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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.

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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

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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. She will active voicing, movement, and both a facilitated, and a free-form drum demonstrate constructing two vases: one squared and one circle of popular world rhythms. Website Link ovaled, both with texture and added detail. Along the way she will share a variety of tips for successfully building large with slabs. Additionally, while using texture, of course, principles of design will be discussed. Come join in, make 2 projects, and enhance your ability to work LARGE with soft slabs. Website Link Ceramics JUNE 24 VIRTUAL: CASTING SERIES: EXPLORING MODULARITY Fine Arts JUNE 19 Saturday, June 24 VIRTUAL: MIXED MEDIA BIRDS Kala Stein Saturday, June 19 $45 Colleen Gianatiempo In this virtual workshop, students will learn about Kala’s studio practice $40 and how she utilizes mold systems for modular casting, glaze fusing, CnC There are no limits to what you can create. It is a beautiful milled embossed patterns, and more. She will share her research and form of creative play and the process is meditative in nature. projects completed during her residency at MICA’s fab-lab supported by a Here is a project making happy little birds with acrylic paint, National Endowment for the Arts Grant as well as her sabbatical in 2019 at mixed media and collage. Menlo Studio, Jingdezhen, China - the porcelain capital of the world. The Website Link workshop will begin with a brief slide talk, followed by the demo, after which there will be some time reserved for more in-depth, live Q&A from the participants. Website Link

8 9 JUNE 21 - 25 CLAY & ART CAMP JUNE 12 - 16 FIBER ART CAMP JUNE 28 - JULY 2 Ages 6 - 10 JUNE 19 - 23 Ages 10 - 17 JULY 5 - 9 Monday through Friday Monday through Friday | July 12 - 16 | July 19 - 23 June 21 - 25 | June 28 - July 2 | July 5 - 9 Sliding Scale: $300 / $350 / $400 Sliding Scale: $300 / $350 / $400 A Sign up for one week or two, this camp for youth and teens focuses A one-week summer camp designed to give students the on a variety of different fiber crafts and skill building. Based on the ages opportunity to work in clay, print, and mixed media. Students will of enrolled students, projects might include pom-pom making, tassels, explore andSOLD learn to communicate OUT and express themselves through fabric printing/dyeing, pillow making, macrame, bracelet braids, wet art. Each 1 week camp is run 3 times and can be repeated. felting, weaving, clothes making on the sewing machine. The camp will Website Link culminate in a final presentation/showcase of all the finished work for family members. Website Link

JUNE 7 - 18 SELF EXPRESSION ART CAMP JULY 26 - 30 UPCYCLED ART CAMP SUMMER CAMPS Ages 13 - 17 Ages 10 - 17 Monday through Friday, June 7 - 18 Monday through Friday, July 26 - 30 (Scholarship opportunities may be available pending funding.) Sliding Scale: $300 / $350 / $400

We are partnering with Positive Images to provide a safe and A one-week camp for youth to discover the world of upcycled inclusive space for teens to find their artistic voice through radical designs and sustainability practices in art making. They will use their self-expression. In this two-week camp students will explore themes imagination and innovation to create textiles and art out of unlikely that matter to them through a variety of unconventional art forms materials like bicycleSOLD tubes, magazines, OUT plastic bags and old t-shirts. led by Bay Area artists. Students will also learn how art can be They will walk away feeling empowered and ready to create from found used as an outlet to communicate issues important to them. This materials all around them! camp will offer an artistic community of inclusion for all identities of Website Link gender, sexuality, race, and ethnicity. Website Link

Youth and Music JUNE 28 - JULY 2 IN-PERSON: KIDS DRUMMING AND MUSIC CLASS YOUTH PROGRAMMING

Monday through Friday, June 28 through July 2 Give the kids in your life the gift of art. With our after school art classes, Reggie Jones arts integration programming, private parties, summer camps, pod

