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Patty Bailey Artisan, Other, Woodworking I am inspired by nature and love reusing and repurposing. I work mainly in salvaged wood and found wood and paper. I do paper collage, paper mosaics, indoor and outdoor home décor, wood signs and whatever strikes my fancy. Common themes are trees, water, birds, fish, mountains and anything nature inspired.

Sarah Baker Composition, Instrumental, Music, Vocal SARAH BAKER Northern California artist Sarah Baker has landed international radio airplay and performed on concert stages with legendary artists ranging from Dr. John and Etta James to Tom Petty and Taj Majal. The singer, songwriter, composer and pianist performs soul-blues music with a rock edge. Her vocals have been described as soaring, gritty, tantalizing and unforgettable. Her songs, instrumentals and lyrics reflect the soulful heartbeat of Memphis and Muscle Shoals, the Southern vibe of Nashville, and the rock 'n' roll free spirit of Woodstock. Sarah has recorded or appeared on several albums featuring a mix of original and classic songs spanning music genres from rock and jazz to Delta blues. While sheltering in place she completed her latest venture, composing music for "I Married the War," a documentary about the wives of war veterans, currently showing at film festivals in New York, Paris, and San Diego. *** The artist is managed by Katrina Markarian of Segue Entertainment and Firenze Records. To learn more about Sarah or to hear her music, visit www.SarahBakerStudios.com. You can follow her on Facebook@SarahBakerMusic and all major digital platforms. Spotify - https://open.spotify.com/artist/7anWlCuAXxuzaX5Asg6Tks Youtube _ https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCodM0p41RrSBi2stz4Qsr9A?view_as=subscriber Apple Music - https://music.apple.com/us/artist/sarah-baker/340778058 Albums Available at CD Baby, Apple Music, Amazon Music

Matthew Baker Design, Graphic Design, Illustration, Multimedia, Photography, Printmaking, Production, Teacher/Instructor, Teaching Artist for Adults, Teaching Artist for Youth, Visual Arts I am a commercial artist specialized in promotional marketing. My clients have included Disney, Marvel, Nickelodeon, Mattel, and many other name brands. After 17 years in the industry, I have decided to give back to our community and have been teaching Graphics in both public and private schools in Sonoma County for the past six years. The Graphics classes are specialized in that they are streamlined to printing on Apparel. Students design their own brands and print new clothes.

David Baldwin Audio, Design, Graphic Design, Instrumental, Media, Music, Painting, Video, Visual Arts

David Baldwin // visual artist and experimental musician.

Born in Upland, California. His work blends the natural with the dream world, invoking familiarity with questions that ask the viewer to seek their own answers. Using vibrant colors, natural shapes with gestural abstractions his work draws the viewer into a new world of personal immersion and thoughtful introspection. Always looking for a tension-filled balance of familiar comfort with an intriguing question that compels the viewer to look deeper.

Baldwin is based in Santa Rosa, California.

You can hear the sounds here and here. If you have questions or comments regarding the work, let me know – David

Jenn Ban Teacher/Instructor, Teaching Artist for Adults, Teaching Artist for Youth, Visual Arts

Jenn Ban (she/they) is a Queer Filipinx-American multidisciplinary visual artist, certified Reiki Master, youth teaching artist, community organizer, and cultural practitioner.

Jenns work includes natural and upcycled textiles, painting, printmaking, murals, film and installations. They also offer Sacred Skin Adornments (Reiki infused tattoos), Reiki Sessions, host community circles, and teach workshops. They intersect art and healing through intention, meditation, and movement, focusing on themes of authentic connection, soul-transcendence, and individual and collective healing.

As an artist and cultural practitioner, their work has been featured across the United States and internationally in numerous articles, galleries, exhibits and museums in the Philippines and Europe. They are recognized for on-going contributions to a number of community-based organizations. Jenn is a Teaching Artist with Raizes Collective, co-organizer of Warriors Grace Austronesian Gatherings, co-founder of Commune Artist, a Resident Artist at Balay Kreative Studios and at Fibershed Learning Center and a recipient of the 2022 San Francisco Arts Commission Individual Artist Grant.

Bourbon Street Brass Band Instrumental, Music, Other, Vocal

Direct from the New Orleans French Quarter to Sonoma County, Bourbon Street Brass Band is now available!! Perfect for clubs, private parties and festivals, Bourbon Street Brass Band can accommodate your special event whether small or large. Playing Funky New Orleans Streetbeat music made famous by legendary groups such as The Meters, Dr. John, Rebirth Brass Band, Dirty Dozen Brass Band, and The New Orleans Nightcrawlers, Bourbon Street Brass Band brings real Mardi Gras parade revelry and fun to any occasion!

