& FRIENDS GALLERY is a communal art space.
And Friends Gallery is a collaborative, artist-run, not for profit exhibition space organized by SCANNNERS Archive Incorporated, a 501c3 arts org.
Normal hours in Normal Heights:
Thursday - Sunday (Noon - 6pm)
3133 Adams Ave. 92116
Sattelite gallery on BABS NEWSSTAND:
Monday - Sunday (7am - 4pm)
1955 Julian Avenue
RECENT EVENTS
Marlo Reyes
NEWSSTAND TAKEOVER
Opening Reception: July 11th, 2026 5-8pm
Annnd we’re back!Join us this Saturday, July 11th from 5-8pm for a reception for Marlo Reyes’ NEWSSTAND TAKEOVER.
BAB & Friends PopUp Newsstand
for EXPO Design Market @
MCASD
June 6th & 7th, 2026
The Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego will host its third EXPO Design Market in partnership with Mortis Studio and Kiku Room.
& Friends Gallery will be showing new works by Marlo Reyes & Katja Zimmer along with artist editions and a full spread of Burn All Books.
Katja Zimmer procedure performance Sunday June 7th.
EXPO is a two-day event series built to showcase the best of publishing, design, music, and community within San Diego and its neighboring communities across Southern California at a moment when access to arts funding and cultural spaces is increasingly uncertain.
Saturday, June 6 from 11AM to 7PM
Sunday, June 7 from 11AM to 5PM
(@mortis_studio)
(@kikuroom.sd)
(@mcasandiego)
Flyers by Arzu Ozkal
Josh MacPhee | Paper Politics
Macrh 20th - May 17th, 2026
(!!EXTENDED!!)
Massive exhibition of over 100 Risograph and Screen Prints from the artists personal archive.
Opened March 20th, 2026
Programming:
Political Posters Under Pressure
March 18th, 2026 (5:30-9pm)
Collaborative Screen Printing Workshop
Hosted by Athenaeum Art Center
1955 Julian Ave.
Josh MacPhee Artist Lecture
March 19th, 2026 (5:30-6:45)
Collaboration with Art 104:
Artist and Designers in Real Time
Hosted by San Diego State University
School of Art and Design,
& Professor Claudia Cano
Generous support from SDSU’s
College of Arts and Letters’
Institute for Ethics and Public Affairs
& Professor Dr. Joseph Stramondo
(@jmacphee)
PAST EXHIBITIONS & EVENTS
BAB & Friends @ LAABF w/ Taller California
May 9th & 10th, 2026
Visit us at the mother of them all, Printed Matter’s Los Angeles Art Book Fair, as we table crash and peddle our wares alongside our good friends, Taller California.
(@taller.california.books)
(@printedmatter_artbookfairs)
Phil Geraldi Live, An Album Release
May 1st, 2026
Come celebrate the release ofPhil’s new record, Rural Deceased Undiscovered, a mesmerizing work of ambient passenger seat rattle and hum. Phil Geraldi performs live, supported by the guitar drone and resonance of opener Marguerite Brown.
We’ll have some Not Not Fun, what a treat!
(@chakratopics)
(@margueritebrown1990)
NTS Mix Live Listening Party w/ Matty Terrones
April 19th, 2026
📻 📡
Part of SCANNNERS Creative Programming in Collaboration with friends Make Believe DIY.
(@a_nice_leaf)
(@nts_radio)
Other Places Pamphlet Picnic
February 28th, 2026
OPPP Santa Monica
An art pamphlet picnic in the park
Say that five times fast!
Hosted by Other Places Art Fair
Christine Emerson Reed Park
Santa Monica, CA 90403
Including & Friends: Nick Bernal & Kevin H.
Entitled: One day the Museum of Contemporary Art in La Jolla, California will be cut off from the rest of the world and we will be trapped there.
Night Magic
Photography Exhibition
January 17 - March 8, 2026
Where the ethereal finds us...
