The Carnegie Arts Center will be opening a new exhibit of works by regional artists in the CAC Lobby Gallery. The annual exhibition, Farms & Fields, is a juried, all media show that celebrates the variety and importance of agriculture in the Central Valley. Artists from throughout northern and central California submitted work that is influenced or inspired by the agricultural life of the Central Valley.
Fifty-five works by 38 artists were selected, representing 15 different regional communities. Juror Nicole Slater, a well-known artist who is the owner and instructor at the Artist’s Loft in Modesto, selected these works from 120 submissions. The exhibition includes paintings, photographs, prints, drawings, watercolors, mixed media, pastels, ceramics, woodworking, and fabric arts. Subjects include field crops, orchards, farm equipment and buildings, livestock, irrigation, the people who work in agriculture, and more.
Artists selected for the 2025, who won awards totaling $1,100:
Best of Show
Amy Morgan, Last Rows, collage & acrylic
Awards of Merit
Randy Crimmel, Rebirth – Egg to Egg, ceramic
Vivian Patton, Hands On, soft pastel & charcoal
Honorable Mentions
Anna Homchick, Sonoma Grape, linocut print
Loren Lukens, Apples Don’t Fall Far from the Tree, ceramic
Doré Neveling, Serenade of the Meadows, acrylics on canvas
Lynn Sarraille, Camus Valley #3, scratch board & acrylic ink
Artists included in the Exhibition:
Erin Aguiar, Turlock
Anna Barber, Ripon
Ed Bearden, Modesto
Alyn Brereton, Modesto
Ginny Burdick, Coarsegold
Josh Christensen, Merced
William Conrad, Turlock
Randy Crimmel, Modesto
Laura Fogg, Ukiah
Barbara Gill, Modesto
Chella Gonsalves, Modesto
Lisa Greenstein, Mariposa
William Harris, Modesto
Anna Homchick, Windsor
Doug Houser, Modesto
Jennifer Howell, Lodi
Kathryn Knightsby, Salida
Mark Knize, Tracy
Larry Lew, Modesto
Loren Lukens, Merced
Michele Marez, Modesto
Suzanne McCaslin, Modesto
Geneva Mello, Lodi
Amy Morgan, Clovis
Jack Morris, Modesto
Doré Neveling, Modesto
Rhett Regina Owings, Turlock
Vivian Patton, Groveland
Anthony Pooler, Modesto
Linda Prather Nelson, Turlock
Lynn Sarraille, Turlock
Deanna Lynn Schmitz, Merced
Steven Showers, Oakdale
Margo Souza, Turlock
Henrietta Sparkman, Modesto
Katherine Tuchalski, Groveland
Christopher Viney, Atwater
Marilyn Wear, Turlock
The exhibition will run through July 26. Gallery admission is free and hours are 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesday through Saturday. For more information, visit carnegieartsturlock.org.
