Three New Exhibits Open July 11 at Sanchez Art Center
Opening Friday, July 11, are three new art shows at Sanchez Art Center. The Main Gallery features sculptor Gale Wagner’s beautifully made airplanes in Free Flight / Free Spirit, an exhibit curated by Jerry Ross Barrish. In the East Gallery, Nordic 5 Arts presents Runes Revealed, and the West Gallery offers Art Guild of Pacifica’s exhibit titled Full Circle. The opening reception is from 7 to 9 pm on Friday, July 11, with music provided by Rob Hughes and Allen Lee of Vivacé.
Sculptor Gale Wagner has loved airplanes since boyhood. At age 5 he made his first models with plywood and coffee cans. He has been a full-time sculptor since his military service in Vietnam. He studied with Dale Eldred at Kansas City Art Institute, then with ceramic sculptor Peter Voulkos in California. An enthusiastic and outgoing personality, Wagner helped found the Pacifica Rim Sculptors in 1988. During his years of making large public artworks, working with steel, glass, and other materials, Wagner would rest after completing a big project by making an airplane. Now, to our great benefit, he has returned to his early love for aviation with a passion.
Wagner’s planes are powered by rubber bands, but they are very far from model airplanes that come in a kit. His free-flight planes are made with painstaking care and, as he says, with great joy in each phase of the process. He carves and smoothes each delicate balsa wood connecting strip; hand-dyes thin coverings of tissue paper, dying, drying, and re-dying to achieve a color he loves, spending up 200 or more hours building just one plane . . . and then he goes out and sets them free up into the sky! Wagner says he made one plane three times, because the first two disappeared in flight, borne upwards on a thermal wind, never to return. There is an indescribable beauty in these free-flight planes, an ineffable compound made of the artist’s joy, skill, and craft, his respect for materials, and the pure love of making art.
Gale Wagner will talk about his work with Curator Jerry Ross Barrish on Sunday, August 10, at 4 pm. This discussion is free to the public, and promises to be both informative and entertaining.
Showing concurrently is Runes Revealed, an exhibit by Nordic 5 Arts, a group of Bay Area artists of Nordic/Scandinavian descent. (The “5†in the group’s title refers to the five Scandinavian countries: Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway, and Sweden.) In this mixed media exhibit, the artists take an in-depth look at part of their heritage, the ancient and mysterious early alphabet called runes. This script of the Old Norse and Vikings predates the introduction of the Latin alphabet in the 12th century, and was not only a simple representation of sounds. Each rune was imbued with symbolism, mystery, and an association with specific gods in Norse mythology. The artists chose one or more runes, either by drawing randomly from a bag of “divination runes,†or by choosing a specific rune that spoke to them. They then created contemporary and personal artistic interpretations using various mediums, painting, prints, sculpture, textile and photography. Each piece is accompanied by the meaning of the rune(s) and a description of the work.
show less
Opening Friday, July 11, are three new art shows at Sanchez Art Center. The Main Gallery features sculptor Gale Wagner’s beautifully made airplanes in Free Flight / Free Spirit, an exhibit curated by Jerry Ross Barrish. In the East Gallery, Nordic 5 Arts presents Runes Revealed, and the West Gallery offers Art Guild of Pacifica’s exhibit titled Full Circle. The opening reception is from 7 to 9 pm on Friday, July 11, with music provided by Rob Hughes and Allen Lee of Vivacé.
Sculptor Gale Wagner has loved airplanes since boyhood. At age 5 he made his first models with plywood and coffee cans. He has been a full-time sculptor since his military service in Vietnam. He studied with Dale Eldred at Kansas City Art Institute, then with ceramic sculptor Peter Voulkos in California. An enthusiastic and outgoing personality, Wagner helped found the Pacifica Rim Sculptors in 1988. During his years of making large public artworks, working with steel, glass, and other materials, Wagner would rest after completing a big project by making an airplane. Now, to our great benefit, he has returned to his early love for aviation with a passion.
