PRESS RELEASES

2024:

October 2024

di Rosa Center for Contemporary Art Breaks Ground on New Accessible Pathway

September 2024:

New Sculptures On View at di Rosa This Fall

Hawks and Doves Live Takes Flight at di Rosa

di Rosa Day brings Halloween Festivities to Napa Valley

August 2024:

Spanning Three Decades, Moving Pictures: A Survey Exhibition of Works by Deborah Oropallo and Collaborators Comes to di Rosa

Twelfth Night comes to di Rosa’s sprawling grounds with Shakespeare Summer Stroll

July 2024:

New Site-Specific Sculpture Wends and Winds Through di Rosa’s Olive Grove.

May 2024:

di Rosa presents M is for Water, curated by artist Isabelle Sorrell

April 2024:

The Lightbird Migration illuminates di Rosa Center for Contemporary Art

di Rosa Center for Contemporary Art Invites Art and Fashion Fans to Join Expression Ball on June 22

Public art project from Ana Teresa Fernández to traverse wine country in 2024

di Rosa Invites YOU to Walk the Runway at a Bring-Your-Own Fashion Show Among the Art

February 2024:

LIGHTFAST: Intertwine, Feb. 24 – June 2, 2024

‘We the People’ press release

2023:

November 2023:

2024 Exhibitions and Programs

October 2023:

Listen Louder: Ana Teresa Fernández

September 2023:

di Rosa Day: Halloween Haunt

August 2023:

Fall Exhibitions and Programs

To the Max! and Ghost in Machine press release

May 2023:

Figure Telling: Contemporary Bay Area Figuration
April 2023:

Natural Discourse 
Our Bodies, Ourselves 

March 2023:

Michael Garlington: Totem di Rosa

February 2023:

William Allan: Negotiations with Eden

January 2023:

2023 di Rosa Exhibition and Programs Calendar Announced

2022

December 2022:

True North Juried Exhibition Opens

First Street Sculptures Installed

November 2022:

Eclectic Collecting Press Release

October 2022:

di Rosa Announces Eclectic Collecting Program

di Rosa Halloween Release

Oliver Lee Jackson Sculpture Press Release

September 2022:

True North Call for Submissions and Exhibition Announcement

di Rosa Fall and Winter 2022 Events

June 2022: Adia Millett: Force of Nature Exhibition Announcement

May 2022: Walt Williams PEACE Press Release

May 2022: Wiley Gong Press Release

May 2022: The Incorrect Museum REDUX Press Release

March 2022: Erik Scollon: Anything With a Hole… is Also a Bead

January 2022: 25th Anniversary Announcement

2021

November 2021 Oliver Lee Jackson: Any Eyes

September 2021 Programming for Fall 2021 + Fort Phooey: Wiley in the Studio

August 2021 Fort Phooey: Wiley in the Studio

July 2021 di Rosa Renews Commitment to Collection

April 2021 Re-discover di Rosa

March 2021: di Suvero Announcement

2020

October 2020: di Rosa Announces 2020-2021 Richard A. Ward Education Fellow

August 2020: di Rosa Announces Acting Executive Director
July 2020:di Rosa announces first exhibition of 2021: The Incorrect Museum: Vignettes from the di Rosa Collection
June 2020: di Rosa receives extended funding for Boys and Girls Club project from Arts Council Napa Valley
May 2020: di Rosa Announces At Home
April 2020: di Rosa Center for Contemporary Art extends closure through 2020

2019

July 2019: The Rene and Veronica di Rosa Foundation Board Announces Plan Toward Sustainable Future 
May 2019: di Rosa Center for Contemporary Art Receives National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) Grant 
March 2019: di Rosa Announces Free Admissions for Napa and Sonoma Residents
March 2019: di Rosa Awarded Grant for Education Programs
February 2019: di Rosa Debuts Two Exhibitions in 2019

