Ane Carla Rovetta on Making Art From Nature at the El Cerrito Art Association

On July 11th, the El Cerrito Art Association monthly meeting features Ane Carla Rovetta, who makes her art from the rocks, soil, flowers and roots around her. For fifteen years, she has been reviving, testing and using historic recipes that predate our synthetic chemical revolution.

Ane is a naturalist, education specialist, storyteller and book illustrator. She travels around the country teaching a course called "Earth to Art", where participants take earth materials ranging from soil to rocks to seaweed and grind them using stones and mortars into paints and pastels.

Ane is known for her lively, charismatic presentations as well as for her artwork. Come hear the stories of art without toxins and watch Ane create pastels and art from soil in the wink of an eye.

The meeting will be held in the Garden Room of the El Cerrito Community Center, 7007 Moeser Lane in El Cerrito. The evening begins at 7:00 p.m. with social time and a “mini art show” of members’ work. A brief business meeting is held at 7:30 followed immediately by the speaker. 

El Cerrito Art Association meetings are open to the public, and visitors and new members are always welcome. For more information about this program, contact Barbara Rockhold at 510-237-3457 or email tomatogurl@comcast.net. For more information about the Association, see www.elcerritoart.org.  The Community Center is handicapped-accessible.