JUNE $150 for the week classes and family classes we offer fun for all! Explore what it means to Have a blast while exploring a variety of percussion instruments, be an artist and experience our equipment and studio spaces while including; djembes, shakers, congas, claves, doumbeks, cajons, interacting with professional artists and art mediums. Stay up to woodblocks, madals, tambourines, the timbau, cowbells, dun- date on all upcoming youth and family related classes and events by duns, bucket drums, and bongos... Come! Kids will learn basic joining our mailing list. Contact: Lexi Bakkar (she/her), Youth Program percussion tones and playing techniques as we partake in Manager and Ceramics Coordinator, (707) 938-4626 x2, drumming and rhythm games, active voicing, movement, and [email protected] both a facilitated, and a free-form drum circle of popular world rhythms. Website Link

10 11 Ceramics Fine Art JULY 7 JULY 2, 9, 23 & 30 IN-PERSON: CERAMICS HAPPY HOUR HYBRID: PASTEL PAINTING - JULY Wednesday, July 7

JULY Fridays, July 2, 9, 23 and 30 Free for members / $10 suggested donation Deborah Donahower $140 in-person / $100 virtual A new Ceramics Pass perk! Designed after the ever-popular Fiber Arts Happy Hour, these gatherings are an opportunity to interact with our Soft pastels are an interesting medium because, unlike paint, staff, show and tell, trouble shoot, share tips, and answer your clay and all color mixing is done directly on the paper. Layers are built studio questions. Come hang out, connect and socialize. Each week will up to create luminous, painterly effects. Why is it called a begin with an introduction of studio announcements followed by a small pastel painting? Because the entire surface of the paper is presentation that will dive into the wonderful world of ceramics. TOPIC: covered with pastel. Classes will cover still life, landscapes, KILNS! Website Link portraits and abstract subject matter. Suitable for beginners- intermediate. Choose to attend in-person or virtually through Zoom. Students work along with the instructor from the images provided. Website Link

Fiber JULY 8 VIRTUAL: RIBBON LILY FLOWER MAKING SCHOLARSHIPS Thursday, July 8 Jessica Jones The Equity in Arts Scholarship program is available to those for whom the cost $38 of a class would create financial hardship. We ask for a minimal fee to cover the cost of the ticketing software and licensing to run the class. To do our part Using wire ribbon, this is a hand sewn lily flower that can be used to towards building a more just and equitable society where all people have access to adorn a hat, hair clip, made into a fascinator or pin for your jacket or adorn enrichment experiences, we are proud to offer these scholarships as a step towards a gift for someone special. We will make 6 petals using the boat pattern, addressing systemic inequities and creating access for individuals from all walks wire and felt stamens attached to either a stem or a piece of crinoline or of life. This grassroots effort would not be possible without the generosity of our fabric. Website Link donors, and of the artists who are hired by Sonoma Community Center to teach. To learn more, click here.

Fine Arts Youth and Music JULY 10 JULY 5 - 9 IN-PERSON: BEES AND BLOOMS IN WATERCOLOR IN-PERSON: KIDS DRUMMING AND MUSIC CLASS Saturday, July 10 Alina Nuebel Monday through Friday, July 5 through July 9 $75 | Optional $30 kit of take home materials available. Reggie Jones $150 for the week Come to the Community Center’s beautiful Secret Garden in the cool of the morning for a relaxing watercolor workshop. You’ll learn to paint Have a blast while exploring a variety of percussion bees and flowers as a celebration of the relationship between pollinators instruments, including; djembes, shakers, congas, claves, and plants. Designed for students with little experience (but open to doumbeks, cajons, woodblocks, madals, tambourines, the everyone) the class format will introduce materials and offer drawing timbau, cowbells, dun-duns, bucket drums, and bongos... pointers through a guided exercise. Then participants will have time to Come! Kids will learn basic percussion tones and playing create their own variations on the theme. All materials provided. techniques as we partake in drumming and rhythm games, Website Link active voicing, movement, and both a facilitated, and a free- form drum circle of popular world rhythms. Website Link

