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Micah Sanger

Visual Arts: Painting

Visionary Arts Gallery 45004 Albion St. #8, Mendocino At the Gallery paintings from my Traveling Museum Exhibit (https://www.perception4u.com/museumexhibit) are displayed along with the theoretical physicist quotes that accompany each painting. The exhibit is to encourage viewers to explore in depth the meaning of the words of these great insightful, intuitive physicists and to allow the paintings to lift them into new ways of looking upon their world, revealing its mystery and wonder. An enriching experience awaits the visitors to the Gallery who come with a curiosity and a wish to live life to its fullness and who know that there is much more going on here in this world than first meets the eye. New Video: “The Art of Theoretical Physics” FREE BOOK DOWNLOAD of “TOBE and the RIVER IS” In celebration of our courage and compassion during these times, and because, for many, it is also financially challenging, I would like to offer everyone a free download of my award-winning book https://www.perception4u.com/bookgift ____________________________________________________________ If You Feel Inspired to, please make a donation to the Arts Council of Mendocino County Explore with Tobe the power and wonder of the great River Is. Go on an adventure which is the discovery of yourself. Reviews: “Sanger has succeeded in writing the modern-day Siddhartha: an intricate tale of a deep spiritual journey, within and without. His artistic use of words and illustrations gently opens the door to truth and carries you to the living River; you will be hooked.” Joe Kittel, author of Spiritual Principles in Strategic Alliances and founder of SPiBR.org LLC. “Gorgeous phrasing, fully entrancing and sparkling with freshness. The author has a fine instinct for wowing the reader at the start, and throughout, with beautifully crafted sentences. Even better, the effect hides the effort. Nothing about this book seems forced which is what elevates it. And the wow factor of this book is masterfully-written. Beautiful visuals…engage our senses and place us in the scene. Well done. Stays with the reader.” Writer’s Digest Judge, 24th Annual Writer’s Digest Self-Published Book Awards ____________________________________________________________ Biography I have been an active artist producing paintings since 1970 when I changed my major at Clemson University from engineering to art studio. That was when I discovered my true passion for art. I have been diligent and dedicated to my calling as an artist ever since. I continued my development as an artist when I apprenticed under the nationally known artist Richard Goetz in the early seventies for a brief time, followed by attending the University of Santa Barbara and Chico State University, CA, from 1980 to 1985. Plums – Unified Field, 7″ x 15″ mixed media In 1996 I pulled away from the gallery art scene to go deep into a contemplative life—a life of open-eyed meditation, studying the world 8 to 12 hours a day and often more for many days of the week while taking notes, making sketches, and developing paintings about what I was observing. Out of this exploration into perception and awareness, a rich new way of looking at my world and a new approach to painting arose. Besides objects becoming more alive and energetic in my perception, a sense of this world existing in a dimension, and what I call a “unified field” arose. These perceptions, I found, do not subtract from this physical experience but only add to its mystery and wonder. They also parallel, in many ways, the ideas of theoretical physics. Beyond Form to the Light, 56.5″ x 106″ mixed media I started working on an educational website, (www.perception4u.com) to pass on to others through the text and exercises the experiences and insights I was having. I used my paintings to give visual expression to the ideas I was relaying. Through the exercises on the website, I was attempting to open up to others their own revelations of deeper levels of perception. Over time a substantial number of paintings were created. I knew that one day they would be the source of future exhibits. Barn Jackson Hole, 54.5″ x 61″ mixed media As I watched people interfacing with the exercises of the website, I realized that some individuals needed a more emotional approach to exploring perception. So, in 2013 I began writing and illustrating my book, “Tō•bē and the River Is,” with the idea that through the life of the protagonist, people could experience new ways of looking at their world. The Dream of a World in a Holy Mind It is a whimsical fairytale full of living metaphor. The “River Is” is itself a metaphor for the matrix of the unified field that surrounds us. It was published in 2016 and has already won two Global eBook Awards, one for illustrations, The New Apple Book Award, followed by the prestigious Ben Franklin Award and the Nautilus Book Award. (The book website is www.4riveris.com ) Turtle Rock and Back View of Artist-Dimension, 28″ x 34″ In September of 2017, I started to exhibit my work publicly for the first time since 1996. It started with the Sausalito Art Festival, then the HarmonyUs Festival followed eventually in 2018 by the HarmonyUs Festival again and the Edgewater Gallery in Fort Bragg, California. Now my focus is on displaying my art as a cohesive whole in a traveling museum exhibit with the same purpose it shares with my website, my book, as well as my public speaking engagements—to inspire people to explore the life-enhancing nature of deeper levels of perception. It really is an exciting project of combining my paintings with the words of theoretical physicists to create a very powerful effect. I also mention in my museum proposal that I will give a presentation at a couple of the local high schools. Clear perception opens up a new and exciting world, creating a new enthusiasm towards living, something many of the students can use nowadays. FlatRock – Dimension III, 63″ x 82″ mixed media Visionary GALLERY OPEN DOOR HOURS Friday, Saturday, Sunday 1:00 to 5:00 11:00 to 5:00 11:00 to 5:00 And open by appointment. Please call number below. Open throughout the week for events and classes. Phone Numbers: Visionary Arts Spiritual Center Micah Sanger Sally Wells (505) 455-2867 (707) 357-3466

