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Sign on Bernal Hill Questions Just Who is Allowed to Dream
Ana Teresa Fernández’ revelation came while driving on 280, as she exited the freeway. Traveling between her home in the Excelsior and her studio at Hunters Point, she discovered the work of the late...
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No House, Few Belongings: An Artist Resolves to Help Kids Heal
I t was almost midnight when Clementine Lee saw the flames. Driving over the Cotati grade from San Francisco, Clementine and her friend and fellow face painter Stephanie Ventura noticed the bright...
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A Photographer Turns the Lens on Her Own Home’s Charred Remains
The night the wildfires hit the North Bay, Napa-based documentary photographer Norma Quintana was making plans to fly to Puerto Rico. She hadn’t heard from her 83-year-old Aunt Julia since Hurricane...
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After the Fire, a Simple Rose Speaks a Thousand Words
While the smoke was still thick in the air of her hometown, after working in her home studio for days, Santa Rosa-based illustrator Mikayla Butchart finally had it — a visual representation of the...
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A Lifetime of Paintings, Lost to the Flames
Santa Rosa painter Bill Gittins sees the world in living color. A Fountaingrove-based plein air painter for the past 35 years of his life, Gittins’ painting took the form of stress relief at first — a...
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On the Air: Cy and A-lan’s Do List Picks for Nov. 3, 2017
The recovery is just beginning for residents in Napa, Sonoma and Mendocino counties, and once again we’re highlighting ways to support the arts and raise funds for the North Bay. As my co-host A-lan...
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Día de los Muertos Altars Honor Victims of the Ghost Ship Fire
As the Bay Area prepares for the painful one-year anniversary of the Dec. 2 Ghost Ship warehouse fire, many have taken to existing local traditions for rituals of remembrance. At San Francisco’s...
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Fire Claimed Artist’s Home, Studio and Experimental Exhibition Space
STABLE, a horse stable-turned-exhibition space adjacent to artist Jeremy Ehling’s Bennett Ridge home in east Santa Rosa, had what he calls “an occasional exhibition program.” Shows were up for one day...
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After Losing 30 Years of Artwork in Fire, a Painter Looks Ahead
Even as he saw flames encroaching on the hills behind his home in Santa Rosa’s Coffey Park neighborhood, Chris Henry didn’t think he was about to lose the house he’d lived in for the past 14 years....
View ArticleWatch a Santa Rosa Cartoonist’s ‘Fire Story’ Come to Life
Note: This video contains some profanity. Just one day after his house and everything in it burned to the ground, Santa Rosa cartoonist Brian Fies bought some cheap paper, Sharpies, and highlighters,...
View ArticleMajor North Bay Cultural Institutions Reopen This Week After Wildfire
The Tubbs fire completely destroyed the home of the Peanuts cartoon strip creator. But while the flames came close to the Charles M. Schulz Museum, they did not damage it. The gallery and education...
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Ashes Mixed with Molten Glass: A Napa Sculptor’s Future Takes Shape
I have never seen Clifford Rainey’s sculptures in the “flesh.” Nor have I seen the thousands of works of art he created in the 47 years since he entered art school in his native Northern Ireland. But I...
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The Do List’s Favorite Museum Shows During the Holidays
My co-host Sarah Hotchkiss and I have picked our favorite shows at local museums (and one gallery) for the holiday season. We focused on places you can go with the family, or as a means of escape from...
View ArticleOn the Air: Cy and Sarah’s Do List Picks for Nov. 10, 2017
This week we’re featuring a number of museum and gallery shows worth taking in now or during the holidays, when we all have a bit more time to get out and possibly need to escape our families. My...
View ArticleCastro Celebrates Milk’s Legacy with Rainbow Light Installation
A ceremonial unveiling in San Francisco’s Castro District of two neon-bright art installations honoring Harvey Milk’s legacy Wednesday night saw a mix of celebration and solemnity. Barring a few whoops...
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Inner Workings of ‘Mechanisms’ on Full View in Horror-Tinged Show
Imagine you arrive at the dentist’s office to learn your appointment is canceled. Instead of giving you a cleaning or a root canal, the dentist demonstrates the tools she uses inside a person’s mouth:...
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Napa Camp for the Blind to Rebuild for Future Generations
Napa County’s Enchanted Hills Camp plays host to corporate conferences, yoga retreats, arts symposia — even weddings. But its founding purpose, and main function for nearly 70 years, is to serve as a...
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Nothing Outdated About John Chiara’s Traditional Techniques
San Francisco–based artist John Chiara creates photographs with a handmade camera so large it must be towed on a trailer. The devices works like a camera obscura, box or room-like constructions that...
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In New Public Art, Hank Willis Thomas Lights Up a Loving Message
In the darkened alley of SOMA’s Annie Street, a crowd huddles in what passes for cold in San Francisco, waiting excitedly for the flipping of a switch. The occasion? The latest in Sites Unseen’s series...
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Da Vinci Portrait of Christ Sells for Record-Shattering $450 Million
A portrait of Christ by Renaissance artist Leonardo da Vinci has shattered all previous records for artworks sold at auction or privately, fetching a whopping $450.3 million on Wednesday at Christie’s...
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