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November 13, 2023
The Hayward People’s Budget: Sun Gallery Community Makerspace
City of Hayward
August 26, 2025
Sun Gallery readies for 12th Climate Change exhibit
Tri-City Voice
THEME ‘LOVE THY NEIGHBOR’ FOCUSES ON CLIMATE REFUGEES
by Dorsi Diaz, Sun Gallery
The Sun Gallery proudly presents its 12th Annual Exhibit on Climate Change and the Environment: “Our Shared Humanity; Love Thy Neighbor.” The show opens on Friday, Aug. 29, and will run through Friday, Oct. 17.
Curator Dorsi Diaz notes that the word “contrast” is an accurate descriptor when viewing the show. Not only are there deep and thoughtful pieces, but in the same space are equally as many irreverent and fun pieces that bring on the glee!
July 22, 2025
Andrew Kong Knight exhibit concludes
Tri-City Voice
CELEBRATION OF LOCAL MURALIST AND MUSICIAN WRAPS UP FINAL WEEK IN JULY
by Dorsi Diaz, Sun Gallery
“Three Dreams of a Lifetime” will be the last chance to see the largest collection of artwork ever displayed of award-winning Bay Area artist, muralist and musician Andrew Kong Knight. The exhibition includes over 70 of Knight’s powerful multimedia artworks from five decades of his life. Knight’s lifetime pursuit of art, music and love is one of the main recurring themes in his drawings, paintings and life-sized kinetic sculpture installations.
April 22, 2025
Lit Hop supports writers and highlights Hayward’s downtown
Tri-City Voice
READINGS AT LOCAL VENUES SHOW DIVERSITY OF WRITING SCENE
by Stephanie Echida, Tri-City Voice
April 26 is Independent Bookstore Day, and in Hayward there is no better day to honor all readers, writers and poets. The 2025 Hayward Lit Hop starts with performances at Heritage Plaza, across from the Downtown Hayward Public Library, then transitions into a tour of Hayward’s favorite downtown venues where different local writers groups will take turns reading their original work. The day always concludes with an afterparty, and this year it will take place at Sun Gallery with music, food and drinks.
March 11, 2025
Show celebrates 60 years of Sun Gallery and Andrew Kong Knight
Tri-City Voice
SUN AND KNIGHT AT 60’ LOOKS AT THE LOCAL ARTIST’S WORK THROUGH THE DECADES
by Dorsi Diaz, Sun Gallery
The 60th anniversary of the Sun Gallery presents Hayward’s award-winning artist, muralist and musician, Andrew Kong Knight, and his 60th trip around the sun.
Knight will display his original drawings, paintings and sculptures from all six decades of his life. From his early Kindergarten crayon drawings, to his zen-style brush paintings of his romantic series titled, “The sun and moon.”