• Mary Lovelace O’Neal: Kurban, a Sweeter Day to Come, c. 1989–90; mixed media on canvas; 81 x 138 in.; Shah Garg Collection.

  • Tschabalala Self: Sisters, 2021; velvet, felt, tulle, marbleized cotton, craft paper, fabric, and digitally printed, handprinted, and painted canvas on canvas; 84 x 80 in.; Shah Garg Collection.


Admission is free for kids 13 and under and for one accompanying adult per child.

Children must be accompanied by at least one adult at these family programs.


Gallery+Studio / Make Your Mark

For ages 6–12 with accompanying adult(s)

  • Workshop led by
    Mary Curtis Ratcliff

    After studying sculpture at the Rhode Island School of Design and cofounding the video collective Videofreex in New York, Mary Curtis Ratcliff moved to the Bay Area, where she makes sculpture, mixed media, and two-dimensional artwork and teaches art to children and families. Her work is represented in the collections of the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco and the Oakland Museum of California. As a member of Mercury 20 Gallery since 2008, Ratcliff has participated in over two dozen solo and group shows.

This two-part workshop integrates an interactive gallery tour with a related art project. Sign up in the Art Lab ten minutes ahead of the session, which begins with a short gallery tour at 11:30.

In Making Their Mark: Works from the Shah Garg Collection, you’ll see art by women from many countries and backgrounds, young and old, and artworks adopting a wide range of approaches in many media. After a guided mini tour of selected works in the show, consider some differences between art that is abstract and art that is more realistic. Using all sorts of ways to make marks—markers, crayons, oil pastels, colored pencils, stamps, and painted paper—make your own abstract or realistic composition, or one that is a combination of both abstraction and realism.

Event Accessibility

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