Sponsorship presentation

a TOAST to Truckee’s Creative Community A 10-day TOAST to the Arts July 17 – July 26, 2015 See Calendar for Details Anchored by the first annual

Truckee Open Art Studios Tour July 17, 18 & 19 and July 24, 25, & 26 Presenting Organization

10am to 5pm Daily

www://www.CreativeTruckee.org

THE PRESENTING ORGANIZATION Nevada County Arts Nevada County Arts promotes and supports artists and art organizations through education, collaboration, and advocacy. Nevada County Arts is designated, by the Nevada County Board of Supervisors, as Nevada County's Local Partner in the California Arts Council's State/Local Partnership Program.

Nevada County Arts dedicates itself to making art careers viable for those who chose them, helping both established and emerging artists reach their audiences, and promoting interest and understanding of visual arts among citizens of the community Nevada County Arts believes deeply and passionately that art making is essential not only to the quality of life in our society, but to its survival, and that art makers must be supported well by all of us

LEADERSHIP Carla Beebe, Concept Founder and Project Director n

Conceived idea to create a Truckee-based Open Studio Tour, with an expanded calendar of events, in November, 2014 when North Tahoe Arts changed ARTour to September

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Concept presented to Nevada County Arts and NCArts retained Carla’s services as Project Director - $1,300 stipend to plan/execute festival

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Educational focus in economics and accounting and an employment history in public administration and arts-based business management

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Co-Coordinator for ARTour 2013, hosted by North Tahoe Arts. Carla wrote a successful grant proposal, created both advertising & sponsorship packages designed to deliver high impact benefits as well as a revenue stream for the event. Increased artist participation level from 27 in 2012 to 40 in 2013

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Written multiple successful grant proposals for other small organizations in Truckee

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Carla currently serves on the Leadership Team of the Tahoe-Truckee Community Foundation Queen of Hearts Fund

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Carla served two years on the Board of Nevada County Arts, one year on the Board of North Tahoe Arts, and one year on the Board of the Art & Culture Council of Truckee-Tahoe

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Carla served on the Open Competitive Grant Committee for the TahoeTruckee Community Foundation, 5 cycles

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Carla is co-owner of a successful woodworking business in Truckee, CA

WHAT IS a TOAST to Truckee’s Creative Community Via a 10-day TOAST to the arts, and based on the principles of agglomeration, we are partnering with venues, artists, and organizations across the Town on a marketing and advocacy campaign to raise awareness of the tremendous creative energy in Truckee and help turn that creative energy into an economic engine The 2015 “Anchor” Event is the first annual Truckee Open Art Studios Tour. Other events in 2015 are in categories of visual arts, teaching artist workshops, live music, film, performance art, literary arts, photography contests, and more

WHERE is a TOAST to Truckee’s Creative Community Event venues include the Truckee Donner Recreation and Park District Community Art Center, the Community Recreation Center, the Veterans Memorial Hall, Historic downtown Truckee (Truckee Thursdays), the Painted Vine, the Joseph Research Library, and more The Truckee Open Art Studios Tour will take place in artist studio locations throughout Truckee, including historic downtown Truckee and surrounding neighborhoods. With all studios in close proximity to each other and all within a ten minute drive from downtown Truckee, visitors have the freedom and flexibility to set their own course.

TOAST COLLABORATIONS Non-Profit Collaborators: Nevada County Arts, Truckee Public Art Commission, Truckee-Donner Recreation and Park District, Friends of the Veterans Hall, Truckee-Donner Historical Society, Art-Health Alliance, Truckee Thursday’s, Artown, TTCF Queen of Hearts Fund (Bus Tour), and Truckee Air Fair & Family Festival (free booth Space) Private Sponsors: Tom Beebe Fine Woodworking and Craft School, Truckee Luxury Property, NeatTweets Workshop, Alpine Mounting Systems/Truckee Posters, and the Painted Vine Grant Funding: Nevada County Arts and Truckee-Donner Chamber of Commerce via Town of Truckee TOT tax Expecting to add more collaborators to this growing list in the coming weeks California Art Council grant application underway in addition to other funding requests

