Save Mary Fuller McChesney Sculptures

This summer, in the courtyard at The Astro Motel in Santa Rosa, we're planning an exciting, large-scale installation of the work of Sonoma Mountain sculptor Mary Fuller McChesney who passed away in May at the age of 99.

Mary was a brilliant artist, a formal innovator, a free thinker, prolific writer and fervent feminist. Like so many of the women who were 20th Century modernist masters in American art, her work is underknown, so we're ecstatic at the opportunity to bring it to a new audience in an urban setting welcoming to visitors who might never encounter it otherwise. Curated by Spring Maxfield, who first conceived of this exhibition months prior to her passing, and in partnership with the artist's estate and The Calabi Gallery, the installation will showcase about a dozen totems and goddesses as well as a handful of bronze sculptures.

But we need your help! Getting Mary's work down the mountain safely is cumbersome and labor intensive, and we need to raise $5000 to pay for the U-Haul, equipment and art handlers. Any contribution of any size will help! And with any donations of $50 or more, you will receive an invitation to our spirited opening, planned for Thursday, September 8.

All donations are tax deductible.