Pelican Art Gallery

Pelican Art Gallery is participating in an event to help support Giant Steps this week. Great for the entire family!

Poetry 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 [...]

Next 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 [...]

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 [...]

I 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 [...]

I 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.
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Ray is one of California’s most respected Plein Air artists.

When 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. [...]

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.”

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