Beginning a great new year! Sonoma County’s sheer natural beauty and general creative ambience 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.

Annex Galleries
Through February 14, 54 Years of the Annex Galleries
Featuring over 100 works highlighting a broad variety of work, including Rembrandt, Goya, Chagall, Picasso, Maurice Lapp, and many others.
604 College Avenue, Santa Rosa
707-546-7352
www.annexgalleries.com

Arts Guild of Sonoma
140 E. Napa St., Sonoma
707-996-3115
www.artsguildofsonoma.org

Charles M. Schulz Museum
Through January 11, 60 Years of A Charlie Brown Christmas
The holidays arrive early this year at the Schulz Museum with 60 Years of A Charlie Brown Christmas, which celebrates the 60th anniversary of A Charlie Brown Christmas. The new exhibition draws from the Schulz Museum’s vast collection, including never-before-displayed items, to become one of the most enduring and celebrated holiday programs ever. This is the story about how the very first Peanuts animated special was created.
2301 Hardies Lane, Santa Rosa
707-579-4452
www.schulzmuseum.org

Cloverdale Arts Alliance Gallery
Through January 16, Roots
Showing a rich mix of artists whose work reflects place, memory, and connection.

January 17 through March 20, Layers
*** Opening reception January 17, from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m.
The exhibit showcases work by Guest Artist Teresa Saluzzo, Community Annex Artist Michele Hanlon, and Featured Resident Artist Will McCoy, as well as our talented resident artists.
204 N. Cloverdale Boulevard, Cloverdale
707-894-4410
www.cloverdaleartsalliance.org

Corricks Art Trails Gallery/ My Daughter the Framer
637 Fourth Street, Santa Rosa
707-546-2424
www.corricks.com

Fulton Crossing Art Gallery
1200 River Rd., Fulton
www.fultoncrossing.com/exhibitions

Graton Gallery
Through January 4, 14th Annual Small Works Show

January 8 through February 15, Just Us
*** Artists Reception Saturday, January 10, from 1 to 4 p.m.
Featuring the Graton Gallery Partners; Sally Baker, Harry Frank, Bruce Hopkins, Rik Olson, Heather Myler, Sandra Rubin, Tamra Sanchez, and Mylette Welch. With Guest Artists, Ceylan Crow, Lisa Lombardi, and Patty Westman.
9048 Graton Road, Graton
707-829-8912
www.gratongallery.net

Hammerfriar Gallery
Through January 3, The Nature of Things
Three artists, Marla Allison, d.a.Struble, and Alina Nuebel, meet at the crossroads of perception, sensation, and observation to tell a story of the living patterns within and around all of us.
132 Mill St, Healdsburg
707-473-9600
https://www.hammerfriar.com/art-gallery

Healdsburg Center for the Arts
January 8 through February 1, Inspired
*** Artists Reception Saturday, January 10 from 4 to 6 p.m.
HCA’s Annual Artist Supporter’s Exhibition 2026, this exhibition showcases art created by HCA’s many Artist Supporters in a show of their “Inspired” work.
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
900 Sanford Road, Santa Rosa
707-527-9277
www.lagunafoundation.org

Museum of Sonoma County
Art
Through May 24, Artistry in Wood
Artistry in Wood, presented in collaboration with the Sonoma County Woodworkers Association, showcases fine woodwork by local and regional artists. Now in its 36th year, Artistry is one of the most respected juried shows of woodwork in the state, and a perennial favorite for museum visitors.

History
Through March 22, 2026, Take Me to the Water: Histories of the Black Pacific
The exhibition reveals untold stories of Black seafarers and the North Coast of California, and expands that narrative to include the many Black whalers, commercial mariners, fishers, explorers, soldiers, and sailors who traveled along the Pacific Coast and traversed the high seas from the 16th century to the present day. Curated by Dr. Caroline Collins, who is an Assistant Professor at UC San Diego, and is a co-founder of “Black Like Water,” an interdisciplinary research collective at UCSD.
425 Seventh Street, Santa Rosa
707-579-1500
www.museumsc.org

Occidental Center for the Arts
January 10 through February 15, Finding Hope
*** Artist Reception January 17
Finding hope involves actively cultivating a positive attitude. What inspires optimism? Could setting a goal that requires a positive outcome place you on a path to believing that the future holds promise? Can believing that you are in control make you have confidence that your destiny is in your hands through your actions?
3850 Doris Murphy Court, Occidental
707-874-9392
www.occidentalcenterforthearts.org

Oli Gallery
16215 Main Street, Guerneville
www.oligallery.com

Paradise Ridge Winery
June 15-ongoing, Return to Paradise
Paradise Ridge Winery and the Voigt Family Sculpture Foundation are pleased to announce Return to Paradise – a sculpture exhibition celebrating Walter Byck and Marijke Byck-Hoenselaars’ thirty year legacy of visionary leadership and community engagement through art and sculpture at Paradise Ridge. Curated by Jeff Nathanson (former director of the Museum of Sonoma County), the exhibition will showcase more than a dozen local artists, each with a unique and rich history of exhibiting at Paradise Ridge. In recognition of Walter Byck and Marijke Byck-Hoenselaars’ enduring dedication to supporting local artists and to bringing sculpture to Sonoma County, the exhibition will serve as a celebratory return for the participating artists.
Paradise Ridge Winery; in Marijke’s Grove
4545 Thomas Lake Harris Drive, Fountaingrove, Santa Rosa
www.prwinery.com