Marvin Schenck

Visual Arts: Painting

Schenck is an artist and retired museum curator. He was born and grew up in the San Francisco Bay Area, where he also attended the California College of the Arts (BFA) and Mills College (MFA). He has held professional curatorial and arts-administration positions at the Walnut Creek Civic Arts Gallery; Kala Institute in Berkeley; Scottsdale (Arizona) Center for the Arts; Hearst Art Gallery at Saint Mary’s College in Moraga; Mendocino Arts Center in Mendocino; and the Grace Hudson Museum in Ukiah. Schenck has also taught various college art and art history courses. He and his wife, Colleen, moved to Philo in the late 1990s, where they continue to refurbish their 1927 Craftsman home and 1913 barn studio. Regarding his own art, Schenck says, “For the last twenty years, I have concentrated on landscape painting in mostly a Post-Impressionist style. Recently, I have been doing more abstract pieces related to my earlier dream imagery/visionary style. Both the landscape and dream-imagery pieces are based in landscape imagery and a love of rich color. The dream-imagery works tend to present a poignant iconic moment in a story, leaving the viewer to complete the tale. The landscape-focused works frame a scene of nature to rejoice in and meditate on.” About his potential contributions to the Arts Council Board of Directors, Schenck says, “I think I can bring knowledgeable perspectives based on my forty years of curatorial and arts administration experience, and as a visual artist based in Anderson Valley…. During my fifteen years as curator at the Grace Hudson Museum, and my previous year as director of the Mendocino Art Center, I got to know many Mendocino County artists on the coast as well as inland, and what their needs are. I would like to see more quality venues for local artists to promote and exhibit their works. Perhaps that way we could build a wider audience and collector base. More art in public places projects would also assist in those goals.” Schenck also expects to bring his curatorial experience and interest to projects such as art exhibits in the lobby of Ukiah’s historic railroad depot, the site of the Arts Council office, in order to highlight artists around the county. Currently displayed in the depot lobby is an exhibit of art by Covelo women. Furthermore, continued Schenck, “While on the Arts Council board, I would like to work on continuing art-in-the-schools opportunities. Students should be given an education in both hands-on art making and in the rich history and traditions of art from diverse cultures around the world.” Arts Council Executive Director Alyssum Wier says, “We are very fortunate to have Marvin join the Arts Council board. His many years of curatorial and arts administration experience, his own personal art practice, and his connection to the artists of Anderson Valley and the Mendocino coast will be strong assets and will, we hope, help to expand existing Arts Council programs and services.” Schenck joins current Arts Council board members Janae Stephens (President), Anne Beck (Vice-President), Brandon Kight (Treasurer), Jenn Procacci (Secretary), Loren Madsen, Susan O. Gordon and Patricia Franklin in their efforts to support the Arts Council’s mission—to enrich the quality of life in Mendocino County through promotion of the arts and cultivation of creative communities. The Arts Council’s objectives include expanding opportunities for artists and arts organizations, supporting art education, promoting the role of the arts in the local economy, and increasing public awareness of the value of the arts. ACMC also advocates for artists and arts organizations throughout Mendocino County with government, business and tourism leaders.

