Arena #46 by Robert Pearson McChesney, 1960, Enamel & Sand on Canvas, 47×68

Please enjoy these photos from our Summer Selection Exhibition:

Galaxy #16 by Robert Pearson McChesney, 1999, Acrylic on Panel, 36×24

Clinton Adams, Ella Alluisi, Valenti Michael Angelo, Akira Arita, Ruth Armer, Genevieve Barnhart, Raymond Barnhart, Jayme Barr (Noble), Paul Beattie, C. Beau, Warren Bellows, Karl Benjamin, Eugene Berman, Remy Blanchard, Bertha Bonart, Francisco Bores, Carlo Bossoli, Dorr Bothwell, Bushnell, Benjamin Canas, Francisco Carrasco, Minerva Chapman, Jean Charlot, Charles Caryl Coleman, Charles Harold Davis, Francis DeErdely, Holly Downing, Easton, Claire Falkenstein, Michele Ferandell, Judith Foosaner, Helen Forbes, Pamela Glasscock, J. T. Gody, Edward Hagedorn, John Haley, Susan Heeringa-Pieper, Joseph Hirsch, John Langely Howard, Joyce Ertel Hulbert, Richard Hunt, John Ihle, Ynez Johnston, Amedee Joullin, Dong Kingman, Shiko Kobayashi, Emil Kosa, Walter E. Kuhlman, Paul Kuhn, Jill London, Kate Maher, Elizabeth Mailliard (Quandt), Xavier Martinez, Mary Fuller McChesney, Robert P. McChesney, Knud Merrild, Marion G. Messinger, Karima Muyaes, Perham Nahl, Mary Bates Neubauer, Libby Newman, Irving Norman, Maud Oakes, Raul Ortega, Henri Pfeiffer, Mildred Young Pneuman, Dorothy Wagner Puccinelli, Mina Pulsifer, Elizabeth (Mailliard) Quandt, Mildred Rackley, Henry Ward Ranger, Granville Redmond, Arturo Rivera, Michel Roux, Jacques Schnier, Louis B. Siegriest, Nell Sinton, Florence Francis Snell, Juliette Steele, Richard Stephens, Edna Lehnhardt Stoddart, Albin Templeman, Earl Thollander, Seymour Tubis, Unsigned, Juanita Judy Vitousek, Herman Volz, Anna Walinska, William Winthrop Ward, June Wayne, Virgil Williams, Penny Wolin, Toshi Yoshida, Zev, and more.

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Sun and Moon by Warren Bellows, 2010

Enjoy these photos of the Spring Exhibition:

“ART SHAPES THE WORLD”

Female artists include Ella Alluisi, Ruth Armer, Peggy Barkley, Genevieve Barnhart, Jayme Barr (Noble), Marta Becket, Virginia Bendixen, Bertha Bonart, Dorr Bothwell, Jae Carmichael, Minerva Chapman, Gail Chase Bien, Jeanne Cole, Katherine Skeele Dann, Susan Marie Dopp, Holly Downing, Claire Falkenstein, Michele Ferandell, Judith Foosaner, Helen Forbes, Pamela Glasscock, April Gornik, Cleo Hartwig, Susan Heeringa-Pieper, Joyce Ertel Hulbert, Ynez Johnston, Rosa Luxemburg, Kate Maher, Elizabeth Mailliard (Quandt), Virginia Maitland, Mary Fuller McChesney, Marion G. Messinger, Amy W. Meyer, Elsa Michaelson, Karima Muyaes, Mary Bates Neubauer, Libby Newman, Maud Oakes, Barbara Olmsted, Mildred Young Pneuman, Dorothy Wagner Puccinelli, Mina Pulsifer, Elizabeth (Mailliard) Quandt, Mildred Rackley, Lea Rano, Geneve Rixford Sargeant, Amy Harriet Schlotte, Florence Frances Snell, Juliette Steele, Edna Lehnhardt Stoddart, Juanita Judy Vitousek, Anna Walinska, June Wayne, and Penny Wolin.

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The art community in downtown Petaluma has prepared an extra special ArtWalk this month! It is both a tribute to the life and passion of Linda Gonzalez, and a celebration of Youth Art Month. This ArtWalk, provides a great opportunity to spend the afternoon/evening with your family and friends, perusing the amazing talents of our local high school art students. Nearly 300 pieces of their artwork will be on display from March 11th to March 17th at participating locations during their normal business hours and during the Saturday ArtWalk on March 13th, from 4 to 7pm.

Linda Gonzales (1937-2009) was one of the most influential artists/gallery owners in recent Petaluma History. She taught art at St. Vincent de Paul High School in Petaluma for over 30 years, influencing several generations of artists. Linda and her husband Michael established Gallery One as a cornerstone of the Petaluma art scene over 20 years ago. Throughout the years, Linda worked diligently to bring fine art and craft to Petaluma and truly served as the matriarch of the Petaluma art world. She had a fun loving way about her and was always “in the know” about things happening downtown. This celebratory art exhibit will be dedicated to Linda’s love for life and art.

Galleries and Merchants of the Petaluma Downtown Association (PDA) have joined forces with the art teachers at Casa Grande High School, Petaluma High School, Saint Vincent High School, and San Antonio High School to celebrate the life and influence of Linda Gonzalez while also celebrating Youth Art Month. March is designated as Youth Art Month by the Council for Arts Education (CFAE). Youth Art Month is an annual observance each March to emphasize the value of art education for all children and to encourage support for quality school art programs.

Youth Art Month was created in 1961 by Art and Creative Materials Institute (ACMI), a non-profit association of art and craft materials manufacturers, in cooperation with the National Art Education Association (NAEA). In 1984, ACMI created CFAE to administer the national Youth Art Month program and encourage funding for the program. This year’s theme is “Art Shapes the World.”

Photos from the Linda Gonzalez Memorial Youth ArtWalk 2010.