YOSEMITE RENAISSANCE XXIV ART EXHIBIT

June 13 - August 1, 2009

Reception: June 13, 2009 - 5:30 - 8:00PM
Marcellus Gallery

Yosemite Renaissance, which is now in its twenty-fourth year, organizes an annual art exhibit that encourages diverse interpretations of Yosemite and the environment of the Sierra Nevada. From a record number of nearly 600 entries, 43 paintings, photographs, sculptures and drawings by 38 artists from across the country were selected for this year’s Yosemite Renaissance XXIV exhibit. This exhibit is one of the best ever mounted by Yosemite Renaissance, including a broad range of works from the representational to the abstract.

Yosemite Renaissance XXIV will be on view at the Yosemite Museum Gallery from February 28 until May 3, 2009 (10 to Noon and 1 to 4 PM). The public is invited to the opening reception which will be held from 5:30 to 7:30 PM on Friday, February 27th. The exhibit will travel to the following locations: Hanford (Kings Art Center), June-July; Mariposa County Government Center, August-September; Redwood City (San Mateo County Office of Education), October--November; Turlock (City Hall), November-December.

The artists included in Yosemite Renaissance XXIV are: Margaret J. Bever, Christine M. Brand, Linda Brown, Elizabeth Carmel, Charles Cramer, Jane Culp, Stephen Curl, Karen Donaldson, Steve Emery, Ira Estin, Jim Fitzgerald, Michael Frye, Joan Hoffmann, Debra Huse, Sally Landis, Jonathan Levy, Christine White Loberg, Jay Mather, Collin Murphy, William Neill, Ted Orland, Penny Otwell, Brad Rippe, David Robertson, George H. Robertson, Tony Rowell, Barbara Gill Salerno, Jody Sears, Jon Shiu, Mary Sibert, Joe Sumner, Steven Thaw, Matt Theilen, Andie Thrams, Trice Tolle, Hope Werness, Don Whitebread, and Peggy Wyman.

The goals of Yosemite Renaissance are to bring together the works of serious contemporary artists that do not simply duplicate traditional representations; to establish a continuum with past generations of Yosemite artists; and to help re-establish visual art as a major interpretive medium of the landscape and a stimulus to the protection of the environment. Historically, the arts have played a major role in the establishment of our park systems. It is the hope of Yosemite Renaissance that they can be just as important in future efforts to preserve, protect and expand our parks.

Yosemite Renaissance is a non-profit organization for the arts of Yosemite, supported, in part, by funds and services from the Mariposa County Board of Supervisors, Delaware North Companies Parks & Resorts, the National Park Service and the Ansel Adams Gallery.

This outstanding exhibit is sponsored by M. Green and Company, LLP
and Janet and Sid Sharp
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