Serge Scherbatskoy

Graphic Arts; Visual Arts: Photography, Printmaking

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Eryn Schon-Brunner

Performing Arts: Dance, Theatre; Visual Arts: Performance Art

Eryn Schon-Brunner is an American choreographer, dancer, and dance educator who lives and works in northern California. Completing her MFA in Dance at Hollins University Summer of 2019, and having earned her BFA at Cornish College of the Arts. Since 2012 Eryn has taught dance at Mendocino College and is artistic director of Mendocino College Dance Repertory Company, producing the annual Fall Repertory Concert and the Spring Dance Festival. As part of the part-time faculty for Mendocino College Theater Conservatory program, Eryn has also choreographed and set movement for many plays and musicals. Eryn is currently artistic director of Eryn Schon-Brunner and Dancers, a pick-up dance company based in Mendocino County. Her work employs classical, electronic, jazz, and contemporary pop music, and her movement vocabulary is also wide ranging. Eryn works across disciplines and often collaboratively, connecting different media, people, and ideas. In 2002, she formed her own dance company, BE Productions Dance, with Rebecca Levy. From 2002 to 2009, BE Productions performed original works in Los Angeles, Seattle, and Boston. She has performed, and taught dance along the west coast and internationally for the past 20 years.

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Virginia Sharkey

Visual Arts: Painting

Featured Exhibit at the Mendocino Art Center through October 29: Sublime to the Canine I’m an abstract painter because I love what is elemental and essential. I’m interested in creating a realm of mystery, surprise, serenity, and beauty. I use color, either oil or acrylic paint, for its feeling tone, each hue having a distinct emotional component, and line for its rhythmic possibilities and the awareness of gravity to indicate a possible intention, as in a “going toward.” I want to create a sense that there is in a work a “presence” that has its own life in a pictorial space that seems, however flat, empty and monochromatic, “full.” — Virginia Sharkey Also see my work at Partners Gallery, located at 335 N. Franklin Street in Fort Bragg, open Wednesday through Monday 10 am to 5 pm and Sundays 10 am to 4 pm. 707 962-0233 PartnersGallery.com Virginia Sharkey Box 20, Mendocino, California 95460 Telephone (707) 937-3021 virginiasharkey.com ~ vs@pacific.net Born: Grosse Pointe Farms, Michigan Education: Vassar College, B.A. cum laude Aspen School of Contemporary Art Exhibitions: If you are in Fort Bragg, CA you can see my work at Partners Gallery, 235 N. Franklin St, open every day except Tuesdays and the first Wednesday of each month. The website is http://partnersgallery.com Exhibitions: 2016 Chautauqua 59th Annual Exhibition of Contemporary Art, Chautauqua, NY, juried by Stephen Harvey and Jennifer Samet, Directors, Steven Harvey Fine Art Projects, Bellringer Prize Archaeology, Partners Gallery, Ft. Bragg, CA The Yosemite Series, Solo Show, Partners Gallery, Ft. Bragg, CA 2015 Crossing the Line, Partners Gallery, Ft. Bragg, CA Size, Partners Gallery, Ft. Bragg, CA 2013 ACCI Gallery, Hallowed and Haunted, Berkeley, CA 56th Annual Chautauqua Exhibition of Contemporary Art, Chautauqua, New York Juried by Janne Siren, Director, Albright-Knox Art Gallery, Buffalo, NY 2011 Confrontational Art, Gualala Art Center, Gualala, CA 2010 Imagining California, Curated by Philip Linhares, Chief Curator, Oakland Museum, Kevin Milligan Gallery, Danville, CA Mendocino Art Center Open Studio Tour Exhibition, September Yosemite Renaissance XXV, Yosemite Museum Gallery, Yosemite National Park and subsequent Traveling California Exhibition. 