El
Dia de los Muertos, Petaluma
Every year, The Petaluma Arts Council organizes and co-sponsors the annual El Dia de los Muertos Petaluma (Day of the Dead) festival in mid-October through early November. To celebrate this well-loved cultural holiday, artwork and altars are exhibited throughout the city by more than a dozen participating local businesses. Other events include storytelling, folkloric dance, a concert of traditional Mexican music, film and community workshops.
Passage on the San Francisco waterfront by Dan DasMann and Karen Cusolito Photo by Scott Hess
Public
Art Program
On Monday, March 21, 2005, the Petaluma City Council
passed the Public Art Ordinance. More
info on the Ordinance.
The Petaluma Arts Council envisions a city with successful and engaging public spaces, where residents and visitors alike will encounter works of art that will surprise and delight them. We envision a city with artwork of art that celebrates the diversity and history of our community while pointing to the city's aspiration for the future. The public art committee is currently working to bring this vision to Petaluma, beginning with the passage of the Public Art Ordinance. More info and updates>
Info on Environmental Artist Patricia Johanson's public art project in Petaluma.
Members show at Aqus Cafe
The Art Around Town Program connects members of the Petaluma Arts Council who are visual artists with appropriate businesses in the community interested in displaying artwork. It is the intent of the Art Around Town committee to get the work of as many PAC members as possible out into the public.
More
info and updates>
More
info about Current Exhibits.
Call for Entries
The Arts Council's Art Paths Project envisions an integrated system of “art paths” that incorporate public art, landscaping, and artistic design features along select multi-use trails. These paths will contribute to the introduction of art into the public realm, highlight beauty in functionality, create an imaginative tourist attraction, and encourage more human-based transportation in Petaluma. more info>
To participate, keep updated, or involve your group in an Art Paths project, please contact Karen Hess: Karen@DragonflyGraphicArts.com
Writers Forum of Petaluma is a monthly series of literary workshops exploring various aspects of writing. We meet the third Thursday of the month, 7 pm to 9 pm at the Petaluma Community Center, 320 North McDowell Boulevard. Admission is $15 at the door. More info: www.thewritespot.us
These events are supported by Petaluma Arts Council and Poets & Writers, Inc. through a grant it has received from the Hearst Foundation. Contact Marlene Cullen: mcullen@comcast.net