A photo art show of light unfolding in the darkest hours, featuring our friends: Murphy Andalon, Cassiel Sanchez, and Joseph Hoang.
Co-Curated by:
Nick Bernal & Philip Brun Del Re
Opened January 17th, 5 - 9 PM
Programming: Night Music
Saturday, February 21st, 7PM
An evening of sound performed live by: Crush 23 Duo, Randy Johnson Kills A Dove, and Casiel Sanchez Reads A Poem.
The only difference between MAGIC and MUSIC is US!
(@a_duck_on_a_lake_)
(@_arc4ngel_)
(@joelar_420)
BABS PopUp Newsstand
w/ Particle FM at MCASD, La Jolla
January 31st, 2026
BABS PopUp NEWSSTAND rides again!
A newsstand as welcome desk for a listening room, featuring local artwork and curated goods.
Contributing artists: Elizabeth Juarez, David Mondragon & Kevin H.
Fabrication and Curation: David Mondragon, Philip Brun Del Re, Nick & Manda Bernal
(@particlefm)
(@mcasandiego)
A newsstand as welcome desk for a listening room, featuring local artwork and curated goods.
Contributing artists: Elizabeth Juarez, David Mondragon & Kevin H.
Fabrication and Curation: David Mondragon, Philip Brun Del Re, Nick & Manda Bernal
(@particlefm)
(@mcasandiego)
Mortis (Studio)
October 31st - December 26th, 2025
Death comes for us all.
Just beyond the gates of hell there’s an art show lit under black light, in a burning house.
Created by:
Taylor Johnson, Carlos Arriero, Erik Carter
With contributing artists: Maxine Alo, Artie Tamayo, Andrew Reyes, Brandon Mosquera
& A Mortis Zine.
(@mortis_studio)
Just beyond the gates of hell there’s an art show lit under black light, in a burning house.
Created by:
Taylor Johnson, Carlos Arriero, Erik Carter
With contributing artists: Maxine Alo, Artie Tamayo, Andrew Reyes, Brandon Mosquera
& A Mortis Zine.
(@mortis_studio)
BABS PopUp Newsstand
At Other Places South
October 25th, 2025
The Inaugural Other Places South
A popup, experimental, outdoor art fair on the grounds of California Center for the Arts Escondido
Curated by our friends at Harvest & Gather
Our piece, BABS PopUp NEWSSTAND
had custom art side panels, curated editions and accoutrements
Contributing artists: David Mondragon, Paloma Mercier, Ruby Dinkins, Ari Bird, Neville Greene, Vince Pokes, Mortis Studio, Gracie Moon, Aaron Demuth
Fabrication and Curation: David Mondragon, Philip Brun Del Re, Nick & Manda Bernal
(@otherplacesartfair)
(@ccaemuseum)
A popup, experimental, outdoor art fair on the grounds of California Center for the Arts Escondido
Curated by our friends at Harvest & Gather
Our piece, BABS PopUp NEWSSTAND
had custom art side panels, curated editions and accoutrements
Contributing artists: David Mondragon, Paloma Mercier, Ruby Dinkins, Ari Bird, Neville Greene, Vince Pokes, Mortis Studio, Gracie Moon, Aaron Demuth
Fabrication and Curation: David Mondragon, Philip Brun Del Re, Nick & Manda Bernal
(@otherplacesartfair)
(@ccaemuseum)
Tote Show
August 8th - October, 2025
Ari Bird | Flower Shop
May 24th - July 18th, 2025
Inspired by the history of BAB’s gallery building (a former flower shop), Ari’s show features large sculptures of discarded objects that once served a pivotal role in ritual or interaction. A rainbow rose boutonniere, missing juice box straw, crumpled plastic thank you bag — trash that’s significant when given space and attention.
A self-taught sculptor, Ari transforms accessible materials into playful oversized installations, exploring how we use objects (whether picked from nature or the dollar store) to self-soothe, self-identify, tell stories, and create connection.
