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Thursday-Monday
(closed Tuesday & Wednesday)

The Quicksilver Mine Co.
6671 Front St. (Hwy. 116)
Downtown Forestville

PHONE: 707.887.0799
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QUICKSILVER'S LAST HURRAH

November 16—December 31, 2012

The Quicksilver Mine Co.'s final exhibition—The Last Hurrah—will open in the Forestville gallery on November 16th.

Last Hurrah Postcard: Artists in the Exhibit
Last Hurrah Postcard: Artists in the Exhibit

Featuring work by nearly one hundred of the artists and fine craftspeople who have exhibited at Quicksilver since the gallery first opened in Guerneville in 1983, this exhibition represents just a small fraction of the nearly 600 people who have shown and sold their work at Quicksilver during the past 30 years.

Carla Sarvis, Fused Glass Plate
Carla Sarvis, Fused Glass Plate

Filling the gallery walls from floor to ceiling, gallery owner Khysie Horn hopes to both thank and celebrate all the artists who have made Quicksilver possible these many years.

Carol Wedemeyer, "Heckling Hog Hoarding a Horn of Plenty"
Carol Wedemeyer,
"Heckling Hog Hoarding a Horn of Plenty"

 

Holly Downing, "It's All Connected, Threatened, Endangered, Disappearing"
Holly Downing,
"It's All Connected, Threatened, Endangered, Disappearing"

Says Horn, "I would like to say a very special thank you to our patrons, customers and friends in the communities we share. We would not be here if it weren’t for your enthusiasm and your dedicated support."

"And of course, my deepest appreciation goes out to all the visual artists, the poets and writers, the musicians and performers we have worked with here in the gallery since 1983. Our world here in the West County is very rich and very blessed because of you. Thank you all, from the bottom of my heart."

Janet Charnofsky, "Tracks & Trails VII"
Janet Charnofsky, "Tracks & Trails VII"

 

Quicksilver's Last Hurrah will feature a wide variety of mixed media paintings; wood, metal and assemblage sculpture; collage, drawings, etchings and prints; artist books; junk art and garden art; and functional, sculptural and wood fired ceramics.

Kathleen Younquist, "Untitled Symphony #5"
Kathleen Younquist, "Untitled Symphony #5"

 

Paul Beattie, "Collage Planet #87"
Paul Beattie, "Collage Planet #87"

 

Richard Benbrook, "Tweet Tweet Beep!"
Richard Benbrook, "Tweet Tweet Beep!"

 

Shane Weare, "Low Tide"
Shane Weare, "Low Tide"

 

Todd Barricklow, "Ceramic Scraffito" (detail)
Todd Barricklow, "Ceramic Scraffito" (detail)

 

Tristan Francis, "Birch Bay VII"
Tristan Francis, "Birch Bay VII"

 

Will Smith, "Tentacles"
Will Smith, "Tentacles"

 

Harley, Untitled
Harley, Untitled

 

Maria Sund, "Red Winged Blackbird"
Maria Sund, "Red Winged Blackbird"

 

Inya Laskowski, Untitled
Inya Laskowski, Untitled

 

Leslie Zumwalt, "Plum, Pure & Scalloped"
Leslie Zumwalt, "Plum, Pure & Scalloped"

 

Carol Fregoso, "Train"
Carol Fregoso, "Train"

 

Michael Cooper, "Unnecessary Roughness" (below)
 
Michael Cooper, "Ummecessary Roughness"
 
Michael Cooper, "Ummecessary Roughness"
 
Michael Cooper, "Ummecessary Roughness"
 
Michael Cooper, "Ummecessary Roughness"

 

Michael Cooper, "Unnecessary Roughness" (in process)
Michael Cooper,
"Unnecessary Roughness" (in progress)

 

The Last Hurrah Show in the Gallery
 
The Last Hurrah Show in the Gallery
 
The Last Hurrah Show in the Gallery
 
The Last Hurrah Show in the Gallery
 
The Last Hurrah Show in the Gallery
 
The Last Hurrah Show in the Gallery

 

click on images for larger views

 

 

A reception celebrating the artists of The Last Hurrah will be held on Saturday, November 17th from 4—6pm. The show will continue until Quicksilver closes the gallery doors on December 31st.

Alan Azhderian, "Runner"
Alan Azhderian, "Runner"

 

Brooke Holve, "Cover Cuts"
Brooke Holve, "Cover Cuts"

 

Carol Setterlund, "Babel"
Carol Setterlund (courtesy of Erickson Fine Art Gallery, Healdsburg), "Babel"

 

 Frank Scheuler, "Meridian II"
Frank Schueler, "Meridian II"

 

 Jenny Abell, "Book Cover 120"
Jenny Abell, "Book Cover 120"

 

 Jackie McCarthy, "Crevasse"
Jackie McCarthy, "Crevasse"

 

Kai Samuels-Davis, "With Tired Eyes"
Kai Samuels-Davis,
"With Tired Eyes"

 

Richard Carter, "Summer"
Richard Carter, "Summer"

 

Sherry Parker, "Bird Walker"
Sherry Parker, "Bird Walker"

 

Susan Field, "Drone" (detail)
Susan Field, "Drone" (detail)

 

Jerrold Ballaine, "Event #16"
Jerrold Ballaine, "Event #16"

 

Rhonda Trevethick, "Primal Stirrings"
Rhonda Trevethick, "Primal Stirrings"

 

Andrei Willenius, Untitled
Andrei Willenius, Untitled

 

Ernie Fosselius, "Don deVivieros"
Ernie Fosselius, "Don deVivieros"

 

John O'Hare, Untitled (detail)
John O'Hare, Untitled (detail)

 

Mary Fuller, "Fuller Plays Moore"
Mary Fuller, "Fuller Plays Moore"

 

Nuala Creed, "The banker is pleased with the election results"
Nuala Creed,
"The banker is pleased with
the election results"

 

Zoltan Vasvary, "Head Count"
Zoltan Vasvary, "Head Count"

 

Chris Beards, "Taste"
Chris Beards, "Taste"

 

 Michael Cooper, "Ummecessary Roughness"
Michael Cooper,
"Unnecessary Roughness"

 

Bear, "Cabinet of the Sublime"
Bear, "Cabinet of the Sublime"

 

Raymond Barnhart, "Baby Shoe"
Raymond Barnhart, "Baby Shoe"

 

Bruce Johnson, "Osage Dream"
Bruce Johnson, "Osage Dream"