THE SONOMA 5 is a freeform Northern California artist collective united by our shared interest in contemporary fine art, storytelling, andthe enduring power of creative community.

For OUR CALIFORNIA at Laguna Lab we propose to explore the altered and unalterable states of mind, body, and spirit that the great State of California evokes.

Come engage with a stylistically diverse group of painters and assemblage artists; whose voices range from the playful to the profound unbound by any particular “ism.”

• Omar Mueller

• Jane Manning 

• Walt Morton

• Tamsin Smith

• Josef Szuecs

• Bill Krinard

• Adam Wolpert 

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Guest Curator Tamsin Spencer Smith

Tamsin Spencer Smith is a poet, essayist, and painter. She is author of 5 poetry collections, a novel, and multiple catalog essays and art reviews.

Her paintings have been shown in galleries throughout the San Francisco Bay Area.

Smith is also songwriter, keyboardist, and cofounder of the post-pop band The Strays.