm @ Sweetie’s.

Flicka is both an artist and a business owner. She discovered her passion for art in high school and has developed her talent and deepened her creative resource through formal art education, travel, life, and continually painting, sculpting, photographing, singing and drumming. Though she has worked with a variety of topics and mediums, Flicka frequently returns to painting and to ocean-related themes.

Live Worm Gallery celebrates the wide breadth of talent on display by an eclectic array of Bay Area women artists in honor of International Women’s Day and Women’s History Month! 

 Over 30 artists…including Flicka McGurrin…. will fill the walls with color & texture, painting & photography, sculpture and book art – you’ll find landscapes and figures, botanicals and abstractions – pieces that refer directly to the lives of women today and in the past alongside works focused on the visual relationships between color, shape, composition & emotional depth. Plenty of room for joy and whimsy as well.

 Participating Artists:

­Agneta Falk
Barbara Kleinhans
Barbara Pollak-Lewis
Barbara Sizelove
Barbara Wyeth
Blandina Farley
Carrie Roberts
Carrington Arredondo
Charlotte Kay
Elizabeth Ashcroft
Fanny Renoir
Flicka McGurrin
Judith Thompson
Kate Razo
Kristina Brown
Lisa Eisiminger
Lisa Keith
Louise Diskerud
Lucia Gonnella
Magué Calanche
Marc Ellen Hamel
Marti McKee
Pamela Axelson
Paulette Traverso
Reddy Lieb
Rita Bond
Ruby Ray
Susan Birnbaum
Susan Shade
Susan Weisberg
Tammy Zo Pollard
Tanya Wilkinson
Thomasina de Maio
Tina Tarnoff

The exhibit is open Thursday, March 3rd through Sunday, March 13th, 2022 and Live Worm’s participation in the monthly neighborhood event, North Beach First Friday, is always pack full of creative energy – art, poetry, performance and music – strewn throughout the neighborhood. Live Worms located in the heart of North Beach amidst a lively restaurant, café and adult beverage scene – perfect for strolling and popping into local merchants before or after experiencing ART by visiting us at Live Worms Gallery!!

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SF Covid protocols will be followed –masks are still required by many establishments – including the gallery – vax cards required by indoor food and beverage restaurants and bars. The gallery has masks & hand sanitizer available, windows & doors are kept open for ventilation, and we keep an eye on the number of visitors to maintain a safe level of occupancy.

www.livewormsongrant.com

Live Worms Gallery, 1345 Grant Avenue

Elizabeth Ashcroft, Proprietor

From the curator…

In 1971, I organized an exhibition called California Girls at Richmond Art Center in Richmond, California. At the time I was curator there, but shortly after the opening of that show on February 11, I was forced to resign.

This year is the 50th anniversary of California Girls and I am organizing California Girls 2. Because of the coronavirus pandemic it is an online exhibition. The original title was suggested by Janet Webb, an LA artist in the exhibition. It is based on the song by the Beach Boys from the 1960s. The original exhibition included women from Los Angeles and San Francisco. California Girls 2 includes women only from the Bay Area.

There are a dozen women in this show. Two sculptors, three photographers, and seven painters. They are all older than 50. The original California Girls were all under 50, mostly in their twenties and did not include any photographers. In 1971 photography was not recognized as art as much as it is today and was not exhibited in the same exhibitions as painting and sculpture.

The women in this show are important artists.

              – Tom Marioni

Flicka McGurrin, Herd Community Green, from MOO series, 2020/2021
Oil on canvas, 84" x 60"

Like cows? From this digital photograph to paint on canvas, an exploration of cows. Open during regular business hours @ Opera Plaza in San Francisco.

You can visit Flicka’s lobby exhibition @ 455 Market Street in San Francisco during normal business hours. Let us know if you get to the show and what you think

Enjoy this show anytime during normal business hours or here online. The lobby at 655 Montgomery Street in San Francisco.

In this group show with instructor Fran Valesco and other students from City College of San Francisco’s Extension Program, Flicka has three prints.

The show is open through February 28 at Sweetie’s Art Bar, 475 Francisco Street in San Francisco’s North Beach neighborhood.

Exhibit Link

On display at Opera Plaza, Mezzanine Level. Enjoy through September 30.
Opera Plaza is located on Van Ness Avenue in San Francisco.