Sonoma County has been a magnet for artists and art connoisseurs for many decades, and continues to attract sophisticated artists and art collectors, along with casual art lovers. Combined with the sheer natural beauty, and general creative ambience, the area readily entices visitors, as well as long-time residents, to explore the many and varied fine art offerings. With the addition of great food, drink, and outdoor activities, it’s easy to spend a day, a week, or a lifetime traversing through the vineyards, forests, and rolling hills, along the scenic coast, and through the welcoming towns of Sonoma County.

The following is a partial list of local art exhibitions. Many eateries, wineries, and civic buildings also present changing art shows in their spaces.

*** Designates an Opening Reception.

Arts Guild of Sonoma
August 2 through September 25, Artist Members Exhibition
*** Opening reception, Saturday August 5, from 5 to 7 p.m.
Showing the work of over 25 AGS artist members.
140 E. Napa St., Sonoma
707-996-3115
www.artsguildofsonoma.org

Café Frida Gallery
SOFA Arts District
300 South A Street, Santa Rosa

Calabi Gallery
August 3 through September 30, Anticipating Abstract Expressionism
*** Opening Reception Saturday, August 5, from 3 to 7 p.m.
In the years following WWII many Bay Area artists were seeking a new visual vocabulary. Already familiar with European abstraction, they were seeking a more nativist form of expression. By the late 40s most had turned to non-objective abstraction. The exhibition features work by a selection of those artists as they pushed the boundaries of representational art in new directions. Works by Walter Kuhlman, Robert McChesney, and Hassel Smith are included, as well as Ed Corbett, Robert Howard and Lundy Siegriest.
456 Tenth St., Santa Rosa
707-781-7070
www.calabigallery.com

Charles M. Schulz Museum
Through January 14, 2024, Snoopy in Orbit
Into space with Apollo 10, aboard the International Space Station, and now around the Moon during the Artemis I mission—Snoopy is the first beagle on the Moon! See Snoopy, who served as the zero-gravity indicator for the Artemis I mission, now safely home to Earth, alongside more never-before-exhibited space-flown Peanuts artifacts!
2301 Hardies Lane, Santa Rosa
707-579-4452
www.schulzmuseum.org

Cloverdale Arts Alliance Gallery
204 N. Cloverdale Boulevard, Cloverdale
707-894-4410
www.cloverdaleartsalliance.org

Cloverdale, CA
Through April 25, 2024, Cloverdale Sculpture Trail
Nine new sculptures have been chosen by the Selection Committee and are part of the 2022-2024 Sculpture Trail. The themes of these nine sculptures are diverse and show the creative thinking and craftsmanship of the sculptors.
cloverdalesculpturetrail.org/

Corricks Art Trails Gallery/ My Daughter the Framer
Through August, Wild Things
*** Opening reception First Friday, August 4, from 5 to 7 p.m.
A look at beautiful, and sometimes endangered, wildlife through the eyes of four Sonoma County artists. A portion of the proceeds benefit the Safari West Wildlife Foundation. Featuring work by Carolyn Wilson, Stephen Heagan, Suki Diamond, and Diane Schoenrock.
637 Fourth Street, Santa Rosa
707-546-2424
www.corricks.com

Gallery 300
Through August, Gallery Corners
Group Show.
6780 McKinley St., Suite 130, The Barlow
707-332-1212
www.gallery-300.com

Graton Gallery
Through August 6, Anything Goes 2023
This is the 9th annual juried Anything Goes Show!

