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2008 Art at the Source
Open Studio Tour
Discover Art. Discover the Artists.

One hundred and eight professional fine artists from West Sonoma County open their studios to the public for 2 weekends in June. The Sebastopol Center for the Arts sponsors this annual self guided tour now in its 14th year. Painters, sculptors, photographers, potters, jewelers, fiber and glass artists showcase the best of their works in this popular event.

Studios are open Sat. & Sun. 10am-5pm, May 31–June 1 and June 7–8. The Sebastopol Center for the Arts will host a preview exhibit featuring a piece of each participating artist's work from May 16 through June 8 at the Art Center's Gallery located at 6780 Depot Street in Sebastopol (10am-5pm Mon-Fri, 1-4pm Sat-Sun).

Fifty-two wineries in the Russian River Wine Road will also exhibit Art at the Source artists' work during the month of May.

Open studios are located in Sebastopol, Forestville, Occidental, Bodega Bay, Guerneville, Graton and Santa Rosa west of Highway 101. See www.artatthesource.org for details.

Local artists Lillian Lehman & Janet Moore will be exibiting together at Studio #1, 225 Driftwood Ave, in Bodega Bay.

Don't forget to visit our local galleries

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2008 Chowder Day Results

Saturday, February 9, 2008, sunshine and clear skies welcomed over 400 people, who came eagerly from surrounding areas to receive the maps that would guide them on their way to find the Best Chowder in Bodega Bay. This year three restaurants were nipping at the heels of last year’s winner, pushing them to excellence.

read more here…

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Filming “The Birds” in Bodega Bay
by Alfred Hitchcock

After filming “Shadow of A Doubt” in Santa Rosa in 1948, Alfred Hitchcock returned to Sonoma County in 1961 to find a remote coastal location for his next project “The Birds.” He chose Bodega Bay, with surrounding bleak treeless hills, quiet fishing harbor and fog. Based on a short story by Daphne DuMaurier, the original story took place in an English seashore village where murderous birds attacked the local villagers… read more here.

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Upcoming Events…

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First General Meeting Of The Bodega Bay Community Association
Thursday - May 15, 7:15 p.m.
Bodega Bay Community Center
2255 Highway One, Bodega Bay

Come meet your new board members - see what's happening.

If you can't make the meeting and have concerns - email Julie-Ann Hill visitorcenter@innatthetides.com

If you want to become a member,
be sure and attend.
$20 a year membership fee.

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Early California Art: 19th Century Painters of Northern California
May and June of 2008

Linda and Dan of Bodega Bay Heritage Gallery present a special show of 100-year-old paintings in the realist and tonalist landscape style by famous Northern California painters, some local born including "Californios" Napoleon Primo Vallejo and Manuel Valencia, and immigrants including Scandinavians and Scots, with historic books and old newspaper articles.

The Bodega Bay Heritage Gallery is down the driveway to the lower parking lot of the Blue Whale Building on Eastshore, behind Local Color Gallery and not far from the Ren Brown Collection.

Regular hours are Fridays Saturdays and Sundays noon to 5PM. Special appointments are always available 875-2911

Bodega Bay Heritage Gallery

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Gourmet Au Bay Winemaker Series

We're bringing back the Winemaker series for 2008 and it's lined up with some excellent, small-production wineries. These are casual events out on Kaya's Deck and will take place from 3-5pm on the first Saturday of the month. A $10 tasting fee will be waived towards your purchase of the featured wines.

• May 3rd with Balletto Vineyards
• June 7th with Unti Vineyards
• July 5th with Sonoma Coast Vineyards and Fire Station Red owner, John Drady
• August 2nd with Valentine Boutique Wines
• September 6th with Vision Cellars winemaker, Mac MacDonald & his lovely wife Lil

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Whale Watching at Bodega Head

January-May — Whale Watching at Bodega Head. Docents are here every weekend to assist the public in viewing the migration. Heavy rain and very windy conditions cancel. Noon-4pm. The Stewards are also offering some wonderful community education seminars in '08, with field sessions on Redwood Ecology, Geology of the Sonoma Coast, Exploring the Intertidal Zone and more.

Contact Ruby Herrick at volparks@mcn.org, or (707) 869-9177, ext. 01, for a full listing and to register.

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