Artists enter their best in spring show

The Turlock City Arts Commission's 28th Spring Juried Art show opened at the Turlock Gallery on March 8. The 43 exhibited works will be displayed at Turlock City Hall until May 27, the day of the reception.

New exhibits brighten bleak winter days

Art enthusiasts in the Turlock area have two new exhibits to view in the upcoming months. "Sibling Interaction," a show by brother and sister artists Troy Viss and Kelly Viss-Hollinger, opened at the Turlock City Gallery on Jan. 4. The show features oil paintings by the artists individually, and their first collaborative pieces under the name "Lynn Gordon." The artists, both residents of Turlock, painted local scenes including the Don Pedro Dam. A few of ...

Two styles of painting featured in ‘Expanding Creativity’

The contrasts of two styles of painting - en plein air and in studio - is the focus of the newest exhibit at the City Hall Gallery.

UC Merced exhibit showcases Central Valley culture

From the stark, yet moving, photos of renowned photographer Dorothea Lange to the prolific works of poet Wilma Elizabeth McDaniel, the newest exhibits at the UC Merced campus are celebrating the cultural contributions of the Central Valley.

For the love of art

Jonathan Bell's dorm at CSU Stanislaus is surprisingly well decorated for an apartment full of college guys. Oil paintings dominate the living room, small acrylics of landscapes adorn the bathroom walls, and a long conte crayon drawing wraps around the wall above his bed.

Local artist to show work at Modesto gallery

Milt Bullard leaned forward out of his relaxed position in a chair in his living room. He sat with his back to a massive ink drawing of a rock face at Yosemite Falls. This drawing, like much of the art in Bullard's house, will be part of his upcoming show "Creating the Natural World."

Giant eggs take over Turlock

It's April 4, 2010, and Turlock residents are waking up to discover 4 foot tall eggs all over town. Are these the giant spawn of alien invaders? Are they a late April Fool's joke? Perhaps the latest advertising scheme of the American Egg Board? No, they are Turlock's first temporary public art project.

Local art gallery displays fair-winning project

Phyllis Beasley was walking down the hall of the Modesto Senior Citizens Center after her exercise class when she saw something so beautiful that it made her stop in her tracks. She was looking at a quilt that another senior was sewing by hand. Beasley liked the quilt so much that she asked the woman to teach her how to make one of her own.

Art students take to the outdoors

As 11-year-old Elbra Younano stood by the side of a stream, she picked up her paint brush and began to recreate the image before her onto canvas. The trees, the grass, the water and the rocks were all right in front of her, and she did not have to rely on a photo to see how they should be painted. The CSU Stanislaus campus was an ideal backdrop for Younano and all the children in Juliet Moradian's art class.

Life through the lens

The Valley as seen through the eyes of Merced photogs are now on display at the City Gallery. The Focus on the Merced Camera Club exhibit will be on display until Aug. 26, and features 41 pictures from 11 club members. The subjects of the photographs range from wildlife to sunsets to natural wonders. Andrew Tolsma, president of the Merced Camera Club, said that photographers were allowed to submit up to four of their photos ...

Picasso, age 6

A classroom full of tweens frantically sketched out monstrous torsos, hands, heads, and assorted tentacle-like appendages on Thursday morning with a simple goal in mind: To create the coolest-looking alien in the class.

University photographer wins international award

California State University, Stanislaus photographer Cary Edmondson has been selected by an international higher education organization as the grand gold medal winner in the Photographer of the Year competition.

A Rainforest Adventure

Clayton and Elaine Everett will spend the next two months constructing giant mushrooms, massive trees, and a colossal butterfly. These structures will be part of a rainforest exhibit that the Everetts designed for the 2009 Stanislaus County Fair.

Shifting focus

"She's ragged," says one student. "Look again," says instructor Chris Wilde. The photo is of a young Ethopian girl that Wilde, a science teacher at Central Catholic High School and an adjunct professor at Modesto Junior College, took while vacationing in Ethopia "She has tattered clothes but look at her brilliant smile and how she's standing tall and proud. There's beauty in unexpected places and that's magic," she tells them. Finding beauty in the unexpected ...

Carnegie, city offer summer arts classes for kids

Registration is open for art, dance, and theater camps being offered at the Carnegie Arts Center and a beginning modeling class through the City of Turlock Recreation Department.

Artists interact at Blue Owl Event

The creative endeavors of visual artists, poets, musicians, and the like will be showcased Monday in the Blue Owl Event. The Blue Owl Event is bringing together local artists of multiple genres and letting them create their works while guests walk through the venue and informally interact with performers and other community members. "It's easy to forget what's available in your community when 'mainstream' tells us what's actually art," said CSU Stanislaus ...

