Santa Rosa Arts Center at Chroma Gallery

312 South A Street, Santa Rosa

co-sponsored by the

Anthropology Dept./Sonoma State University

July 13 – 27 2018

Reception and SOFA Block Party
Sunday, July 22  11am-2pm

Current and former residents of our neighborhood are invited to a SOFA block party in the back yard at 312 South A Street.

The construction of the 101 Freew

ay between the late 1940s and mid 1960s radically transformed Santa Rosa’s landscape. This exhibit uses the original 1940s Caltrans survey documents, black and white photographs and survey maps that detail the pathway through the neighborhood that used to unite South Davis and South A streets–a richly diverse immigrant community that included small shops, a park, a school and a church, along with a wide array of homes.

There will be a reception and block party at the Santa Rosa Arts Center on July 22 bringing together former neighborhood residents dislocated by the highway construction and their family members, with current residents of the vibrant SOFA (South of A) Arts District neighborhood.There will be an open gallery walk followed by story-telling and conversations by exhibit visitors sharing memories and stories about neighborhood places and people.

“Highway 101 in the Neighborhood” complement and localizes “Landscape and Memories” the current Santa Rosa Art Center exhibit. The highway exhibit also shares materials with the “Lost Santa Rosa” exhibit at the Sonoma County History Museum.

Come meet, chat, and sip with a bunch of our favorite local winemakers and brewers this spring and summer. There are no tickets, no prix-fixe, and everything is poured by the glass and half-glass, so you can stop by for a drink and a snack, or go all out with a sampling of our small plates and pairings.

 “Home to America’s First Sparkling Sauvignon Blanc…and so much more”

Make your reservations for August 3rd
by calling us at (707) 528-7100
or by clicking here.

Come meet, chat, and sip with a bunch of our favorite local winemakers and brewers this spring and summer. There are no tickets, no prix-fixe, and everything is poured by the glass and half-glass, so you can stop by for a drink and a snack, or go all out with a sampling of our small plates and pairings.

At its core, Tilted Shed Ciderworks is a hobby gone wild. The trouble started in 2007. We were living on a small farm in Northern New Mexico, trying our hand at organic market farming while freelancing and raising our baby. On our land was an old, gnarled, neglected apple orchard.

Being a bit of a mad scientist with a fermentation habit, Scott decided that our bumper crop of Jonathans, Goldens, and Red Delicious would make good drink.

So, with our infant son in one arm, Ellen lobbed apples into the hopper of our barrel press, while Scott cranked and pressed. Scott then put up the juice in the barn for a long, slow fermentation. A few months later, we were amazed with the results. Inspired, we began tasting regional ciders made from European and American cider apples.

An obsession began.

Make your reservations for August 11th
by calling us at (707) 528-7100
or by clicking here.

It’s that time again and we are welcoming Julia Schwadron on August 13th. Her work will stay with us through Saturday, October 20th when we will hold a closing Artist’s Reception from 3-5 pm.

HIGH COUNTRY

The surface of a painting is a place to mine, to dig, to add, and to subtract from in the hopes of arriving at an image that is yet unknown.

In my recent paintings, I’ve been using still life objects from my immediate natural environment as starting points for abstraction. Five years ago, I relocated from New York City, to South Lake Tahoe, CA – landscapes to be considered as polar opposites. This new series of work, titled, “High Country,” is evolving out of my exploration of this new topography, the new air and light, and the experience of living in the mountains as a contemporary artist and thinker.

For several years, I’ve used language as a visual code for thought that goes beyond standard comprehension to become meaningful as an image as well as text. The basic questions that have always driven my art making beg the conventional notions of internal vs. external landscapes. I am trying to find a way to blur these boundaries and create layers that more closely resemble the complicated ways we experience the world.

Chef Liza Hinman of the Spinster Sisters Restaurant with her good friend Chef Franco Dunn prepare a feast with Chef Robb Ledesma and the apprentices of Worth Our Weight.

Carpenter Wines  will be poured by Laura Carpenter Hawkes and winemaker Jake Hawkes.

Tickets are available @

cheflizahinman.brownpapertickets.com

Join Sonoma County’s culinary and wine superstars for an unprecedented dinner with award-winning female chefs and winemakers. On October 22nd, Catelli’s in Geyserville will transform into an unforgettable gathering celebrating healthcare in our community.