WELCOME NEW PARTNERS
We are happy to welcome Karen Urbanek, a fiber artist and Melissa Murphy, a photographer as new members of the gallery.  An image of Karen’s work was shown in the last newsletter as she was one of the invited artists in our spring Landscape exhibit.  Melissa was included in the “5 Points of View” photography show in April.  You will hear more of these artists in the coming year as they both prepare for one person exhibits.

EXHIBITION SCHEDULE

June                N’ima Leveton 40 year Retrospective

July                  Karen Fenley, Mixed media wall constructions

August             Larry Thomas and Gustavo Rivera, Invitational exhibit of prints

September        Jewelry Invitational

October            Virginia Stearns

November        TBA

December        Karen Urbanek

N’IMA LEVETON RETROSPECTIVE

The gallery is alive with a retrospective of N’ima Leveton’s work over 40 years from local collections.  N’ima has lived on the Mendocino Coast since the 1970s and was a founding member of Partners Gallery.  She has had to step down from her partnership but the gallery continues to carry her exquisite work.  She produced a full color hardcover book to celebrate the retrospective and they are available for purchase for $125 plus tax and shipping if you call the gallery at 937-3525.  During the show the book is available for viewing as well.

KAREN FENLEY’S FIRST ONE PERSON SHOW AT PARTNERS

Karen Fenley, who moved to the coast from the Sacramento area a few years ago will be having her first one-person show as a Partner in July.  The exhibit entitled “No Easy Answers” features her magnificent and mysterious mixed media wall constructions. The show will run July 12-August 6^th with a reception for the artist Saturday, July 14^th. Wine will be poured by Brutocao.

LARRY THOMAS AND GUSTAVO RIVERA PRINT EXHIBITION
Larry Thomas, also a recent transplant from the Bay Area, will be exhibiting prints along with Gustavo Rivera in an invitational exhibit.  Partners is honored to be able to feature the work of two such accomplished artists.  Larry Thomas is the former dean of San Francisco Art Institute who has exhibited his work at San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, the National Gallery in Washington DC, among others.  He has received a National Endowment for the Arts Fellowship and had a Djerassi Foundation residency.  Gustavo Rivera’s prints are known for their colorful abstraction and personal symbology.  His work can be seen at the Oakland Museum, Mexican Museum in San Francisco, San Francisco International Airport, Phoenix and San Jose Museums.  He was the recipient of the Eureka and  Fleischacker Fellowships. His work can be seen at Hackett Freeman Gallery in San Francisco.  This exhibit runs August 9^th to September 3^rd with a reception for the artists Saturday, August 10^th.  Wine will be poured by Goldeneye Winery.

JEWELRY INVITATIONAL

Following on the successful jewelry exhibit Partners presented last year, we will have another one during the month of September.  The date for this show will enable you to shop for that very special gift for the holidays. All the jewelers are northern California artists and there will be a wide range of styles in fabricated pieces.  The show will run September 6^th to October 8^th with a reception for the artists Saturday, September 8^th.  The show will be curated by our partner Judith Beam, who is also the owner of Mendocino Gems.

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PAUL KOZAL, MINA COHEN, AND PARTNERS BOOKS

Paul Kozal’s beautiful photographs can now be viewed in two individual signed catalogs for $20. Each.  Mina Cohen’s successful exhibit “Sephirot” inspired production of a full color catalog on sale at the gallery for $15.  The gallery will be producing additional books  of individual artists as well as a catalog of all the current partners.  All are available for purchase at the gallery either by coming into the gallery or they can be shipped to you.

PARTNERS PARTICIPATING IN GROUP SHOW AT ODD FELLOWS HALL IN MENDOCINO VILLAGE

Partners will be one of six galleries participating in an exhibition at the Oddfellows Hall (former Zimmer Gallery) in Mendocino Village July 18-August 12.  The exhibit is called “The Power of Six: Six Mendocino Galleries and Studios Show.”  There will be a reception Saturday, July 20^th 5-7 pm.  Each gallery will have a section in the downstairs space and there will be a curated exhibit featuring artists from all 6 galleries upstairs.

"IT CAME FROM UNDER THE DOCK"

Ecological mixed media artist Virginia Stearns has created a variety of works that explore and showcase the natural world including floating wildlife islands and bird perches in San Francisco’s Mission Creek as well as butterfly gardens.  She brought to the fore the soil-engineering fauna of the compost process in hugely oversized sumptuous fabric critters.  In a similar vein she is showing a collection of oversized marine invertebrates in yummy fabrics, including a 3 foot in diameter sea anenome in plush and velvet, a Pacific mussel and an elegant sea slug in a variety of satins. The works present these little noticed creatures from a unique perspective both intriguing and educational. The show will run October 11-November 5^th with a reception Sat. October 13^th 5-8 pm.

EVENTS ON THE MENDOCINO COAST

First Friday, Fort Bragg Galleries (monthly)

Second Saturday, Mendocino Galleries (monthly)

June 2-July 5

Why We Have a Body, Mendocino Theatre Co.

June 23/24

Annual Garden Tour, Mendocino Art Center

July 4th

Annual parade and barbecue at Kelley House

July 7^th

World’s Largest Salmon Barbecue and fireworks

MacCallum House block part and barbecue

July 10-21

Mendocino Music Festival

July 14-15

Summer Arts and Crafts Fair, Mendocino Art Center

August 9-11

Mendocino Coast Writers Conference

August 11

Art in the Gardens, Botanical Gardens

September 8th

Winesong

November 1-December 30^th

Mushroom Exhibit, Ford House

November 10th

Local Licks Live concert

December

Candlelight Inn Tour

January

International Mushroom Symposium, Mendocino Art Center

More information at www.mendocinocoast.com