A Sherwood Gallery at El Taller Opening – TOM X: A Retrospective
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Last night, El Taller hosted their first gallery at the new Sherwood Design Engineers office location in the mission. The gallery opening featured TOM X: A Retrospective and included live jazz band and good company.
“Tom X (b.1944-2001) was a painter from New Orleans who lived a nomadic and sporadic life in near anonymity. In 1989, he delivered the damning testimony that incarcerated his brother for the murder of their mother. In order to evade his vengeful kin, Tom adopted the last name “X,” allowing him to disappear—undetected.”
Check out photos from the event below! (All Photos – Andrew Caulfield for Drew Altizer Photography)
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Werner Maassen, S. Bry Sarte, Robert Shepherd and Gary Strang
Westside Jazz
Westside Jazz
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David Johnson and Kang Kiang
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Grant Abrams, Tina Abrams, Jim Donald
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Georgina Oram, Isabel Marvel
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KD Meyers
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Isabel Johnson
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Emily Hunt
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Kit Raven, Ellen Simmons and Jim Simmons
Isabel Marvel, Delphine Varriale and Sophie Varriale
Tai Bui and Brock Dolman
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David Johnson and Kang Kiang
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Pete Vafiades
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Mike Bradford and Kazumi Bradford
Westside Jazz
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Emily Leys and Deborah Stagg
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Daniel Diaz, Ren F
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Ren F
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John Shellhammer, Frances Atkins and Tyson Howard
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John Leys
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Kit Raven
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Sophie Varriale and Delphine Varriale
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Madeline Craig, Catalina Alvarado, Curtis Quirion, and Courtney King
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Dan Affleck, Jen Hung and Monica Way
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Brad Creel, Alaine Raven and Rich Hipp
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Deborah Stagg, John Leys and Emily Leys
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Induma and Cleona
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Andy Leahy and Courtney King
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Lupin Hipp, Lorenzo Maggiore and Isabel Johnson
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Carson Kerger and Rowena Lao
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Edgar Dela Cruz and Nabil Salameh
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Lupin Hipp and Jim Simmons
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S Erika Schimik and Ciela Sarte
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Jaswant Bains
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Sai Narayan and Rohanna Amarnani
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Katherine Rosenblum, Brad Cohn and Isabel Marvel
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Fabio Siclari and Arliss Nakken
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Linda Schmid and Jenny Yang
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Greg Otto and Sam McGarey
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Pedro Pena and Giovanni Soto
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Lorenzo Maggiore, Giovanni Soto and Pedro Pena
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Izzy Dela Rosa
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Sam McGarey and Greg Otto
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Catalina Alvarado, Madeleine Craig and Tom Bacus
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Isabel Marvel
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Brett Ashton and Bijan Vakili
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S. Bry Sarté, Michael Thorton
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Rich Hipp, Gabriel Hipp and Lupin Hipp Photography)
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Kyle Miner and Adrienne Everheart
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Stacy Umhey and Flora Tang
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Jessie Levine
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Patricia Akinaga, Monica Way, Jessie Levine and Alaine Raven
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Jessie Levine and Alaine Raven
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Grant Abrams and Jaswant Bains
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Jen Hung, Amna Ansari and Dan Affleck
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Bev Holland and Luciana Piccolo
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Bev Holland and Fabio Siclari
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Adrian Lopez
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Alaine Raven, Bev Holland and Luciana Piccolo
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Sam and Brendan
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Emily Garcia and Pearl
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Nora Mostafa, Remy Kazawa and Brittany Nagasawa
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Karen Schmid and Shelly Ersig
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Grant Abrams, Tina Abrams
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Bev Holland
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Alaine Raven and Isabel Johnson
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Max Shapiro and Lisa Nasca
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Ellen Simmons, Max Farlane and Bella Haywood
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S. Bry Sarte, Lorenzo Maggiore and Jessie Levine
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Jaswant Bains, Paula Galindo, Patricia Elizabeth, Jim Donald and Jewel McEnroy
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Patricia Elizabeth
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Michael Keating and S. Bry Sarte
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Jim Donald
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Elsa Marvel and Isabel Marvel
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Lydia Horne and Michael Kreher
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Paul Belger, Brittany Cane and Courtney King
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Matt Niedelman
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Emily Hunt
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Avina McGarey, Lilli Sims and Ashruf Khan
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Courtney King, Brittany Cane and Paul Belger
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Gary Strang and Emily Hunt
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Julia Glass and Sage Fowler
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Ellen Simmons, Isabel Johnson and Kit Raven
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Josiah Cain and Lorenzo Maggiore
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Adrienne Eberhardt, Kyle Miner and Jessie Levine
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Courtney King and Paul Belger
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Carine Leys and Kendra Miles
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Monica Way and Jen Hung
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Gary Strang
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Emily Hunt and Gabriel Kaprielian
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Emily Hunt and Emily Garcia
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David Beaupre, S. Bry Sarte and Gary Strang
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Ellen Simmons
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Lupin Hipp, Ellen Simmons and Isabel Johnson
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Lupin Hipp, Ellen Simmons and Isabel Johnson
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Jim Simmons, Gabriel Hipp, Lupin Hipp, Rich Hipp, Ellen Simmons, Isabel Johnson and Brad Creel
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Lupin Hipp, Isabel Johnson and Alaine Raven
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Lupin Hipp, Isabel Johnson and Alaine Raven
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Ellen Simmons
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Isabel Johnson and Ellen Simmons
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Isabel Johnson and Ellen Simmons
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Alaine Raven