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Studio Art faculty Jessica Eastburn, Ryan Reynolds, and Kathy Aoki are currently exhibiting their work at the de Young Museum as part of the de Young Open, on now through January 3, 2021. The jurying panel included three prominent Bay Area artists, Mildred Howard, Hung Liu, and Enrique Chagoya, as well as four Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco curators-in-charge. They selected two works by each of our three artists from a pool of 11,514 pieces submitted by 6,188 Bay Area artists. Jessica Eastburn notes, “It’s so wonderful of the de Young to have this exhibition for the Bay Area art community right now. It’s almost unheard of for such a prestigious museum to host a show like this. Ryan Reynolds remarks, "What an honor to be showing work in the same building as Frida Kahlo!" Although Eastburn, Reynolds, and Aoki have shown their work at art institutions throughout the Bay Area and beyond, this is their first exhibition at the de Young.

The de Young Open is a salon-style exhibition available for in-person viewing (by appointment) or online. The de Young Museum currently offers free entry to Bay Area Residents on Saturdays. Weekdays at the de Young are recommended for better social distancing.

Bird Brainand Talk Therapy by Jessica Eastburn

Mansplaining and Patria, Potestas, Perpetua by Kathy Aoki

Freeway 5 and Freeway 9 by Ryan Reynolds