• Saturday, December 12, 2009 — Sunday, March 14, 2010
  
  Life of Making
  Celebrates the work and workings of three internationally acclaimed artists who explore the boundary between the act of making and the art of living. Jim Melchert, June Schwarcz, and Kay Sekimachi have each worked for decades to integrate the physical, emotional, and spiritual aspects of engagement with their respective process and materials. Curator: Kate Eilertsen.
  

Members' Preview: Friday, December 11 • 6:30-8:00pm

Artists in Conversation: Saturday, December 12 • 2:00-3:00pm
Jim Melchert, June Schwarcz, and Kay Sekimachi in conversation with Curator, Kate Eilertsen.

Celebrating Life-long Creativity: Thursday, January 21 • 5:00-7:00pm
Art Historian, Ann Wiklund, examines artists who, like these three, have lived a long, creative, and inspiring life.

• Saturday, March 13, 2010 - MIX!
  
  A new series of MIX events begins at SVMA.  Come and "Make Your Mark!"
  The party starts at 8:00 p.m. Enjoy an exclusive acoustic set by The Whiskey Thieves, danceable music set by DJ Michel Saga, appetizers courtesy of Whole Foods Market, Sonoma, and much more! Click here for the informational flyer.

Tickets can be purchased in advance below:

• Members Only: Art History, Spring 2010 begins March 15th!
  
  Icons of Twentieth Century Art: Postmodernism - Art of the 1980s to the Present
  Click here for details. Seats go quickly, so be sure to reserve your spot today!
  

• Saturday, March 27 — Sunday, April 18, 2010

A.R.T.S.: Art Rewards the Student
An annual exhibition of artwork created in the museum’s art education program for 4th and 5th grade students. This year students will explore, with local artists, the connection between science and art. Their exhibition is curated and installed by high school students who study what it takes to transform a museum gallery into a delightful experience for all visitors. Curator: Robyn Muscardini.

Members' Preview: Friday, March 26 • 5:30-7:00 pm

• Saturday, May 1 — Sunday, July 25, 2010

Silence, Exile & Cunning
“I will try to express myself in some mode of life or art as freely as I can and as wholly as I can, using for my defense the only arms I allow myself to use- silence, exile and cunning.”

—from James Joyce’s, A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man

This exhibition will bring together nine artists: Enrique Chagoya, Judith Foosaner, Robert Hartman, Miya Hannan, Patsy Krebs, Brett Reichman, Josephine Taylor, and Larry Thomas. The work of these artists show the kind of commitment to revealing certain aspects of silence, exile, or cunning that require a rare conviction and an intimate knowledge of their subject that can only suggest a sympathetic relation to Joyce’s uncompromising stance. Curator: Frances McCormack.

Members' Preview: Friday, April 30 • 5:30-7:00pm

• Saturday, August 14 — Sunday, November 7, 2010

Visions of Paradise
Centuries before the written word there were many visions of the “after life”. In this exhibition, artists of many ethnicities, cultural backgrounds and diverse ages will share their personal visions of paradise.

Members' Preview: Friday, August 13 • 5:30-7:00pm

The Artist's Studio: Fletcher Benton
How does an artist working in monumental scale, design, construct and install a work of art? Fletcher Benton, world-renowned kinetic and constructivist sculptor will recreate his studio with the sounds, smells, textures and he surrounds himself with as he creates a work of art. This experiential and interactive exhibition will provide profound insight to an artistic practice.
Curator: Kate Eilertsen.

Members' Preview: Friday, November 19 • 5:30-7:00pm