Water wall captures iconic pose of 49ers QB

When San Francisco 49ers quarterback and hometown hero Colin Kaepernick kissed his bicep after a touchdown run during the team's NFC Championship season, he started a Niner Nation sensation called "Kaepernicking." Although football season is over, Kaepernick's iconic pose is still inspiring fans. One of those fans is local designer T. Michael Alcordo, also known as "Kimo." "I'm a 49er fan; I was challenged to do a 49er water wall," Alcordo said. ...

Exhibit extols beauty of park through artists' works

The awe-inspiring majesty of Yosemite National Park is just as inspiring to artists around the world and a collection of their works is currently on display at the park's art gallery. Yosemite Renaissance is celebrating its 28th year with an exhibit of 46 paintings, photographs, prints and sculptures by 41 artists. Drawn from almost 600 entries, this year's exhibit includes a broad range of works from the representational to the abstract, all interpreting ...

Artists open studios for annual event

The works of dozens of artists will be on display, as well as the creative process behind their works, during the Stanislaus County Artist Open Studio Tour. A total of 57 artists - including 10 from Turlock -will be opening their doors and inviting the public in to get a first-hand look at the artist at work. The tour gives visitors the opportunity to talk with the artists about their methods of creation ...

Spring Juried Art Show

Entries are being sought for the 2013 Spring Juried Art Show, a collaboration of the Turlock City Arts Commission and the Carnegie Arts Center. Categories include Oils and Acrylics, Photography, Sculpture, Drawing and Works on Paper, and Mixed Media and Prints. Best of Show winner will receive $1,000 and each first in category winner, $250.The deadline to submit entries is April 7, with the show slated for May 4 through June 30 at ...

Carnegie retrospective explores Turlock artist’s creative journey

The Carnegie Arts Center is opening an exhibit from former California State University, Stanislaus professor and artist John Barnett, focusing on his body of works that find the beauty in the smallest elements of nature. Barnett has also been selected as the Carnegie's Distinguished Artist recipient for the year. "We are extremely proud to honor John Barnett this year," said Rebecca Phillips Abbott, the Carnegie's executive director and curator. "He is an ...

Carnegie draws 15,000 visitors in first year; seeks more memberships, classes in 2013

Carnegie events feature impressionist exhibit

A collection of paper works from the artist Edgar Degas is coming to the Carnegie Arts Center for an extended exhibit. "Edgar Degas: The Private Impressionist, Works on Paper by the Artist and his Circle," will be on view from Oct. 6, until Jan. 13, 2013. Featuring more than 100 works on paper, the exhibit includes drawings, prints, pastels, and photographs by Degas from his early days of making studies at the Louvre ...

Annual student calendar contest seeks entries

The San Joaquin Valley Air District is looking for creative student artists to enter the 2013 Healthy Air Living Kids' Calendar contest.

Celebrating Degas

The Carnegie Arts Center will be honoring one of the founders of impressionism with a West Coast premiere exhibit and a juried show open to all California artists.

Stanislaus prof to build video arts gallery in downtown Modesto

A vacant storefront in downtown Modesto will soon be transformed into a center for video arts, thanks to a significant grant from ArtPlace.

Arts in the Classroom: Teaching van Gogh

Sixth grade students at Cunningham Elementary School spent Tuesday studying and making their own representations of Vincent van Gogh's famous Sunflowers. The art instruction was made available to Cunningham students through the Arts in the Classroom program, funded by the Kiwanis Club of Turlock and offered through the Stanislaus County Arts Council. Cunningham fifth graders took part in the art classes in March, but their focus was on clay instead of painting.

Artist hopes to instill fearless creativity in next generation

Juliet Moradian's lifelong passion for the arts began in a Yonkers, New York classroom during a sixth-grade art class. Moradian, an Iranian immigrant, remembers feeling empowered with the freedom of expressing all her thoughts and feelings with the stroke of a brush. Now, decades later and across the span of the country, Moradian is hoping to instill that sense of empowerment into a new generation of budding artists. Moradian is leading art workshops ...

Denham honors youth artists

U.S. Rep. Jeff Denham (R-CA 19) held a reception at Turlock's Carnegie Arts Center Tuesday in honor of students who competed in the 2012 Congressional Art Competition. Each spring, the nationwide art competition selects the best work from talented student artists to display in the Cannon Tunnel, leading to the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C. Each congressman or woman may select a piece to hang. "It's an honor for me, because I ...