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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 ...
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
What was once a bland barrier wall seen from Golden State Boulevard near Center Street is being transformed into a mural of bright colors and vibrant designs at the hands of some self-professed "old-school" artists. Commissioned by Time Keeper Tattoos to fill the wall, the men - once known as the Stanislaus Triple Threat - are crafting a mural that they see as representative of a journey back to the old-school design ...
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 ...
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