Art Retrospective and Live Auction
ARTIST RETROSPECTIVE and LIVE AUCTION
followed by a Community Celebration and Potluck
for Chimacum artist Sara Mall Johani
Tuesday, July 29th
4-8pm at Finnriver Farm & Cidery
The Heart of the Dragon
$30 ticket includes a drink token for the Taproom
Conviviality, the hydrologic cycle and a good death...
Auction catalogue will be posted soon on this website and you can learn more about the artist and art at: https://www.tomandsara.net/
50% of all auction proceeds will go to support the Watershed Bell Youth Arts Fund through the Roots of Resilience Project. https://www.rootsproject.org/watershed-bell--fund.html
For over 40 years artists Tom Jay and Sara Mall Johani made their home in Chimacum, WA, the heart of the Quimper Peninsula. Tom passed away in 2019, leaving a visionary legacy of sculpture, poetry, writing and ecological wisdom. Sara is now preparing to move to Montreal to live with her son Dru and their family. This event is a farewell to Sara and a final act of creative generosity and community.
Tom and Sara’s commitment to this place, and the people and ecosystem that make it thrive, has been central to their art and will continue to inspire our community for generations to come. Many small family farms, healthy salmon streams, and beautiful fields and forests all around us are profound testaments to their vision and dedication.
It had long been a dream here to have one of Tom’s sculptures live on the farm in Chimacum. In the summer of 2019, one of Tom’s bronze bells became available, and through the generous support of friends and neighbors, and partner organizations, we brought this magnificent Watershed Wishing Bell home and it now lives at Finnriver Farm & Cidery for all to enjoy.
We hope the bell can serve as a symbol of their legacy to the community and all are invited to support the Watershed Bell Youth Arts Fund -- established in their name to provide ongoing support to the youth of Jefferson County for Arts and Environmental projects: https://www.rootsproject.org/watershed-bell--fund.html