The new Local Folkal gallery and shop opened in Cloverdale without fanfare in mid-April, but this weekend the artists’ co-op is raising its profile. There will be a grand opening celebration Saturday, May 21, at the gallery, 117 N. Cloverdale Blvd. The gallery has some 30 member artists who make [...]
The new RiskPress Gallery opens its first exhibit, titled "Three Times the Risk," with a reception from 3 to 8 p.m. Sunday, May 15, at 7345 Healdsburg Ave., Sebastopol. The show features paintings by Warren Bellows, Patti Tauscher and Larry Banaski, and will continue through June 15. This [...]
"Crossing the Invisible Line: The Art of Immigration," an art exhibit dealing with the immigrant experience in America, opens with a reception from 3 to 4:30 p.m. Friday, May 6, in the University Library Art Gallery on the Sonoma State University campus, 1801 E. Cotati Ave., Rohnert Park The show [...]
When I was invited to have my portrait made for the new “You’re Perfect” exhibit at Santa Rosa’s Gallery of Sea and Heaven, I was reticent. Until I was reassured that the likenesses wouldn’t necessarily be lifelike. That was a relief. The show features portraits of 28 local [...]
An old Ford. A roadside barn. A patch of stormy sky. A brush in a jar. A lone surfer. A woman alone in a rowboat. Those are all images found in the paintings of Don Alan Bishop, and yet the subjects are secondary to his elusive style and [...]
Sonoma County residents are using to seeing the monumental steel sculptures of Boback Emad. His “Shadows of Eternity,” stands at Thyme Square, 301 S. Cloverdale Blvd. in Cloverdale. His “Whole Some” is a familiar sight at College and Mendocino Avenues in downtown Santa Rosa. This month, French art [...]
The Sebastopol Center for the Arts will present two art talks this month. Jeremy Morgan, juror for the center’s current “Abstract” exhibit, and associate professor at the San Francisco Art Institute, will speak at 7 p.m. Friday April 22. Five artists — Maurice Blaug, Brooke Holve, Chiyomi Longo, [...]
Cloverdale Regional Library opens its “Spring Library Show,” featuring three area artists, with a reception from 6 to 8 p.m. Friday, April 22. The exhibit includes woodcuts by Edward Ryden, woven sculpture by Virginia Harrison and oil paintings by Jeanette LeGrue. Ryden has been cutting traditional and contemporary [...]
After six years in Occidental, Renga Arts has moved to a new location in Sebastopol. Renga Arts offers objects crafted from reclaimed, recycled and re-used materials. The new space is the official showcase for the whimsical found-object sculpture of Sebastopol's Patrick Amiot. A grand opening reception for the [...]
Nothing inspires the human imagination more vividly than animals. A dozen artists explore the theme in the new exhibit, “Animal Dreams: Animals as Visual Metaphors,” opening with a reception from 2 to 5 p.m. Saturday, March 5, at A New Leaf Gallery/Sculpturesite in Sonoma. The sculptures [...]
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.