TARGET AUDIENCE Permanent Residents: TOAST is family friendly and casual with a great chance of seeing old friends and new techniques in artmaking. The Studio Tour is free. Both free and feebased events are scheduled throughout the 10-day period

Second Homeowners: According to the Webb Management Services, Inc. 2009 Study for new cultural facilities in the Truckee-Tahoe area, second homeowners are estimated to be 40% of the total housing stock. Accordingly, our publicity matrix very strongly targets this market.

Within Driving Distance: Our publicity matrix includes outreach down the I-80 corridor to Sacramento and eastward in to Reno, Sparks, and Carson City.

Overnight Visitors: We have developed a promotional package/matrix to reach a broad and diverse audience with a strong focus on capturing the overnight visitor/cultural traveler segment

Capitalizing on TRUCKEE’S CREATIVE COMMUNITY The creative community is a vibrant and growing segment of Truckee’s population. There are over 200 visual artists, and an untold number of musicians, chefs, authors, actors, and other performers. There are numerous art organizations. § There are many nationally-known artists living in Truckee – engaging them in local economic development would be mutually beneficial § There are many emerging artists living in Truckee - with community support, these artist have the talent to become recognized artists n

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There are many gifted teaching artists, writers, and chefs living in Truckee - Combining art workshops with gallery talks, art lectures, and special presentations, Truckee has the potential of becoming an appealing destination for inspired learning. Santa Fe, NM is a great model Expand the www.CreativeTruckee website with links to/from local organizations, businesses, and Town of Truckee

Cultural Traveler Profile and ECONOMIC PROSPERITY Per ,Travel Industry of America, Cultural Travelers: §Spend more than average ($623 v $457) §Use hotels, motels, or B&B’s more §Are more likely to spend more than $1,000 on a trip §Are more likely to have a graduate degree (21% v 19%) §Travel longer: 5.2 nights v 3.4 nights §Generation X and Y’ers are more apt than Matures age 55+ to agree that trips where they can learn something new are more memorable (75% v 63%) §Households headed by Baby boomers are more likely (41%) to participate in cultural activities.

Per, Americans for the Arts, non-local art audiences: §Spend 65% of US Travelers include a cultural event as part of their trip. §spent more than twice as much as local audiences ($17.42 v $39.96) §Eighty-one percent of the 146.4 million US adult travelers who took a trip of 50 miles or more away from home in one year can be considered cultural travelers.

Conclusions: § Given the large volume of travelers, cultural/heritage tourism generates millions of dollars for destination communities in spending in the categories of shopping, food, lodging, and other expenses.

OPEN STUDIO TOURS - FACTS Cultural Tourism, and Open Studio Touring specifically, has become one of the fastest growing travel genres –Many successful Open Studio Tours across the Country ARTrails, Sonoma County – 165 participating studios in 2011 with sales totaling $459,444 ($700,000 in sales in 2005) Western Placer County Studio Tours – 5 tours totaling over 100 artists Santa Cruz County, CA - More than 300 participating artists Orange County Arts Guild, NC – 65 artists in 2013 with art sales of over $220,000 with average per artist of $3,388, and roughly $17,050 in tax revenue for state and county

PRINCIPLES OF CREATIVE PLACEMAKING Capitalizing on our Creative Community As defined by the National Endowment for the Arts: In creative placemaking, public, private, not-for-profit, and community sectors partner to strategically shape the physical and social character of a neighborhood, town, city, or region around arts and cultural activities.

