Page 70 - Sonoma County Gazette March 2017

The Art
of Sherrie
Lovler
Call To Artists:
Mar 7 ~ Call for Literary Works ~ The Art of Gastronomy II - The Healdsburg Center for the Arts, For Show date: March 18, 2017. Art of Gastronomy II celebrates the bounty of Sonoma County food and its wine industry in the context of art healdsburgcenterforthearts.org/ artist-opportunities/calls-for-artist/
Mar 14 ~ Call to Artists! The Spring Equinox: When Day and Night Are Equal. Sonoma County artists only, will include all media. Take in from 1:30 to 7:30 PM at Occidental Center for the Arts 3850 Doris Murphy Ct, Occidental,. We do not allow online submissions.
Mar 29 ~ Call for Entries "60+, Creative expression by artists 60 and over" - Bring Work: 2-6 pm. Size restrictions apply! Read instructions on website www.sebarts.org, "calls for entry" Salon style. First come, first served. Sebastopol Center for the Arts 282 S High Street, Sebastopol Show is: Mar 31-Apr 16
Mar 31 Deadline - $500 prize
for Sonoma County Graphic
is seeking graphic designs for markers to be glued to sidewalks along the Sebastopol Ped Line, the city’s self- guided, color-coded walking tour. Deadline is March 31. Artist must live in Sonoma County. application at www. cittaslowsebastopol.org/artists. Email info@cittaslowsebastopol.org.
This annual event showcases California artists displaying and selling their creations, green businesses and environmental organizations with services and products that promote a natural lifestyle in balance with the planet. This festival is a benefit for LandPaths. The juried festival includes $1,500 in award prizes. Artwork Delivery: April 29, 2017 at 8:30a, art show
11 – 4p. All Artists must be present throughout the festival. Montgomery Village, 911 Village Court, Santa Rosa. info & Prospectus: artrep@sonic.net
Apr 21 Deadline: Call for artists ~ GRO Artist Fellowships - Artists 21 to 35 are invited to apply for a GRO Fellowship for 2017-18. Fellowships include a solo exhibition and group exhibition opportunities. Pick up a prospectus at Gallery Route One or apply online: galleryrouteone.org/call-to-artists
Sebastopol Center for
the Arts - 282 S. High Street, Sebastopol 707-829-4797 info@sebarts. orgGallery Hours: Tuesday - Friday 10am - 4pm / Saturday & Sunday 1 - 4pm
By Jim Kelley
The search for visual art
mixed with poetry has long been a quest of those blessed by a talent in both. Since each pulls inferences from the mind, they are related somehow, but the marriage of the two is rarely attempted and less frequently seen.
thru Mar 26 Current exhibitions:
“I write the poems and read them aloud while I’m painting and release my art to inspiration,” she told me during a recent interview.
Main Gallery: "Reflections & Shadows" Gallery II “BIRDS:
Gallery III “Calligraphic
On February 17, Sherrie
read her poems in a one-
person presentation of art
intersecting poetry at the
Sebastopol Center of the
Arts. The title of the show,
Caught in Time, re ected
how our lives are interwoven
in the time and place in which
we live. In her painting by the same name, waves of calligraphic lines hold circles and circumstances in the ow of time. It was inspired by Sherrie’s poem about her friend’s mother who survived the holocaust and recently passed away with her children, grandchildren and great grandchildren by her side.
We are always updating our calendar - please send your announcements to vesta@sonic.net
On March 14, 2017, 7-8:30pm, Sherrie will read her poems in a one-person presentation of art intersecting poetry at the Sebastopol Center for the Arts. Her work will remain through March 26th.
Book of Art Available ~ The Artists of Becoming Independent: A Photographic Portrait Series by Christian Peacock. This new, beautiful 53 page catalog, highlighting the 29 artists in our Santa Rosa Professional Arts program, is now available to purchase. Includes artist biographies! becomingindependent. org/
Mar 2 - Mar 28 ~ Dedicated, Sebastopol Library Art Exhibit “The Button Ladies”; painter, furniture maker and assemblage artist Chris Cheek; and puppet maker Frank Gonzales. These artists use re-purposed materials Public reception Wed Mar 8, 6-8p. Artist Frank Gonzales will be leading a brown bag puppet making workshop on Mar 11, 1:30-3:30p. Sebastopol Regional Library, 7140 Bodega Avenue, Sebastopol. sonomalibrary.org
Mar 3 ~ Guerneville - 1st Friday Art Walk - A year-round monthly art walk 3 to 8 pm and beyond! Artist receptions, rotating exhibits, live music. Downtown Guerneville - Main Street
ART cont’d on page 71
Sherrie’s painting, “Lost At Sea,” is in memory of the refugees and migrants who recently died crossing the Mediterranean in their quest for a better life. To balance the feeling of being “caught” there is “Time and Space,” a painting using an underlying structure of overlapping circles to create spheres in space; and a large paper weaving called “Unraveling.” Other paintings include “Love and Hope,” “Into the Light” and “Universal Storm,” responding to the current political environment. Sherrie’s poems accompany several of the paintings.
Apr 11~ Day on the Green at the Village
Her abstract paintings have been shown in solo exhibitions and many juried and group shows. Her newest book, On Softer Ground: Paintings, Poems and Calligraphy, won a Gold Award for Most Outstanding Book Design of the Year for 2016 from Independent Publishers IPPY Awards.
Feelings uttered inside when I saw Sherrie painting, Universal Storm, evoking rain-soaked memories of Vietnam. Perhaps I was deluding myself, I thought, until I read her poem, Beauty.
Artists Cittaslow Sebastopol
Shows/Galleries:
In John Gardner’s Art of Fiction he writes, “...art does not imitate reality (hold the mirror up to nature), but creates a new reality. This reality may be apposite to the reality we walk through every day—streets and houses, mailmen, trees—and may trigger thoughts and feelings in the same way a newly discovered thing of nature might do – a captured Big Foot or Loch Ness monster – but it is essentially itself, not the mirror re ection of something familiar.”
I’ve long believed poetry should question and art inspire. In Sherrie’s case, poetry inspires and her poetry also seems to act as a muse. The result is a blending of talents resulting in a suspension of time and place. Like a great novel, Sherrie Lovler’s art and poetry capture any fortunate viewer in her dreams
Sherrie Lovler’s work can be seen at www.artandpoetry.com. 70 - www.sonomacountygazette.com - 3/17
“Marinate” offers full flavor of art at Cloverdale Arts Alliance Gallery
...Morning walks in the fog a baby’s smile
the rst petals of spring jasmine.
A glorious sunset...