For ArtistsThe Calaveras County Arts Council organizes thematic exhibitions to promote artistic excellence and to showcase work by members and artists throughout the Motherlode.
All 2-D artwork must be original work by the exhibiting artist, or if a print, the original work must have been created by exhibiting artist. Reference materials must belong to the artist, or the artist must have permission to use them. No workshop pieces are accepted. Our gallery in San Andreas is now open Monday through Thursday Noon to 4 p.m. We'll be selling artwork through the gallery and also at our online shop for select shows. Artists keep 80% of any sales; the gallery portion (20%) of the proceeds are used to help pay for administrative costs. Selling art online requires good quality photographs. We encourage artists to submit their own photographs for the website, but if artists can't do this, we are here to help! Email Kathy at goldrusharts18@gmail.com for more information. All artwork must be ready to hang; please use wire and D-rings (see link below for instructions) when possible or appropriate. Please label all art work on the back with the name of the artist; the title of the art; contact information; and the price. All art must be hand-delivered to the gallery. No shipped work will be accepted. |
Safe SpaceArt due in gallery
June 16, 2022 Show In Gallery and online June 20 to August 18 Reception June 23, 2022 5 to 7 p.m. Join us to showcase the art of Calaveras-based rural LGBTQIA+ artists and their allies, friends and families for Pride Month.
Anyone can enter artwork that celebrates, amplifies, and normalizes LGBTQAI+ lives in our rural community. Let your art shine a light on a safe Calaveras County where everybody is welcomed, respected, and loved. This show is a partnership with the Tri-County LGBT Alliance, #out4mentalhealth, Amador and Tuolumne Arts Councils, and Rosebud’s Café. We look forward to your submissions! Open to all artists in Calaveras County Artwork may be 2d or 3d. All mediums accepted. Requirements: All art must be created by the artist. All 2-D artwork should be ready to hang. Use any medium: collage, digital, watercolor, acrylic. All oils must be thoroughly dry. If using charcoal or pastel, make sure artwork is well sealed with fixative. Please don’t use glitter, and affix all media securely. There are no fees to enter this show, but there is a commission if artwork sells. Commission: 80% artist, 20% gallery Artist Call to EntryGuitars Un-StrungArt due in gallery
June 1, 2022 Show In Gallery and online Reception Fall 2022 In harmony with the Calaveras Arts Council’s commitment to arts in education, they are collaborating on a fundraising project with the non-profit Calaveras Youth Organization (CYO) that supports and promotes youth music education in Calaveras County. This fundraiser will provide much needed support for music education programs in the Calaveras County Public Schools. All funds will be contributed to the purchase of new student guitars for the guitar class at Calaveras High School.
The CYO has 10 student guitars that are no longer playable and are not reparable (more guitars may become available, and there may be a piano available as well). The Arts Council is looking for 10 artists who will each take one of these guitars and create a work of art. You can paint them, deconstruct and reconstruct them, alter them, add to them, subtract from them. How would you re-imagine a guitar? Artists will donate their guitar artwork to this project; there will be no artist commission paid. The deadline for this project is June 1, 2022, with the altered guitars expected in the gallery by that date. The pieces will be sold during the summer of 2022, with a special event and gallery show after the school year begins, with all proceeds going to the CYO. If interested, please contact Kathy Mazzaferro at 209 754-1774 or goldrusharts18@gmail.com Calaveras GoldShow In Gallery
April 18 - May 31, 2022 Miners and nuggets and frogs, oh my.
The theme of the show is Calaveras County. Focus on all the beautiful things we love about Calaveras County. We are the stewards of a great and beautiful land from sequoias to daffodils. Open to all artists in the Mother Lode Artwork may be 2d or 3d. All mediums accepted. Requirements: All art must be created by the artist. All 2-D artwork should be ready to hang. Use any medium: collage, digital, watercolor, acrylic. All oils must be thoroughly dry. If using charcoal or pastel, make sure artwork is well sealed with fixative. Please don’t use glitter, and affix all media securely. There are no fees to enter this show, but there is a commission if artwork sells. Commission: 80% artist, 20% gallery Submission FormSave time by filling out a submission form in advance. You can download a printable form and bring it with you to the gallery.
Or you can fill out an online form, print that out and bring it into the gallery. Using the online form helps us keep entries organized, so we ask that you please do that if you can. |
The mission of the Calaveras County Arts Council is to build a united community by awakening, supporting, and nourishing the arts.
The Calaveras County Arts Council is a private non-profit 501(c)(3) public benefit corporation. Founded in 1981, our purpose is to coordinate excellence in the presenting and promotion of the visual and performing arts of all cultures for artists, residents and visitors. Our staff is comprised of an executive director, a consultant grant writer, and a part-time assistant under the direction of an 11-member volunteer Board of Directors. FIN 94-2779793
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