Ancient cultures\n have long recognized fire as a transformative force. To this day\, fire\nr ituals still have meaning as attempts to rid ourselves of unproductive\npa tterns and obstacles in our lives\, opportunities to express gratitude\,\n and acts of healing\, celebration or purification. In this class\, we will \nhand-build ceramic containers as part of a transformation ritual\, throu gh\nwhich we will express our hope for the future.
Participants wil l\nspend the first evening building a clay vessel using coil\, slab or pin ch\nconstruction\; on the second evening\, they will glaze their vessels.< /p>\n
For students 21 and older\, beginners welcome!
Bob Dix earned\na bac helor’s degree at San Francisco State University and an MFA at the\nNew York State College of Ceramics at Alfred University. He has exhibited\nhis work widely including the Headlands Center for the Arts\, San Francisco\n Artspace\, the San Francisco Art Institute\, the San Jose Museum of Art an d\nthe San Francisco Museum of Modern Art.
A ncient cultures\nhave long recognized fire as a transformative force. To t his day\, fire\nrituals still have meaning as attempts to rid ourselves of unproductive\npatterns and obstacles in our lives\, opportunities to expr ess gratitude\,\nand acts of healing\, celebration or purification. In thi s class\, we will\nhand-build ceramic containers as part of a transformati on ritual\, through\nwhich we will express our hope for the future.
Participants will\nspend the first evening building a clay vessel using c oil\, slab or pinch\nconstruction\; on the second evening\, they will glaz e their vessels.
\nFor students 21 and older\, beginners welcome !
Bob Dix earned\na bachelor’s degree at San Francisco State University and an MFA at the\nNew York State College of Ceramics at Alfred University. He h as exhibited\nhis work widely including the Headlands Center for the Arts\ , San Francisco\nArtspace\, the San Francisco Art Institute\, the San Jose Museum of Art and\nthe San Francisco Museum of Modern Art.
Join artist Ana\nM aria Hernando for a screening of Undomesticated\, a 30-minute\ndo cumentary about the artist. Born in Argentina and based in Denver\,\nHerna ndo makes artwork that often involves collaborative partners\,\nincluding cloistered nuns in Buenos Aires and women who live in the\nPeruvian Andes. Hernando will introduce and answer questions about the\ngorgeous film\, w hich features footage of her working in her studio\,\ninstalling an exhibi tion\, and traveling in the highland Andes\, in Spanish\nand in English. I mmediately following the film\, Hernando will lead the\naudience in a shor t bilingual art activity in response to prompts\nabout our memories of fl owers.
J oin artist Ana\nMaria Hernando for a screening of Undomesticated\ , a 30-minute\ndocumentary about the artist. Born in Argentina and based i n Denver\,\nHernando makes artwork that often involves collaborative partn ers\,\nincluding cloistered nuns in Buenos Aires and women who live in the \nPeruvian Andes. Hernando will introduce and answer questions about the\n gorgeous film\, which features footage of her working in her studio\,\nins talling an exhibition\, and traveling in the highland Andes\, in Spanish\n and in English. Immediately following the film\, Hernando will lead the\na udience in a short bilingual art activity in response to prompts\nabout o ur memories of flowers.
Join artist Ana\nM aria Hernando for a screening of Undomesticated\, a 30-minute\ndo cumentary about the artist. Born in Argentina and based in Denver\,\nHerna ndo makes artwork that often involves collaborative partners\,\nincluding cloistered nuns in Buenos Aires and women who live in the\nPeruvian Andes. Hernando will introduce and answer questions about the\ngorgeous film\, w hich features footage of her working in her studio\,\ninstalling an exhibi tion\, and traveling in the highland Andes\, in Spanish\nand in English. I mmediately following the film\, Hernando will lead the\naudience in a shor t bilingual art activity in response to prompts\nabout our memories of fl owers.
J oin artist Ana\nMaria Hernando for a screening of Undomesticated\ , a 30-minute\ndocumentary about the artist. Born in Argentina and based i n Denver\,\nHernando makes artwork that often involves collaborative partn ers\,\nincluding cloistered nuns in Buenos Aires and women who live in the \nPeruvian Andes. Hernando will introduce and answer questions about the\n gorgeous film\, which features footage of her working in her studio\,\nins talling an exhibition\, and traveling in the highland Andes\, in Spanish\n and in English. Immediately following the film\, Hernando will lead the\na udience in a short bilingual art activity in response to prompts\nabout o ur memories of flowers.