August 10 through September 17, A Stitch Well Lived
*** Artists Reception Saturday, August 12, from 1 to 4 p.m.
Featuring work by Heather Myler with Guest Artists Peggy Grills, Nishi Marcus, and Jay O’Neal.
9048 Graton Road, Graton
707-829-8912
www.gratongallery.net

Hammerfriar Gallery
Through August 5, Stars & Stripes
On view are works by 14 local artists, who engage with ‘Old Glory’, exploring and considering various points of view about the American Flag as a symbol, its history, and significance. Gallery Talk with the Artists, Saturday, August 5. “What does the Flag mean to me?” an opportunity to delve a little deeper. Nicole Irene Anderson, Anne Baumgertner, Madeline Behrens-Brigham, Ryan Carrington, Catherine Daley, Paula K. Deutsch, Ryan Douglas, Yuka Hoshino, Karen Lockert, Adrian Mendoza, Art Moura, Jessica Rasmussen, Bill Shelley, and Denise Ward.
132 Mill St, Healdsburg
707-473-9600
www.hammerfriar.com

Healdsburg Center for the Arts
Through September 3, Bounty
334 Center Street, Healdsburg
707-431-1970
healdsburgcenterforthearts.org

IceHouse Gallery / Digital Grange
405 East D St., Petaluma
707-778-2238
www.digitalgrange.com

Laguna Foundation, Heron Hall
Through August 31, ʔay:a:kʰe čahnu (Our Language)
Artist and illustrator, Nicole Jones, exhibits her whimsical paintings of native flora and fauna paired with her native language.
900 Sanford Road, Santa Rosa
707-527-9277
www.lagunafoundation.org

Muscardini Cellars Gallery
Through August 31, Palate to Palette with Susan Doyle
The first Palate to Palette exhibition features artist Susan Doyle and focuses on her Endangered Rivers series. Doyle uses a variety of materials such as aluminum cans, books, magazines, or even pieces of silk to explore ideas or compositions from many perspectives.
9380 Sonoma Highway, Kenwood
707-933-9305
www.muscardinicellars.com

Museum of Sonoma County
Art
Through November 5, Nature Abstracted: Chiyomi T. Longo, Bob Nugent, and Younhee C. Paik
Nature Abstracted features three Bay Area artists who make abstract art inspired by nature. These artists differ in style and technique, but they all share a deep love and respect for the environment and humanity’s relationship to the natural world.

History
2023, Sonoma County Stories is a permanent Sonoma County history exhibition that will allow visitors to engage with the past in a brand-new way: through the power of storytelling. The exhibition, scheduled to open in 2023, will capture Sonoma County’s rich history, defined by a confluence of cultures and people, and a powerful connection to the land. Featuring stories representing the many diverse histories and cultures of the county, this ambitious and innovative permanent exhibition will have at its core the Oral Histories of Gaye LeBaron.425 Seventh Street, Santa Rosa
707-579-1500
www.museumsc.org

Occidental Center for the Arts
August 5 through August 27, OCA Member Show
3850 Doris Murphy Court, Occidental
707-874-9392
www.occidentalcenterforthearts.org

Oli Gallery
16215 Main Street, Guerneville
132 Petaluma Boulevard North, Petaluma
www.oligallery.com

Paul Mahder Gallery
Through August 26, Beneath the Surface – Portraits and Figures
Oil paintings, pastels, and drawings by Steven Assael showcasing the complexity and beauty of the human form. Assael’s signature style combines classical techniques with contemporary sensibilities, creating timeless and evocative images.
222 Healdsburg Avenue, Healdsburg
707-473-9150
paulmahdergallery.com/

Pepperwood Gallery
Through August 20, The Lure of Pepperwood
New paintings and drawings by Richard McDaniel created at Pepperwood Preserve while an Artist-in-Residence.
2130 Pepperwood Preserve Road, Santa Rosa
www.pepperwoodpreserve.org

Petaluma Arts Center
Through September 9, Laws of Nature: Sculpture
There are fundamental truths called natural laws through which everyone and everything is governed. They are the laws of attraction, polarity, rhythm, relativity and cause and effect. With these truths, our world seeks perfect harmony for which all organisms adapt and find balance. This exhibition aligns with these concepts not only because sculpture abides by these laws but can conceptually express these natural phenomena. Curated by Vicky Kumpfer.
Also showing, in the North Gallery, Towards a Movement of Peace: Then and Now – Honoring the Legacy of Sami Sunchild (1924-2013).
230 Lakeville Street, Petaluma
707-762-5600
www.petalumaartscenter.org