12 13 Ceramics JULY 10 VIRTUAL: COIL MOON JAR, ADVANCED

Saturday, July 10 JULY Seong Weon Joanne Lee $50 CERAMICS STUDIO & PASSES

Experience the meditative process of coiling at home! Joanne The Ceramics department (Sonoma Ceramics) will teach how to build the traditional Korean Form-the Moon consists of four designated public workspaces Jar/Round Vase. Any clay type can be used for this technique, equipped with gas, electric, and raku kilns, wheels, however porcelain is the most challenging.This is the slab rollers, extruder, and a spray booth. World-class advanced class for large Moon Jars. instructors draw youth, beginner and advanced Website Link participants to explore all of the wonderful possibilities of working in clay. We sell eight types of clay and fire our cone 10, 5, and 04 kilns weekly. Our Artist in Residence program brings talented emerging professionals to The Center to make work in the studio while immersing themselves in the inspiring atmosphere of the Sonoma Community Center. JULY 13, 20 & 27 Ceramics IN-PERSON: POTTERY ON THE WHEEL AUGUST 3, 10, 17, Visit our membership page to join the studio by 24 & 31 Tuesdays, July 13, 20, 27, August 3, 10, 17, 24 and 31 purchasing a Ceramics Studio Pass. Benjamin Betorne $245 plus $30 materials fee Contact: Kala Stein (she/her) Director of Ceramics & Arts, (707) 938-4626 x9 First-timers welcome! Develop and improve your throwing [email protected] skills while exploring a range of forms through multiple class projects in this all-level throwing class (8 weeks). The Click here to be added to the ceramics email list. instructor guides you through the basic steps of throwing, shaping, and trimming of pottery on the wheel. This class is a great opportunity for students to hone basic techniques of throwing on the wheel and expand skills in all aspects of pottery. Surface decoration techniques will also be explored. Website Link

Ceramics Fine Arts JULY 14 JULY 17 IN-PERSON: CUPS, MUGS, AND PITCHERS HYBRID: ABSTRACTION EXTRAVAGANZA WORKSHOP Wednesday, July 14 Lynn Wood Saturday, July 17 $50 includes materials and firing Colleen Gianatiempo $75 in-person / $50 virtual. In-person + $15 materials fee Learn how to make all types of pots from simple slab cylinders! No experience is necessary for this fun class Do you want to get in touch with your abstract side but not sure how? where each student will explore slab building to make This class will introduce a multitude of different exercises to get you vertical cylinders, cups, mugs, pitchers, vases, or your own thinking about form, space, shape, emotion and composition. Allow unique creation. Lynn will demonstrate her technique step yourself to let go of control and surrender to the painting. Abstract art by step including texturizing the clay. Open to families and enables the artist to perceive beyond the tangible, to extract the infinite individuals of all abilities; tools and 5 lbs of clay included. out of the finite. Beginners a bonus! Choose to attend in-person or Website Link virtually. All materials provided for in-person students. Website Link

14 15 Youth, Family, & Music JULY 17 Fine Arts IN-PERSON: FAMILY DRUMMING CLASS JULY 24 IN-PERSON: BOTANICAL SKETCHING Saturday, July 17 USING WATERCOLOR PENCILS JULY Reggie Jones $15-30 per person Saturday, July 24 Alina Nuebel Have a blast exploring a variety of percussion instruments $75 +$30 materials kit to keep in this class for kids and their parents/guardians. Play the drums with your kids, and connect to the rhythms that join Use the variety of plants growing in the Secret Garden as the family together. You’ll learn basic percussion tones and inspiration to learn different techniques of using watercolor playing techniques as we partake in drumming and rhythm pencils. Adding color to your observational sketches is a games, active voicing, movement, and both a facilitated, and pleasure with this medium which can add a wash of color as a free-form drum circle of popular world rhythms. well as fine details. Watercolor pencils are perfectly portable Website Link -- you’ll want to bring them on your next adventure or to draw in your own yard. Beginners welcome! Website Link

Ceramics Ceramics JULY 21 JULY 24 IN-PERSON: CERAMICS HAPPY HOUR IN-PERSON AT DIROSA: MARIA PAZ

Wednesday, July 21 Saturday, July 24 Free for members / $10 suggested donation Maria Paz $125 - includes materials and firing. A new Ceramics Pass perk! Designed after the ever-popular Fiber Arts Happy Hour, these gatherings are an opportunity *New* in partnership with di Rosa Center for Contemporary Art. to interact with our staff, show and tell, trouble shoot, share Experience Ceramic Interventions through the eyes of artist Maria tips, and answer your clay and studio questions. Come Paz! She will walk you through the works in the exhibition, Ceramic hang out, connect and socialize. Each week will begin with Interventions: Nicki Green, Sahar Khoury, & Maria Paz, followed by a an introduction of studio announcements followed by a lunchtime talk and studio session. Paz will take you through the technical small presentation that will dive into the wonderful world of process of coil-building and painting a personal vessel and will talk about ceramics. TOPIC: how to reclaim!! Website Link the conceptual process of incorporating a personal narrative into your art. Clay and firing are provided by Sonoma Ceramics and will be available for pick-up at a later date. Website Link

