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Sparks Gallery

4.8 (21 reviews)
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Jocy C.

Sparks Gallery is an art gallery located in Gaslamp Quarter of San Diego. The gallery is focused on contemporary artwork featuring work from local artists in San Diego and Southern California. The gallery itself is housed within the historic Sterling Hardware Building and was awarded the Preservation Award for Adaptive Reuse by "Save Our Heritage Organization" (SOHO). Beautiful gallery! I was introduced here as part of a special event managed and coordinated by Vanguard Culture. The event was called Foodie Intuition: Visual and Culinary Exploration of the Senses. The gallery itself is large and can house a large population of people for events, which was great. As for the artwork, I loved it. I took a few pictures of the ones that I really liked (as of early November 2016)! ENJOY!!

My artwork during the grand reopening exhibition.
Mayra N.

This is the best looking gallery I've been to. I'm so happy to be part of Spark Gallery. Friends, please stop by and check it out when you are strolling down in the Gaslamp, San Diego.

Ethan F.

Located in a historic building, the gallery itself is as much a piece of art as the pieces held within. I really loved the architecture of this gallery with a mix of exposed brick, steel, and wood. Even check out the cool spiral staircase on the back patio. The gallery just opened a sculpture exhibit which I stopped in to see. On display and for sale they had a variety of sculptures produced in various mediums by local artists. The gallery also featured numerous pieces that weren't part of the show including paintings, photography, jewelry, and drawings. If you're in the East Village or Gas Lamp this is a nice foray off the street.

Ceramic artist Cheryl Tall
Jeff D.

One of the best galleries in town. Get on their mailing list to attend opening receptions.

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Thank you for your kind words! We appreciate it!

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Thank you very much for the nice review!

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We held a cocktail reception there, and everything was just wonderful. The Gallery is beautiful! Everyone loved it.

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Thank you for the nice review! We were pleased to host.

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Wonderful ~ Great addition to downtown ! Hope the place sticks around we need gorgeous places that show local artists ~

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