ORGANIZATIONS & ENTERPRISES

MorninGloria's - Intricate Beadwork Creations Business, Decorative Arts, Fine Crafts, Holidays Shop Local, Retail

MorninGloria's is a handmade beadwork small business that focuses on unique beadwork creations made with teeny tiny seed beads. You can find MorninGloria's at various local events and art fairs throughout Sonoma County. 

Read more about MorninGloria's in articles in La Prensa and the Press democrat here: https://www.laprensasonoma.com/articulo/english/20-inspiring-latina-entrepreneurs-in-sonoma-county/  https://www.pressdemocrat.com/article/news/sonoma-county-artists-struggle-to-get-by-amid-coronavirus-pandemic/ 

Occidental Center For The Arts Art Gallery, Dance, Festivals/Markets, Film/Video, Fine Crafts, Holidays Shop Local, Kids/Family, Literature/Poetry, Museum and Gallery Memberships, Music, Nonprofit, Performing Arts, Performing Arts Membership or Season Tickets, Special Events, Theatre, Visual Arts Occidental Center for the Arts is West Sonoma County's entertainment hub! Our facilities include an auditorium that holds up to 200; an amphitheater seating 200; an art gallery, classroom space and more! We offer year-round programming that presents a diverse variety of experiences to enrich our community.

Petaluma Arts Association Association/Club/Group/Guild, Education, Festivals/Markets, Fine Crafts, Nonprofit, Special Events, Visual Arts The Petaluma Arts Association (PAA) was founded in 1957 to support local artists and arts education.

R Honey Pots Fine Crafts R Honey Pots is the business name for Liz Russell, a functional potter and beekeeper in Forestville. When I'm not out capturing swarms or extracting hives from unwanted locations, I make tiles, mugs, bowls, platters, light fixtures and more.  I use the sgraffito technique of carving through black slip to make a wood block-like effect. Themes I explore in my work include pollinators, marine life (in particular the deep sea), mushrooms and local, endangered and bizarre creatures of every sort.  I live and work to explore curiosity. I am a Sonoma County native, but I have spent an educational exchange in Ghana, studied beekeeping with Peace Corps in Paraguay, taught English in Chile and love to travel and examine the unknown.

RCArtiste’ : Ron Carter Artist Creative Design, Education, Environmental, Fine Crafts, Interior Design, Product/Industrial Design, School, Visual Arts

Experiences like the ‘Tubbs Fire’ that hit Santa Rosa serve to strengthen the ‘artist within me’. It foements subjective creative moments that utilize my past, present – and my future as focal lenses.

Spontaneously, I chose The San Francisco Art Institute over The Rhode Island School of Design and the School of the Art Institute  at Chicago for my formal Art education. I received my BFA in Interdisciplinary Art and Public Art. I’ve studied stone sculpture for 10 years with Master Sculpture-Ante’ Marinovic, one of Croatia’s premier stone sculptors and is considered a Croatian national treasure.

I explore the collaboration between artist, media and tool in such a fashion as to give rise to multiple layers of compressed info within each piece I create no matter if it is a purely visual work or an interactive space or environmental art form.

For me, art screams out into all aspects of my life. As an artist in western society, dogma and bravado go hand in hand with economic choice.

Art is my life. If it’s not nailed down or permanently affixed,  it’s in trouble of becoming art resource material. Well, upon further review, even that won’t deter me from considering an objects use in an art piece.

