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

Xicano Community Narratives Exhibit
Xicano Community Narratives—an exhibit of Chicano/Latino/a/x artwork by Bay Area residents.
Lowrider Festival for the Arts
Lowrider Festival for the Arts, featuring some of Sonoma County’s best lowrider cars, taco trucks…

From Mess to Masterpiece
Pull that overworked painting out of the closet and bring it to an interactive workshop on fixing any artwork.

Cyanotype Printing – Create with the Power of the Sun
Discover the magic of one of the oldest photographic printing processes in this hands-on 2-hour cyanotype printing workshop.

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.

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

Public Art Speaker Panel
As part of the ‘Placemaking through Public Art’ exhibit, the Petaluma Public Art Committee (PPAC) is excited to host an artist speaker panel to discuss the importance of public art through the eyes of the artist.

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.

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


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

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.