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Celebration of South American Poetry, Music and Sharing

BigDreams — Sat, 29 May 2010 22:25:42 +0000

It was an incredible night here at Pelican Art Gallery, home of the Masters of Today visual artists. We ventured into a beautiful bilingual evening of fantastic poetry and classical guitar. Beatrice Lagos, an internationally known poet, decided that the people of Chile should receive help to recover from the 8.8 earthquake and tsunami from earlier this year, 2010. She coordinated an incredible evening that included music from classical guitarist Mark Taylor.

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Mark Taylor, classical guitarist at Pelican Art Ayuda a Chile event

Mark played several different pieces that set the tone of this emotional and heart warming demonstration of love and caring. It was enjoyed by all. One guest claimed that it was as though they were in the Lincoln Center in Washington, DC. It was a wonderful international event! Thanks Beatriz!!

Beatriz Lagos at the podium during Ayuda a Chile event at Pelican Art Gallery

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Poetry & Painting

BigDreams — Thu, 06 May 2010 15:22:46 +0000

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 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

BigDreams — Thu, 22 Apr 2010 04:30:00 +0000

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 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