Sage Sisters

Alicia McCarthy and Ruby Neri at UC Berkeley Art Museum

- Kristin Farr

For art kids who grew up in the Bay Area and beyond, Ruby Neri and Alicia McCarthy are folk heroes. San Francisco’s lauded Mission School era is expansive but characterized by a few golden individuals, including these two dynamic artists. This critical movement born in the late ’90s was a magical, incomparable time, and its influence continues to thrive worldwide.