Pelican Art Gallery
Award winning fine art gallery with award winning artistsMay 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
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!
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