Page 66 - Sonoma County Gazette December 2017

Art Classes
Dec 6 & 20 ~ Winds of Heaven: the Story and Vision of Emily Carr, West Coast Canadian Artist. These two sessions continue our exploration of Canadian art, this time heading to the Pacific coast of British Columbia and the late Victorian world of Emily Carr (1871-1945). $7 non- members, Cloverdale Arts Alliance, 204 N. Cloverdale Blvd, Cloverdale, 707-894-4410, cloverdaleartsalliance. org/discovering-art/
Every Thur. ~ Figure Drawing by Bill Wheeler - Occidental Center for the Arts. Live models, 5- to 20-minute poses. All experience & skill levels welcome. Bring your own drawing or watercolor materials. Payment accepted at the door, cash or check only. No minimum requirement of classes. $15 at the door, Occidental Center for the Arts, 3850
Doris Murphy Court, Occidental, 707- 874-9392, occidentalcenterforthearts. org, info@occidentalcenterforthearts.org
Call to Artists
Thru - Dec 1 ~ Call for Artists: Let Them Eat Cake! - Gualala Arts Center - A fun, edible art competition! Turn in entry form by: 12/1/2017- Deliver artwork: 12/1/2017 2-4 p Opening reception: 12/1; 5-7 Pick up artwork: 12/1; 7:30p. New this year! No registration fee, Gualala Arts Center, 46501 Old State Hwy, Gualala, 707-884-1138, gualalaarts.org
Thru - Dec 31 ~ Finley Community Center Call to Artists - Let Your Talent Shine with the National Arts Program. All ages invited. Up to 200 entries will be exhibited at Finley Community Center in early 2018. 707-543-4512, Tara Thompson, tthompson@srcity.org
Thru Jan 8 ~ Call For Artists: National Arts Program Exhibition And Competition - The City of Santa Rosa Recreation & Parks, in conjunction with the National Arts Program provides local artists of all ages with a forum to showcase their artistic accomplishments and encourages
artistic growth through scholarships and awards. Go to www.srcity.org/ arts. Finley Community Center, 2060 W. College Ave, Santa Rosa, 707-543- 4674, Jessica Rasmussen, srcity.org/arts
Thru - Dec 11 ~ Sebastopol Center for the Arts, Year of the Dog - Call for entries. 2018 is the Chinese Year of the Dog, a great inspiration for a woofing show. $15 Entry Fee, Sebastopol Center for the Arts, 282 South High Street, Sebastopol, 707-829-4797, sebarts.org/
New Shows
Creatures Big and Small, showing at the Sebastopol Gallery through Jan 27.
Nov 27-Jan 27 ~ Creatures Big
is highlighting the work of member artists each month in the windows as part of the gallery’s 10-year anniversary celebration; in Dec, Jeremy Joan Hewes shows in the north window. The gallery’s south window displays work by featured artists. From November 27th, the south window will display featured artists Jeff Watts and Rebeca Trevino. Meet Jeff and Rebeca at the reception for their exhibit on Saturday, December 9,from 4-6 p.m. Open daily 11-6p, 150 N Main St., Sebastopol, sebastopol-gallery.com
Dec 2 - Jan 31 ~ Hammerfriar Gallery. 428 Collective returns for another showing in their home-base. Tues-Fri; 10-6p, Sat; 10-5p, Hammerfriar Gallery, 132 Mill St, Ste 101, Healdsburg, 707- 473-9600, Jill Plamann, hammerfriar. com, jill@hammerfriar.com
Dec 8 - 30 ~ Small Work, Big Deal - Annual Members Show This is our annual celebration of the talented community of artists who are members of the art center. The subjects, mediums and techniques are as diverse and enjoyable as our membership. Opening reception Dec. 8, 6 to 7:30p, Sebastopol Center for the Arts, 282 S. High St., Sebastopol
- Holiday Art Show Open House - Annual holiday art show features beautiful small works of art by local artists. Free, 2-4p, Journey Center, 1601 Fourth St, Santa Rosa, 707-578-2121, Christopher Huber, christopher@journeycenter.org
Dec 13 - Jan 24 ~ The Mystery and Beauty of Ice - An exhibit of the ten-year quest of photographers Stanford Rose and Leslie Curchack for striking images of ice under different conditions in the frozen stream beds of the NE Sierras. 7:30-3p every day except Wed. Tea Room Cafe, 316 Western Ave, Petaluma, 707-765-0199
Year Round Shows
Dec 1 ~ 1st Friday Art Walk Guerneville The HeART of the Russian River. Featuring
Lindsay Goldberg A year-round monthly art walk artist receptions, rotating art exhibits, music, food & wine pairings. Art galleries, open studios, merchants open til 8p. Russian River Art Gallery, 16357 Main St, Guerneville, 707-869-9099
