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Kala Art Institute is a community arts non-profit organization, artist residency, art classes, and an art gallery, founded in 1974, and located in two locations in Berkeley, California.[1][2]

Kala Art Institute

Formation	1974; 48 years ago (1974)
Founder	Archana Horsting, Yuzo Nakano
Type	arts non-profit
Headquarters	2990 San Pablo Avenue, Berkeley, California, U.S.
Website	http://www.kala.org/

About

They offer facilities for printmaking, photography, and book arts.[3][4] Classes include etching, letterpress, and bookbinding.[2] The studio building is located at 1060 Heinz Avenue in an industrial building and was a former Heinz ketchup factory.[5] The art gallery space is located at 2990 San Pablo Avenue and is 2,200 square feet, this secondary space was from an expansion in 2009.[6]

It is estimated that Kala Art Institute serves between 25,000 to 35,000 people a year.[7][8]

History

Kala Art Institute was founded as an international and community arts space in 1974, by printmakers Archana Horsting [Wikidata] and Yuzo Nakano [Wikidata].[2][5][9] Horsting and Nakano met while studying at Atelier 17, under Krishna Reddy and Stanley William Hayter.[10] The first facility for Kala started on Wilmot Street in Japantown, San Francisco; with a single etching press with a hot plate.[10][9] Six months after first opening, they moved Kala to Ashby Street (near Ashby BART) in Berkeley in order to gain more space.[10] In 1976, Kala became a 501(c)3 organization.[10][11]

In 2009, the Oakland Museum of California held the exhibition, “Evolution of Print: Artists of Kala,” at the Oakland International Airport.[7] Artists associated with Kala Art Institute have included Squeak Carnwath,[5] Roy De Forest,[5] Margaret Herscher,[12] Jessica Dunne,[5] Bella Feldman,[5] Barbara Foster,[5] Sonya Rapoport,[5] Peter Voulkos,[5] and William T. Wiley.[5]

References

External link

• Official website

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