The Commonwealth Club and its Arts Member-Led Forum hosts many notable artists in the gallery of its headquarters in downtown San Francisco. You can find current and upcoming exhibits below.

All art exhibits are free and open to the public, on display during regular Club business hours (10 a.m. - 5 p.m., Monday-Thursday. 10 a.m. - 2 p.m., Friday). Brought to you by the Club's Arts member-led forum.

Gallery and art contact: Lynncurtis [at] comcast [dot] net

January 16 - March 30, 2012

The Art of Living Black: Fortune Sitole – Mixed Media Artworks

Sitole recreates the black South African townships of his childhood by combining scavenged materials. Scenes of everyday life emerge from wood, sand, aluminum, paint, sticks and bottle caps. Fortune’s exhibition is part of the Bay Area’s annual tribute to African American artists, The Art of Living Black. Come enjoy his work on display in the Club office during January and February.

April 2 - May 3, 2012

"Four Points of the Companss," Photographs by Stephen Joseph

Joseph is a distinguished California landscape photographer whose work has been widely featured in books as well as exhibited at the Oakland Museum of California, the Ansel Adams Gallery in Yosemite Valley, and the Fine Arts Museum of the San Francisco Legion of Honor. In 2007, he was named the Muir Woods National Monument Centennial Photographer.