Wagner’s planes are powered by rubber bands, but they are very far from model airplanes that come in a kit. His free-flight planes are made with painstaking care and, as he says, with great joy in each phase of the process. He carves and smoothes each delicate balsa wood connecting strip; hand-dyes thin coverings of tissue paper, dying, drying, and re-dying to achieve a color he loves, spending up 200 or more hours building just one plane . . . and then he goes out and sets them free up into the sky! Wagner says he made one plane three times, because the first two disappeared in flight, borne upwards on a thermal wind, never to return. There is an indescribable beauty in these free-flight planes, an ineffable compound made of the artist’s joy, skill, and craft, his respect for materials, and the pure love of making art.
Gale Wagner will talk about his work with Curator Jerry Ross Barrish on Sunday, August 10, at 4 pm. This discussion is free to the public, and promises to be both informative and entertaining.
Showing concurrently is Runes Revealed, an exhibit by Nordic 5 Arts, a group of Bay Area artists of Nordic/Scandinavian descent. (The “5†in the group’s title refers to the five Scandinavian countries: Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway, and Sweden.) In this mixed media exhibit, the artists take an in-depth look at part of their heritage, the ancient and mysterious early alphabet called runes. This script of the Old Norse and Vikings predates the introduction of the Latin alphabet in the 12th century, and was not only a simple representation of sounds. Each rune was imbued with symbolism, mystery, and an association with specific gods in Norse mythology. The artists chose one or more runes, either by drawing randomly from a bag of “divination runes,†or by choosing a specific rune that spoke to them. They then created contemporary and personal artistic interpretations using various mediums, painting, prints, sculpture, textile and photography. Each piece is accompanied by the meaning of the rune(s) and a description of the work.
Three New Exhibits Open July 11 at Sanchez Art Center
Opening Friday, July 11, are three new art shows at Sanchez Art Center. The Main Gallery features sculptor Gale Wagner’s beautifully made airplanes in Free Flight / Free Spirit, an exhibit curated by Jerry Ross Barrish. In the East Gallery, Nordic 5 Arts presents Runes Revealed, and the West Gallery offers Art Guild of Pacifica’s exhibit titled Full Circle. The opening reception is from 7 to 9 pm on Friday, July 11, with music provided by Rob Hughes and Allen Lee of Vivacé.
Sculptor Gale Wagner has loved airplanes since boyhood. At age 5 he made his first models with plywood and coffee cans. He has been a full-time sculptor since his military service in Vietnam. He studied with Dale Eldred at Kansas City Art Institute, then with ceramic sculptor Peter Voulkos in California. An enthusiastic and outgoing personality, Wagner helped found the Pacifica Rim Sculptors in 1988. During his years of making large public artworks, working with steel, glass, and other materials, Wagner would rest after completing a big project by making an airplane. Now, to our great benefit, he has returned to his early love for aviation with a passion.
Wagner’s planes are powered by rubber bands, but they are very far from model airplanes that come in a kit. His free-flight planes are made with painstaking care and, as he says, with great joy in each phase of the process. He carves and smoothes each delicate balsa wood connecting strip; hand-dyes thin coverings of tissue paper, dying, drying, and re-dying to achieve a color he loves, spending up 200 or more hours building just one plane . . . and then he goes out and sets them free up into the sky! Wagner says he made one plane three times, because the first two disappeared in flight, borne upwards on a thermal wind, never to return. There is an indescribable beauty in these free-flight planes, an ineffable compound made of the artist’s joy, skill, and craft, his respect for materials, and the pure love of making art.
Gale Wagner will talk about his work with Curator Jerry Ross Barrish on Sunday, August 10, at 4 pm. This discussion is free to the public, and promises to be both informative and entertaining.
