{"id":616922,"date":"2026-10-01T01:18:09","date_gmt":"2026-10-01T01:18:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/616922\/"},"modified":"2026-10-01T01:18:09","modified_gmt":"2026-10-01T01:18:09","slug":"carol-kelley-soul-travel-art-exhibit-opens-at-sonoma-library","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/616922\/","title":{"rendered":"Carol Kelley ‘Soul Travel’ art exhibit opens at Sonoma library"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Sonoma Valley Library features the work of local artist Carol Kelley for its October Artist Showcase<\/a>.<\/p>\n

A public reception is scheduled for 4 to 5:30 p.m. Friday, Oct. 9, in the library\u2019s Forum Room, 755 W. Napa St. in Sonoma<\/p>\n

Kelley\u2019s \u201cImages from the Reverie: Soul Travel of the Modern Woman,\u201d will be on display through October.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019ve had a lot of fun with this but I thought it\u2019s a big part of who I am and I might as well take it out of the closet and show it,\u201d Kelley said.<\/p>\n

Some of the exhibit visualizes her experiences with \u201csoul travel\u201d during her Jungian-based therapy, a form of psychodynamic therapy that explores the relationship between the conscious and unconscious mind.<\/p>\n

\"Carol<\/p>\n

Carol Kelley with her artwork \u201cOpening for Change\u201d, which she painted with her non-dominant left hand and made into a large quilt. Photo taken in Sonoma on Monday, September 28, 2026. (Christopher Chung\/The Press Democrat)<\/p>\n

\"Third<\/p>\n

Third Eye Awakening quilt by artist Carol Kelley in Sonoma on Monday, September 28, 2026. The quilt is based on a painting by Kelley. (Christopher Chung\/The Press Democrat)<\/p>\n

\"National<\/p>\n

National Disturbance quilt by artist Carol Kelley in Sonoma on Monday, September 28, 2026. The quilt is based on a painting by Kelley. (Christopher Chung\/The Press Democrat)<\/p>\n

\"My<\/p>\n

My AI Friend by artist Carol Kelley in Sonoma on Monday, September 28, 2026. (Christopher Chung\/The Press Democrat)<\/p>\n

\"No<\/p>\n

No King by artist Carol Kelley in Sonoma on Monday, September 28, 2026. (Christopher Chung\/The Press Democrat)<\/p>\n

\"Artist<\/p>\n

Artist Carol Kelley at her home studio in Sonoma on Monday, September 28, 2026. (Christopher Chung\/The Press Democrat)<\/p>\n

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Carol Kelley with her artwork \u201cOpening for Change\u201d, which she painted with her non-dominant left hand and made into a large quilt. Photo taken in Sonoma on Monday, September 28, 2026. (Christopher Chung\/The Press Democrat)<\/p>\n

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\u201cI would come home from these sessions and start drawing with my left hand \u2014 my non-dominant hand \u2014 and I ended up with over 100 watercolors,\u201d Kelley said of creating many of her pieces while in a trance. \u201cI took some of these watercolors and made fabric out of them.\u201d<\/p>\n

Kelley has been an artist for approximately 50 years and spent five years creating mosaic installations for filmmaker John Lasseter\u2019s Glen Ellen home.<\/p>\n

Her public projects include a 12-foot mural of Portugal and the fireplace at LaSalette restaurant on First Street and a large mosaic lamp that once served as a conversation piece at Sonoma\u2019s Breakaway Cafe, which closed in 2016.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Sonoma Valley Library features the work of local artist Carol Kelley for its October Artist Showcase. A…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":616923,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[31],"tags":[1628,442,498,499,500,303861,501,156,111,139,69,303862],"class_list":["post-616922","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-arts-and-design","tag-artist","tag-arts","tag-arts-and-design","tag-artsanddesign","tag-artsdesign","tag-carol-kelley","tag-design","tag-entertainment","tag-new-zealand","tag-newzealand","tag-nz","tag-sonoma-library"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/616922","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=616922"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/616922\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/616923"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=616922"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=616922"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=616922"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}