Perfect for any festival or occasion, Bourbon Street Brass Band brings true NOLA funk and jazz to Sonoma County!! With a burning 4 piece horn section anchored by tuba and drums, the band doesn’t require amplification or a stage set up and can be entirely mobile. This band knows how to bring the party to life!! Get in touch with us for more details!!

Two Lions Band Composition, Instrumental, Music, Vocal

Once Upon a time...

The Two Lions band was created to showcase the music of Mitchel Slade. The idea of the band stems from the iconic idea that the Lion and the Lamb in friendship are a sign of peace.

We have come far towards our goals of peace, but we are truly in the time of the Two Lions. The time of personal leadership and evolution, and the need to resolve differences. Musically, we hope to bring a depth in the poetry and create an ambiance with the music that provokes a thoughtful, intended, and progressive experience.

The Band:

Mitchel Slade - guitar and vocals

Ashley Holmberg - violin & viola

Lance Harrington - percussion

DyaTribal Band Instrumental, Music, Vocal Dyatribal is a World Music experience often featuring live tribal dancers & Brazilian capoeira. Indian Ragas provide a musical foundation to extend into funk, blues, Appalachian, Brazilian, Cumbia, even a touch of hip hop. Composed of: Deborah Axé: Vocalist, songwriter, singing in 5 languages including Spanish, English, Portuguese, Sanskrit & Arabic. Raised on the blues, she combines a three & a half octave range & the ability to hold a note for over 30 seconds. (Performed with members of Fishbone, George Clinton band, Johnny Otis band, Funkadelic, Living Color & Airto Moreira & Flora Purim's band.) Original cast Burning Man Rock Opera invited to perform on the playa & Teatro Zinzanni. Winner of Sellasie Songwriting Contest 2014. Teed Rockwell: Plays 12 string touch-style veena which has a guitar like fretboard. He combines funk licks with ragas to unite bass & melody lines by tapping the strings simultaneously with both hands. It is the only instrument of its kind & he is the only person in the world who plays it. He studied Indian classical music for 25 years with master Ali Akbar Kahn. Teed was music critic & wrote articles for 2 decades for India Currents international magazine. Founding member of Australian Bebop Raga along with Stephen Kent & Sameer Gupta. Teed's Bollywood Gharana ensemble performs original improvisations on Indian Filmi Tunes. He is also Featured on album Harpestry which sold over 200,000 copies worldwide. Andy Graham: Inventor of innovative instruments like the electric string didgeridoo & CEO of Slaperoo Percussion. Winning best of show at NAMM Music Convention in LA for the slapstick, a fretless bass for percussionists. He plays drums with the precision of Stewart Copeland in various time signatures. Andy Graham invited to perform Slaperoo Percussion & Electric String Didgeridoo at TedTalks February 2016. Slaperoo Percussion Best in Show 2013 NAMM Anaheim. Made custom instruments for Stevie Wonder, Dr. Lonnie Smith, Doug Wimbish of Living Color, Thomas Lang & Sivamani. Maker Faire Editors Choice Awards 2010-2015. Featuring: Luna Moon, tribal oriental & Hindustani dancer. Has toured globally & guest performed with Govinda, Kaminanda, David Starfire, Phuture Primative, Zack Darling, & many other international acts in Festivals across North America.

Mandy Bankson Artisan, Painting The pattern of seeds in a cut cucumber fascinate me and bring me joy. As I wander our rural property I am intrigued by beauty in ordinary places; the rust pattern on our old truck, a surface of a leaf, or an ordinary weed’s elegant line. My painting practice captures the adventure of discovering these daily surprises. As Mary Oliver in her poem “Instructions for Living a Life” says, “Pay attention, be astonished, tell about it.” My paintings invite the viewer to stop and see the mystery of color, shape, line and space and what it communicates to them personally. I paint abstractly because I love the freedom of plunging into the unknown. Combining the principles of design and color with loose and playful exploration, I apply layers of paint. Acrylics offer me the freedom to improvise and work quickly, and after carefully looking, begin again. This process is both challenging and exhilarating. As I let go of control, the painting takes on its own voice. My studio is open year round by appointment, with Covid protocol.

Abby Bard Artisan, Fiber Art, Functional Art, Holidays Shop Local, Other I weave functional textiles to wear and for home décor using rayon, cotton, and wool yarns, with a touch of metallic threads to add sparkle. Weaving became my passion following a trip to Guatemala in 1974, where I learned to weave on a back strap loom. Returning to San Francisco, I studied 4-harness weaving with Anne Wilson at the DeYoung Museum School and shared a studio with fiber artist Rebecca Lyon. After moving to Sonoma County, I designed and wove clothing fabrics for Greentree Weaving in Cotati, and started my own line of textiles in 1984. My work is inspired by nature, by my travels to Mexico, Peru and Thailand and, in particular, my garden.