Kicking off the\nS un Valley Museum of Art’s 50th year is the up and coming band\,\nTwisted Pine. Featuring an upbeat\, poppy vibe with\nvirtuosic s olos and tight harmonies (all of the musicians sing\, too!)\,\nTwisted Pin e includes Chris Sartori on bass\, Anh Phung on flute\, Kathleen\nParks on fiddle and lead vocals\, and Dan Bui on mandolin. This group is not\nyour usual bluegrass or string band– but that is where they shine. As\nthey say themselves\, “Our bluegrass is jazzy\, our indie-folk is poppy\,\nou r grooves our funky. We’re influenced by bands like Lake Street Dive\,\n Crooked Still\, the Flecktones and the Wood Brothers.”
The concer t\nwill be held on the lawn at the Sun Valley Pavilion. Seating will be in \npods of 2\, 4 or 8. Tickets will not be sold individually. Blankets\,\nl ow-backed chairs and picnics (no outside alcohol) are allowed. No pets \nand no early set up\, please.
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K icking off the\nSun Valley Museum of Art’s 50th year is the up and comin g band\,\nTwisted Pine. Featuring an upbeat\, poppy vibe with\nvirtuosic solos and tight harmonies (all of the musicians sing\, too !)\,\nTwisted Pine includes Chris Sartori on bass\, Anh Phung on flute\, K athleen\nParks on fiddle and lead vocals\, and Dan Bui on mandolin. This g roup is not\nyour usual bluegrass or string band– but that is where they shine. As\nthey say themselves\, “Our bluegrass is jazzy\, our indie-fo lk is poppy\,\nour grooves our funky. We’re influenced by bands like Lak e Street Dive\,\nCrooked Still\, the Flecktones and the Wood Brothers.”< /p>
The concert\nwill be held on the lawn at the Sun Valley Pavilion. S eating will be in\npods of 2\, 4 or 8. Tickets will not be sold individual ly. Blankets\,\nlow-backed chairs and picnics (no outside alcohol) are all owed. No pets\nand no early set up\, please.
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Kicking off the\nS un Valley Museum of Art’s 50th year is the up and coming band\,\nTwisted Pine. Featuring an upbeat\, poppy vibe with\nvirtuosic s olos and tight harmonies (all of the musicians sing\, too!)\,\nTwisted Pin e includes Chris Sartori on bass\, Anh Phung on flute\, Kathleen\nParks on fiddle and lead vocals\, and Dan Bui on mandolin. This group is not\nyour usual bluegrass or string band– but that is where they shine. As\nthey say themselves\, “Our bluegrass is jazzy\, our indie-folk is poppy\,\nou r grooves our funky. We’re influenced by bands like Lake Street Dive\,\n Crooked Still\, the Flecktones and the Wood Brothers.”
The concer t\nwill be held on the lawn at the Sun Valley Pavilion. Seating will be in \npods of 2\, 4 or 8. Tickets will not be sold individually. Blankets\,\nl ow-backed chairs and picnics (no outside alcohol) are allowed. No pets \nand no early set up\, please.
K icking off the\nSun Valley Museum of Art’s 50th year is the up and comin g band\,\nTwisted Pine. Featuring an upbeat\, poppy vibe with\nvirtuosic solos and tight harmonies (all of the musicians sing\, too !)\,\nTwisted Pine includes Chris Sartori on bass\, Anh Phung on flute\, K athleen\nParks on fiddle and lead vocals\, and Dan Bui on mandolin. This g roup is not\nyour usual bluegrass or string band– but that is where they shine. As\nthey say themselves\, “Our bluegrass is jazzy\, our indie-fo lk is poppy\,\nour grooves our funky. We’re influenced by bands like Lak e Street Dive\,\nCrooked Still\, the Flecktones and the Wood Brothers.”< /p>
The concert\nwill be held on the lawn at the Sun Valley Pavilion. S eating will be in\npods of 2\, 4 or 8. Tickets will not be sold individual ly. Blankets\,\nlow-backed chairs and picnics (no outside alcohol) are all owed. No pets\nand no early set up\, please.
