Group Exhibition
“Street Encounters”
Image: Kelly Dunagan
The 2727 Artist Co-op is pleased to announce the opening of "Street Encounters", an immersive exhibit portraying the emotional impact of life in the city, from sidewalk surfaces to distant skyline.
Street Encounters is a dynamic juxtaposition of visual works by the Co-op artists, a soundscape, and video installation used to evoke the clamor and isolation of the city. A public park with natural elements provides a brief respite. A wall installation and a floor installation create opportunities for community participation and will evolve during the exhibit. The wall mounting is planned as a collage of printed matter, personal messages, mural images, and graffiti. The floor plan will contain a mix of streets, buildings, and other city elements. An art table will remain in place during the exhibit for add-on constructions. A rich calendar of events will include: workshops in constructing art from re-cycled materials, plein air sketching sessions, a costume party, and other events to celebrate our life in the city.
Participating artists include Xinchen Li, whose installations “invite viewers to reflect on their own attachments to objects and places, while also opening conversations about displacement and resilience. By scaling up personal artifacts into immersive environments, Xinchen transforms private memory into shared experience. Whether as wearable pieces or immersive installations, her work positions material storytelling to navigate memory, migration, and cultural identity.” Janet Brugos describes Street Encounters as “remnants of distant past lives, present day dilemmas or whispering of future wanderings. Objects found, most l, likely after a wind storm or car accidents where dispersing of contents did not mean they would be retrieved. Findings such as a piece of a driver’s license, jewelry fragment, even a tool no longer used. All these random objects resting on and near the street may live there for years. The dilemma is to pick them up and feel their history or let them sleep on for years of solitude.”
This exhibition invites our local community, from the surrounding Berkeley neighborhood to the broader Bay Area, to join us in considering how we shape and are shaped by our city environments. We invite you to view and interact with the installations and to join a community event to help us make this a truly collaborative exhibit that reflects our collective relationship to city life.
Participating artists:
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Berkeley, 2026, 10"x48", $760, Michael Sacramento
June 24 (Pills), 2025, Archival inkjet print, 12”x12”, $475, Kelly Dunagan
March 30 (Direction), 2025, Archival inkjet print, 12”x12'“, $475, Kelly Dunagan
Berkeley House II, 2021, Watercolor and ink on paper, 6”x6”, $200, Kelly Dunagan
Oakland House, 2021, Watercolor and ink on paper, 6”x6”, $200, Kelly Dunagan
Berkeley House I, 2021, Watercolor on paper, 6”x6”, $200, Kelly Dunagan
December 14 (Leaves), 2024, Archival inkjet print, 12”x12”, $475, Kelly Dunagan
Net, 2003, Oil on canvas, 30”x24”, $600, Matthew Felix Sun
Street Sheddings, 2026, Mixed Media on Canvas, 12”x12”, $150, Janet Brugos
Winter By The Lake, 2025, Oil On Wood Panels (Diptych) 14”x22”x.5” (each panel 14”x11”), $1300, Rebecca Silvers
Jerk Chicken, 2026, Oil On Wood Panel, 18”x24”x.5”, $1500, Rebecca Silvers
Imaginary Cityscape, 2025, Monotype, 12”x16”, $200, Charlene Steen
City After War, 2024, Monotype, 12”x16”, $160, Charlene Steen
Muslim City, 2025, Monotype, 12”x16”, $200, Charlene Steen
Flight, 2025, Photography, 12"x12", $120, Alden Conner
Wheels, 2025, Photography, 13”x12”, $125, Alden Conner
Air, 2025, Photography, 16.5"x12", $140, Alden Conner
See/Seeing/Seen (from the In/Visible Hide series), 2026, Vitreous Paint on Glass,
23”x6”x0.5”, $750, LR AltmanFlock, 2026, Vitreous Enamel on Glass, 6”x6”x0.5”, $250, LR Altman
Refuse, 2025, Acrylic on Canvas, Mixed Media, 40”x16x1.5”, $1000, Nadir Wright
A Walk in the Park, 2024, Analog Collage, 11”x14”, $550, Trisha Mah
Welcome to Loveland, 2026, Analog Collage, Dimension TBD, Price TBD, Trisha Mah
Dead Birds, 2026, Taxidermy, 8"x7"x3" (x2), $500 each, Hannah hirsekorn
Turkey Vulture, 2026, Cardboard, paint, 12'x6'x8", $2000, Hannah hirsekorn
reveries of a solitary walker - public poetry / in motion, 2014 - 2026, Digital video, pan ellington
Join us for the Opening Reception on May 8, 6-8 pm, where you can meet the artists, enjoy refreshments, and experience the exhibition's captivating works.
If you are interested in purchasing the art showcased in this exhibition, please visit us during gallery hours, or send an email to gallery@2727.today with the subject "Interest in Purchase". Please include the title of the piece and the artist's name in your email. We are also happy to provide more information about the artist and put you in contact with them for further inquiries.
The prices and the artwork's availability might change after the show. Please contact gallery@2727.today for updated information.
Events during the exhibition:
Make a 'Re-Cycled' City (workshop 1), Sunday April 26, 2-4 pm. Open to all ages; free event.
Opening Reception, Friday, May 8, 6-8 pm. Open to all ages; free event.
Pieces of Self: Collage Workshop, Saturday, May 9, 2-4 pm. Open to all ages; $25 Suggested Donation.
Artist dialogues: art in urban spaces, Sundays, May 10 & May 24, 1-3 pm. Open to all ages; free event.
Make a 'Re-Cycled' City (workshop 2), Saturday, May 16, 2-4 pm. Open to all ages; free event.
3D Pen Drop-in Workshop, Saturday, May 23, 2-4 pm. Open to all ages; free event.
Reverse Glass Painting Workshop, Saturday, May 30, 2-4 pm. Open to anyone who can handle glass and maintain focus. Ages 12+. Suggested donations $25-$35; no one turned away for lack of funds.
Closing Reception- Artist Talks, Sunday, May 31, 1-5 pm. Open to all ages; free event.