PADDLE TO THE SEA 2010 T-shirt Design Contest

Do you like to draw? Would you like to see your artwork support an excellent cause? Designs are being accepted now for the Paddle To The Sea 2010 T-shirt Design Contest. All ages and artistic abilities are encouraged to participate. Two designs will be chosen to be voted on to grace the front of our Paddle To The Sea 2010 official t-shirt. The two artists whose designs are chosen will receive a complimentary 1-year membership to the Tuolumne River Trust, and complimentary registration for Paddle To The Sea 2010. The contest winner will also receive entry into our raffle for top-of-the-line prizes, name recognition wherever the design is used, and 2 Paddle To The Sea t-shirts. Please view the artwork guildlines below prior to submitting your work. Entries must be received in our San Francisco office by February 22, 2010. Good luck! 2-ways to submit your design: Email your design in a digitized format to karyn@tuolumne.org Mail your design to: T-shirt Design Competition Tuolumne River Trust 111 New Montgomery Street, Suite 205 San Francisco, CA 94105 Designs will be selected based on how well they depict the overall theme of Paddle To The Sea, as well as how well they link the Tuolumne River to the people and regions that depend on it. ARTWORK SUBMISSION GUIDELINES Because your design will be turned into our official Paddle To The Sea 2010 t-shirt, please take care to follow these guidelines to insure your design will look impeccable on our shirts. Your artwork may be provided in either of the following formats. Digital artwork Images created in Adobe Illustrator, Adobe Photoshop, Freehand, Adobe Acrobat Reader, are preferred by t-shirt printers over mechanical and hand-drawn artwork for quality of the end result and efficiency. If your digital artwork file ends with any of these suffixes, it can be used to properly prepare your art:.ai, .bmp, .eps, .gif, .pct, .pdf, .psd, .tiff. The standard resolution for artwork is 300 dpi (dots per inch). Hand-drawn artwork A logo that's been drawn by hand is a great starting point, but it will need to be digitized and modified for practical use. Artwork can be supplied on a sheet of white paper, and should be no larger than 8.5" x 11" as it will require scanning and being brought it into a graphic program. If you choose to mail a hand-drawn design to our San Francisco office please take care to ensure your piece will not be bent or damaged in the mail. Please send any questions to Karyn Barnes at karyn@tuolumne.org or call (415) 882-7252 ext. 304.

Interaction : collaboration

An exhibition by sibling artists Troy and Kelly Viss
January 4, 2010 — February 28, 2010 | Reception: Tuesday, February 9, 2010 : 8:00 PM

Turlock City Gallery, City Hall
156 S. Broadway, Turlock CA
8am - 5pm Monday through Friday and during public meetings

Kelly-Viss Hollinger and Troy Viss are landscape painters who share a preoccupation with natural light. Residents of Turlock, their work often includes reference to the landscape of the San Joaquin Valley.

At the heart of their paintings is "the intent to create art that people will want to live with, visit often, and rediscover at varying degrees of distance and resolution."

Kelly and Troy come from a family where artistic expression was inspired, encouraged, and always complimented. As they grew up and took different career paths, each has developed their own signature style; Kelly's is layered and meditative, Troy's is filled with delicate colors and bold brush strokes.

Kelly is clearly at ease with the landscape tradition, making it her vehicle for studies in light and color. Upon further observation the viewer becomes aware of the dichotomy created between the bucolic depiction and the gritty finish. The imagery is tranquil or exultant; the surface: dripped and stained. The overall affect is arresting in its reverence for both nature and visual experience.

Kelly Viss : Scorched Euphoria 30 x 30 : Oil on Canvas

Troy's ambitious works reference abstract and interpretive ideas of time, place, and memory. His paintings alternate between peaceful and energetic, some resonating with tranquility while others practically dance in front of you. Troy employs transparent layers of oil and varnish in a process that includes wet-on-wet painting and scraping to reveal underlying composition and create additional dimension and texture, inviting the viewer to look beyond the surface and see what lies below.

Troy Viss : Accumulating Interest : 30 x 30 : Oil on Canvas

INTRODUCING LYNN GORDON: A COLLABORATION

The Turlock exhibition represents a landmark event for the artists as they present works made independently, along with their first collection of works produced collaboratively under the persona “Lynn Gordon”.

In this joint effort, Kelly [LYNN] Viss and Troy [GORDON] Viss challenge the notion of the artist as loner, an individual toiling in solitude—replacing it with a vision for creative partnership and community. The work produced is unique in its origin and sensibility. Sibling artistic precedents of note include Augustus John and Gwen John who also worked independently, and more recently the Chapman brothers and the Starn twins who make artworks collaboratively.

The collaborative paintings in this exhibition are inspired by local culture and history, with the artists’ appreciation for the community that has played a significant part in shaping their personal and professional lives. As Jackson Pollock said, “Every good painter paints what he is.”

Lynn Gordon : Ascending : 36 x 48 : Oil on Canvas

Additional Information

View the exhibition @ http://art.visscompany.com | Email: info@visscompany.com

Call for Artists - Mariposa Mini Show

Greetings everyone! The Sierra Artists Gallery in Mariposa will be having
its Mini Show this year. In case you weren't aware of this, Elizabeth
Specht, the person who had been almost literally putting on the show
single-handedly over the past ten or so years, passed away last summer. The
gallery members were then unsure if we wanted to do this ourselves, or put
on some other type of show in its place. So with much discussion and soul
searching, we decided to go ahead and do it, but with some modifications.
The dates are similar to what they've always been, scheduled to coincide
with the Storytelling Festival in Mariposa. If you have any questions,
please call either me or Carol Sill, our numbers are on the attached entry
form.