River Arts Arts Council/Alliance, Association/Club/Group/Guild, Corporation, Creative Sonoma Grantee, Dance, Education, Festivals/Markets, Film/Video, Fine Crafts, Kids/Family, Media, Music, Nonprofit, Nonprofit Services, Performing Arts, Special Events, Theatre, Visual Arts River Arts A Project to Advance a Vibrant Arts Community and Arts Center in the Lower Russian River Region The idea of having a dynamic and active arts organization in Guerneville, with the further goal of having an Arts and Community Center, has been a long-sought wish of many in the community. While Guerneville has, in the last decade or so, begun to establish itself at an arts-oriented town, with about a dozen galleries, a theater group, a community choir and numerous other creative activities, no organization has emerged to proactively support, encourage and champion the arts; nor is there an arts center, which nearly every other town in Sonoma County has. In March of 2021 a group of artists and others came together to form the nucleus of River Arts. In coordination with County Supervisor Lynda Hopkins the establishment of an actual Arts and Community Center is within reach. In order to launch this organization, activate the community and build support for such a center, River Arts is proceeding to enact an ambitious pilot agenda of events and programs for 2022. The major programs planned are: 1. Saturday Stroll Artwalk: We have revived and are coordinating the First Friday Artwalk (suspended during COVID) and moved it to the first Saturday of each month at the behest of the galleries. We plan to expand it this year with music, street vendors, food, and more. 2. Murals Project: We wish to put Guerneville on the map as a murals and public art destination. We have identified over 30 possible mural locations. We hope to create 5-6 murals during 2022 and a similar number each year thereafter for a number of years. We intend to invite public participation in some of the murals, including ones that will be done all or primarily by children. Even after the first set of murals are complete, we see this project extending into the future as a public art project, with continuous creation of public art throughout Guerneville. 3. Summer Art Festival: We are planning a Summer Arts Festival in September. The Festival will be centered around the iconic "old bridge" in the center of town, which is now a walking bridge over the Russian River, and will spill out into the town plaza on the north side of the bridge and the small park on the south side of the bridge. 4. Winter Crafts Fair: We are planning for a Winter Crafts Fair in December 2022. 5. Music in the Galleries: We are planning to have an occasional series of music events in certain galleries during 2022. We are seeking unusual or unique music that would be suitable for a gallery space. Our first event is an appearance by "4 Shillings Short" (https://4shillingsshort.com/home) at the Oli Gallery on April 5. 6. Art Auction: We have teamed with Forgotten Felines for an online Art Auction in Spring 2022. 7. CalTrans Coordination: River Arts is working to interact with CalTrans to beautify Guerneville and bring an aesthetic sense to the town that will be attractive to residents and visitors alike. 8. Arts District: River Arts is intending to apply for Cultural (Arts) district status with the state of California once the program re-opens for applications. The overriding goal of all of these programs is to knit together a stronger sense of community identity and kinship through the creative works and participation of all members of the community. Each of these is a pilot project. We will start off small, but our goal is that, over time, these will grow and develop into significant programs that will put the lower Russian River on the map as an arts destination.

Silk Stories Art Gallery, Creative Design, Decorative Arts, Faith Based/Religious, Fine Crafts, Special Events, Visual Arts

 

HONOR & PRESERVE YOUR TRANSFORMATIONAL EXPERIENCES BY TRANSCRIBING THEM INTO SILK STORIES

Have you ever had a life changing experience that was so powerful that you thought you would be changed forever, but after you return to your everyday routine the lessons and vision start to fade?

Silk Stories offers a unique integrative process that captures the gems of your journey of transformation and works with you in a collaborative process to translate your vision into a personalized tapestry that can be cherished for a lifetime.

This visual reminder can serve as a tangible tool for your continued practice and integration of your lessons and insights. These silk paintings incorporate the sacred and mystical depths of the spiritual path into the practice of everyday living.

 

Sonoma Ceramics Art Gallery, Education, Fine Crafts, Kids/Family, School, Visual Arts The Sonoma Community Center's Ceramics Studio was established in 1999 as an educational space dedicated to the promotion and development of the ceramic arts and the work of clay artists. The mission of the studio is to provide a unique learning environment for diverse audiences to experience the ceramic arts. We are Sonoma Valley's leading ceramic studio, supporting the arts through our all-inclusive Artist in Residency program, gallery, studio sales, classes, workshops, and Open Studio. We gear our artistic programs to all levels of interest, proficiency, and financial means. Our educational and artistic programming continues to be essential to our goal of expanding and promoting the ceramic arts to the community. The Artist in Residence is integrated into the studio community, working alongside our members and students while teaching a variety of classes to the public. Who can use our studio? Anyone can use our studio and we have Intro classes as well as upper level classes that you can grow with as your skills advance. Our talented studio monitors are there to help you get started if you just want to pop in and get your hands dirty! FACILITIES Kilns:

