Programs at Olive Hyde Art Gallery

Programs are held on the 4th Wednesday of each month except July, August, November and December.

Future Programs

Sketchbook Journaling: at Home or On the Road with Grace Rankin, SWA, CWA, SCVWS

Date: Wednesday, September 22nd, from 10 am to 12 noon

Place: Olive Hyde Art Gallery, 123 Washington Blvd, Fremont (across from Mission San Jose). Grace Rankin is featured Guest Artist for Olive Hyde Art Guild's September Program. Grace has conducted sketchbook/watercolor tours of Scotland, Italy, France and most recently taught aboard a cruise ship touring from Seattle to Skagway, Alaska. Read Grace's bio.

Contact: Elaina at 510-651-4441 to confirm your attendance since space is limited to 20. Participants can bring the following, if they have them: sketchbook, permanent black ink pen, watercolors or watercolor pencils, a brush and a photo of Mission San Jose. Refreshments will be served.

Past Programs

May 26: Olive Hyde Art Gallery, Mission Room

Marsha Holm, a docent lecturer from the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco (FAMSF), will be presenting a program on "Birth of Impressionism: Masterpieces from the Musee d'Orsay" which will be opening at the DeYoung Museum in May. The program will also include a slide show along with the lecture.

April 28: Akio Aochi Ceramics Demonstration

Fremont artist, Akio Aochi, presented a ceramics program in the Olive Hyde Art Center Courtyard. This was an opportunity to watch an expert potter work in his medium. In addition to building a piece using a ceramic wheel, Mr. Aochi demonstrated his skill in trimming greenware. Largely creating functional ware, Akio also enjoys making Raku and pit-fired decorative pieces. As a long time member of the Orchard Valley Ceramic Arts Guild, Akio also teaches at Blossom Hill Crafts Pottery in Los Gatos.

Mr. Aochi made a salad bowl, a platter and a casserole dish with a lid during our demonstration. He answered a lot of questions and was also very entertaining. One of the pictures shows him destroying his freshly made creations because of a mistake.

View more photos from Akio's presentation and demonstration

March 24: San Jose Museum

On Wednesday, March 24 the Olive Hyde Art Guild will travel to the San Jose Museum to enjoy a docent tour of the Wayne Thiebaud exhibit. The exhibit showcases a sampling of 70 years of painting by this California artist. Because of his interest in objects of mass culture, Thiebaud (pronounced "Tee-bo") is often associated with the Pop art movement, which his work predates.

February 24: Berkeley Art Museum

James Castle - A Retrospective This exhibit examines the fascinating output of artist James Castle, who spent his entire life making drawings, assemblages, text works and handmade books from found materials on his family's farm in rural Idaho.

January 27: DeYoung Art Museum

The Olive Hyde Art Guild field trip for January 27th was a visit to the DeYoung Art Museum to view "Amish Abstractions," quilts from the collection of Faith and Stephen Brown. This showcases the artistry and diversity of the Amish quilt making tradition with 48 full-size and crib quilts dating from the 1880s to the 1940's, the height of Amish quilt making.

San Jose Museum of Art, Wednesday, October 28, 2009

On October 28, 2009, we carpooled to the San Jose Museum of Art. Martha Crowe, Program Director, secured an excellent docent who encouraged discussion of the many works on exhibit. We all enjoyed the museum's Dale Chihuly 'chandelier' glass work, which greeted us in the museum's main lobby.

The photo at lower left shows the unique little benches provided by the docent. You take them along as you go from gallery to gallery and it allows folks to sit, observe, and discuss. The museum featured early works of Ansel Adams, colorful mobiles by Calder and works by Chuck Close: Printing and the Process. The on-site cafe and the museum's gift shop were also popular places Guild members visited.

San Francisco De Young Museum, Wednesday, September 24, 2009

The field trip to the Dale Chihuly show at the De Young Museum in SF on September 24, 2008 was spectacular. Glass chandeliers, underwater sea objects, Ikebana flowers, boat loads of sea glass, and wonderful views of the City prompted oohs and ahhs from Guild members and guests.