Ceramics JULY 22 IN-PERSON: TWO HEADS ARE BETTER THAN ONE CLAY WORKSHOP FIGURE ARTS OPEN STUDIO Thursday July 22 $60 includes materials and firing Join us for uninstructed live sessions of figure drawing with fellow artists. Models vary weekly. A Thursday evening date-night style event for adults! Meet Easels provided. Please bring your own supplies. at the Museum then move to the Plaza for a docent-led tour, Ages 18+. Watch for announcements about the then end at the Community Center where participants will reinstatement of this program. get a tour of the kilns, then build and slip their own unique ceramic artwork inspired by Kaneko’s monumental ceramic Contact: Jill Valavanis (she/her) sculptures. All pieces will be fired and available for pick up Fine Arts Coordinator, (707) 938-4626 x7 at a later date. Participants are welcome to bring their own [email protected] refreshments and make a night of it! This exploration in clay inspired by Jun Kaneko’s public art on the Plaza presented by Sonoma Community Center and Sonoma Valley Museum of Art. Website Link

16 17 Ceramics Ceramics JULY 27 & AUGUST 7 VIRTUAL: ADVANCED COLORED IN-PERSON: WINDOW SILL VASES AUGUST 19 PORCELAIN: Saturday, August 7 JULY 5 FLOWERS Lynn Wood $50 includes materials and firing Tuesdays, July 27, August 19 Chris Campbell Lynn will demonstrate how to make her popular flat vases that fit perfectly $90 for lifetime access on a window sill. As the Pottery Texture Queen, of course, texture will be involved through stamping and texture mats, additions and details. Feel In this video, Chris will be presenting step by step instructions like veering off the path? You are welcome to invent your own creation as for creating five different floral canes to make white gardenia, well! Come join the fun, first-timers welcome! Website Link the lily, multi colored simple flowers, violets and lupin shaped flowers. We highly recommend my beginner series of videos as a starting point for your journey into color. Website Link

Ceramics, Youth JULY 31 IN-PERSON: TWO HEADS ARE BETTER THAN ONE FAMILY CLAY WORKSHOP

Saturday, July 31 or August 28 $60 per adult and child pair | $90 for 3 | $120 for 4

This unique exploration in clay inspired by Jun Kaneko’s public art on the Plaza presented by Sonoma Community Center and Sonoma Valley Museum of Art. Families will meet at the Museum then move to the Plaza for a docent-led tour of Jun Kaneko’s monumental ceramic sculptures. The group will then walk to the Community Center to get a tour of the kilns, then build and slip their own ceramic artwork inspired by Kaneko’s work. All pieces will be fired and available for pick up at a later date. Fun for the whole family! Website Link

Fine Arts AUGUST 6, 13, 20 HYBRID: PASTEL PAINTING - AUGUST & 27 Fridays, August 6, 13, 20 and 27 “STITCHES: OUTSIDE THE LINES,” GALLERY 212 Deborah Donahower (AUGUST 5TH - SEPTEMBER 26TH) $140 in-person / $100 virtual Frances Arnold, Lori Goldman, Emily Marks, Janet McBeen, Hella Merril Soft pastels are an interesting medium because, unlike paint, all color mixing is done directly on the paper. Layers are built Many people think of stitching as a way to mend a garment, sew a dress, or embroider a pillowcase. But unlike up to create luminous, painterly effects. Why is it called a

