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    • 27 Jan 2024
    • 26 May 2024
    • Museum of Sonoma County, 425 7th St, Santa Rosa, CA 95401


    A Question of Balance

    Exhibition Dates: January 27- May 26, 2024

    Artist Reception: Saturday January 27, 3-5 pm, 5-7 pm


    A call for entries invited artist members of Pacific Rim Sculptors to submit artworks addressing the balance-related theme to be juried for an exhibition at the Museum of Sonoma County. The invitation included this common definition of ‘balance’: a state of equilibrium or equipoise; equal distribution of weight or amount, or something used to produce equilibrium. Artists were also provided with additional parameters for the exhibition: balance can refer to gravity, mathematics, accounting, opposing ideas or components, balance of power, etc. Additional questions were posed: what does balance mean to you personally or in a larger context? What are the varied and multiple meanings and interpretations of “balance”? Artists used their own interpretations in materials, techniques, subject matter, or a combination of concepts to address the theme of balance.

    The resulting exhibition features 45 sculptors representing a diverse range of approaches, techniques, and materials. Included are sculptural works in metal, wood, stone, mixed media, and installation in sizes ranging from nine inches to over 12 feet in height. 


    Upcoming Events:

    Artist Talks, First Saturdays: TBA

    International Sculpture Day: Saturday, April 27


    Artists: Don Ajello, Richard Alpert, Susan Amorde, Jerry Barrish, Barry Beach, Barbara M. Berk, Jan Blythe, Nancy Brown, Jay Capela, Cheryl Coon, Sena Clara Creston, Catherine Daley, Lynn Dau, Rene Dayan Whitehead, Eileen Fitz-Faulkner, Rebecca Fox, Sheila Ghidini, Annette Goodfriend, Jane Grimm, Briona Hendren, Stan Huncilman, Rachel Karklin, Peter Keresztury, Jeff Key, Kathleen King, Terry Kreiter, Magels Landet, Oleg Lobykin, Jann Nunn, Moto Ohtake, Ucki Ood, Jeff Owen, Renee Owen, John Pashilk, Priyanka Rana, Ruth Santee, Rose Sellery, Vicki Jo Sewell, Charles Splady, Richard Starks, Kline Swonger, Leitha Thrall, Laura Van Duren, Mary White, and Alexander Yoshikawa. 

    JURORS  

    JEFF NATHANSON, Executive Director and Art Curator, Museum of Sonoma County (MSC)

    Kate Eilertsen, Executive Director/Chief Curator, di Rosa Center for Contemporary Art 

    Juror Jeff Nathanson has had a distinguished career as a curator, arts administrator, and educator. He has served as Executive Director and Art Curator for Museum of Sonoma County (MSC) since 2017. Previously, he was Executive Director of the Arts Council of Princeton, a special projects curator for the Princeton University Art Museum, Director of the International Sculpture Center (publisher of Sculpture Magazine) and was Executive Director of the Richmond Art Center (Richmond, CA). In addition, Nathanson directed San Francisco Open Studios and has been a consultant, guest lecturer and guest curator with a range of universities, cultural and educational organizations including East Michigan University, California College of the Arts, Rhode Island School of Design, San Francisco Art Institute, San Francisco State University, and others. Jeff studied fine arts and music at UCLA and UC Santa Cruz, and nonprofit management at Indiana University School of Philanthropy.  

    Juror Kate Eilertsen has worked in the art world for many years as an arts advocate, curator, educator and museum director. She began her museum work at the Metropolitan Museum in New York, moved to Boston where she opened a new museum for the Harvard University Art Museums and then to San Francisco where she was the Director of Intersection for the Arts, Museum of Craft and Folk Art, Acting Director of Visual Arts for Yerba Buena Center for the Arts and Executive Director for the Sonoma Valley Museum of Art and currently Executive Director and Chief Curator for di Rosa Center for Contemporary Art.

    Museum of Sonoma County is located at 425 Seventh Street, Santa Rosa, CA 95401. 

    https://museumsc.org/





    • 13 Apr 2024
    • 2:00 PM - 3:00 PM
    • Museum of Sonoma County, 425 7th St, Santa Rosa, CA 95401
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    A Question of Balance:

    Selected Works from Pacific Rim Sculptors

    Exhibition Dates: January 27- May 26, 2024


    Artist Talk: Saturday, April 13, 2- 3pm: 

    John Pashilk, Barbara M Berk, & Ruth Santee


    A juried exhibition of Pacific Rim Sculptors, A Question of Balance showcases 45 artists who have produced exciting and unique works exploring the varied and multiple meanings and interpretations of "balance." Balance can refer to gravity, mathematics, accounting, opposing ideas or components, and more.

    Balance is commonly defined as: a state of equilibrium or equipoise; equal distribution of weight or amount, or something used to produce equilibrium.

    JURORS

    JEFF NATHANSON has had a distinguished career as a curator, arts administrator, and educator. He has served as Executive Director and Art Curator for Museum of Sonoma County (MSC) since 2017. 

    KATE EILERTSEN has worked in the art world for many years as an arts advocate, curator, educator and museum director. She is currently Executive Director and Chief Curator for di Rosa Center for Contemporary Art.


    Artist Talk: Second Saturdays, Feb.- May, 2:00- 3:00 pm

    • 11- May | Moto Ohtake, Vickie Jo Sowell, Priyanka Rana


    Museum of Sonoma County

    425 Seventh Street

    Santa Rosa, CA 95401

    (707) 579-1500 

    https://museumsc.org/



Earlier Events

2017 April - PRS celebrated ISDay with events including an 1890 Bryant Street Open Studios in San Francisco, a sculpture exhibition in Marin County, and tours of the campus sculpture collection and presentations by sculpture students of Sonoma State University.

2017 - Tour of David Ireland House, San Francisco, CA.

Tours of Oakwilde Ranch and Sculpture Park, 7111 S. Burson Road, Valley Springs, CA (http://oakwilderanchsculpture.com)


2016 December - Pacific Rim Sculptors End-of-Year celebratory party at 1890 Bryant Street Studios in San Francisco's Mission District.

2015 - Tour of Steven Oliver Ranch and Sculpture Collection, October.

2013 September - visit to Douglas & Sturgess to observe demonstrations and learn about new mold making and cold-casting materials.

2013 - Visit to 50 Year Survey, retrospective of Bella Feldman's work with artist talk at Richmond Art Center, Richmond, CA.

2013 June - meeting in SF to discuss future planning. 

2012 September - Visited the Zero1 Biennial, San Jose, CA.  

2015 October - PRS tour of Oliver Ranch Sculpture Collection


2012 August - Tours of American Steel Studios in Oakland, CA, by founder Karen Cusolito


2012 November - Visit to Transmission Gallery in Oakland, CA; talk by owner about the gallery and the process of proposing shows there. 


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