Startup Projects
Exhibitions &
Events
Upcoming Startup Projects
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August 23 – October 26, 2025
The Shape of Thought: Material and Meaning in Abstraction, Sofie Contemporary Arts, Calistoga, CA
Works by Jamie Bruson, Arminee Chahbazian, Cynthia Sumner, Delbar Azari, Fernando Carnauba, Ray Beldner
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Startup Studio and Art Fair Alumni come together this Fall for a Holiday Art Exhibition and Sale. Exhibiting at the studio of Shelley Heffler, Startup artists will be offering amazing artworks priced at $100, $500, and up to $2000.
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January 16 - 18, 2026
Join Startup Director, Ray Beldner and 10+ other arts professionals for a professional development workshop at the beautiful Willow Pond Retreat in Edna Valley.
Applications for Kipaipai are open now through August 20, 2025
Past Exhibitions, Installations & Events
2025
Facilitated the acquisition of twenty artworks | Withersworldwide LLC, San Francisco, CA
Kipaipai Professional Development Workshop: San Luis Obispo
Kipaipai Professional Development Workshop: Joshua Tree
How Artists Get Paid with Ray Beldner Her Ink Empire podcast, host Justine Almaraz
Ray Beldner: How to Get Your Mojo Back Gen X at Midlife podcast, host Courtney Daniels
2024
LA Art Show, Los Angeles, CA | Works by Silvia Poloto, Emily Maddigan, Ray Beldner, Katherine Filice
The Landscape Reimagined, Maxville Winery, St Helena, CA | Works by Chris Beards, Chandra Cerrito, Arminee Chahbazian, Laura Corallo-Titus, and Nancy Willis.
Kipaipai Professional Development Workshop: San Luis Obispo
Startup Makers Market
Flowers Winery, Healdsburg, CA | Works by Christine Walker, Suzana Stamenovic, Nicole Kelly, Jee Wipperfurth
2023
Mary Mocas: New Works, Andis Wines, Plymouth, CA
Reno Tahoe International Art Show, Reno, NV | Works by Ray Beldner, Emily Maddigan, Michael Cutlip, Rich Lanet, Oleg Lobykin
Ray Beldner: More than Everything, Yorba Winery, Sutter Creek, CA
Shape Shifters, Garvey I Simon Gallery, San Anselmo, CA | Works by Stephanie Beck, Ray Beldner, Joan Grubin, Miriam Hitchcock, Rich Lanet, Carrie Lederer, Kerry Vander Meer, and Valerie Wilcox.
Art and Terroir, Maxville Winery, St Helena, CA | Works by Monica Denevan, Robin Denevan, Tamiko Kawata, Kacper Kowalski, Oleg Lobykin, Michelle Mansour, Mary Mocas, Silvia Poloto, Linda Schmidt, and Paula Valenzuela
Lynda Keeler, Undiscovered Landscapes, Yorba Winery, Sutter Creek, CA
Marjorie Darrow, Nexus, Andis Wines, Plymouth, CA
Monumentally Fragile, College of the Desert, Palm Desert, CA | Installations by Catherine Ruane, David Tomb, Holly Wong
Karii Rürup-Coleman, Natura Naturata, Andis Wines, Plymouth, CA
Dan Lythcott-Haims, Alchemy, Yorba Winery, Sutter Creek California
Fall Exhibition, Yorba Winery, Sutter Creek, CA | Works by Miriam Hitchcock, Carrie Lederer, and Emily Maddigan
Suzana Stamenovic at Yotel, San Francisco, CA Lobby Installation
Ray Beldner at Yotel, San Francisco, CA Lobby Installation
2022
Aqua Art Miami, Miami Beach, FL | Works by Katherine Filice, Arminee Chahbazian, Ray Beldner
Reno Tahoe International Art Show, Reno, NV | Works by Miriam Hitchcock, Carrie Lederer, Ray Beldner, Mary Mocas, Peter Hiers, Emily Maddigan
Joy Broom: History Lessons, Yorba Winery, Sutter Creek, CA
Susan Spies, Wandering Farther Afield, End of Nowhere Wines, Amador City, CA
Ray Beldner: New Collages, Andis Wines, Plymouth, CA
Long May She Wave, Yorba Winery, Sutter Creek, CA | Works by Ray Beldner, Heidi Brueckner, Annie Galvin, Shannon Kaye, Kelsey Newman, Fernando Reyes, Karii Rurup-Coleman, Chris Walsh
Karen Olsen-Dunn at Yotel, San Francisco, CA Lobby Installation
More Than Everything, Upstart Modern, Sausalito, CA | Works by Linden Eller, Miriam Hitchcock, Uma Rani Iyli, Mary Mocas, Anna-Lena Sauer, Annie Seaton, Amanda Triplett
Susan Richardson at Yotel, San Francisco, CA Lobby Installation
Ray Beldner at Yotel, San Francisco, CA Lobby Installation
2020
Five Woman at Jeff King & Co., 884 Geary Street, San Francisco, CA | Works by Melissa Mohammedi, Charlie Milgrim, Silvia Poloto, Karen Olsen-Dunn, and Wendy Akrell.
2019
Untitled Search at Jeff King & Co., 884 Geary Street, San Francisco. CA | Works by Rodney Ewing, Maja Planinac, and Pilar Agüero-Esparza.
Abstract Diversity at Parc 55 Hotel, 55 Cyril Magnin St, San Francisco, CA | Works by Matt Gil, Anastasia Schipani, Robert Howard, Jennifer Kaufman, Ray Beldner, Michelle Mansour, Silvia Poloto, Carol Ladewig, Jeff Long, Barbara Maricle, Susan Richardson, Emanuela Sintamarian, and Susan Spies.
Startup at Loggia at Loggia Showroom, 101 Henry Adams Street, San Francisco, CA | Works by Victoria Heilweil, Steven Hight, Lynda Keeler, and Dan Lythcott-Haims.
