Sebastopol Center for the Arts

10/16/2026

Dinner tastes better when you get to keep the bowl! Join us for The Bowl, one of SebArts' favorite annual fundraising events, bringing together local artists, chefs, and our community for a special evening.

Here's how it works: Choose a one-of-a-kind, hand-thrown bowl created by a SebArts ceramicist, then enjoy a savory dish prepared by a local chef, served right in your new keepsake bowl!
The evening also includes appetizers, a silent auction, and three short films presented by the Sebastopol Documentary Film Festival. W**e will be available for purchase.

The Bowl
📅 Saturday, November 14 | 6–8 PM
📍 Sebastopol Center for the Arts
🎟️ Get your tickets before they sell out!
🔗 Learn more and purchase tickets at the link in our bio!

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10/14/2026

10/13/2026

You are cordially invited to the opening reception of the Artist Accelerator Exhibition at Taylor Lane Coffee, on October 23rd, from 3-5pm. Meet the artists and see all their beautiful work! The exhibition will be on view from October 20th to November 16th, with opening hours of 7am-5pm.

10/09/2026

Need to slow down? Looking for a new way to express yourself? 🍂

Our Arts Education Coordinator, Carolyn Marshall, is here with a few beautiful ways to get creative and make something with your hands this fall:

📓 Upcycled Journal Workshop with Rendell | Oct 21
Turn recycled boxes and papers into a handmade journal that’s all yours.
🧶 Ultra Textural Weaving with Vicky | Oct 25
Play with fiber, fringe, tassels and more, all woven onto an unexpected surface: plastic fencing.
✏️ Intro to Drawing Portraits from Photos with Hannah | Nov 4, 11 & 18
Build core drawing techniques and observation skills while creating portraits from photographs.

No experience? No problem. Just come ready to create.

Embrace the season of change and try something new. Come make art with us this fall. 🎨

Visit https://www.sebarts.org/classes-lectures to learn more.

10/09/2026

Creativity is an act of courage 🎸

Join us this Sunday, October 11 at 5pm, for a musical performance that will put some wind in your sails, and recharge your creative battery 🔋

Bay Area singer-songwriters and Supernova Support founders, Karen Joy Brown and Katie Phillips, along with Briget Boyle and Joni Davis present an afternoon of original songs that beautifully sing the unsayable, and unapologetically confront internal and external obstacles to personal and artistic freedom.

This “All Songs Considered” style performance and discussion explores the stories and creative process behind the song that will leave listeners feeling inspired and empowered to incite their own creative revolution.

We'll see you there, creating in solidarity ✊️🎵

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10/06/2026

For the past month, our ceramics studio—aka the ClayGround—has been home to artist-in-residence Li Zhanyang, a contemporary artist from Chongqing, China, and the Sichuan Fine Arts Institute, with more than 30 years of exhibiting around the world.

In just four weeks, Li created about seventeen new ceramic works, a remarkable feat in a medium where every piece takes patience, time, and many long hours. Inspired by our exhibition’s animal theme and the wide-open spaces of West County, his work draws on the farms—the horses and cattle all around us—the cowboys and Western landscapes he grew up watching in American films, and even the lasting echo of Christo’s Running Fence across these hills.

What moved us most was how Li described his time here: “The people at SebArts feel like a family.” 🧡 Thank you, Li, for the art, the friendships, and for reminding us what a community-built arts center can be. And thank you to Stephen, Xiaojie, Alice, and everyone who helped make this residency feel like home.

Li’s solo exhibition and farewell party is today, October 6, featuring the work he created during his residency. Come see it in person and celebrate with us!

10/06/2026

Some films stay with you long after the credits roll. ✨

"Come See Me in the Good Light" follows poet Andrea Gibson as they navigate an ovarian cancer diagnosis alongside their partner and fellow poet, Megan Falley. It’s a story of heartbreak, but also of love, laughter, and finding beauty in everyday life.

Beautiful, uplifting, and deeply sad, this film reminds us to be present—to notice the small moments of joy and make room for them, even when life feels overwhelming.

That’s the power of art: it can help us see the world differently. It’s what we celebrate through documentary film, and what poets like Sonoma County Poet Laureate Claire Drucker Claire Drucker bring to our community.

I can’t recommend this film enough. If you’ve seen it, I’d love to hear what stayed with you. 🤍

10/01/2026

Have you heard about the newest club in town? 🏺✨ Meet SebTown Clay Club, our new afterschool ceramics series for young artists.

In Sebastopol, students get out of school early on Wednesdays, so we're filling those afternoons with clay! Led by our youth ceramics instructor, Rogelio Cruz, Clay Club gives kids the freedom to create whatever they imagine. Rogelio guides each student and teaches hand-building techniques along the way.

Each series has a new theme to spark those imaginations:

👻 Oct 7–21: Creepy Cryptids, Monsters & Ghouls
🐙 Oct 28–Nov 18: Under the Fantasea: Going Underwater
🧚 Dec 2–16: Cerama-Mini Mania: Faeries, Goblins & Elves

Join us: Wednesdays, 1:00–4:30 PM, starting October 7

🔗 Learn more and sign up at the link in our bio Youth Art Program — Sebastopol Center For the Arts, California

09/29/2026

Our next exhibition is one you won't want to miss… 🌕

Presented with Asian American Pacific Islander Coalition of North Bay and the Many Moons Festival, this juried exhibition explores identity, heritage, belonging, and cultural expression through the work of Asian and Pacific Islander artists.

Mark your calendars:
🌙 Opening Reception: Sunday, September 27, 2–4pm at SebArts
🌙 Many Moons Festival: Saturday, October 3, 11am–7pm at Ives Park, Sebastopol
This is a community celebration of Asian & Pacific Islander cultures.

We're so excited to share this art and these AAPI cultural events with the North Bay community. We can't wait to see you there! ✨

Plan your visit at sebarts.org/exhibits (link in bio)

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