Josefa Vaughan, ArtSeed Founder, Educator, Executive and Artistic Director, www.artseed.org
P.O. Box 29277, San Francisco, CA 94129, josefa@artseed.org, 415-656-9849, www.josefa.com
Curated Exhibitions
2025
About Face: Navigating the Dualities of Disruption. Co-curator, ArtSeed 19th Annual Exhibition, Seed and China Brotsky Galleries, San Francisco, CA.
2024
Earthseed, Undergrowth, and Afterlife. Co-curator, ArtSeed 18th Annual Exhibition, Seed and China Brotsky Galleries, San Francisco, CA.
2023
Birds & Bees: Fact, Fantasy, and the Future of Art and Life on Earth. Co-curator, ArtSeed 17th Annual Exhibition, Seed and China Brotsky Galleries, San Francisco, CA.
2022
Dream Earth People on Sabbatical. Co-curator, ArtSeed 16th Annual Exhibition, Seed and China Brotsky Galleries, San Francisco, CA.
2021
New Normal: Learning from the Past to Move Forward Together. Co-curator, ArtSeed 15th Annual Exhibition, Seed and China Brotsky Galleries, San Francisco, CA.
2020
Only Zombies Race to Mass Destruction. Co-curator, ArtSeed 14th Annual Exhibition, Seed and China Brotsky Galleries, San Francisco, CA.
2019
Rendering Power, Envisioning Freedom: Lawmakers, Lost Lives, and Peaceful Resolutions. Co-curator, ArtSeed 13th Annual Exhibition, Seed and China Brotsky Galleries, San Francisco, CA.
2019
Urban Art: The Eleventh Hour. Director and co-curator, Seed Gallery, Tides Converge, Presidio, San Francisco, CA.
2018
Mailing Home: Who Was John Brown? Who Is Jim Crow? Who Are We? Co-curator, ArtSeed 12th Annual Exhibition, Seed Gallery and China Brotsky Gallery, Thoreau Center for Sustainability in the Presidio, San Francisco, CA.
2018
Peculiar Institutions. Curator and co-featured artist, Think Round Fine Arts, San Francisco, CA.
2017
Marching Home: Grasping Valor, Preserving Freedom, Protecting the Earth on the Way to Peace! Co-curator, ArtSeed 11th Annual Exhibition, Thoreau Gallery, San Francisco, CA.
2016
Cottage Industry 16: Locomotion, Collaboration, Let’s Beat Poverty and Racism in All Their Forms! Co-curator, ArtSeed 10th Annual Exhibition, Thoreau Gallery, San Francisco, CA.
2015
Cottage Industry 15: Communication, Collaboration, Let’s Beat Poverty and Racism in All Their Forms! Co-curator, ArtSeed 9th Annual Exhibition, Thoreau Gallery, San Francisco, CA.
2014
Legacies and Living Spaces. Co-curator, ArtSeed 8th Annual Exhibition, Thoreau Gallery, San Francisco, CA.
2013
Sums, Sustenance, and the Five Sense. Co-curator, ArtSeed 7th Annual Exhibition, Thoreau Gallery, San Francisco, CA.
2012
75 Reasons We Are the Bridge! Co-curator, ArtSeed 6th Annual Exhibition, Thoreau Gallery, San Francisco, CA.
2011
Stocking the Pequod. Co-curator, ArtSeed 5th Annual Exhibition, Thoreau Gallery, San Francisco, CA.
2010
Health, Healing and Community. Co-curator, ArtSeed 4th Annual Exhibition, Thoreau Gallery, San Francisco, CA.
2009
Structure and the Meaning of Life. Co-curator, ArtSeed 3rd Annual Exhibition, Thoreau Gallery, San Francisco, CA.
2008
Hereafter: Futures With Which We Can Live? Co-curator, ArtSeed 2nd Annual Exhibition, Thoreau Gallery, San Francisco, CA.