Creative Placemaking places artists and arts at the center of planning, execution, and activity Creative Placemaking drives community vibrancy and economic prosperity through cooperative partnerships and sustained/intentional investment Creative Placemaking leverages the creative potential already in place A place where creative businesses, families, and individuals want to be

BUILDING TOAST IN TO THE FUTURE With Investment Expanded multimedia marketing, within the framework of the TOAST publicity plan (a developed matrix of prioritized opportunities), aimed at reaching both new and existing markets and attracting both traditional and nontraditional audiences, including Cultural Tourists (Examples of Advertising)

TRUCKEE OPEN STUDIOS TOUR Sit back and enjoy a slide show sampling of the many visual art professionals living and working in our community. These artists are mostly Truckee residents with several guest artists from nearby communities whose work is regularly featured/sold at galleries throughout Truckee. All of these artists are TOAST participants

Nancy Beckert All Strings Considered – Weaving & Other Fiber Arts

Glenshire Studio

Nancy Beckert Weaving & Other Fiber Arts Nancy has been a lover of all things fiber for many years. She has always loved creating things with her hands and has been a knitter for most of her life. Recently she has learned the art of weaving which has given her a while new love of fiber arts.

Kumihimo, the Japanese art of braid making has been a recent addition to her passion for fiber arts.

Nancy is a member of the Artisans Market Place in Truckee.

Nancy Beckert Weaving & Other Fiber Arts

TOM BEEBE

Fine Woodworking & Craft School

SPECIALTY BUILT-IN’S CABINETRY FURNITURE FUNCTIONAL ART MIXED MEDIA Downtown Truckee Studio

Tom Beebe

Woodworking Currently featured at BlueStone Jewelry and Art Gallery.

Beebe was the feature guest artist at Riverside Art Studios for the month of March, 2013 Featured in Moonshine Ink’s Creative Brew edition, two times Exhibits at the Carmel Gallery, Vista Gallery, and the Artisan’s Marketplace, North Tahoe Arts, and 2011 Juror’s Choice award at TDRPD show In many private residences throughout California, Nevada, Arizona, and other parts of the US Licensed contractor in California and Nevada specializing in custom built-in units with curves, inlay, marquetry, and contemporary gilding Teaches woodworking, including basic woodworking, veneering, marquetry, inlay, and contemporary gilding techniques to small groups of 2-4 in his Truckee Woodworking Studio

Tom Beebe Fine Woodworking & Craft School

A nature-inspired balustrade Collaborative interior by Mountain Forge & Woodworking Artist, Tom Beebe

Tom Beebe Artistry in Wood Coffee Table Detail

Collaboration with Anton Standteiner, Mountain Forge

Tom Beebe Artistry in Wood 3-piece mirror set w/inlay

ABE BLAIR GALLERY

PHOTOGRAPHY & VIDEOGRAPHY

Historic Downtown Truckee

ABE BLAIR PHOTOGRAPHY While capturing his landscape images, Abe Blair uses both large format film and high resolution digital cameras Abe’s body of work includes hundred of editorial pages and internationally awarded landscape images Abe’s client list includes Patagonia Clothing, Betty Rides, Drop Gloves, Dakine, Smith Optics, Boreal Mountain, Mt. Bachelor Ski Resort, DC Shoes, Snowboard Mag, Onboard Magazine, Alpine Ski Resort, Powder Magazine, and Freeskier Magazine

ABE BLAIR

PHOTOGRAPHY

ABE BLAIR PHOTOGRAPHY

ABE BLAIR PHOTOGRAPHY

Andy Blanchard Tahoe Blue Pottery

South of the Tracks

Andy Blanchard Tahoe Blue Photography Andy is a full-time potter and has been working in clay for 12 years.

Graduated from UNR with a degree in Business Management and Philosophy Andy works with several different kinds of stoneware and porcelain at different temperatures to achieve different glass techniques.

Andy is a member of the Artisans Marketplace in Truckee, CA

Andy Blanchard Tahoe Blue Pottery

Andy Blanchard Tahoe Blue Pottery

RANDY BLASQUEZ FINE ART PAINTING

Brickletown, near Historic Downtown Truckee

RANDY BLASQUEZ Oil Randy is most often recognized for her California Landscapes, but she also enjoys painting florals, and she loves painting memories from her trips to France. Blasquez has been teaching for 10 years in the Sacramento area, at her Truckee Studio, and in Europe. Today she finds that she loves teaching as much as painting.

