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Sonoma Inspired: Water
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- Artists Ned Kahn and Sandy Eastoak create artwork inspired by the waterscapes of Sonoma County. Water often appears in, and influences, their work. Kahn creates environmental sculptures. Eastoak paints images that reflect our interaction with the nat...
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Sonoma Inspired: Landscape
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- Many artists find inspiration in the landscapes of Sonoma County. Tanya Tolmasoff and the Upside Dance Company create performances that speak to the majestic redwoods and reflect the waterways of the landscape. Bruce Johnson is a sculptor/craftsman t...
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Sonoma Inspired: Agriculture
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- Sonoma County is a place of beauty and agricultural bounty. Photojournalist Erik Castro captures images of this beauty and studies the faces and experiences of the people who work the fields and vineyards. Peter Krohn studies the beauty of agricultur...
Arts Education: ArtQuest at Santa Rosa High School
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- See how the ArtQuest program at Santa Rosa High School shapes young learners through visual and performance arts, and creates a safe place for students to express themselves. Through their artwork, students find freedom and joy in learning.
Arts Education: Theater at Analy High School
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- The Theater Program at Analy High School teaches students collaboration and team-working skills. Drama teachers Jonathan Mazer and Starr Hergenrather encourage students to embrace their individuality and confidence, as well as shape their social and...
Arts Education: Music at Lawrence Jones Middle School
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- The music program at Lawrence Jones Middle School teaches young students perseverance and structure, as well as inspiring the students to succeed in their academic life. Music teacher Oliver Fraenkle motivates students to use the skills they learn in...
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Voices Beyond the Wall
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- Spencer Reece, an award winning American poet and Episcopal priest, comes to live and teach poetry at Our Little Roses, the only girls’ orphanage in Honduras, for one year. The poems that emerge reveal wisdom far beyond the authors’ years. The girls’...
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Three Red Sweaters
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- A filmmaker explores memory and the way that we use technology to record our lives; sometimes at the expense of being present for them. She uses her grandfather's 16mm home videos as her medium. This journey into family archives employs a very person...
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"Reflections After the Fire" Aims to Ease Trauma Through Art
Sonoma State University is hosting an art exhibit on the aftermath of October’s wildfires. These pieces are displayed in the campus’ library gallery. KRCB’s Adia White went to see the exhibit, titled “Reflections After the Fire”. She tells us how it’s intended to help our community cope with trauma. Jerry Dodrill took photographs of lawn sculptures spared by the fires. Photo Credit: Adia WhiteTawnya Lively's Mosaic Work. Photo Credit: Adia White
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Charles M. Schulz Museum to Host Auction for Wildfire Relief
The Charles M. Schulz Museum is hosting a silent auction September 29 to raise money for wildfire relief. This year’s hot item - doghouses, painted by local artists. The museum will be auctioning 13 of these doghouses and six of them are already on display in locations around Santa Rosa. KRCB…
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Artist in Residence Brings Ukuleles to Santa Rosa
With the school year beginning, special programs that focus on nontraditional approaches to education are also getting underway. One such innovation brings free weekly music lessons to a local elementary school. As Steve Mencher reports, the Luther Burbank Center for the Arts is building on a…
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Arts Education Survey Highlights Disparities
Just about everyone involved agrees that arts education is important and valuable. But new survey data reveals that it is far from uniformly available to students in Sonoma County. The results of the survey were made public at a “data reveal” event Tuesday evening at the Luther Burbank Center for…
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Artist Optimistic, Despite Fire That Destroyed His Paintings
Painter Bill Gittins, a KRCB board member, is featured online today at the KQED website, talking about his experience during the Tubbs fire that burned so many homes in his Fountaingrove…
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The Importance of Arts Education
KRCB North Bay Public Media explores the importance of arts education in in K-12 education, with a community grant from Sonoma Wine Country Weekend. View the videos on this page to learn more.
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