Drawn together

Principals from 12 Valley schools and directors from three non-profits gather for their share of a $88,500 donation from the Sonoma Plein Air Foundation, a nonprofit organization founded in 2002 by artist Keith Wicks. Funds were raised through the 2011 Sonoma Plein Air Festival, a week in which 40 artists convened to paint outdoors throughout the Sonoma Valley. Back row:  Justin Frese, deputy district superintendent; Keith Wicks, founder and president of Plein Air; Margie Maynard, director of education, Sonoma Museum of Art; Kathy Swett, director, Sonoma Community Center; Will Deeths, principal at Altimira; Leticia Bhatia, principal at Sassarinni; Esmeralda Moseley, principal at Flowery; Pam Garramone, principal at Creekside; Thena Trygstad, Arts Guild of Sonoma; Maite Iturri, principal at El Verano; John Arntz, Board President at Woodland Star; Karla Conroy, principal at Adele Harrison. Front row: Lynn Fitzpatrick, director of Curriculum and Instruction; Kate Eilertsen, executive director, Sonoma Valley Museum of Art,; Louann Carlomagno, district superintendent; Beth Wolk, principal at Prestwood; Paula Hunter, director, Sonoma Charter School; and Nanci Mathison, principal at Gateway High School.