This time of year, there are holiday arts, crafts and gift fairs everywhere. And then there's the Wooden Toy Show. The Mendocino Coast Furniture Makers’ third annual exhibit features puzzles, games, pull toys and rocking horses, all made of wood, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. daily Dec. 1-31 at the [...]
“Down the Rabbit Hole,” an exhibit of more than 40 new works by Sebastopol artist and graphic designer Ricky Watts, opens with a reception from 6 to 9 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 5, at Buddha's Palm Gallery, 313 N. Main St., Sebastopol. “Over the last seven months, I’ve been creating a [...]
If you feel sometimes that the modern world is driving you to distraction, perhaps you ought to try driving yourself to abstraction as an antidote. Drive down to the Sonoma State Unversity Art Gallery on campus in Rohnert Park to see "Absence/Presence: Contemporary Abstraction," the new exhibit opening Thursday, Nov. [...]
Art collector Richard Ragan welcomes the public to his new Ragan Gallery in Healdsburg with a reception from 5 to 8 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 8. The gallery, located at 210 Healdsburg Ave., features artifacts from Ragan’s extensive collection of 20th-century art, sculpture, antique carpets and art books. Information: 473 0612, [...]
“SOFA,” South A Street Arts District in Santa Rosa, will hold its first art walk, starting at 11 a.m. and continuing until 4 p.m. Saturday and Sunday (Aug. 6-7). The event will showcase work by 28 artists in galleries and studios in the A Street neighborhood near Juilliard Park. Admission: [...]
People who love pets, and fans of Sonoma County artist Mylette Welch's whimsical animal paintings, both have a reason to go see her new "Gimme Shelter" exhibit, opening today (Tuesday, July 5) at the Graton Gallery. Welch subtitles her show "Paintings of Shelter Dogs and Cats Who Dream of a [...]
Every year, around the time that the rich and powerful come from around the country to convene at the ultra-exclusive Bohemian Grove, the Christopher Queen Galleries in Duncans Mills mark the occasion in an artistic way. In July, the art gallery will present “Bohemian Summer,” its 21st annual [...]
Swordfish Productions will present a live reading of the script for its dramatic feature film, “Special,” at 7:30 p.m. Friday, June 10, at the Pelican Art Gallery, 143 Petaluma Blvd. N., Petaluma. The story follows six women from high school through their later years. Its director and producer, Ann P. [...]
The new Towers Gallery, an artists’ cooperative in Cloverdale, opens Friday, June 10, showing both art and antiques. The featured artist for the opening exhibit, which runs through July 31, is the Santa Rosa assemblage artist Monty Monty, who creates his whimsical sculptures from tools, toys and other [...]
The spotlight will be on art this weekend at “Arts D’Light,” a fund-raiser featuring huge, brightly lit, outdoor sculpture, as well as a silent art auction. The event starts at 6 p.m. Saturday, June 4, at the Petaluma Arts Center, 230 Lakeville St., Petaluma. Artists include Bryan Tedrick, David Best, [...]
What is art? Whether it’s oil on canvas or actors on stage, dancers on their toes or comedians doing stand-up, Press Democrat staff writer Dan Taylor covers the fine and lively arts in Northern California. Meet the people, go behind the scenes and get ahead on what’s coming up.