THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT
We have had great response to our newsletter and have been sending it on a quarterly basis.  If you are from out of town we want you to have the chance to plan your visits to our beautiful coast so that it includes a visit to see your favorite artists at Partners and enjoy the rich array of coastal activities available each month.  That is why we are including a calendar of events. 

EXHIBITION SCHEDULE

January            Gallery Closed

February          Fire: Gallery Artists

March              Landscape: Laura Rose, Janet Seifert, Karen Urbanek

April                Photography

May                 Mina Cohen, paintings

FIRE: GALLERY ARTISTS

The theme of  “Fire” will be the first exhibit at Partners Gallery in 2007.  This exhibit will include all media of painting, sculpture, and jewelry.  The exhibit will include some literal references to this natural phenomenon as well as abstract work exploring the concept of fire.  It is an evocative theme with positive as well as negative connotations.

LANDSCAPE INVITATIONAL

Three artists who have varied approaches to the landscape will be featured in an invitational exhibit in March, 2007.   Laura Rose who makes her home in Albion, has a spiritual connection to the natural environment , and will be showing small and delicate images of the landscape.  Janet Seifert works abstractly in acrylic and oil.  Her works are spontaneous andethereal.  This will be Karen Urbanek’s first exhibit on the North Coast. Her painterly images range from abstract and gestural to natural realism.  In late January Karen will be working with textile artists in conjunction with Lolli Jacobsen. The landscape exhibit will open March 8, 2007 with a reception for the artists Saturday, March 10, 5-8 pm.  The show will run until April 9^th.

PARTNERS MARKETING GRANT

The Community Foundation of Mendocino County has joined with the Irvine Foundation to offer grants in the arts for economic development in the county. The gallery received one of only three grants offered and the funds for our grant are for marketing artist administered galleries.  We have included Edgewater Gallery and North Coast Artists Gallery for a workshop to learn the ins and outs of successful marketing.  Stay tuned to see some new marketing efforts.

PARTNERS AND GEMS PARTICIPATING IN WHALES ON PARADE

“Whales on Parade” is a fundraising effort for the benefit of the Mendocino County Arts Council, Kiwanis Club, and the Chamber of Commerce.  Businesses along the coast will display wooden decorated whales that can be bid on in a silent auction culminating in an assembly of the whales and final auction on March 17-18 at Eagle’s Hall in Fort Bragg.  Mina Cohen created a “Blues Whale” that will be displayed at the gallery in February and March. In addition, visitors can participate by taking a trolley ride along the coast. We are on the trolley tour with Auberge Mendocino and  Stevenswood. It is Sat. March 3 from noon to 4. Partners Gallery will be paired with wine tasking provided by Breggo Winery, an new winery from the Anderson Valley.  Mendocino Gems will also be participating in the wine tasting as well.

In addition to tasting Mendocino County's premier wines, festival attendees in Mendocino enjoy chowder tasting, Point Cabrillo Lighthouse activities, marine wildlife and museum exhibits and whale watching activities.  It’s fun for the whole family and the coast is spectacularly beautiful this time of year.

EVENTS ON THE MENDOCINO COAST

First Friday, Fort Bragg Galleries (monthly)

Second Saturday, Mendocino Galleries (monthly)

February 1-28

Crab and Wine Days

February 10-16

Opera Fresca Mendocino Carnevale

February 17

Annual Chinese New Years Banquet

Mendocino Art Center Open House, Studio Tour

February 17-18

Symphony of the Redwoods, The Russians Are Coming

March 3-4

Whale Festival, Mendocino

March 17-18

Whale Festival, Fort Bragg

March 18

OPUS Chamber Music, Wind Octet of the Redwoods

March 31-April 1

Symphony of the Redwoods Spring Concert

April 15

OPUS Chamber Music

April 20-21, 28-29

Opera Fresca, Carmen

April 28-29

Botanical Gardens Annual Spring Plant Sale

May 17-20

Mendocino Film Festival, 2nd Annual

June 23-24

Big Brothers Big Sisters Golf Tournament

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COMMISSIONS

Karen Fenley recently completed a commission for the UC Davis Health Systems in Sacramento. A number of Partners have done commission work.  We exhibit hand-dyed hand-woven rugs by Carleton Designs.  Vinceent and Carolyn Carleton create custom rugs on commission.  Chirstiansen-Arner accept commissions for water sculptures and have shipped them throughout the US.

CHRISTIANSEN-ARNER STONE AND WATER SCULPTURES

The gallery and Glendeven Inn are graced with three unique works that are individually hand-carved and one-of-a-kind.  These pieces combine the movement of water with stone, and are sculpted from serpentine, marble, granite, quartzite, and basalt.  The sculptures bring together the natural elements of stone and water to create peaceful and healing environments for a diversity of landscapes and interiors.  Cherie Christiansen and Franz Arner  have their studio in Mendocino and will create custom stone and water sculptures to suit.  A DVD is available to get a full picture of their work.