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58th Annual Art in the Redwoods

The 2019 Art in the Redwoods Festival takes place August 15-18, engulfing the grounds of the Gualala Arts Center, a 15,000-square-foot performing arts architectural gem nestled in the coastal redwoods and home to the festival since its opening in 1998.

The festival features a host of events and activities, attracting vendors and artists from throughout Northern California along with hundreds of visitors, both local and from afar.

At the heart of the festival is the Fine Arts Exhibit, with more than 300 art entries. It takes two weeks of preparation to hang and place all the items, which are judged the night of the Champagne Preview on Thursday evening.

Find Fine Arts database here

Judging the art work this year are friends and colleagues Nikki Vismara and Silvia Paret.   Vismara  is a graduate of the School of the Art Institute of Chicago and completed a Master’s Degree specializing in Paleolithic Art at the Université Lumière in Lyon, France. Vismara lived in France for nearly a decade and currently works  full time as an  interdisciplinary painter at Hunter’s Point Shipyard in San Francisco. She has been a featured artist at Saks Fifth Avenue & Neiman Marcus and currently serves on Artspan’s Open Studio Committee and oversees the Fall Art Bike Tour.   Paret is noted to be knowledgeable about art history, modern and contemporary art, design, literature, foreign films.  She attended medical school and includes science, physics and biology into her vast knowledge base.  She has also lived and traveled around the world and is fluent in at least four languages.

Art is judged and awarded in 16 categories, and more than $5,000 is awarded in prize money.  Awards include Best of Show, Best Local Work, Most Popular, Judges Awards, Redwood Coast Land Conservancy, Friends of the Gualala River, Mendonoma Sightings, Beading Excellence, Emerging Artist (best work under age 18), and First through Third prizes in all categories: Oil & Acrylics, etc; Water Media; Prints & Graphics; Sculpture; Monochromatic Photography; Color Photography; Digital Art; Pastels & Drawings; Woodworking; Glass; Jewelry & Ornamentation; Clay & Mosaic; Fibers, Textiles & Soft Sculpture; Quilts; Collage, Mixed Media & 2-D Assemblage; and Weaving. The public’s first opportunity to view and purchase art is at the Hats Off Dinner. This signature fundraising is Gualala Arts’ largest fundraiser of the year.

This year, the Hats Off Dinner kicks off the festival on Thursday, Aug. 15, at 6 p.m. with a Magic Happens!  theme — it is a “must attend” gala evening that truly encompasses the spirit and creativity of the Gualala Arts community. The Hats Off Dinner $150 ticket includes a VIP festival entry to all Art in the Redwoods events, and a sneak preview and first purchase option of the Fine Art Exhibit that fills the Arts Center with more than 300 pieces of art. The cost includes a tax-deductible donation letter of $100. More information below.

The Champagne Preview, Friday, Aug. 16, 4 to 6 p.m., offers the public its first chance to view the festival’s winning entries, another opportunity to purchase art before the general public, and a front-row seat for the judges’ critiques and awards ceremony at 6:15 p.m. in Coleman Hall. Entry is $10 at the door.

The full Art in the Redwoods Festival hits its stride Saturday and Sunday, Aug. 17 and 18, opening at 10 a.m., with 30-plus vendor booths, community and interest groups, live music, storytelling, great local food and drink, and fun activities for all ages. Entry is $6 per person at the gate, youth 7-17 are free with a paying adult.

The continuing success and proceeds generated from the Art in the Redwoods Festival help Gualala Arts fulfill its mission to promote public interest and participation in the arts. The Arts Center presents over 100 publicized events, such as concerts, fundraisers, live theater and festivals, and close to 2,000 calendared events, workshops, lectures, classes, and other activities throughout the year.

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The Hats Off Dinner • Thursday, August 15 at 6 pm.

A special evening of fine food and fun entertainment, the Hats Off Dinner is a gala evening that kicks off Art in the Redwoods on Thursday, Aug. 15, starting at 6:00 p.m. This year’s theme is Magic Happens! Guests are invited to dress like a star or come as they are!

This year’s menu is designed around short ribs, Moroccan chicken and a shrimp boil with mushroom risotto cakes and roasted veggies as tempting side dishes.

The Russian House will serve Pirozhki which are small traditional Russian baked pies made from yeast dough and stuffed with a variety of fillings.

Other coast restaurants contributing to this year’s locally sourced feast include Oz Farm and Fisherman, Bob Jacobs.   A first this year will be an Ahi Tuna tent. An annual favorite returns:  gourmet wood-fired pizza prepared by the Gualala Arts Friends of the Pizza Oven and volunteers  Karl Danskin and Melinda Mills.

