Pelican Art Gallery

Stanley Mouse, best known for his posters of the 1960s music scene has created a new character named Swoopy.  Stop by the Gallery to see Swoopy!!

This cute little character is the newest of Stanley’s creations.  Having gotten so much positive feedback on Swoopy, Stanley intends to develop a series of paintings of this irresistible creature.  Collectors should be quick to add this painting to your collection because it’s the first of the series!

Tags: collectible, fine art, Master artist, Stanley Mouse

Cinnalounge is a special treat that the Cinnabar Theater puts on once during each of their shows for their $500+ members.  It is a VIP event that includes a distinguished speaker along with food and libations. Yesterday, April 11th, 2010, at Pelican Art Gallery, we hosted Shelley Fisher Fishkin, professor of English and Director of American Studies at Stanford University and the author or editor of 34 books on Mark Twain, including Lighting Out for the Territory: Reflections on Mark Twain and American Culture, Was Huck Black? Mark Twain and African-American Voices, The 29-volume Oxford Mark Twain, Mark Twain’s Book of Animals (article about Twain’s animal welfare concerns) and The Mark Twain Anthology: Great Writers on his Life and Work. She is the scholar who recovered Mark Twain’s forgotten play “Is He Dead?” in the archives, published it, and guided it to a critically acclaimed first-ever run on Broadway in 2007– 08. She is a past president of the American Studies Association and the Mark Twain Circle of America.always an interesting.

It was incredibly interesting and very timely as much of her presentation was about art.

Here is a photo of the event:

Shelley Fisher Fishkin, professor of English and Director of American Studies at Stanford University

We certainly love what we do!  I’m very proud to announce that Pelican Art Gallery was voted Best Framer and one of the Best Galleries in Sonoma County.  We want to thank those who took the time to vote in the Bohemian’s survey this year.  It reminds us how much our success is tied to our service, quality and communications.  So Thank YOU!

Yesterday, we had a successful event at the Gallery benefiting the AIDS Life Cycle Ride and the Pelican Art Foundation.  Our thanks to the hard work of all the volunteers to present such a fun and successful event.

We are very excited about this week’s performances of the V-Day “A Memory, A Monologue, A Rant & A Prayer” at Pelican Art Gallery Friday & Saturday, February 26th & 27th.  Trisha Almond, the amazing force behind the Petaluma V-Day involvement, has done a great job of orchestrating the 2 performances at the Gallery and the “Vagina Monologues” to be held at the Community Center on March 13th.

This year’s spotlight monologue, featured in V-Day Petaluma’s “A Memory, A Monologue, A Rant & A Prayer” and “The Vagina Monologues” productions, will be coming from Eve Ensler’s February 9 book release, “I Am An Emotional Creature: The Secret Life of Girls Around the World.”

You can find out more about the events at http://www.vdaypetaluma.org/.

Hope you join us in support of ending violence against women & girls.

Tags: CA, community, fine art, performance, Petaluma, vday

We’re very glad Stanley Mouse has joined us for the Resident Artist Program here at Pelican Art Gallery.

Poster for Heartbeat for Haiti on 2/13/2010

Stanley Mouse created this poster to assist Grateful Dead drummer Micky Hart with his fundraiser on 2/13/2010 called Heartbeat for Haiti.  At the Gallery the same night we raised $150 towards the cause.

As part of our current group show of our Masters of Today, Stanley provided the original painting that inspired the poster.  You can stop by the Gallery to see both the original painting and the signed poster.  It’s really amazing how much artwork Stanley donates to this type of fundraising.  We’re proud to represent such a wonderful artist.

"Heartbeat for Haiti" original painting by Stanley Mouse

Tags: fine art, Haiti, Micky Hart, Stanley Mouse

Don’t miss the opportunity to meet the artists who are part of the “Masters of Today” series brought to you by Pelican Art Gallery!  Be at the Gallery from  4 – 7pm on Saturday, February 13th, 2010!

Saturday February 13th, 2010

Join Pelican Art for the kickoff to our Modern Masters program of resident artists.