
Place-Making Through Public Art Exhibition
A Survey of Petaluma's Public Art in our North Gallery


Polaroid Emulsion Lifts: Peeling Back the Magic
Dive into the dreamy, hands-on world of Polaroid emulsion lifts in this two-hour creative workshop.

Egyptian Blue: An Eternal Color Made for the Divine
A Related Presentation to My World in Blue Exhibition:
Join us for a lecture on the origin of the world’s first synthetic pigment.

Community Art Studio: “My World in Color”
Join the fun at a guided Open Studio event to create your own color-themed work. Bring a friend or the whole family, open to all ages and abilities.

Etched to Endure: Printmaking, Safety, and the Feminine Act of Nurturing Presentation
A Presentation by Jayati Kaushik

Watercolor Butterflies & Botanicals Class
Join instructor Sally-Ann Langley for a fun-filled foray into the world of whimsical botanicals and butterflies

Art Connection Event
On the third Tuesday of every month, local artists gather to share and discuss their work.


Create a Signature Series Workshop
Maggie Parr will lead a workshop to help artists develop a new series of their work.

Art Connection Event
On the third Tuesday of every month, local artists gather to share and discuss their work.

Arts and Crafts Fair Event
Join us for an exciting Arts and Crafts Fair, featuring the work of talented local artists and crafters. Free admission.


Idea Lounge: David Jenkins and Jim Liebich
The Idea Lounge pairs two speakers who may have never met. One speaker is from the arts and the other is not.

Queer Time Capsule Exhibition
Queer Time Capsule is a living archive—an evolving record of queer life today.

Figure As Story Exhibition
A juried exhibition featuring 51 artists from 9 Bay Area counties. Image by Jordan Hayes


Photojournalism in a Changing Media Landscape
Erik Castro, an award-winning photojournalist, will present his early and most recent multi-media work including a discussion about working in the industry today.

For the Love of Art Opening
For the Love of Art Exhibition Opening + Art Auction and Fundraiser + Wine Tasting

For the Love of Art
It’s a wrap! Join us for the year’s final exhibition and celebration with our annual Members’ Exhibition.

Claiming Our Space: Contemporary Art and IDD
A collective contemporary exhibition that draws art from ten bay area studios supporting artists with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD).


The Art of Materials and Tools as Art
This exhibition brings together artists who are working with paper, fabric, industrial felt, metal, steel, cement, clay, plastic, cork, and wood.

ART Connects Us: Youth Arts Exhibit 2024
Every March, the Petaluma Arts Center honors Youth Art Month with our annual Art CONNECTS Us exhibition.




Laws of Nature: Sculpture
There are fundamental truths called natural laws through which everyone and everything is governed.


Auto-mobility: Cars and Culture in Sonoma County
The Petaluma Arts Center (PAC) will be exhibiting work from local artists expressing their creative response to (and love of) the automobile, centered on the themes of community and cultural identity.

Petaluma Collects
Every collection tells a story. Petaluma Collects is an exhibition about what members of our community collect.

Multiplicities: Works of Kris Ekstrand and Marilyn Dizikes
This exhibit, featuring works by two PAC Artist Members, explores the assemblage and multiplicity of objects and textures in nature and in everyday life.