2009 Naturally Inspired, July 22-August 16, Flockworks, Mendocino,CA 2007 Tsunami of Recollections, Art @3G, Ft. Bragg, CA America’s Landscape,Art @3G, Ft. Bragg, CA Yosemite Renaissance XXII, Yosemite Museum, Yosemite National Park and subsequent,Traveling California Exhibition , Animal Art, Mendocino Art Center, Nichols Gallery, Mendocino CA Winfield Gallery, Carmel, CA 2006 Waterfall Paintings, Solo Show, Mendocino Art Center, Mendocino, CA 2005 Members’Juried Exhibition, Mendocino Art Center, Mendocino, CA Wet Paint, Juried Exhibition, Gualala Art Center, Gualala, CA Friends Show Northcoast Artists Gallery, Ft. Bragg, CA Yosemite Renaissance XX, Yosemite Museum, Yosemite National Park and subsequent California Traveling Exhibition 2001 Gamel Fraser Gallery,( 3 person show) Mendocino, CA 2000 Members’ Juried Exhibition, Mendocino Art Center 1999 Members Juried Art Exhibition. Mendocino Art Center Fifth Annual Warehouse Artists’ Exhibition, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art Rental Gallery, San Francisco, CA Yosemite Renaissance XIV Art Exhibit, Yosemite Museum, and subsequent California Traveling Exhibition, Yosemite, CA, 1998 Galerie Elecktra, Sausalito, CA Bartlett Fine Arts, Pleasanton, CA North Coast Printmakers: An Invitational Exhibition, Northcoast Artists Gallery, Ft. Bragg, CA Sly Dog Gallery, Portland, OR Members Exhibition, Mendocino Art Center, Mendocino, CA Claudia Chapline Gallery, Stinson Beach, CA 1998 Gallery Glendeven, Solo Show, Little River, CA Scharffenberger Winery, Solo Show Philo, CA 1997 National Juried Exhibition Curated by Marisol,” Gallery 84, New York, NY Prints and Paintings, Art Hansen and Virginia Sharkey, Gallery Glendeven, Little River, CA Fourth Annual Artists’ Warehouse Sale, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art Rental Gallery, San Francisco, CA. Spring Loaded, Gallery Glendeven, Little River, CA ART a visual reality, Left Coast Art, Cyberworld Cafe, San Francisco, CA. Members’ Show Mendocino Art Center 1996 Artists’ Registry Exhibition, The Dog Museum, St. Louis, MO 1995-6 The World’s Women On-Line,Video/Internet Gallery, Commons Gallery, Arizona State University, Computing Tempe, AZ The World’s Women On-Line!, United Nations Fourth World Conference On Women, Beijng,China (Touring Version). ADA: Women and Information Technology, Artemisia Gallery, Chicago Ill 1995-6 Oakland Museum Main Lobby, Oakland Museum Women’s Board Collectors GalleryOne 1995 Abrahamson Gallery, Solo Show, Mendocino Art Center, Mendocino,CA Oakland Museum Collectors Gallery, Oakland, CA Fort Bragg Center for the Arts Members Show, Ft. Bragg, CA Art Alive in ’95 Mendocino Art Center, Mendocino, CA Gallery Glendeven, Little River, CA Tangents Gallery, Fort Bragg, CA Fort Bragg Center for the Arts, Fort Bragg, CA 1994 The Dog Show, Los Gatos Company, Los Gatos, CA Different Strokes, Mendocino Art Center, Mendocino, CA From the Heart of Women, Mendocino Art Center, Mendocino, CA 1993 What’s Afoot Gallery, Solo Show, Caspar, CA Prints on Purpose, Village