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This is the Arts District

NEWS & EVENTS:

Phantom Gallery

NEW SHOW OPENS JANUARY 15!
If These Walls Could Talk: A Painting and Installation Habitat by Frederic Carpenter, click here for details

Opening Reception: Friday, January 15, 5-8pm
Phantom Gallery, 535 7th Street, Santa Rosa

 

 

Arts District Logo

On June 2, 2009, the City Council adopted the City of Santa Rosa Arts District Business Plan. Approved by the Art in Public Places Committee in May 2008, the Business Plan identifies and assesses Santa Rosa’s current art and cultural assets and maps out steps which can be taken to develop a rich and vibrant Arts District downtown. It addresses how the Arts District can support itself in the coming years and provides concrete action steps for meeting these goals.

Executive Summary PDF

Complete Business Plan PDF (4Mb)

 

 

All America

The City of Santa Rosa won the prestigious All America City Award from the National Civic League in April, 2007 and we are proud to announce that the Arts District was one of three projects contributing to what makes our city a winner!

WHAT is the Arts District: Since the 1990s, the City of Santa Rosa has strived to build a thriving public art program. In recent years, these efforts have paid off with tremendous successes, including the creation of the Santa Rosa Arts District.

Downtown Santa Rosa is now a designated Arts District. The Community is encouraged to bring art and cultural events to the district, benefiting the area and the entire region.

The goal of the Arts District is to create a beautiful and inspiring destination that maximizes the public’s opportunities to experience art.

Arts in Santa Rosa Report 11/06 PDF

Arts District Progress Report 12/07PDF

Arts District Phase I Accomplishments & Phase II Focus PDF

WHERE: The Arts District lies in the area bordered by College Avenue and Bennett Valley Road, and Brookwood Avenue and west of Railroad Square. Click here for a mapPDF.

With venues like Courthouse and Railroad Squares, Juilliard Park, Luther Burbank Home & Gardens, A Street Gallery and The Sonoma County Museum, a wide range of arts and cultural experiences will celebrate the full spectrum of arts media and expressions. The goal of the Arts District is to create a beautiful and inspiring destination that maximizes the public’s opportunities to experience art.

WHEN: New Arts District events are in the works as we speak! Check this site regularly for updated information on all of our happenings, as well as art and cultural events going on in the downtown. Check out the "Upcoming Events" list on the top right of this page.

You will find perodic listings of our “Happenings” in the City’s Adventure Guide, The North Bay Bohemian and The Press Democrat. This list is updated on a regular basis. To contribute, please email your downtown event info to tmatheny_schuster@srcity.org.

WHO: The Arts District...Downtown Santa Rosa is a program of the Recreation and Parks Department's Art in Public Places Committee. Click here to find other Art in Public Places programs, like the Civic Artwalk, public sculpture installations and more!

 

 UPCOMING EVENTS

January 8 First Friday at the Sonoma County Museum, 5-7pm. Public Opening Reception & First Friday celebration for Adam Wolpert: Sonoma County Landscapes. Performance by Tony Presti featuring Abigail Rowland (folk rock), 425 7th Street

January 8-February 7 Hank Williams: Lost Highway, presented by the 6th Street Playhouse, 52 W. 6th Street. Click here for showtimes and tickets

January 9 Art Reception: A Century of American Color Block Prints, 12-5pm. The Annex Galleries, 604 College Avenue. On display through February 27, call (707) 546-7352 for more info

January 12 Gallery Talk with Adam Wolpert, in conjunction with his show: Sonoma County Landscapes. 6:30pm, Sonoma County Museum, 425 7th Street. Admission. Please RSVP to (707) 579-1500 x17

January 14-23 William Shakespeare's The Tempest, presented by The Imaginists Teen Ensemble. The Imaginists Theatre, 461 Sebastopol Avenue. Visit www.theimaginists.org for details

January 15 Opening Reception: If These Walls Could Talk- A Painting and Installation Exhibit by Frederic Carpenter, 5-8pm at the Phantom Gallery, 535 7th Street

 CONTACT US

Tara Matheny-Schuster, Arts Coordinator
Recreation, Parks & Community Services
(707) 543-4512
tmatheny_schuster@srcity.org