End of Summer and Autumn Art
By Jim Christiansen
August arrives with about the same hot temperatures as July, and there are a few cool things in the arts. One of them is a request for Artists to submit proposals for the 150th Modesto Anniversary Mural. The proposal deadline is November 14.
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Sam Pierstorff announced his new Arts nonprofit, Modesto Artists Movement, or MAM, at www.modestoartistsmovement.org
To that end, I am offering art for sale at the next two Red-Tie Arts concerts at Lucca Winery in Ripon. The next show is on August 17. I enjoyed selling art during the July Art Walk with the Peer Recovery Art Project. Still a destination terminus on the Art Walk map, artists are outside on the sidewalk, inside the PRAP gallery, and performance spot. Always an active vendor venue on Third Thursdays. I will be back in August, and understand, music on the stage. Reminder: PRAP is also an exhibition gallery that is open all month. Artists seeking a spot should inquire with Irene Hooper Gomez or JB.
Look up Stanislaus Arts Council and Visit Modesto for Third Thursday’s participating Art Walk venues and artists and the downtown Restaurant enticements. The art walk is on August 15.
Dragonfly Art for Life is an Art Walk stalwart but also offers classes with membership and some drop-in events. Friday night, Sip and Paint parties, watercolor, cartoon and animation, printmaking, sewing classes, and young children’s art and process learning groups are included in their class schedule. www.Thedragonflyartforlife.com
Modesto Art Academy also offers classes at 500 Scenic Drive. www.moartacademy.org
Stanislaus Arts Council is hanging its” Abstracts, Impressions and Fantasy” show at Showtime Studios, across the alley from SAC offices at 1315 J Street. Showtime Studios is an Art Walk Venue, and this show will be held during their regular business hours.
Down in Turlock, the Carnegie Showcase Exhibition is Open to September 7. Fifty artists from 21 different Northern and Central California communities are on the Ferrari Gallery walls. This Showcase has paintings, watercolors, drawings, ceramics, wood, photographs, fiber arts, collage, and other mixed media. www.Carnegieartsturlock.org at 250 N Broadway in Turlock
Stanislaus Arts Council has a call for artists for the Fall show. The Autumn Art Exhibition, previously open only to members, is now open to artists of all backgrounds and mediums. Welcomes water, media, oil, pastel, graphics, mixed media, and sculpture submissions. The deadline to enter is August 16. From September 5 to October 11, Knights Ferry Art Studio and Gallery has a call for artists. Join the freaks for the “Freak Show” Fall Art Show in October 2024. Submissions are due August 30. 209-247-7643 or email knightsferryartstudio@gmail.