• Geil downdraft gas kiln, 24 cu.ft. 
• Alpine updraft gas kiln, 20 cu.ft.
• Skutt electric kiln, 11.6 cu.ft. programmable, cone 10
• Skutt electric kiln, 6.4 cu.ft. programmable
• Olympic electric kiln, 12 cu.ft. programmable
• Raku kiln
• Soda kiln

Equipment:

• 11 electric potters wheels
• Peter Pugger 
• 30" Northstar slab roller
• Spray booth 40" x 30" x 18"
• Northstar extruder

Other:

• A variety of underglazes and colored slips
• Community tools available for use in the studio
• Limited storage space for supplies and work in progress (for studio members only)
• Raw materials lab

Sonoma Community Center Adult Arts Education, Art Gallery, Creative Sonoma Grantee, Dance, Education, Fine Crafts, History/Heritage, Holidays Shop Local, Kids/Family, Music, Nonprofit, Visual Arts, Youth Arts Education For 70 years, the Sonoma Community Center has been the cultural heart and soul of the Sonoma Valley. Originally built as the Sonoma Grammar School in 1916, the Community Center was incorporated as a public benefit 501(c)3 organization in 1952, and is listed on the National Register for Historic Places. Today, the mission of the Sonoma Community Center is to cultivate a vibrant community through extraordinary creative, cultural, and learning experiences. Driven by values of community, innovation, creativity, inclusion, and leadership, the Center offers a broad range of programs, events, and performances that encourage people from all walks of life to create, connect, thrive, and build community together. We offer over 200 classes annually in ceramics, fine art, fiber art, music, movement, culinary arts, and writing. We also host an Artist-in-Residence program that attracts expert artists to work and teach at the Center. On campus, we house and maintain valued partnerships with the Sonoma Valley Mentoring Alliance, Crescent Montessori School, the Sonoma International Film Festival, Valley of the Moon Magazine, and Sonoma Arts Live, our theater production partner. Our Andrews Hall Theater offers a year-round schedule of films, live music, theater performances, and more for audiences of all ages. We host a variety of creative community events throughout the year, including our annual Día de los Muertos celebration in early November, and our free Thanksgiving Dinner, a valued community tradition for decades now. The Center is also an integral part of the City of Sonoma’s emergency preparedness plans; we serve on the City’s Disaster Council, and serve as the Emergency Volunteer Center for the City of Sonoma during local disasters and other emergencies.

Sonoma County Art Trails Art Gallery, Arts Council/Alliance, Association/Club/Group/Guild, Decorative Arts, Education, Fine Crafts, Interior Design, Special Events, Visual Arts

