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Hello Tomorrow - Art for the Environment
A new exhibit provokes with environmental, social and political expressions.
The Petaluma arts community is culturally deep, with longevity. Summer art classes for youth are in full swing at the Petaluma Arts Center at 230 Lakeville Street. Dia Del Los Muertos activities in Autumn, headquartered at the Arts Center, have broad regional multicultural appeal and expression of Heart.
One of my favorite galleries in downtown Petaluma is Pelican Art Gallery. Located at 143 Petaluma Blvd. North, the gallery is multi-dimensional, with art exhibits, custom framing, and community events, such as West Side Stories and other socially relevant and enjoyable experiences.
An inspiring regional visit is to the David Brower Center at 2150 Allston Way in Berkeley. The center, named for environmentalist David Brower, is a progressive, LEED-platinum building, housing organizations and businesses such as the Center for Ecoliteracy, Bay Area Hub, and Bay Area Open Space Council.
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Now through September 2, Hello Tomorrow, an exhibit of 22 artists is on display in the Hazel Wolf Gallery on the Center's first floor. Naming rooms and floors in the David Brower Center was a conscientious process. The late Hazel Wolf, co-founder of the Seattle Audubon Society and the Community Coalition for Environmental Justice, was well known for environmental advocacy in D.C., especially for wetlands and wildlife.
Artists for Hello Tomorrow were asked to create works in response to David Brower's statement, "Have a good time saving the world. Otherwise, you're just going to depress yourself." Selected from 500 submissions, the 22 are a mixture of medias, each with the artist's individual response to the Brower observation. They are, at once, surprising and familiar, resonant and disturbing.
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If in Berkeley between now and September 2, and if you have friends in the East Bay who enjoy provocative environmental-social-political expressions through art, this is an exhibit to absorb and enjoy.
While there, a few surprises may be discovered by a walk-through the David Brower Center itself.
