Alumni & Partnerships News | Chalk Hill Residency

Artists Bringing Ecosystems Into Balance

By Judith D. Schwartz - Soil Centric

Creative Growth - Interview on Platform

Stone circles from apex to zenith -A Poem by Fred Euphrat

4 jan 014 Stone circles from apex to zenith The Russian River is stunned. Beaten by a thirsty summer and desiccating fall, the river...

How Funders Can Make Disability Visible

Disability is a relatively untapped area of investment for philanthropy, but one that offers promise of change and multiple avenues for...

Project Space:Genevieve Quick

Alumni artist Genevieve Quick will be presenting a work-in-progress performance installation at Headlands Center for the Arts at Golden...

Paula Bullwinkel - "Broughaha", Transmission Gallery, Oakland, CA

The Itinerant Portraitist 2011-2021

Brooklyn-based artist Brenda Zlamany will be exhibiting a large selection of work from her ongoing, multi-year project called The...

Pop-Up Art Exhibition - Monique Lazard

Saturday, June 26, 2021 1:00-4:00pm Artist Monique Lazard's free and impressionistic plein-air paintings will fill the walls of our...

Christian Lapie

Newsletter May 2021 Upcoming Exhibitions & Installations

Rachel Kushner on Alex Brown

First Published April 2019, Artforum I MET THE PAINTER ALEX BROWN when I moved to New York City from San Francisco in 1996. We were set...

Finding Comfort in Chaos: The Unexpected Liberty of Feeling Lost in the Crowd

March 29, 2021 by Art Zealous Individuals like to think about themselves as conspicuously unique personalities. Take a look closer,...

Photography in the Raw

The humbling exhibition “Photo Brut” brings together generations of self-taught artists who appropriate photographs or create their own....

Outsider Art Fair, Smaller This Year, but a Model for the Future

A scaled-back lineup includes Daniel Johnston’s colorfully nightmarish drawings, plus chunky clay cameras and quilts as abstract as...

Disability Justice Initiative

Rebecca Cokley, director of the Disability Justice Initiative at the Center for American Progress, a Ford grantee. She shares some key...

Intuit: Outsider Art Day 2020

Intersect Chicago will present their 2020 art fair virtually due to COVID-19. As part of the fair, join Intuit: The Center for Intuitive...

Ford Foundation Global Fellowship Investing in Individuals: Disability Futures Fellows

The stories we tell and the art we create deepen our understanding of the world. Disabled artists, filmmakers, and journalists use the...

28 Movies, Books, TV Shows (and More) That Explore Disability Culture

New York Times staff members put their heads together with disability advocates to recommend movies, books, TV shows, dance and art that...

Black Artists and Gallerists on What a More Inclusive Art World Would Look Like

In Boston, the intersection of Washington and State Streets is sacred ground. In Sanford, Florida, the intersection of Retreat View...

Excited to share Brenda Zlamany film featured at Rhode Island International Film Festival

100/100 is an official selection for the Rhode Island International Film Festival Roving Eye and that the festival will be available...

Postponed: Spring 2020 Open Studio

Featuring... Anahid Aslanyan Clare Radigan Jennifer Fearon Madelyn Covey Tara Tucker with live performance by Deborah Crooks Photo...

BBC Documentary "Turning The Art World Inside Out" , a Must See!

Alan Yentob travels the world to discover why so-called "Outsider Art" has gone from being one of the most overlooked art-forms of the...

Transplant Mural

Transplant is a new public mural painted by artist Anne Faith Nicholls, located at The Palm Springs Cultural Center & Camelot Theater....

Alumni, Christine Rasmussen Solo Show

“This is what I love about cities, the way that even the most distinct of them resemble one another when you least expect it, the way the...

Casey Gray Solo Show at Hashimoto Contemporary SF

"I am happy to announce I Can Taste the Sun, my second solo exhibition with Hashimoto Contemporary, the first being Double Knotted back...

Alumni Jessica Dunne show “One Night in California: Contemporary Nocturnes”

One Night in California Contemporary Nocturnes Organized by BMoA and Winfield Gallery Painting nocturnes is one adventurous way for an...

