Achenbach Graphic Arts Council

03/10/2026

We loved our curator tour of Drawn to Venice with Furio Rinaldi in Gallery 22 at the Legion of Honor. Don’t miss this show on through August in conversation with Monet and Venice at the deYoung. Legion of Honor Museum

02/27/2026

Don’t miss this Achenbach exhibition in conversation with Monet and Venice, March 21-July 26, 2026

This exhibition celebrates art in Venice through more than 30 drawings from the Renaissance to the Rococo period.

02/27/2026

Members of the AGAC are invited to join our curator led trip to Boston in August for a behind the scenes look at art photography. Not a member? Contact the Achenbach at the museum and join today. Be sure to ask about the Boston trip and other great art events on the 2026 calendar.

10/28/2025

AGAC members were treated to a walk through of Boom and Bust with FAMSF assistant curator of photography, Sally Martin Katz. In her sampling, she deftly blends a survey of photography of Northern California from the earliest gold rush images to the ravages of earthquakes and fires and the burgeoning tech age of the early 2000’s.



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07/06/2025

Congratulations to Micah Ruiz, owner of Orion Custom Framing, on becoming Chair of the Achenbach Graphic Arts Council (AGAC). Micah has served on the board as chair of the social media committee improving our marketing and outreach for member art programs, talks and tours. Stay tuned for an exciting year of special exhibitions including Photographing Northern California’s Boom and Bust curated by Sally Martin Katz who will present a closer look in a talk August 1 at the Legion of Honor. Thank you Micah for stepping up to support the works on paper curatorial department.

06/02/2025

Artist and writer and longtime AGAC member Herlinde Spahr hosted us at her fascinating home and art studio in East Bay. Chair Luanne Andreotti and Vice Chair/Programs Chair Xin Sun savored lunch and a walk through of Herlinde’s extraordinary works on paper and on Formica produced over several decades. We thank her for the opportunity.

05/24/2025

AGAC members were treated to a tour of the beautifully organized Printing in Color exhibit led by curator of prints and drawings, Natalia Laurincella. Be sure to check it out in the Achenbach gallery neft tome you visit the Legion of Honor Museum. Among the works is a striking Thiebaud of lushly colored cans of paint. Plus a gathering of excellent examples of the vast Achenbach collection of works on paper through the ages.

12/25/2024

Merry Christmas and happy Chanukah to our wonderful Achenbach members and friends. Stay warm and remember winter is a wonderful time to visit our museums and ongoing exhibitions celebrating works on paper.

11/30/2024

Learn more about Cassatt’s foray into printmaking on a public or private docent tour of Mary Cassatt at Work. Her drypoint etching of The Bath was influenced by Japanese woodcuts and she produced 17 iterations using three hand colored copper plates before arriving at the final print.

11/30/2024

Wonderful parties celebrating the Legion 100 with AFGA chief curator Furio Rinaldi and the Mary Cassatt at Work show with AFGA curator of prints and drawings, Natalia Laurincella (far left) with group.

11/19/2024

Delightful docent walk through of the exhibition Dress Rehearsal: The Art of Theater Design with AFGA curator Natalia Laurincella. See the remarkable hand painted prints in Gallery 22 and Logan Gallery through May 11, 2025.