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SONOMA COMMUNITY CENTER MMUN CO ITY A C M E N O T N E O R S E D Y U IT C N A U TI M ON M SUMMER CATALOG ARTS CO 2021 GREETINGS Welcome to our Summer 2021 Arts and Culture Catalog! As the weather warms up and life slows down; as we begin to heal from the traumas and struggles of this past year; this summer is a time to unwind, to release, to reconnect, and to create space for creativity. We aim to offer something for everyone - whatever your preferred medium, level of experience, and interest. In the following pages you’ll find classes in ceramics, fiber, fine arts, printing, and music; and you’ll see options both for beginners and for more advanced artists. We will continue offering virtual classes, alongside in-person programming and gatherings. We’re excited to make use of our beautiful outdoor spaces in new and creative ways – and to welcome you back into our classrooms and studios. The Community Center values building bridges and forging partnerships that result in fun programming and more creative energy for our community. Sift through our classes to discover exciting new programming in collaboration with di Rosa, Positive Images, the Sonoma Valley Museum of Art, and La Luz Center. We’ll also be hosting pop-up classes and events throughout the summer, so please check our website for the most up-to- date listings and announcements. Community is in our name, and it’s at the heart of everything we do. Since our founding in 1952, our goal has been to create welcoming spaces, and to offer opportunities for everyone to tap into their creative voice 4 Events Calendar and connect with others through art. We believe art belongs to us all, and that our collective community is made stronger by the unique voice and experience we each contribute to the whole. We hope you’ll find in this catalog something that strikes your interest, and plenty of opportunities to reconnect with us and your 6 June community – and as always, we’d love to hear what you’d like to see at the Community Center. 10 Summer Camps Join us! 12 July Charlotte Hajer Kala Stein Executive Director Director of Ceramics & Arts CONTENTS 18 August @sonomacommunitycenter @sonomacommunitycenter @sonomacommunitycenter Cover: Fiber Artist, Lori Goldman, preps for the August sonomacommunitycenter.org Gallery Exhibit, “Stitches: Outside the Lines.” KEEP IN TOUCH (Aug. 5 - Sept. 26) 3 Housed in the beautiful 107-year old Sonoma Grammar School building just off Sonoma Plaza, the Sonoma Community Center was founded in 1953 as a resource for community enrichment through the arts. Today, the mission of the Sonoma Community Center is to cultivate a vibrant community through extraordinary creative, cultural, and learning experiences. Driven by values of community, innovation, creativity, inclusion, and leadership, the Center offers a broad range of classes, events, and performances that encourage people from all walks of life to create, connect, thrive, and build community together. MU ABOUT ABOUT OM NIT C Y A C M E N O T N E O R S E D Y U IT C N A U TI M ON M ARTS CO SAVE THE DATE June 4 GALLERY 212: Anela Oh Opening August 5 GALLERY 212: “Stitches: Outside the Lines” Opening August 14 The MUSE Celebrating Kevin McNeely September 24 Sonoma Arts Live returns October 12 UFO Lecture Series November 1 Dia de los Muertos sonomacommunitycenter.org/get-involved/become-a-member November 25 Free Thanksgiving Dinner December 3 - 5 Fine Craft and Art Holiday Sale February 26 Chili Bowl April 2 Trashion Fashion POP-UP CLASSES & UPDATES EVENTS CALENDAR EVENTS As we slowly return to normalcy, we look forward to adding more hybrid and in-person arts & culture programming to our schedule. We recommend regularly visiting our online listings to stay up-to-date with any pop-up classes, new offerings that may arise, and official programming announcements. Website Link 4 5 Ceramics Fine Arts JUNE 3 JUNE 6 VIRTUAL: DEVELOPING TEMPLATES FOR VIRTUAL: STARTING AN ART JOURNAL - SLAB BUILDING FREE-FORM DOCUMENTATION Thursday, June 3 Sunday, June 6 JUNE Lynn Wood Alice Pennes $45 $40 In this virtual workshop, using Zoom video conferencing, An art journal is a way to document time -- sharing with the pages Lynn will share her template building skills: from 2d to 3d and your grief, joy, anger, and hope -- and also the mundane and beautiful 3d to 2d. Don’t be intimidated, Lynn has been developing aspects of life. The pages may not all be “good-looking” but they may templates for many years. She has many techniques for help you sort through these days and months that seem to run together. creating them. She will guide everyone in simple clear steps This workshop will show you