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Posted on August 03, 2010Giant Steps is an amazing local non-profit organization that is the only year-round premier accredited therapeutic riding program in the North Bay Area. You can find out more about Giant Steps at http://www.giantstepsriding.org. Pelican Art Gallery is participating in an event to help support Giant Steps this week. Great for the entire family!
This Thursday, August 5th, from 5 – 7pm, the Petaluma Galleries & Merchants will be taking the best of Petaluma to the Sonoma Horse Park in support of the Giant Steps Charity Classic. It will be an evening of enchanting art and product presentation combined with hunter/jumper competition entertainment. This is one evening during the 4-day competition of world class horse & rider team events. We invite you to join us in this unusual and exciting opportunity.
Also, learn more about the Giant Steps’ Grand Prix Gala to be held on August 7, 2010: http://giantstepsriding.org/news-events/charity_classic-1/
The last 17 years, Pebble Beach has hosted a series of Grand Prix, hunter/jumper horse competitions. Due to the US Open Golf tournament this year, these competition weekends moved to the Sonoma Horse Park in our own backyard! You can find out more about the schedules for these competition weekends at http://sonomahorsepark.com/schedule.php
Hope to see you at the Horse Park!
Poetry & Painting
Posted on May 06, 2010Poetry Reading
I’m truly excited about this Saturday, May 8th. We have 2 very fun and engaging activities. First, at 2pm, we have our dear friend Katherine Hastings heading up a poetry reading, celebrating the Golden Anniversary Edition of Beatitude Magazine. Katherine will be joined by Sonoma County Poet Laureate, Gwynn O’Gara. The magazine was founded in 1959 by Bob Kaufman, Allen Ginsberg, John Kelley and William Margolis and helped launch the careers of many poets. It is a loving tribute to over 50 years of North Beach poetry in San Francisco.
Painting Demo by Alfredo Tofanelli
Alfredo Tofanelli’s artwork is flowing and colorful. Join us for a painting demonstration by Alfredo during the Art Walk Saturday, May 8th from 4 – 7pm. Alfredo teaches figure painting on Thursdays from the l’Atelier aux Couleur (the Petaluma Art Academy).
"Being Immortalized" by Alfredo Tofanelli, oil on board
Hope to see you this Saturday!
May 2010 Poets and Painting Demos
Posted on April 21, 2010Next month will be very exciting at the Gallery. We have 2 poetry events, May 8th and May 27th. We also have 2 painting demonstrations lined up on May 8th and May 15th. On May 8th, our friend and poet, Katherine Hastings, will be among the poets presenting several poems from 2 – 4pm, just before Art Walk.
Just as exciting is the poetry to be presented by Chilean poet Beatrice Lagos on Thursday, May 27th. This evening event will include a bilingual celebration of poetry in support of the Chilean villages that suffered from last month’s earthquake.
On the painting demonstration side of things, Alfredo Tofanelli will be in the Gallery for Art walk on Saturday, May 8th from 4 – 7pm. He is a portrait artist who will be giving a demo on portrait paintings. On Saturday, May 15th, as part of the Salute to American Graffiti, Stanley Mouse will be creating more hot rod art right in front of our eyes from 1 – 4pm. Hope you mark your calendars!икони
Swoopy by Stanley Mouse
Posted on April 13, 2010Stanley 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!
Fine Art from the Masters of Today
Posted on April 03, 2010I find it hard to believe that we’re already in April and the kickoff exhibition of the Pelican Art Gallery Masters of Today is in its final day! It has been a wonderful start to our representation of 11 incredible artists.
On Monday, April 5th, I’ll be hanging the next show which will feature Alfredo Tofanelli and Stanley Mouse.
Please join us for the Artist Reception
Saturday, April 10th from 4 – 7pm
Alfredo received his Fine Arts degree from the Art Center College of Design in Pasadena. He served on the faculty of Otis Art Institute of Parsons School of Design in Los Angeles, teaching courses in life drawing, painting and computer graphics. He currently teaches head & figure painting at the Atelier aux Couleurs: the Art Academy in Petaluma. Alfredo’s awards include the 2009Best of Show at the Napa Valley Museum’s Plein AirBiennial Exhibition.
"Ford in Mustard" by Alfredo Tofanelli, oil on canvas
Stanley, best known for his association with his music posters of the 1960s, is a master of portraiture painting. His famous posters have been in shows at The Smithsonian Institute, the New York Museum of Modern Art, the Boston Museum, the Art Museum of San Francisco, the Oakland Museum , the Tate in London and the Louvre Museum in Paris are a few of the premier museums to have featured Stanley’s artwork.
"Breezy" by Stanley Mouse, oil on canvas
Linda Gonzalez Memorial Youth Art Walk
Posted on March 11, 2010I was at the Gallery until near midnight last night finalizing the list of student art. Yesterday the local high school teachers brought in a couple hundred pieces of art from their current students. All the gallery owners and downtown merchants participating in this Saturday’s Art Walk were blown away by the quality of work.
You can see 4 examples at http://www.pelicanart.com/art/pelican-art-gallery-home/2010-youth-art-walk/. The teachers are to be commended due to their dedication to these students. Not only did they teach the classes, but they provided the artwork mounted, labeled and ready for hanging. This is not a simple task and I hope that parents and students thank the art teachers at our high schools for putting in such a tremendous effort!
Please make time to participate in the Linda Gonzalez Memorial Youth Art Walk this Saturday from 4 – 7pm and see the sea of student artists with their families. It’s really a fun experience to be around new artists who get a chance to participate in an exhibit of this caliber and size. It will be worth it!
Ray Roberts: A plein air Master
Posted on February 27, 2010It was when Ray Roberts signed with us as a Resident Artist that made us stop and reflect on the distance we had come with the Gallery. A member of the elite Plien Air Painters of America, Ray is one of California’s most respected Plein Air artists. He has a long list of awards including the Gold Medal for “Best Painting” at the California Art Club and the Artists’ Choice Award, the highest accolade from fellow artists, at three major Southwest art events.
"San Mateo Creek" by Ray Roberts 60 x 48 oil on canvas
Alfredo Tofanelli honored with Solo Show
Posted on February 24, 2010When we decided to dedicate the Gallery to a select group of artists, Alfredo Tofanelli was high on our list. Like all our Resident Artists, Alfredo is an award winning painter with a vast amount of experience.
Alfredo Tofanelli will be featured in the Napa Valley Museum’s exhibition, Plein Air & Other Works by Alfredo Tofanelli. The exhibition runs from March 5 – April 18. Winner of the 2009 Juried Plein Air exhibition, Tofanelli won the best of show award for Light Play, which captured the judges’ attention and entitled
him to the current one-person show. Opening is in the evening on Friday March 5th from 5:30 - 7:30 pm at the Napa Valley Museum. Congrats Al!
V-Day “A Memory, A Monologue, A Rant & A Prayer” at Pelican Art Gallery
Posted on February 21, 2010We 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.икони
Stanley Mouse Poster Helps Micky Hart with Haiti fundraiser
Posted on February 16, 2010We’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