2013 Summer Visits

Fragrant & Farm Fresh Lavender awaits!

We have a new website to show you from Cow Track Ranch, and we are delighted to be visiting Liz Daniels on Sunday, June 9th.

Please do put this one on your calendars!  Cow Track Ranch is one of the favorite places to visit, partially for it's dramatic rolling hills that embrace the property, and in part for the rustic buildings, tractors, and gardens maintained by proprietor, Liz Daniels.

Enjoy browsing their new site, which was not up last summer when we visited.  It has so much great info on their lavender products and more, plus the photos are marvelous.  The property has a Bed and Breakfast on site, and is rented out frequently for one-of-a-kind,  "Real Weddings".

-Your "Real Volunteer", Colleen Proppé
Follow me on Twitter @cproppe

For more upcoming "Art on the Farm" visits, click here>

New Season Starts May 5, 2013!

Fellow Farm Artists and Friends,

Founder, Alan Mart, has set up the kick off of the 2013 Art on the Farm season--

Our first trip will be to Toluma Farms, hosted by Tamara Hicks.  Please sign the release to participate and sign up for our newsletter, below.  Directions to Toluma will be emailed out to our list before May 5th.  We may soon go to a "Meet up" type of scheduling this year, as some other plein air groups have become successful with this online program.  If there is a volunteer interested in running the "Meet up" page for our group this year, please contact us.  The fee seems to be $12. a month to use Meet up.  Since our group has been traditionally free, we hesitate to move to this with out asking all if they would be willing to donate $1. a year or so to help defray costs.  Perhaps a donation button on the site might work to cover the basic expenses.

Congratulations to the entire group for a successful fundraising exhibit at Art Works Downtown in 2012.  Art Works Downtown sold 13 pieces of art from the exhibit, with a percentage going back to the  Farm Field Studies Program for Marin Organic.  The building-wide exhibit was very well received by the public and enjoyed during the holidays.  Thank you to all the artists for contributing work and attending the events.

Artists!

 If you wish to be notified of future paint outs:

1.  Sign up below:

Artists: Click here to Subscribe to our E-list/Newsletter

2.  Download the Waiver Form

(ALL participants must sign the new form)

3.  Scan it in and email it to farmartpr@gmail.com

     or...

     Mail it to:

att: Kerry McGrath, Art on the Farm Liason

      Marin Organic, P.O. Box 962. Pt. Reyes Station, CA 94956

or... email us to ask more detailed questions.

Upcoming Artist Visits for 2013: (more visits to come as dates are set)

Cow Track Ranch, Nicasio,  California

June 9:      Cow Track Ranch, Nicasio (11am: Meet proprietor, Liz Daniels)
TBA:         Erickson Ranch
June 23:   Pt. Reyes Vineyard
June 30:   Cerini Ranch
Aug 18:    Gospel Flat Farm, Bolinas
Oct 6:      "Hole in the Rock" Beach House,  Inverness

Artists! Visit here to sign the farm visit waiver from Marin Organic.

Farmers + Producers!
Please contact founder, Alan Mart, to be included in an upcoming visit.

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Past Visits of 2013 Season:

May 5:

Toluma Farm: Tamara Hicks, Host

read about our 2012 visit with Eric + goats

 

• 5488 Middle Road
• Tomales, California 94971

Email	info@tolumafarms.com
Website	http://www.tolumafarms.com

Past Visits of 2012 Season:

April 1:       Cerini Ranch   read about the visit and see photos, here
April 15:     Blackberry Farm, Bolinas  read about our visit with Aggie

April 29:     Toluma Farm, Tomales  read about our visit with Eric + goats
May 20:      Star Route Farms, Bolinas
June 24:      Historic L Ranch Beach

July 29:       Cow Track Ranch, Nicasio
Aug 19:       Creekside Gardens (Host: Susan Martinelli)
Aug 26:       Lunny Oyster Farm (Host: Nancy Lunny)
Sept 16:      Point Reyes Winery & Vineyard Inn
Oct 7:         Walker Ranch, N. of Cerini Ranch (Doughty Family)
Oct 21:        Stemple Creek Ranch (Host: Loren Poncia)

Art on the Farm at Art Works Downtown

"Farm to Fork", pastel by Carol Allen

A pastel by Carol Allen sold last night at "Art on the Farm" at Art Works Downtown. The pastel speaks about eating organic & "farm to table".

Please visit the exhibit at Art Works Downtown before it ends, January 17.  Just one more week!  To date, 12 pieces have sold from this exhibit (10 from the main gallery, and 2 from the Marin Jewelers Guild walls).

Art Works Downtown is open today, Saturday, from 10am to 5pm (and I hear they have leftover food from last night's reception! : )