Theatre Gallery, Danville, CA Fish Schticks, What’s Afoot Gallery, Caspar. CA From the Heart of Women, What’s Afoot Gallery, Caspar, CA 1992 What’s Afoot Gallery, Solo Show, Caspar, CA Richmond Art Center, Richmond, CA Mushrooms for Paper, Traveling Exhibit, Mendocino, CA Gallery Glendeven, Little River, CA Faculty Art Exhibit, College of the Redwoods, Fort Bragg, CA San Francisco Museum of Modern Art Rental Gallery, San Francisco, CA, What’s Afoot Gallery, Caspar, CA Tangents Gallery, Fort Bragg, CA The Artists’ Registry Exhibition, The Dog Museum, St. Louis, MO 1991 What’s Afoot Gallery, Caspar CA 1990 Winona Gallery, Solo Show, Mendocino Art Center, Mendocino, CA The Magnificent Seven, Calloways, Santa Rosa, CA Tangents Gallery, Fort Bragg, CA 1988 Emerging Mendocino, Mendocino Art Center, Mendocino, CA Susan Cummins Gallery, Mill Valley, CA 1987 Gallery Fair, Mendocino, CA Fort Bragg Center for the Arts, Fort Bragg, Ca 1986 New Work from Los Angeles, LAART, New York, NY 1980 Vorpal Gallery, New York, NY 1979 Berge und Volken um Meran, Solo Show, Amerika Haus Munchen, Munich, Germany Tanglewood Gallery, Solo Show, New York, NY 1978 Kuperion Gallery, Merano, Italy Bilder, Briefe, Noten, Autoren Gallerie, Munich, Germany 1977 Art Workers’ Guild Gallery, Vineyard Haven, MA 1976 Painted Images: Virginia Sharkey, Solo Show, College Center Main Gallery, Vassar College, Poughkeepsie, NY Vassar College Art Gallery, Vassar College, Poughkeepsie, NY Auction 393, New York, NY Eight from Vassar, Vassar College Center, Vassar College, Poughkeepsie, NY 1975 Lotus Gallery, New York, NY 1974 Susan Caldwell Gallery, New York, NY Bibliography: Artists Speak Part 2.mov https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WhWg22ekl-k Auction 393, Auction Sale #5, Contemporary Art, June 12,1978,Art Bidders GalleryCorporation, #61, #62 Flugel, Rolf, Berge und Volken um Meran, Munchner Merkur, Sept. 8/9, 1979. Gilbert, Mervin, Artists Shared their Studios with the Public,Mendocino Beacon, Sept. 5, 1991. Gilbert, Mervin, The MAC Membership Show :Almost Everything for Almost Everyone, Arts and Entertainment, February, 1997. Halle, Howard, 59th Annual Exhibition of Contemporary Art at Chautauqua Showcases “Lively,Engaging” Works, The Chautauquan Daily, July 8, 2016. Lambert,Leeann, Tuesday People ,The Ukiah Daily Journal, Tuesday, April 7, 1998. Outlook. Cover Artist. February, 1996. Parsons Memorial Lodge Summer Series, Yosemite National Park, Poster,Image, Summer 2009 Rice, Miriam C., Mushrooms for Paper, Video, David Marks and Oleg Harenar Productions,1993. R.M.B. Austellungs Spiegel, Munchen: Virginia Sharkey, Die Welt, Sept. 21, 1979. Sharkey, Virginia, The Artists’ Registry Exhibition at the Dog Museum, St. Louis, MO 1/8-3/8,1992, p.39. Sharkey, Virginia, Rose Fellow, 1976, Vassar Quarterly,Winter, 1981, p. 15. Residencies: 2011 Scuola Internazionale di Grafica, Venice, Italy 1981 Yaddo, Saratoga Springs, NY 1979 Cummington Community of the Arts, Cummington, Mass Awards: 2016 Bellinger Award, Chautauqua Institution 2010 Yosemite Renaissance XXV Exhibition , People’s Choice Award Yosemite Renaissance 2007 XXII Exhibition, Second Place 2005 Yosemite Renaissance XX Exhibition, Second Place 1999 Yosemite Renaissance XIV Exhibition, First Place 1976 W.K. Rose Fellowship in the Fine Arts Collections: Private and Corporate Collections in the U.S., Germany, Italy and Japan

