Local Art Event Newsletter and Calendar 2012 October

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OCTOBER / NOVEMBER 2012

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SHOWS / MEETINGS / EVENTS O CTOBE R Oct 6/20

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

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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 non-members. 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.

INSIDE THIS ISSUE:

Oct 4

1st Thursday Art Hop covers the downtown area and the Tower District.

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.

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General Meeting and art Demonstration at Art Center Morro Bay, 835 Main Street, Morrow Bay, CA 93442, 3:00 p.m. on the 2 nd Monday of every month. Art AssociaNo charge for attending. For more information contact: artcenter- tions morrobay.com phone: (805) 722-2504.

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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 inter- About the Art ested in becoming a part of this group, Contact Rita Adams YWA president Calendar

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559 683 3087 or Adams@sti.net Oct 10

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. This month we will be doing a hands on with a live model. Please bring your own painting, drawing materials and or a camera. We will be providing tables and the model will do at least 2 poses. For more information: Gail Daley 559-960-2428 or ClovisArtGuild@att.net or Alice Sutton 559-787-2386 suttonscutters@aol.com

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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

Oct 13

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 Iris Duarte will be demonstrating Encaustic.

Oct 18

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

Oct 21

Application Deadline for Pathways: A Sierra Art Trails Special exhibit. Awards - Cash awards will be as follows. Best of Show - $400, 1st place - $300, 2nd place - $200, 3rd place - $100. Three 3rd place awards will be presented. Cost to Apply - $20 dollars for the first image and $10 for each additional image. A maximum of six works may be submitted for consideration. Submission Guidelines - "Pathways" is a juried exhibit focused on the choices we make and the paths we take Download the application at www.sierraarttrails.org/exhibits/pathways/pathways_application.pdf For more information contact: Sierra Art Trails, PO Box 3045, Oakhurst, CA 93644 559-658-8844 http://www.sierraarttrails.org November

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Receiving for Clovis Fall Open Veteran’s Art Show. THIS IS A THEMED SHOW. YOU MAY ENTER YOUR ART IN THE THEME CATEGORY “MILITARY” USING ANY MEDIA OF FINE ART OR SCULPTURE. THERE ARE ALSO 6 “OPEN SUBJECT” CATEGORIES: OIL/ACRYLIC, WATERCOLOR, PASTEL, DRAWING, MIXED MEDIA AND SCULPTURE. Receiving is Thursday Nov 1, 2012 3:00 p.m. – 7:00 p.m. Clovis Veteran’s Memorial Building, 808 4 th street, Clovis, CA 93612. Due to limited space, this show may be juried. Show Opens Nov 5,

2012 Reception: Nov 7, 2012 @ 5 pm. Show Hours: Mon — Fri 10 am — 6 pm Nov 11: 9 am — 7 pm Pick up Art: Nov 13, 2012 5 pm Entry fee: $20.00 for non-members $15.00 for cag members (non-refundable) show prospectus is now available at www.clovisartguild.com. For more information contact Gail Daley 559-960-2428 or ClovisArtGuild@att.net Nov 1

1st Thursday Art Hop covers the downtown area and the Tower District. 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

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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.

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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

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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

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

Nov 12

General Meeting and art Demonstration at Art Center Morro Bay, 835 Main Street, Morrow Bay, CA 93442, 3:00 p.m. on the 2nd Monday of every month. No charge for attending. For more information contact: artcentermorrobay.com phone: (805) 722-2504.

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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

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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

You may post your organizations events here at no charge. However, all notices MUST contain the date, time, place of the event and contact information where readers may obtain more information concerning the event.

You should also note whether or not a fee is involved. Notices must be received by the 25 of the month preceding the event in order to be included. This is a monthly newsletter.

T HE A RT T ROLLEY I S H ERE !

Our Art Hop Trolley’s first stop is At the Art By Hand Water Tower Gallery & Gift Shop 2444 Fresno Street, where you can park and ride! Cost is $1.00. (Pay only once!) The short line stops every 15 minutes, stays around downtown and there is music. The extended line goes out to the Tower District with storytelling. .

