| Colorful New Obata Notecards
Available |
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 We got so many request for notecards featuring art from
the woodblock prints of Chiura Obata, that we finally went
with the flow! Our new boxed set entitled "Obata's Yosemite"
features ten different images from Yosemite Valley and the
park high country.
Included are reproductions of woodblocks of El Capitan,
Upper Lyell Fork Near Lyell Glacier, Lake Basin in the High
Sierra, Sundown at Tioga Peak, Evening Glow at Yosemite Falls,
Evening Moon, Before Thunderstorm, Evening Glow at Lyell Fork,
Last Twilight at Unknown Lake, and Death's Grave Pass and
Tenaya Peak.
The images are taken from the Yosemite Association's
award-winning book Obata's Yosemite, which is
still available in a paperback edition.
The new Obata notecards are priced at $11.95 for ten cards
with envelopes. Yosemite Association members receive a 15%
discount and can purchase the boxed set for only
$10.16! The cards make great gifts, and you can afford to
buy multiple boxes at this price!!
To
purchase the new Yosemite notecards by Obata... »
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| Organic, Sustainable Foods Now Used in Yosemite
Restaurants |
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 If you like organic and sustainably harvested food,
study the menus of high-end restaurants in Yosemite National
Park. They are adding your favorite fare -- and hinting at
what's to come in food courts and camp kitchens.
At The Ahwahnee, you'll likely find organic pork
tenderloin and other meat that hasn't been genetically
modified or treated with hormones and antibiotics. Or you
could find Alaskan line-caught halibut, a sustainable food
harvested in a way that conserves natural resources.
What's happening in some kitchens in the park is a fraction
of a larger environmental program called Project 21, the
brainchild of Delaware North Companies, which manages
hospitality and food service in locations such as Yosemite
National Park, Sequoia National Park, Yellowstone National
Park in Montana and the U.S. Mint in Philadelphia.
On park menus you'll find this statement: "We are proud to
present our seasonal dinner menu featuring many organic items
and sustainably harvested products. This enables us to advance
our environmental initiatives beyond recycling programs."
"We look to Yosemite to be the leader in lots of issues,"
says John Huey of DNC Parks & Resorts at Yosemite, who
adds that Yosemite's environmental programs became a model for
the rest of the DNC companies.
For
more about DNC's sustainability project in Yosemite... »
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| Thomas Hill Book is Half Price for a Limited
Time! |
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 Yosemite artist Thomas Hill's smaller works in oil,
painted in the field directly from nature, represent some of
his finest achievements and include subjects as diverse as
Yosemite, the White Mountains, and Alaska.
The remarkable book published by the Yosemite Association
about these impressive paintings is being offered for a
limited time for 50% off its normal retail price of $19.95.
Entitled Direct From Nature: The Oil Sketches of Thomas
Hill, the paperback volume is printed in full color
and reproduces a large array of Hill's work from all over the
United States.
Besides the paintings, the book (a cooperative project with
the Crocker Art Museum of Sacramento) includes one of the most
thorough biographies of Thomas Hill available, a chronology of
his life, and an essay about oil sketches in the history of
American art by noted art historian William Gerdts.
Purchase this fine art book for a limited time only for
just $9.99! The Yosemite Association member discount does
not apply to this special sale item.
To
purchase Direct From Nature at 50% off... »
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| Wilderness T-Shirts Won't Last
Forever |
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 A special t-shirt to commemorate the 40th Anniversary
of the Wilderness Act was recently developed by the Yosemite
Association. It's selling like beer to disconsolate fans at a
'49er game.
Available in both long- and short-sleeved versions that are
mocha brown and garment-washed, the shirt features a
full-color reproduction from a wood block print by Chiura
Obata entitled 'Clouds, Upper Lyell Trail' and dated 1930. The
type above and below the image reads: "Sierra Nevada
Wilderness - Celebrating Forty Years of Protection."
Because the shirt was produced for this special event, we
aren't going to keep it in inventory much longer. That's why
you need to order now if you want to own one of these
unique shirts.
Remember, with your Yosemite Association 15% member
discount you can buy the long-sleeved tee (regularly $20)
for only $17 and the short-sleeved tee (regularly $16) for
only $13.60. Get one while they last.....
To
purchase Wilderness Act 40th Anniversary t-shirts... »
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| Exhibit of Julia Parker Baskets in Walnut
Creek |
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| Yosemite's Julia Parker is widely regarded as one of
California's best makers of baskets, and a leading elder of
the American Indian community. The first retrospective of her
work, "The Past in Present Tense: Four Decades of Julia
Parker Baskets," is continuing at the Bedford Gallery in
Walnut Creek through October 31.
People who have seen Parker in action -- she's been
teaching basket-weaving, acorn cooking, and other cultural
arts at Yosemite for 40 years, and regularly brings her show
to Point Reyes National Seashore and other venues -- say her
work is not to be missed.
At age 20, Parker created her first basket. Today her
baskets are highly prized and in many public collections.
"They are scattered like seeds all over California," says
Deborah Valoma, curator of the exhibit. More than 100 examples
are in the show.
The Bedford Gallery is located at 1601 Civic Drive, Walnut
Creek. Entrance is $3, $2 under 17; free for 12 and under.
Free to all noon-5 p.m. Tuesdays and to ticket holders for
events at the Regional Center on the day of the event. The
phone is (925) 943-7469.
For
more about Julia Parker and the exhibit...
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