Randy Blasquez has a style that reflects the lineage of Russian Impressionism, from the great master Ilya Ripen to Sergei Bongart. Initially Randy was influenced by her studies with artist and teacher, Anita Wolff, who was a student of the colorful Russian Impressionist, Sergei Bongart. This led her to study with French born plein air artist Brigitte Curt, and then with Ovanes Berberian. Berberian had also apprenticed under the tutelage of Sergei Bongart. Bongart was a graduate of the Russian Academy of Arts in Kiev who painted and studied with Peter Kotov whom himself was a student of the famous master Ilya Ripen.

Memberships: Oil Painters of America, California Art Club, American Impressionist Society, American Women Artists

Randy Blasquez Fine Art Painting

Randy Blasquez Fine Art Painting

Randy Blasquez Fine Art Painting

SUSAN BLOOM OIL ON CANVAS

Brickletown, Near Downtown Truckee

Susan Bloom Oil on Canvas Susan has always been interested in art. Even in her first days as a young girl living on her parent’s dairy, she found beauty in nature. She always loved art first: before college, before roaming thru’ Europe & Africa, before raising her daughter, before becoming a top skiwear representative, there was always time to do something creative. She has studied art her entire life and has done everything from jewelry to pottery and now painting.

Surrounded by all of Tahoe’s beauty she was drawn to “plein air” oil painting…the art of painting the landscape around you. This entails keeping up with the constant changing light and all the challenges the environment brings with it.

Her colors are from nature and the beauty she sees around her. Susan paints mostly in the field but when she wants to paint big she resorts to painting inside her studio. She has taken many classes and workshops but admits she is mostly self -taught. Susan paints exclusively in oil.

Susan Bloom Oil Painting

Susan Bloom Oil on Canvas

Jannell Botto, Specialty Beads Jewelry

Brickletown – Near Historic Downtown Truckee

Jannell Botto, Jewelry Specialty Beads Jannell studied at UC Davis Owner of Specialty Beads, a retail store in Truckee, CA along with an on-line shop Jewelry designer and workshop leader

Jannell Botto Jewelry

Jannell Botto Jewelry

Elaine Jason, Mixed Media Sculpture

The Painted Vine, Donner Pass Road

Elaine Jason Mixed Media Sculpture Elaine was chosen to receive a Pollack-Krasner grant for the year 2012 Elaine’s recent catalog was funded in part by the Andy Warhol Foundation Featured on PBS “Artbeat” Elaine’s works are in collections of the Lockheed Martin Corporation, Kaiser Permanente, David & Heidi Loeb, Arizona State University, Nevada Museum of Art, EMC Corporation, and many others Elaine has taught art at Truckee Meadows Community College and Sierra College

Elaine Jason Mixed Media Sculpture

Elaine Jason Mixed Media Sculpture

Elaine Jason Mixed Media Sculpture

Grant Kaye

Photography & Videography

Historic Downtown Truckee

Grant Kaye Fine Art Photography Pursuit of academic degrees and a career in geology and volcanic hazards management, took Grant from Hawaii to Colorado and eventually to New Zealand, where Grant earned a PhD in 2008 Photography was something Grant was growing obsessed with in his spare time and eventually he gave in to his obsession and decided that creating imagery and teaching others would be all that he does As a photographer, Grant specializes in landscape and nightsky photography, motion-controlled time lapses, and creative dSIR filmmaking. He teaches private and group workshops and classes and teaches at Sierra College and Martis Camp Grant’s images and timelapses have been featured in local Tahoe publications Tahoe World, Sierra Sun, Moonshine Ink, Nevada Magazine, Squaw Magazine, Tahoe TV, and Tahoe Quarterly. His work has also been featured in Skiing Magazine, Hawai’i Magazine, Mana Magazine, and he has many small business and corporate clients

Grant Kaye, Fine Art Photography

Grant Kaye, Fine Art Photography

Grant Kaye, Fine Art Photography

Janet Martin

Truckee Snowflakes, etc.