Paul Mahder Gallery
222 Healdsburg Avenue, Healdsburg
707-473-9150
www.paulmahdergallery.com

Petaluma Arts Center
January 22 through February 21, Crafting Curiosity
*** Opening Reception Thursday, January 22, from 5:30 to 6:30 p.m.
Advancing a Legacy of Agriculture and Making at the Eames Ranch. An exhibit presenting the work produced during the inaugural Spring and Fall sessions of the Ranch Studios Artist Residency Program at Eames Institute.
230 Lakeville Street, Petaluma
707-762-5600
www.petalumaartscenter.org

Ren Brown Collection Gallery
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
Through January 31, Annual SRAC Members Show
January 2 through February 28, Words & Letters
*** Artists Reception Friday, January 2 from 5 to 8 p.m.
Words and Letters are featured in this Small Works show. From Hieroglyphics to graffiti, Picasso to Brillo boxes – artists are still using words and letters to push boundaries in paintings, photographs, printmaking, sculpture, and ceramics.
SOFA Arts District
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

Sebastopol Center for the Arts
January 10 through March 8, The Unknown Thiebaud
Wayne Thiebaud’s lushly painted still lifes of cakes, pies and gumball machines are icons of modern American Art, but there is another large body of Thiebaud’s art that is relatively unknown—his prints. Thiebaud had a life-long passion for printmaking—his first print was made on pieces of linoleum he ran through the wringer of his mother’s washing machine! And he continued making prints until well into his 90s. This exhibition highlights Thiebaud’s printed artwork spanning 6 decades, exploring common themes and subject matter and the artist’s unusual working method.
282 South High St., Sebastopol
707-829-4797
www.sebarts.org

Sebastopol Gallery
January 31, Bounty; Paintings by Lynn Zachreson
Zachreson’s new watercolor paintings celebrate the life energy and natural abundance of Sonoma County – pomegranates, figs, vines, apples and persimmons glowing with color, light and texture.
150 N. Main St, Sebastopol
707-829-7200
https://www.sebastopolgallery.com

Sebastopol Library, Forum Room
7140 Bodega Ave, Sebastopol
707-823-7691

Sofie Contemporary Arts
1407 Lincoln Avenue, Calistoga
707-942-4231
www.sofiegallery.com

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

Sonoma Valley Museum of Art
Through January 4, Last West: Dorothea Lange’s California Revisited
Coinciding with the 90th anniversary of the Works Progress Administration (WPA), Last West: Dorothea Lange’s California Revisited uplifts current movements for dignity in the lives of migrant populations upon which California’s robust economy and agriculture depend. The exhibition presents Lange’s iconic as well as rarely seen California images, putting artifacts of her documentary work in dialogue with contemporary works by artists Erik Castro, Warren Chang, Lewis deSoto, Bruce Haley, Ken Light, Hung Liu, Narsiso Martinez, Joel Daniel Phillips, and others.

January 17 through April 26, Maija Peeples-Bright: Life is Just a Bowl of Terriers
*** Opening Reception Saturday, January 24, from 5 to 7 p.m.
Maija Peeples-Bright is one of the few women artists associated with Northern California’s Funk Art Movement of the late 1960s and ’70s. Peeples-Bright’s wildly inventive practice comprises robust compositions bustling with animals of all kinds—her “beasties” as she calls them—forming surreal, imaginative landscapes in audacious impasto. Her zoological arrangements represent alternate realities, infusing exuberance and a sense of the absurd into impossible scenarios. Highly distinctive, her textural creature patterns revel in the extreme, often taking up every inch of the canvas, multiplying her beasties into dizzying arrangements. The exhibition features a retrospective look at Peeples-Bright’s career, from her early days of the Funk Movement to today.
551 Broadway, Sonoma
707-939-7862
www.svma.org

Upstairs Art Gallery
Through January 25, In the Clouds
*** Reception Saturday, January 3, from 3:30 to 5:30 p.m.
Gen Zorich presents In the Clouds, a collection of oil paintings that explore the ever-changing cloudscapes that drift across our landscapes. These works celebrate their beauty while reflecting their deeper environmental significance. Zorich’s background as a geologist and environmental scientist informs her work, giving a deep understanding of the natural world. Meet the Artist: Zorich will be hosting the Gallery January 4, 10, 17, and 24, from 11 am to 2:30 pm.

The Stairway Small Works Showcase presents Yosemite, Ron Sumner’s collection of paintings that celebrate Yosemite’s wild beauty. Meet the Artist: Sumner will be hosting the Gallery January 2, 4, 14, and 28, from 2:30 to 6 p.m.
306 Center Street, Healdsburg
707-431-4214
www.Upstairsartgallery.net

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