The backstory: A Labor of love

We are happy to welcome you to our third annual “History Becomes Art” fundraiser. This has been a labor of love for the St. Helena Historical Society and we are delighted to be offering you an afternoon of wine, food, music  and the opportunity to obtain art that represents the history of our community. Our first two events were a tremendous success, thanks to our artist participants and all who attended!

This event has been organized to help raise funds to establish a permanent home for our collection. With such a facility, the public will be able to learn about the history of our area and enjoy some of the amazing historical artifacts that have been so generously donated to us over the past 17 years.

Inspired by Thomas. Our event came about through artist Thomas Arvid, who is known for his passion for art and wine and is a collector of both, as you will see on his Artist Page. Thomas suggested that the Historical Society should do an art fundraiser depicting our historic photos as seen through the eyes of artists of this era. We reached out to our local artists, Thomas reached out to a few of his artist friends and you will have the chance to see their work here and, of course, at our event. We are thrilled with the number of artists who have come forward to support us!

The artwork is pouring in, so check in again 

We are continually updating this site as our artists complete their works, so please come back again and again to view the latest additions. Each artist has their own page showing the artwork with dimensions, the historic photo (with description) that inspired it, and the artist bio and website link.