First Fridays Art Walk Ukiah
ALDEN T.D. LIFESTYLE GALLERY –Alden Tech & Design features a celebration of the beginning of the Autumn Harvest with a show of Collage Art on Gourds grown in Northern California Entitled:
"Follow the Drinking Gourd; an inspiration from a Cultural Tribal history."
"Follow The Drinking Gourd" comes from a journey song sung by slaves escaping from the South to the North in search of their Freedom on the Underground Railroad during the Civil War. The drinking gourd is a reference to the Big Dipper that pointed the way North.
This is a new medium experiment for Mahvay artist Susan Wynd Novotny.
We look forward to sharing it with you!
216 W. Perkins St. # 105 (entrance on Oak). 462-3446
THE WESTSIDE RENAISSANCE MARKET AND GALLERY -
Holly Cratty presents a selection from her mauve series at the Westside Renaissance Market Gallery. Since 1999 Holly has been working on a series of mauve paintings. In these paintings she explores the luminosity and relativity of the color mauve. These works are atmospheric color fields, each of which has something to say.
Mauve takes offense at my having said, "I am an artist" - which I do not
take back, because that word included, of course, the meaning: always
seeking without absolutely finding. As far as I know, that word means: "I
am seeking, I am striving, I am in with all my heart."
Vincent van Gogh (1853-1890)
The Westside Renaissance Market is open seven days a week, Monday through Saturday until 8 PM and Sunday until 4 pm. 1003 W Clay St. 462-0083.
GRACE HUDSON MUSEUM & SUN HOUSE -
"Seaweed, Salmon, and Manzanita Cider," July 10 - November 4. Enjoy exploring California Indian food traditions through a savory mix of photographs, food samples, ethnographic artifacts, recipes, and oral histories.
Sherrie Smith-Ferri, Director of the Grace Hudson Museum, curated this exhibition in consultation with her aunt, Kathleen Rose Smith. Smith-Ferri notes how much fun it has been to put the exhibit together. "It brought back lots of good memories of getting together with the family to spend time at the coast harvesting abalone, mussels and seaweed, or going to pick berries. And of course, it brings back recollections of some great meals eaten together. I found I would get really hungry if I worked too long a stretch of time on the exhibit." After its Ukiah venue, the exhibit will travel for more than three years to other museums throughout California under the auspices of the California Exhibition Resources Alliance. Funding for this exhibit was provided by the Dry Creek Rancheria Band of Pomo Indians, the Mendocino County Office of Education, the California Exhibition Resources Alliance, and the Sun House Guild.
Museum Hours: Wed - Sat, 10-4:30, Sun. 12-4.
The museum is located at 431 S. Main St. 467-2836 www.gracehudsonmuseum.org
TIERRA - ART, GARDEN, WINE -
Joel Cohen displays new photographs, from Mendocino County and beyond. While Joel's primary art form is the cello, he has recently begun to experiment with photography and states the following:
"I have been immersed in the beauty of the natural world since childhood, when I spent two weeks every summer with my family in Yosemite. From the beginning I was drawn to the photography of Ansel Adams, amazed at the intensity and naturalness of his photographs, despite the fact that they were entirely in black and white. I learned from him that the art of photography is about light, and color only works after the perceptions of light and dark set up a compelling balance. It is not unlike music, where without rhythm (light) there is only pretty sounds (color) and not music. I do most of my work in color, but I am always conscious of the play of light on my subject."
Tierra - Art, Garden, Wine is located at 312 N School St. in downtown Ukiah. Please call 707-468-7936 for details. www.artgardenwine.com
GRACES ON MAIN AND HOYMAN-BROWE GALLERY -
Graces On Main and Hoyman-Browe Gallery will host Candida Sanlorenzo as their September First Friday artist.
Candida will be showing her current collection of furniture and decorative accessories reflecting her distinctive style of creating pieces that are simultaneously feminine and elegant out of organic and recycled materials. Particularly, driftwood and willow have been employed to express an ethereal theme of music, light and love.
