The Yorba Gallery
Yorba Wines began its gallery program in 2022 as a way to utilize open space in a positive manner, cultivating appreciation of wine, food, art, and good company. The gallery provides opportunities to local and regional artists as a way for them to be discovered by avid arts enthusiasts and wine country visitors.
The program has shown work with no bias toward specific ideas or media - representing painting, collage, sculpture, and ceramics among others. The Yorba Gallery continues to expand its reach, pairing artists with collectors and encourages thoughtful acquisitions for private and corporate collections.
Cat Alden began collecting discarded and lost work gloves on the streets of Berkeley, CA in the 1990s. Their rain-soaked, frayed textures and deep biographic markings inspired her to look deeply into their heritage. As her collection of orphaned objects grew, she sometimes used them in assemblages, simply presenting them on their own; sometimes modified them by manipulating and pairing them to create new forms.
In 2023, Alden teamed up with Michael Woolsey to present a series of portraits of these remarkable gloves, thereby honoring the men and women whose labors produced them. Their stunning details, including duct-taped repairs, tattered stitching, and worn fingertips become the evidence of toil and effort as the camera's lens captures their visceral nuances and brings them into vivid focus for the viewer.
Here at Yorba, the project includes new works that feature indigenous materials from Shake Ridge Ranch, the land upon which all our fruit is grown. With these works, a full cycle of farm life is expanded beyond the rich tradition of winemaking to include a harvest destined to linger long after the last drop from a bottle is enjoyed.
Cat Alden
Cat Alden earned her MFA from Alfred University, New York, and has shown her work regionally and nationally. In 1997, her sculpture Bad Boys – a “found glove” piece -- was featured in the New Yorker magazine. Her commissioned work appears in numerous private and public locales throughout the Bay Area. She lives in Petaluma and maintains a studio in the Magic Shop Artist Co-op housed in the Watershed Building.
Michael B. Woolsey
Michael B. Woolsey is a professional documentary photographer who is also a member of the Magic Shop Co-op. With more than 20 years of photography experience and a broad public and private clientele, his aim is to capture authentic moments through the art of visual storytelling.
ART EXHIBITION
The Glove Project, the artists display of sculptures and photography, will grace the walls at the Yorba Tasting Room & Gallery through the end of December. Meet the artists at their reception on October 19th from 5pm to 7pm. Complimentary wine and noshes will be served.
