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East Bay art galleries are struggling to maintain their spaces and communities, even while enjoying more global online exposure during the pandemic. ....
This This year’s holiday show at Fourth Street Fine Art is aptly named: “Home Is Where the Art Is.” The collection features works as eclectic as the artists who make up the cooperatively owned studio. Celena Peet’s mixed-media fiber art hangs beside new oil paintings by Prabin Badhia and Valerie Sobel’s abstract acrylic paintings. This holiday season, people are making their spaces more inviting and functional. Fourth Street Fine Art in Berkeley’s “SoU” District is one of many Berkeley businesses providing art and gifts for people acting on their “nesting instinct” and creating that cozy feeling at home. ....