Lauren Sinnott

Visual Arts: Graphic Arts, Murals, Painting, Works on paper

See a detailed description about Lauren’s latest mural From Finland to Fort Bragg complete with photos & videos here. I am an artist, historian and former politician. www.historymural.com will show you how so many things in my life and work have recently come together in the perfect project: my monumental history mural on the north wall of the Ukiah Valley Conference Center. But let’s back up a little. My diverse portfolio is partly the result of making a living through art in the modern world. Before photography was invented, everyone would want me to create their image. Now, it’s really only dogs that people commission portraits of. I even paid a vet bill once with a mural of dogs, cats, birds, rabbits, and mice. At Point Arena High School, I painted a face that gets walked on: the sports mascot, a 6 ft. grinning pirate on the floor of the basketball court. A local big wave surfer modeled. Art entwines with life… and also its loss. That surfer was part of my California family and I portrayed him as a life-size 3-dimensional winged angel after his death at sea. The lady who commissioned this work died recently and now the angel has come back to me. It all started in Wisconsin’s dairyland, where I was raised by an artist mother and poet father. My mom supported us on graphic design, and as a toddler I worked at a little table alongside her. Our house was filled with paintings and books. It was the Age of Aquarius and I knew I was supposed to be at Woodstock, but it was impossible. I was ten. I spent my senior year as an AFS exchange student in Belgium, speaking only French and learning to take class notes in perfect outline form. I discovered the art of conversation, four-hundred year old homes and good coffee. It was there that I began to feel the pull of an old culture living still where it had always been. Back from Belgium, I attended Rice University in wonderfully hot and humid Houston, TX. I earned a BA in Art and French, then a BFA in painting, and an MA in Art History. During graduate study, I encountered a work whose untold story began to open before me, becoming the subject of my thesis, The Double Portrait of Two Men in the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston. And the story blossomed again with stunning new research on the part of several scholars, leading to my recent paper, Beloved Disciple: Vittore Belliniano and a Double Portrait of Two Men, which explores the possibility that the exalted Venetian Renaissance painter Giovanni Bellini and his head of studio were lovers. I taught art history for several years at the museum school, painted one of my most exquisite mural in a private bathroom, and became a single mother of two. But I yearned for the ocean! Not the Gulf of Mexico, the Pacific Ocean, which I had never even seen. And Northern California to be specific, because friends had told me “Your kind of people live there.” My boys and I left town in a converted school bus with a wood stove and beds. We found Point Arena located with its lighthouse on a jutting tip of land WEST of the San Andreas fault. This is the other California, where populations are dwarfed by the ridged landscape and pounding ocean. This is exactly what I was looking for, except I forgot that it was going to be impossible to get my PhD. The consolation prize was my life in politics as City Council member and then Mayor of one of only four incorporated cities in Mendocino County. Point Arena is the seventh tiniest city in California, which meant the city staff was small and overworked, and our jobs as elected officials were large and unending. On top of legislative activity, we also had the tasks of employee hiring, evaluating, and firing. It helped to have an eye for detail. It didn’t help to earn only $100 a month. (See more about fights and triumphs in city government and much more of my artwork on my main website www.artgoddess.com which will be sleek and modern by Christmas!) My boys and I lived in our bus in the fragrant manzanita forest for a year and when we moved to town I supported us with art and rent. I took jobs ranging from art cars to tombstone design, from wedding dresses to sewing a life-size brocade torso complete with all female reproductive parts for a doctor. I created the Velvet Vulva line of purses for the lesbian, feminist and enlightened market. I painted curbs and hemmed pants. Business signs and design services were a mainstay. I picked blackberries, ate wild mustard greens, baked my own bread, and gleaned apples from the ground. We took in a parade of roommates to make ends meet. My house was teeming with the boys and their friends, and was full of books and paintings. Recently my son who learned Mandarin and now lives in Taiwan paid me a compliment. He said, “Mom, I never knew we were poor.” And of course, in real terms, we weren’t. All of these experiences have caused me to reflect on the ultimate purpose of the artist and the historian. Art history is a jeweled necklace, a string of masterpieces threaded on inspiration from around the world. Yet art was made by, for, and about real people who led complex lives. A man who loved men and didn’t have wealth or a noble patron in 15th-century Venice could be burned alive in the Piazza San Marco. Ghosts walk in those grand cities and on the quiet streets of my own town, where no more than a century ago, it was permitted to shoot an Indian after dark. Forced servitude, kidnappings and massacres took place across California, including multiple occurrences here in Mendocino County. During the 1850s, the new state government’s official position was denial of rights and extermination was seen as inevitable. Depravity haunts exaltation, and the sacred charge of the historian is to give voice to the fallen, to shine light on the common and hidden, as well as the great. As a Renaissance painting mutely accomplishes merely by surviving, the historian keeps a subject alive with his published words, and the muralist with her imagery. I love the motto of Yale University: Lux et Veritas. Light and Truth – with one we find the other. My latest and largest project, the huge historical narrative mural on the north wall of the Ukiah Valley Conference Center, is the result of these threads interweaving. I could use all those hours of life drawing, all of that house painting, all my knowledge of narrative art through the centuries, and all my experience working with the public in administration. This is a public work for everyone and about everyone. It contains over two-hundred portraits and tells many stories of people who live here now. People can see why this art has meaning. They understand the argument I once presented to a dear friend over dinner: “You will be fascinated,” he was informed, looking doubtful as he questioned art history and the importance of such things. “History is to humanity as memory is to the individual,” I said. We are each of us walking backwards into the future. “Would you want to do that with your eyes shut?” My companion smiled, saw it was true, and ordered champagne, since he was about to hear what had been revealed by a Venetian inventory from 1569.* *That the great collection of Gabriele Vendramin included a little box portrait of Giovanni Bellini with the portrait of Vittore, his disciple, on its cover.

