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ArtQuest Harvest Drive-In

11/2/2020

 
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​MARK YOUR CALENDARS!  Friends of ArtQuest is hosting a drive-in movie night
  
FEATURE PRESENTATION: Beetlejuice
DATE:  November 2nd
TIME:  Gates open at 5:45, the movie will start at sunset - around 6:45 
PLACE:  Luther Burbank Center for the Arts

ENTRY:  $25+ Donation per car
FOOD TRUCKS:  Amy's Wicked Slush, The Tri-Tip Trolly, Wingman, and Cosmic Popcorn
Click Here For Drive-In Tickets

Back to AQ Picnic & Kick-Off

8/26/2019

 
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New & returning families are invited to join us for an early fall evening picnic to reconnect with old AQ friends, meet new students and families, join Friends of ArtQuest, hear about our plans for the upcoming year and see a free film in the beautiful SRHS Auditorium.  Bring blankets, low-back picnic chairs and non-alcoholic drinks for your family and join the fun!

Thursday, Aug. 29
5:00 - 8:00 pm (approx. ending)
​SRHS Campus


First, Outside - 
Complimentary Picnic Dinner served by Friends of AQ along with  information and festivities.

Second, Inside SRHS Auditorium - 
Following the picnic, the film, "Inside Out" will be screened in the Auditorium, to introduce this year's AQ theme.

Please RSVP with the number attending for dinner  to friendsofartquest@gmail.com. 

HOPE TO SEE YOU THERE!

ArtQuest Turns 25!

3/16/2019

 
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​This year, in celebration of ArtQuest's 25th Anniversary, our Spring Showcase
is going to be a mid-day event you don't want to miss!


ArtQuest 25th Anniversary Showcase Spectacular!

Public Welcome - Free Entry!
Performances
Exhibitions
Food Trucks
Art Activities

Fun for the whole family.

Saturday April 6th, 2019 - 11 am - 3 pm
Santa Rosa High School

Food truck lineup:

Diaz Catering Truck
Piner Culinary Program
Tri-Tip Trolley
Falafel Fix
Wicked Slush

Please support our sponsors:
The Bohemian
Riley Street

ArtQuest Visited by Benj Pasek and Val Emmich, Award Winning Writers of Dear Evan Hansen!

10/20/2018

 
Broadway song writer Benj Pasek sings one of his songs from Dear Evan Hansen while author Val Emmich provides accompaniment on guitar! 

Read about it in the Press Democrat and watch below!
Press Democrat Article

Watch This Space for Announcements

8/23/2018

 

November 29th, 2017

11/29/2017

 

Fall Performance Dates Have Changed

11/6/2017

 
We have changed some of our Fall performance dates and times. 
Below is a list of upcoming performances that you don't want to miss:

Fall Instrumental Concert
Wednesday, November 15th, 7:00 pm, SRHS Auditorium
The concert is free, but we will be collecting donations at the door and forwarding all donated money to the Redwood Credit Union’s North Bay Fire Relief Fund.

ArtQuest Advanced Theatre - "The Seagul" by Chekov

December 7-9, 7:00pm, SRHS ArtQuest Black Box Theatre

Dance Company Performance
December 8-9, 7:00pm, SRHS Auditorium

Vocal Music Performance
December 15-16, 7:00pm, SRHS Auditorium


​We look forward to seeing you there!

Fire Closure Update - Letter from Jan Sofie, ArtQuest Director

10/19/2017

 
Hello,

​As you are probably aware, SRHS and ArtQuest are closed due to the recent wildfires; we do not know yet when we will be able to return or re-open school.  Also, some of our AQ faculty/staff/volunteers are still evacuated and/or have suffered  damage to or have lost their home, so we are not yet sure when our full staff will be on hand.  Many of us are still not able to get to Santa Rosa from other locations, so that is another issue hampering us.  For now, this is the situation:  


Shadowing appointments will not be kept nor any new appointments made at this point.  We will decide how to handle this once we are able to return to work and can regroup and consider our options.  It is very possible that our typical routines and offerings will have to be substantially revised.  Also, once we are able, we will contact all parties who have already scheduled a Shadowing appointment and anyone who is still trying to make one, to communicate what we have decided we are able to do.  As I know you'll understand, our priority must be to get our current students re-engaged in their curricular studies and progress.   
 

