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Jeff Key
Jeff Key was born and raised in San Francisco, California. He earned a B.A. in Communications and Public Policy and a B.F.A. from the University of California, Berkeley, followed by an M.F.A. from the San Francisco Art Institute.
Jeff taught Sculpture and Media Arts at Head-Royce School in Oakland, California, where he also served as Chair of the Fine Arts Department.
In 2009, he founded Media Enterprise Alliance—now known as Youth Beat—a nonprofit organization that provides underserved Oakland students with opportunities to study digital media. Jeff served as Executive Director of Youth Beat until his retirement in 2017 and currently serves on its Board of Directors.
Bella Feldman
Art, Resistance & Imagination
This posthumous mini-retrospective celebrates Bella Feldman (1930–2024), a renowned California sculptor whose work explored feminism, war, power, and ecology with wit, imagination, and an unmistakable sense of humanity.
Working across steel, glass, found objects, and industrial materials, Feldman transformed the language of machinery and weaponry into sculptures that are at once playful, unsettling, poetic, and deeply political. Her work moves between the mechanical and the organic, inviting us to reconsider our relationship with power, conflict, and the world around us.
The exhibition brings together works spanning her remarkable career, offering a glimpse into an artist who continually challenged convention while finding humor and possibility within difficult subjects.
Discover the story, ideas, and works behind the exhibition in the full article.
A Living Landscape
Alejandro Rubio’s “The Green Man” invites viewers into another, greener, world.
In the back corner of The Orchard Galleries on 25, artist Alejandro Rubio sat in his sun dappled studio surrounded by his paintings. In a color palette reminiscent of Seurat, but with a texture that seems to be a cousin to Mission School muralism, Rubio’s paintings demand a long first look. And then a second.
Art is more than an object or a temporal experience - it can be a conversation, a connection, and a way of bringing people together. As a painter, sculptor, and founder of The Orchard Galleries, Peter Dreyfuss envisioned a space where creativity and engagement could flourish beyond the walls of a traditional gallery.
Located in the heart of Oakland's vibrant arts district, the gallery is home to a carefully curated collection of contemporary art, celebrating originality and artistic expression across a variety of mediums.
The Orchard Galleries offers skylight studios designed for artists, photographers and creatives seeking a professional environment to bring their ideas to life. Whether you're working on a new collection, hosting a photoshoot, teaching a workshop, or developing your next project, our studios provides the flexibility and atmosphere to support your creative process.
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