Yosemite Renaissance Art Auction - Thursday, August 28th from 6-8 PM

Beginning tomorrow, Tuesday, August 26th, the artwork up for auction through Yosemite Renaissance will be on display at The Ansel Adams Gallery.

From Tuesday-Thursday, come view work and place silent bids. Bids can also be placed online on the Yosemite Renaissance Art Auction website. The live auction will take place this Thursday, August 28th from 6-8 PM.

All proceeds raised from this auction will directly benefit the Artists-in-Residence program in Yosemite National Park. For further information on the auction, please visit the Yosemite Renaissance Art Auction website or call the gallery at (209) 372-4413.

Michael Adams at Parsons Memorial Lodge

This past weekend at Parsons Memorial Lodge, Michael Adams presented a slide show on his father Ansel's life and work titled Ansel Adams in the High Sierra.

Each summer, Michael conducts this presentation for the lodge, allowing park visitors the opportunity to learn about Ansel Adams, his photography and his life in Yosemite.

Yosemite Renaissance Art Auction

On Thursday, August 28th from 6-8 PM, The Ansel Adams Gallery will host the Yosemite Renaissance Benefit Art Auction.

Yosemite Renaissance is an organization committed to encouraging artistic interpretations of Yosemite through their annual exhibit competition and an Artists-in-Residence program. All proceeds raised from this year’s auction will directly benefit the Artists-in-Residence program.

The auction will be presented simultaneously as an online auction, silent auction and live auction. Contributed artwork will be viewable online at www.yosemiterenaissance.org/auction.html and the pieces will be exhibited at The Ansel Adams Gallery beginning on August 26th, culminating in the live auction on August 28th at 6 PM.

The Ansel Adams Gallery invites you to join us in person or place bids online to support the Yosemite Renaissance and art in Yosemite.

Save the Date - Trees: Perspectives and Interpretations Photography Exhibit to Open on September 13th

The next exhibit curated by The Ansel Adams Gallery at the MUMM Napa Fine Art Photography Gallery is set to open on Saturday, September 13th, 2008. Trees: Perspectives and Interpretations will feature work from eight contemporary artists including Jenny Ellerbe, Patrick Jablonski, Geir Jordahl, Kerik Kouklis, Richard Lohmann, Tom Mallonee, Alan Ross, and Jerry Uelsmann.

A sparkling champagne reception will be held at MUMM Napa on Saturday, September 13th from 6:30 – 8:30 PM. Several of the exhibited artists will be in attendance. MUMM Napa is located at 8445 Silverado Trail, Rutherford, California. For questions on the exhibit or to R.S.V.P. for the opening reception, please email fineprints@anseladams.com.

Wednesday Art Night in Yosemite with Penny Otwell

Painter Penny Otwell demonstrated and discussed her painting process two weeks ago at the weekly Art Night sponsored by The Ansel Adams Gallery and Yosemite Association.



We invite you to join us this Wednesday from 5 - 6:30 PM for a demonstration by watercolor artist Sally Owens.

Both Sally and Penny's work is currently on exhibit at The Ansel Adams Gallery in Yosemite through August 31st.

Ansel Adams in the Sierra Nevada

On Saturday, August 23rd at 2 PM, join Michael Adams for a slide show on his father's life and work titled Ansel Adams in the Sierra Nevada. This presentation is part of the Parsons Memorial Lodge Summer Series and will take place at the Parsons Lodge in Tuolumne Meadows. The lodge can be accessed via a short trail beginning at either the Lembert Dome parking area or the Tuolumne Meadows Visitor Center. Please allow 30 minutes to walk to the lodge.

Practice and Process: Prints and Writings in the Mountains

On August 2nd and 3rd, as part of the Parsons Memorial Lodge Summer Series, poet Gary Snyder and woodblock artist Tom Killion presented their work to a captive audience. Several staff members from The Ansel Adams Gallery ventured up to the lodge, which sits on the far side of Tuolumne Meadows, to partake in Practice and Process: Prints and Writings in the Mountains.

At the lodge, the audience was able to listen to beat poet Gary Snyder read from both recent writings and older works, including poems written in the 1950’s when Snyder worked on the trail crew in Yosemite National Park. Artist Tom Killion presented a slide show of his beautiful woodblock work in addition to giving the audience an in-depth look at exactly how each of these prints are created.

Back in 1995, Gary Snyder and Tom Killion combined efforts to publish a hand-printed book titled The High Sierra of California. The book, which couples Killion’s woodblock work with Synder’s poetry, was published as a trade edition in 2002. Currently, the two are working on their second book together titled Walking Tamalpais.