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Table Of Contents
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Published by the Mendocino Art Center
VOL. XL NO. 2, July, 2009
Sue Siskin
Sue Siskin: Life Adventure In Painting
David Jenks and the Art of Skies
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Peter Dobbins: Light on the Edge
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It’s in the Genes: Artistic Families 18
Samantha: 1999 – 2009 20
Panthers and Jungles, Oh My! 21
Downtown Fort Bragg
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Mendocino County Gallery Guide
28
Larry Wagner’s Artists of the Mendocino Coast Volume II 32
Tom Boek’s Willow and Found Wood Furniture 34
Mendocino County Restaurant Reviews
36
Wine Column Qué Sirah, Syrah… by Charles Barra
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Food Column Family Dining by Nicholas Petti
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Mendocino County Restaurant Guide
46
An Interview with Ronnie Gilbert 48
Inland Mendocino County Back Road Meanders 50
Reflections on the History of Inland Mendocino County
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Meet the Teachers 60
Mendocino Art Center Summer & Fall Workshops 64
Gallery of Artists
67
Bridges, Huckleberries And Robin Stew 72
Calendar of Events
76
Poetry
80
David Jenks
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Peter Dobbins
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Samantha
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Tom Boek
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ART, CULTURE, CUISINE AND HISTORY IN MENDOCINO COUNTY
PUBLISHER
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ASSOCIATE PUBLISHERS
Marge Stewart
Mike McDonald
EDITOR
Peggy Templer
ART DIRECTOR
Marge Stewart
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COAST – Steven P. Worthen – 707 964-2480, 707 813-7669
Joanna Fleming – 707 357-1060
INLAND – Jill Schmuckley – 707 391-8057
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LAKE COUNTY – Sherry Harris – 707 350-2116
ARTIST ADS – David Russell – 707 964-7085
SUMMER DISTRIBUTION – 15,000
FALL 2009 deadline – JULY 15, 2009
MENDOCINO ART CENTER STAFF
ACTING EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR,
MARKETING DIRECTOR — Mike McDonald
INTERIM EDUCATION COORDINATOR, ASSISTANT TO
THE ACTING EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR — Michele Ketterer
GALLERY MANAGER — Mark Cody
REGISTRAR/CASHIER — Linn Bottorf
PROGRAM DIRECTORS
Ceramics — Darrin Ekern
Digital Arts & Fine Arts –– Marge Stewart
Fiber Arts — Kathy Rousso
Jewelry — Pamela Kahlo, Tara Turner
Sculpture — David Russell, Gert Rasmussen
Young Artists Program — Margaret Paul
FACILITIES COORDINATOR — Gabe Arreguin
HOUSING MANAGER — Jessi Adamson Ekern
MAC BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Tom Becker - tbecker@mcn.org
Robert Burridge
James Cook - jamecook@aol.com
Joan Gates - rgates@mcn.org
Terry Lyon - terrylyon@aol.com
Don McCullough
Dr. Richard L. Miller
Dale Moyer - dale@moyerdesign.com
Don Paglia
Janis Porter
Cynthia Crocker Scott - CCSWNS@aol.com
Brandt Stickel - bstickel@mcn.org
Leona Walden - pacrdg@mcn.org
Lucia Zacha
MENDOCINO ART CENTER
45200 Little Lake Street • P.O. Box 765
Mendocino, CA 95460
707 937-5818 • 800 653-3328
FAX: 707 937-1764
mendoart@mcn.org • www.MendocinoArtCenter.org
Founded by Bill Zacha in 1959 as a nonprofit organization
to support, foster, advance and promote artistic awareness,
participation and expression in all areas of the arts — visual,
literary and performing.
Mendocino Art Center Mission Statement:
The mission of the Mendocino Art Center is to be a vital cultural
resource, providing a broad range of the highest quality educational and exhibition opportunities in the arts to all people.
From the Editor
Summer 2009
Remembering Gayle
In my last editorial I referenced several “milestones and passages”
and I need to do that one more time, to remember my friend and colleague, singer, songwriter and musician Gayle Caldwell, who passed away
in April. We have featured Gayle in our magazine before. A profile of her
exciting and successful life as a musician ran in our March, 2008 issue,
and a review of her new CD, All Is One, ran last October. In the March
issue, Katy Tahja wrote, “Gayle had a colorful history before choosing
peace and quiet over fame and fortune. In her case, it was being a part of
the original New Christy Minstrels in the 1960’s, resulting in music that
people of a certain age remember to this day.” She was also one half of the
pop music duo “Jackie and Gayle,” and if you are “of a certain age,” and
in a mood to be swamped with nostalgia for that magical part of the 60’s
just before all hell broke loose, google “Jackie and Gayle” and “The New
Christy Minstrels.” Watch for the listings for YouTube videos, and check
out Gayle (the dark haired one) and Jackie singing “Poison Ivy,” “Girl
from Ipanema,” and “When You Walk in The Room,” and Gayle and
the other Minstrels performing “Green, Green,” “Follow the Drinking
Gourd,” and others. Brought a lump to my throat – not just for the loss
of Gayle, but for a lost and distant era that was very much a part of my
own coming of age. Don’t miss the beehive hairdos in the audience!
The Mendocino Art Center had a “little job” to offer in 2000,
coordinating a series of Sunday afternoon concerts made possible by a
bequest from Alysoun Huntley Ford. Gayle took on this “little job” and
did it with her usual professionalism right up until her death. Every
concert was meticulously planned; the best musicians hired, technical
arrangements made, publicity put in place, appropriate compensation
secured for the musicians, the piano tuned – Gayle took care of it all. It’s a
hackneyed phrase but in this job she was the “consummate professional.”
Many times I drove in to the Art Center on a Sunday (slightly resentful,
let’s be honest, it being my day off) to help Gayle host a concert, only to
leave feeling I wouldn’t have missed it for the world. We had so many
wonderful concerts. My favorites included the tuba and piano recital
(Zachariah Spellman and Karin Hutchinson), any concert featuring
Marcia Sloane on cello (especially when she performed a piece she had
written just to go with our Marc Chagall exhibit); Spencer Brewer with
Elena Casanova on piano. I could go on. But my MOST FAVORITE, and
Gayle’s too, were the “Songwriters Showcase” events she put together,
featuring local singer/songwriters performing their own compositions in
MAC’s Main Gallery. Some of the featured musicians were Max Forseter,
Margery Crowningshield, Danny Barca, Jason Serfling, Lynn Kiesewetter,
Clarelynn Rose, Meridian Green, Holly Tannen, Kitty Rose, Don Bell and,
of course, Gayle herself, one of the very best. We miss Gayle Caldwell!
Peggy Templer
COVER IMAGE: Warrior – Collage by Sue Siskin
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