Art Exhibitions
Throckmorton’s identity as a hub for the arts and community cultural center. We support artists, enrich the community, and blend creative disciplines for a more meaningful visitor experience.
We believe that by integrating art exhibits alongside theater, music, conversation and comedy, they create a multi-sensory, layered experience that allows visitors to engage with creativity on multiple levels in one visit.
August 2026 ART EXHIBIT
Dana Christensen
Artist’s Statement
I began my journey into art as a photographer, growing up on the East Coast. I went to graduate school in Connecticut and was fascinated by the old mill towns that were abundant at the time. Such a sense of loss and decay. In the decades since, I've focused on the natural world, beautiful as well as distressed, as everything tells a story. My current work moves beyond representational imagery into tactile, multi-medium interpretations. I combine alternate materials with photography--silk, vellum, paints, pastels, and gold & palladium leafing to create depth and luminescence. Working with oil, I use transparent layers of paint to translate impressions and memories into expressive stories.
About the Artist
When I was growing up in Florida, I was sure that I would become a fashion illustrator. I was a latch key kid, left to my own devices after school, so I spent many hours poring over ‘how to draw books’ in an effort to master hands, faces, and body proportions.
That dream evaporated with time, as they often do. I went on to earn a PhD in psychology. and spent a decade in New York working in advertising. I never stepped entirely away from my artistic journey and turned to photography, using primarily black and white as my medium. As photography became more digital and computer-based, I was drawn to the old alternative processes that involve hand coating of papers and the use of processes such as gold leaf and hand coloring to achieve depth and uniqueness.
At some point, the transition to working with paint mediums seemed natural. Today, I use a variety of mediums, and love the challenge of exploring different styles and techniques. My work is eclectic and spans oil painting, photography, and print making. I have a studio in Sausalito that I often share with my corgi Bodie.
Ian Day is a Southern California-based digital artist and photographer. Originally from Omaha, Nebraska, his mother was an artist who encouraged his early passion for drawing. He began his art education at age six, taking lessons at the Joslyn Art Museum where his mother taught. His advanced training includes a BFA from the School of Art at University of Iowa and an MFA from Northwestern University, where he was a teaching assistant to Jack Burnham and was appointed a post-graduate instructor for several years.
Following graduate school, Ian turned to art direction for commercial and corporate clients. His career evolved into producing and directing film and video for Fortune 500 companies. His independent productions were featured in several film festivals and his screenplays received competitive awards and recognition from such artists as Robert Altman and Raymond Carver. In more recent years, Ian served on the Mill Valley Arts Commission, volunteered at the Marine Mammal Center in Sausalito and is currently curating art exhibits for the Throckmorton Theatre Gallery in Mill Valley.
Ian works primarily in the digital art and photography realm, although he has past experience as a painter and printmaker. More recently he has begun experimenting with encaustics, utilizing some of his photographic images in the process. His foray into infrared photography has yielded a fresh direction for his engagement in the visual arts. Ian’s work has been exhibited throughout the Midwest and West Coast.
Art Exhibit Curator
Throckmorton Theatre’s art exhibits typically run for a month, starting with the First Tuesday ArtWalk. Throckmorton hosts an Artist Reception during the First Tuesday ArtWalks from 5-7pm. Following the opening reception, art can be viewed during the theatre’s business hours for by appointment.
If you wish to make an appointment or have questions about the art show, please email Barb Nimmons or call (415) 383-9600.
If you are an artist seeking to exhibit your work, please contact Throckmorton’s curator Ian Day.
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