AQ Entry Packets for Fall 2018 entry were first available the evening of the AQ Fall Showcase on Thurs., Oct. 5th and we spent Fri., Oct. 6th cleaning up from the Showcase event the night before!  That was the last day we were at school.   We are working to get the Entry Packet on the website soon but so far, it is not available there nor elsewhere.  We will also be working to get some hard copies of the Packet to the Main Office of SRHS, but again that is not possible quite yet. 

Other AQ Events/Performances are subject to change.  Please contact us when school and the AQ Office reopens about these.


I will check my email intermittently as I can, however will probably be able to reply only to urgent messages for now. 

Thank you so much for your patience and for your interest in ArtQuest.  We appreciate your understanding and support very much.  On behalf of all the ArtQuest community, I send my best hopes for your safety and well-being.  

Jan Sofie
ArtQuest Director

ArtQuest T-Shirts On Sale Now!

10/7/2017

 
ArtQuest T-Shirts are back on sale with the original design and a new splatter design. 
​Buy yours today!
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ArtQuest in the Panther Purr

5/26/2017

 
The Panther Purr is the official Newsletter of Santa Rosa High School. It comes out once per month during the school year and provides parents and the community with information on the activities tin which  students, staff and administration are participating. ArtQuest highlights their news in the regular Panther Purr and republishes the articles here.

May 2017
AQ 23rd Annual Spring Showcase: A Rainy but Still Festive Kind of Sanctuary

Even though the rain poured yet again, April 6th was a great night, as more than 1,000 people came together to celebrate the work of this year’s AQ students at the 23rd Annual AQ Spring Showcase.  The lectern was decorated with colorful handmade origami flowers and silk streamers by the officers of the National Art Honor Society (NAHS), with special help from NAHS Community Service co-director, AQ VFA student, Eve Kruger.  Intermediate Visual Fine Arts student, Ian Rose was recognized on stage for his winning entry for the Showcase poster image, chosen from over 100+ submissions.  His piece depicts an elfin, fairy-like being with a remote control in his hand sitting in an archway in front of a blank screen TV, surrounded by lush and colorful plants.  The archway was a symbol of the open space we all need to create our own sanctuaries, Ian said.  He was awarded a $250 prize from AQ and Friends of AQ for his achievement.  Instrumental Music director Mark Wardlaw conducted the SRHS Orchestra as they played excerpts from three pieces, ending in a rousing rendition of Danny Rocks by Richard Meyer.  AQ Dance Company performed a unique contemporary piece, Shift, choreographed and directed by Nzinga Woods, and Kira Bombace directed the Chambers Singers in Chili Con Carne, a quirky song about how comfort food can also be a kind of sanctuary.  All four top finalists in the SRHS Poetry Out Loud competition were AQ students this year and they each recited the poems they performed: Maya Humphreys (1st), Micayla Walker (2nd), Emma Hughes (3rd) and Halei Trowbridge (4th). Later that evening, Theatre Arts students performed scenes in the Black Box Theatre (culminating with the ever-popular Bacchae!), and time-based media from Digital Arts and Video Arts was screened to a packed crowd in the Library Computer Lab.  AQ Core class projects were on display in the College and Career Center and the Multipurpose Room was packed as usual, with a long line to see works by Digital Arts, Photography and Visual Fine Arts students. In the Main Bldg. Hallway large-scale Digital Arts self-portraits were shown and multiple display cases were filled with the finalists for the Showcase poster award. Music was provided by the band, Beluga, featuring Kamrin & Tristan  Matlock, and NAHS sponsored its “Sanctuary for Those who Need It Most” helping each of the eight Arts Specialties to collect donations for a charity they had chosen to support.  NAHS also sponsored a hands-on Mini-Makers Art Experience Workshop table for the younger set.  Friends of AQ provided the evening’s refreshments and also had a table with details and ticket information for their Speakeasy at Paradise Ridge fundraiser event coming up on May 12th.  HUGE thanks go out to the Friends of ArtQuest Board and its many volunteers who helped make the event such a success.  A very special thank you to John Burgess, Friends of AQ Showcase Liaison and Joanna Luthin, Friends of AQ Volunteer Coordinator, for their extra efforts in helping everything go smoothly.   And many thanks to the AQ students who helped including, AQ Intermediate Video Arts students Mitchell Parks (theatre lighting and sound assistant) and Connor Murray (backstage tech) and AQ Intermediate Theatre Arts students Max Bolke-Slater, Kat Motley, anad Joaquin Vera (also backstage techs).

