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February / March

2012

Local Art Event Calendar

Local Art Event Calendar SHOWS / MEETINGS / EVENTS February Feb 2

1st Thursday Art Hop covers the downtown area and the Tower District. The ArtHop program is spon sored by the Fresno Arts Council. It is a monthly event featuring art exhibits in over 60 venues in Fresno County. Art venues include galleries/artist studios, retail outlets and public spaces. To plant your ArtHop experience, log in to www.fresnoarthop.org to check for a list of locations, event/exhibit details, days times, and/or the specific venue you are interested in.

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Gertrude School Portrait Painters is associated with Yosemite Western Artists. Members are wel come to paint/draw/photograph from hired models at Gertrude School House every Friday at 9:30— 12:30 Barring some holidays and bad weather Cost is $7.00 for members of YWA and $10.00 for nonmembers. Please call Larry Potter 209-966-3258 cabinets@sti.net, or Doug Boomer 559-642-3648, to learn who the model will be and if there will be a modeling session.

Feb 4/18

FNA (Friends ‘N Art) meetings where artists get together and paint at Valley Writers & Artists Building 618 5th Street in Old Town Clovis between Polasky INSIDE THIS ISSUE: and Clovis Ave in Clovis 9:30 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. For more information contact Shows / Events/ Wanda Carey 291-7489 1 Meetings

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Feb 13

CAG (Clovis Art Guild) General Meeting and Art Demonstration. 7:00 p.m.

Clovis Veteran’s Center 808 4th Street, Clovis, CA. Free to members, Guests $5.00. For more information: Gail Daley 559-960-2428 or cag@gaildaleyfineart.com or Alice Sutton 559-787-2386 suttonscutter@aol.com or cag@gaildaleyfineart.com. Toni Maygar to demonstrate Acrylics.

ACA (Alliance of California Artists) general meeting and art demonstration at Krazan & Assoc, 215 Dakota Ave, Clovis, CA 93612. 1:00 p.m. Free to members, Guests $5.00. www.allianceofcaliforniaartists.com . Demonstrator, Albert Van Troba.

Yosemite Western Artists holds Plein Air Painting and Photo-shoot outings throughout the year; the outings are every second Monday. If you are inter-

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ested in becoming a part of this group, Contact Rita Adams YWA president 559 683 3087 or Adams@sti.net Feb 16

3rd Thursday Art Hop covers Metropolitan Fresno and Clovis. The ArtHop program is sponsored by the Fresno Arts Council. It is a monthly event featuring art exhibits in over 60 venues in Fresno County. Art venues include galleries/artist studios, retail outlets and public spaces. To plant your ArtHop experience, log in to www.fresnoarthop.org to check for a list of locations, event/exhibit details, days and times, and/ or the specific venue you are interested in

Feb 16

The Photographers is another Group associated with Yosemite Western Artists. They meet every second Thursday of the month all year long. If you are interested in becoming a part of this group, the Contact for the Photography Group is Jerry Bosworth 559 683 3932 or ggb@sti.net

Feb 18

YWA (Yosemite Western Artists) Meeting and an informative demonstration, good food, and an oppor tunity to meet with local artists at the Gertrude School House, located on Rd. 600 in Ahwahnee (Road 600 intersects Highway 49, about 5 miles west of Oakhurst on Highway 49) 11:30 a.m.—3:00 p.m.

Suzanne Baker will paint a llandscape in acrylic of the High Sierra and western art; mainly the modern ranch life in the west combined with horse packing scenes, which are the only two subjects she paints professionally. Suzanne feels the subjects are appropriate for our area There is a $5.00 charge for members and $7.00 for non-members Phone (559)683-3087 www.yosemitewesternartists.org

Feb 25

Kingsburg Art Center General Meeting and Art Demonstration, Kingsburg Senior Center, 1460 Ellis St, Kingsburg, CA 1 -- 3 p.m. For more information contact Patricia Brock 896-1618 mpbart@usa.com or Membership Chair Pam Kjar 559-897-4449 stan@kjarequipment.com. Paul Buxman will demonstrate in Oil.

March Mar 1

Pick up art from the Miniature art show From Sierra Vista Mall: 5:00 – 6:00 p.m. Bldg. 1041 at Sierra Vista. Mall In Clovis, 1050 Shaw Ave.

