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SketchesJune 2014 Sakha Cultural Festival The Discovery Gallery Preview Show The Art Of The Hendersons at the Dolphin Gallery Andrey Art (and more!) Off the Wall Global Harmony Summer Adventure Camp Chikachev Lecture: History of KGUA Gualala Arts Global Harmony Season of Offerings Sakha Cultural Festival Wednesday, June 18 thru Sunday, June 22 Poland and New York. Examples of his art can be seen at the Sakha Culture exhibit. The same evening a performance art selection will showcase this intriguing culture. The Yakut people are the largest ethnic group in the Sakha Republic, a state with a population of almost a million people. It is located in eastern Siberia and spans three time zones. The Yakut share a story remarkably similar to the local Pomo in California. The discovery of gold and the building of the Trans- Siberia Railway brought ever-increasing numbers of Russians to their isolated region. Persecution by the Soviet government in the 1920s reduced their numbers to one-half of the current population, but they now form the federation’s majority population and are experiencing a revival of their culture. The festival continues through Sunday, June 22, with classes in jewelry, wood carving, and other Yakut crafts at Gualala Arts Center and at Fort Ross. Dinners at both venues will feature The 2014 Global Harmony Season of Sakha cuisine. Also, there will be talks on the role Yakut played Offerings culminates with a week-long at Fort Ross, on their spiritual beliefs, and the lifestyle and festival on the Mendonoma coast with cultural revival of indigenous people. activities at Gualala Arts Center, Fort Ross and the Gualala Point Regional Park. On Sunday, the festival concludes with a sunrise greeting at Gualala Point Regional Park, including traditional rituals and The scheduled events further strengthen dances. The kumis ritual involves food, which the Yakut believe the bond between the coast community must have a soul to be truly nourishing. After a breakfast, the and the Yakut people of the Sakha program includes competition in wrestling and other traditional Republic in the Russian Federation, who sports. The closing ceremony will take place at noon. first arrived as hired workers at Fort Ross and reconnected during the two- The 40-member delegation and other visitors from around the hundredth anniversary of the settlement in world will be hosted in various locations up and down the 2012. coast. Hank Birnham and Robin Joy Wellman from Fort Ross are coordinating the programs with Sue Bechtel, Caryl Hart, On Wednesday, June 18, the festival begins Sonoma County Parks and “Sus” Susalla, Gualala Arts Executive at Gualala Arts Center with a reception Director. and official opening of an exhibit with displays of Sakha costumes and other The 2014 Global Harmony Season of Offerings series includes artifacts. It will feature the art of Andrey seven performances from around the world, which showcase Chikachev, a well-known Sakha artist, cultures spanning several centuries. whose work captures the daily life of the Yakut people. He has had exhibitions throughout Russia, as well as in Mongolia, Sketches 2 Gualala Arts Global Harmony Season of Offerings Sakha Culture featuring the art of Andrey Chikachev On exhibit June 6 through June 29 Reception: Wednesday, June 18 at 5:00 p.m. The Sakha Cultural Festival begins with the opening of in many notable exhibitions over the last several years. an exhibit with displays of Sakha costumes and other “Far East” (Khabarovsk, 1997 and 2003), All-Russia artifacts. ( Moscow, 1998), the exhibition/contest “ArtSakha Modern” (2000 ), “Art Olonkholand” ( Moscow, 2002), It features the art of Andrey Chikachev, a well-known “Contemporary Art of Yakutia” (St. Petersburg, 2005), Sakha artist, whose work captures the daily life of “From Archaic to the Avant-Garde “ (Moscow, 2005), the Yakut people. He has had exhibitions throughout 9 International Creative Lab artists countries (2006), Russia, as well as in Mongolia, Poland and New York. “From Olonkho to a New Reality: The Art of Yakutia” The exhibit will open for viewing on Friday, June 6 (Moscow, 2007), the traveling exhibition “Ulan Bator” with the official opening reception on Wednesday, (Mongolia, 2008), “Artnavigatsiya - Modern Graphics June 18, from 5:00 to 7:00 p.m. That same evening a and Painting of the Sakha Artists “(Gdansk, Poland, performance art selection will showcase this intriguing 2009), “The Parallels: Poland - Yakutia” (Yakutsk, 2010), culture. and “International Art-Expo” (New York, 2011). Andrey’s creativity permeates with love to Mother The Sakha Cultural Festival is a week-long festival on Nature and to the people of the North. As a little boy the Mendonoma coast with activities at Gualala Arts that grew up in a village, Andrey absorbed the