Wines generously donated by Woodenhead Wines will complement the dishes, and the Gualala Arts Culinary Arts Guild will provide appetizers and a no-host martini bar. This year Woodenhead brings something new to delight dinner guests:  three types of Bubbling Wine to experience at their tasting station.  To encourage mingling  among  the guests, the Hats Off evening continues to be a more casual affair of indoor food stations on the Metcalf Terrace, around the Grenwelge Kitchen and in the Redwood Grove.  However, guests are invited to dress as formally or informally as they like, according to how they wish to experience the evening.

Haven’t reserved yet? Tickets to the Hats Off Dinner are by reservation only and are $150 per person which includes a $100 donation letter. Dinner attendees also receive a VIP Festival Entry to the Champagne Preview on Friday, Aug. 16, from 4 to 7 p.m., and the Festival itself on Saturday or Sunday, Aug. 17 and 18.

 

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Champagne Preview

Friday, August 16

4 pm to 6 pm • View the festival’s winning entries, purchase art before the  general public, and get a front-row seat for the judges’ critiques and awards ceremony at 6:15 pm in Coleman Hall.

Entry is $10 at the door.

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Entertainment Schedule for Art in the Redwoods Festival

Saturday, August 17

10:30 am to Noon • Bell Ringers, Ernest Block Sextet • Festival Grounds
11 am to 3 pm • Clay Studio Activities • Art Center, lower level
Noon to 3 pm • The Tonewoods • Redwood Grove
Noon – 12:30 pm • Story Time with Joel, Marilyn, Roswitha • Meditation Grove
12:30 pm – 1 pm • Pomo History with Eric Wilder • Meditation Grove
2 pm – 3 pm • Fort Ross Trio • Elaine Jacob Foyer
3 pm – 5 pm • JJ Mule Kat • JAMI Ampitheater

Sunday, August 18
10 am – 10:45 am • Tony Sheets Art Lecture • Coleman Hall
11:00 am – 3 pm • Clay Studio Activities • Art Center, lower level
Noon to 3 pm • The Tonewoods • Redwood Grove
Noon – 12:30 pm • Story Time with Joel, Marilyn, Roswitha • Meditation Grove
12:30 pm – 1 pm • Pomo History with Eric Wilder • Meditation Grove
1 pm – 2 pm • Russian Puzzles • Coleman Hall
2 pm – 4 pm • Baku • JAMI Ampitheater
3 pm • PPQG Quilt and Silent Auction Call & Most Popular Vote • JAMI Ampitheater

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Thank you to our

2019 Art in the Redwoods Festival

Donors and Sponsors!

We could not do the things we do without YOU!

Festival Grand Sponsors

Andrea A. Lunsford

Platinum Sponsors

Mary Sue Ittner and Bob Rutemoeller

Gold Sponsors

  Bedrock, Inc.                    Whale Watch Inn
Gualala Supermarket      Woodenhead Wines

Silver Sponsors

Anchor Bay Thai Kitchen
Community Foundation of Sonoma Co.
Shirley Brice Heath
Bob Jacobs
Elizabeth Lane
Bob & Sophia Mitchell
Lagunitas Brewing Co.
Miriam & Buzz Owen
Sea Ranch-Gualala Real Estate Co.
Jim Suhr
in loving memory of Mary Suhr
Westamerica Bank
Paul F. White PhD, MD
White Mountain Institute

Bronze Sponsors

All Coast Mobile Lock & Key
Kathie & George Anderson
Trudy Armer
Cristalen
Dr Joe & Barbara Barrera
Gualala Country Inn
Gualala Lions Club
Gualala Redwood Timber, LLC
Jane Kelley Bookkeeping &
Hall Kelley Inc Org
Hotel Breakers
Independent Coast Observer
Charles & Kathleen Mills
Mendocino Stone Zone
Oz Farm
Office Source
Janet Pierucci & J. Adrian Adams
Susy Pollard
The Ranch Café

Bill & Nancy Roe
Chuck & Alison Roe
Rotary Club of Gualala
Russian House 1
Barry & Kathryn Weiss
Solid Waste of Willits
Christina & Phillip Zimbardo