Mar 1

CAG Members: Storefront gallery art exchange from 5:00 – 6:00 p.m. Bldg. 1041 at Sierra Vista Mall (come to the rear door). Form more information contact Gail Daley 960-2428. See You there!

Mar 1

1st Thursday Art Hop covers the downtown area and the Tower District. The ArtHop program is spon sored by the Fresno Arts Council. It is a monthly event featuring art exhibits in over 60 venues in Fresno County. Art venues include galleries/artist studios, retail outlets and public spaces. To plant your ArtHop experience, log in to www.fresnoarthop.org to check for a list of locations, event/exhibit details, days times, and/or the specific venue you are interested in.

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Gertrude School Portrait Painters is associated with Yosemite Western Artists. Members are welcome to paint/draw/photograph from hired models at Gertrude School House every Friday at 9:30—12:30.

(Barring some holidays and bad weather). Cost is $7.00 for members of YWA and $10.00 for nonmembers. Please call Larry Potter 209-966-3258 cabinets@sti.net, or Doug Boomer 559-642-3648, to learn who the model will be and if there will be a modeling session.

Mar 3/17

FNA (Friends ‘N Art) meetings where artists get together and paint at Valley Writers & Artists Building 618 5th Street in Old Town Clovis between Polasky and Clovis Ave in Clovis 9:30 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. For more information contact Wanda Carey 291-7489 2

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ACA (Alliance of California Artists) Downtown Window Gallery (new member exhibitors encouraged). 11:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. Please remember that the paintings are changed every other month. Next exchange will be in May 2012. For more information, contact Patricia Selin: 559 226-4758 patriciaselin@att.net., 877-384-7852 www.allianceofcaliforniaartists.com.

Mar 8

The Photographers is another Group associated with Yosemite Western Artists. They meet every second Thursday of the month all year long. If you are interested in becoming a part of this group, the Contact for the Photography Group is Jerry Bosworth 559 683 3932 or ggb@sti.net

Mar 10

ACA (Alliance of California Artists) general meeting and art demonstration at Krazan & Assoc, 215 Dakota Ave, Clovis, CA 93612. 1:00 p.m. Free to members, Guests $5.00. www.allianceofcaliforniaartists.com

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Yosemite Western Artists holds Plein Air Painting and Photo-shoot outings throughout the year; the outings are every second Monday. If you are interested in becoming a part of this group, Contact Rita Adams YWA president 559 683 3087 or Adams@sti.net

Mar 14

CAG (Clovis Art Guild) General Meeting and Art Demonstration. 7:00 p.m. Clovis Veteran’s Center 808 4th Street, Clovis, CA. Free to members, Guests $5.00. For more information: Gail Daley 559-9602428 or cag@gaildaleyfineart.com or Alice Sutton 559-787-2386 suttonscutter@aol.com or cag@gaildaleyfineart.com

Mar 15

3rd Thursday Art Hop covers Metropolitan Fresno and Clovis. The ArtHop program is sponsored by the Fresno Arts Council. It is a monthly event featuring art exhibits in over 60 venues in Fresno County.

Art venues include galleries/artist studios, retail outlets and public spaces. To plant your ArtHop experience, log in to www.fresnoarthop.org to check for a list of locations, event/exhibit details, days and times, and/or the specific venue you are interested in

Mar 16

The Santa Cruz Art League presents the 82nd Annual Statewide Exhibit: "Landscape Color & Light".

Open to Contemporary Landscape Painters of California. Juror: Nancy Boas, Adjunct Curator of Ameri can painting, Fine Arts Museum of San Francisco and Author. June 1 – July 1, 2012. Receiving Dead line: March 16, 2012. Max 3 entries: $40 / $30 members / 3 digital jpeg entries on one CD. Santa Cruz Art League, 526 Broadway, Santa Cruz, CA 95060. Cindy Liebenthal www.scal.org / cindy@scal.org / 831-426-5787

