ARTS & CULTURE

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Napa Valley Turns Up the Music

For decades, Napa Valley has been a mecca for creatives and for the most obvious of reasons: its natural beauty, its culture of fine dining and wine, its sophisticated and varied venues, and for the well-connected and...

Art Association Napa Valley

Clay and Glass Center Whether an artist or an art enthusiast, Napa Valley locals know the impact of the Art Association Napa Valley (AANV) on the community. Having provided a creative oasis for individuals and families...

Chris Cammarata

Chris Cammarata was the kid who was always drawing. His school books and papers were covered in doodles and sketches. He used to turn in school reports in the form of comic strips. For those who knew him then, it comes as...

Yountville Arts

Located in the heart of Napa Valley, Yountville is home to many of wine country’s premiere attractions: fine wine, haute cuisine, and luxe accommodations. It also boasts a vibrant arts community that complements its...

Uncorking Creativity

Napa Valley, a name synonymous with rolling vineyards and delectable wines, is in a renaissance. While the allure of a wine-centric getaway remains steadfast, the valley cultivates a vibrant arts and eclectic music culture,...

Art and Wine Blend Beautifully

Art, wine, and design merge beautifully at Serge Sorokko Gallery + Martin Ray Vineyards & Winery Tasting Room, a first-of-its-kind experience within an architecturally stunning indoor-outdoor space in Downtown...

ÆRENA Gallery & Gardens

ÆRENA Gallery & Gardens founder Michael Polenske discovered his love of art as a young boy. Growing up in Washington D.C., he was a regular at the Smithsonian, where he would purchase from the museum shop postcards...

Artist Ivan McLean

Sculptor Ivan McLean never thought he would become an accomplished artist. Surprising for a kid with a Swedish photographer mother and a Danish adventurer/contractor dad, but as a child, he did not think he had the skill....

E & M Presents

When Evy and Morrie Warshawski started E & M Presents in 2015, their goal was to fill an important gap in the cultural landscape of Napa Valley – presenting affordable, highly entertaining performing arts geared to...

French-Born Artist Isabelle Maynard

Isabelle Maynard’s art interest originated during her youth while living in the French countryside. Within her small village, she was constantly aware of nature, and as a young child with artistic talent, she started...

Napa Valley Artist Beverly Wilson

Shortly after graduating from UCLA with a fine arts degree in 1972, Beverly Wilson traveled to Europe and became enamored with the beauty of the land and the slow-moving pace of rural life. “My plan was to spend three...

Art & Clarity presents The Art of Seeing A Photographic Excursion

Imagine walking through the oak savannas, watching a majestic waterfowl feed and skim across a lake, or gazing out over vineyard landscapes with the rolling hills and mountains of Napa in the background. Adventures...

Art Association Napa Valley

Art Association Napa Valley (AANV) has supported Napa Valley arts and culture for over 70 years with a small group of adamant supporters and artists, ensuring that the private, non-profit arts organization provides funding,...

World-Renowned Artist Layla Fanucci

Layla Fanucci did not start painting until age 40. After a failed attempt to find suitable artwork for her home, the St. Helena resident took brush to canvas to create her own 6’ x 5’ addition to her bare walls. Friends and...

Napa Valley’s Vincent Thomas Connors

While most people spent the pandemic playing games to pass the time, Napa artist Vincent Thomas Connors invented one. Named TerraBall, the game is a unique cross between pool, shuffleboard, and golf and is a sort of silver...

NBC Pottery

It all started with an email from the Restaurant at Meadowood, requesting to look at some prototypes from NBC Pottery, run by the husband-and-wife team of Nikki and Will Callnan in Napa Valley’s Angwin. That email from the...

Meet Jermaine Dante Burse

“I was the typical kid, up every Saturday morning and sitting in front of the TV with a big bowl of cereal from 7:00 AM to 11:00 AM. But while other kids watched cartoons for the jokes, I was mesmerized by the animation,”...

Napa’s di Rosa Center for Contemporary Art

Almost thirty years ago, Rene di Rosa envisioned Mark di Suvero's thirty-foot tall sculpture “For Veronica” taking center stage at the di Rosa Center for Contemporary Art. He planned to place it on a Carneros hillside,...

Seeing Napa Valley Through the Artist’s Eye

Tim Howe is an artist, and his muse is Napa Valley: its landscapes, light, shadows, hues, trees, hills, and rolling vineyards. For those who drink in the outstanding beauty of Northern California’s premier wine region on a...

Di Rosa Center for Contemporary Art

It’s been a year of nimble pivots for every- one. Yet one thing is certain at Napa’s di Rosa Center for Contemporary Art — “Art and Outdoors” is one of the non-profit museum’s foundational pillars and has...