Stoa Gallery
11 Petaluma Blvd. N., Petaluma,
Northern California (1994-1997)
In 1994 and through 1997, Ion Frantzeskakis opened Stoa Gallery, on the first floor, at 11 Petaluma Blvd. N., at the picturesque town of Petaluma, a few miles North of San Francisco, in Northern California.
Housed in the old ballroom of a Victorian building which escaped the earthquake of 1906, and following the invitation of dear friend and outstanding photographer Morrie Camhi who owned the -then recently renovated- beautiful building, the art gallery soon became a friendly meeting place for artlovers of the area.
Stoa Gallery exhibited, among others, the work of sculptors Peter Forakis and Richard Chavez, photographers Morrie Camhi and Scott Hess, painters Leslie Abrahams, Manolis Polymeris, Angelos Sakkis, Carolyn Myers, Alexandros Vakirtzis, Robert McChesney, Franklin Williams, Toby Lurie, and others.
Stoa Gallery also became a venue for Petaluma Poetry Walk poetry readings, live music performances from cello to didjeridoo, fundraising host for several environmental causes, a practice shelter for the local Women's Choir...
Joe Catalano (1952-1998) performed with his wife, poet and musician Wendy Jeanne Burch in their collaborative piece Traffic Prayers, a meditation upon the bardos, written about in the Tibetan Book of the Dead. Joe used keyboards, didjeridoo and a wind instrument of his invention...
We miss Petaluma, our good friends there, and mostly Morrie and Peter...
Housed in the old ballroom of a Victorian building which escaped the earthquake of 1906, and following the invitation of dear friend and outstanding photographer Morrie Camhi who owned the -then recently renovated- beautiful building, the art gallery soon became a friendly meeting place for artlovers of the area.
Stoa Gallery exhibited, among others, the work of sculptors Peter Forakis and Richard Chavez, photographers Morrie Camhi and Scott Hess, painters Leslie Abrahams, Manolis Polymeris, Angelos Sakkis, Carolyn Myers, Alexandros Vakirtzis, Robert McChesney, Franklin Williams, Toby Lurie, and others.
Stoa Gallery also became a venue for Petaluma Poetry Walk poetry readings, live music performances from cello to didjeridoo, fundraising host for several environmental causes, a practice shelter for the local Women's Choir...
Joe Catalano (1952-1998) performed with his wife, poet and musician Wendy Jeanne Burch in their collaborative piece Traffic Prayers, a meditation upon the bardos, written about in the Tibetan Book of the Dead. Joe used keyboards, didjeridoo and a wind instrument of his invention...
We miss Petaluma, our good friends there, and mostly Morrie and Peter...
Morrie Camhi, left, with Ion Frantzeskakis.
The elegant entrance from the hallway.
The gas stove in the heart of the main hall.
View of Stoa Gallery.
View of Stoa Gallery. Ion's office area.
View from Stoa Gallery. Leslie Abrahams and M. Polymeris paintings.
Frantzis and Catherine Frantzeskakis with painter Angelos Sakkis in front of some of his work at Stoa Gallery.
Joe Catalano performing at Stoa Gallery. Leslie Abrahams paintings.
Stoa Gallery. Petaluma Poetry Walk reading. Carolyn Myers exhibition.
View from Stoa Gallery. Franklin Williams paintings. Peter Forakis sculpture.
View from Stoa Gallery. Inaugural group exhibition. Left to Right: L. Abrahams, A. Vakirtzis, A. Sakkis and M. Polymeris.
Stoa Gallery. Leslie Abrahams, paintings, Richard Chavez and Peter Forakis, sculpture.
Three friends: Photographer Scott Hess, Julia Williams of AdCetera Copywriting and Ion Frantzeskakis of Stoa Gallery.
Stoa Gallery. Toby Lurie reads his poem/paintings...
