November Guest Artist,
Rebecca Plachte-Zuiback

“Between the Snow and Bloom” “The Secrets of Starlight”

Rebecca Plachte-Zuieback,  a Santa Rosa, California–based textile collage artist and the founder of Sustainable For Good and becky.earth brings her one-of-a-kind, machine-stitched works to the Arts Guild of Sonoma gallery.  Using hundreds of pieces of reclaimed and responsibly sourced fabric, she explores imagined worlds of coexistence, balance, and quiet wonder.

Her work grew out of her longtime commitment to sustainability. Built intuitively, fragment by fragment, her work often appears painterly from a distance, while up close revealing intricate stitching and the material history of the textiles. At its heart, her art is an invitation to slow down, look a little closer, and rediscover a sense of childlike wonder. Through playful storytelling, vibrant color, and meticulous craftsmanship, Becky creates worlds where kindness, curiosity, and connection are always possible.

Meet our November Featured Artist: 
Susan Heeringa-Pieper

A member of the Arts Guild since 1993, Susan has been creating for as long as her hands could hold an object.  With an interest in spirituality and metaphysics at an early age, her choice in art making stretched beyond the reproduction of the physical world and two-dimensional making into creating with objects and material that presented around her. Wire, thread, cast off Christmas tree, kelp — you name it — all transformed into beauty and healing of art.  Susan's recent work focuses on connecting with the diversity of our humanity -- it's sorrows, it's joy, it's sensuality of physicality. A mixed-media artist, Susan works with all types of materials, texture and color to bring out the unexpected in every piece she creates.  

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AGS is Now Accepting Applications for New Artist Members for our 2027 membership year. If you’re an artist ready to be part of a dynamic, hands-on creative community, please visit our Artist Application page to see if the Guild is a good fit for you.

Offering Guest Artist Opportunities for 2027

The Arts Guild of Sonoma is now offering a new monthly opportunity for Sonoma and Napa County artists to show 2-D or 3-D original art on in our lovely gallery located just off the historic Sonoma Plaza. We are now taking applications for 2027. Applicants must be a local artist AND have a current artist website. We welcome Professional local artists to apply online.

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