Calaveras County Arts Council
22 North Main Street • San Andreas • California
209.754.1774

Calaveras Artists Studio Tour
​September 16 & 17, 2023
10:00am to 5:00 pm

The two day event offers art collectors and enthusiasts the opportunity to tour the county and see the artwork of our rural and urban artists. Some of the artists on our tour rarely exhibit publicly, so this is an opportunity to meet them and see their work. 
The tour is self-guiding using a brochure provided free of charge at the CCAC Gallery on Main Street in San Andreas as well as businesses and libraries throughout Calaveras County. The map inside the passport will guide you to sites where artists work or display their art. You will travel through Calaveras County back roads and country neighborhoods. Spread your trip over Saturday and Sunday for a leisurely journey. You'll discover that Calaveras art is as enjoyable as its wine and gold rush towns.  ​
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The Calaveras County Arts Council invites you to meet with other art aficionados at our annual general membership meeting on Tuesday, September 26th at 5:30 p.m. at the Calaveras County Arts Council Gallery, 22 N. Main Street, San Andreas. 
     POTLUCK DINNER TO FOLLOW!
The Arts Council will provide the beverages.
Everyone is welcome to attend and encouraged to contribute ideas for the 2023-24 year of arts-related programming in Calaveras County.
What would you like to see in the upcoming year?  President Fara Roberts and Executive Director Kathy Mazzaferro will speak on the activities and events the Arts Council sponsored in 2022-2023 and what the future landscape for the arts council looks like. ​

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Our Membership drive for 2023-2024 has begun!

Ride & Walk 4 Art

March 17, 2024

Ride Walk 4 Art is a fun way to help Calaveras County public schools provide meaningful art instruction to our kids. You get a joyful, monitored, safe ride through beautiful Calaveras County and every dime of our profits is used to expose kids to theater, painting, drawing, literature and poetry.

Learn about
​Arts in Education

The Arts Council
Learn about the Arts Council and how you can get involved.

​Board of Directors 2022-2023
President, Fara Roberts
Vice President, Cynthia Przybyla
Treasurer, Don Urbanus
Secretary, CarolAnn McDaniel
Donna Guadagni
Sharee Hoffmann-Hermann
Bliss Morton Dianda

Executive Director, Kathy Mazzaferro

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Poetry Out Loud

​County Competition
February 2024
State Competition
 March 2024

Poetry Out Loud is a national competition that encourages high school students to learn about great poetry through memorization, performance, and competition. Open to all Calaveras County high school students.

Learn more about
​ Poetry Out Loud

Summer Art Show in the Gallery

Sharing the Talents
of Calaveras County

July 7  - art in
July 20 - art reception
​September 18 - show closes

This year's summer art show is open to all artists with no set theme.  

Explore gallery shows

We have a number of gallery shows every year to showcase local Northern California Motherlode artists of all levels of expertise and careers, as well as a show spotlighting our teen artists. 

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Support the Arts in Calaveras County

How do your contributions to the Calaveras County Arts Council keep the arts blooming in Calaveras County?

• You support signature events like Music in the Parks and the Ovations winter concert series.
• You beautify our towns with public art 
• You give local artists a place to exhibit their work
• You support an arts economy that benefits the community
• You make sure that kids in Calaveras public schools have arts education

Without you, the Arts Council could not do all that it does. We appreciate your generosity. 

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Join the Calaveras County Arts Council Today!
We are a non-profit organization that depends on donations from people like you who love to share the arts to our community.

Join the Arts Council 

Even when we are distant
​from one another,
we come together online to share art—paintings, music, theater, poetry. 

Your Calaveras County Arts Council is working hard to bring you
engagement, inspiration, and joy 

Join Now

Find out how you can join and support the Calaveras County Arts Council.
Visit our webpage at www.calaverasarts.org
email  goldrusharts18@gmail.com
​phone  209 754 1774

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Help bring art to Students!

The Calaveras County Arts Council has a mission to support arts in our public schools. This year our fundraising event Ride & Walk 4 Art raised nearly $6,000; all of the money is earmarked to support the arts in our public schools.
Your contributions help pay for many things: art supplies for classes, visiting artists, school theater projects, art days at elementary schools. 

But most importantly, your contributions help kids make sense of their lives as they learn critical real world skills like creative thinking, resilience, problem solving, and project management. Studies show that children with access to the arts fare better in school and life.

You can give the gift of art to a child. Please donate on Giving Tuesday, or any other day. ​We thank you for your generosity.

Art Resources for students of the arts

The arts—visual, music, theater, storytelling, crafts, writing, dance—can help us all navigate during difficult times. Online resources are growing for homeschooling, mental health activities, and for communicating with others.
Keep us posted on social media of your creations by using the hashtag #calaverascreates so we can find and share your work!

Click here for a list of online arts resources

 

Interested in a career in the Arts?

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Click here and download our brochure to learn more

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We are a non-profit organization that depends on donations from people like you who love to share the arts to our community.

Donate to the Arts Council anytime, in any amount! 

Donations are tax deductible!  Make a Donation below using your credit card or PayPal, or mail a check to: CCAC, P.O. Box 250, San Andreas, CA 95249