While painting the giant, repetitive text ‘thank you’ multiple times in a row, it definitely became a sort of ritual of gratitude. This body of work is about the ways we extract from nature to engage in human ritual…. The bag just looks like it’s right where it belongs/trash when outside, you can’t really see the scale.
- Ari Bird
Programming:
International Sticker Club Meeting, July 18, 2025
A self-taught sculptor, Ari transforms accessible materials into playful oversized installations, exploring how we use objects (whether picked from nature or the dollar store) to self-soothe, self-identify, tell stories, and create connection.
While painting the giant, repetitive text ‘thank you’ multiple times in a row, it definitely became a sort of ritual of gratitude. This body of work is about the ways we extract from nature to engage in human ritual…. The bag just looks like it’s right where it belongs/trash when outside, you can’t really see the scale.
- Ari Bird
Programming:
International Sticker Club Meeting, July 18, 2025
BAB’s First Annual Postcard Show
April 4th - May 11th, 2025
BAB’s First Annual Postcard Show features over 200 postcards from our friends, a postcard-making and postcard-sending station, and a special installation highlighting the work of artists currently incarcerated at four different California facilities, organized by Project PAINT, a nonprofit dedicated to arts education in corrections.
Untitled Group Show (curated by Jhett King)
January 17th - March 16th, 2025
Artists included:
@aleximissyou, @bperelson, @bytatymalinjan, @biggesthug96, @dualincomenokidswithadog, @_chump, @headinmyhand, @honeylemontrans, @jhettk, @joegarlic69, @knotdavis, @koricallu, @l4.nc.3, @maddog.diy, @palomamercier, @jack.page, @jayer.eese, @ik.a.rt, @presleystonerock, @terrorism______, @user_3129261184poop, @violent_bones, @walkerhewitt
@aleximissyou, @bperelson, @bytatymalinjan, @biggesthug96, @dualincomenokidswithadog, @_chump, @headinmyhand, @honeylemontrans, @jhettk, @joegarlic69, @knotdavis, @koricallu, @l4.nc.3, @maddog.diy, @palomamercier, @jack.page, @jayer.eese, @ik.a.rt, @presleystonerock, @terrorism______, @user_3129261184poop, @violent_bones, @walkerhewitt
Please Arrive Kindly
December 29th, 2024 - January 12th, 2025
The inaugural gallery exhibition and a retrospective of the Burn All Books loose-leaf monthly mail art zine. This show opened with in-person readings from contributors of Mail Mag on December 29th at Mail Mag Live!
From the wall text, written by Nick Bernal:
“Late 2019 our San Diego risograph press Burn All Books was provided a word of advice from Bay Area bookshop Wolfman Books, “Start a subscription model. People want to support what you do.” Well, what do we do? We certainly don’t do subscription services. Instead, what we tend to do is print artwork and zines constantly and as cheaply as possible. But it intrigued us, and we wondered, well, what if every month we sent out zine-like things by mail? Zine history is rooted in trades through the postal service, and before a whole generation of commercial magazines died on the racks they also flourished in mailboxes. History’s Italian Futurists, Neo-Dadaists, and outsider artists utilized the mail to bypass gatekeepers and gallerists though Correspondence Art. So yeah, a monthly mail subscription to our small press became something curious to us.
We dove into it.
What started as a broadside newsletter evolved around 2023 into a multi-contributor project.
Every decision made was based on the questions:
-How do we widen our community?
-How do we make stuff faster and cheaper?
-How do we make an ongoing project sustainable?
We created answers through experimentation:
-Let’s embrace mistakes. We will stand by whatever outcome.
-No binding. Everything comes loose in the envelope.
-This must be very fun for us, since this is a lot of work.”
Thank you to the William Male Foundation for their support and to Paloma Mercier, Philip Brun Del Re, Ruby Dinkins, & Galia Shakked for their work on this exhibition.
Programming:
Mail Mail Live!, December 29, 2024