Posts by Melanie Gudim

Our obsession with SF's famed Flora Grubb and her eponymously named Flora Grubb Gardens is well documented. So when we recently got the chance to sit down with Flora for our June 2012 issue, we jumped at the chance. Now, she shares her ideas for letting your green flag fly.

Chef and restaurateur Alice Waters inspired us to think about what is on our plate, and now one of her protégés—store owner Sam Hamilton—is asking us to think about what is on our table with the reincarnation of March, her chic San Francisco shop.

On April 5, the 26 award-winning photographs and numerous honorable mentions go on display at San Francisco's Arthaus Gallery. Get a sneak peek at some of our favorites.

We asked the top art curators in the state to help us pick the 10 California artists who are on the rise. On the panel were Franklin Sirmans (Chief Curator of Contemporary Art, LACMA), Jens Hoffmann (Director, CCA Wattis Institute for Contemporary Arts), Rebecca Morse (Associate Curator, MOCA, LA), Jill Dawsey (Associate Curator, Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego), Eli Ridgway (Owner of Eli Ridgway Gallery in SF), and Craig Nelson (Director of Fine Art Painting, Academy of Art University). Now, find out who made the cut.