Baskets and Gourds, Anything Goes

The Bay Area Basket Makers (BABM) return to the Mendonoma Coast with a new summer exhibit at the Dolphin Gallery. “Baskets and Gourds: Anything Goes” opens Saturday, August 14, 2021, 11:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m. A Members Preview is scheduled for Friday, August 13, from 11:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.

The summer exhibit by the Bay Area Basket Makers will consist primarily of baskets and other pieces of art using basket-making techniques showing the diversity of the art form. The art will range from very small baskets (one member can fit five of her miniatures in the palm of her hand) to pieces that are several feet tall.  Locals and visitors to the Mendonoma coast will appreciate the idea that many of BABM members use seaweed, abalone shells, pine needles and other natural elements that are so much a part of the northern California coastline.

Members of the Guild range in age from 16 to one member in her 90s.  Some of their members specialize in traditional basket making, some embrace structural / non-functional baskets and some are drawn to baskets that would be considered avant-garde. The guild’s work includes both wall-art and three dimensional work.

The exhibit will continue at the Dolphin Gallery through Sunday, October 3, 2021. The Dolphin Gallery is at 39114 Ocean Drive, Cypress Village, in Gualala’s Uptown Gallery District. More information is available at 707,884.3896 and at GualalaArts.org/dolphin-gallery/.