Light Artist: Melissa Auerbach Schaeffer Title: The Memory of Summer Candlelight Contentment  Series: Biohazardous Series: A Healing Series (Series of 44 different trees, a grove) Photographed 35mm film: Spring 2014 Luxembourg Gardens, Paris France (elm bark) Developed: 2014 Light Waves, San Francisco Printed: 2018 Blue Moon Photography Portland, Oregon Framed: 2019 Underglass, San Francisco,  Frame … read more

My siblings (and I) installed their show In the Church of Saint Anne (Sy Auerbach) and MIRAGE AND MIRROR (Melissa Schaeffer) at Gospel Flat Farm in Bolinas, California yesterday. In the Church of Saint Anne is a series of prints in homage to the patron saint of lace, books, pregnancy, and grandparents. They were made … read more

In MARIN SERIES, eleven photographic film transparencies cast the nature of Marin County as William Shakespeare’s female characters. The series was a collaboration between light artist Melissa Schaeffer and fiber artist John C. Morris, who hand-wrote the exhibit text in calligraphy. The MARIN SERIES exhibit tour was organized by John C. Morris, and traveled to … read more

Hidden Nature: An Interview Melissa Schaeffer: What is the aura of something hidden? John C. Morris: The aura of something hidden…is…at first seems like a paradox because you think of it as visualizing an aura and visualizing something’s aura or someone’s aura. So if it’s hidden it seems like you can’t visualize it…yet…you could also … read more

Melissa Schaeffer, ELIZABETH from MARIN SERIES, Photographed in Lagunitas, CA 2015, Printed 2016, Film Transparency with Douglas Fir Frame and Glass, 24 in. x 16 in., Edition of 10. The Auerbach Artist Colony (AAC) is happy to announce that MARIN SERIES, a collaboration between Melissa Schaeffer and John C. Morris, has been selected to be … read more

We invite you to join us for an August Weekend of Poetry Workshops, Readings, Discussions, Happy Hour, and Tea Time in the garden at the Auerbach Artist Colony on Saturday, August 13th & Sunday, August 14th. Participating Poets: Cameron Awkward-Rich: www.cawkwardrich.com Emily Hunt: http://ehunt.tumblr.com/ Elaine Kahn: http://www.elainekahn.org/ Barbara Jane Reyes: http://www.barbarajanereyes.com/ Kit Schluter: http://kitschluter.com/ Stephanie … read more

The annual Hotbed Art Benefit at the Drever Family’s Giardini del Paradiso Estate in Tiburon, CA energizes what it means to be creative and giving.  It is an extraordinary event that includes artwork in various mediums, a spectacular fashion runway show, auctions, and celebrity emcees, all to benefit chosen nonprofit organizations.  Melissa Schaeffer, an exhibiting … read more

Melissa Schaeffer feels honored to have her artwork, OCEAN from ICELAND SERIES, donated by Charles Auerbach and permanently installed in the outpatient oncology department at MarinHealth Medical Center (formerly Marin General Hospital). The artwork inspired a healing room to be named “Melissa’s Room of Life.” All of this was through the efforts of Rooms That … read more