Annual senior art show opens Friday

[caption id="attachment_24200" align="alignnone" width="420" caption="Artist Pat Patterson (foreground) puts the finishing touches on her painting in anticipation of the Senior Art Show being help throughout the month of April in the Delong Room at the Sonoma library. "][/caption] The Vintage House Art Club will have... Continue

Teen takes Creative Arts Award

Sonoma’s Cultural and Fine Arts Commission (CFAC) has awarded its 2011 Creative Arts Award to 17-year-old musician, songwriter and artist Sarah Summers. “Music provides me a way to connect with people,” Summers said in her application, “be it the children at Rhoten summer camps through... Continue

Congressional contest for high school artists

Congressman Mike Thompson has urged all high school students in his district, Sonoma Valley included, to enter their artwork in the 2011 Congressional Art Competition. The annual competition showcases the artistic talents and abilities of students in all 50 states, the District of Columbia, and... Continue

Stamps of approval

Prestwood fifth graders Carlos Medina, Karina Pureco, and Madeline Anderson show their designs for a U.S. postage stamp, entries in the 2011 Federal Junior Duck Stamp Contest. The selection of California’s “Best of Show” design will be made in Sonoma on Friday, March 25... Continue

Area middle schoolers ready for their close-up

[caption id="attachment_23589" align="alignnone" width="420" caption="Aspiring filmmakers Sklyer Trystad, left, and Jim Saefong."][/caption] “Three, two, one….ACTION!” Adele Harrison seventh grader Genesis Castaneda is amazed that she and her friend, Dhamar Gallardo, a seventh grader at Altimira, are not only behind the camera calling out that famous Hollywood... Continue

Where it’s easy being green

There have been used car parts, coat hangers and camera innards. Old maps, discarded dolls and tricycles. Bird cages, dice, tools and even a porcelain sink. Pretty much anything and everything you can think of has been or will be turned into art during the... Continue

High school art students bring children’s portraits to life

In our career-driven world, art is often disregarded as a trivial practice, but as 25 Sonoma Valley High School artists and 25 orphans in India know, art can be life-changing. “It’s hard to say who got the most enjoyment out of this project, the kids... Continue

The artful cup

The Museum Café at the Sonoma Valley Museum of Art has its grand opening this week, with coffee maven Heath Winer at the helm. Friday and Saturday, Feb. 25 and 26, the museum will offer hot coffee, specialty espresso drinks, and Harvey’s Gourmet Donuts. Regular... Continue

The artful cup

Wish granted

The Bank of Marin this week donated a video projector to the Arts Guild of Sonoma Valley for use in its gallery. Thanks to an appearance by Susan Lindstrom on Ken Brown’s Mornings in Sonoma show, Branch Manager Marck Zuehlsdorff heard the appeal about the... Continue