Showing concurrently is Runes Revealed, an exhibit by Nordic 5 Arts, a group of Bay Area artists of Nordic/Scandinavian descent. (The “5†in the group’s title refers to the five Scandinavian countries: Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway, and Sweden.) In this mixed media exhibit, the artists take an in-depth look at part of their heritage, the ancient and mysterious early alphabet called runes. This script of the Old Norse and Vikings predates the introduction of the Latin alphabet in the 12th century, and was not only a simple representation of sounds. Each rune was imbued with symbolism, mystery, and an association with specific gods in Norse mythology. The artists chose one or more runes, either by drawing randomly from a bag of “divination runes,†or by choosing a specific rune that spoke to them. They then created contemporary and personal artistic interpretations using various mediums, painting, prints, sculpture, textile and photography. Each piece is accompanied by the meaning of the rune(s) and a description of the work.
read more
Opening Friday, July 11, are three new art shows at Sanchez Art Center. The Main Gallery features sculptor Gale Wagner’s beautifully made airplanes in Free Flight / Free Spirit, an exhibit curated by Jerry Ross Barrish. In the East Gallery, Nordic 5 Arts presents Runes Revealed, and the West Gallery offers Art Guild of Pacifica’s exhibit titled Full Circle. The opening reception is from 7 to 9 pm on Friday, July 11, with music provided by Rob Hughes and Allen Lee of Vivacé.
Sculptor Gale Wagner has loved airplanes since boyhood. At age 5 he made his first models with plywood and coffee cans. He has been a full-time sculptor since his military service in Vietnam. He studied with Dale Eldred at Kansas City Art Institute, then with ceramic sculptor Peter Voulkos in California. An enthusiastic and outgoing personality, Wagner helped found the Pacifica Rim Sculptors in 1988. During his years of making large public artworks, working with steel, glass, and other materials, Wagner would rest after completing a big project by making an airplane. Now, to our great benefit, he has returned to his early love for aviation with a passion.
Wagner’s planes are powered by rubber bands, but they are very far from model airplanes that come in a kit. His free-flight planes are made with painstaking care and, as he says, with great joy in each phase of the process. He carves and smoothes each delicate balsa wood connecting strip; hand-dyes thin coverings of tissue paper, dying, drying, and re-dying to achieve a color he loves, spending up 200 or more hours building just one plane . . . and then he goes out and sets them free up into the sky! Wagner says he made one plane three times, because the first two disappeared in flight, borne upwards on a thermal wind, never to return. There is an indescribable beauty in these free-flight planes, an ineffable compound made of the artist’s joy, skill, and craft, his respect for materials, and the pure love of making art.
Gale Wagner will talk about his work with Curator Jerry Ross Barrish on Sunday, August 10, at 4 pm. This discussion is free to the public, and promises to be both informative and entertaining.
Showing concurrently is Runes Revealed, an exhibit by Nordic 5 Arts, a group of Bay Area artists of Nordic/Scandinavian descent. (The “5†in the group’s title refers to the five Scandinavian countries: Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway, and Sweden.) In this mixed media exhibit, the artists take an in-depth look at part of their heritage, the ancient and mysterious early alphabet called runes. This script of the Old Norse and Vikings predates the introduction of the Latin alphabet in the 12th century, and was not only a simple representation of sounds. Each rune was imbued with symbolism, mystery, and an association with specific gods in Norse mythology. The artists chose one or more runes, either by drawing randomly from a bag of “divination runes,†or by choosing a specific rune that spoke to them. They then created contemporary and personal artistic interpretations using various mediums, painting, prints, sculpture, textile and photography. Each piece is accompanied by the meaning of the rune(s) and a description of the work.
show less
Date/Times:
Sanchez Art Center
12 Upcoming Events
1220 Linda Mar Blvd., Pacifica, CA 94044
The Best Events
Every Week in Your Inbox
From Our Sponsors
UPCOMING EVENTS
Great suggestion! We'll be in touch.
Event reviewed successfully.