beauty Center, Fort Ross and Gualala Point Regional Park. of the Yakut Nature, and the warmth and comfort of The scheduled events further strengthen the bond native people. His paintings always have a transition between the coast community and the Yakut people from the mythical world to the real world, like a bridge of the Sakha Republic in the Russian Federation between the paradise of childhood and the world of who first arrived as hired workers at Fort Ross and adult’s reality. reconnected during the two-hundredth anniversary of the settlement in 2012. For more information, see An active participant of republican, regional, national Sakha Cultural Festival. and international exhibitions, Andrey has participated Gualala Arts gratefully acknowledges the generosity of art patron Andrea A. Lunsford, whose donation is partially underwriting the entire 2014 Global Harmony Season of Offerings. Sketches 3 Gualala Arts Global Harmony Season of Offerings All Events Subject To Change Check GualalaArts.org Program for the for the latest information Days of Sakha Culture Festival Gualala Arts Center and other venues June 18 - 22 – Wednesday, June 18 – Official Opening of the Days of Sakha Culture Festival at the Gualala Arts Center • Opening reception for the Art Exhibit 5:00 p.m. Paintings by Andrey Chikachev, Sakha traditional clothes, artifacts and other Sakha cultural art • 7:00 p.m. to 9 p.m. Festival movie presentation – Thursday, June 19 – Classes, Theater and Lecture at the Gualala Arts Center, Viewing at Gualala Point Regional Park • 10:00 a.m. to 2 p.m. Master classes on creating Sakha cultural art, including traditional clothing, jewelry, carvings and more. During Festival week, you can watch the master carvers create a ceremonial hitching post, or Serge, at Gualala Point Regional Park. • 4:00 p.m. to 5:30 p.m. Festival movie presentation • 7:00 p.m. to 9 p.m. Lecture on Shaman/Spirituality – Friday, June 20 – Gatherings, Classes, Dinner and Theater at Fort Ross Historical Park and Gualala Arts Center • 10:00 a.m. to 11:00 a.m. Gathering with local indigenous people and tour of Fort Ross • 11:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. Master classes on creating Sakha cultural art, including traditional clothing, jewelry, carvings and more at Fort Ross • 2:00 p.m. to 3:30 p.m. Presentation of Yakut in Ross Colony at Fort Ross • 6:00 p.m. Dinner with traditional Sakha food/local indigenous food at Arts Center • 8:00 p.m. Theater performances and concert: - “Shaman’s rite” (starring Liliana Pavlova) - “Pier of unfulfilled hopes” (the life of Yakut people in Fort Ross) and concert – Saturday, June 21 – Gatherings, Classes, Dinner and Theater at Fort Ross Historical Park and Gualala Arts Center • 10:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. Round table “Indigenous peoples, identity, history and post-colonialism” at Fort Ross Historical Park • 12:00 p.m. to 2:00 p.m. Master classes on creating Sakha cultural art, including traditional clothing, jewelry, carvings and more at Fort Ross • 2:00 p.m. to 3:30 p.m. Round table “Spirituality and cultural revitalization” at Fort Ross – Sunday, June 22 – Finale to the Days of Sakha Culture Festival, Gualala Point Regional Park • 5:49 a.m. Meet for Summer Solstice sunrise at Gualala Point Regional Park Traditional Kumis ritual Traditional dance Osuohay • 7:30 a.m. Breakfast of traditional Sakha foods • 9:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. National sport competition, including championship Mas-wrestling • 12:00 p.m. Official closing of the Days of Sakha Culture Festival Sketches 4 North Coast Artists Guild The Discovery Gallery Preview Show for the Studio Discovery Tour Opening Reception Friday, June 27 from 5:00 to 7:00 p.m. 39140 So. Highway 1, Gualala, CA on the west side of Highway 1 (elevator accessible),in the Sea Cliff Center The Discovery Gallery Preview tour along a 25-mile stretch of Show for the Studio Discovery Highway 1, from The Sea Ranch to Tour opens Friday, June 27 with a Point Arena, is the perfect way to gala opening reception Friday, June spend a leisurely day or an entire 27th, from 5:00 to 7:00 p.m. weekend. The participating artists you meet along the way are happy 2014 marks the 22nd Annual to demonstrate the creation of their Studio Discovery Tour and the art and share their unique vision. 3rd year of the Discovery Gallery Preview Show for the Tour. Come A free, full-color catalog will help join the artists of North Coast you make the most of your tour. Artists’ Guild’s (NCAG) Studio It contains a description of each Discovery Tour as we celebrate artist, along with a detailed map opening night for our “pop up and directions to each studio. gallery” preview show. Although While on the road, look for the the “official” hours of the reception bright yellow signs to help guide are 5:00 p.m.