Enjoy an\nafternoo n of fiber art fun while creating a two-dimensional landscape with\nwool r oving. Students will work with a wet felting technique using warm\nwater\, soap and agitation of colorful wool fibers. Details may be added\nusing f elting needles and dry felting technique.
E njoy an\nafternoon of fiber art fun while creating a two-dimensional lands cape with\nwool roving. Students will work with a wet felting technique us ing warm\nwater\, soap and agitation of colorful wool fibers. Details may be added\nusing felting needles and dry felting technique.
Families will\nmak e art and view the exhibition together. Projects will change weekly and\na lways connect to the artwork in the exhibition. Participants must\nreg ister in advance. 4 reservations per session\; limited to 6\npartici pants per reservation.
F amilies will\nmake art and view the exhibition together. Projects will cha nge weekly and\nalways connect to the artwork in the exhibition. Parti cipants must\nregister in advance. 4 reservations per session\; limi ted to 6\nparticipants per reservation.
FREE\, pr e-registration required. Each session has limited\nspace.
Walk-in visitors are always welcome\, but\nif you’d like to le arn more about the exhibition\, SVMoA’s curatorial\nstaff offer free exh ibition tours to families and small groups. Please\ncontact The Museum to schedule your tour.
Para arreglar visitas\nguiadas en español\, fa vor de llamar al Museo.
< em>FREE\, pre-registration required. Each session has limited\nspace .
Walk-in visitors are always welcome\, but\nif you’d like to learn more about the exhibition\, SVMoA’s curatorial\nst aff offer free exhibition tours to families and small groups. Please\ncont act The Museum to schedule your tour.
Para arreglar visitas\nguiada s en español\, favor de llamar al Museo.
FREE\, pr e-registration required. Each session has limited\nspace.
Walk-in visitors are always welcome\, but\nif you’d like to le arn more about the exhibition\, SVMoA’s curatorial\nstaff offer free exh ibition tours to families and small groups. Please\ncontact The Museum to schedule your tour.
Para arreglar visitas\nguiadas en español\, fa vor de llamar al Museo.
< em>FREE\, pre-registration required. Each session has limited\nspace .
Walk-in visitors are always welcome\, but\nif you’d like to learn more about the exhibition\, SVMoA’s curatorial\nst aff offer free exhibition tours to families and small groups. Please\ncont act The Museum to schedule your tour.
Para arreglar visitas\nguiada s en español\, favor de llamar al Museo.
Ancient cultures\n have long recognized fire as a transformative force. To this day\, fire\nr ituals still have meaning as attempts to rid ourselves of unproductive\npa tterns and obstacles in our lives\, opportunities to express gratitude\,\n and acts of healing\, celebration or purification. In this class\, we will \nhand-build ceramic containers as part of a transformation ritual\, throu gh\nwhich we will express our hope for the future.
Participants wil l\nspend the first evening building a clay vessel using coil\, slab or pin ch\nconstruction\; on the second evening\, they will glaze their vessels.< /p>\n
For students 21 and older\, beginners welcome!
Bob Dix earned\na bac helor’s degree at San Francisco State University and an MFA at the\nNew York State College of Ceramics at Alfred University. He has exhibited\nhis work widely including the Headlands Center for the Arts\, San Francisco\n Artspace\, the San Francisco Art Institute\, the San Jose Museum of Art an d\nthe San Francisco Museum of Modern Art.
A ncient cultures\nhave long recognized fire as a transformative force. To t his day\, fire\nrituals still have meaning as attempts to rid ourselves of unproductive\npatterns and obstacles in our lives\, opportunities to expr ess gratitude\,\nand acts of healing\, celebration or purification. In thi s class\, we will\nhand-build ceramic containers as part of a transformati on ritual\, through\nwhich we will express our hope for the future.
Participants will\nspend the first evening building a clay vessel using c oil\, slab or pinch\nconstruction\; on the second evening\, they will glaz e their vessels.
\nFor students 21 and older\, beginners welcome !
