"Since July of this year, the duo of Jeff Heyman and Sharonda Grant (who goes by Westeigh) have operated Frame1A Gallery and Photographic Salon, a tiny one-room space that also spills out into a hallway, just east of downtown Alameda in an old house that's also home to medical and other offices on Central Avenue. It ain't the exactly The Whitney (whitney.org), but it's a start."
"The two photographers met through an exhibit they both had photos in at San Francisco's de Young Museum in 2023 and hit it off.From there they started doing photo workshops together at Alameda's Frank Bette Center for the Arts and realized they both cared about the photo community and how we wanted to make something for people who are not getting their work on the walls, says Frame1A gallery co-owner Heyman."
"Initially, they were considering opening up in Carmel, often referred to as the birthplace of West Coast photography and one of the world's fine art photography meccas where Ansel Adams prints can be had for thousands of dollars. However, the pair's grand plan was derailed after a tour of the area where they both returned feeling the work available was devoted soley to old masterwork."
Jeff Heyman and Sharonda Grant opened Frame1A Gallery and Photographic Salon in July in Alameda. The gallery occupies a tiny one-room space that spills into a hallway in an old house on Central Avenue. The photographers met after exhibiting at San Francisco's de Young Museum in 2023 and then taught workshops together at Alameda's Frank Bette Center for the Arts. They chose Alameda to create an accessible venue for emerging Bay Area photographers after deciding Carmel's gallery scene focused largely on established masterwork. The gallery aims to show local photographers who are not getting their work on walls.
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