Handcar Regatta

Sonoma State University (SSU) shall be host to a vivacious exhibition featuring HAND-BUILT CONTRAPTIONS of competitive glory, large and not-so-large-scale ART works, plus actual festival PROPS and, of course, a jaunty array of well-attired lads and lasses we’ve come to adore at our fair festival known as The Great Handcar Regatta.

See exclusive pre-installation photographs if you please…

March 4th - April 4th, 2010
Hours: Tues-Fri, 11am-4pm & Sat-Sun, 12pm-4pm **
More Info: (707) 664-2295

First-Rate Artists include:

• Todd Barricklow
• David Farish
• Andy Graham
• Theresa Hughes
• Muir Houghton
• Krank-Boom-Clank
• Jack Haye
• Freya Marcelis
• Gene McClelland
• C.D. Payne
• Tony Speirs & Art Farm Motel
• Kernan Coleman
• AND MORE

Special thanks to Spring Maxfield for curation and exhibition idea. Michael Schwager for additional curation and exhibition management. Also, our own invaluable maven of Regatta volunteers, Carla Stone, in addition to the staff of the SSU art department at large.

Gallery Views

** NOTE: A parking permit fee is required on other weekdays and nights on the campus. The closest lot LOT A is “reserved” and costs $5 per motor carriage. Nearby non-reserved lots cost $2.50. See the following MAP (PDF) for parking locations. Weekend parking is free in most areas.

Peruse a majority of the race teams entered for 2009 Great Handcar Regatta:

Regatta Railcar Racers

The fanciful mechanical concoctions to be witnessed this year will amaze, astound, and, with Lady Luck’s serendipitous caress, inspire too The People in attendance! Huzzah!

Engineers’ Arcade Gallery
The Engineers’ Arcade also has updated photographic depictions, featuring:

• Hennepin Crawler by Krank-Boom-Clank
• The Screaming Vortex by Andy Graham
• Shefield’s Fantastic Pump Trolly
• Two Penny by Todd Barricklow
• Wonkatania by Uff-Da-Loompas

More race team documentation is sure to arrive subsequently.

Andy Graham, of Joe’s Revenge fame from 2008 Regatta, has begun mysterious toils upon his latest contraption known as:

The Screaming Vortex

“The Future of Personal Rail Transport”

Take a moment to view the Web site…

Mr. Graham’s images, of a most striking canary yellow rail vehicle he calls simply a “4-Wheeled Railbike”, have been added, for the edification and enjoyment of all, to the Engineers’ Arcade.

A fine and sleek racer indeed! See more at andygraham.net.