Joy Severin

September 4 - 27 in the Main Gallery. Artist Reception, Saturday, Sept. 12 from 5 - 7 p.m.

Joy Severin was born in St. Louis. She is currently a resident of the San Francisco Bay Area. She competed as a ballroom dancer at competitions throughout the United States. She attended Washington University of Fine Arts and is a graduate of California College of Arts and Crafts. Her love of color, people and nature shows up in her portraits of Indiginous Women now showing at Galeria Tonantzin.

Anne Lamborn - New Weavings 2009

Anne's new weavings are painted, dyed and stenciled warp with additional surface embellishments. Anne, an internatonal artist has shown her weavings and large silk panels in exhibits from New Zealand to California. Now living in Los Gatos, California, Anne serves as a Master Weaver and teacher at Camphill Communities California in Soquel. Her incredible service background in public art, Peace Corps in Guatemala and special projects in different countries shows in her designs and allows her collectors a glimpse into her understanding of the world in which she travels and loves.

Her exhibit runs from August 1 - 30, 2009. The artist reception will be held on Saturday, August 8 from 5 - 7 p.m. at the Galeria Tonantzin, 115 Third Street, San Juan Bautista, CA 95045.

Daniel Dreifuss Photojournalist

We are featuring in our Garden Gallery, photojournalist, Daniel Dreifuss. His exhibit is entitled "A Year in Israel." Daniel's photographic eye has captured history in the making, politics and powerful faith in the Jewish community. A Passover reception has been scheduled for April 11 at Galeria Tonantzin from 5 - 7 p.m. Daniel is part of Galeria Tonantzin's expanded Center for Art and Humanities Events.

Best of the Best 2009 Affiliate Exhibition

The month of April features wonderful and various works of the artists of Galeria Tonantzin. The main gallery is loaded with watercolors, oil paintings, sculptures, photographs, jewelry, hand-painted scarves and much more. The Second Saturday Reception will be held on April 11. This exhibit will be showing through April 26.

Eleven Ways of Working

We've done out annual cleaning and updating. It's time for a new show. Come celebrate eleven artists from Fresno. Their show is entitled " Eleven Ways of Working: The Fresno Journal Project." The show includes wonderful ways of journaling spiritual paths, history paths and personal growth paths. The show opens February 6 and closes on March 1, 2009.

Artist reception is scheduled for Valentine's Day, February 14 from 5 - 7 p. m. Come that day and visit other art galleries during the day and come to our reception in the evening and meet many of these inspiring artists.

Virgin Image Conference and Celebration

Reserve December 13, 2008 for our annual conference. In addition to our artist reception scheduled for later in the evening from 5-7 p.m. at the Galeria Tonantzin, we are hosting our annual conference at Studio San Juan.

9 -11:30 p.m. Art/Altar-making and Brunch with Dr. Jennifer Colby $25
Noon - 4:00 p.m. Mini Conference $30
Elinor Gadon author of "The Once and Future Goddess"
Laura E. Perez author of "Chicana Art: The Politics of Spiritual
and Aesthetic Altarities"

Artists' Roundtable

Make your reservation early since space is limited. You can attend both sessions or one, whichever you prefer. Please email your reservation to mmpublishing@gmail.com as soon as possible and send your checks to Galeria Tonantzin, P. O. Box 606, San Juan Bautista, CA 95045.

Jacqueline Cantebury-Thurman, author of "The Virgin," a contemporized archetype of the Feminine Devine, Our Lady of Guadalupe Coloring Book will be available at a book signing during our reception from 5-7 p.m. at Galeria Tonantzin. Meet all three authors: Jaki, Elinor and Laura and purchase their autographed books at the reception.

17th Annual Images of the Virgin Exhibit

Join us at Galeria Tonantzin November 14, 2008 thru January 18, 2009 for our 17th annual Images of the Virgin Exhibit. We will be featuring art from women artists juried from around the United States with the general theme of the "sacred feminine," Guadalupe, Mother Mary. Sculpture, paintings, jewelry and published books on this subject are just some of the art media used to demonstrate this theme.

The artist reception is scheduled for December 13 from 5-7 p.m. The Basque Restaurant in San Juan Bautista is our sponsor for the reception, so expect wonderful appetizers. If you wish to join us following the reception to continue discussing the show and meeting our authors, we will be having dinner at the Maxtain Basque Restaurant in San Juan Bautista for a no-host dinner. Reservations are recommended so we can be sure we have enough space reserved. Just email us at mmpublishing@gmail.com. We will have a special menu set up for our group and let you know the price of the dinner.