Page 70 - Sonoma County Gazette - August 2017

Call to Artists
thru Aug 22 ~ 3rd Annual “Anything Goes” Graton Gallery accepting entries. Open to all artists, all media. Graton Gallery, 9048 Graton Rd, Graton, 707- 829-8912, gratongallery.net/
thru Sep 1 ~ Art in the Park - Visual fine art or crafts submit applications to Petaluma Arts Association. 707-364- 5838, Maria Lewis, petalumaarts.org,
Ongoing Shows
Michelle Hoting, a jewelry artist who incorporates metalsmithing and lapidary (stone cutting) techniques utilizing silver, copper, stone, flora and antique finds. “When I work with these materials I’m interested in how to integrate the natural world into a wearable piece of art; creating a marriage of form and function. I work alongside Mother Nature to create natural, wearable jewelry sculptures.” - michellehoting.com
Lucy Martin paints in gouache and watercolor, with colored pencil. Lucy hopes to convey her deep love for nature, especially for what is often overlooked: those small, unexpected and delightful things we can discover when we look closely. lucymartinart.com
Rebeca Trevino “As an assemblage artist, I often feel true empathy for things that are damaged or thrown away. I see potential in things that are broken, and find beauty in rust and corrosion. When objects are old they become interesting art materials to me. My art allows me to create small worlds, where I can tell tall tales, and evoke humor and stir emotions. These “unwritten stories” reveal themselves with the easiness of a nursery rhyme, or the simplicity of humorous twist .rebecatrevino.blogspot.com
Teri Sloat “I am suspended while working. Whether it is folk art or nature or landscape, my goal is to share that same feeling and add space for the viewer to tell their own story. A palette of colors, a composition that invites you into the painting, the feeling of light hitting you from the objects or land or water are all something that speak to me. I have been told that my folk art is ‘a door to walk through into a story”. terisloatfineart.com
Susan St. Thomas “I love the theme for your article. It brings to mind one of my current themes in painting - a series of “celestial abstracts” inspired by nebulae and galaxies photographed by the Hubble telescope. Since I have been a consulting astrologer most of my adult years and a lifelong stargazer, I think in terms of time and space as the earth turns, moves along its orbit around the sun and, deeper into space, the millions of light years between galaxies. It’s mind boggling actually and frees up my creativity from the linear world of landscape and logic. susanstthomasart.com
Member Artists: Chris Boyd, Robert Breyer, Jim Cyb, Jeremy Hewes, Michelle Hoting, Bert Kaplan, Kalia Kliban, Joann Lustig, Lucy Martin, Paula Matzinger, James Reynolds, Teri Sloat, Susan St Thomas, Rebeca Trevino and Jeff Watts. Open Daily 11 to 6, 707.829.7200
For the ful text of Jim’s aticle, and images of these artists work, please visit SonomaCountyGazette.com and the artists websites listed above.
Aug 4 ~ 1st Friday Art Walk 5p. Downtown Santa Rosa
Aug 5 ~ 1st Sat ~ Art in Action - Artisans Co-Op -Bodega 11-5. 17175 Bodega Hwy, Bodega, 707-876-9830, artisansco- op.com
Aug 12 ~ Healdsburg Art Walk 5:-8p, Downtown Healdsburg, 707-433-6935, healdsburg.com
Aug 12 ~ Petaluma Art Walk 4-7p, Downtown Petaluma, 707-773-3393, petalumadowntown.com
Aug 18 ~ Open Studio at Fulton Crossing 5 - 8p, 1200 River Rd.,Fulton, fultoncrossing.com/
Art Classes
Sebastopol Gallery, 150 N. Main St, Sebastopol
Aug 3 ~ Drop-in Figure Drawing Class
$15 Occidental Center for the Arts, 3850 Doris Murphy Ct., 707-874-9392, Bill Wheeler, wwheels61@hotmail.com
sebastopol-gallery.com
thru Oct 1 ~ Albert Paley - Thresholds
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VISUAL ARTS cont’d on page 71
10 Years with Exceptional Artists
By Jim Kelly
On July 15, the prestigious Sebastopol Gallery celebrated their 10th
Anniversary with savory hors d’oeuvres and creative conversation. I asked a sampling of talent, “How do you elevate your work from craft to fine art?”