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.

ART CLASSES AT ALLARDS IN OCTOBER! Sheryl Johns, Manager Allard's Art, Picture Framing, Gallery & Fine Pens, 5350 N Blackstone Ave (South East corner of Blackstone @ Barstow), Fresno, CA 93710-6706, 559-2251500 fax 559-225-8794 Weekdays 9am - 6pm, Saturdays 10am - 5pm allardsart@sbcglobal.net facebook.com/ allardsart 

MIX IT UP WITH MIXED MEDIA with Kathleen Mattox Come prepared to have fun and be surprised by what you can do that you haven’t? tried before! Students will experiment, play, and create with many different materials, mediums, ideas, and processes as they apply the elements and principles of design to playful, personally meaningful and useful creations such as notebooks, journals, and Artist Trading Cards. 5 Tuesdays, 10am12noon, October 2nd - 30th

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COLOR PENCIL Boot Camp with Rudy Murrietta No drawing experience necessary! Learn the secrets of pencil rendering and the color theory behind it. On handouts, we will learn how values show 3D-ness and how color should be applied. The students will choose their final project. 4 Tuesdays, 2 - 4pm, Oct 2nd - 23rd Acrylic Painting for Beginners with Christann W. Roy Have you ever wondered if you could paint that beautiful sunset, or that vase of flowers? Join us for 4 weeks to explore your creative side! Christann will be teaching the basics of painting with acrylics for those new to painting 4 Thursdays, 2 - 4pm, Oct 4th - 25th

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Space is limited, so register today! For more information, or to register - please stop by Allard's, call 225-1500, or FREE Hands-on Workshop **Painted Shoes with Jacquard Products Just bring your shoes Saturday, Sept 29th, 12:20 - 2:30pm

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FREE Hand-on Workshop ** Silk Painting with Jacquard Products Saturday, Sept 29th, 10am - 12noon

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FREE Lecture/Demo ** Liquitex Acrylic with Michele Theberge Friday, Oct 5th, 3 - 5pm

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FREE Drop-in Demo Acrylic Painting with Christann W Roy Saturday, Sept 22nd, 10am - 2pm

** These Workshops * Lecture/Demo require advance registration, as space is limited.

For more information, or to register, please stop by Allard's, call 225-1500, or email allardsart@sbcglobal.net.

Class information is also posted on our facebook page: facebook.com/allardsart Pottery Classes: Jim and Sandy Gregory in Reedley are retired teachers and will be starting pottery classes in their home "studio" for adults and children. Jim has been in the Reedley High School Art Department for over 30 years and teaching night classes at Reedley College.

They work with clay slabs and the potter’s wheel. He has a wide selection of samples done in various methods including Raku from Japan and Southwestern Native American style where he attended workshops in Taos, New Mexico. He does custom items for special orders from lamp bases to dinnerware and even mug orders for the local fun-run in Sanger. For more information: Jim and Sandy Gregory, 804 Street, Reedley, CA Phone 638-6084 or 647 3092....

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

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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.

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 art, you may post your request in the Local Art Event Calendar at No charge. please contact Art-Tique Gail att.net or 559-960-2428. Gallery photos welcome.

The Transfiguration Art Gallery (TAG), located at 147 North U Street, Fresno, California 93701, is looking for a few CHRISTian artists who are interested in hanging their art in it. The hanging fee is $20 a piece and 20% of any sales.

12 percent of all proceeds at TAG goes to support the homeless. If you want, you can you show your piece on our website for 6 months. Space is limited. We prefer smaller pieces. First come, first served. For more information contact Purple Hat at 559.301.1875.

CMAC, the Community Media Access Collaborative that opened on the second floor of the old Met building is looking for artists. Linda Caine went to the opening, and was very impressed with the whole concept and the center. They also need artists to hang paintings for a month at a time in their studios. There is a LOT of hanging space, and many of the walls will be able to take large pieces of work. If you watch the changing photograph banner on the top of their website, you’ll see some of the hanging spaces – have a look at: http://cmacfresno.org/ . They have someone for July, and Linda Caine will be exhibiting in August, but they’re booking exhibitors for other months now. For more information, contact: Hope Melgoza, the woman who arranges the exhibits, so if you’re interested please give her a call at 266-2622.

