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 ...

Juried Art Show draws 175 entries

Nature took top honors in the 2012 Spring Juried Art Show, with David Bienkowski and his painting "Arboreal Journey," being awarded Best in Show. "Nature inspires me," Bienkowski wrote, "the brilliance of a flower, the tranquility of a field. I want to bring attention to what can be easily overlooked." Bienkowski paid particular attention to light in his work and to its potential to reinvent landscape. Also earning first place in ...

Local students shine in art show

The inner workings of teen inspiration will be on display for all to see beginning Monday. The Turlock Regional High School Art Show, running April 16-20, will be held at the art gallery at California State University, Stanislaus. The show features art from all over Stanislaus County and will be judged by CSU Stanislaus Dean of Arts Daryl Moore, professional artist Emma Thompson and vice president of Never Boring Design in Modesto, ...

Congressman Cardoza invites Valley students to participate in art competition

Congressman Dennis Cardoza (D-Merced) announced that talented high school students living in California's 18th Congressional District have the opportunity to display their artistic talent in the U.S. Capitol by competing in the annual Congressional Art Competition.

Annual quilt show to display local talent, honor U.S. veterans

The Turlock Quilt Guild will be showing its colors on Feb. 18 and 19 at its annual quilt show. The "Stars Among Us" themed show will feature a special presentation to United States veterans by Quilts of Honor. The presentation of quilts to veterans of foreign wars is a regular thing for Quilts of Honor. The group hopes to honor members of the military by showing them appreciation for sacrifice and service. Their ...

Textile works on display in January

In their inaugural Distinguished Artist program the Carnegie Arts Center has chosen to honor and exhibit the works of textile artist Yvonne Porcella.

Local student’s photo earns nod in library contest

Morgan den Dulk, a Hickman Middle School seventh grader, is a fixture at the Turlock Library. And soon, her photography will be as well. Den Dulk was awarded with an honorable mention in the Stanislaus County Library's Teen Read Week Digital Photography Contest. As a prize, the local student's photograph will be displayed on the Stanislaus County Library website, and in some local libraries. A fervent reader, den Dulk can often be ...

Spray-paint artists liven up downtown wall

Local artist opens show in Sacramento

Turlock resident and artist John Karl Claes will be showing his latest collection at the Elliot Fouts Gallery in Sacramento. Claes specializes in paintings that reflect the bountiful agricultural fields of the San Joaquin Valley. Claes began painting in high school and went on to complete a bachelor of arts at California State University, Stanislaus and then earned a masters of fine arts in painting and drawing from the University of North ...

At the Carnegie

A lecture on the Art of Chiura Obata by Kimi Kodani Hill, the artist's granddaughter will be held at 2 p.m. on Sunday at the Carnegie Arts Center, 250 N. Broadway, Turlock. Chiura Obata was a well-known Japanese-American artist who was forcefully relocated from his home and community to an internment camp during World War II. Obata's works are included in numerous public and private collections, including the de Young Museum in San ...

Gallery exhibit features 20 years of Emerson’s shapes and patterns

The California State University, Stanislaus Department of Art is hosting an exhibit by Mark L. Emerson through the end of this week. "Twenty Years Painting" opened on Aug. 22 in the University Art Gallery and will run until Friday. Emerson's paintings are mostly polymer on canvas and range in size from 12 by 12 inches to 7 feet high. The paintings are colorful collections of shapes and patterns with varying textures. "In gathering ...

Tibetan sand art exhibit makes way to area

The creation of an ancient Tibetan art form is currently on display at the Gallo Center for the Arts. Tibetan Buddhist monks from Drepung Loseling Monastery are constructing a Mandala Sand Painting in the Center's lobby. Work began Tuesday and will continue through Saturday. The exhibit is free to the public. Sandpainting is the process of laying out millions of colored grains of sands to form an image of a mandala, which ...

‘Ansel Adams CALIFORNIA’ opens Carnegie Arts Center

From the majesty of Yosemite's Half Dome to the allure of a budding field of lettuce, the photographs by Ansel Adams that captured the splendid beauty of California will also be ushering in a new era at that Carnegie Arts Center in Turlock. "Ansel Adams CALIFORNIA" will be the inaugural exhibit at the Carnegie Arts Center when the doors open Sept. 10. "We are proud and delighted to begin again," says Patricia ...