Continuing Shows
thru Aug 10 ~ Faces of SRJC - Photography Exhibit Free, $4.00 parking, Mahoney Library Gallery - Petaluma Campus, 680 Sonoma Mountain Parkway, Petaluma
thru Aug 12 ~ Photographs by Sara Downing, Hidden in Plain Sight “What is worthy of your attention? The answer is Hidden in Plain Sight.” 6790 McKinley Street Suite 180, Sebastopol, reframehairgallery.com/gallery/
thru Aug 12 ~ Ray Jacobsen Paintings Landscape painter depicting hills, valleys and coastline of Sonoma County. Calabi Gallery, 456 10th St, Santa Rosa, 707-781-7070, calabigallery.com/
thru Aug 16 ~ Beneath the Sea Ice - Paintings from Antarctica - Lily Simonson Hammerfriar Gallery, 132 Mill Street, Suite 101, Healdsburg, 707- 473-9600, hammerfriar.com/
thru Aug 20 ~ Stormy Weather - Resist paintings of Mylette Welch and the sculptures of the late Richard Benbrook. Graton Gallery, 9048 Graton R., Graton, 707-829-8912, gratongallery.net/
thru Aug 25 ~ Fauna: Paintings and Mosaics Free, Laguna Environmental Center, Heron Hall, 900 Sanford Road, Santa rosa, 707-527-9277, lagunadesantarosa.org/learning_art- exhibits.html,
thru Aug 27 ~ Eye Fruit - The Art of Franklin Williams - Pattern and Decoration, and Gaudy Art. Adults $10, Art Museum of Sonoma Cty, 425 Seventh St, Santa Rosa, 707-579-1500, museumsc. org/exhibits/art-museum.aspx
thru Aug 31 ~ Teri Sloat and Stacey Schuett - displayed in the north window. Open Daily 11-6p, Sebastopol Gallery, 150 North Main St., Sebastopol, 707-829- 7200, sebastopol-gallery.com/
thru Sep 2 ~ Photography by Cheryl Traendly & Gini Fenley Sebastopol Senior Center 167 N. High St. 707-829- 2440, sebastopolseniorcenter.org
thru Sep 3 ~ Fiber Art VIII International Biennial Fiber Arts Exhibition - Innovative and traditional fiber art work. Sebastopol Center for the Arts, 282 South High St, Sebastopol, sebarts. org/index.php
thru Sep 3 ~ Henry White at Riverfront Art Gallery - paintings, prints and cards 132 Petaluma Blvd, Petaluma, 707- 775-4278, riverfrontartgallery.com/
thru Sep 17 ~ Stories Through Photography - Healdsburg Center for the Arts, 130 Plaza St, Healdsburg, healdsburgcenterforthearts.org/stories/,
thru Sep 17 ~ Words Matter - Wosene Worke Kosrof - Work is about language, and is language. Paul Mahder Gallery, 222 Healdsburg Ave, Healdsburg, 707- 433-6161, Colleen Carmichael
Jeff Watts, an artist living in Forestville, considers all his paintings to be portraits. “I’m inspired by the techniques of the old masters and like to take advantage of the movement of the paint and the visible brush marks. While I strive for a sense of realism in my work, I always want the viewer to know they are looking at a painting.” - nogoathill.com
Paula Matzinger, artist, poet, essayist, singer/songwriter, musician, wife and mother... “When I paint, I often fall into what I call, ‘the zone.’ I’m the paintbrush, the paint, the eyes that see color in a landscape. I’m the accidental compliment of colors that pop an image out, or the combining of colors that creates an unexpected new one. I’m the memory of standing on that beach
in cold dark sand, and noticing a long, thin strip of turquoise light peaking between ocean and fog.” - paulamatzinger.com
Aug 4~1st Friday Art Walk Guerneville
16357 Main St. 5 – 8p,
American modernist metal sculptor. $10. / Wed. - Sun. 11-5p, Sonoma Valley Museum of Art, 551 Broadway, Sonoma