Marguerite Elliot was invited to do a solo exhibition at Dominican University, The Concordance of Nature. This exhibition showcases the intricate harmony between natural elements and human creativity. Featuring a diverse array of artwork, the exhibition invites viewers to explore the interconnectedness of ecosystems and the delicate balance that sustains life. Through various media including sound and poetry, Elliot highlights both the beauty and fragility of nature, urging a deeper appreciation and commitment to environmental stewardship. The opening reception will be held on June 13th, 5:00-7:00 PM.

For more information: https://www.dominican.edu/

Location: Dominican University, Goodman Gallery,185 Palm Drive San Rafael CA

Exhibition Dates: June 6-September 4, 2024 

Marguerite Elliot, Intertwining Vines, 2024, Steel, 40" x 12" x 12" , Digital Grange Photography

Marguerite Elliot, An Elegy for the Sequoia, 2024.

A detail of the specially designed installation, An Elegy to the Sequoia, Elliot collaborates with sound artist and musician Liz Baxmeyer to tell the story of a lone Sequoia tree transported to France in the 1800’s and is finally returned home to its ancestral roots. The bark of the beautiful tree is surrounded by endangered tree sculptures fabicated in steel, highlighting the fact that one in six trees in the United States are endangered. Installation : 7.5' x 15' x 15'

PRS member, Annette Goodfriend, had the opportunity to curate the exhibition, Human--Nature, Biomorphic Musings in the Studio Gallery at the Marin Art & Garden Center. This exhibition is comprised of new work by Annette Goodfriend, Ruth Tabancay, and Esther Traugot addressing the fragile interplay between the natural world, science, and humans. Be sure to join the Artist Talk with Dr. Amber Mace, PhD, California Academy of Sciences on Sunday July 21, Noon.

For more information: https://maringarden.org/human-nature/

Location: Marin Art & Garden Center- 30 Sir Francis Drake Blvd Ross, CA 94957

Gallery hours: Fri, Sat, Sun 11am-4pm

Exhibition Dates: June 1, 2024-July 28, 2024

Annette Goodfriend, Chrysaora Colorata, 2024, Silicone Rubber, Epoxy,

Pigment, Steel Laboratory Clamp, 22 x 6 x 12

Ruth Tabancay, Adapting to New Substrates, 2023, Hand embroidery on various plastics. 50 x 56 x 6

Jerry Barrish is participating in the summer exhibition, Shelter From the Storm, for the new M K Contemporary Gallery in downtown Santa Cruz. Curated by Dee Hooker and Chris Miroyan, Shelter From The Storm brings together the works of ten diverse artists through a compelling array of paintings, sculptures, photographs, video and mixed-media installations by artists from Santa Cruz, San Francisco, Oakland and Corrales, New Mexico.

At its core, Shelter From The Storm is a testament to the enduring power of art to heal, inspire, ignite and unite. In times of uncertainty, it is through the act of creation and the sharing of stories that we find common ground in our collective humanity.

"So while our art cannot, as we wish it could, save us from wars, privation, envy, greed, old age, or death, it can revitalize us amidst it all.”

~ Ray Bradbury

First Friday receptions on June 7 & July 5 from 6-8pm. For more information: www.mkcontemporary.art

Location: MK Contemporary Art Gallery- 703 Front Street, Santa Cruz, CA 95060 (next to the Santa Cruz Museum of History and Art)

Gallery hours: Thursday - Sunday 11am-5pm

Exhibition dates: March 25 - July 28, 2024

Jerry Ross Barrish, Coy, 2005, assemblage found materials, 56 x 14 x 14 inches

Photo by Wilfred J. Jones

Jerry Ross Barrish, Command Performance, 2016, assemblage found materials, 29 x 10 x 12 inches

Photo by Wilfred J. Jones

J. Livingston's sculpture, gnomon for Gins is included in Sculpture IS: In the Garden 2024 is the 18th annual Pajaro Valley Arts (PVA) sculpture exhibition. It was curated by Susana Arias, Hedwig Heerschop and Jeff Rosendale. The exhibition includes over 90 works by 45 sculptors and collaborators. It takes place at the beautiful two-acre Sierra Azul Nursery demonstration gardens. Opening Reception is on Saturday, June 29, from 5 pm. to 7 pm.

For more information: pvarts.org sierraazul.com

Location: Sierra Azul Nursery & Sculpture Garden - 2660 East Lake Avenue, Interlaken, California.

Exhibition Dates: June 1 to October 31

J. Livingston, gnomon for Gina (detail),  inches, powder coated aluminum and stainless steel, created 2023. 102 x 22.5 x 22.5

This piece honors performance artist Gina Pane (1939–1990). I hope viewers will enjoy the imperceptibly shifting shadow play on the sculpture’s white surface when illuminated by sunlight or moonlight as well as the stark beauty of the form itself.