Olympic Heights

Janet Martin

Glass/Mixed Media/2D/3D Majored in Printmaking at the California College of the Arts Professional background in commercial and residential glass including leaded, beveled, sandblasted, and stained glass fabrication.

Co-Owner of Truckee Snowflakes with daughter Meg Martin, also an artist on the Tour

Janet Martin

Glass/Mixed Media/2D/3D

Janet Martin

Glass/Mixed Media/2D/3D

Meg Martin

Mixed Media – Neo Modernism

Olympic Heights Studio

Meg Martin Mixed Media – Neo Moderism Meg Martin (formerly known as Meg Matteson) is a Neo-modern mixed media artist who focuses in mixed media painting, printmaking and collage, as well as glass and ceramics. A Tahoe native, born and raised, Meg finds inspiration in nature.

Meg is a self-proclaimed “obsessive pattern maker” and employs classic techniques like embroidery and beading applique into her canvases. Her process tends to encompass many layers of applications (between paint, print, collage) that result in intricate detail and pieces that beg to be pondered (and touched).

An artist for life, Meg was inspired to be creative at an early age from her artist mother (Janet Martin) and her grandmother (Peg Mees). Meg graduated in 2004 with a bachelor’s degree in Art (concentration in painting) from Saint Xavier University, in Chicago, IL. After finishing school, she exhibited in Sacramento, CA but had been out of the fine arts loop for a few years in order to pursue a career in Nursing.

Meg graduated in April of 2010 with a degree in nursing and then in May of 2011 with a Master’s degree in Nursing. She is currently an Interventional Radiology nurse at Methodist Hospital, in Sacramento, CA.

Meg Martin Mixed Media – Neo Modernism

Meg Martin Mixed Media – Neo Modernism

Meg Martin Mixed Media – Neo Modernism

YING MUNCY

Ceramic Art & Bronze Sculpture

Glenshire Studio

Ying Muncy Ceramic Art Grew up in Beijing, China earning a Masters Degree in Landscape Architecture from Beijing Forestry University Travels extensively to find inspiration for her ceramic art Reno resident and Reno Open Studios Participant Ying’s work is shown at the Reno Artist Co-Op, Art Source Gallery, Trunk Show, James Radcliff Gallery, Bronzesmith Gallery, and many others

Ying Muncy Ceramic Sculpture

Ying Muncy Bronze Sculpture

EVA NICHOLS

Watercolor & Mixed Media

Glenshire Studio

Eva Nichols

Watercolor & Mixed Media Born in Denmark where she grew up on a farm in Jutland Member Mendocino Art Center, North Tahoe Arts, Sierra Water Color Society, and Transparent Watercolor Society of America Current exhibits include Truckee-Tahoe Airport; Europa Design, Monterey, CA; North Tahoe Arts, Tahoe City, CA; and Wildflower Gallery, Reno NV Numerous awards, including People’s choice award NTA Members Exhibit – 2011; 2nd Place SCWS “Best of the Central Coast” Juried show, - 2008; CCAA 2nd Place 57th bi-annual Juried Show – 2007; 1st Place Monterey County Fair Digital Photography Open Division Teaches watercolor techniques and collage workshops and classes at Truckee Meadows Community College, North Tahoe Arts, and various other locations Artist in Residence for month of March, 2015 at St. Mary’s Art Center in Virginia City