Explore         Engage      Collect 

Welcome to Sonoma County Art Trails, the premier juried open studio tour which is held annually during the second and third weekends each October!  During Art Trails you can EXPLORE the scenic corridors and country roads; ENGAGE with the professional Art Trails artists in their studios; and COLLECT some wonderful art. Complimentary full color Collector’s Guide, including maps and artists’ information are available in Septament at Sebastopol Center for the Arts, galleries, cafes and shops throughout Sonoma County.  Or on-line at www.SonomaCountyArtTrails.org   Many Art Trails artists are open year-round by appointment so keeping your Collector’s Guide handy is always a good idea. Typically there are 140-150 artists who open their studios during Art Trails.  Art mediums include: Painting, print-making, sculpture, ceramics, fiber arts, fine jewelry, art glass, mixed media, woodwork, mosaic and photography. Studios are located throughout Sonoma County from Petaluma to Geyserville and the town of Sonoma to Bodega Bay.  Art Trails and the Jury Process Each participating artist has been juried into Art Trails.  New artists apply by submitting an application, a description of their art medium and processes, images of their work, and one representative original piece of art work.  A new jury is convened each year comprised of art experts and two rotating Art Trails members. While viewing the images, jurors are given information from the artist’s application on size, materials and techniques.  After viewing the images and the original piece of art, jurors score each applicant on quality, creativity, coherent individual style, craftsmanship and professionalism of presentation.  There are no quotas for acceptance imposed in any given medium or overall. The Art Trails Experience Each year 50,000 full color Collector’s Guides are printed and distributed to people who enjoy and appreciate art.  During Art Trails blue Art Trails signs help guide visitors on their self-guided tour.  Every year new people, from students, to out of town visitors, and local residents discover the rich and vibrant art culture Art Trails brings to Sonoma County.  You will want to make sure to Mark Your Calendar and Bring Your Friends as you engulf yourself in this fantastic Art Trails experience.  You’ll be glad you did! Art Trails is sponsored by Sebastopol Center for the Arts, 282 S. High St., Sebastopol, CA 95472  707.829.4797.  Each Art Trails artist is an independent business who has joined the Art Trails community, volunteering his/her time to enrich the lives of everyone who partakes in Art Trails. Questions? Please contact Art Trails Steering Committee Chair Marsha Connell at marsha@marshaconnell.com or Vice Chair Jan Schultz  at JanMetalArt@gmail.com

Sonoma Valley Museum Of Art Adult Arts Education, Art Gallery, Business, Education, Fine Crafts, Holidays Shop Local, Kids/Family, Museum, Museum and Gallery Memberships, Nonprofit, Retail, Special Events, Visual Arts, Youth Arts Education SVMA’s mission is to build community around art, which reflects our commitment to providing critical arts education, public art and humanities programs, and innovative, thought-provoking exhibitions tied to social and human experiences. SVMA serves the Sonoma Valley region and a wide range of visitors from, primarily, the Bay Area, but also from across the nation and the globe. Founded in 1998, SVMA is the region’s only modern and contemporary art museum providing arts and humanities interpretive programming and experiences. SVMA’s steady growth confirms the strong need and desire for its presence and service to the community and field. In addition to presenting art and culture from across the nation and, at times, from around the world, the Museum annually presents at least one exhibition with a broad depth and range of interpretive programming that highlights the distinct, influential, cultural and artistic heritage of California. With a modest seven full-time and two part-time staff, over 75 volunteers, and an engaged board of directors, SVMA produces model arts and humanities education along with highly respected exhibitions, inspiring cultural conversations that stimulate critical thinking and discussion surrounding contemporary issues of our day. Through its education efforts, SVMA provides free arts education for 4th- and 5th-graders in all Sonoma Valley schools (700-750 students) and averages hosting 75 public programs annually—a great feat for a small staff. SVMA’s library serves as an arts public reference source with a collection of over 2,500 art, architecture, and design books available to scholars and the public. SVMA also works with the Sonoma local government to spearhead activities that explore the art and heritage of the area, including the popular Sonoma Art Walk and public art exhibitions in Sonoma Plaza which, pre-COVID19, engage over 1,000 visitors a day in summer and fall months.  

Spolia Design/Build Business, Creative Design, Creative Sonoma Grantee, Environmental, Fine Crafts, Visual Arts I am a designer who seeks to create spaces and objects that add interest and serendipity to our built- and lived-environments.  Spolia Design/Build is a design practice, based in Santa Rosa, that focuses on cultivating, planning, and building beautiful landscapes, experiences, and objects.

