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Jun
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Art :: Exhibition
Norma I. Quintana: Portraits & John Paul Morabito: Weavings
11:00 AM
Sonoma Valley Museum of Art
Description:
11am-5pm daily except Monday, Tuesday and Major Holidays
Norma I. Quintana: Paradise of Memory / Paraíso de la Memoria
May 9 - September 6, 2026
Norma I. Quintana’s compelling portrait series links memory with community identity. Inspired by portraits created by itinerant photographers in Puerto Rico, her images honor everyday lives as a vital part of cultural remembrance. These “jewels of memory” capture not just faces, but also the traces of experience that bind people across generations. Originating from the intersection of documentary photography practice with personal cultural and familial history, Quintana portrays remembering not as a passive act of recollection, but as an intentional, creative process—one that connects storytelling with the continuous construction of identity.

John Paul Morabito: Dancing in the Night
May 9 - September 6, 2026
Transdisciplinary weaver John Paul Morabito (they, them, their) is a master of improvisational handwork, transforming linen, cotton, gold-leaf threads, and beading into opulent, metaphoric weavings that bend and twist time. Each work stands as a radiant tribute to Queer life resistance and community, celebrating its bombastic, glittering glory with longing, reverence, and exuberance.
Age Group: All Ages
Venue: Sonoma Valley Museum of Art
Address: 551 Broadway Sonoma, CA 95476
Phone: 7079397862

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