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As we clean up, wrap up and pack up, write thank you’s, the question hangs over all of us:  Where do we go now with the Foothill Farmlands ARTS Festival?  Our grant from the James Irvine Foundation was for a two-year project, and is now completed. But we created an amazing festival that has so [...]

It’s here…Autumn.  Last night grew chilly, and we cuddled under heavy quilts.  Cool air filled our home, and out in the poor bedraggled garden, the once tall brilliant sunflowers now droop, dried up heads turned toward the ground.  Little finches hop from brittle leaf to thick brown stalk to pick and scratch.  In a  few [...]

As our Festival Week goes flashing by, I realize that I have not taken the time to tell you about our Festival Photographers.
First, let me mention two guys who generously donated to our Festival’s Auction:  Jim Sells and Geoff Wynne.
I’ve known Jim for nearly 35 years.  He was always “Brandi, Kelly and Brian’s dad.”  But [...]

Potter, sculptor, mosaicist, stained glass artist, singer, musician, philanthropist, grandmother, Style Diva! Joining us at “Golden Hills Traditions Family Art Day,” Mt. Brow Winery on Saturday, Sept. 6th will be Tracey Smith Hillman–an incredible force of creative talents!  From her sensuous sculpture pieces to her whimsical stained glass stars, Tracey epitomizes the Renaissance Woman as [...]

 
PLEIN AIR PAINTING
Plein Air Painting means what it sounds like it means - painting out in the plain air.
Historically, it became popular after the inventions of tubes to contain paints, so the paints could be carried out into the fields. Also of importance was the folding easel.
The current resurgence of interest in plein air painting [...]

That slippery sliding slope!  Everyday I’m a little more anxious and relieved, all at once!  At one moment I keep thinking of the gazillion things to do.  Then in the next moment I hear about some great new level of support, a fantastic auction donation, a block of tickets that’s been sold!  Like today, I’m [...]

It’s mid-August already!  We’re just three weeks away from our Festival Debut.  BUT my garden is in desperate need of my attention and love!  so this morning I woke up early to beat our California foothill summer heat.
In the early light and slight breeze, I hear the sprinklers sputter and trickle, giving my flowers and [...]

The Foothill Farmlands ARTS Festival gives us a chance to share our story with all of you–The richness of our land, the struggle to carve out a living in this rugged part of California, the magnetic pull of our mountains as they draw creative, hard-working people to settle here.   We all have stories to [...]

We’ve been working on fund raising to help support our Festival.  Imagine trying to host a big party without the “back up” to cover the costs–like the porta-potties!  Well, up stepped my good buddy Greg Popovich at Gold Rush MotoSports, and now we’ve got a Very Cool Raffle!
1st Prize–A 2008 Honda Rincon 4-Trax ATV, perfect [...]

From left: Alexa Janicki, Rebecca Schmidt & Lauren Sutherland are here having a great time chatting and doing inventory!  Come and join the fun!!!