Mar 17

YWA (Yosemite Western Artists) Meeting and an informative demonstration, good food, and an opportunity to meet with local artists at the Gertrude School House, located on Rd. 600 in Ahwahnee (Road 600 intersects Highway 49, about 5 miles west of Oakhurst on Highway 49) 11:30 a.m.—3:00 p.m. Jerome Grimmer’s demonstration will be called “Ignorance Can Be a Good Thing.” We will address one of the most common problems plaguing artists, the problem of saying too much. If there is sufficient interest, Jerry will give a workshop capitalizing on the precepts covered in the demo. There s a $5.00 charge for members and $7.00 for non-members Phone (559)683-3087 www.yosemitewesternartists.org

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Kingsburg Art Gallery begins the new year with new art. New exhibit receiving is March 19, 2012 10:00 a.m. — 11:00 a.m. The Gallery is located in Downtown Kingsburg in the Village Center Mall at

1332 Draper street, Kingsburg, CA 93636.The Gallery is now taking applications for the coming year; Members who show in the gallery are required to sit the Gallery one day each month and the fee is only $20.00/year More membership applications are available at http://gaildaleyfineart.com/kingsburgartcenter.html/. For more information, contact Gail at gaildaley@sbcglobal.net. 559-960-2428 or Membership Chair Pam Kjar 559-897-4449 stan@kjarequipment.com

ART CLASSES / WORKSHOPS IF YOU ARE OFFERING PRIVATE WORKSHOPS OR ART LESSONS OR CLASSES PLEASE SEND THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION: YOUR NAME, CONTACT INFORMATION, DATE, TIME, PLACE, CHARGE FOR THE LESSONS AND THE MEDIA YOU WILL BE TEACHING.

Mixed Message Studio 1310 8th Street, Sanger, CA February Classes: In February's classes, we’ll make handmade valentines and embellish them using a variety of watercolor and mixed media techniques and materials. You will need to bring 3 or 4 favorite quotes or a poem (typed out in some interesting fonts and sizes for a 4 1/4” X 5 1/2” card) about Valentine’s Day or Love to use in our special creations. Dates are as follows: Saturday Afternoon Feb. 4, 2012 from 1 –3 PM Wednesday Evening Feb. 8, 2012 from 6 – 8 PM Thursday Morning Feb. 9 from 10 AM – 12 noon ." Kathleen Mattox Teacher for more info Contact Kathleen at http://www.facebook.com/#!/pages/ Mixed-Messages-Art-Studio-Sanger-CA/240386215993619 Yosemite Photo Workshop: Dinuba Photographers Vanita and John Boyd will conduct a Yosemite Photo Workshop February 10-12. The workshop will be based in Oakhurst and sponsored by Evergreen Conference Center.

The workshop will include 2 nights lodging at the Oakhurst ECCO Conference Center, six meals, and transportation from Oakhurst and park entry to Yosemite National Park. We will meet on Friday evening for dinner and a short presentation, “Getting Wow From Your Photographs”. After breakfast Saturday we will venture into the park and to the valley floor. We will make stops and photograph the icons of Yosemite. Photo stops will include Tunnel View, 133 year old Yosemite Chapel, Gates of the Valley, Fern Springs, Ahwahnee Hotel, Ansel Adams Studio, historic barns at Foresta plus other locations as time and weather allows. Sunday, we will return to the valley or venture into the Mariposa Grove of Giant Sequoias and the area of Wawona. Group and individual instructions will be provided on exposure, composition and photo editing. Price: $299. For more information: http://eccoyosemite.org/index.htm, boydimages@sbcglobal.net, www.johnboydphotography.com Ma Ly at Michaels in Clovis: You have always wanted to paint landscape, seascape, floral, and still life but have never found the right teacher? A new website is born: now log on to www.artclassatmichaels.webs.com to find all the info and schedule for Ma Ly’s art classes at Michaels in Clovis! Feel free to e-mail Ma at artbymaly@gmail.com Gary Langdon Oils (all levels) . Door Art Gallery 3073 W Bullard, Fresno, CA 93711Ongoing: Thursdays 9:00 a.m. – Noon and 1:00 p.m. – 3:30 p.m., Fridays 9:00 a.m. – Noon and 1:00 p.m. – 3:30 p.m. $60.00 per month. For more information or registration call Gary 708-6823 Suzie Stach (Pastels) 1st Saturday of the month beginning March 5th, 2011. Door Art Gallery 3073 W Bullard, Fresno, CA 93711. For registration and information call Suzie Stach 271-9514.