Eva Nichols Watercolor

Eva Nichols Watercolor

Barbara Glynn Prodaniuk Functional and Sculptural Ceramics

Glenshire Studio

Barbara Glynn Prodaniuk

Functional and Sculptural Ceramics BFA California State University, Northridge Apprentice to studio potter John Schulps at the Clay Pot, Calibassas, CA Studio Ceramics Instructor, Sierra Nevada College, Incline Village, NV Professional Affiliations: Association of Clay and Glass Artists of California, Potter Council Member, Exhibiting Member Wild Women Artists Exhibits at Riverside Art Studios, Mowen Solinsky Gallery in Nevada City, Little Creek Gallery in Elko, NV, the Nevada Museum of Art, Pence Gallery in Davis

Barbara Glynn Prodaniuk Functional and Sculptural Ceramics

Barbara Glynn Prodaniuk Functional and Sculptural Ceramics

Barbara Glynn Prodaniuk Functional and Sculptural Ceramics

John Pugh The Art of John Pugh – Trompe l’oeil

Glenshire Studio

John Pugh

The Art of John Pugh – Trompe l’oeil John Pugh has completed over 250 murals, and his work has appeared in articles / media world wide including Time, L.A. Times, New York Times, USA Today, Good Morning America, London Sun and Mail, Tokyo Mainichi, BBC World News, Art Business News, Public Art Review, Artweek, Southwest Art, and the San Francisco Examiner.

The book - The Murals of John Pugh; Beyond Trompe L’oeil – Random House, is available at Barnes and Noble and Amazon.

Awards Distinguished Alumnus – California State University, Chico, CA Most Successful Mural Artist – California Mural Symposium 2006 Master Muralist, Mural Art Center Awards – San Francisco, CA

John Pugh The Art of John Pugh – Trompe l’oeil

John Pugh The Art of John Pugh – Trompe l’eoil

John Pugh The Art of John Pugh – Trompe l’oeil

TONI ROCKWELL FUSED GLASS

The Painted Vine, Donner Pass Road

Toni Rockwell Fused Glass

Recently retired from a 36-year teaching career at the Tahoe-Truckee Unified School District Emerging artist in fused glass medium. Her work recently featured on the cover of ARTour 2013 Tour Guide

Toni Rockwell Fused Glass

Toni Rockwell Fused Glass

CAROLE SESKO

ACRYLIC & MIXED MEDIA

10326 High Street

Carole Sesko Acrylic Mixed Media University of California, Davis, Bachelor of Science, Design Simon Rock College, Great Barrington, MA, Associate of Art 2007 Leadership Program Graduate, Truckee Donner Chamber of Commerce and North Lake Tahoe Resort Association 2005-06 Nevada Museum of Art, Reno, NV, docent training graduate and exhibit installation volunteer 2002-present Historic Preservation Advisory Commission, Town of Truckee, CA 2012 May to July solo exhibit Wolfdale’s, Tahoe City, CA 2012 Jan New Works solo exhibit Martis Camp, Truckee, CA

Carole Sesko Acrylic & Mixed Media Embellished Box

Carole Sesko Acrylic & Mixed Media Chinquapin 24" x 24"

ANDY SKAFF

OIL ON CANVAS

Downtown Truckee

Andy Skaff Oil on Canvas Studied with celebrated plein air painter Kevin McPherson in the French countryside Featured Artist at Gumps, San Francisco Exhibits at Napa Valley Museum and Oil Painters of America Western Regional Exhibit in Santa Barbara The Ritz Carlton, Larkspur Hotel Group, and Martis Camp have purchased Skaff’s work for their private collections Workshop leader, Martis Camp Art Barn

Andy Skaff Oil on Canvas Aspen Mosaic

Andy Skaff Oil on Canvas Classic I 18” x 18”

Loreen Thomas Representational Oil Paintings

Glenshire Studio

Loreen Thomas Representational Oil Paintings Loreen Thomas is a Truckee, California, artist whose representational oil paintings reflect her surroundings in the beautiful Sierra Nevada Mountains.