how to build a dynamic journal page and 3 different ways . Examples and tips will be a part of the document your experience living through this unprecedented time. We workshop. This workshop will enable you to take your slab will focus on layering different materials, techniques to disguise and building to the next level in a very personal direction. Website highlight your writing, finding unexpected beauty and as always letting go of perfection when working in your Link journal. We will discuss how to use your journal to make the best of small moments of time to yourself and how to use your journal in a non-linear way. We will also cover what you can do with very basic materials. Open to beginners and more experienced journalers alike. Website Link Fine Arts JUNE 4, 11, 18 & 25 VIRTUAL: PASTEL PAINTING - JUNE Fridays, June 4, 11, 18 and 25 Ceramics Deborah Donahower JUNE 10 $100 + $20 to have source images printed and mailed (for VIRTUAL: KURINUKI CUPS & HANDBUILT DRIP those students who don’t have a color printer) CONES Soft pastels are an interesting medium because, unlike paint, Thursday, June 10 all color mixing is done directly on the paper. Layers may be Melissa Weiss built up to create luminous, painterly effects. Why is it called $45 a pastel painting? Because the entire surface of the paper is In this virtual workshop, Melissa will demonstrate how to carve cups from covered with pastel. Have fun and develop a comprehensive solid balls of clay and add handles. She will show how to make pour over set of skills in this wonderful medium. Deborah will guide you style coffee cones using the pinch method. Kurinuki means ‘to hollow as you learn techniques including blending, underpainting, out’. It is a Japanese subtractive method of making pots by starting with foundation washes, and color theory, as well as composition a solid shape and carving the pot out of it. Tools, clay types, and technique and perspective. Website Link will be shown so you can make your own. Website Link Fine Arts JUNE 5 Fine Arts VIRTUAL: EXERCISES FOR ABSTRACTION JUNE 12 VIRTUAL: DRAWING AND BRAIN EXERCISES Saturday, June 5 Colleen Gianatiempo Saturday, June 12 $40 Colleen Gianatiempo $40 Want to get in touch with your abstract side but not sure Learn exercises that will stimulate new neural pathways and use them as how? This class will introduce a multitude of different building blocks to help you to learn to “draw what you see, not what you exercises to get you thinking about form and space, shape, know!” Let’s get rid of old programming and stimulate your brain! emotion and composition. Allow yourself to let go of control Website Link and surrender to the painting. Website Link 6 7 Youth & Family Fiber JUNE 12 & 19 JUNE 19 & 26 VIRTUAL: FABRICATE A STEAMPUNK VIRTUAL: KNOTLESS NETTING TROPHY Saturdays, June 19 and 26 Saturdays, June 12 and 19 JUNE Kathy Rousso Robert van de Walle $45 $40 per household. Great opportunity for friends to work Students will learn how to make a small knotless netted basket. together in a garage or parent-teen pairs. Beginning at the bottom, Kathy will show you how to start, to increase In this virtual workshop, Robert will reveal the secrets of stitches, and to end the rim. Knotless netting is a common net bag creating great trophies and awards for any occasion. We’ll making technique. Class will begin with a powerpoint presentation to combine either things you already have or items from a illustrate the history and variety of these bags. The Instructor is bilingual short list of materials to make a Steampunk Trophy (or and spent a year researching net bags in Guatemala with funding from a any style of award) for your “World’s Greatest Dad” or “My Fulbright grant. Website Link Favorite Aunt” or “Best Mom Ever” or even something silly and unique such as “Best Giraffe Rider.” One of the greatest gifts we can give is simply recognizing that someone else is important to us. Make this person a unique, one-of-a-kind trophy for them to proudly display! Website Link Youth and Music JUNE 21 - 25 IN-PERSON: KIDS DRUMMING AND MUSIC CLASS Ceramics Monday through Friday, June 21 through 25 JUNE 17 VIRTUAL: STATEMENT VASES: SOFT SLAB Reggie Jones CONSTRUCTION $150 for the week Thursday, June 17 Have a blast while exploring a variety of percussion instruments, Lynn Wood including; djembes, shakers, congas, claves, doumbeks, cajons, $50 woodblocks, madals, tambourines, the timbau, cowbells, dun-duns, bucket drums, and bongos... Come! Kids will learn basic percussion tones In this virtual workshop, using Zoom video conferencing, and playing techniques as we partake in drumming and rhythm games, Lynn will tackle working large with 12” by 16” slabs.