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Artist Reception with Bruce Mitchell – Dance Palace Artist for September 2021

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September 17, 2021 @ 5:00 pm – 6:00 pm PDT

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 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 of the Renwick Gallery of the Smithsonian American Art Museum, the High Museum of Art in Atlanta, the Detroit Institute of Art, the Yale University of Art Museum, and several others.

Bruce is a West Marin artist who has been working with wood for over five decades. Bruce started his career in woodworking in 1969 when, at the age of nineteen, he apprenticed to sculptor JB Blunk. Bruce continued to work with Blunk over the next seven years on a number of public and private commissions before opening his own studio in 1977. The chainsaw carving techniques he learned from Blunk have played a major role in his sculptural work that he creates entirely from salvaged tree stumps and logs from all over Northern California. In addition to his sculptural vessels, Bruce creates a wide range of salad bowls, tables, stools, benches and abstract forms at his studio in Inverness, California.

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Please note:

  • –Registration is required; register here! 
  • –Online capacity is limited; one registration is good for all those watching on a single device
  • –Registration will end 30 minutes before the scheduled start time
  • –Registered attendees will receive an Eventbrite email with the Zoom link 10-15 minutes prior to the start of the program

The Dance Palace Community & Cultural Center

(415) 663-1075

www.dancepalace.org

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Nancy Stein – August Dance Palace Lobby Artist

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August 1, 2021 – August 31, 2021 PDT

Inspired by the mercurial weather of West Marin, Nancy’s art is indicative of the wild nature of the sea and land, with the ever-changing, always-inspiring, interplay of light and fog, and the unpredictable winds and weather. Capturing the movement and the transparency of the Point Reyes ocean has been a fascination. Appreciating all aspects of West Marin life, including the animals and landscapes of the ranches, as well as the wild lands in the national seashore have been important subjects, all of it is part of the fabric of life in the community.

Nancy’s art career began with a master’s degree in printmaking at San Francisco State University. She worked in etching, aquatint, and mezzotint for many years before beginning to work on large format pastel paintings in 2001. She moved to West Marin in 1975, where she built her own house and raised her daughter, Ana. In 1996, she built a small rental cabin built from a Douglas Fir tree that broke in half in a storm. Nancy has also worked for many years as a landscape designer/contractor. Nancy’s series of wave pastels is now on Wave #83, and she has recently branched out into working in oil paint. Her work also includes some work in ceramics.

For further information, please visit her website or contact her at NancySteinArt@gmail.com.

Join Nancy for an online artist reception on August 20, starting at 5:00pm. Registration is required, and ends 30 minutes prior to the start of the event. Click here to register via Eventbrite.

The Dance Palace Community & Cultural Center

(415) 663-1075

www.dancepalace.org

Online via Zoom

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United States
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Artist Reception with Sydne Bortel – Dance Palace Artist for January

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January 24, 2021 @ 5:00 pm – 6:00 pm

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 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 before retirement in 1993 from her long clinical social work career. Her hope at that time was to pursue more contemporary quilting techniques and move from traditional quilting to art quilting. Quilt size varies and now all are machine quilted with occasional hand embroidery. She is a qualified quilt judge. Volunteering with Marin AARP Experience Corps, she tutors first graders mostly from immigrant families who live in San Rafael’s Canal area and has worked with the students to create quilts in the classroom. 

This event is free; donations to the Dance Palace are encouraged.  To donate, please visit one of these locations and please mention this event by name:

Please note: 

  • –Registration is required; register here!
  • –Online capacity is limited; one registration is good for all those watching on a single device
  • –Registration will end 30 minutes before the scheduled start time
  • –Registered attendees will receive an Eventbrite email with the Zoom link 10-15 minutes prior to the start of the program

The Dance Palace Community & Cultural Center

(415) 663-1075

www.dancepalace.org

Online via Zoom

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United States
Register on Eventbrite

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Sydne Bortel – January Dance Palace Lobby Artist

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January 1, 2021 – January 31, 2021

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 before retirement in 1993 from her long clinical social work career. Her hope at that time was to pursue more contemporary quilting techniques and move from traditional quilting to art quilting. Quilt size varies and now all are machine quilted with occasional hand embroidery. She is a qualified quilt judge. Volunteering with Marin AARP Experience Corps, she tutors first graders mostly from immigrant families who live in San Rafael’s Canal area and has worked with the students to create quilts in the classroom. 

Join Sydne for an online reception on Sunday, January 24, at 5:00pm. The event is free, but registration is required. Click here to register on Eventbrite.

The Dance Palace Community & Cultural Center

(415) 663-1075

www.dancepalace.org

Online via Zoom

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United States

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Artist Reception with Carol Whitman

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November 14, 2020 @ 5:00 pm – 6:00 pm

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 she was one.  She could master a craft like knitting, and loved the colors involved.  She made jewelry, but there was never that creative spark of an idea that wouldn’t be denied.

Three years ago she converted the entryway in her house to a propagating room, growing flowers from seed.  This led to bouquets that played with design, shape and color.  Then came the pandemic and political turmoil. On June 2, 2020 she came home from a walk carrying some iris seed pods and three small puffball mushrooms.  She arranged them on a table in the garden. Every day since then she’s made a mandala on this table.  After a week of doing this, it was clear that she’d found her genre, at the age of 69.

The morning practice of gathering the plants, making, photographing, editing and sharing the mandala is the silver lining to this era in her life. It provides a calm, quiet focus,  to ground her mind, body and spirit in the present, in the creative process. 

This event 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 website for the month of November by visiting the Dance Palace Art Gallery after November 1.

This event is free; donations are encouraged. To donate, please visit click here and mention this event by name in the comments section. 

Please note:

  • –Registration is required; register at Eventbrite by clicking here.
  • –Online capacity is limited; one registration is good for all those watching on a single device.
  • –Registration will end 30 minutes before the scheduled start time.
  • –Registered attendees will receive an Eventbrite email with the Zoom link 10-15 minutes prior to the start of the program.

The Dance Palace Community & Cultural Center

(415) 663-1075

www.dancepalace.org

Online via Zoom

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United States
Register here via Eventbrite

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Artist Reception – Susan Doyle

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December 15, 2019 @ 12:30 pm – 2:30 pm PST

Susan Doyle
Artist Statement
Inspiration for my artwork comes from current events and my experience
of the world around me. I use a variety of techniques to express my
concerns for political, global, feminist and personal issues. The
immigration crisis inspired me to create large crosses about immigrants
crossing the Mexican-US border. Recent work highlights the most
endangered rivers of the world. I often use the form of a dress and maps in
my work to convey a message. My love of fiber and stitching is evident in
my work.

Opening Reception: Sunday, December 15, 12:30pm – 2:30pm

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