Art Ventures Gallery presents Robert Buelteman’s explorations around Stanford’s Jasper Ridge, and features an electrifying new technique. by Sheryl Nonnenberg Robert Buelteman was granted permission from Stanford University to document the protected habitat of Jasper Ridge Biological Preserve. Pictured: “Black Oak” by Robert Buelteman (Image courtesy of Art Ventures Gallery) Art can take us to places we have never been and places we cannot access. Stanford University’s Jasper Ridge Biological Preserve has been ...
Read More10 local parent-artists unveil their pandemic projects By Karla Kane Robin Mullery’s “Mama?” explores the heaviness of being a parent during a pandemic. (Photo by Karla Kane) “Holding it Together,” the playful-yet-poignant new exhibition at the Palo Alto Art Center, is a collection of new works by artists that examine the experience of parenting during the pandemic in all its often chaotic, frustrating, humorous and sweet glory. The show is a reunion for Bay ...
Read MoreRedwood City’s Dragon Theater team creates a video game-theater adventure for the pandemic era Dragon Productions Theatre Company’s “Party at the End of the World” combines theater and gaming. (Image courtesy of Dragon Productions Theatre Company) Live theater and video games: When done well, both have the power to magically transport participants into another realm. For its next major project, Dragon Productions Theatre Company is combining these two media in “Party at ...
Read MorePeruvian-born artist Claudio Talavera-Ballón talks Redwood City’s history of Japanese internment, farmworking and his addiction to oil painting “This is what I like so much about muralism — it’s that opportunity to reach the most humble, who are the greatest appreciators of art. The least able to afford a framed painting are the most likely to appreciate one.” — Claudio Talavera-Ballón. (Images courtesy of Claudio Talavera-Ballón) It took just over two months ...
Read MoreLeo Villareal’s innovative union of art and technology takes center stage in Pace Gallery’s reopening exhibition Leo Villareal’s “Detector” exhibit, shown in Pace Gallery of London, 2019. (Image via Leo Villareal’s website) By Sheryl Nonnenberg If you have driven across the Bay Bridge, you have seen Leo Villareal’s large-scale, site-specific “The Bay Lights.” Installed in 2013, it consists of 25,000 LED lights installed on the span that continuously change, thanks to a custom ...
Read MoreMap out your tour of the streetside seascapes and portals to paradise The shelter-in-place life might mean containment for many things, but imagination isn’t one of them. Creativity doesn’t need a gallery space. Neighbors strolling the tree-lined Triple El neighborhood of Palo Alto have recently discovered al fresco art cropping up on house exteriors and across garage doors. Behind these pleasantly unexpected sights is international artist Martha Sakellariou and a fascinating dialogue on “home.” After ...
Read MoreLocal artist and teacher Celia Ma thought outside the box while stuck indoors, and the result is cause for celebration Landscapes… because can you ever really tire of a gorgeous view? (Image via Paint the Town’s FB page) Sure. The first virtual wine night or two were great. But how many “Zinfandel and Zoom” sessions can we stomach? When COVID-19 hit, Celia Ma, San Mateo resident and owner of Paint the Town (a paint ...
Read MorePeninsula native Marlon Yanes gives us insider info on chalking like a street art pro Marlon Yanes blends the oranges and yellows in his chalk mural during the Palo Alto Festival of the Arts in 2018. (Photo by Adam Pardee) Have you noticed? Lately, our sidewalks have transformed into one very long art collaboration. If you’ve taken to stretching your legs for long neighborhood walks during the shelter-in-place, you might have noticed chalk art cropping ...
Read MoreNeed an art fix? Take a virtual tour of the new exhibit celebrating Palo Alto artist Nathan Oliveira He created an artist sanctuary at Stanford after painting world-famous pieces — now explore the inspiration behind his vision By Sheryl Nonnenberg A selection from Nathan Oliveira’s “Wings & Windhover” series. (Image courtesy of the Pacific Art League) It is not often that we get to see the “back story” to a work of art. What inspired the artist, early drafts ...
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