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5 Life Drawing & Painting (self-directed –no instructor) . Tuesday 5:30 p.m. – 8:00 p.m. or Wednesdays 9:00 a.m. – Noon. $10.00 per session or $35.00 per month. Door Art Gallery 3073 W Bullard, Fresno, CA 93711 559-261-1610 Terri Sorenson watercolor class on Thurs. afternoons at 3:30 in my home in Selma. The cost is $20 per lesson. For more information my phone # is 896-6623.

Anita Stoll Pastel at her home studio in Coarsegold. For details contact anitastoll@yahoo.com. Visit her website at http://www.anitastoll.com/ and her blog-site at http://anitastollpastelssublime.blogspot.com/

Galleries Seeking Artists IF YOU ARE A GALLERY LOOKING FOR ARTISTS TO DISPLAY IN THE 2012 YEAR, YOU MAY POST YOUR REQUEST IN THE LOCAL ART EVENT CALENDAR AT NO CHARGE. PLEASE CONTACT ART-TIQUE GAIL AT ART-TIQUE@GAILDALEYFINEART.COM OR 559960-2428

The Kingsburg Art Center is located in Downtown Kingsburg in the Village Center Mall (1332 Draper St, Kingsburg, CA 93631). It is open for business Tuesday -- Saturdays from 11:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m., Members who show in the gallery are required to sit the Gallery one day each month the fee is $20.00/year.

A membership application is available at www.gaildalefineart com (go to the Kingsburg Art Center Page) For more information, contact Gail Daley 559-9602428 e-mail kac@gaildaleyfineart.com or Membership Chair Pam Kjar 559-8974449 stan@kjarequipment.com ART HOP OPPORTUNITY: Hi! My name is Amber Donabedian. The date of art hops are the first Thursday of the month, so the first one we are looking for is going to be Feb 2nd. The address will be for the Babylon club which is 1064 N. Fulton st, Fresno CA 93728. Contact Info: The phone number will be for the Babylon club also which is (559) 495 ~ 0852 & the email is going to be a.d.photography@hotmail.com I am looking for all types of artists! Thanks again!

Amber Donabedian

F E AT E U R E D L I N K S THIS AREA IS FOR LINKS YOU HAVE FOUND THAT ARE HELPFUL TO ARTISTS IN GENERAL; A BLOG POST SHOWING HOW TO BETTER USE FACEBOOK FOR MARKETING, A LINK FOR A PLACE TO HAVE GREAT PRINTS OF YOUR ART MADE, ETC. PLEASE INCLUDE A REASON WHAT THE LINK INCLUDES OR A REASON TO FEATURE IT. FEATURED LINKS STAY UP FOR TWO MONTHS. IF YOU WOULD LIKE YOUR LINK FEATURED FOR MORE THAN THIS YOU MUST RE-SUBMIT.

This month the art-calendar recommends: Setting up a Google artist page by Graham Mathews (included step-by-step instructions: http://grahammatthewsart.blogspot.com/2011/12/ setting-up-google-artist-page.html Date submitted: 1/1/2012

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A R T A S S O C I AT I O N I N F O R M AT I O N THE ART CALENDAR WELCOMES INFORMATION FROM ALL ART ASSOCIATIONS IN THE CENTRAL VALLEY. IF YOU WOULD LIKE YOUR ORGANIZATIONS INFORMATION TO APPEAR IN THE CALENDAR, CONTACT GAIL AT 559-960-2428 OR ART-TIQUE@GAILDALEYFINEART.COM

PLEASE CHECK THE WEB SITE OR WEB PAGE FOR MORE DETAILED INFORMATION Alliance of California Artists www.allianceofcaliforniaartists.com Art Demonstrations at the general meetings Artist Booth event: Art Sale Workshops Juried Shows throughout the year Art-Tique www.gaildaleyfineart.com (go to Art-Tique Page) Sierra Vista Mall Storefront Art (Individual Artists & Art Groups) Community Art Exhibits at Local Libraries Clovis Art Guild www.gaildaleyfineart.com (go to Clovis Art Guild Page) Art Demonstrations at the general meetings Veteran’s Fall Art Show (November) Miniature Art Show (March) Old West & Rodeo Art Show (April) Kingsburg Art Center www.gaildaleyfineart.com (go to Kingsburg Art Center page) New Painting Exhibits by Gallery Members every two months (except May) Swedish Art Festival Fine Art Show (May) Madera County Arts Council www.maderaarts.org Celebrate Agriculture With the Artist - Exhibit and competition San Joaquin Clay & Glass Association www.sjcga.com Annual Spring Sale (May) October fall Workshop Annual Fall Sale (November) Yosemite Western Artists www.yosemitewesternartists.org Art Demonstrations at the general meetings Rotating exhibits at satellite locations Annual Tri-County Competition and Exhibition Sierra Art Trails Plein Air & photography outings