Bob Dix earned\na bachelor’s degree at San Francisco State University and an MFA at the\nNew York State College of Ceramics at Alfred University. He h as exhibited\nhis work widely including the Headlands Center for the Arts\ , San Francisco\nArtspace\, the San Francisco Art Institute\, the San Jose Museum of Art and\nthe San Francisco Museum of Modern Art.
Spark creativity\n and play with art! This week-long art camp gives students entering grades\ n3–5 the opportunity to develop artistic skills\, engage with friends\, play\nand make original artwork. Campers will paint\, draw and build fabul ous\ncreations! They will also expand their creative knowledge and be insp ired\nthrough art-focused field trips.
Scholarships available—CLICK HERE or see\nonline scholarship application below.
S park creativity\nand play with art! This week-long art camp gives students entering grades\n3–5 the opportunity to develop artistic skills\, engag e with friends\, play\nand make original artwork. Campers will paint\, dra w and build fabulous\ncreations! They will also expand their creative know ledge and be inspired\nthrough art-focused field trips.
Scholarships available—CLICK HERE or see\nonline scholarship applicati on below.
Spark creativity\n and play with art! This week-long art camp gives students entering grades\ n3–5 the opportunity to develop artistic skills\, engage with friends\, play\nand make original artwork. Campers will paint\, draw and build fabul ous\ncreations! They will also expand their creative knowledge and be insp ired\nthrough art-focused field trips.
Scholarships available—CLICK HERE or see\nonline scholarship application below.
S park creativity\nand play with art! This week-long art camp gives students entering grades\n3–5 the opportunity to develop artistic skills\, engag e with friends\, play\nand make original artwork. Campers will paint\, dra w and build fabulous\ncreations! They will also expand their creative know ledge and be inspired\nthrough art-focused field trips.
Scholarships available—CLICK HERE or see\nonline scholarship applicati on below.
Art inspires\,\nca ptures\, escapes\, disrupts\, disturbs\, conceals and reveals. It also hel ps\nus learn to look more carefully\, reminding us that what we think we s ee is\nnot all there is. In this time of mis-seeing and misunderstanding\, careful\nlooking is ethical and urgent work. Join us for generative writi ng\nexercises based on the current exhibition. Experiment with new ways to view\nart and play with language. The workshop is open to all levels.
\nA rt inspires\,\ncaptures\, escapes\, disrupts\, disturbs\, conceals and rev eals. It also helps\nus learn to look more carefully\, reminding us that w hat we think we see is\nnot all there is. In this time of mis-seeing and m isunderstanding\, careful\nlooking is ethical and urgent work. Join us for generative writing\nexercises based on the current exhibition. Experiment with new ways to view\nart and play with language. The workshop is open t o all levels.
\nSpark creativity\n and play with art! This week-long art camp gives students entering grades\ n3–5 the opportunity to develop artistic skills\, engage with friends\, play\nand make original artwork. Campers will paint\, draw and build fabul ous\ncreations! They will also expand their creative knowledge and be insp ired\nthrough art-focused field trips.
Scholarships available—CLICK HERE or see\nonline scholarship application below.
S park creativity\nand play with art! This week-long art camp gives students entering grades\n3–5 the opportunity to develop artistic skills\, engag e with friends\, play\nand make original artwork. Campers will paint\, dra w and build fabulous\ncreations! They will also expand their creative know ledge and be inspired\nthrough art-focused field trips.
Scholarships available—CLICK HERE or see\nonline scholarship applicati on below.
Spark creativity\n and play with art! This week-long art camp gives students entering grades\ n3–5 the opportunity to develop artistic skills\, engage with friends\, play\nand make original artwork. Campers will paint\, draw and build fabul ous\ncreations! They will also expand their creative knowledge and be insp ired\nthrough art-focused field trips.
Scholarships available—CLICK HERE or see\nonline scholarship application below.
S park creativity\nand play with art! This week-long art camp gives students entering grades\n3–5 the opportunity to develop artistic skills\, engag e with friends\, play\nand make original artwork. Campers will paint\, dra w and build fabulous\ncreations! They will also expand their creative know ledge and be inspired\nthrough art-focused field trips.
Scholarships available—CLICK HERE or see\nonline scholarship applicati on below.
Exactly 50 years from the day the Sun Valley Center for the\nAr ts was incorporated\, Glenn Janss\, the organization’s founder\, and Jim \nBelson\, its first Executive Director\, will spend the evening in\nconve rsation\, sharing stories about the people\, programs and philosophy\nthat guided the institution during its early years.
