Hanging With Andy

Hanging With Andy

Posted by on Sep 18, 2011 in Current Events, Gardens + Artists | No Comments

I’d like to give a very special thank you to Christian Berman for capturing the days here with Andy and the whole crew.

It Takes a Village…

It Takes a Village…

Posted by on Aug 31, 2011 in Gardens + Artists | No Comments

It Takes a Village to Create a Garden Before Andy Cao arrived at Cornerstone fresh off a Leob fellowship at Harvard, I wondered what to expect. Would he be some holier-than-thou Designer with a severe case of badassitude? And his design team: a coterie of crackpots from LA, impossibly trendy in head-to-toe black? I needn’t ...

David Fenton at Zipper

David Fenton at Zipper

Posted by on Aug 31, 2011 in Gardens + Artists, Shops | No Comments

Artist David Fenton will present his “rebirth” series at Zipper in CornerStone Sonoma opening Labor Day Weekend. Join us to meet the artist at a reception on Saturday, September 3rd from 2-5PM.  The show will continue throughout the weekend and on ’til October 15th.  Don’t miss this intelligent, thought-provoking and engaging new exhibit!

Ice at Cornerstone

Ice at Cornerstone

Posted by on Aug 17, 2011 in Artists, Shops | No Comments

Cool New installation at Cornerstone Sonoma -  Ice Cubes by Joseph McDonnell. Now in the Lilly Pond through September. “Joseph McDonnell is clearly a master of what might be called late modern sculpture – cubist/constructivist complexity and an expressionistic sense of drama… They [his sculptures] are about faith in the possibility of perfection in an ...

Andy Cao in SF Chronicle

Andy Cao in SF Chronicle

Posted by on Jul 23, 2011 in Press | No Comments

Andy Cao, Xavier Perrot at Cornerstone Gardens Lauren Reed-Guy, Chronicle Staff Writer – Wednesday, July 20, 2011 With chicken wire, cut crystal and an affinity for improvisation, landscape architects Andy Cao and Xavier Perrot are blurring the line between landscape design and art. This month, Cao and Perrot unveiled two new installations at Cornerstone Gardens ...

Head in the clouds

Head in the clouds

Posted by on Jul 9, 2011 in Calendar, Current Events | No Comments

What would a dream, where the lines of reality and fantasy merge, look like if it came to life? Decorated landscape designer Andy Cao explores this idea with his two new installations at Cornerstone Sonoma. Working with his design partner Xavier Perrot, Cao will unveil their creations at 5 p.m. Sunday, July 10. “A lot ...

Incidental Placemaking

Incidental Placemaking

Cornerstone welcomes globally celebrated landscape artist Andy Cao. Join us for his lecture Incidental Placemaking at The Sonoma Valley Museum of Art on Thursday, July 7 at 6:00pm. Andy will discuss contemporary landscape architecture focusing on his two new gardens currently being created at Cornerstone Sonoma. The museum is located at 551 Broadway in Sonoma, ...