kb SOCORRO

Visual Arts: Constructions/Collage, Illustration, Mixed Media, New Media/Technology

A native of California, Socorro is an award winning fine art photographer and multimedia artist. Utilizing visual storytelling and experiential design, their interdisciplinary practice explores the effect of environments and objects on human interaction.

Kara Starkweather

Performing Arts: Dance; Visual Arts: Performers and Writers

Kara Starkweather is a California native, growing up in the South Bay Area. She has been dancing and making dances as soon as she could walk. She graduated with a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Dance and Spanish from the University of California at Davis in 2000. She then moved to Santiago, Chile where she danced with Compania Movimiento. She moved to the rugged and beautiful Mendocino Coast in 2002 to start a family of her own. She started the Mendocino Dance Project in 2014 and continues to direct the company, producing annual shows, offering classes and workshops, and facilitating an elementary dance education program in some of the local schools. She is committed to helping art thrive in rural communities. In addition to running her own company, Kara is an active dancer with the internationally acclaimed company BANDALOOP, she has collaborated and toured with the Flynn Creek Circus, choreographed for the Gloriana Opera Company, and partnered with other local arts organizations and individual artists in Mendocino County.

Janae Stephens

Visual Arts

Janae is a visual artist, educator, chair of the Arts Council of Mendocino County, and co-owner of Organic Attire with her husband, Gary Stephens. She has a B.A. in Fine Arts, a Masters Degree in Arts Education, and a California teaching credential in visual art. In addition to designing and creating her own line of organic cotton clothing, Janae also loves to paint. She has exhibited her acrylic paintings in the Bay Area and Mendocino County. Arts Council of Mendocino County members are able to enjoy a discount at Organic Attire. Please inquire!

