Exhibition Dates: Saturday, January 28 – Sunday, February 26, 2023
Opening Reception: Saturday, January 28, 4:00 pm – 6:00 pm
Exhibition Location: Arts Benicia, Commanding Officer’s Quarters, 1 Commandant’s Lane, Benicia.
Art of a Community 2023 exhibition is the annual members-only show featuring artwork by our artist members.
Family Art Day: Sunday, February 19, 2023 1:00 pm – 3:00 pm
Family Art Day is creative art-making for all members of the family and is inspired by our upcoming Art of a Community exhibition. We are excited to announce that local artist Dina Farris Appel will be leading a watercolor project for the day. Dina has over three decades of professional experience as an artist, illustrator, muralist, art therapist, and art teacher. Dina’s colorful and expressive paintings in acrylic, watercolor, and collage currently focus on wildlife conservation. Dina loves sharing her knowledge of art and helping students find joy in learning and creating.
Family Art Day is always a free event and is open to the public with no need to pre-register. Art materials are supplied.
Art of a Community Artists in Exhibition:
Suzun Almquist, Janis Anton, Omar Antonio, Chris Archer, Valentina Arenas, Thomas Arie Donch, David Baker, Marilyn Bardet, Nikki Basch Davis, Roger Bass, Annette Laurel Batchelor, Flora Baumann, Cathy Bennett, Jan Blythe, Paula Boas, Jayne Garrick Boyd, Carla Marie Bratt, Mark Bremer, Alys Briggs, Janet Brock-Hughes, Elizabeth Bush, Suze Castillo-Muñoz, Fang Chang, Loralee Chapleau, Terin Christensen, MJ Coleman, Carin Coleridge, Mary M. Conner, Jean Swanson Coppock, Jane Yuen Corich, Richard Cruser, Carol Dalton, Vicki Dennis, Elizabeth Denton, Kevin Denton, Joan Clair DiStefano, Pam Dixon, Barbara Duvall, Mark Eanes, Susan Erickson, Ellen Håkensen Faris, Dina Farris Appel, Christina Finnie, David Fitzgerald, Pam Fletcher, Bodil Fox, Larnie Fox, Nancy Freeman, Julia Furbee, Kathleen Gadway, Joe Garcia, Virginia S. George, Josie Grant, Stephanie Gray, Gordon Gray, Merry Curran Gregg, Dijana Harding, Laurence Harding, Tina M. Hariu,Phyllis Hartzell, Karen Hatzigeorgiou, Linda V. Hubbard, Peter Hubbard, Terry Hughes, Daniel Hunter, Sandy Imperatori, Peg Jackson, Kael Ternoir James, Lesley Jensen, Renaye Johnson, Jeanette Kanozik, Cydne Kaye, Mary Frances Kelly Poh, Shadi Kiaee, Daniel Klapprott, Sandy Kovalcik, Roswitha M. Kress, Charles Kruger, Judy Lamb, Ninette Larson, Ronna Leon, Karen Leoni, Tibby Lerner, Laurie LeTellier, JoAnn Lieberman, Teeda LoCodo, Lucinda Lundin, Stan Lovett, Steve Mainini, Patricia Mainini-Storer, Tracie Manipis, Susan Marcus Sachs, Doug Marshall, Shannon Martinez, Mark Mattioli, Elizabeth McKinne, Samantha McNally, Peter McNeill, Connie Millholland, Eileen Starr Moderbacher, Dixie Mohan, Cathy Moore, Kate Moriarty, Sahar Mozaffar, Sidney Mullen, David Myriad, Christopher Naughton, Ebba Navas, Sarah Nep, Nick Nourot, Tricia O’Brien, Cherol Ockrassa, Loretta Ose, Richard Padfield, Marie W. Parks, Denia Phipps, Jean Purnell, Anne Morrison Rabe, Jan Radesky, Anita Rama, Jonathan Ramirez, Barbara Rebhan, Keely Reyes, Sharon Page Ritchie, Jennifer Riggs, Gay Roche, Brian Rothstein, Xioneida Ruiz, Monique Rutherford, Michiko Sakai, Vernon Sanders, Maria SantoStefano, Marilyn Schaeffer, Karen Elise Schlumpp, Robert Schwiebert, Randi Scott, Celeste Smeland, Kim Smith, Mary Ann Stanley, Charlene Steen, David Stellato, Melissa Stephens, Susan Street, Cathryn Strong, Ralph Strong, Tom Strychacz, Peter Stucky & Dana Rottler, Judith S. Sullivan, Akiko Suzuki, Patty Taylor, Sabine Thompson, Charlynn Throckmorton, Nancy Tolin, Jeffrey Tover, Toby Tover, Nancy Vachani, Michael Van Auken, Michael Vecchio, Elizabeth Verigin, Maggie Viale, Maggy Walton, Claudia Waters, Jack Weaver, Kenneth Weichel, David Welch, Angela White, Mira M. White, Laurie K. Whitehill, Sabina Yates
Sponsored in part by Happy Life Pottery, a local art/gift store and ceramics studio located in the heart of Benicia.
Artwork: “Pastel Tide, Benicia” by Maria SantoStefano