Artist Talk – Patricia Guthrie: Get Up Stand Up
Saturday, October 10, 2026 · 3:00 AM – 5:00 PM PDT
Mercury 20 Gallery, 475 25th Street, Oakland, CA, 94612, United States · Paramount, CA
About this event
One purpose of art is to support and communicate political messages. Using color, letters, and shapes, Patricia Guthrie’s abstract quilts deliver political messages relating to the government, international relationships, and global warming. She creates artwork using cotton fabric, wool batting, dyes, and machine stitching. Bio: After retiring as a professor and department chair of Human Development and Women’s Studies at California State University East Bay, Patricia Guthrie decided to actively engage in the visual arts. She began taking community-based art classes: drawing, photography, quilt making, and printing on fabric. Quilt making and all its aspects has become her passion. Guthrie hopes her quilts encourage viewers to move beyond art that is merely pleasing to the eye to seek a deeper meaning. Her work has been shown nationally and internationally including Schweinfurth Memorial, Art Center, Auburn, New York; International Quilt Museum, Lincoln, Nebraska; Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; and Tuch + Technik Museum, Neumunster, Germany. This is Guthrie’s second solo show at Mercury 20 Gallery. Gallery Hours: Friday and Saturday, 12 – 5 pm (and by appointment) Opening Reception: Saturday, September 12, 3 – 5 pm Oakland Art Murmur / First Friday: October 2, 5 – 9 pm
Event details
- Date and time
- Saturday, October 10, 2026 · 3:00 AM – 5:00 PM PDT
- Venue
- Mercury 20 Gallery, 475 25th Street, Oakland, CA, 94612, United States · Paramount, CA
- Category
- Arts & culture
- Cost
- Cost not stated
- Age guidance
- Age guidance not specified
- Format
- In person
- Last verified
- October 6, 2026
Accessibility
Wheelchair: Not stated
Assistive Listening: Not stated
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