Open Air Art Show Highlights Local Talent

SACRAMENTO REGION, CA (MPG) - On Saturday and Sunday, September 19 and 20, weary residents from Carmichael, Fair Oaks and surrounding communities are invited to venture from their homes into a one-of-a-kind Open Air / Open Mind / OPEN heART Studio. Located in a natural setting known as Shangri-La to Carmichael neighbors, eight artists with their work will be spread throughout the property with ‘social distancing’ ensured by the use of six-foot-long bamboo walking sticks.

Making an appearance will be a larger than life shaggy sculpted dog named ‘Rolrex’ complete with a collar of old watches. Rolrex is reminiscent of the shaggy Komondor Hungarian sheepdog.

Show sponsor and organizer, artist Sue Anne Foster has made masks for the artists from their own images. Guests are asked to bring their own masks. Foster, president of Valley Sculpture Artists, works to repurpose found objects, and recently began using discarded pipe organ parts from one of the other featured artists Paul Dessau who repairs and builds pipe organs. Two of Foster’s pipe organ sculptures will be on display. One piece called “Pipe Dreams” won an award of excellence at the last California State Fair.

Artists in the Sacramento area are a close-knit community. On Saturday, Dessau, also a celebrated photo collage artist will unveil his newest commissioned 30” x 40” piece, a surprise for one of the artists in the group.  Dessau’s piece shows Anne Bradley of Carmichael at her favorite haunt, Sunshine Steel Recycling, where she scavenges for parts for her sculptures and paintings paper design.  Dessau also collaged the names of each person who contributed to the commissioned work to celebrate the long and rich career of Bradley. Other samples of his collage work will be on view and he will also demonstrate his technique.  Bradley will be showing visitors how she attaches metal and other objects to her paintings.

Visitors roaming the grounds will also be treated to the works of well-known ‘kinetic sculptor Phill Evans of Fair Oaks, sculptor Chris Thompson, mixed media artist Mary Ann Lowe of Sacramento, and Janet Regan of Fair Oaks, a gourd artist.

The work of late silk painting artist, Ann Ragland Bowns known for her Ansel Adams-like prints & cards in the brilliant colors of Yosemite will be shown by Bernadette Young, co-creator of the event. There will be art-to-wear and you can add your touch to a collective piece of repoussé to try your hand at metal tooling.

Guests are invited to walk the 40’ x 50’ labyrinth in the Garden or feed with the chickens who have the right of way!  

Check Facebook events page for more stories and information about this happening and these artists. Contacts: [email protected] or call 916-342-4293

Location is 5204 Winding Way (Between Garfield & Walnut). Enter and park on the corner of Valhalla.

 

Let’s TRANSCEND this PANDEMIC!!