The Louie Meager Art Gallery goes into the new season with excitement for the quality and variety of its upcoming show schedule. Over 1200 people per month visit the gallery exhibits including guests from the Bay Area community as well as many groups of elementary, high school and off campus college classes'  tours. The Louie Meager Gallery offers a diverse museum quality program with informational wall texts and catalogues provided to enhance and inform.

The gallery has a 30 year history of presenting professional fine arts, closing each year with a juried Ohlone student show of recent work. The Gallery Outreach program provides tours for local elementary and high school students, art workshops for the nearby deaf school, seminars for Ohlone College classes, San Jose State University and other colleges upon request.

Continuously running exhibits of works from professional artists are presented throughout the Smith Center season. Drop by the gallery before a show or at intermission. No charge for admission to the gallery.

The gallery is located in the Gary Soren Smith Center for the Fine and Performing Arts, Room SC-143. See Fremont Campus Map for more detail about its location.
 

Events:	Fall 2008 Schedule  Botanicals & Landscapes (This is a show of large scale botanical drawings and traditional contemporary California landscapes by Bay Area Art Educators and Ohlone Students.  Exhibitors include Farshid Namei, Gary Graham, Guy Magallanes, Jian "James" Wu, and Mark Eanes.) Tentatively the show dates are Show opens: Monday June 23, 2008 Show reception: Friday August 22, 2008 at 7 PM Show closes: Sunday September 14, 2008 Realism Show: “Reality” Bay area artists illustrate their versions of reality. (Paintings, drawings, prints and sculptures by Bay Area Art Educators and MFA students.)  Show opens: Friday September 19, 2008 (no reception) Show reception: Saturday September 20, 2008 Show closes: Friday October 17, 2008 Theatre Show: “Dark Designs” (This is a show of contemporary set designs, costumes, and concept drawings by Bay Area independent theatres, Drama Educators and theatre students.)  Tentatively the show dates are Show opens: Thursday October 23, 2008 (no reception) Show reception: Saturday October 25, 2008 at 7pm-8pm Show closes: Saturday November 1, 2008 David Tomb: "The Plumed Serpent" (A show of large scale naturalist drawings of endangered birds from Mexico’s El Triunfo Wildlife Preserve.) Tentative Show Dates  Show Opens: November 8, 2008 (no reception) Reception: Saturday December 6 at 6pm  Show closes: January 31, 2008  [Schedule is subject to change without notice.]
Gallery Staff:	Professor Kenney Mencher Gallery Director/Curator (510) 659-6176 or (510) 979-7916 kmencher@ohlone.edu Students currently enrolled in ART-117A/B act as Gallery Docents and provide assistance as needed.
Open:	The Louie-Meager Art Gallery is open: Fall and Spring Semesters  Monday-Friday: 2:00pm (noon) - 3:00pm. During most Smith Center events, including the summer session.
Closed:	All campus holidays and breaks.
Admission:	Admission to the gallery is always free. All lectures include American Sign Language interpreters.
Courses:	ART-117A/B Museum and Gallery Operations. Transferable to 4-year institiutions. Theory and hands-on experience in all aspects of exhibit preparation, assisting the guest artists, installation and take-down, publicity, graphics, docenting, etc. The gallery director is the instructor in the gallery which is the classroom.
Overview:	The Louie-Meager Art Gallery spaces serve over 2500 campus and community visitors a month. They provide a variety of museum quality art shows with guest artist lectures or workshops.