CLICK HERE FOR ENTRY FORM

Thanks, and hope to see you soon!
Lorie Setterberg
President Sierra Artists Gallery

Thank You for attending the Online Gallery Workshop!

THANK YOU!   The turn-out was great and images wonderful!   I'll be launching the connections to the ccartassn.org site soon.    Please keep up the great art work!  Feel free to leave comments, questions, or suggestions below by clicking on COMMENT below.   - Petra

Call for Artists: You can COUNT on Us!

Local 2010 Census Kick-Off

Focused on Diversity

City of Modesto and Stanislaus County host community kick-off event

Modesto, CA – The City of Modesto and Stanislaus County are partnering with the U.S. Census Bureau to achieve a complete and accurate count of the U.S. population in 2010. The partnership is part of a collaborative effort to have an accurate local count during the 2010 Census.
The government agencies are sponsoring a community kick off event on January 26, 2010 from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the outdoor plaza of the City/County Administration Building at 1010 Tenth Street in Modesto.
The event will begin with music at 10:30 a.m., with the formal event starting at 11 a.m. featuring speakers representing a variety of what have traditionally been “hard-to-reach” community populations. Speakers will represent the African-American, Latino, Arabic, southeast Asian communities, youth and more.

Also featured will be Arturo Vargas (invited), the Executive Director of NALEO Educational Fund. NALEO is the National Association of Latino Elected and Appointed Officials and is the non-partisan leadership organization of the nation’s more than 6000 elected and appointed Latino officials.

“Having a complete count of the City of Modesto and its surrounding communities is vital to preserving and protecting important federal funding,” stated Modesto Mayor Jim Ridenour. “As the largest city in the community, Modesto is honored to lead this effort locally.”
“We’re pleased to partner with our local cities, community-based organizations and all involved organizations in promoting a complete count of the community,” stated Jeff Grover, chairman of the Stanislaus County Board of Supervisors. “Working together will lead to better results.”
Other speakers at the event will include Ruby Kennedy (King-Kennedy Board of Directors), Reverand Nathaniel Green (representing the faith community), Sal Yang (Hmong Association), Chay Khun (Watt Cambodian Temple), Jim Christiansen (Peer Art Recovery Project), Andrew Silva (Project Uplift).

Entertainment will be provided by the Modesto High School Quartertet and dj Frank Johnson.

If people would like to call to get involved with the local census, contact Larry Sanchez with the City of Modesto at (209) 571-5580.
Locations of the US Census Questionnaire Assistance Centers will be announced at the event and information tables for the public will be staffed by various agencies with census-related materials.

Mistlin Gallery offers Children and Adult Art Classes

Children’s art classes are offered at the Mistlin Gallery, sponsored by the Central California Art Association and the City of Modesto Parks and Recreation department for children 3 to 17 years of age.

Mommy and Me is for 3 to 5 year-olds and runs Jan 20-Feb 10 and Mar 3-Mar 4 on Wednesdays from 11:00 a.m. to 12 noon,  $40 for 4 sessions.

My First Art Class is for 5 to 7 year-olds from Jan 20-Feb 24 and Mar 3 to April 7 on Wednesdays from 3:30 to 4:30 p.m. $60 for 6 sessions.

The Science of Art is for 8 to 13 year-olds and runs Wednesday, Jan 13. 3:30-4:30 p.m., $20 for one session, and Wednesday, Mar. 17, 3:30 to 4:30 p.m., $20 for one session.

Fun with Painting is for 14-17 year-olds and is on Thursdays,Mar. 11 to Apr. 1, 3:30 to 4:30 p.m., $40 for 4 sessions.

These classes are taught at Mistlin Gallery, 1015 J Street, Modesto, 209-529-3369
 
Oil Painting is for ages 18+ years and is taught on Thursdays, Jan 7 to Feb 25, 1 to 4 p.m., $40 for 6 sessions, and Thursdays, Mar. 4 to Apr. 22, $40 for 6 sessions.  This adult class is at the Senior Citizens Center at 211 Bodem Street, Modesto.

 Register at www.modestogov.com/prnd or call 209-577-5344 for theses classes.

ONLINE GALLERY - sign up now for the workshop to get you art online

 wOn-line Art Gallery workshops will be offered Saturday, January 23, 2010, from 11:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. at the Mistlin Gallery, 1015 J Street, Modesto.  The $10 workshop provides step-by-step instructions to display and sell your artwork through an on-line gallery.  Bring your artist bio, CD of  images, description, dimensions and price of  artwork.  Computers are provided by RENTECH SOLUTIONS, or you may bring your own laptop. To sign up for a 1.5 hour time slot, either call Central California Art Association Tuesday through Saturday from 11:30 to 5:00 p.m. at 209-529-3369 or go on-line to www.ccartassn.org.

CCAA / Mistlin Gallery is Now on Facebook!

 CCAA / Mistlin Gallery is Now on Facebook!
Are you familiar with Face Book?  You can now track the CCAA’s happenings on this website! 
Access is easy, just click on the following link:  http://www.facebook.com/

The directions for creating an account are as easy as 1-2-3.  Once you’re logged in to Facebook (FB) type CCAA or Mistlin Gallery into the upper right-hand corner search engine…and you’re in!  Many gallery members are already Facebook members…it’s a fun and easy method of socializing with one-another from home.
 
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