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Robert Chavez art exhibit comes to Santa Rosa

Los Angeles artist Roberto Chavez has worked for decades as both a painter and a teacher. Now, at age 80, he is recognized as a major force in California art. The Santa Rosa Junior College will display 60 of his paintings and drawings, including several very large pieces, [...]

By | November 6th, 2012|0 Comments

Sebastopol Center for the Arts moving to new site

The Sebastopol Center for the Arts is on the move, and that is not meant metaphorically. The center, housed for years at 6790 Depot Street, is moving to the Sebastopol Veterans Memorial Building, 282 High St., next to Ives Park. “We agreed to a 30-year lease on the [...]

By | October 30th, 2012|0 Comments

Sonoma County Museum is both subject and site of coming art show

You’ve heard of NIMBYs. Those are the folks who show up at public hearings to say they don’t oppose the construction of the latest big facility of some sort, as long as it’s “not in my backyard.” Now it’s time for the “IMBYs.” “In My Back Yard” is [...]

By | October 10th, 2012|0 Comments

Sonoma County Museum closed this week for renovation

The Sonoma County Museum will be closed from Tuesday,  Sept. 11, until Friday, Sept. 14, for renovation of the floors in the main gallery. The museum will reopen again from 2 to 5 p.m. Friday. The museum is at 425 Seventh St., Santa Rosa. Normal museum hours are 11 a.m. [...]

By | September 10th, 2012|0 Comments

Sonoma Valley Museum shows ‘Ferlinghetti’ film

Sonoma Valley Museum of Art will screen the documentary film “Ferlinghetti” at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, July 18, in conjunction with its current exhibit, “Cross Pollination.” The exhibit features the writings, paintings and graphic works of Lawrence Ferlinghetti, 93, Beat era poet and co-founder of San Francisco’s City Lights [...]

By | July 12th, 2012|0 Comments

Painter Chester Arnold speaks at Sonoma County Museum

  Internationally known Sonoma painter Chester Arnold will speak about his work, as well as art and the world in general, at 6 p.m. Thursday, July 12, at the Sonoma County Museum. A longtime art professor at the College of Marin, and well-known for his own work, Arnold [...]

By | July 11th, 2012|0 Comments

Petaluma Historical Museum displays vintage wedding gowns

The romance of yesteryear lives on, in the new Petaluma Historical Museum, “I Do!” -- opening Sunday, July 15. The new exhibit features antique wedding clothes — gowns, veils, gloves and more — from the museum's textile collection. Aided by a grant from Community Foundation of Sonoma County, the museum’s [...]

By | July 11th, 2012|0 Comments

Chester Arnold paintings on display at Sonoma County Museum

Sonoma painter Chester Arnold is on the quiet side, but he’s an interesting guy. Born in Santa Monica, the son of a career soldier, Arnold spent most of his childhood and adolescence in post-World War II Germany. “Munich was a great city to grow up in,” he once [...]

By | June 21st, 2012|0 Comments

Ferlinghetti art and poetry show in Sonoma

Best known as a Beat era poet and co-founder of San Francisco’s City Lights book store and publishing company, Lawrence Ferlinghetti, 93, is also a lifelong artist. The Sonoma Valley Museum of Art opens "Cross Pollination," an exhibit of his writings, paintings and graphic works, on Saturday, June [...]

By | June 20th, 2012|0 Comments

Pianist Jura Margulis plays at Petaluma Museum

Pianist Jura Margulis was born in Russia, and grew up in Germany, but classical music fans love him in Petaluma. He'll return for the fourth year in a row to perform at 8 p.m. Saturday, May 26, at the Petaluma Museum, 20 Fourth St., Petaluma. The program, presented [...]

By | May 21st, 2012|0 Comments