AUGUST those usual examples, five local artists will explore the boundaries of the techniques of “stitches,” creating pastel painting? Because the entire surface of the paper is unique works that stretch the medium in surprising ways. Featured art by Frances Arnold, Lori Goldman, Emily covered with pastel. Classes will cover still life, landscapes, Marks, Janet McBeen, and Hella Merril will include telephone wire sculptures, paper art, large scale burlap portraits and abstract subject matter. Suitable for beginners- pieces and exuberant wall hangings. intermediate. Choose to attend in-person or virtually through In conjunction with the “Stitches” exhibit, artists Lori Goldman and Emily Marks will offer a one-day in-person Zoom. Students work along with the instructor from the Workshop, entitled “Using Unusual Materials in Knitting and Crochet” in September. images provided. Website Link

18 19 Ceramics AUGUST 11 IN-PERSON: CERAMICS HAPPY HOUR WITH RESIDENT ARTIST GABO MARTINEZ

Wednesday, August 11 Free for members / $10 suggested donation

This week’s Ceramics Happy Hour will feature our new

AUGUST resident artist - come and meet her, hear about her studio practice, see a brief artist talk, and hear about her intentions while at the Center. Come hang out, connect and socialize with our wonderful community! Website Link

ABOUT OUR FALL 2021 RESIDENT ARTIST, GABO MARTINEZ

We are very excited to welcome Gabriela “Gabo” Martinez to Sonoma Community Center as our new Artist in Residence July - December, 2021.

Gabriela “Gabo” Martinez was born in Tarimoro, Guanajuato, MX and currently lives in Houston, TX. She earned her BFA in Studio Art with a concentration in Ceramics from Texas State University in 2018. Inspired by her indigenous Mexican culture and her research into Native American visual traditions, Gabo works with terracotta clay, sgraffito technique, and vibrantly colored slips. Her pieces recall PRINT STUDIO imagery of the Mexican towns where she spent her summers, and evoke the artist’s ongoing reconciliation of civilizations, languages, and generations. Printmaking Open Studio provides access to experienced printmakers who wish to work on independent projects. There is space and equipment to practice In her application, Gabo shares, “This residency would provide me with time and space to develop my newest and explore monoprinting, etching, intaglio, relief printing, gel plate printing, body of work that explores how we manifest our own narratives of resistance, healing and survival. I will be collagraph, and screenprinting. Equipment and tools include: large motorized exploring this concept with text-based imagery and motifs based on research of indigenous technologies to Griffin press, manual Griffin press, soft grounds heating surface, etching tools, render ceramic and print pieces that expound upon the Mexican American identity. Carving my own poetry paper soaking sink, printing plates, palettes, vertical etching tank, brayers, barens, onto vessel forms allows me to reflect on my suffering and struggles as a Latinx woman. Clay can be used as a ink spatulas, silkscreens, squeegees, gel plates, tabletop exposure unit, emulsion vehicle for immortalizing my emotions, which allows me to embrace my self-truth. Being aware of my self-truth scoop coater, and drying rack. (We look forward to reopening the Print Studio. More brings me empowerment and healing. I wish to share my story and demonstrate the transformative power of information coming soon!) art in order to encourage my community to do the same.”

Contact: Jill Valavanis (she/her), Fine Arts Coordinator, (707) 938-4626 x7, We welcome Gabo who will be a valuable contributor to the mission and vision of Sonoma Community Center. [email protected] Website Link Click on the links below to see Gabo’s work:

gabomartinipotts.com gabomartinipotts

20 21 Fiber Fine Arts AUGUST 15 & 22 AUGUST 21 VIRTUAL: BOOKMAKING WORKSHOP: HYBRID: REPETITION, RHYTHM AND PATTERN BOOK SET C WORKSHOP

Sundays, August 15 and 22 Saturday, August 21 Book Arts Roadshow Colleen Gianatiempo $110 + Supply Fee $25 $75 in-person / $50 virtual. In-person + $15 materials fee

