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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 FALL CATALOG ARTS CO 2021 GREETINGS Welcome to our Fall 2021 Arts and Culture Catalog! As kids start school and families return to their year-round routines, we are excited to offer lots of opportunities to build art into your week. From weekend workshops to after-school programs, evening classes and weekday happy hours, we hope you’ll find something that strikes your fancy – and entices you to stretch your creative muscles. At the Community Center, Fall is also a time for community celebration, and for honoring shared traditions. Join us throughout the month of October to explore the beautiful art and culture of Día de los Muertos, a time-honored celebration of loved ones who have passed, with deep roots in Mexican and Mexican-American communities. Then, mark the start of the December holiday season with us at our 3-day Winter Market, which will include our 10th annual Fine Craft and Art Sale as well as lots of fun activities for visitors of all ages. Both celebrations offer an opportunity to come together and connect with neighbors, near and far, through the power of creativity and arts. And that, ultimately, is what our work at the Community Center is all about. We hope to see you this Fall, whether on our campus or out in the community, and we look forward to cultivating a vibrant, creative community with you. In gratitude, 4 Events Calendar 6 September Charlotte Hajer Executive Director 16 October 26 November CONTENTS 30 December @sonomacommunitycenter @sonomacommunitycenter @sonomacommunitycenter Cover: Resident artist, Gabo Martinez, will be sonomacommunitycenter.org working at the Center through December, 2021. KEEP IN TOUCH Peruse our catalogue for opportunities to take classes with her and for details on her solo exhibition in November! 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 August 5 Gallery 212 “Stitches: Outside the Lines” Opening Reception August 11 Artist in Residence Talk: Gabo Martinez August 14 The Muse September 11 Free Plein Air Painting on the Plaza September 24 Sonoma Arts Live returns September 29 Game Night at the Center October 7 Gallery 212 “Dia Art Exhibit” Opening Reception October 12 UFO Lecture Series October 28 Pumpkin Contest Party November 1 Dia Public Altar Lighting Ceremony November 25 Free Thanksgiving Dinner sonomacommunitycenter.org/get-involved/become-a-member December 2 Sonoma Winter Market Opening Night December 2 - 4 Sonoma Winter Market: 10th Annual Fine Craft and Art Sale February 26 Chili Bowl Express April 2 Trashion Fashion Week Begins EVENTS CALENDAR EVENTS POP-UP CLASSES & UPDATES 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 listing and sign up for our enewsletter to stay up-to-date with any pop-up classes, new offerings that may arise, and official programming announcements. Website Link 4 5 Fine Arts FINE ARTS SEPT 1, 8, 15 & 22 IN-PERSON: WATERCOLOR PAINTING SEPT 3, 10, 17 & 24 HYBRID: PASTEL PAINTING STEP-BY-STEP Fridays, September 3, 10, 17, and 24 Wednesdays, September 1, 8, 15, and 22 Deborah Donahower Colleen Gianatiempo $140 in-person / $100 virtual $140 Soft pastels are an interesting medium because, unlike paint, all color This expressive course will show you the basic building mixing is done directly on the paper. Layers are built up to create blocks of watercolor and how to work with this unpredictable luminous, painterly effects. Why is it called a pastel painting? Because medium. The style of the class is paint-along, and each the entire surface of the paper is covered with pastel. Classes will cover week we will paint a new subject. We will explore birds, still life, landscapes, portraits, and abstract subject matter. Suitable for flowers, fruit, and leaves. No experience or drawing skills are beginners or intermediate artists. Choose to attend in person or virtually SEPTEMBER necessary. You will experiment with the following techniques: through Zoom. Students work along with the instructor from the images washes, negative painting, glazing, color mixing, wet in wet, provided. Website Link value analysis, mark making, scoring, texture, and more! This class will show you how enjoyable painting can be! Website Link FINE ARTS SEPTEMBER 4 IN PERSON: PASSPORT TO PRINTMAKING: PAINTERLY MONOTYPE Saturday, September 4 SONOMASONOMA COMMUNITYCOMMUNITY