Members Classes & Events 2024
November 2024 Art Challenge – Edgar Payne
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November Art Challenge – Edgar Payne
At our members meeting and demo in September, we presented suggestions for our next challenge and members voted for Edgar Payne. Edgar was an Impressionist artist who lived and painted in California and the American Southwest. He is known for his landscapes and murals.
All artwork images are due August 7. Please bring your artwork to share at the August 8 artist demonstration. Learn more …
Call to Artists - Fine Art Festival 2024
El Dorado Arts Association – 2nd Annual El Dorado Fine Art Festival
October 19, 2024
EDH Library parking lot and in the Community Room of the Library
7455 Silva Valley Parkway, El Dorado Hills
Application Deadline is August 2
https://www.eldoradohillsarts.com/2024-fine-art-festival.html
August 2024 Art Challenge – Georgia O'Keeffe
Get ready for an exciting challenge! Let’s draw inspiration from the incredible Georgia O’Keeffe, a pioneering American modernist artist whose work captivated audiences for seven decades.
All artwork images are due August 7. Please bring your artwork to share at the August 8 artist demonstration. Learn more …
Karen Keys
Congratulations to Karen Keys on her upcoming art events!
Natural Wonders, Placer Arts Tour: July 5-21
Reception: July 10 from 4-7 p.m.
General Gomez Arts
808 Lincoln Way in Auburn
Blue Line Arts Membership Medley: July 13 to August 24
Reception: July 20 from 5-7 p.m.
Blue Line Arts
405 Vernon Street in Roseville
Plein Air Paint-out
Thursday, May 23, 2024
9 a.m. to 12 p.m.
Historic Murer House and Gardens in Folsom
Celebrate Spring/Summer with fellow artists at the next Plein Air Paint-out. This is a non-teaching event; we are there to experience painting on location, not to produce a masterpiece. We are there to have fun! Members can email Carol Quinn to RSVP.
May 2024 Art Challenge – Henri Matisse
We are excited to announce May’s art challenge. Pick any Henri Matisse artwork and interpret it in any medium and style you prefer.
Matisse's "mastery of the expressive language of colour and drawing, displayed in a body of work spanning over a half-century, won him recognition as a leading figure in modern art.”
All artwork images are due May 7. We will share the artwork at the May 9 artist demonstration.
Plein Air Paint-out
Wednesday, March 20, 2024
9:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m.
Boeger Winery
Celebrate Spring with fellow artists at the beautiful Boeger Winery in Placerville on Wednesday, March 20, from 9:30 a.m. and ending around 1:30 p.m. This is a non-teaching event; we are there to experience painting on location, not to produce a masterpiece, and mostly to have fun. Members can email Carol Quinn to RSVP.
Call for Artists
Apply online: GoldCountryArtistsGallery.net/contact
Gold Country Artists Gallery
379 Main Street
Placerville, CA 95667
(530) 642-2944
Classes & Events
Our “Classes & Events" webpage provides information on classes, workshops, calls for artists, and other art-related events that may be of interest to our members, including:
- November Art Challenge – Edgar Payne. Bring your artwork to share at the November 14 artist demonstration.
- Polly LaPorte - September 12 Artist Demonstration and October 25-26 Workshop are online.
- Folsom Focus Photography Contest 2024 - November 8, 2024 to January 16, 2025 at the Community Gallery at The Gallery at 48 Natoma. Featuring the Faces and Places of Folsom - Registration is ONLINE!
- Water Works Members' Show - August 22 to November 1 at the Community Gallery at The Gallery at 48 Natoma. Information online.
- Gallery at 48 Natoma - Main Exhibit "Tide Pools" September 6 to November 8. Community Gallery "Folsom Arts Water Works Members' Show" August 22 to November 1. Click to learn more about the gallery.
- Art Camp - October 4-6, 2024. Art Camp is FULL.
- Call to Artists: Folsom HART* Holiday Festival - November 16, 2024. Learn more.
- Bus Trip - San Francisco Legion of Honor Museum “Mary Cassatt at Work” - January 22, 2025. Details and registration is online.
If you have classes, events, or other art-related activities you would like to share with our members, please send your information to folsomartists@gmail.com.
FAA Spring/Summer Members’ Show
May 10 to August 18, 2024
Bank of America Gallery
Harris Center at Folsom Lake College
Miniature Art
We are excited to announce a new, possibly ongoing, member-participation activity: Creating and Donating Mini-Art in support of Folsom Lake College's Free Little Art Gallery (FLAG) project.
A mini “gallery” is housed in the college library, as a space to display tiny art of all kinds – paintings, drawings, sculpture, collage, kinetic works, sewn or crocheted artifacts, tiny zines – whatever you can imagine and create. Only restriction – no larger than 3” x 3” x 3”.
Free mini art canvasses are available at the FAA monthly demos to members who wish to participate. Bring your finished artwork to our monthly demo - which we'll collect and deliver to the college. You can also drop off your artwork at the College Library, the Equity Center, or the Innovation Center (10 College Parkway in Folsom). Works will be displayed for a week(ish), and then made available for members of the college community to take home.
We will continue this activity for at least the next three months, at which time we will assess whether there is sufficient interest to keep it going.