AUGUST Book Arts Roadshow is back with yet another set of fun Do you know the difference between repetition and pattern or book structures to learn how to make! This 2-session rhythm and pattern? This fun, quick workshop is for you to bring your Bookmaking Workshop: Book Set C, taught by Book Arts art to the next level! The brain looks for patterns and fills in the blanks. Roadshow, focuses on providing basic information and It uses patterns to understand the relationship between things— hands-on instruction on how to make a selection of six putting them in context. Having patterns in your art is essential! You folded, adhesive and sewn book structures. Book structures will make your own stamp and learn about the 5 different kinds of that will be taught in this workshop are: Flag Book, Map rhythm and the 3 essentials to pattern making. There will be demos, Book, Meandering Zine, Exquisite Corpse 1, Exquisite Corpse interactive exercises and slideshows! Choose to attend in-person or 2, and Multi-Signature Book with Flexible Cover. virtually. All materials provided for in-person students. Website Link Website Link

Ceramics AUGUST 25 IN-PERSON: CERAMICS HAPPY HOUR

Wednesday, August 25 Fiber Arts Free for members / $10 suggested donation A new Ceramics Pass perk! Designed after the ever-popular Fiber Arts Happy Hour, these gatherings are an opportunity to interact with our staff, show and tell, trouble shoot, share tips, and answer your clay and HAPPY HOUR studio questions. Come hang out, connect and socialize. Each week will begin with an introduction of studio announcements followed by a small presentation that will dive into the wonderful world of ceramics. TOPIC: making your own slips from reclaim clay! FIBER ARTS FIBER ARTS HAPPY HOUR Website Link

Home of Sonoma’s Trashion Fashion A FREE place to hang out and just play, Show, the Fiber Department offers free explore, and connect. No skill level Happy Hours, philanthropic crafting necessary- even if you’ve just been curious opportunities, and dynamic fiber about accessory making, mending, classes for all levels and ages. Housed macrame, knitting, crochet, sewing, Ceramics AUGUST 28 in the “Marcie Waldron Fiber Arts weaving, embroidery, or any other fiber IN-PERSON: TWO HEADS ARE BETTER THAN Studio,” the department is equipped related craft - this is the place for you. Feel ONE CLAY WORKSHOP with sewing and serger machines, an free to bring materials and supplies that embroidery and felting machine, 6’x3’ you no longer need, and something to eat Saturday, August 28 tables, a lending library, dress forms and/or drink if you choose. Current projects $60 per adult and child pair | $90 for 3 | $120 for 4 and mannequins, irons, lap looms, are welcome. Newbies and friends are Explorations in Clay inspired by Jun Kaneko’s Public Art on the Plaza knitting and crochet needles, yarn, definitely encouraged! (Normally meets presented by SCC and SVMA. fabric, thread, sewing notions, and all every Wednesday 4:30-6:00PM. Please stay Families will meet at the Museum then move to the Plaza for a the materials necessary to complete tuned for updates on when we will return.) docent-led tour of Jun Kaneko’s monumental ceramic sculptures. your fiber related crafts. Studio hours Contact: Eric Jackson, Creative Programs The group will then walk to the Community Center to get a tour of are available to the public. Please Manager, 707-938-4626 x3, the kilns, then build and slip their own ceramic artwork inspired by inquire for more information. [email protected] Kaneko’s work. All pieces will be fired and available for pick up at a Website Link later date. Fun for the whole family! Website Link

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AT THE MUSEAT HONORING KEVIN McNEELY & OUR COMMUNITY

A SONOMA COMMUNITY CENTER AUGUST FUNDRAISER JOIN US ON THE RED CARPET SPONSORSHIPS TH AVAILABLE NOW 5:00PM A CREATIVE SONOMA 14 COMMUNITY CENTER PRODUCTION 276 EAST NAPA ST.,SONOMA SATURDAY

COME CELEBRATE SATURDAY AUGUST 14th STARTING AT 5:00PM AT THE SONOMA COMMUNITY CENTER Mark your calendar: join us in person to honor this year's Muse and our wonderful community! Come reconnect, celebrate, have fun, and enjoy delicious food and wine — all while raising funds for the Sonoma Community Center.

STARRING THE MUSE ELLEN TOSCANO KEVIN McNEELY A standing ovation for Kevin SPONSORSHIPS and his unwavering commitment to uplifting our AVAILABLE NOW community through his creativity, generous spirit, and entertaining community service. Kevin is a vital part of TICKETS COMING SOON our Sonoma Valley Community.

CHECK OUT: SONOMACOMMUNITYCENTER.ORG/MUSE FOR UPDATES & CELEBRATION DETAILS!