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| (no name yet - suggestions??) Acrylic - 18 x 24 |
Just a quick update on all that will be happening in my little art community this Fall......
The Lafayette Gallery will be moving on Oct. 1st to a larger space at The Forge in Lafayette! Our new address will be -
Lafayette Art Gallery
3420 Mt. Diablo Blvd. Suite A
Lafayette, CA 94549
Check out this short video to see our new location -
The Forge
The upcoming show in Lafayette will be "Art of the Heart" and opens on Oct. 8th through Dec. 28th.
Also, The Bay Area Studio Artists (BASA),
a group of LAA members who paint together at Marcy Wheeler’s studio, have two
shows in November and December:
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Barn Dance,
Celebrating Our Agrarian Heritage at
Village Theater Art Gallery, 233 Front St., Danville, Nov. 13 to Dec. 22.
Reception Sat., Nov. 16, 5 – 7 p.m.
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California
Shades at the Marilyn Citron O’Rourke Art Gallery at the Benicia
Public Library, 150 East L St, Benicia, Nov. 18, 2013, to Jan. 2,
2014.
Reception and Art Sale, Sunday, Dec. 8, 3 to 5 p.m.
Barn Dance
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| Old Guard - Acrylic 30 x 40 |
Barn
Dance commemorates the 100th anniversary of the Grange being
established at the gallery’s location.
“The idea of our agrarian heritage
is iconic to most Americans, even the city dwellers among us,” said Marcy
Wheeler. “Our group includes some painters who grew up as farm girls and some
who only imagine the rustic life. But each artist reaches for images that
reflect our shared history on the land.”
California Shades
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| Tranquil Truckee - Acrylic 18 x 24 |
The California Shades exhibit features
artworks that explore the play of sun and shade on California’s dramatic color
palette. The show captures the sun on a brilliant Big Sur ocean, the shaded
trunks of a twisted California Oak, the San Francisco Bay cloaked in coastal
fog and many more visions of our state.
The artists
extend the exhibit off the walls and into the airy gallery, creating a
multi-media ambiance that sets the scene for visitors to enjoy and think about
California’s character and characters.
BASA is a group
of local artists who have painted together for more than five years. They
paint in acrylics and oils and represent a wide range of aesthetic choices and
viewpoints on California. Their painting styles range from nuanced realism to
gooey expressionism. The shows are curated with an eye to illuminating this
diversity of point of view.
Artists represented in this
shows are Jeanette Baird, Susan Bonebakker, Pat Dallacroce, Ellen
Reintjes, Joanne Taeuffer, Sharon Tama, Marcy Wheeler and Barn Dance includes guest artists Suzun Almquist
and Joe Bologna. For more information on the Bay Area Studio
Artists, see the website: bayareastudioartists.com or contact Joanne Taeuffer
at jaytee@aol.com.
Show Hours
The Benicia Library is open
M-Th 10 a.m. – 9 p.m., F-Sun noon – 6 p.m. (Holiday hours apply
Dec. 23 – Jan. 1.)
Danville’s
Village Theater Art Gallery is open M -
T by appt, W - Friday noon to 5 p.m., Sat. 11 a.m. to 3 p.m.
