ARCHITECTURE CONJECTURE
May
5
to Jul 4

ARCHITECTURE CONJECTURE

  • FRIEND'S HOUSE (community building) (map)
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Please feel welcome to visit between the hours of 8am and 5pm.

SHOW NOTES:

Photography, for me, is not about capturing reality, but a truth of sorts. It’s one mechanism to express how I see the place I inhabit.

Looking at the world as I imagine an architect would, I’m ever drawn to the man-made with its power to thrill, remind, calm, and create wonder. Equally it can depress, bind, and discourage.

 Not everything I photograph would strike most people as interesting, but  the beauty of a mind’s eye is its remarkable ability to make even the most banal elements in our environment suddenly arresting.  

 Vertical composition is an unconscious pull — a narrow frame to distill a subject — letting texture, open space and angle meet in a concentrated focal point. 

These elements repeatedly find their way into my work. In this collection, photographs are placed in conversation with one another exposing something greater than a single image can.

Humanity offers parallels to this idea that are striking to me. We would be diminished without one another — without the interaction, the intersection and the contrast that others bring into our lives.

May these images and their groupings remind us how glorious and fragile our interdependence is and how we, in community, might support one another.

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Ribbon Cutting Ceremony
Jun
25
2:00 PM14:00

Ribbon Cutting Ceremony

Temporary Public Art Project VISUALIZARch Ribbon Cutting Ceremony Sunday June

25th at 2pm in Downtown Petaluma’s Putnam Plaza

Creative Sonoma’s ArtSurround Grantee Sara Downing and iampetaluma’s Cinda Gilliland

are pleased to announce the completion of the public art project VISUALIZARch

created by Sara Downing.

A ribbon cutting ceremony will be held at Putnam Plaza on Sunday June 25th at 2pm.

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IDEA Lounge in Petaluma; A talk with Amy Atchley and Sara Downing
May
24
6:30 PM18:30

IDEA Lounge in Petaluma; A talk with Amy Atchley and Sara Downing

Presenting:

The Incorporation of Curiosity: Alchemy for our daily lives.

Come join us for drinks and mingling at 6:30pm, and enjoy the program from 7:00- 8:00pm.

PAC members: $12. Non-members: $15.

Idea Lounge is a traveling series of unexpected conversational pairings rooted in Petaluma. It may pop up in an old barn, in a bookstore, in a gallery, in a distillery or in any number of other unique spaces interested in the generation of creative capital. A movable feast of thought experiments, Idea Lounge pairs two unlikely speakers musing on unrelated topics, then invites the audience to uncover unexpected connections through questions and continued conversation. One speaker is always from the arts in some form, the other not. The events last one hour, with each speaker presenting for 20 minutes and the audience getting equal time to ferret out the connective threads between two seemingly disparate topics.

Come join us for drinks and mingling at 6:30pm, and enjoy the program from 7:00- 8:00pm.

PAC members: $12. Non-members: $15.

Seating is Limited, Get your tickets now!

Get Tix here


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Be a Literal Part of My Temporary Public Art Installation in Petaluma! Ven a ser parte de una nueva instalación de arte temporal en Putnam Plaza en el centro de Petaluma!
Apr
29
11:00 AM11:00

Be a Literal Part of My Temporary Public Art Installation in Petaluma! Ven a ser parte de una nueva instalación de arte temporal en Putnam Plaza en el centro de Petaluma!

  • Balshaw Footbridge in Downtown Petaluma (map)
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Made possible by a grant from ArtSurround in partnership with Creative Sonoma, the installation VISUALIZ ARch is a multi-phase project culminating in a temporary kinetic art installation in Petaluma’s Putnam Plaza Park. During the next 4 weeks (April into May) there will be a series of sessions with Petaluma residents throughout the city in various locations including photo sessions, gathering or written intentions, desires, and observations from participating community residents. these gathered materials will be used in the installation that will be installed in Spring 2023 and is intended to increase delight, interaction, inclusivity, and a feeling of belonging for all Petaluma residents.

I will be taking photographs of Petaluma residents’ facial features and getting thoughts from these prompts:

  • What do you love about your community?

  • What would you like to see more of in your community?

  • What makes a community vibrant?

  • What would help make your community better?

    (see below for Installation sketch mock-up)

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Museum of Sonoma County + Out There Santa Rosa: One Month Snapshot Challenge
Sep
1
to Sep 29

Museum of Sonoma County + Out There Santa Rosa: One Month Snapshot Challenge

  • Museum of Sonoma County Window Gallery (map)
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During the month of September!

Join MSC and the City of Santa Rosa Public Art Program for an opportunity to win day passes at the Museum and a grand prize of a limited edition photographic print from artist Sara Downing.

Viewable from the street in the Window Gallery at 7th and B streets in Santa Rosa, Sara Downing’s +FORM No. I has a living quality which, in big part, comes from the windows themselves reflecting the world behind the viewer. Reflections blend with the piece to make it a truly singular experience for each person. When you look at this work, what do you see?

For the month of September, the Museum of Sonoma County and Out There Santa Rosa invite you to try to capture your unique view of +FORM No. I by taking a photo of your reflection or any reflections of the city in the window, during daytime or at night when it's lit up! Then upload it to Instagram using the hashtag #MSCreflections and enter yourself to win a limited-edition photographic print from the artist and 2 free tickets to the Museum of Sonoma County. Make sure you follow @museumsoco, @SaraDowningPhotography, and @OutThereSR. Not a social media user? You can also submit your photo to: programs@museumsc.org. The challenge ends September 29th and the winners will be announced on the Museum’s Instagram and newsletter.

Look for the QR code on the window itself to share the challenge to a friend!

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Window Gallery at the Museum of Sonoma County
Apr
15
to Sep 29

Window Gallery at the Museum of Sonoma County

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Unveiled April 15th - On view now! Come see the unveiled exhibit launching Sara Downing’s +FORM; a series of 3 dimensional photographic sculptures. The first of the series will be on display in the Window Gallery at the Museum of Sonoma County on the corner of 7th and B streets.

In coordination with the SR Public Art program, and Out There Santa Rosa, The piece will be viewable from the street for all to see, so get out and about, enjoy downtown and celebrate the postponement of tax day!

(This work will be on exhibit for the Summer months)

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