Exactly 50 years from the day the Sun Valley C enter for the\nArts was incorporated\, Glenn Janss\, the organization’s founder\, and Jim\nBelson\, its first Executive Director\, will spend the evening in\nconversation\, sharing stories about the people\, programs and philosophy\nthat guided the institution during its early years.
Exactly 50 years from the day the Sun Valley Center for the\nAr ts was incorporated\, Glenn Janss\, the organization’s founder\, and Jim \nBelson\, its first Executive Director\, will spend the evening in\nconve rsation\, sharing stories about the people\, programs and philosophy\nthat guided the institution during its early years.
Exactly 50 years from the day the Sun Valley C enter for the\nArts was incorporated\, Glenn Janss\, the organization’s founder\, and Jim\nBelson\, its first Executive Director\, will spend the evening in\nconversation\, sharing stories about the people\, programs and philosophy\nthat guided the institution during its early years.
Spark creativity\n and play with art! This week-long art camp gives students entering grades\ n3–5 the opportunity to develop artistic skills\, engage with friends\, play\nand make original artwork. Campers will paint\, draw and build fabul ous\ncreations! They will also expand their creative knowledge and be insp ired\nthrough art-focused field trips.
Scholarships available—CLICK HERE or see\nonline scholarship application below.
S park creativity\nand play with art! This week-long art camp gives students entering grades\n3–5 the opportunity to develop artistic skills\, engag e with friends\, play\nand make original artwork. Campers will paint\, dra w and build fabulous\ncreations! They will also expand their creative know ledge and be inspired\nthrough art-focused field trips.
Scholarships available—CLICK HERE or see\nonline scholarship applicati on below.
We’re closing\nt he street and celebrating! As part of the yearlong celebration of its 50th \nanniversary\, SVMoA invites members of the public to join current and fo rmer\nSVMoA staff\, board members\, teachers and alumni for a street party \ncelebrating the 50th anniversary of the organization\, which was founded as\nthe Sun Valley Center for the Arts in 1971.
Enjoy refreshments \,\ngenerously donated by Warfield Distillery &\; Brewery\, listen to l ive\nmusic from Tibbles and Sword outside The Museum and tour SVMoA’s cu rrent\nexhibition\, “Clay\, Silver\, Ink: Sun Valley Center at 50\,” i n small\ngroups.
“Clay\, Silver\, Ink” is guest-curated by arti sts Jim\nRomberg\, Sun Valley Center for the Arts’ Director of Ceramics from 1973\nto 1986\, and Peter de Lory\, who began teaching in 1974 and wa s Director of\nPhotography from 1976 to 1979 and during the summers of 198 2 and 1983.
\nW e’re closing\nthe street and celebrating! As part of the yearlong celebr ation of its 50th\nanniversary\, SVMoA invites members of the public to jo in current and former\nSVMoA staff\, board members\, teachers and alumni f or a street party\ncelebrating the 50th anniversary of the organization\, which was founded as\nthe Sun Valley Center for the Arts in 1971.
E njoy refreshments\,\ngenerously donated by Warfield Distillery &\; Brew ery\, listen to live\nmusic from Tibbles and Sword outside The Museum and tour SVMoA’s current\nexhibition\, “Clay\, Silver\, Ink: Sun Valley Ce nter at 50\,” in small\ngroups.
“Clay\, Silver\, Ink” is gues t-curated by artists Jim\nRomberg\, Sun Valley Center for the Arts’ Dire ctor of Ceramics from 1973\nto 1986\, and Peter de Lory\, who began teachi ng in 1974 and was Director of\nPhotography from 1976 to 1979 and during t he summers of 1982 and 1983.
\nFamilies will\nmak e art and view the exhibition together. Projects will change weekly and\na lways connect to the artwork in the exhibition. Participants must\nreg ister in advance. 4 reservations per session\; limited to 6\npartici pants per reservation.
F amilies will\nmake art and view the exhibition together. Projects will cha nge weekly and\nalways connect to the artwork in the exhibition. Parti cipants must\nregister in advance. 4 reservations per session\; limi ted to 6\nparticipants per reservation.