Dec 9 ~ 2nd Sat Petaluma Art Walk - Painting demos, jewelry specials, live entertainment, refreshments, great art. 4-7p, Downtown Petaluma, 707-773- 3393, Linda, petalumadowntown.com
Downtown Santa Rosa art galleries and studios are open for the monthly First Friday event. Participating galleries include The Art Trails Gallery at Corricks, Annex Gallery, Chroma Gallery, Christie Marks Gallery, Studios at 312 S. A and Backstreet Studios. Free musical entertainment in the garden behind Chroma Gallery. 5p, Santa Rosa
Dec 9 ~ Healdsburg Art Walk - Music, art, food, wine. 5-8p, Downtown Healdsburg, 707-433-6935, healdsburg.com
Open studios for the public to view artistic or creative work. The Open Studio is intended to foster creativity and encourage experimentation in an atmosphere of cultural exchange, conversation, encouragement, and freedom of expression; 5-8p, Fulton Crossing, 1200 River Rd., Fulton,
707-536-3305,
VISUAL ARTS cont’d on page 67
By Steve Fowler
Marylu Downing is one of Sonoma
Marylu describes her in uences as the
post-impressionists, like Matisse, Picasso,
Mary Cassat and Chagall. She likes the ying around of people, things and animals. “I started with fabrics” she says. “I liked the textures. So for 20 years, I’ve been adding colored stones, cardboard and wire to my paintings.”
- Pacific Ocean coastal scenes by palette knife in oil. Wed-Sun 10am- 5pm. Mon & Tues by appointment. Pacific Bay Gallery, 1785 Coast Hwy 1, Bodega Bay, PacificBayGallery.com
Somehow, Marylu nds time to do copious amounts of volunteer work. She supports the Santa Rosa Youth Symphony, Art for Life and Art From the Heart at Sonoma State University. She has been involved in Occidental Center for the Arts almost from its beginnings when there wasn’t even a building. Originally a Board Member who helped mold the vision for OCA, Marylu is now on the Advisory Board. She has been in uential in bringing Alexandra Hart’s fabric art to the gallery, as well as Joan Marler’s photographs of Goddess gures and the landscape paintings of Bill Wheeler, Jack Stuppin, Tony King and Adam Wolpert, and bringing in the art of past and present students at Harmony and Salmon Creek School.
Dec 1 ~ Let Them Eat Cake! Gualala Arts Center - A fun, edible art competition. This year’s theme is “A Night at the Movies.” The cakes will be will be on view from 5-6p. At 6p, the artists will cut cakes and attendees at the Gualala Salon and Salon des Refuses’ and Let Them Eat Cake! will get to eat the cake and wash it down with free champagne. 5p Gualala Arts Center, 46501 Old State Hwy, Gualala, 707-884-1138, gualalaarts.org
Dec 2 & 3 ~ Basement Art Sale - 50% off sale on Mardi Storm and Peggy Miller’s art. Paintings, photo assemblage, small sculpture. 10% of the proceeds will go to help artists who lost their studios in the fire. 12-4 Sat & Sun, 536 S Main St, Sebastopol Contact 707-872- 5577, www.mardistorm.com & www. peggy-millar-art.com FREE, 536 South Main St, Sebastopol, 707-872-5577
Dec 15 ~ Open Studio at Fulton Crossing
Marylu Downing was a juror for the current exhibit at the Occidental Center for the Arts Galery called “The River” which runs through january 14, 2018. Visit Occidentalcenterforthearts.org/ gallery for information. The OCA Gallery is open Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays from 11am
to 4 pm, and during Occidental Center for the Arts events or by appointment, at 3850 Doris Murphy Ct, Occidental (707) 874-9392
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and Small Sebastopol Gallery
Dec 1-31 ~ Ken John Gallery Showing
Dec 9 ~ Wonderful Gifts in Small Packages
Sketch of an Artist
County’s best known painters, and with good reason: Her work has appeared on book covers, posters, cd’s, tee shirts and hangs in hundreds of homes here and worldwide. Her paintings are instantly recognizable in group shows or hanging in the Graton Gallery, where she is a founding member. Marylu describes her style as “mixed media narrative”. She may start with gures of women, animals, owers, domestic scenes, but then adds what she calls “glyphs” These are highly personal symbols that give a magical resonance to the scene. “It’s fun to create your own world”, says Marylu. Her “world” is positive, playful, full of whimsy and self-con dence. Her inspiration is apparently bottomless. She has been painting for decades and still goes to her studio at the Graton Atelier three days a week to paint for 5 or 6 hours.
Dec 1 ~ 1st Friday Art Walk, Santa Rosa