ACCI Gallery Arts and Crafts Cooperative

Specialties

ACCI Gallery features the original work of California artists and is highly regarded as an established venue for collectors as well as a destination for treasured gifts.

History

Established in 1957.

The Arts & Crafts Cooperative, Inc (ACCI) was started by a small group of artists and craftsmen in the mid-​1950s and was incorporated in 1959. Originally, sales of arts and crafts were held once or twice a year in the University Avenue Coop meeting room. But in 1960, the Shattuck Avenue Cooperative opened and ACCI moved into a nearby building at 1652 Shattuck, a building we still occupy, and, as of 1976, own. It is located in the heart of North Berkeley surrounded by world-​renowned restaurants and high-​end shops.

The handsome brick building, formerly a French laundry, has been extensively remodeled and renovated over the years to provide a functional, well-​lighted space for displaying a wide range of work including ceramics, glass, jewelry, photography, textiles, sculpture, paintings and other fine art.

Originally an all-​volunteer organization, ACCI now has a paid staff that includes a gallery director, assistant to the director, and several part-​time sales and display staff.

Meet the Manager

Lisah H.

Manager

Lisah Horner is the Executive Director or the ACCI Gallery in Berkeley, CA. She joined the gallery as their full-​time ED after serving on the board for three years. She is a former director of Artisans Gallery in Mill Valley and was the founding Executive Director of the Alameda Art Center. She has produced over 100 regional and national juried exhibitions.

Lisah received her degree from Ringling School of Art & Design in Sarasota, FL. Her printmaking has been shown throughout the United States and was featured in the Biennale Internazionale Dell’Arte Contemporanea, in Florence, Italy as well as the Schneider Museum of Art in Ashland, Oregon.

She has been interviewed by Stanford Magazine, as well as radio stations KPFA and KQED, and was featured on NPR’s «All Things Considered.» She has lectured and served on panels for the Berkeley Art Center, the Fairfield Visual Arts Association, the Alameda Public Arts Commission, and RESOLVE.