For Artists

The 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.

​While our gallery in San Andreas is closed due to the pandemic, we will be displaying and selling the artwork on our website.  Artists keep 80% of any sales; the gallery portion (20%) of the proceeds are used to help pay for administrative costs. 
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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 Maggie at ccacinbox@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. 

How to use D-rings to hang a picture

How to take top-notch photos of your artwork

GUITARS UN-STRUNG

ARTIST CALL TO ENTRY
GUITARS Un-STRUNG (working title)
Deadline to express interest: July 1, 2021
Artwork due: December 8, 2022

In harmony with the Calaveras Arts Council’s commitment to our Arts in Education program, we are designing a collaborative fundraising project with the Calaveras Youth Organization, a non-profit organization 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 School.
 
The CYO has 10 guitars that are no longer playable. We’re asking 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. The deadline for this project is December 8, 2021. The pieces will be raffled off during 2022, with the final raffle being held in the fall of 2022 at a special event and gallery show, with all proceeds going to the CYO.

The first place winner for their re-imagined guitar will win season tickets to the Ovations 2022 Performing Arts Series.
 
This show is open to 10 artists (because we have only 10 guitars!). If we have more than 10 artists express interest, we'll ask for each artist to submit a proposal. Please contact Fara Roberts at faralyn@gmail.com to let us know of your interest before July 1. ​

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A few of our
​favorite things

In Gallery and online 
May 17 to July 29
Pick up artwork in gallery
August 2-5

Our summer show will highlight artwork that describes your favorite things. Kittens, cheese, family, cars, horses, puppies, cows, flowers, pizza, mountains, lakes….or? What’s your favorite thing? 

Requirements:
2-d or 3-d art accepted. Any medium is accepted. 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.

All 2-d artwork must be ready to hang; please use wire and D-rings (see link below for instructions) when possible or appropriate. 
 
Fill out the online registration form or email Maggie for a paper form. No art will be accepted without a completed form. Online show is limited to 30 artists or 60 pieces. 
 
All submissions MUST have artist name and name of artwork listed on the back of work and this information MUST match what is provided on the Registration Form. If you have an artist website, you may list that as well.
 
Art may be for sale, and MUST be in the gallery to be listed in our online shop. Please send Maggie a photograph of the artwork if you have one.

Name your image file like this: Your last name_Name of piece
 
Prices for online sales should be no lower then $20; they can be as high as artist wishes. Artist commission is: 80% artist/20% Arts Council.

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Art Spirit 2021

Submissions for this show are due February 19
Contact Kathy Mazzaferro at goldrusharts18@gmail.com for more information

Open to all high school students in Calaveras County. You may be a student at public school, home school, continuation school, or private school. 

There is no required theme. Artwork may be 2d or 3d. All mediums accepted.

Requirements:
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.

Art may be for sale, and must be physically in the gallery to be listed for sale in the online shop.

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