Her main focus is landscapes, but she also paints still lifes. She has been drawing and painting nearly all of her life and is mainly self-taught through her many books and DVD’s by artists such as Jim Wilcox, Katherine Stats and Richard Schmid She recently attended a week-long workshop in San Francisco by nationallyknown artist Kevin Macpherson. She does some plein air painting, but mostly paints from her own digital photos, working from a computer monitor and often combines several photos to achieve the most pleasing composition.

Thomas has exhibited in several venues in the Truckee/Tahoe area in the past few years, including ARTruckee and The Truckee Gallery, as well as the Art in Public Places Program of North Tahoe Arts. Her work can currently be seen at the North Tahoe Arts Artisan Shop in Tahoe City and Gold Rush Gallery in Graeagle, California.

Loreen Thomas Representational Oil Paintings

Loreen Thomas Representational Oil Paintings

Matt Tucker

2D Acrylic Adventure Athletes

Tahoe Donner Tahoe Donner

Matt Tucker

2D Acrylic – Adventure Athletes Matt Tucker is an emerging artist painting primarily in acrylics.

His subject is the inherent beauty of the adventure athlete.

He has exhibited at Riverside Art Studios and the TruckeeTahoe Airport Group Show Matt has studied under Aimee Had, Timothy Clark, Tom Curry, David McCamant, Victoria Wagner, and David Leffel

Matt Tucker 2D Acrylic, Athletes

Matt Tucker 2D Acrylic, Adventure Athletes

Greg Zirbel Historical Replica Birdhouses

Downtown Truckee

Cathee vanRossem-St. Clair Acrylic on Canvas & Egg Shells

Cathee vanRossem-St.Clair is a miniaturist who has earned national and international recognition for her paintings on eggshells. She began her art career in 1974 and won the highest award in New York City’s first Women In Design International Competition in 1981.

Since then she has been featured in The Artist’s Magazine, a national art publication that referred to her as “one of ten artists we can’t forget” and has been nominated for the American Artist Magazine Achievement Award for her lifetime work as an artist. She has bee invited to showcase her work in special exhibitions in the Performing Arts Center of Cincinnati, Ohio, the Museum of Contemporary Art in Santa Rosa, California, and the Nevada Museum of Art in Reno, Nevada.

Her art has been featured in solo exhibits in galleries throughout the country and continues to be commissioned by art collectors in the United States, Europe, and New Zealand. One of her painted eggs, commissioned by First Lady Laura Bush, is now in the National Archive.

Cathee was one of ten artists selected to participate in collaboration between the California Arts Council and the California Arts Project to teach inner-city students about the relationship between fragility and caring in her Egg Painting Workshop.

Since 1988 she has been offering this program to third and fourth graders in the Tahoe Truckee Unified School District.

Cathee vanRossem-St.Clair is also an award-winning poet and storyteller, an alumna of the prestigious Squaw Valley Community of Writers, and has been invited as a guest to teach storytelling at the University of Nevada Reno and the Sierra Nevada College in Incline Village.

Cathee van-Rossem St. Clair Acrylic on Canvas & Egg Shells

Cathee vanRossem-St. Clair Acrylic on Canvas & Egg Shells

Greg Zirbel Historical Replica Birdhouses

Downtown Truckee

Greg Zirbel

Historical Replica Birdhouses Greg Zirbel has had a passion for taking photographs for the past 30 years. He has lived most his life in Northern California, having grown up in Truckee and then moving to Santa Rosa in 1982. He has a deep appreciation for the natural beauty of Northern California and the Wine Country in particular.

The inspiration for his unique birdhouses was driven by his love of wood and wildlife. Many of his birdhouses are also feeders. Many are replicas of prominent landmarks, historical buildings and wineries throughout Sonoma County. He has also been known to accept requests to create custom birdhouses from photographs.

Greg’s work can be seen at Artisans Marketplace in Brickletown and at La Fleur Rouge on West River Street

Greg Zirbel Historical Replica Birdhouses

Greg Zirbel Historical Replica Birdhouses