Candida has been working in this medium for 16 years. Her great influences are trips to Italy to soak in the culture and scouring the local flea markets there for treasures to use in her assemblages.
Light refreshments will be served. Call 462-5911 for more information. www.hoymanbrowestudio.com www.gracesonmain.com
Grace’s on Main and Hoyman/Browe Studio is located at 323 N Main Ukiah.
CORNER GALLERY -
Opening reception for guest artist Sue Sweet. Meet Sue and see her most recent works: luminous, moving expressions of a step on life’s journey, the “Threshold Step Series.”
Of her recent body of work, Sue says: “ My current series of mixed media oils hold an image that has been haunting my work for years…the threshold. The image is archetypal and asks that I consider the doorways I move through and what may lie beyond. Each day we all make decisions and step across thresholds, that consciously or not effect the course of our lives. The steps that lead us to these pivotal junctures can be smooth unseen ground under our feet, or a steep climb up jagged stepping stones. “
Sue graduated from the Academy of Art (San Francisco) in 1985 with a BFA in sculpture. She has worked in a variety of media from ceramics and gourds, to bronze casting, to neon mixed media sculpture and most recently watercolors on paper and mixed media oils on canvas. Since 1986 she has shown her work in numerous group and solo shows throughout California and neighboring states.
Sue Sweet's work will be on display through September 30th. First Friday reception includes music with Charlie Vaughan, playing his original material and wine served by Vin De Trevis Winery.
The gallery is located at 201 S State Street (at Church Street) in Ukiah. Our website is www.artcenterukiah.org and phone is 707-462-1400.
ART CENTER UKIAH -
“Saddle-up, Cowboy!” at Art Center Ukiah, September 1 – 25, is a mix of both the artistic documentation of the California Cowboy experience and the repurposing of its essential tool, the saddle.
San Francisco photographer, Clarence Tower, shows several photos from his “Cowboys of Color” rodeo series, while Ree Slocum’s photos show local ranchers hard at work. Paintings by Carol Heady, Judy Geer and Bill Geer give us colorful interpretations of cowboys and their animal cohorts, while Mac Magruder weighs in with his always awesomely entertaining sculptural mix of reality and humor on the subject.
As counter-point, we’ll also be displaying a series of saddles that were given to nine artists by Karen Turcotte, Director of Eco-Arts of Lake County, who has this to say about the project:
“The Wine Country Saddle Trees of Middletown, CA provides a unique reinterpretation of a classic form. By using the 'framework' or 'armature' of a saddle, this exhibit of saddle trees draws on the sensibilities of modern artistic expression in a nod to the equestrian heritage of Northern California. Reinterpreting the useful and practical is a longstanding artistic tradition, and we asked the participating artists to take this venerable saddle form and transcend its original function.”
“Saddle-up, Cowboy!” will be open Tuesdays through Saturdays, 11-6 through September 25th, with an artists reception during Ukiah’s First Friday Artwalk, September 3, 5-8pm. 203 S. State St.
Art Center Ukiah is located at 203 S. State St. 707-462-1400 www.artcenterukiah.org
NOMAD'S WORLD GALLERY –
Nomad's World will be featuring Chance Franck, international photographer and co-owner of Nomad’s World Gallery in Ukiah. Chance has been photographing his world since high school – which happened to be in Egypt. Since graduating high school (in front of the Great Pyramids), he has traveled all over Europe, the Middle East, Asia and North America, using his camera to capture a passing moment. His most recent show (on display now at Nomad’s World Gallery) includes Balinese tropical flowers, Saudi Arabian deserts, Northern California landscapes and the universal palettes of the sea and the sunset in Thailand and here at home.
The gallery is open Mon-Friday 11-6 and Saturday 10-5. Nomad's World is located at 290 S. School St. 463-2949
TRIBE 13 ART GALLERY
Please call gallery for current show information.
Gallery hours: Wed - Sunday 12-6 pm. 221 N. State St. 707-391-6729 www.tribe13.com
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