Kingsburg Art Center

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 are required to sit the Gallery one day each month the fee is $20.00/year.

A membership application is available at (go to the Kingsburg Art Center Page) For more information, contact Gail Daley 559-960-2428 e-mail KingsburgArtCenter@att.net or President Pam Kjar 559-897-4449 also available on the web site: http://kingsburgartcenter.webs.com

ART HOP OPPORTUNITY: Hi! My name is Amber Donabedian. The date of art hops are the first Thursday of the month. 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 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. Art-Tique’s Local Art Events Calendar is a monthly publication distributed through Yahoo Groups and as a PDF copy to its members for the purpose of assisting Central Valley artists to find places to show/sell their art, make connections with the local art groups, and find classes, workshops, and tools to help artists develop the business side of their art. Printed copies are usually available at the general Meetings of ACA or CAG and at Allards Art Supply in Fresno. Art-Tique welcomes any notices 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 calendar, it must be submitted by the 20 th of the month preceding the announcement. All notices are subject to approval by Art-Tique. To submit information contact Art-Tique@att.net or Gail 559-960-2428.

F E AT E U R E D L I N K S This area is for links members 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 what the link includes or a reason to feature it.

Featured links will 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 http://www.artpromotivate.com/2012/09/how-to-use-stumbleupon-for-promoting-art.html Stumbleupon is a social bookmarking community of 25 million users, and over 100 million submitted websites in a vast variety of categories. Artists do not have to be a Stumble Upon member to find their art there. Anyone can stumble your pages and include it in Date submitted: 9/27/12 the huge index of sites for others to view.

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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 and Central Coast. If you would like your organizations information to appear in the Calendar, contact Gail at 559-960-2428 or gaildaley@sbcglobal.net (Please reference Local Art Event Calendar in your heading)

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 Workshops Art Sale in April Juried Shows throughout the year Art-Tique WWW.FREEWEBS.COM/ART-TIQUE/ Sierra Vista Mall Storefront Art (Individual Artists & Art Groups) Community Art Exhibits at Local Libraries Clovis Art Guild www.clovisartguild.com Art Demonstrations at the general meetings Veteran’s Fall Art Show (November) Miniature Art Show (February) Old West & Rodeo Art Show (April) Kingsburg Art Center http://kingsburgartcenter.webs.com/ New Painting Exhibits by Gallery Members every two months (except May/June) 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 Santa Cruz Art League www.scal.org Shows & Exhibits Classes & workshops Ties to Poetry readings & Local Theatre Art Center Morro Bay www.artcentermorrobay.com Workshops, Classes and Shows

ANNOUNCEMENTS / ADS THE

LOCAL ART EVENT CALENDAR DOES NOT CHARGE FOR ADS AND ANNOUNCEMENTS. HOWEVER, ALL ADS OR ANNOUNCEMENTS SHOULD BE OF INTEREST TO ARTISTS TH OR CONCERN ART AND MUST BE RECEIVED BY THE 25 OF THE MONTH PRECEDING THE EVENT.

ABOUT THE LOCAL ART CALENDAR Art-Tique’s Local Art Events Calendar is a free 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. .

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 calendar, it must be submitted by the 25th of the month. Non-members wishing to advertise events must contact the Art-Event Calendar for approval. All notices sent to our members are subject to approval by Art-Tique.

While every effort is made to ensure that the information on the calendar is accurate, most of the information is furnished from 3rd parties and Art-Tique is not responsible for changes made by those parties to the information furnished.

To Contact the Art Calendar: Gail Daley @ 960-2428 or Art-Tique@att.net Art-Tique Director: Gail Daley Mailing Address: 5688 E Sussex Way, Fresno, CA 93727 Art-Tique@att.net

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