Annual Art in the Redwoods Festival
This event is normally held in August please contact event holder for exact dates.
Location :
Gualala CaliforniaWebsite :
http://www.gualalaarts.orgPhone :
884-1138About The Annual Art in the Redwoods Festival
Once again the Art in the Redwoods Festival—this year is the 44th annual event—will include a full array of entertainment in addition to the extensive display of art and crafts. Favorite acts from previous years will return, including Coast Recorder Consort, White Hackle Pipe Band, Ernest Bloch Bells, and guitarist John Mika. Jenn August, Bay Area folk-rock artist, makes her first appearance at AIR. Festivities begin with the traditional Art in the redwoods dinner on Friday night. The $50 cost includes admission to the Champagne Reception, Judges Critique, a bottomless glass of champagne, and the Art in the Redwoods dinner, which includes a selection of fine wines. Performances are scheduled throughout the weekend at both the amphitheater and auditorium stages. A new feature sponsored by the Four-eyed Frog bookstore—storytelling for children each day in the Fairy Ring behind the building. Art in the Redwoods would not be complete without the quilt raffle. “Earl’s Quilt,” in memory of architect and artist Earl V. Carlson (1926–2004), is this year’s grand prize. Born in Sheridan, Wyoming, Earl graduated from Notre Dame in 1949 with a degree in architecture. Thus began his lifelong adventure as an architect and artist. He and his wife, Pamela, retired to The Sea Ranch in 1988, and began collaborating on designing houses and quilts. “Earl’s Quilt” is an adaptation of an 1850’s Princess Feather quilt and is Earl’s last drafting collaboration with his wife. It is truly his quilt. Pam Carlson donated the quilt top to recognize Earl and what would be his heartfelt support of local student art scholarships. Recognition for finishing the quilt goes to the Pacific Piecemakers Quilt Guild. Raffle tickets are $2 each, seven for $10, or 15 for $20, and are enclosed in this newsletter. Proceeds benefit the Gualala Arts Scholarship Program. Gualala Arts is pleased and honored to have Consuelo Jimenez Underwood, Bob Nugent, and John LeBaron as this year’s judges for the fine art exhibit competition. Consuelo Jimenez Underwood is an artist and teacher at San Jose State University, Underwood raises two important issues that have surfaced in textiles recently—the contemporary interest in textiles as an expressive art form and the legacy of textiles as a craft traditionally practiced by women. Professor Bob Nugent is curator of Imagery Estate Winery Artists Program and Gallery and professor at Sonoma State University, teaching painting (oil and acrylic) and printmaking. Since 1971, he has participated in over 80 solo exhibitions, and his commissions form part of numerous private and public collections. Nugent’s work has been collected by major museums, among them, the Oakland Museum of Art, Brooklyn Museum of Art, Indianapolis Museum of Art, and the Museum of Modern Art in Sao Paulo, Brazil. John LeBaron was a photographer for the Santa Rosa Press Democrat for 20 years from 1948–1968. He served on the faculty of Santa Rosa Junior College, teaching photography for 35 years before retiring in 1997. Retirement has not slowed him down. He is still taking pictures saying that, “photography for me is an ongoing learning process, there are so many things to be photographed, and so many different ways to do it!” If you can’t make it to the festival, the Art in the Redwoods fine art exhibit will be on display through September 10, 2005, at Gualala Arts Center. Admission is free. For more information please call 884-1138 or see our website at gualalaarts.org. Gualala Arts Center is located at 46501 Gualala Road and is open weekdays 9 am to 4 pm, and weekends from noon to 4 p.m.