Chronological History of Santa Rosa Arts Center 2014 – 2020
Making Santa Rosa an Arts and Culture Destination
2014
March, 2014 Robin and Simmon Factor open Chroma Gallery at 312 South A Street, Santa Rosa California in the SOFA Arts District
May 23-June 11, 2014 Follow the Money, the art of Nick Mancillas
July 2-August 3, 2014 The SOFA Show
August, 2014 Chroma Gallery begins the First Fridays Open Studios which continue to the present
August 23-September 28 Jack Jones: Tribute to a Master Artist
August 23-September 28 Paintings by Robin Factor & Mixed Media Art by Simmon Factor
August 23- September 20, 2014 Raptors Live Art Live Bird Events, Classes & Demo by Jonqui Albin
October 1-November 15, 2014 Mask-Arrayed: The Art of Masks Today
November 26-December 28, 2014 Art Mechanique: Ken Berman’s World
2015
February 4-March1, 2015 Small Works Show, 2015
Weekly figure drawing begins with live models: thru 2018
January 2-29, 2015 Art of the Figure
March 11-April 4, 2015 Dreamings: Australian Aboriginal Art
April 8-May 10, 2015 Emerging Artist Series: Shinga Shell
June 3-July 10, 2015 Metamorphosis: The Art of Change and Rebirth
June-July, 2015 Summer Art Camp for Children
Monthly live music benefits for KRCB in the gallery’s backyard June-October, 2015
August 6-September 13, 2015 Like Nothing Seen Before: Collage & Assemblage Today
October 1-November 14, 2015 Corners of the Mouth: The Art of Nourishment
October 28, 2015 An Evening with Richard Heinberg A Benefit for the Post Carbon Institute
November 20-December 27, 2015 Four Seasons: Sonoma County Landscapes
December 11, 2015 Vivaldi’s Four Seasons Concertos performed by the Richard Heinberg Quintet
2016
February 4-March 5, 2016 Small Works 2016
March 17-April 22, 2016 Art of the Figure
April 29-May 29, 2016 Live on the Wall: The Art of Simmon Factor
Monthly live music benefits for KRCB in the gallery’s backyard June-October, 2016
June 2-July 24, 2016 The Art of Music
June-July, 2016 Summer Art Camp for Children
July 8, 2016 J.S. Bach’s Goldberg Variations performed by the Gaia String Trio
September 1-October 8, 2016 Flight
November 1-December 3, 2016 Visible Dreams-Surrealism and Fantasy
December 8, 2016-January 8, 2017 Small Works Show
December 10, 2016 Vivaldi’s Four Seasons Concertos performed by the Richard Heinberg Quintet
2017
January 29, 2017 Family Matters drama presented by Off the Wall Readers Theater
January 27-March 11, 2017 Art of the Figure
April 6-May 27, 2017 Nature Unbound
June 2- July, 22, 2017 Crossing Boundaries
August 4-September 27, 2017 Sightings: Juried photography show
September 2017 Chroma Gallery becomes Santa Rosa Arts Center, a non-profit organization under the fiscal stewardship of Inquiring Systems, Inc.
September 27-November 4, 2017 Secret Identities: Masks and the Art of Concealment
September 29, 2017 Visual Music and Early Abstract Films in association with the Center for Visual Music
December 1-31, 2017 Small Works Show
2018
January 5-February 4, 2018 4th Annual Art of the Figure
February 9-March 25, 2018 Healing By Art: After the Fires (The first SRAC show)
April 6-May 20, 2018 1st Annual Members Show
May 11, 2018 Music Benefit for SRAC featuring Joyride & New Skye Band
June 2 and 16, 2018 Healing by Writing: After the Fires Free Workshops and Reading
June 1-July 27, 2018 Healing by Art 2: Landscape and Memories
July 21, 2018 Music Benefit for SRAC featuring Batacha
July, 2018 Highway 101 in the Neighborhood (in association with the Anthropology Dept of Sonoma State and the Museum of Sonoma County)
August 3-September 22, 2018 The Controlled Accident: Intuitive Abstract Works
August 25, 2018 Music Benefit for SRAC featuring Bear Bones Band
September 14, 2018 The Farallons & Duo Giuliani in Concert
October 5- November 17, 2018 Wonder and Whimsy: An Exhibit of Collage and
Assemblage
2019
December 7, 2018-January 19, 2019 Small Works: A Big Show of Little Art
February 1-March 22, 2019 Healing the Environment
March 18, 2019 Luz, An Evening of Flamenco
April 5-28, 2019 2nd Annual Members Show
May 3-24, 2019 Santa Rosa High School Students Art Exhibit
May, 2019 High School Art Competition sponsored by Congressman Mike Thompson (CA-05)
June 7-July 26, 2019 A Day in the Life: An Exhibition of Photography
June 14, 2019 Oceans Flamenco en Vivo
June 24-27, 2019 Art Explorers Summer Art Camp for 5-13 year olds
August 1-September 27, 2019 Crossing Borders: Immigration and Boundaries
Also: Painting, Drawing and Figure Drawing classes
Thursdays September 12, October 3, November 14, December 12, 2019 Speakeasy: Poetry and Singer/Songwriters
October 6, 2019 The Artists Shack Afternoon salon space
November 18, 2019 Flamenco with Savannah Fuentes
November 22, 2019 The Farallons and Duo Giuliani concert
October 3-November 22, 2019 The Other Me: Masks That Reveal
December 5, 2019-January 31, 2020 Small Works
2020
January 7 – February 27 The 19th Amendment