Art Tasting in Sonoma PlazaVisual Art Competition Reception & Silent Auction
Don't miss your chance to bid on juried entries of the Visual Art Competition! The Reception and opening of the Silent Auction
kick off the weekend on Friday at 6 pm; the Silent Auction continues through 4 pm on Sunday; and unsold pieces will be available
at retail from 4 to 6 pm on Sunday.
Reception & Awards
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Artists and Galleries Exhibiting at Salute to the Arts in the Sonoma Plaza
Alex T. Cole
Featured artist: Alex T. Cole
Mixed media acrylic paintings on canvas.
Sonoma • 707.935.3836
email: alextcole@sbcglobal.net
Arts Guildof Sonoma
Featured artists: Za Za Urbarek Fetterly, Hugh Buttrum, Maki Aizawa Gilman, Ray Jacobson, Carolyn Manzi, Thena Trygstad,
Beth Bierman
Established in 1977, Arts Guild of Sonoma is the longest standing juried collective of local artists in Sonoma County. Featuring
painters, sculptors, potters, and jewelers.
Sonoma • 707 996.3115
email: manzi@vom.com
Bess Nathan Rice Jewelry Design Studio
Featured artist: Bess Nathan Rice
18 Karat gold and precious and semi precious jewelry.
Sonoma • 707.935.0416
email: thornwooddesigns@aol.com
The Fairmont Gallery
Featured artists: Manette Fairmont, Caroline Zimmerman, Carolyn Lord, Michael Obermeyer, Tom Soltesz, Laura Griffith
A wine country art experience not to be missed. Selling original fine art on the Sonoma Plaza for 15 years. We hope to touch
your heart as well as your mind.
447 First Street West • Sonoma
707.996.2667
email: manetteart@aol.com
Festa & Company
Featured artists: Heidi Festa, Nerio Festa
Nerio and Heidi Festa have been collecting and trapping rocks in the wine country since 1993. Their pieces are sold nationwide
in art and craft galleries. They create accessories for home and garden, from candle holders to lamps and tables as well
as sculptures and large gates.
P.O. Box 1715 • Glen Ellen 707.935.1530
festaco.com
Forms in Clay
Featured artist: Lyn Swan
Lyn has been working in clay since 1972. During that time she received her BSA at The School of American Craftsmen in New
York. Lyn is currently working with functional, whimsical and colorful tableware reminiscent of older pottery styles such
as Bauerware and Fiesta Ware.
158 Newcomb Street
Sonoma • 707 935.0607
email: clayswan@yahoo.com
Fredric J. Null Sculptor
Featured artist: Fredric Null
Fredric Null studied in Italy, the Attic Circle and Vancouver, Canada. All of his teachers employed the ancient way of carving.
Organic and freeform; slate and steel are the medium; together they form fine art furniture and fountains – all one of a
kind.
19229 Sonoma Hwy #221
Sonoma • 707 299.0081
email: Fnull000@hotmail.com
Gifted
Featured artists: Tamara Unger, Harald Nordvold, Marsha Klein, Adrian Hyman, Anita Watson, Molly Kohler
“Gifted” represents many local artists who create jewelry, crafts, fiber arts, and paintings. They also offer cards and beautiful
papers.
450 – H First Street East
Sonoma • 707.939.8876
email: potterpaws@comcast.net
Hipkiss Gallery
Featured artists: Cynthia Hipkiss, Caroline Hipkiss
Hipkiss Gallery features sculptures by Cynthia Hipkiss and paintings by Caroline Hipkiss. Both are appreciated for their
rich color and individuality, as well as a unique perspective and humor.