Nonprofit Helps Disabled People Lead Full And Independent Lives

The Jefferson Award, a Nobel Prize for public and community service, awarded to Becoming Independent's CEO, Luana Vaetoe. The Jefferson...

First Studio Visit of 2020

Chalk Hill Artist Residency hosted a studio visit with Tara Tucker, Madelyn Covey and the Becoming Independent artists.

Solstice Season Open Studio

Please join us on Saturday, November 23rd for our Solstice Season Open Studio from 1-4 pm. Join friends and neighbors and see amazing,...

Laughing His Way to the USA: How the Laughing Boy Made it to America

Contemporary artist Hersley Casero all the way from Dumaguete City, the Philippines is hoping to spread a little joy along River Road,...

Chalk Hill Named in List of "North America's Most Beautiful Arts and Music Residencies"

"For many of us, creating works of art takes a certain level of inspiration and solitude — time to reflect and a surrounding environment...

Show to Showcase Inspiration of Land, Sky

"[Nicholas Coley] just completed his second artist residency in Healdsburg, most recently at Chalk Hill Artist Residency...Nicholas...

Applications Open for 2020

Applications for residency at Chalk Hill Artist Residency will be open until August 31st!

Spring Open Studio - Saturday May 25th 1-4pm

Tara Tucker - Creative Growth, Teaching Artist (Oakland) Leeza Doreian - Creativity Explored, Teaching Artist (Oakland) Madelyn Covey -...

6 Bay Area Artists at Chalk Hill Artist Residency

We thank Creativity Explored, Creative Growth, and NIAD Art Center for their participation in making new friendships and pioneering an...

Announcing: Creative Growth, Creativity Explored, and NIAD Joint Residency

During the month of April, Chalk Hill Artist Residency will host 6 artists from three Bay Area non profit organizations who support...

Winter Open Studio!

A big thanks to all the attendees for coming out to our Open Studio! It wouldn’t have been the same without all of you. After many days...

February Open Studio

Megan Roberts & Raymond Ghirardo Megan and Raymond have been collaborators on video, sound sculpture, and performance works since the...

Artscape: Mandeville Artist Uses Art to Interpret Everyday Life

"Luba Zygarewicz created the exhibited piece in “RE-COLLECT” last June during the Chalk Hill Artist Residency in Healdsburg, Calif....

1967: Grateful Dead visit the Warnecke Ranch

In May of 1967, the Grateful Dead camped on the Russian River at Warnecke Ranch and wrote their famous song "Alligator" while...

First Studio Visit of 2019

Yesterday, a great group of Becoming Independent artists visited us at the residency house and studio. They met our current...

Happy Holidays!!

Chalk Hill Artist Residency Annual Campaign!

Thank you for your continued support and for making this year memorable for our 2018 artists. With your help we were able to sponsor 7...

Fall 2018 Open Studio!

A big thanks to everyone for coming out and making our Open Studio such a huge success despite the smoke! We had so much fun! We enjoyed...

Announcing our 2019 Residency Artists!

Chalk Hill Artist Residency is pleased to announce the selection of our 2019 Artists! Please take a moment to review each of these...

Watergate Book Signing

We were delighted to host a talk and a book signing for Author Joseph Rodota and his book The Watergate: Inside America’s Most Infamous...

Fall Open Studio!!

4 Women Artists - Open Studio! Saturday, November 17, 2018 | 1-4pm | We invite you to enjoy the beauty of the ranch during the fall...

Early Fall BI Studio Visit!

Early Fall BI Studio Visit

Late Summer Studio Visit with BI !

Yesterday a group of Becoming Independent artists visited us and met our current artist in residence, Lea Walloschke. We talked about her...

Successful Summer Open Studio!

A big thanks to all the attendees for coming out to our Open Studio. It wouldn’t have been the same without all of you. We all enjoyed a...

Summer Open Studio!!

Sunday, August 12, 2018 | 1-4pm | Please join us to celebrate the work and creativity of our Summer Artists in Residence... Featuring...