Ordinary is an exhibition highlighting the ordinary through subject matter and use of materials. The antithesis of the spectacular, familiar objects bring art down to human scale and into the intimacy of daily life. Ordinary features eight female artists who work with these concepts in their art and process.

The domestic is often a space relegated to women and the feminine. In this exhibition, five female photographers both embrace and push against stereotypes of the domestic. Each of the participating photographers invites us to examine ideas about time, home and family through traces left behind. Small details of domestic items are monumentalized through their investigations with the camera. These details are often so mundane as to be overlooked, and have a visceral quality that is simultaneously uncomfortable and seductive. Domestic celebrates everyday moments, reimagining the home as a space of chaotic, imperfect beauty.

Pulling Threads is a conversation between feminist art history and contemporary Bay Area women artists. The exhibition showcases the lasting influence of the Feminist movement on the next generation of female artists through their contemporary exploration of craft, domestic space, motherhood, and the body.

Technology has fundamentally changed how we experience the world. It mediates our sense of place, our identity, our relationships, and our communities. It is an extension of our bodies; we interface with technology seamlessly and effortlessly.

Food can be seductive, nurturing and toxic; it has the power to evoke personal memories and cultural identity; it is political and historical; but it is always temporal. Edible, living things are constantly in flux. When growing food, its form changes over time from seed to plant. In cooking we often combine or alter the physical state of ingredients, and in digestion food becomes nutrients and waste products. Food is not stable, and unless it has been transformed it will not last.