414 First Street East Suite F
Sonoma • 707.938.5477
email: hipkiss@vom.com
Michael Holland Gallery
Featured artist: Michael Holland
Michael Holland’s work is landscape based, rich in color, light and texture. There are often one or more windowless houses,
that appear to have been dropped from some other place. His paintings are landscape “still lives,” beautiful yet sometimes
troubling and provocative in their lack of human habitation. He paints primarily on wood panels that allow him to build color
through the addition of rich glazes. He often subtracts or alters various areas through sanding. The process is then repeated
and over time creates a depth of color that allows the viewer to enter the painting. His work is collected internationally
and he has worked under grants from both the National Endowment of the Arts and the California Arts Council. Michael is a
native of California and maintains a studio in Sonoma.
742 First Street West #11 • Sonoma
707.235.8954
email: artworks@vom.com
Jason Tinacci Photography
Featured artist: Jason Tinacci
Join Jason on a visual tour of local Sonoma flavor, California’s wine country and beyond. Sip, savour, see, and enjoy.
681 First Street West #3
Sonoma • 707.287.5397
tinacciphoto.com
Carol Kelley Art
Featured artist: Carol Kelley
One-of-a-kind collectible art pieces using glass, fused glass, ceramics and wood. Garden workshop/gallery in Sonoma.
961 Central AvenueSonoma • 707.996.1423
email: info@carolkelleyart.com
La Haye Art Center
Featured artists: Beverly Prevost, Stacia Brady, Brigitte McReynolds
La Haye Art Center is a working space and gallery for five Sonoma Artists. It is represented by potter Beverly Prevost and
painters Stacia Brady and Brigitte McReynolds.
148 East Napa Street • Sonoma
707.996.9665
email: brady@vom.com
Jennifer LaPierre
Featured artist: Jennifer LaPierre
Jennifer LaPierre creates maps, murals, faux finishes, ornamental screens, gilded abstracts, botanicals, and introducing vintage
wine labels on rustic planks.
Sonoma • 707.996.5548
email: jennifer@jlapierre.com
Munson Design
Featured artist: Martin Munson
Mixed media sculptor Martin Munson designs kinetic works for the garden and accents for living environments.
19368 Eighth Street East
Sonoma • 707.996.8100
email: mrt@vom.com
Nicole’s Pottery
Featured artist: Nicole Hummer
Nicole Hummer has been producing pottery in Sonoma for 25 years after apprenticing in Switzerland and France, her homeland.
Her works include platters, pitchers, salad bowls, café au lait bowls, lavender diffusers in low fire clay, also known as
earthenware. The color palette is reminiscent of the sunny Provencal region. Nicole’s Pottery Studio is open by appointment
and located on south Broadway in Sonoma. Call for appointments. Voila!!
Sonoma • 707.996.2985
email: npottery@aol.com
RebeccaGodson Design
Featured artist: Rebecca Godson
Rebecca Godson is a metal jewelry artist whose work has appeared in the Sundance catalog and Red Envelope. Her work is often
called organic, delicate but strong. Her studio in Sonoma is open by appointment and she welcomes custom orders.
Sonoma • 707.694.2326
email: rgodsondesign@yahoo.com
Red Wolf Gallery
Featured artists: Judy Theo,
Thomas Patrick, Phil Johannes, Chris Berman
Bright bold wine country scenes! Three-dimensional landscapes, stunning black and white photographs, and unique gemstone
jewelry. Located behind Sign of the Bear Cookware (435 First Street West)
Sonoma • 707.996.5111
email: jtlehner@comcast.net
Salute to the Arts
Fine
Art Competition
The Sonoma Valley Arts Alliance annually sponsors an art competition and exhibition in conjunction with Salute to the Arts.
The competition is open to all Northern California artists. $3,500 in prize money is awarded annually. Juried entries will
be unveiled on Friday evening and offered for Silent Auction at the Plaza beginning at 6 p.m. at The
Salute Celebration. The auction closes at 4 p.m. on Sunday afternoon. Don’t miss this exceptional opportunity to add
to your collection!
707.938.1133
salutetothearts.com
email: info@salutetothearts.com
Sculptures by J.W. Meyers
Featured artist: J.W. Meyers
J.W. Meyers is a found object metal sculptor who spends most mornings looking for old tools, discarded objects, and miscellaneous
shapes from our industrial revolution of the late 19th and 20th centuries. He transforms his finds into indoor and outdoor
creations.