Lights, Camera, Action for AQ Video Arts in Film Festivals This Season!
AQ Video Arts students have had several short films accepted into film festivals this Spring.  All films were inspired by this year's focus on Sanctuary.  The 2017 Sonoma County 5 Minute Film Festival selected 15 films out of 120 submissions and two out of the five selected in the high school division were from AQ: "We Love You No Matter What", was created by Andy Huey and Evan Mason-White and combines beautiful imagery of SRHS students and staff with the powerful spoken word poetry of Will Lyon, SRHS English teacher which was created shortly after the 2016 election.  "We Have the Light", also by Evan Mason-White depicts a quest for love among the ruins of a modern cityscape. It stars our own Edge Weaver and Hannah Stabler.  The Sonoma County Student Film Festival accepted "Whereabouts", created by Andy Huey, Griffin Malone and Connor Macheras. This lyrical adventure into nature takes viewers along on a young boy's search for sanctuary and companionship.  Screened earlier in the year at the Windsor International Film Festival in January was “7:05 am”, a film by Jimmy Delara that explores joy and tragedy involving the closest of friends, starring students Charlotte Stokeld and Caroline Dawn. “Obviously, I'm super proud of what these amazing filmmakers have achieved,” says Mr. Anderson, AQ Video Arts instructor.  “These films are just a sample of the work AQ Video Arts students have created this year. I hope to send more great news as other film festivals announce the acceptance and winners!”
We’ll certainly look forward to hearing about more awards and success!
 
Last Chance This School Year to Catch AQ and SRHS Performing Arts !
It’s almost a wrap, but you still have the opportunity to see a few performances before school ends for the year.  The first weekend in May continues the AQ Advanced Theatre Arts performances in the Black Box, directed by Vicki Carpenter.  “The Tempest” will be performed on Thurs. and Fri., May 4 and 5 at 7:00 pm.  Thursday, May 11th is the Instrumental Music Spring Concert, beginning at 7:00 pm in the SRHS Auditorium.  All Instrumental Music groups will be featured and directed by Mark Wardlaw.  AQ Dance Company, the Advanced level of AQ Dance, will perform their final concert on Fri. and Sat., May 19 & 20, also at 7:00 pm in the Auditorium.  Also that weekend, AQ Intermediate Theatre Arts will perform on Fri. and Sat., May 19 and 20, at 7:00pm and on Sun., May 21, at 2:00 pm in the Black Box, directed by Sheri Miller.  Check the SRHS website or the AQ Office 707-535-4842 for specific dates, times and other updated information if needed.  Tickets are generally available at the door.  Contact the teachers of each Arts Specialty for more details or updates: Ms. Carpenter for Advanced Theatre Arts (vcarpenter@srcs.k12.ca.us), Mr. Wardlaw for Instrumental Music (mwardlaw@srcs.k12.ca.us), Ms. Woods for Dance  (nwoods@srcs.k12.ca.us) or Ms. Miller for Intermediate Theatre Arts (smiller@srcs.k12.ca.us). 
 
