About the Sonoma Valley Museum of Art
Mission OrganizationThe Sonoma Valley Museum of Art is a magnet of creative energy and cultural inspiration. Its exhibitions and educational programs engage the community in the art and ideas of our time, encouraging curiosity and innovation. Sonoma Valley Museum of Art is incorporated as a nonprofit, member-supported, privately-funded organization. It raises funds through membership dues, private and corporate donations, grant solicitation, facility rentals, and fund-raising events. Museum members annually elect a volunteer board of directors to provide stewardship of Museum business. Facility Rental The Museum provides a striking and unique setting for business and private cocktail receptions, dinners, meetings, and presentations. The wheelchair accessible building includes a 4,000-square-foot gallery space including the main gallery plus two smaller galleries, with a combined maximum capacity of 225 people. The Museum is not available for fundraisers, religious or political events, auctions, art displays, or performances not belonging to or approved by Sonoma Valley Museum of Art. Other restrictions apply. For rental fees and more information, call 707-939-7862. Education • sponsoring lectures and workshops related to exhibitions• providing a forum for people to develop, expand, and share their interest and enthusiasm for art • offering tours to museums, galleries, and private collections • developing an internship program to train museum assistants • creating new opportunities for students and teachers |
Exhibitions
• originating from private collections, from artists, and borrowed from museums and other resources
• showing the work of local, national, and international artists
• including painting, drawing, sculpture, photography, ceramics, architecture, design, print-making, film, video, and crafts
Readers’ Books in Sonoma assists us with providing books topical to each exhibition for sale at the front desk. A portion of the proceeds benefits the Museum.
Events
• originating from private collections, from artists, and borrowed from museums and other resources
• showing the work of local, national, and international artists
• including painting, drawing, sculpture, photography, ceramics, architecture, design, print-making, film, video, and crafts
 | Sonoma Valley Museum of Art exhibitions feature the work of local, national, and international artists. Content originates from private collections and artist studios and is borrowed from museums, galleries, and other sources. Media include painting, drawing, sculpture, photography, ceramics, architecture, industrial design, graphic design, printmaking, film, video, textiles, and crafts. Qualified guest curators plan and assemble the shows. The museum’s new LaHaye Sculpture Gallery presents a rotating series of large-scale sculptures that appear concurrently with main-gallery exhibitions. |
Readers’ Books in Sonoma assists us with providing books topical to each exhibition for sale at the front desk. A portion of the proceeds benefits the Museum.
Events
 | Dia de los Muertos – The Museum works in collaboration with community groups and representatives to mark this event with artistic and educational activities. Specifics change each year, but past Dia de los muertos activities have included display of altars within the museum, programs of music and dance, and the construction of a community altar on the Museum's front entrance on Broadway. | |
 | MIX – Several times a year the Museum holds an afterhours parties for young professionals. Open to Museum members, the event offers a fun social setting amidst conversation-provoking art. A group art project themed on the current exhibition provides a fun interactive component. Music and cocktails round out the evening. Discounts on individual memberships are available for those wishing to attend MIX and enjoy the year-round benefits of membership. | |
 | Wet Paint – The Museum's annual gala dinner and auction. Money raised at Wet Paint helps the Museum meet its annual operating budget and allows for special projects. Last year donors contributed more than $45,000 to convert storage and office space at the Museum into new classrooms for expanded educational offerings and public programs. In 2010 the event took on a French theme evoking the Moulin Rouge with art and entertainment reminiscent of the era. |