3396 Westach Way
Sonoma • 707.938.5811
Sonoma Collage Collective
Featured artists: Linda Adrain, Barbara Crow, Kate Dumont,Phyllis Finney, Kirk Hinshaw, Ronnie McCullough, Sarah O’Hala,
Mike Robinson, Lavahna Taylor, John Viso, Rona Weintraub,Yayoi West, Carine Rosenblatt
Looking for something different?Visit SCC for collage from A to Z: Magical, mystical, humorous and abstract, they’ve got it
all.
Sonoma • 707.495.6642
email: hinboy@sonic.net
SonomaCommunity Center
Presents: An exhibition of artworks by the Center’s faculty and their students, including jewelry, sculpture, drawing,
painting and printmaking. Printing and throwing demonstrations by participating artists will take place throughout each day.
The Sonoma Community Center exists to enrich the lives of the people of Sonoma Valley by fostering a broad range of cultural,
educational, recreational and community service activities. It also strives to preserve and restore its historic building
and to provide affordable space for community activities.
707.938.4626
Sonoma Country Pottery
Featured Artist: Lucia Jahsmann
Lucia has created ceramics for more then thirty years. In 1994 she founded Sonoma Country Pottery, which produces a line
of hand built earthenware vessels. All items are food safe and are intended to be functional as well as decorative.
111 Loma Vista Drive • Sonoma
707.938.8310
Swanson Gallery
Featured artists: David Jensen, Dennis Ziemienski, Helen Minelli, Laura Roney, Mike Hardin, Teresa Dong, Jeb Brady, Jaque
Vaux and more
Established in 1970, with locations spanning the country, Swanson Gallery is well known in the art world as a leading gallery
for world renowened artists. Owned by Eileen Ruggeri Swanson, the gallery finds incredible original works of art, known to
be in extremely limited quantities.
Sonoma • 707.280.4494
email:
Valley of the Moon
Art Association
Featured artists: Dee Andreini, Linda Bones, Randy Sue Collins, Vivian Fonseca, JoAnne Gee, H.R. Humphrey, Gayle Manfree,
Lynda Martin, Laura Roney, Barbara Steen
VOMAA is a non-profit group. Their goals are to encourage new artists to participate and to provide local communities with
art exhibits. They also provide scholarship awards to local schools to encourage young people to improve their skills.
820 West Spain Street
Sonoma • 707.576.0644
Claudia Wagar
Featured artists:Claudia Wagar, Ken Wagar
A board member of the Sonoma Valley Arts Alliance for more than a decade, a well-known watercolor painter of California’s
Wine Country landscapes, Claudia Wagar presents original paintings and prints. She painted the 2007 "Salute to the Arts Goddess." Award-winning photographer Ken Wagar presents original large format photography
printed with the Iris Gicleé process.
301 First Street West
Sonoma • 707.996.7054
claudiawagar.com
Keith Wicks
Featured artist: Keith Wicks
A masterful painter, Keith Wicks is able to capture the essence of the moment with a clarity and intensity rarely seen in
contemporary works. Through a technique all his own, he has developed the unique ability to harness the purity and energy
of light, even when it’s dancing in the shadows. Working primarily in oils, Keith masterfully preserves that precise and
awe inspiring instant when you behold a thing of beautyfor the first time.
Sonoma
email: keithwicks.com
Don't miss the silent auction of Fine Art Competition entries at the Salute
Celebration on Friday evening, and Saturday and Sunday at Salute
to the Arts in Sonoma Plaza.
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Proceeds from art sales at Salute to the Arts events benefit for numerous local non-profit arts, cultural, and educational
organizations.
Big Night ~ The
Salute to the Arts Live Auction & Italian Feast on Saturday evening will also feature some art, including Claudia Wagar's
orginal watercolor of our 2007 "Salute to the Arts Goddess."
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