Bus Trip
No July Bus Trip – Having surveyed our members, the FAA Board has concluded that there wasn’t sufficient interest in a trip to the Nevada Museum of Art to see the Maynard Dixon exhibit. We will continue to monitor upcoming exhibits in regional museums – the Bay Area seems to garner the most interest – and will strive to get a Bus Trip back onto our agenda later this year.
Springtime at the Junction - Call for Artists
1st Annual Art Festival
Saturday, April 20, 2024
11 AM to 4 PM
Burke Junction in Cameron Park
To participate in the Spring Art Festival, email placervilleartsassociation@gmail.com, for information.
Shared by FAA Member, Tracy Lauth
Bus Trip
Thursday, April 4, 2024
8:45 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
Crocker Art Museum, Sacramento
and the
Manetti Shrem Museum of Art, Davis
Enjoy the comradery of fellow artists and art lovers while visiting two local gems: the Crocker Art Museum in Sacramento and the Manetti Shrem in Davis. Leave the driving and parking hassles to the driver!
Bus Trip – Canceled.
February 2024 Art Challenge – Wayne Thiebaud
The subject of this quarter’s Art Challenge is Wayne Thiebaud, one of the Sacramento area’s most renowned artists. Members are challenged to either replicate* a Thiebaud work of art or to emulate his style with your own composition.
All artwork images are due February 6. We will share the artwork at the February 8 artist demonstration.
Wheel Throwing Class
For questions about her work and classes, please contact Cristina at arizmendiceramics@gmail.com.
Website: ArizmendiCeramics.com
Bus Trip – “Mary Cassatt at Work”
Wednesday, January 22, 2025
8:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m.
San Francisco Legion of Honor Museum
“Mary Cassatt at Work”
FAA is sponsoring a Bus Trip to the Legion of Honor Museum on January 22, 2025, to see the “Mary Cassatt at Work” exhibit.
Registration for the Mary Cassatt bus trip is online! Click for details.
Folsom HART* Holiday Festival
Call to Artists
Folsom HART* Holiday Festival
November 16, 2024, from 12 to 7 p.m.
Folsom Community Center
The Festival will feature live music, a multicultural food court, discounted drinks, and wonderful holiday shopping. The event is a fundraiser conducted in cooperation with Oak Hills Church and Folsom Lake College to provide transitional housing and professional case management to unhoused Folsom Lake College Students. FAA Artists can participate either by donating art for the HART Silent Auction or by selling their art at a “booth” space inside the Community Center. More information about the opportunity is available at HartofFolsom.org/holidays-with-hart.
Art Studio 360 in Placerville
One-day resin workshop on four consecutive dates in July – July 3, 10, 17, and 24 [same workshop repeats on each date].
Contact the studio for more information …. 530-295-0360.
https://www.facebook.com/ArtStudio360/
Art Camp
Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
9 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Folsom Lake College – Art Lab
Revised schedule – Click for details
January 19, 20, 21
March 8, 9, 10
June 21, 22, 23
August 2, 3, 4
October 4, 5, 6
EDHAA Spring Studio Tour 2024
May 4th & 5th – 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Join EDHAA for their 16th Annual self-guided Art Studio Tour through artists’ studios in El Dorado Hills, Folsom, Shingle Springs, and Rescue. Visit local artists at 15 locations, including Gallery 48 Natoma (diverse artwork in all disciplines, including Oil, Acrylic, Pastel, Watercolor, Sculpture, Ceramic, Wood, Jewelry, and Mixed Media.)
El Dorado Hill Assistance League Garden Tour
The El Dorado Hills Assistance League is inviting selected local artists to paint on-site en plein air this Spring, during their annual El Dorado Hills Garden Tour. This event is a major fundraiser for programs the League sponsors for local children and elderly members of the community.
There are five garden locations, drawing around 800 visitors each year. Invited artists may also bring a few artworks available for sale. The event is scheduled for June 1 and 2.
Interested artists should contact JoElla Allen at: joellaallen@hotmail.com, or may call her at 925-783-6283.
Date Night Wheel Throwing Class
For questions regarding her work and classes, pleaswe contact Cristina at arizmendiceramics@gmail.com.
Website: ArizmendiCeramics.com
Contact Cindy Farmer to register: 916-749-9970
Posted on behalf of FAA Honorary Member Barbara Otey
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2024 Membership Dues
Last year, FAA amended its membership year, so that memberships now run from January through December each year. New members and members can register on-line. We have also implemented an additional on-line payment option for members who do not use PayPal; and payment by mailed check, or cash in person at a membership meeting are also accepted. Memberships not renewed by the end of February will lapse.
Membership benefits include a list of activities all year long! The FAA Board recently enacted an increase of $5 to our annual dues. For 2024, memberships are $30 for individuals / $45 for families – still a great bargain for all.
66th Annual Kiwanis Club Art Fiesta
A Call for Artists has been issued for the 66th Annual Kiwanis Club Art Fiesta, to be held at the Scottish Rite Masonic Center in Sacramento on June 1 and 2. This is a juried fine art show with high-quality standards that draws great crowds (more than 1,700 visitors last year from all around the Sacramento area). The venue is a secured indoor location, with great amenities and parking near Sacramento State College.
More information about the Fiesta is available online. Click for a copy of the application. There is space for just 77 artists, with booth assignments on a first-come basis – so don’t delay if you are interested.
This information was brought to FAA’s attention by FAA member Chris Hedges. Members participating for the first time are encouraged to note (on their application) that Chris Hedges is the artist who referred them.