AQ Student Clinches Scholastic Art & Writing Competition National Silver Medal  
Congratulations to Niko Johnson, AP Studio Art and Digital Arts student, who was recently announced as a National Silver Medal award winner in the Scholastic Arts Award competition.  Only 2,740 medals were awarded for 2017 at the national level.  National Scholastic’s “Alliance for Young Artists & Writers” identifies teenagers with exceptional artistic and literary talent and skill and brings their remarkable work to a national audience through this program.  Begun in1923, it is the longest-running, most prestigious recognition program for creative teens in the U.S.  Noteworthy past winners include Andy Warhol, Sylvia Plath, Truman Capote, Richard Avedon, Robert Redford, Joyce Carol Oates, Stephen King, John Updike and others. See the March issue of the Panther Purr for a complete listing of the ArtQuest students who garnered awards in various categories this year.   Congratulations to Niko and all the 2017 AQ awardees!
 
 
 
AQ Alumna Maria de los Angles Featured in North Bay Bohemian & on Cover  
Maria de los Angeles, who was part of AQ Visual Fine Arts during high school at SRHS, was a strong presence in the March 8th issue of the North Bay Bohemian.  Ms. De los Angeles appeared on the issue’s cover in an amazing red dress of her own creation that mingled visual art with political commentary.  In her article inside, “A Dreamer’s Diary: My Journey from Mexico into Trump’s Immigration Dragnet”, she described being brought to the United States as a young child and her challenging educational and artistic journey from there.  After graduating from high school, Ms. De los Angeles studied at SRJC and then went on to earn her Bachelor’s of Fine Art degree at Pratt Institute in Brooklyn.  While at Pratt, she began a nonprofit program called One City Arts that provides arts education to children from low-income backgrounds and is now a permanent program in Santa Rosa at Luther Burbank Center for the Arts.  She continued to Yale University, where she earned her Master’s of Fine Art in painting.  Her fashion line addresses identity through wearable works, particularly her identity as a “Dreamer”, which is central to her life and work.  De los Angeles writes candidly about her experiences and is critical of many of the US’s current national policies.  She says that a central issue Dreamers face is their identity and the accompanying internalized racism and oppression.  “For me, those things are imposed on the body,” she explains.  Her wearable couture sculptures help free her from the internalized oppression of “illegality”.   She knows there are personal dangers in openly sharing her story but says that the combination of darkness and beauty she sees all around her is important to express and goes into creating the garments she is currently making.  “There is such darkness now,” Ms. De los Angles says.  “We need something beautiful.”    Best wishes to Maria on her continued journey and congratulations on her significant accomplishments as an artist.


ArtQuest Speakeasy at Paradise Ridge - A Successful Fundraiser!

5/26/2017

 
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The Friends of ArtQuest organization hosted the ArtQuest Speakeasy event on May 12th at the Paradise Ridge Winery. This Roaring 20's themed fundraiser drew an excited and appropriately "dressed for the occasion" crowd. Appetizers and food was provided by Franchetti's Wood Fire Kithcen and local wines and beers were available. Entertainment was provided by "Swing Fever", as well as student performances and a performance by Transcendence Theatre Company.

Both the silent auctions and the live auction provided proceeds to benefit the award winning ArtQuest program at Santa Rosa High School.

​Below are a few of the items Friends of ArtQuest funded using money raised at last year’s event: 
  • All ArtQuest Teachers: Seed money for classroom supplies 
  • Dance: Costumes for performances 
  • Theater Arts: Control console 
  • Visual & Fine Arts: “Memory Project” funding for student participation in an internationally recognized project. 
  • “Sparks” awards to students for extracurricular summer arts educational experiences 
  • Digital Arts: Computer workstations.
  • Field trips and event tickets for students

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