Volunteer Docent Orientation
Looking to get more involved in art? di Rosa is seeking motivated art lovers to lead public and school tours of our galleries and grounds. Volunteer docents lead an average of two or more tours each month, representing di Rosa’s collection to thousands of visitors annually. No experience is required as full training and education […]
Closing Reception & Conversation Robert Kinmont: Trying to understand where I grew up
Join us for a special closing celebration of Robert Kinmont: Trying to understand where I grew up featuring a conversation between di Rosa Curator Amy Owen and Michael Schwager, professor of Art History & Museum Studies and director of the University Art Gallery at Sonoma State University. Their discussion will explore the work on view […]
Opening Reception: Radical Landscapes
Join us for a complimentary wine reception celebrating the opening of Radical Landscapes. The exhibition explores the work of a group of artists who mine their surrounding environments as both medium and muse to reflect on a range of larger concerns within the self and the world at large. Through photography, installation, drawing, painting, and […]
Radical Landscapes: Tasting Event with Amanda Eicher
In conjunction with the exhibition Radical Landscapes, artist Amanda Eicher will present a sensory tasting experience to explore how climate change might impact local agricultural practices and the taste of food and wine. Eicher’s socially based practice engages audiences’ palates on explorations in food, specifically looking at how recent environmental shifts effect the food we […]
Ned Kahn in Conversation
In conjunction with the exhibition Collection in Focus: Ned Kahn, the artist joins Renny Pritikin, chief curator of the Contemporary Jewish Museum, in conversation to discuss Kahn’s unique practice and methodology. Refreshments and Chardonnay will be served, courtesy of Silverpoint Cellars, Napa. $10 General / $5 Members. Get tickets Join the event and invite friends […]
Opening Reception: Body Talk
This exhibition explores how technology is rapidly changing what it means to be human by prompting a re-engagement with the corporeal. Inspired by a number of artists activating relationships between the body and the world at large, Body Talk presents works in performance, sculpture, video, and large-scale multimedia installation by six emerging Bay Area artists […]
Closing Reception: Body Talk
Join us for the closing celebration of Body Talk featuring Renée Rhodes’ somatic workshop Visitor Center and durational performances in conjunction with Manners’ sculptural environment Basic Edition. Refreshments will be provided. $10 General / $5 Members Reservations are strongly recommended; email us to RSVP Event schedule: 1-2:30 PM: Renée Rhodes presents her performance Visitor Center, […]
Slow Art Day 2015
Slow Art Day is a worldwide celebration with a simple mission: to help people discover the joy of art through deeper looking. The goal is to slow down and experience art regardless of one’s expertise. Participants will meet for a special guided look at 5 preselected artworks for 5-10 minutes each, then discuss their experiences […]
In Conversation: Peter Saul
Peter Saul’s lush and masterfully rendered paintings have been admired and derided far and wide for more than 50 years. A San Francisco native, Peter Saul (b. 1934) has charted his own candy-colored course from California to Paris to Austin to New York, exploring sex, money, politics, self-loathing, food, war, death, and many combinations therein. […]
Opening Reception: Tongue-in-Cheek
This exhibition explores the continuing legacy of humor and absurdity in Bay Area art through the lens of a new generation of artists. In an increasingly fraught social and political context—both locally and abroad—many artists have turned to comedy to reflect upon and illuminate the absurdities of daily life. Tongue-in-Cheek presents a selection of these […]