ANNOUNCEMENTS / ADS ANNOUNCEMENT: A discount card for printing and supplies at Office Max is now available. For more information, go to www.gaildaleyfineart.com or www.allianceofcaliforniartists.com AD: THE MODERN ARTISTS HANDBOOK-- ($10.00) was created to assist artists just starting out or just beginning to take their first steps into the internet. It gives a brief overview of such topics as internet scams, using social networking sites to market your art, presentation, how do copyright laws affect artists, juried art shows, and answers basic questions such as what is viral marketing, QR codes, digital watermarking, etc. The Addendum to the Modern Artist Handbook: The Hard Stuff — ($10.00) contains much more extensive information about taxes, licenses, insurance and record keeping. There is also a special bonus section on prepping for a booth event. Volume 3 Art Show Basics— ($10.00): covers information needed to put on either a one-man show or a group show, along with a sample venue contract, show budget check list, log-in sheets, etc. For an additional $5.00, a CD with usable copies of the contracts and forms discussed in the pamphlets is also available. Pamphlets and CD can be ordered from: http://www.guaildaleyfineart.com/arttique.html AD: STORM PANTHER SERVICES offers assistance to artists and galleries with setting up, taking down and hanging are for shows and exhibits. Reasonable Rates. For more information contact: Andrew Daley 559-978-1789 or Stormpanther@gaildaleyfineart.com

ABOUT THE ART CALENDAR ART-TIQUE’S LOCAL ART EVENTS CALENDAR IS A MONTHLY PUBLICATION FOR THE PURPOSE OF ASSISTING ARTISTS OF CALIFORNIA’S CENTRAL VALLEY TO FIND PLACES TO SHOW /SELL THEIR ART, MAKE CONNECTIONS WITH THE LOCAL ART GROUPS, AND FIND CLASSES, WORKSHOPS, AND TOOLS THAT HELP ARTISTS DEVELOP ARTISTIC SKILLS AND THE BUSINESS SIDE OF ART. PRINTED COPIES ARE USUALLY AVAILABLE AT THE GENERAL MEETINGS OF ACA CAG, AND ALLARDS ART SUPPLY IN FRESNO AND THE KINGSBURG ART CENTER IN KINGSBURG. IT IS DISTRIBUTED ON-LINE THROUGH YAHOO GROUPS. ART-TIQUE WELCOMES NOTICES AND ADS THAT AGREE WITH OUR STATED PURPOSES. ALL REQUESTS MUST INCLUDE DATE, TIME, ADDRESS AND CONTACT PHONE NUMBER OR E-MAIL. IF YOU WISH TO POST AN ITEM TO THE HARD COPY OF THE TH CALENDAR, IT MUST BE SUBMITTED BY THE 20 OF THE MONTH. NON-MEMBERS WISHING TO ADVERTISE EVENTS MUST CONTACT THE ART-EVENT CALENDAR FOR APPROVAL. ALL NOTICES SENT TO MEMBERS ARE SUBJECT TO APPROVAL BY ARTTIQUE. WHILE EVERY EFFORT IS MADE TO ENSURE THAT THE INFORMATION ON THE CALENDAR IS ACCURATE, MOST OF THE RD INFORMATION IS FURNISHED FROM 3 PARTIES AND ART-TIQUE IS NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR CHANGES MADE BY THOSE PARTIES TO THE INFORMATION FURNISHED.

To Contact the Art Calendar: Gail Daley @ 559-960-2428 or art-tique@gaildaleyfineart.com .

Art-Tique Director: Gail Daley Mailing Address: 5688 E Sussex Way, Fresno, CA 93727 Fax 559-348-0542 www.gaildaleyfineart.com go to Art-Tique page

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