Scotts Valley Artist to Donate First $10,000 of Gallery Sales to Local Non-Profit Arts Organization
SCOTTS VALLEY – The grand opening of The Gary Yakima Geyer Fine Art Gallery will take place on Saturday, April 27. The gallery will be located in the Kings Village Shopping Center, adjacent to Scotts Valley Artisans, at 230-D Mt. Hermon Road, Scotts Valley, next to the Cinelux Theater.
The grand opening reception will take place at the gallery on Saturday, April 27, from 7pm-9pm. This is a free event for the community. Food and wine will be available, and the artist will be on hand throughout the evening. . (An invitation- only event for community leaders and local art supporters will take place at the gallery earlier that evening).
Gary Yakima Geyer has been a dedicated full-time artist in Santa Cruz County for over 40 years. He has exhibited and sold his work all over the world and developed an international following. His last one-man show took place in Shanghai, China in 2006. Gary played a primary leadership role in transforming the formerly deserted Capitola Village into a thriving art colony in the early 1970s.
Gary is generously donating the first $10,000 of sales from the Gary Yakima Geyer Gallery to the Regional Artisans Association, a non-profit 501(c)(3) arts organization dedicated to expanding the reach and elevating the profile of artists living in Santa Cruz County. Their programs and projects include:
Scotts Valley Artisans, a non-profit community art center featuring the work of over 130 Santa Cruz County artists;
The Mural-in-a-Day Project, which will be holding its next mural event on Saturday and Sunday, May 18 & 19 in Scotts Valley;
The Art in Public Places Project;
and the new website, SantaCruzArtists.com, a nationally promoted online art market for Santa Cruz County artists, launching in Spring of 2013. According to Gary: “In my 40 years as an artist in Santa Cruz County, the Regional Artisans Association has developed the best model I’ve seen to provide an ongoing, permanent marketplace for the huge artistic talent in our community. We have so many artists but so few opportunities to sell our work here at home. I want to do everything I can to support this organization’s passion, drive and determination, and to help them in their efforts to make Santa Cruz County a mecca for the arts.” For more information, contact Dawn Teall at 831-439-9094 or dawn@scottsvalleyartisans.com.