ANNUAL OPEN HOUSE / MOTHER'S DAY SALE

SATURDAY - MAY 12TH, 2012   12 - 6 P.M.    Free & Open to the Public

Come and visit the Art Center and see what's new and exciting!  Artists participating in the current gallery exhibition, "In My Life" are bringing in more artwork, with Mother's Day gift giving in mind:  a great selection of handmade jewelry, ceramics, textiles, cards, wood, glass, baskets and more!  Find that special something for that great person in your life! 

 

RAKU!  Local ceramic artist & potter, Dan Hennig, will be firing the RAKU kiln from noon - 4 p.m.  We've got heaps of bisque-ware ready to glaze and fire!  Come and experience this fiery fun-filled way to glaze a pot - get your hands on clay!  What a way to spend the afternoon!  All are welcome...children under 12 MUST be accompanied by an adult, thanks!

 

Postcard front and back views.  Please click on the Thumbnails above to view larger images   Firing the Raku Kiln!

 

MUIR TRAIL RAMBLE with Peter & Donna Thomas

SATURDAY - MAY 19TH, 2012   7:30 P.M.    Free & Open to the Public - Limited Seating

The Muir Ramble Route:  a walk from San Francisco to Yosemite in the footsteps of John Muir.   In April 1868, only days after arriving in San Francisco by steamship, John Muir set out on a six-week-long walk across California to Yosemite.  Inspired by Muir’s 300-mile journey, book artists Peter and Donna Thomas walked his route as closely as possible–138 years later, then wrote a guide book so others could do it too. Join Peter and Donna for a digital presentation of their 2006 ramble across California, which led to their creation of the Muir Ramble Route (MRR) from San Francisco to Yosemite over Pacheco Pass. 

 

Peter and Donna will show you some of the unique landmarks of this cross-California route, designed for urban backpackers/cyclists to discover still-wild places in the greater Bay Area and beyond. As they share highlights from their new book, “Muir Ramble Route:  Walking from San Francisco to Yosemite in the Footsteps of John Muir”, they will also tell the story of their reconstruction of Muir’s first trip to Yosemite from his various writings, which they present in entirety and in a first-ever published account in a section of their book.

 

Information about their book:

 

Author: Thomas, Peter & Donna.

Title: Muir Ramble Route

Subtitle: Walking from San Francisco to Yosemite in the Footsteps of John Muir

ISBN: 978-0-9824276-6-8

 

This book is really three books in one. It is a guidebook for a walking/cycling route across California that follows John Muir's footsteps from San Francisco to Yosemite via the Pacheco Pass. It is an adventure book, telling the story of Peter and Donna Thomas' 2006 ramble across California to discover that route. And finally it is a history book, presenting in its entirety and for the first time, the complete story of John Muir's first trip to Yosemite. That trip was taken in 1868, the year before Muir's 'First Summer in the Sierra,' 

and it has never been published before, existing in obscurity, in Muir's various writings, until it was reconstructed by Peter and Donna in preparation for their walk to Yosemite in his footsteps.

 

Copies of their book will be available for purchase.

PLEIN AIR DAY @ CAMP JOY -

SUNDAY - MAY 20TH, 2012  9 a.m. - 3: p.m.

Co-sponsored with Camp Joy Gardens, proceeds from this day of painting outdoors in the open-air benefit youth scholarships for both non-profits. Come when the morning is fresh and the light is new. Bring your gear and a brown bag lunch; paint on into the afternoon if you wish.   Cost is $25/per person and pre-registration is required

 

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