J. Livingston, gnomon for Gina,  inches, powder coated aluminum and stainless steel,

created 2023. 102 x 22.5 x 22.5

J. Livingston’s photopoem orb national juried exhibition entitled Morning Noon Night 2024. The national juried exhibition of artists' interpretations of the theme "Morning Noon Night” can be seen at the Attleboro Arts Museum in Attleboro, MA. This show was juried by Lennon Hernandez Wolcott.

Opening Awards Reception: Saturday, June 15th, 2pm - 4pm  

For more information: https://attleboroartsmuseum.org/

Location: Attleboro Arts Museum, 86 Park St, Attleboro, MA

Exhibition Dates: June 14th–July 12th, 2024

Museum Hours: Thursday - Saturday, 11am - 5pm

J. Livingston, orb (2024) - photopoem on metal, 10 x 13 x 0.75"

Orb is one of over 2 dozen meditative "phomes" (photopoems) that J Livingston completed over the last year. As with his sculpture and video, orb deals with light and shadow and the enigmatic territory where pattern and randomness overlap. On the October night of the full Hunter’s Moon, Livingston climbed onto his roof, camera in hand, to capture the austere beauty of moonlight in the oaks and the patterns playing out on surfaces below. He had composed the poem a few weeks earlier.

Lynne Todaro and Jeff Arnett are particpating in the Pajaro Valley Arts exhibition, Around & Round, a spectacular artisan jewelry and metal sculpture exhibit featuring twenty-seven artists of the Monterey Bay Metal Arts Guild. Learn more about MBMAG at mbmag.org

For more information about the exhibition: https://pvarts.org/events/monterey-bay-metal-arts-guild-around-and-round-2024-05-29/

"I am happy to be showing 3 artworks in the exhibit, including a wall installation which I was invited to create for the show." - Lynne Todaro

Location: Pajaro Valley Arts Gallery, 37 Sudden Street, Watsonville, CA 95076

Exhibition Dates: May 29-July 14, 2024

Lynne Todaro, Round and Around, Wall Installation made from found metal objects

Jeff Arnett, Unforgotten, Cast bronze from stone original 2023, 10" x 4" x 4"

David Reese Photographer.

Smithsonian Acquires Handwoven Platinum & Aquamarine Pendant by Barbara M. Berk

Berk's first sculptures were smaller, personal scale and wearable. She wove high karat gold and platinum by hand, off loom, one at a time, and shaped the flat fabric into a 3-dimensional sculptural form. Precious metal ribbons, ruffles, spirals and loops became pendants, brooches and earrings. One of her favorites, the "Aquamarine Rhapsody" a woven platinum pendant, has been acquired by the Smithsonian Institution's National Museum of Natural History and now resides in the National Gem Collection in Washington, DC. The pendant features a 31.08ct aquamarine drop carved by international award-winning lapidary artist Sherris Cottier Shank.

For more information: https://roskingemnewsreport.com/barbara-berks-aquamarine-rhapsody-now-in-the-smithsonian/

Barbara M Berk, "Aquamarine Rhapsody" pendant -- 950 platinum woven by hand,

31.08ct aquamarine carved by Sherris Cottier Shank, cultured pearls; 3.6875” H x 1.25” W x 0.5” D;

(C) 2004 - 2024; photo by Robert Weldon

Berk (left) and Cottier Shank (right) in the secure room with curator Gabriela Farfan, trying on “Aquamarine Rhapsody”.

Photo by Gary Roskin

The 31.08ct unheated Nigerian aquamarine is notable not only for its size, but for its high clarity, and its bright blue color.

Carved around the entire circumference, the drop is different from every viewing angle. 21.24mm H x 16.04mm W x 15.24mm D

© Sherris Cottier Shank 2004 – 2024 Photos by Sherris Cottier Shank

Briona Hendren was selected as one of five Sonoma County based artists to receive an unrestricted $30,000 artist grant through  the Pa’lante Artist Grant Program. This program is a community-led grant initiative of LA ASAMBLEA, a new collective by/for Sonoma County BIPOC & QUEER artists + co-conspirators, collaboratively led by consultant groups Kimzin Creative, On the Margins, and the Asesores( a group of diverse, local arts and culture workers). Pa’lante is made possible with funding from the William and Flora Hewlett Foundation, and programmatic partnership with the Center for Cultural Innovation. 

Links fo publications-

Sonoma Tribune: https://www.sonomanews.com/article/news/palante-artist-grant-program-sonoma/

The Bay Area Reporter: https://www.ebar.com/story.php?ch=events&id=332859