2008
James Grant and Company. Curator, Thoreau Gallery, San Francisco, CA.
2007
If I Ruled the World. Co-curator, ArtSeed 1st Annual Exhibition, Thoreau Gallery, San Francisco, CA.
2007
Achenbach Inspired. Curator, ArtSeed group exhibition, The Point Gallery, San Francisco, CA.
2006
Forming ArtSeed. Co-curator (with Marissa Kunz), Thoreau Gallery, San Francisco, CA.
2005
ArtSeed Bridges. Director and co-curator, collaborative installation and performance, San Francisco Art Institute, San Francisco, CA.
2001
Dante’s (ArtSeed) Inferno. Co-curator, San Francisco Public Library, Western Addition Branch, San Francisco, CA.
2001
Sticky Business (Art Growing Out of the Real World). Curator, Hunter’s Point Gallery, San Francisco, CA.
2000
Gods and Monsters. Co-curator, ArtSeed exhibition and performance, Southern Exposure, San Francisco, CA.
2000
Friends of ArtSeed. Curator, Studio One, Oakland, CA.
2000
Co-curator, ArtSeed inaugural exhibition and art-making installation, de Young Museum Artist Studio, San Francisco, CA.
Solo Exhibitions
2017
Being in Turbulent Times. Solo exhibition, Hardin Studios, San Francisco, CA.
2014
Steinberg’s Abstention. Solo exhibition, Hardin Studios, San Francisco, CA.
2004
Coloring Sounds: Songlines for Seibert’s Pipes. Solo exhibition, The LAB, San Francisco, CA. (ArtSeed’s first fundraising event.)
1994
(Qu)alms. Solo exhibition, Intersection for the Arts, San Francisco, CA.
1994
Onomatopoeias. Solo exhibition, Davis Art Center, Davis, CA.
1993
Inklings & Iotas. Solo exhibition, Dorothy Goldeen Gallery, Santa Monica, CA.
1992
Kinder, Adult, Elder Signs. Solo exhibition, Bechtel International Center, Stanford University, Stanford, CA.
1991
Signs, Cries, and Incentives. Solo exhibition, DiverseWorks Artspace, Houston, TX.
1987
Habits. Solo exhibition, 1401 West Gray Art Space, Houston, TX.
1986
Climbing the Walls. Solo exhibition, McMurtrey Gallery, Houston, TX.
1986
Reflexion. Solo exhibition, The Williams Tower (originally the Transco Tower), Houston, TX.
1983
Mapping the Body. Solo exhibition and performance, O’Kane Gallery, University of Houston, Houston, TX.
1982
Introductions. Solo exhibition, Meredith Long & Co., Houston, TX.
Group Exhibitions
2007
Artists Go Lightly. Juried exhibition benefiting the San Francisco Tenants Union, Temporary Autonomous Museum, San Francisco, CA.
2006
Annual Art Auction. The LAB, San Francisco, CA.
2005
Big Deal. Visual AIDS Annual Art Auction, San Francisco, CA.
2005
The Drawing Room. Curated by Lauren Davies, Kala Art Institute, Berkeley, CA.
2005
Freedom of Impression: Prints from the Graphic Arts Workshop. San Francisco Arts Commission, City Hall, San Francisco, CA.
2005
Inner Ear Fundraiser. Balazo Gallery, San Francisco, CA.
2005
Families in Paradise. Installation by Heidi Hardin, SOMArts Gallery, San Francisco, CA.
2003
Seventh Heaven. The LAB, San Francisco, CA.
2003
No War. The Luggage Store, San Francisco, CA.
2003
Art: Uninterrupted. Djerassi Resident Artists Program, Woodside, CA.
2003
Proof of Life. Meridian Gallery, San Francisco, CA.
2001
Big Deal. Visual AIDS Benefit Exhibition, SOMArts, San Francisco, CA.
2000
Blueprint. TILT, Southern Exposure, San Francisco, CA.