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Thank you to our

2019 Art in the Redwoods Festival Friends!

L. Matthew Adams
Tony Ariola
Trudy Armer
Kathie & George Anderson
Joanna Barnes
Dr Joseph & Barbara Barrera
Polly Bove
Jana & Robert Bowler
Larry & Brennie Brackett
Laura & Scott Bridge
Christine Bussard
David Casterson
Scott Chieffo
Bob & Roxanne Claflin
Colette Coad
Randall & Thea Costa
Laura Cover
April & Ron Dammann
Barbara Dunsmoor
Amy Duran
Heidi Endemann
Christine & Allen Francis
Jesus & Carole Garcia
Joe & Leta Gitt
Bill & Karen Hay
Shirley Brice-Heath
Jeff Hensen
Diana Hillmer
Vanessa & Scott Ignacio
Amie Ignacio
Mary Sue Ittner &
Bob Rutemoeller
Gail & Eric Jackson
Ralph Jackson
Doric Jemison-Ball
Jane & Hall Kelley
Don & Francoise Kemp
Elizabeth Lane
Hanne & Henrik Liisberg
Andrea A. Lunsford
Mark & Jamie McClone
Harriett McGuire
Chris McManus & Trish Ross
Jennifer Miller
Charles & Kathleen Mills
Bob & Sophia Mitchell
Margaret & Frank Morrow
Peter Mullins
Sharon Nickodem
Open Door Insurance Services
Miriam & Buzz Owen
Jackie & John Petersen
Allegra Pfeifer
Janet Pierucci &
J. Adrian Adams
Susy Pollard
Dot Porter
Mary & Bill Retzer
Erin Riley & John Crowley
Massomeh Roberts
Bill & Nancy Roe
Chuck & Alison Roe
Margaret Rosholt &
John Simpson
Allen & Jane Ruiz
Karen Serratoni
Chris Saccente
Ron & Jan Saufferer
Rich & Connie Schimbor
Ruth A. Short
Dorothy Spalding
David & Dolly Steffen
Kendra Stillman
Walter & Donna Stornetta
James Suhr
Sus & Harmony Susalla
Karen Tracy
Donna V.
Mary Visher
John & Chris Wall
Barry & Kathryn Weiss
Steve Wilson
Paul F. White PhD, MD
Steve Wilson
Kirsten & Rob Winant
Steven Winningham & David Caley
Joan Wood & Alex Ross
Harriet Wright
Laura Cortright-Yale
Christina & Phillip Zimbardo
Jemma Turner &
Thomas Zizzo
In loving memory of:
Mary Suhr
Clay Yale

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For more information on artisans and vendors click here.

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58th Annual Art in the Redwoods

Find 2019 Fine Arts Registration Here

Vendor application (click here)

Please note that the date for special take-in has been changed to August 10th

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Details for this year’s festival to come. Visit 2018 Art in the Redwoods Festival (click here).

Visit 2018 Art in the Redwoods Festival Fine Arts Exhibit (click here).

2018 Fine Arts Exhibit awards (click here).

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Being a sponsor is a chance for you or your business to be an integral part of this exciting, highly visible arts festival — the largest of its kind in northern California!

(Commitment by August 1 to be listed in the printed program)

Festival Sponsor   →   $5,000 or more

Separate web page on the Gualala Arts website acknowledging your sponsorship, with text and photos describing your organization, products or services, with link(s) to your website;

• Name & logo on the 2018 Art in the Redwoods Festival web page, with link;
• Name & logo on the 2018 Art in the Redwoods Festival Sponsors web page, with link;
• Name & logo in the printed 2018 Art in the Redwoods Festival program;
• Ten admission tickets to the 2018 Art in the Redwoods Festival Hats Off Dinner,
  which include VIP Festival passes.

Platinum   →   $3,000 or more

• Name & logo on the 2018 Art in the Redwoods Festival Sponsors web page, with link;
• Name & logo in the printed 2018 Art in the Redwoods Festival program;
• Eight admission tickets to the 2018 Art in the Redwoods Festival Hats Off Dinner,
  which include VIP Festival passes.

Gold   →   $2,000 or more

• Name & logo on the 2018 Art in the Redwoods Festival Sponsors web page, with link;
• Name in the printed 2018 Art in the Redwoods Festival program;
• Six admission tickets to the 2018 Art in the Redwoods Festival Hats Off Dinner,
  which include VIP Festival passes.

Silver   →   $1,000 or more

• Name & logo on the 2018 Art in the Redwoods Festival Sponsors web page, with link;
• Name in the printed 2018 Art in the Redwoods Festival program;
• Four admission tickets to the 2018 Art in the Redwoods Festival Hats Off Dinner,
  which include VIP Festival passes.

Bronze   →   $500 or more

• Name on the 2018 Art in the Redwoods Festival Sponsors web page, with link;
• Name in the printed 2018 Art in the Redwoods Festival program;
• Two admission tickets to the 2018 Art in the Redwoods Festival Hats Off Dinner,
  which include VIP Festival passes.

Friends   →   $100 or more

• Honorable mention on the website & festival program.
• 2 VIP Festival entry (excluding Hats Off Dinner.)
  

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  What began among the redwoods on Gualala ridge in 1961 has grown to a weekend attraction for thousands. This popular four-day event features one of the largest fine arts exhibits in Northern California with hundreds of works entered, vendors and artisans from near and far, and free entertainment on stages throughout the Arts Center grounds and on stage in Coleman Hall. This Festival would not be possible without the the generosity of our Art in the Redwoods community sponsors and donors, to whom we give a HUGE Thank You! If you would like to be a 2018 festival sponsor, contact Gualala Arts at 707-884-1138.

  

  Each year, Art in the Redwoods gets better and better with more artists, new music and entertainment, and more food menu options! If you haven’t attended the preview events in the past, put them on your calendar for 2018. This is four days of entertainment and art you don’t want to miss!