The City Arts Gallery in Vallejo will open a special exhibition featuring the work of local artist Roberta Weir and limited edition prints by Grateful Dead musician Jerry Garcia. The show, opening during the Vallejo Art Walk on February 13, highlights Weir's four-decade career in oil painting and Garcia's lesser-known visual art, stemming from their mentorship and friendship that began when Garcia visited Weir's Berkeley gallery in the late 1980s.
The exhibition matters because it illuminates a significant cultural and artistic relationship, revealing Jerry Garcia's development as a visual artist under Weir's guidance. It also serves as a major community event for Vallejo, celebrating a local artist's lifelong work and her unique connection to an iconic figure in American music history, while exploring themes of death, love, and beauty central to Weir's practice.