About Sebastopol Center for the Arts
WHO WE ARE: Sebastopol Center for the Arts is an award-winning, community-funded art space in western Sonoma County, California, which attracts over 50,000 artists and art enthusiasts annually.
WHAT WE DO: We produce, promote and present artists from local and national to international – through nine curated gallery exhibitions, two annual open studio events and an acclaimed documentary film festival. We host arts lectures, poetry readings and concerts and provide arts education for adults and children. We also provide our community a state-of-the-art ceramics studio.
OUR PROGRAMS:
Art Exhibits - International exhibitions and local arts celebrations
Arts education for adults and children
Three signature events:
- Sonoma County Art Trails: A juried open studios event
- Art at the Source: an unjuried open studios event
- Sebastopol Documentary Film Festival
Sonoma County Poet Laureate program and other poetry events
Music and other performing arts
PRESS CONTACT FOR INTERVIEWS: admin@sebarts.org (707) 829-4797
Sebastopol Center for the Arts in the News
Marin Magazine, The Best Things to Do This September in the Bay Area and Marin
Sonoma County artists welcome visitors to their studios for Arts at the Source tour, Press Democrat
Sebastopol Center for the Arts has been featured in numerous news publications throughout the years.
Below please find a historical listing of various articles written about SCA.
Auction 2020
Arts center holding auction to help fund programs, supervised distance learning, Sonoma West Times & News
Sebastopol Center for the Arts live and silent auction, Sonoma County Gazette
Film Arts
2018 Best of the Bohemian Awards “Readers Pick: Culture”
March 19, 2015: The Press Democrat Article “Sebastopol Documentary Film Festival tells tales of turmoil“
July 31, 2009: MovieMaker Magazine article “25 Coolest Film Festivals: 2009”
Visual Arts
November 10, 2018: The Press Democrat Article “Artwork and words make magic at Sebastopol’s burgeoning art center
October 18, 2018: The Press Democrat Article “Veteran local artist Genevieve Barnhart, 95, honored with Sebastopol exhibit“
October 11, 2018: The Press Democrat Article “Best Of’ Sonoma County Award 2018 winners honored in Santa Rosa“
June 27, 2018: Sonoma West Times & News article “Turning a blind eye…to art“
May 11, 2018: Sonoma West Times & News article “Arts and Street Printing Festival, July 8”
2018 Best of the Bohemian Awards “Readers Pick: Culture”
Apr 3, 2017: Sonoma West Times & News article “Exhibition 60+“
July 10, 2016: The Press Democrat article “Parking lot turned into printing press for annual Sebastopol Street Printing Festival“
Ceramics
January 7, 2018: The Press Democrat Article “Sebastopol arts center has Robert Brent pottery wheels, and Brent himself“
Distance Learning
Sebastopol arts center throws lifeline to working parents with a supervised learning program, Press Democrat
Sebastopol Center for the Arts offers distance learning, Sonoma County Gazette
Sebastopol Center for the Arts Opens Its Doors for Distanced Learning, North Bay Bohemian
Performing Arts
May 18, 2018: Sonoma West Times & News article about The Sebastopol Community Band Spring Concert, June 9.
November 19, 2010: Terry McNeill article “Aliabari and Tewari Shine in Sebastopol Arts Center Recital“
Sonoma County Art Trails
October 10, 2018: Sonoma West Times & News article: Art Trails returns with diverse line-up of artists
2018 Best of the Bohemian Awards “Readers Pick: Culture”
October 19, 2017: The Press Democrat article “Arts community rallies to raise relief funds for Sonoma County fire victims“
Broadcasts/Radio
Sebastopol Center for the Arts is proud to have been featured by KRCB and KQED and Sonoma Spotlight.
Aired on October, 2018: KRCB interview with Barbara Kelly and Eve Lindi (AATS & AT Studio Programs Coordinator) Sunday Afternoons on the Patio"
Aired on June 28, 2018: KRCB interview with Jayne Burns, Community Relations and Publicity - Volunteer "Sunday Afternoons on the Patio"
Aired on 5/31/18 The Wine Road AATS interview
Aired 5/16/18 KRCB Sonoma Spotlight AATS interview
Education
July 20, 2018: Sonoma West Times & News article: Young minds turn to art this summer