The Cotati Accordion Festival Dance, Festivals/Markets, Fine Crafts, Food/Drink, Kids/Family, Music, Nonprofit, Performing Arts, School On August 16, 17, 18, 2019, The Cotati Accordion Festival, now in its 29th year provides quality accordion entertainment while also providing much needed donations to our local youth groups. We host over 40 acts on 7 stages with 70 or more vendors. Music is continuous from 9:30 AM to 8:00 PM both days. ZYDECO DANCING FROM NOON TO DUSK BOTH DAYS. I guarantee if you come once, you will come again. This isn't your grandmothers' accordion event. LET THE GOOD TIMES ROLL!

The Monarch Project Arts Council/Alliance, Association/Club/Group/Guild, Creative Design, Education, Film/Video, Fine Crafts, Kids/Family, Nonprofit, School, Visual Arts The Monarch Project aims to spread a message of love and acceptance for immigrants, regardless 0f their documentation,  all across Sonoma County and beyond. Our artists and activists paint monarch butterflies on the walls of businesses, libraries, all kinds of other public places. Each butterfly comes with a QR code that will bring them to this page where the locations of all the others are displayed, and the story of each butterfly is told. We challenge everyone to find these butterflies and to listen to the stories they represent. If you are a business, organization, or individual interesting in hosting a butterfly, please get in touch with us! Sonoma County has been and continues to be a county of immigrants. In today’s volatile political climate, the basic rights of immigrants are being violated. We believe that immigrants are a key part of our society and economy and we refuse to allow such injustices to continue. We believe that people outweigh politics and that protecting the human rights of immigrants should not be a partisan affair. We envision a future in which immigrants are celebrated for their invaluable presence in our society, and a future in which our undocumented peers no longer have to live in fear and hiding.  

The Sugar Pond Business, Decorative Arts, Fine Crafts, Retail Michelle Feileacan is the creative force behind The Sugar Pond, where she creates one of a kind and small batch silver and brass jewelry and brilliant and colorful illustrations. As a parent, a maker, a no shit taker, she draws inspiration from nature, witches, dreamers, fighters, mothers and rebels. Her jewelry boldly demands and commands attention and respect for those powerful enough to wear it, while her artwork captures heartache, longing, joy and strength.

Trompin' Manikins Association/Club/Group/Guild, Festivals/Markets, Fine Crafts, Performing Arts, Special Events, Visual Arts Trompin' Manikins is a collective of pageant puppet makers and performers. Our large puppets have performed both locally in Sonoma County at such events as Winterblast, and the Petaluma Rivertown Revival as well as Burnal Equinox in San Francisco and Honk Fest in Seattle. We can often be found performing with the Hubbub Club.

Upstairs Art Gallery Art Gallery, Business, Decorative Arts, Fine Crafts, Retail, Visual Arts

Local Art by Local Artists

With a focus on showcasing the best of Sonoma County artistic talent ..... we carry a wide variety of paintings, artisan crafts and handmade jewelry. Our gallery is artist owned and features the work of sixteen highly respected local artists, whose work is diverse in expression, mediums and styles. One of our artist/owners is always on hand to welcome you to the gallery. We are proud to be part of the vibrant and talented art community of Sonoma County. Centrally located on the Plaza in the heart of historic Healdsburg for over 25 years, the gallery is tucked away inside Levin and Co. Bookstore, next door to Downtown Bakery and Creamery. Within easy walking distance of the many fine dining, shopping and wine tasting experiences that  make Healdsburg a wine country destination worldwide. Open daily 11am to 6pm.

West County Fiber Arts School Education, Fine Crafts, School Welcome to West County Fiber Arts School, in Sebastopol, California. We offer a variety of workshops in fiber arts, taught by talented and experienced teachers from around the Bay Area, as well as from abroad. Browse our ever-expanding Menu of Workshops, and if you have any questions, please get in touch by emailing hello@wcfaschool.com. Our vision is to create a learning environment that supports the finest teachers in their respective craft and provides a conducive space for each student to open herself/himself to learning and the creative process. We are members of the Fibershed Producer Program, a community of local fiber producers and artisans, and are committed to fostering and sharing knowledge of local 'Soil-to-Soil' fiber systems and practices that enhance the land.