Heather Wilcoxon $175 plus $20 for materials CENTERCENTER HEALTHHEALTH && Painterly monotypes are an exciting and fresh way to approach image making. It’s perfect for painters who want to explore new ideas and get SAFETYSAFETY GUIDELINESGUIDELINES results quickly. We will be using water-based intaglio inks, acrylic printing plates, and an etching press. The instructor will demonstrate how to use the inks with brayers, brushes, and paper towels, and give full instruction on using the electric press. All levels are welcome! Website Link WHAT TO EXPECT WHEN YOU VISIT: For the safety of staff, volunteers, and the general public, we ask that you stay CERAMICS home if you or a member of your household are not feeling well. SEPTEMBER 4 IN PERSON: WINDOW SILL VASES Saturday, September 4 Sonoma Community Center requires all visitors ages seven and older to wear Lynn Wood a face mask at all times when indoors. When outdoors, we ask that you wear $50 includes materials and firing a mask if you are within 6 feet of another person who is not a part of your household. We would be happy to provide complimentary masks to anyone who Lynn will demonstrate how to make her popular flat vases that fit forgot theirs at home. We encourage all community members to get vaccinated. perfectly on a window sill. As the Pottery Texture Queen, of course, texture will be involved through stamping and texture mats, additions, and Website Link details. Feel like veering off the path? You are welcome to invent your own creation as well! Come join the fun, first-timers welcome!Website Link 6 7 CERAMICS SEPT 8, 15, 22 & 29 IN PERSON: CLAY AND ART AFTER SCHOOL PRIVATE LESSONS Wednesdays, September 8, 15, 22, and 29 Rotating instructors AND PARTIES $5-25 per class - $20-100 for 4 weeks We can accommodate adults, kids, 4 weeks of fun, hands-on art classes for kids and teens. or intergenerational groups for Approximately half of classes will focus on clay, and the other private instruction, art parties and half will focus on fiber, painting, collage and more! Classes will more. Think of us when you are inspire and educate young students in our professional-level looking for your next party idea or art studios. Each session, an instructor will lead projects with SEPTEMBER memorable night out! plenty of room and flexibility for every child to explore their own creativity and ideas. Website Link Website Link FIBER ARTS SEPTEMBER 8 & 15 IN PERSON: U.S. MAP EMBROIDERY SAMPLER Wednesdays, September 8 and 15 FIBER ARTS Robert Mahar SEPTEMBER 11 Price: $145 plus $20 for materials/supplies IN PERSON: HAND-PAINT PRE-WAXED BATIKS Saturday, September 11 Celebrate your home state, commemorate a recent road Laura Lee Fritz trip, or stitch connections between you and your loved ones Price: $60 plus $10 for supplies/materials on a beautiful 1906 map of the contiguous United States, custom printed on a half yard (27” x 36”) of cotton linen We provide pre-waxed cotton and silk cloth yardage (several lush design canvas. Perfectly suited for beginners, instruction will cover choices available), brushes, fabric markers, and fabric paints. You provide embroidery basics and essential stitches. However, students the playfulness to explore techniques for painting and for wax removal - with more embroidery experience are invited to join for a fun and wax keeping. Website Link refresher course and the opportunity to stitch a large-format map. Website Link CERAMICS SEPT 8, 15, 22 & 29 IN PERSON: POTTERY ON THE WHEEL 2D & YOUTH OCT 6, 13, 20 & 27 INTERMEDIATE SEPTEMBER 11 IN PERSON: PLAZA PLEIN AIR PAINTING Wednesdays, September 8, 15, 22, 29, October 6, 13, 20, and 27 Saturday, September 11 Benjamin Betourne Free $245 plus $30 for clay In conjunction with the Sonoma Plein Air Festival, we will be offering free This session is for those who already know how to center plein air easel painting for all to try in the rose garden in the Sonoma and throw pieces successfully. Develop and improve your Plaza. Before and after painting you can peruse the paintings by master throwing skills while exploring a range of forms through plein air artists from across the country. Specific artist info and more multiple class projects in this all-level throwing class (8 details at: www.sonomapleinair.com weeks). The instructor guides you through the basic steps of throwing, shaping, and trimming of pottery on the wheel.