Gualala Arts

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Art in the Redwoods Festival Top Hat Dinner (2012) Thursday, August 16, 2012 Doors open at 6:00 p.m. Dinner served 7:00 p.m.

The Top Hat dinner signaling the start of the Art in the Redwoods festival was originally on Friday night for many years, but since 2007 the Top Hat dinner on Thursday has been the gala kickoff to the annual event.

Each year Gualala Arts honors an artist or friend of the arts. In 2007, Duane Gordon was honored, in 2008 it was Dwight Eberly. Elaine Jacob was feted in 2009 and in 2010 Bob and Edith Holmes shared the honor. Last year's event honored Kathy DiMaio and Betty O'Neil.

The Top Hat opening dinner and wine celebration at the Gualala Arts Center starts at 6 p.m. on Thursday, August 16 this year. Top Hat diners will enjoy a sneak peek preview of the Fine Art Exhibit even before it is judged during the cocktail hour before dinner.

By attending the Top Hat dinner you also receive a VIP Festival pass. Reservations for dinner ($150, in- cludes $100 donation) are recommended as it usually sells out. If you missed this year's dinner, please sign up early for next year.

Included in the VIP Festival Pass is the Friday, August 17, Champagne Preview from 4:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. with award presentations and the judge's critiques. The fine art exhibit will be available for viewing and the first opportunity to purchase when doors open to the gallery at 4:30 p.m.

The heart of the festival is the magnificent exhibit of fine art throughout the building, including oil paintings, acrylics, watercolors, pastels, drawings, photographs, sculpture, woodworking, stained and fused glass, jew- elry and fiber arts - most of them for sale. The Top Hat VIP Pass also includes admission on Saturday and Sunday August 18 - 19.

The Gualala Arts Center, located at 46501 Gualala Road in Gualala, CA,
is open weekdays 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m., and weekends from noon to 4:00 p.m.
Please call (707) 884-1138 for more information, or email info@gualalaarts.org.

Serving the coastal communities of northern Sonoma & southern Mendocino Counties.