2018

November 2018: Napa Valley College Theater Performing Arts Presents A Muse of Fire 
November 2018: Colleen Schulman named Director of Development for di Rosa 
November 2018: di Rosa seeks volunteers for school tour program
October 2018: di Rosa announces Centennial Gala Fundraiser and Inaugural di Rosa Award
August 2018: di Rosa Debuts “Site Walk Weekends”
June 2018: di Rosa launches “No Reservations” campaign
April 2018: di Rosa debuts powerful new lineup for Part 2 of Be Not Still
January 2018: di Rosa to debut most ambitious exhibition to date

2017

November 2017: di Rosa announces interim schedule in wake of California wildfires
September 2017: di Rosa unveils artist projects and programming for Part 1 of Be Not Still
July 2017: Join us for 16th Annual di Rosa Fundraiser Sundown Get Down
July 2017: di Rosa announces next exhibition Be Not Still: Living in Uncertain Times
March 2017: New leadership for di Rosa board of directors

2016

November 2016: di Rosa announces new Director of Education and Civic Engagement
September 2016: di Rosa opens up its collection in Based on a True Story
March 2016: Equilibrium: A Paul Kos Survey, opening reception April 23, 2016
January 2016: Radical Landscapes offers a fresh look at the natural world; opens Feb. 6, 2016

2015

December 2015: di Rosa seeks motivated art lovers to lead tours
December 2015: di Rosa announces new Executive Director Robert L. Sain
September 2015: di Rosa hosts Robert Kinmont retrospective, opening reception Nov. 7, 2015
September 2015: di Rosa will toast to a bright future at di Party di Rosa on Oct. 17, 2015
July 2015: Group exhibition Body Talk opens August 1, 2015
April 2015: Humor-based exhibition Tongue-in-Cheek opens May 9, 2015
February 2015: di Rosa Executive Director Kathryn Reasoner to step down in May 2015
January 2015: Richard T. Walker: the fallibility of intent opens Feb. 7, 2015

2014

November 2014: Volunteer Orientation Day at di Rosa, Jan. 10, 2015
November 2014: di Rosa’s 13th Annual Benefit Art Auction exceeds fundraising goal
October 2014: The Presence of the Present: Teresa Baker, Liam Everett, Leslie Shows
August 2014: di Rosa opens after Napa earthquake
July 2014: ONES AND ZEROS
May 2014: Experience art in motion at di Rosa’s fourth annual Creativity Jam
April 2014: Desirée Holman: Sophont in Action
January 2014: Lost and Found: Elisheva Biernoff and Floris Schönfeld

2013

December 2013: Get involved with art. Volunteer at di Rosa
November 2013: di Party di Rosa was a wild success
October 2013: Beatnik Meteors exhibition explores artistic collaborations
July 2013: 12th Annual Benefit Art Auction: di Party di Rosa, October 19, 2013
June 2013: External Combustion: Four Sacramento Sculptors
May 2013: Families invited to Creativity Jam at di Rosa
February 2013: Linda Connor: From Two Worlds

2012

December 2012: di Rosa Hires Curator Amy Owen

 

IN THE NEWS

2024

di Rosa Center unveils works of Deborah Oropallo
Sonoma Index-Tribune (October 2, 2024)

Shakespeare production strolls through Napa’s di Rosa Center for Contemporary Art
Santa Rosa Press Democrat (September 4, 2024)

Deborah Oropallo’s ‘Moving Pictures’ coming to Napa’s di Rosa
Napa Valley Register (August 28, 2024)

Napa is getting a huge new sculpture devoted to birdwatching
Mercury News (August 8, 2024)

Expression Wins at ​​di Rosa Center for Contemporary Art
Nob Hill Gazette (August 6, 2024)

A Snob’s Guide to Napa Valley
Town and Country Magazine (July 31, 2024)

Art Abound: Demystifying Napa’s di Rosa Center for Contemporary Art
Napa Valley Register (July 17, 2024)

