There's a spirited social network sweeping the Internet – connecting friends and creating fans from coast to coast. Since the spirit of AVIA is community, we're pleased to share AVIA's neighborhood network.
These friends share a passion for Napa and they are people AVIA thinks you should meet.
It's our pleasure to share introductions...
 Chardonnay Golf Club
www.chardonnaygolfclub.com
Chardonnay Golf Club is a 18-hole semi-private golf facility located Southeast of the city of Napa in Jamieson Canyon at the gateway to the world renown Napa Valley wine district. Unlike virtually all courses today, Chardonnay’s golfers are not asked to play amidst any private residences. Our 18-holes of semi-private championship golf offer a variety of challenges for players of all skill levels. The 18-hole layout features the Vineyards/Meadows. The 18-hole layout meanders through over 150 acres of Chardonnay and Merlot Vineyards and feature numerous lakes and creek crossing, a wide variety of native flora and fauna.
Several areas of the property are designed as wildlife preserves and are dedicated to maintaining wildlife habitat among the vineyards and fairways. Sharing the property with the golfers are several species of birds including hawks, kites, kestrels, hummingbirds, and an occasional golden eagle. In the early morning or late evening hours rabbits, squirrels, foxes, our bobcat family on #7 Meadows and many other "critters" stroll through the fairways.
The Chardonnay Golf Club food and beverage staff can assist you with any and everything from breakfast to box lunches, banquets to bridal ceremonies. Annually we host a large number of bridal ceremonies and receptions combined with golf. These have created memories to last a lifetime in one of the most visually dramatic environments anywhere. Our staff truly knows how important these moments are and your entire party shall notice their true talent and commitment.
|
 Quent Cordair Fine Art
www.cordair.com
Quent Cordair Fine Art is located in the heart of beautiful downtown Napa, one block from the new AVIA Hotel. The gallery has become a favorite source of Romantic Realism for art collectors around the world. Founded by artist Quent Cordair in 1996, the gallery features an exceptional collection of uplifting and inspirational paintings, sculpture and drawings created by award-winning painters and sculptors of international renowned as well as emerging artists of unique vision and accomplishment. Subject matter includes figurative, narrative, allegorical, still lifes, seascapes and landscapes.
Presently, the gallery is featuring a collection of paintings by Thomas Arvid in the AVIA Napa hotel www.cordair.com/arvid/. Mr. Arvid possesses an unerring ability to refine a moment. In doing so he captures our wonder and has become an art world phenomenon. Art Business News (May 2003) credits him with "launching a major art trend…" with his oversized still life compositions of wine and the rituals surrounding its consumption. Arvid's images astound viewers with their intricate details and his mastery of light, depth and reflection. According to Mr. Arvid, "Life without art is like dinner without wine. Why Bother?" Additional painting by Mr. Arvid can be enjoyed in the gallery.
Gallery hours are 11:00am to 5:00pm daily except Tuesdays and by appointment. During the busy season the gallery is also open in the evenings on Fridays and Saturdays. For more information please call 707-255-2242. To schedule a private appointment before or after hours please call 650-576-7083. The gallery's collection may also be enjoyed online www.cordair.com.
|
 Angela Tirrell + Chandra Cerrito/Art Advisors LLC
www.chandracerrito.com
AVIA Napa interiors’ architect and designer, Colum McCartan had the early vision to extend AVIA’s passion for local ingredients to include a featured lobby mural. Colum connected to Angela Tirrell through the Napa-based art advisor Chandra Cerrito. Their aim was to highlight the work of a local artist who could capture the region’s unique sense of place. Tirrell painted the mural entitled Afternoon on site over a period of five weeks.
“When I was six I was made the guardian of a tiny pine sapling that was planted for me on our farm in Bolinas. When we drove from the City to the farm weekends I looked forward to seeing my tree, and during the dry season I would worry that the little sapling might die. In this time I fell in love with trees. Driving in California one sees family stands of oak trees, and also lone giants on the hills. The giant never seems lonely – it has squirrels and insects by day, owls and foxes by night and sometimes people picnic underneath.” Angela Tirrell, May 2009
The mural Afternoon is a portrait of a large oak from the artist's memory. At the base of the hill, the texture is almost like that of roots in the soil. The hill and tree were painted with hands, rather than brushes – an echo of planting .
Angela Tirrell divides her time between San Francisco and Napa. After graduating from Georgetown University, she attended art schools in New York and London, where she earned a diploma in decorative painting from the Pardon School. She later studied with renowned San Francisco Bay Area artists Squeak Carnwath and Christopher Brown. Tirrell has had numerous gallery and museum exhibitions, and she has been commissioned to create murals throughout the United States and Europe. Her notable projects include the Trump Parc Hotel in New York City and the Nuova Porziuncola Shrine in San Francisco.
|
 Greenhaus European Spa
www.greenhausspa.com
As a German-trained, licensed esthetician and skin care specialist for over 20 years, Greenhaus owner Sonja Akey and staff take pride in offering personalized service, a relaxing environment and superior products made with the purest essential oils and herbs.
Greenhaus is committed to recognizing each individual's own special skin and body care needs and recommending the most beneficial treatments. Clients are inspired to escape the pressures of modern life in a comfortable environment of soothing music, skilled touch and the scent of fragrant oils.
A variety of services, from refreshing facials to rejuvenating body treatments, are offered to promote skin care balance and healing as well as soothe the mind and spirit.
|
 Colin Gray Photography
www.ilovecolingray.com
Colin Douglas Gray, a 2004 graduate of the Savannah College of Art and Design, is an award-winning photographer based in Savannah, Georgia. Having lived on both coasts of the U.S., as well as in Hong Kong, he has harbored a lifelong interest in travel and global cultures, and this love of people and places has influenced his photography into a unique blend of landscapes, portraiture and fashion. His attention to and interest in the inherent integrity of each subject leads Colin to show his audience, through highly creative and striking renderings, the beauty in the everyday.
Special thanks to Colin for helping us so magically capture the cities of Savannah, Napa, Long Beach and The Woodlands with rich photography for the AVIAhotels.com website and other promotional material. Colin's work is also featured at AVIA Savannah in the Dining Room and the artwork that hangs above the sofa in guest suites. |