Yosemite Art and Education Center

When I was growing up, I always remember hearing about the mural that Ruth Dicker painted in Yosemite.  I heard about how she and her husband Ralph stacked the panels in a pickup truck and drive them to Yosemite.  Not a small feat when the painting totals eight feet tall and twenty-four feet wide.  In the summer of 2007, I finally made it to Yosemite Valley and found the painting in the Yosemite Art and Education Center.  They didn't know much about it, but were very excited to learn.  If you are in the valley, you should check it out.  This link talks a little about the Yosemite Art and Education Center and you can even see a little bit of the painting.  The full think looks like this:

More information is available here.

Another Poster

I found this poster on craigslist today. It is one of the rarer Nut Tree posters from a show in 1979, I'm not sure we have any left so I might have to get it for myself. In case the ad disappears, here is what it looks like:

Posters

Ruth had a number of shows at the Nut Tree in Vacaville, CA and at least three of them had posters produced for the show. Somewhere I have a large collection of these posters, but they also show up frequently on ebay. One ebay seller in particular, Broadway Comics and Cards, usually seems to have at least two of the poster styles for sale.

Here are pictures of the ones currently for sale:

$7.99 sounds like a bargain to me. I will try to find a picture of the third poster as well.