2000
Big Deal. Benefit Exhibition, SOMArts, San Francisco, CA.
2000
Opening Tricks, Afishionados. Sticks Gallery, Berkeley, CA.
2000
Art Auction. Walter/McBean Gallery, San Francisco Art Institute, San Francisco, CA.
1998
House of Daddy Dreams. With Dean and Juliet MacCannell, Project Row Houses,
Houston, Texas.
1998
Summons I. 509 Cultural Center, San Francisco, CA.
1998
Fast Art Stop. San Francisco Art Commission, Grove Street, San Francisco, CA.
1998
Give and Take. Mills Building, San Francisco, CA.
1998
Self, Stuff, and Others. The Randall Museum, S.F.A.E.P., San Francisco, CA.
1997
Art, an Anti-destiny. Global Culture Center, La Grande Arche, Paris, France.
1997
Dreams and Nightmares. San Francisco Art Commission Gallery, San Francisco, CA.
1997
One-Mile Shebang. Collision Gallery, San Francisco, CA.
1997
Sixth Annual. The Luggage Store, San Francisco, CA.
1997
Thirteenth Annual. McBean Gallery, San Francisco, CA.
1997
Post-postcard II. Four-Walls, San Francisco, CA.
1996
Discards. Catherine Clark Gallery, San Francisco, CA.
1996
Big Deal. SOMAR Gallery, San Francisco, CA.
1995
Visual AIDS. Space 743, San Francisco, CA.
1995
Thirtieth Anniversary Celebration. Intersection for the Arts, San Francisco, CA.
1994
Commodities and Discards. Haines Gallery, San Francisco, CA.
1994
Holiday Store. New Langton Arts, San Francisco, CA.
1994
Tenth Annual. Berkeley Art Center, Berkeley, CA.
1994
Crocker-Kingsley Annual. Crocker Art Museum, Sacramento, CA.
ArtSeed in Selected Group Exhibitions
2015
Freedom Art Indulgence. Imagine Bus Project Signature Event, SOMArts, San Francisco, CA.
2007
Artists Go Lightly. Juried exhibition benefiting the San Francisco Tenants Union, Temporary Autonomous Museum, San Francisco, CA.
2007
Power in a Global Society. Collaboration organized by World Savvy, Zeum Arts and Technology Museum, San Francisco, CA.
2005
Young Art Lives! ArtSeed Benefit Auction, Giant Killer Robot Studios, San Francisco, CA.
2003
A Dialogue on Paper. Mission Cultural Center, San Francisco, CA.
2000
Tender and Y2K Youth 2000. Southern Exposure, San Francisco, CA.
Selected Awards
2008
AT&T Community Hero Spotlight Award. 92.7 FM broadcast, catered reception, and printed publication.
2007
Teaching Artist Residency. Young Artists at Work, Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, San Francisco, CA.
2006
Teaching Artist Residency. Young Artists at Work, Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, San Francisco, CA.
2003
Artist Residency. Shipyard Trust for the Arts, Bayview Opera House, San Francisco, CA.
2003
Individual Artist Commission, Cultural Equity Grant. San Francisco Arts Commission, San Francisco, CA.
2000
LEF Foundation Grant. In support of ArtSeed’s summer camp and website.
2000
Artist-in-Residence. de Young Museum Artist Studio, San Francisco, CA.
1997
Artist-in-Residence Fellowship. Centrum, Port Townsend, WA.
1995
Commission, Muni Key Stops Project. San Francisco Arts Commission, San Francisco, CA.
1994
LEF Foundation and Zellerbach Family Fund Grants. In support of the (Qu)alms project.
1992–1995
Affiliate Artist. Headlands Center for the Arts, Sausalito, CA.
1987
Artist-in-Residence Fellowship. Djerassi Resident Artists Program, Woodside, CA.
1987
First Award, East End Show. Lawndale Art and Performance Center, Houston, TX.
