Annual Members Show
December 5, 2025 – January 30, 2026
To become a member and to make a donation so that SRAC can continue to offer this free exhibit, please visit out Membership page. Membership
EXHIBITING MEMBERS
Robin Allison, Sarah Amador, Enid Barnes, Janet Barocco, Susan Barri, Joan Blumenberg, Bob Boyd, Tanya Braunstein, Ralph Broussard, Terry Brown, Barbara Bucciarelli, Robin Burgert, MC Carolyn, Christine Church, Cornelius Collins, Catherine Hanlon Cruz, John W. Cruz, Zann Cuellar, Megan Dehn, Joy Dellas, Donna Delzell, Danielle Devore, Tara M. Dickinson, Linda C. Donahue, Max DuBois, Linda Dunnivant, Simmon Factor, Laurie Beth Finkelstein, Elizabeth Gomes, Sidne Goodwin, Julia Grant, Peggy Grills, Lizette Guy, William Haigwood, Carolyn Hall, Virginia Harrison, Adriane Hatkoff, Pamela Heck, Hilary Hecker, Nathan Hegedus, Alissa Hirshfeld, Monica Holliday, Rendell Hourigan, John James, Brian Kellogg, Barbara (Babette) Kemler, Carol Korzow, Linda Malone, Patricia Marina, Christina Markell, Brian Martens, Sandi Maurer, Pamela Gene Miller, Carol Mills, Rod Mitchell, Emilie Munsch, Gloria Naisbitt, José Padilla, Oksana Pekker, John Picchi, Mimi Read, Connie Robeson, Pippin Ross, Michon Sardella, Dan Scannell, Christina Schweitzer, Dee Schweitzer, Hudson Schweitzer, Shinga Shell, Marinka Solman, Susandra Spicer, Joyce Terres, Rakshika Thakor, Mark R. Thomas, Karen Vanderwolk, Merrill Vargo, Robert Vente, Enedina Vera, Chris Vetrano, Linda Weber, Alexis Wilson, Valerie L. Winslow, Kay Young
Small Works: Words and Letters
January 2 – February 28, 2026
Artis reception Friday January 2 5-8pm
Hieroglyphics to graffiti, Picasso to Brillo pad boxes – today words are wedded to art and artists are still pushing the boundaries in paintings, photographs, printmaking, sculpture, and ceramics.
Words are a very old feature of art. Recall ancient hieroglyphics and illuminated manuscripts. It might be said that our words grew out of the creation of art, even as words and art seemed to diverge many millennia in the past. Words returned to the canvass in the early 20th century when artists like Picasso and Braque incorporated letters and words from periodicals or labels into their paintings. The use of words exploded with the development of conceptional art when the idea behind the art began to have greater meaning. Pop Art took the use of language, from Brillo pad boxes and Campbell Soup cans, to another level. And today artists push boundaries by projecting words into paintings and photographs and even on to the sides of buildings. Street artists, too, rely heavily on text to amplify their works.
Art: Denise Suzuki (left) Joy Dellas (right)
Press Democrat article 1/2/26
https://www.pressdemocrat.com/2025/12/30/new-santa-rosa-art-exhibition-explores-the-power-of-words-and-letters/
