santa rosa art Archives

Arts activist Spring Maxfield co-founded the Handcar Regatta in Santa rosa and now focuses on the Maker's Faire and a new business called Sonoma Art Tours. (John Burgess)

Longtime Local Arts Promoter Supports Santa Rosa Artists With 20th Annual WinterBlast

November 2024

Spring Maxfield, executive director of Urban Arts Partnership, shares her motivation for supporting local artists with 20th annual WinterBlast, Nov. 9.

Find a Portal to New York City at Santa Rosa Art Exhibit

December 2019

Marcellus Hall brings a taste of the big apple to Sonoma County.

Writer Dana Gioia served as chairman of the National Endowment for the Arts and was appointed California State Poet Laureate by Jerry Brown in 2015. (JOHN BURGESS / The Press Democrat)

California Poet Laureate Returns to Santa Rosa

March 2016

Santa Rosan Dana Gioia is the new California Poet Laureate, appointed to the post by Gov. Jerry Brown in December 2015. During his two-year term, Gioia will spread the art of poetry and inspire a new generation of writers while visiting schools and libraries in many of the state’s rural counties. He picks up where […]