1984
Commission, 15 paintings for Philip Johnson’s Transco Tower. Transco Energy Company, Houston, TX.
Selected Professional Activities
2014
Guest Lecturer, Art History/Arts Management. Barbara Jaspersen, instructor, University of San Francisco, San Francisco, CA.
2014
Grant-Maker Panelist, Panel 1, Creating Places of Vitality Award. California Arts Council.
2012
Grant-Maker Panelist, Panel 2, Artists in Schools Award. California Arts Council.
2008
Consultant, Senior Field Study Project, Research on Mural Painting. The Bay School of San Francisco, San Francisco, CA.
2007
Guest Speaker. Saratoga Parent Association.
2006
Juror, Bridge Design Competition, Student Impact Project. Engineers for the Arts, San Francisco, CA.
2004
Panelist, The Drawing Room, organized by Lauren Davies. Kala Institute, Berkeley, CA.
2003
Founder, ArtSeed, tax-exempt arts-in-community and youth-leadership nonprofit, San Francisco, CA.
2003
Conceived and organized From Hand to Hand, panel discussion and Flash! performances. The LAB, San Francisco, CA.
2003
Director/Instructor, Conceptual ArtSeed Workshop. Pacific Community Charter School, Point Arena, CA.
2002
Director, Art Is Education workshop. Oakland Museum of California, Oakland, CA.
2002
Juror, Youth Arts Festival Exhibition. Zeum, San Francisco, CA.
2001
Director, ArtSeed Family Day oil painting workshop. San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco, CA.
1999–2000
Artist-in-Residence. de Young Museum Artist Studio, San Francisco, CA.
1999–2000
I Ching Inferno. The LAB, San Francisco, CA.
1999–2000
Instructor, Synergy, SFAEP, Western Addition Beacon Center, San Francisco, CA.
1999–2000
Curator. Studio One, Oakland, CA.
1999–2000
Hills Project Artist-in-Residence.
1992–1993
Guest Lecturer. San Francisco Art Institute, San Jose State University, and Stanford University.
1985
Curated Fresh Roots, First Marks: The Houston School, in conjunction with Barbara Rose’s Fresh Paint, Museum of Fine Arts, Houston. The Drawing Room Gallery, Houston, TX.
Selected Press
2017
“ArtSeed.” Woman Eco Artists Dialog, online magazine, Issue 9.
2015
KALX, Berkeley, and KALW, San Francisco. Radio interviews with Josefa Vaughan, arranged by Sally Douglas Arce, Media Relations & Marketing Communications, April 18.
2013
Jonathan Kuperberg. “Cultivating a Path for Budding Artists.” San Francisco Chronicle, May 19.
2012
Michelle Gienow. “The Tool Kit.” The Chronicle of Philanthropy, May 31.
2012
Thomas Figg. “Enhancing Education by Training in Drawing and Fine Art.” Western Edition, April.
2010
Al Norman. “Josefa Vaughan Shares Her Experience of Art.” Bayview Community Voices, March.
2004
David Buck. “‘The Drawing Room’ at Kala Art Institute.” Artweek, April, Vol. 35, Issue 3.
2003
Meredith Tromble. “Pointed Remarks.” Shipyard Trust for the Arts Newsletter, May.
2001
Christine Jegan. “ArtSeed…Connects Children.” San Francisco Observer, May.
2001
“Times Like These.” Studio Notes, October–December, No. 34. Josefa Vaughan quoted.
1995
Terri Cohn. “Some Collaborations.” Artweek, May.
1994
Diane Roby. “The Stuff of Life.” Artweek, August 18.
1985
Patricia Johnson. “Work from Artists’ Youth Has Some Surprises.” Houston Chronicle, January 28.
1985
Carol Everingham. “Innocence to Experience.” The Houston Post, January 27.
1983
Patricia Johnson. “Josefa Vaughan’s Triple Threat…” Houston Chronicle, May 6.