Barbara Barling Music, Vocal I am a resident of Sonoma County since 1987. I have been in groups from lead singer for the progressive folk rock group, The Ruminators, the classic rock jam band Virgo Uprising, to singing & go-go dancing for the surf band Voodoo Court. I sang in a Renaissance octet, Accapella, which was my favorite to date. I performed in a few musicals from Little Shop of Horrors(Jenner Playhouse), Camelot, Kiss Me Kate, Bye Bye Birdie(6th St Playhouse) to the opera La Cavalleria Rusticana(Cinnabar Theater). I enjoyed the jazz accapella semesters at SRJC immensely where I studied voice. There I got into Christmas caroling and started my own group, The Figgy Pudding Carolers. We even did singing valentines as the XOXO group. I then wanted a new group to stand out from the others, sing more modern jazz arranged carols, and not be just traditional. So the all female caroling group The Silver Belles was born and has been going strong for 5 years. I got the opp. to write lyrics to the song, Mr. Sandman for a company party which was a highlight! I studied shamanism in which I drum and rattle for journeys. I recently became a Reiki master(energy healer) and am using my voice during treatments to help release stuck energy in the body. I play flute, oboe, piano & some percussion. I love joining in drum circles. I studied dance a bit and love to dance to funk. I took an art therapy class which was amazing. I love collaging and when I lost my home in the Tubbs fire I did 2 collage projects.

T Barny Sculpture, Visual Arts

A native of California, with a BFA from Rhode Island School of Design, T Barny has been creating sculpture professionally for over 40 years. During his career, T Barny has produced over 1000 works in steel, bronze, wood and water - but his fascination is with stone. He has carved 211 different kinds of rock from 53 countries. His work has been shown in over 90 galleries worldwide, and he has participated in more than 500 individual and group exhibitions.

The sculptures that T Barny creates present a visual wonder and beg the question, “How does he do that?” T Barny aspires to create sculptures that reflect a world filled with magic and wonder. His works are produced through a method of direct carving, which entails no preconceived notions or models from which to derive the final shape of his pieces. Instead, he allows the natural rhythms of the materials he uses to guide him to a final product, rich with serene fluidity.

Todd Barricklow Artisan, Ceramics, Functional Art, Other, Other, Sculpture, Visual Arts Conflicting ideologies as well as personal defects garner most of our cultural attention. I tend to look at different aspects of human behavior in an evolutionary light; addictions, attractions, fetishes, how do these traits forward us as animals? Besides making life interesting, why do we do these things and how do they develop? Sociological questions fuel much of my work. My characters sometimes resemble people that I come in contact with in my day to day dealings, yet others are strangers that I only catch a glimpse of. These beings occupy the scene and face objects and representations of our world. My work has always been a way for me to clear my head and process what I see around me. I feel like this work is definitely a product of watching the world, analyzing the way people act and then drawing conclusions. To some degree that is what the viewer does also. The grouping of images may seem obscure, but it is the viewers baggage that will fill in the gaps between these tiles and these images.

Christine Barry Photography, Visual Arts

Christine specializes in portrait and wedding photography.

Christine loves capturing the special moments from families, high school seniors and college graduates, business headshots, and weddings/events.

Christine was born and raised in Santa Rosa, California. Her interest in photography started at a young age.

Christine loves to photograph nature and did a lot of it while traveling in the past. She loves the interaction and relationships she establishes with her clients.

Ian Bass-Galespie Crew, Film Office, General Services, Media, Production, Talent, Theatre I began performing as an actor at age 12 and went to the Philadelphia HS for Creative and Performing Arts. Then graduated Adelphi Univ for Theater/Mass Comm. I moved from the east coast to Los Angeles and spent 10 years working in virtually every facet of film, TV and theater production- both on stage/in front of camera & behind. I took a hiatus to become PE coach at my children's elementary school, where I "performed" on a daily basis for crowds of enthusiastic children. I then had the opportunity to work at NBC Universal in the Health & Safety Department with TV productions. My duties there ranged from safety training, tech scout hazard assessment, injury program facilitator to safety on set for work involving risk/hazards. I have since had the opportunity to work on productions for Netflix, MGM, Legendary, eOne, Starz & others. I look forward to bringing my varied experience to future productions/projects in the Sonoma County area.

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