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McVerry, Music for Minors’ Sonja Palmer,
Barbara Pierce, Eric and Lori Lochtefeld of the
Fox Theatre, the Redwood City Civic Cultural
Commission and Bardi Rosman Koodrin. More
than 180 guests gathered on Jan. 25 at Hiller Aviation
Museum in San Carlos to toast the honorees,
hosted by Peninsula Arts Council.
Four Redwood City residents were lauded for their
contributions to the arts in San Mateo County:
Warren Dale for the Redwood City Civic Cultural
Commission for Government Support for the Arts,
Barbara Pierce for Arts Volunteer, Eric and
Lori Lochtefeld for Local Business Support and
Maureen McVerry for Arts Educator.
Returning to the stage as a guest presenter was
the 2011 Diamond Award recipient for Individual
Artist, Troy Paiva, a renowned night photographer
and author from Redwood City.
The Honorable Warren Slocum, San Mateo
County supervisor of District 4, gave a special
greeting to the crowd and bestowed certificates
of commendation to all honorees on behalf of the
San Mateo County Board of Supervisors.
Of the 60 generous businesses, individuals
and organizations that contributed to the event’s
silent auction, Redwood City boasted the highest
number of contributors, including: Amici’s East
Coast Pizzeria, Arya Global Cuisine, Fox
Theatre, Main Street Coffee Roasting Company,
Mayer’s Jewelers, Mistral Restaurant and Bar,
New Kapadokia, Ralph’s Vacuum and Sewing
Center, Sakura Teppanaki and Sushi, Café La
Tartine, Nob Hill Catering — The Lunch Master,
Dragon Productions Theatre Company, Redwood
Symphony, Kelly X., Beth Mostovoy — Honeybear
Prints, Alisan Andrews and Barbara Pierce.
All ten of the new honorees will join the roster
of over 100 artists and organizations who have
received the prestigious Diamond Awards in the
event’s 11-year history.
The Main Gallery
1018 Main St., Redwood City
650-701-1018
www.themaingallery.org
The Main Gallery, an artists’ cooperative with
23 members, showcases the work of some of the
best local talent in the Bay Area. The gallery is
located in the historic yellow Victorian cottage at
the corner of Main and Middlefield. The gallery is
open Wednesday to Friday from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m.
and weekends from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.
Insects & Bugs!
Insects & Bugs, a show of five artists’ work, runs
through March 17 at The Main Gallery. This
imaginative art exhibition showcases gallery
artists Katinka Hartmetz, Diana Herring, Arena
Shawn, Ginger Slonaker and Susan Wolf. Each
artist brings you her own unique perspective of
an artist’s relationship to insects and bugs. The
gallery will host a reception with the artists on
Saturday, Feb. 16, from 4 p.m. to 6 p.m.
Here is a small sampling of some of the artwork
you will see at Insects & Bugs.
Using upcycled wool sweaters, felt and yarn,
Katinka Hartmetz has experimented with making
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Above, clockwise from top left: Ginger Slonaker, “So
Bee It,” mixed media, 19”x12”, 2013. Diana Herring,
“Metamorphosis,” 24”x18”, silkscreen on paper, 2012.
Katinka Hartmetz, “Stuffed Bugs,” wool and felt, 2013.
Susan Wolf, “Insect With Wings,” ceramic and wire, 2012.
soft toys that are more than a foot tall and very
lovable! Hartmetz is also exhibiting an abstract
painting of a dragonfly and two beautiful antique
windows with distressed botanical drawings of
insects in the windowpanes.
Diana Herring states, “Insects and bugs are
very different from humans: They wear their
skeletons on the outside; their blood is green
or yellow; during their lives, many experience
radical transformations called metamorphosis;
they are born knowing everything they need to
know in order to succeed at every stage of life;
they are endowed with numerous, exquisitely
tuned senses. To me, this makes them interesting.
However,” she continues, “My work is always
about human consciousness and experience!”
For the Insects & Bugs exhibit, Herring took
out the World Book Encyclopedia she had as
a child. She revisited the happy hours she had
spent looking at the diagrams and hunting for
bugs. She also looked again at the famous French
printmaker Grandville, who excelled at depicting
insects reflecting human foibles. Herrings’ prints
are done with various silkscreen processes and
different forms of intaglio printmaking.
Arena Shawn, a new gallery artist specializing
in watercolor, is showing a series depicting
butterflies dwelling on flowers, which are painted
in her signature realistic, detailed fashion. She
is showing these along with a set of colorful
studies of bees, dragonflies and beetles. These are
painted with more expressive colors, and she has
experimented with guiding wet paint on paper and
using loose expressive drawing.
Until Feb. 23, you can also find Shawn’s work in
the Watercolor Show in the Cinema Place Gallery
in Hayward.
Painter Ginger Slonaker uses humor and recycled
materials — cabinet doors, fan blades and old
windows, mostly “places where bugs might
typically collect,” she says. Slonaker exclaims, “I
reflect on a phrase I hear frequently living with
teenagers: Bug off. Funny how those words can
apply to shooing away insects as well as parents!”
Slonaker drew inspiration from the similarities
she found between a bug’s existence and that of
being a teenager’s parent. She states, “Both work
endlessly for the greater good yet are ultimately
shunned as irritants and nuisances by the humans
closest to them.”
Recently Slonaker has also been leading a
mural art club at the Bayside STEM (Science,
Technology, Engineering and Mathematics)
Academy, a middle school in San Mateo. She
enjoys helping kids to break loose from their
preconceptions of “good” art and steering them
to trust themselves and the ideas and abilities of
their peers.
Artist Susan Wolf is exhibiting ceramic winged
insects. She says, “This is different than anything
I have done before in terms of subject, but most of
them do have wings! Wings have been a recurring
interest of mine and in this instance (these
instances) the wings are mostly of different kinds
of wire.”
The delicate charming insects in this show
might help us all to remember that we share the
world with many creatures. Following Insects & Bugs,
look for the Mainly Clay show and an exhibition
centering on climate change. Not to be missed!
“In My Life”
Award-Winning Beatles Musical at Fox
Theatre May 4
In My Life: A Musical Theatre Tribute to the
Beatles is the award-winning musical biography
of the Beatles through the eyes of manager Brian
Epstein and features the live music of renowned
tribute band Abbey Road. The show is widely
considered by industry insiders to be the most
unique Beatles show in decades. The multimedia
musical plays May 4 at 8 p.m. at the Fox Theatre
located at 2219 Broadway St. in Redwood City.
Tickets are $24–$40 and may be purchased online
at www.foxrwc.com, by calling 650-369-7770 and
choosing option 1 for tickets, or by visiting the
theater’s box office.
More than just a Beatles tribute concert, In My
Life gives the audience a chance to “be there” at
pivotal moments in the extraordinary career of
the Beatles: Liverpool’s legendary Cavern Club,
The Ed Sullivan Show, Shea Stadium, Abbey
Road Studios and the final live performance on
the rooftop of their Apple Corp offices. With
manager Brian Epstein serving as narrator, In My
Life allows the audience to get a glimpse inside
the world of the Beatles from their point of view,
as well as hear some of the greatest songs ever
written. Historical settings such as the Cavern
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