Fred Sternkopf

Visual Arts: Film, Graphic Arts, Illustration, Painting, Sculpture, Visual Arts Instructor

Welcome to my world of art! Being born into a family with generations of German artists, I was almost destined to become an artist. At age 5, I had my first solo exhibition of paintings in Michigan . . . and Art continued thereafter as my central focus of life. I completed studies at Michigan State University, the University of Wisconsin, the Art Institute of Chicago and the San Francisco Art Institute. I live and work between the Northcoast of California and New Mexico. My work can be found in private, corporate, and museum collections throughout America and in Western Europe. Many forms of art have played a part in my world of expression. My sculpture ranges from figurative realism to minimalist abstract . . . monumental to minimal in size. Materials used include corten steel, stainless steel, wood, stone and more. Each new commissioned project dictates the range of expression. The rules come from the heart. Ravens have often been my muse. They’ve long played a role in the spiritual beliefs of many cultures worldwide, since the beginning of mankind. They’re considered the wisest of all birds, and often seem to express a special wisdom beyond the human realm. Since early museum exposure to the works of Alexander Calder, I’ve sought to expand in that direction with my own personal mobiles. Now often personal and corporate collections include my mobiles in addition to their Calders. Cartooning has played an important role in my life since the time I could hold a pencil as a small child. Over a thousand of my cartoons have been published to date in newspapers, magazines and books. For over 20 years my “Dr. Doo” political/social commentary cartoon strip has appeared in the Anderson Valley Advertiser, one of the last truly progressive independent publications. A weekly newspaper with distribution across the country and abroad, especially featured in college and university bookstores. “Dennis Rodman”Private CollectionChicago, ILAcrylic on Board Other graphic art has included portraiture of several well known sports and entertainment figures for their collections. Also I’ve worked with social activists, such as the Black Panthers. In addition to fine art paintings, I’ve done book illustrations …and several logo designs. My love of sports has taken me into commercial graphics for several professional sports teams, including Giants, A’s, Niners, Raiders and the Golden State Warriors. Film, video and photography have also played an important part in my creative life. My short documentary and docudrama films have won awards in several international film festivals, including the San Francisco, New York and Chicago festivals. I’ve also taught Film and Video Production with the assistance of a “California Arts Council” grant. In the commercial world of advertising, I’ve produced several TV commercials and corporate films for national distribution. “Women In Black”Sculpture CommissionStainless Steel & StoneCarolyn M. Owen CollectionMendocino Coast, CA Much of my work is political or spiritual in content. I strongly believe fine art should speak directly to the soul. With each encounter with a work of art, something new should be seen and realized…over and over. True art shouldn’t just be decorative, but add to the expansion of the inner self…the soul, and bring about personal reflection and insight. Every time one looks at the same piece of real fine art it should be a new experience…a revelation…helping to discover oneself. Frederick Sternkopf P.O.Box 743 Mendocino, CA 95460 (707) 962-0410 Frederick Sternkopf

Abigail Strock

A native of Fort Bragg, Abigail Strock has a Bachelor of Music in Vocal Performance from the San Francisco Conservatory of Music and a Master of Music in Vocal Pedagogy from Holy Names University. She has performed with Gloriana Musical Theater, Mendocino Chamber Opera, and the Raven Players in Healdsburg, and currently sings with the Mendocino Music Festival Chorale. Abigail has been teaching music lessons to kids and adults since 2006. She specializes in science-based whole-body singing technique, as well as piano, voice, and general music lessons for young beginners. Her students have consistently been recognized for their excellent performances in local and regional music festivals and competitions. https://abigailstrockmusic.com

Sophia Sutherland

Visual Arts: Ceramics

Sophia Sutherland has lived in Elk CA since 1968. She has wored in stone, clay, bronze and cement, adding watercolor and pastel to the creative equation. Now Sophia moves between the 2nd & 3rd dimensions, exploring, breathing and continuing to saunter through fields of paradox and possibility.

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