At the di Rosa Center, exploring the ecology of mind and language
Vacaville Reporter (June 26, 2024)

Expression Ball raises funds for di Rosa Center for Contemporary Art
Napa Valley Register (June 19, 2024)

‘M is for Water’ coming to di Rosa
Napa Valley Register (May 29, 2024)

BottleRock organizers aim for authenticity with first Latin-themed Festival La Onda
San Francisco Chronicle (May 16, 2024)

‘The Lightbird Migration’ takes flight at di Rosa
Napa Valley Register (May 8, 2024)

Napa Valley Art Notes: ‘TIERRA’ sculpture on display at MaCo Vineyards in Napa
Napa Valley Register (April 10, 2024)

“LIGHTFAST: Intertwine” a genre–bending multi–disciplinary installation by an all–female quartet
Art Daily (February 24, 2024)

Creative Capital – Towards an Archeology of the Future

‘We The People’ Projected at di Rosa

Projection Project

Bay City Arts Center January Artists of the Month

2023

December 2023:

The Napa Valley Register’s Best Arts and Culture photos of 2023

Napa Valley Art Notes: di Rosa Center for Contemporary Art announces 2024 programs

Sonoma Valley Museum of Art and the di Rosa Center announce upcoming exhibitions, artist panels and more

Season of Giving: Cafeteria Kids Theater teaches life skills, on stage and off

November 2023:

The Estate of Arthur Okamura joins Paul Thiebaud Gallery

First exhibition by Craig Calderwood, ‘Ambrosia Salad, Bad Panacea and Other Work’ at George Adams Gallery

October 2023:

Di Rosa Center for Contemporary Art now open on Thursdays

7×7 – 25 Fun Things to Do This Week (10.16.23)

Here are the best Bay Area kid events for Halloween, including Boo at the Zoo, a carnival and more (10.13.23)

Napa Valley Community Calendar – Halloween Haunt (10.12.23)

Napa Valley Art Notes: Library features art inspired by nature (10.11.23)

Shakespeare Summer Stroll at di Rosa in Napa (10.10.23)

This week in Napa (10.10.23)

Napa Valley Community Calendar – Halloween Haunt (10.7.23)

This week in Napa Valley (10.3.23)

September 2023:

New exhibit debuts with reception event at di Rosa (9.29.23)

Fernández invites Napa Valley to ‘Listen Louder’ (9.27.23)

Craig Calderwood: Ambrosia Salad, Bad Panacea and Other Works | Minnesota Street Project, San Francisco (9.23.23)

10 Things To Do In Napa Valley: Complete Guide To California’s Scenic Wine Region (9.20.23)

20 Best Things To Do In Napa Valley — Mud Baths And Exceptional Wine Tasting Included (9.19.23)

This week in Napa Valley: Live music, an introduction to birding, arts and crafts fair and more (9.18.23)

Napa Valley Art Notes: 12 Napa County artists selected for de Young Open (9.13.23)

Aztec-themed mural to highlight Napa’s Latino legacy (9.12.23)

di Rosa digs into the vault for 2 new exhibitions: “To the Max!” and “Ghost in the Machine” (9.9.23)

20 Fun Things to Do This Week (9.3.23)

August 2023:

Di Rosa art museum celebrates Napa homecoming for pieces saved during 2017 wildfires (8.30.23)

Two new exhibitions at di Rosa Center for Contemporary Art (8.25.23)

Napa Valley Art Notes: Children’s Chorus returns, new exhibits at di Rosa (8.23.23)

11 Art Shows to See in the Bay Area this Fall (8.23.23)

Shakespeare Summer Stroll at di Rosa in Napa (8.8.23)

Shakespeare Summer Stroll at di Rosa in Napa (8.8.23)

Shakespeare Summer Stroll at di Rosa in Napa (8.4.23)

Napa’s Shakespeare Summer Stroll serenades and stuns amid di Rosa’s statues (8.2.23)

July 2023: