ALCHEMY exhibition @ Arts Guild of Sonoma juried by Jenny Gheith (SFMoMA)

EXHIBITION ON VIEW OCTOBER 3 to NOVEMBER 3, 2019

Opening reception Saturday October 5th, 5 - 7:30

Alex Markwith, Multi-Panel Assemblage 7 (Odyssey), 2019, 31” x 26”

Alex Markwith, Multi-Panel Assemblage 7 (Odyssey), 2019, 31” x 26”

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The Arts Guild of Sonoma
140 E Napa St, Sonoma, CA 95476
Open Wed through Mon, 11am-5pm
Closed Tuesdays

EXHIBITION ON VIEW OCTOBER 3 to NOVEMBER 3, 2019

 

ABOUT THE EXHIBITION

Alchemists were notorious for attempting to make synthetic gold, but their goals were far more ambitious: to transform and bend nature to the will of human imagination. “The aim of alchemy, to both imitate nature and transcend it, lies at the heart of artistic practices. Creativity itself can be said to describe a process of going beyond mere imitation—to create a new reality.” – Nora Landes. The Arts Guild of Sonoma invites artists to express their dreams, desires, mysteries, symbols, creativity and enlightenment in ALCHEMY, our third annual National Juried Exhibition.

ABOUT THE JUROR

Jenny Gheith is Assistant Curator of Painting and Sculpture at the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art. Gheith previously served as program director for the Society for Contemporary Art and curatorial assistant at the Art Institute of Chicago, and has taught at the California College of the Arts and the School of the Art Institute of Chicago.

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