Laurel Ann "LA" Riley, locally-grown emerging artist and educator, presents a new body of work, "Home Inside," in the Dance Palace Art Committee's inaugural online art show.  LA uses watercolor mixed-media to tell visual stories about the magic and emotional landscape of everyday life. Through vivid brush-strokes and playful colors, the work combines natural and architectural elements, self-portraits and poetry, exploring dreams, inverted worlds, and the experience of being alive in a body. This collection has been created over the…

Carol Whitman moved to West Marin from London in 1971.  She’s lived there since then, with temporary moves to Baltimore and Berkeley. She raised her son Max here. She held many jobs, from school bus driver to medical assistant. After surviving a health crisis she returned to school and got a bachelor’s degree in Nursing, and a Master’s in Public Health.  She worked in health care for many years. She always wanted to be an artist, but never felt like…

Sydne is excited by deeply saturated colors as well as the quieter, subtle Japanese inspired work. Her inspiration for many of the quilts includes themes of nature, cultural and social issues, working with young school children in English language learners elementary school classes, travel, Japanese fabric and art, workshops, classes, other quilt artists, and the fabric itself. Cotton fabric predominates in most of her work, with cotton and other fabric in her appliqué.  Sydne began quilting in 1982, 11 years…

Registration required; registration ends 30 minutes prior to event start. Join fiber artist Sydne Bortel as she discusses her artistic process during her virtual art reception. This online event, organized by the Dance Palace Art Committee, will feature a conversation with the artist discussing several pieces, followed by a Q&A session. The online gallery will be available for viewing on the Dance Palace Online Gallery for the month of January. Sydne is excited by deeply saturated colors as well as…

Shirley Salzman - February Dance Palace Lobby Artist Shirley Salzman is a local artist who spends time in the woods or on the beach then in her studio painting whatever inspires her. The works on paper or canvas are usually landscapes or abstracts but one year she produced hundreds of tiny wooden houses. Another year she painted only bull kelp. Years ago she spent time making sacreligious collages.  She graduated in art from Berkeley in the 60s and continues to…

Registration required; registration ends 30 minutes prior to event start. Art Reception with Shirley Salzman - Dance Palace Artist for February 2021  Join artist Shirley Salzman as she tells stories about her creative journeys through life and art. This online event, organized by the Dance Palace Art Committee, will feature a conversation with the artist discussing several pieces, followed by a Q&A session.  Shirley Salzman is a local artist who spends time in the woods or on the beach then…

Join Shelley Rugg as she talks about her artwork in her "Tree Portraits" series. This online event, organized by the Dance Palace Art Committee, will feature a conversation with the artist discussing several pieces, followed by a Q&A session.   Shelley Rugg grew up and came of age in Long Beach, and now lives in Marin County where she is literally surrounded by trees. Shelley studied drawing and painting at CSULB and is best known for her portraits of people.  Shelley…

Registration required; registration ends 30 minutes prior to event start. Join Christine Cordaro as she shares about her experience of art as an exploration during her virtual art reception. This online event, organized by the Dance Palace Art Committee, will feature a conversation with the artist discussing several pieces, followed by a Q&A session.  Christine has few pre-conceptions and feels free to experiment with surfaces and media. She works almost exclusively in pastels incorporating acrylic and watercolors as under paintings,…

Susan Brayton - July Dance Palace Lobby Artist Susan’s art as a response to life and personal soul searching allows her to speak from the spirit of who she is and provides a needed opportunity to intermingle playfulness and thoughtfulness.  She thoroughly enjoys doing art with others because it deepens friendships and enhances communications beyond the norm - by sharing an art process and every day aspects of life. Susan makes art with acrylic paint, collage and pastel on paper…

Registration required; registration ends 30 minutes prior to the event start. Artist Reception with Susan Brayton - Dance Palace Artist for July Friday, July 16, 2021 - 5:00pm-6:00pm Join mixed-media artist Susan Brayton as she shares about her experience of creative discovery during her virtual art reception. This online event, organized by the Dance Palace Art Committee, will feature a conversation with the artist discussing several pieces, followed by a Q&A session.   Donations make it possible for the Dance Palace…

Bruce Mitchell - September Dance Palace Lobby Artist Bruce began teaching himself how to use a wood lathe in 1977 and drew inspiration for his early turned vessels from the ceramic traditions of China, Japan and Korea. As Bruce developed his technique with those refined, classic forms, he began to explore the sculptural potential of those vessels, carving into the surfaces to produce a unique genre of sculptural vessels. A number of those works are now in the permanent collections…

Online registration is required; space is limited. Join Bruce Mitchell as he shares about his process and inspirations in wood-working during his virtual art reception. This online event, organized by the Dance Palace Art Committee, will feature a conversation with the artist discussing several pieces, followed by a Q&A session.   Bruce began teaching himself how to use a wood lathe in 1977 and drew inspiration for his early turned vessels from the ceramic traditions of China, Japan and Korea. As…