Sonoma Valley Museum of Art, Contemporary art museum in Sonoma, United States.
The Sonoma Valley Museum of Art is a modern and contemporary art museum in Sonoma, California, founded in 1998. Its gallery space covers 3,000 square feet, with smaller additional galleries, and it does not keep its own collection, drawing instead on works from private collections, artists and public institutions. It generally hosts one or two exhibitions at a time.
Founded in 1998, the Sonoma Valley Museum of Art is Sonoma's only modern and contemporary art museum. In 2011 it opened the Stanley Abercrombie and Paul Vieyra Art Library, based on a promised gift of 20,000 books. In 2016 the Museum Store opened, selling work by local artists and international gifts. In 2022 staff formed the union Sonoma Cultural Workers United, and 93% voted in favor on June 14.
The museum marks Día de los Muertos with artistic and educational events organized with Sonoma Valley's Latino community, displaying altars inside and a community altar outside the entrance, alongside music and dance. Its Art Rewards the Student program places art instructors in 4th and 5th grade classrooms across the valley, and the museum shows those students' work each year.
The museum is at 551 Broadway in Sonoma and has a 3,000-square-foot main gallery plus smaller gallery spaces. Its 25.9 kW solar electric system, installed in 2010, supplies over 90% of its power needs. The Stanley Abercrombie and Paul Vieyra Art Library, in the Pamela and John Story Gallery, holds 2,500 art, architecture and design books as a public reference source.
In November 2022 an intoxicated driver pushed a parked car through the museum's front window. The damaged section was boarded up, and a comic strip featuring a car crash was pasted onto the boards.
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