Ren Brown Collection Gallery
Through August 13, Mayumi Oda – A Retrospective
Mayumi is an outspoken supporter of women’s rights, peace and environmental issues. Her silkscreens are incredibly powerful. Since she is no longer actively printmaking this retrospective is a rare opportunity to see pieces created over a span of four decades. Housed in a refurbished building with shoji and a small, serene Japanese garden, the gallery shows contemporary art by Japanese and regional Northern California artists.
1781 Coast Highway One, Bodega Bay
707-875-2922
www.renbrown.com

Santa Rosa Arts Center
August 4 through September 30, Multiples and Singulars
*** Opening reception Friday, August 4 from 5 8 p.m.
Showcasing Photography and Printmaking; artwork created using photography and printmaking techniques, such as silk-screens, block prints, lithography, letterpress, etc.
312 South A Street, Santa Rosa
707-526-0135
santarosaartscenter.org/

Santa Rosa Junior College, Robert F. Agrella Art Gallery
1501 Mendocino Avenue, Santa Rosa
707-527-4298
art-gallery.santarosa.edu/current-exhibits-0

Scott Nichols Gallery
Through October 14, Ansel Adams: Exhibition in Wine Country
Scott Nichols Gallery features the photography of Ansel Adams. Photographs spanning Adams’ long career as a photographer, including early vintage photographs, images of Yosemite National Park, the southwest desert, and the bay area will be on view.
450 1st St. E, Suite G, Sonoma
707-343-1928

Sculpturesite Gallery, Glen Ellen
SculptureWALK: View over 30 outdoor sculptures by 15 artists throughout the beautiful grounds at Jack London Village, offering a generous selection of abstract and figurative garden sculptures, including wind activated kinetic works.
14301 Arnold Drive, Glen Ellen
707-933-1300
www.sculpturesite.com

Sebastopol Center for the Arts
Through September 10, International Fiber Arts XI
The 11th Biennial Fiber Art juried exhibition includes work from around the world. Juried by fiber artists, Judith Content and Ann Johnston.
282 South High St., Sebastopol
707-829-4797
www.sebarts.org

Sebastopol Gallery
Through September 30, The Eye of the Brush; Everett Jensen
Everett’s focus for many years has been interiors with people, but he also paints landscapes. His paintings have many wonderful qualities – luminosity, beautiful color, crisp draftsmanship – but his sense of composition in particular is remarkable.
150 N. Main St, Sebastopol
707-829-7200
www.sebastopol-gallery.com/

Sebastopol Library, Forum Room
Through September 15, Art Expressions
*** Artists reception Saturday, August 19, from 3 to 5:30 p.m.
A show of multi-media work by Joy Dellas, Barbara Goodman, and Denise Suzuki.
7140 Bodega Ave, Sebastopol
707-823-7691

Sonoma State University, University Art Gallery
1801 East Cotati Avenue, Rohnert Park
707-664-2295
artgallery.sonoma.edu/

Sonoma Valley Museum of Art
Through September 3, Labyrinth of Forms: Women and Abstraction 1930-1950
With over thirty works by twenty-seven artists drawn almost entirely from the collection of the Whitney Museum of American Art, Labyrinth of Forms highlights both the achievements of these women artists and the ways in which their works on paper served as important exploration and innovation.
Some of the artists included are Lee Krasner, Elaine de Kooning, and Louise Nevelson, among others.
551 Broadway, Sonoma
707-939-7862
www.svma.org

Upstairs Art Gallery
Though August 27, Connected To Nature
*** Artists Reception Saturday, August 5, from 3:30 to 5:30 p.m.
Carolyn Wilson presents Connected to Nature, a collection of mixed media paintings that capture the artist’s feelings of awe in nature and express the energy and aliveness she observes in flowers, trees and creatures. Meet the Artist: Wilson will be hosting the Gallery August 12 and 18, from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m.
The Stairway Showcase presents Laura Roney’s Cheers, small work oil paintings that capture the fun of specialty drinks. Meet the Artist: Roney will be hosting the Gallery August 27 and 31, 11 a.m. to 6 p.m.
306 Center Street, Healdsburg
707-431-4214
www.Upstairsartgallery.net

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