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SUMMARY:Exhibit It! A Community Art Exhibit
DESCRIPTION:Exhibit It! A Community Art Exhibit \nIt’s time for our annual non-juried exhibit to highlight the talent of our community’s artists! Artists ages 16 and up can drop off one artwork in any medium at the Pence Gallery on Friday\, June 26\, beginning at 11:30 AM. This is a first come\, first served process. No early drop-offs accepted. \nArtworks are limited to 30″ in any direction\, including the frame\, and no more than 50 pounds. All artworks must be framed\, or ready to install. \nThe first 50 submissions will be admitted after artists pay a fee of $35 for Members and $40 for non-Members. Please be prepared to fill out information about your piece including the title\, year made\, medium\, dimensions\, retail price\, etc. \nParticipants can win the Curator’s Choice award\, announced during the reception on July 10. Or they can win the Public Choice award\, chosen by viewers who vote when visiting the exhibit at the gallery\, which awards a free Pence membership and a photo in the Davis Enterprise. \nArtist call drop-off date: Friday\, June 26 beginning at 11:30 AM\nSubmission fee: $35 Members\, $40 non-Members\nExhibit dates: July 3 – August 16\, 2026\nReception: July 10\, 6-9 PM (Awards at 7:30 PM) \nThis exhibit is sponsored by Dawn Daro. \n  \n 
URL:https://artsalliancedavis.org/event/exhibit-it-a-community-art-exhibit-45/
LOCATION:Pence Gallery\, 212 D St\, Davis\, CA\, United States
CATEGORIES:Art,Community
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260710
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20260817
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SUMMARY:Slice: A Juried Exhibit of Regional Art
DESCRIPTION:Slice: A Juried Exhibit of Regional Art\nExhibit: July 10 – August 16\, 2026\nReception: July 10\, 6-9 PM (Awards at 8 PM) \nSlice celebrates the diversity of expression in our region with an array of sculpture\, prints\, paintings\, and photography created by 36 visual artists. This year marks the 14th anniversary of the Pence’s regional call to artists\, affectionately called Slice. Representing a ‘slice’ of work fresh from the studio produced by new and established artists working in the state\, this annual juried exhibit has quickly gained a reputation for displaying innovative and thought-provoking work. The selected work is chosen by the juror for its merit rather than its ability to fit within any particular theme or concept. As with any juried ‘open theme’ selection\, the connections between the artworks can prove to be mind-bending or head-scratching. \nGioia Fonda is this year’s juror of Slice. Fonda is an interdisciplinary artist working primarily in two-dimensional media (painting\, drawing\, sewing\, and photography) with occasional forays in sculpture\, social practice\, and public art. She tends to work in a colorful and non-objective manner\, but just under the surface\, her work is often imbued with storytelling and narrative. She has a bi-coastal art education\, having earned a BFA at the California College of the Arts and an MFA at the School of Visual Arts in New York. Gioia is a dedicated member of the Sacramento art community\, contributing as an artist\, curator\, jurist\, and collaborator. She is also a tenured professor of art at Sacramento City College\, where she teaches painting\, drawing\, and design. Her work has been exhibited widely throughout Northern California and is held in many private and public collections throughout the U.S. \nImage: Michael Larson\, “Day Turns to Night #2”
URL:https://artsalliancedavis.org/event/slice-a-juried-exhibit-of-regional-art/
LOCATION:Pence Gallery\, 212 D St\, Davis\, CA\, United States
CATEGORIES:Art
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260710
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20260817
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SUMMARY:Mirabel Wigon: Earth Stars
DESCRIPTION:Mirabel Wigon: Earth Stars\nExhibit: July 10 – August 16\, 2026\nReception: July 10\, 6-9 PM (Free) \nMirabel Wigon’s Earth Stars brings together her expansive new series of botanical inspired paintings. Working in oil and acrylic on canvas\, her paintings have an illustrative quality\, immersing the viewer in imaginative worlds where flora works in tandem with geometric forms. Contrasting elements of line and shape collaborate with one another\, inventing dynamic universes with enchanting qualities. The surreal nature of her paintings is augmented by the use of augmented reality technology\, in which viewers can see forms take 3D form. As if depicting evolutionary scenes\, Wigon creates dioramas of sublime floral transformation. \nImage: Mirabel Wigon\, “Celestial Lattice”
URL:https://artsalliancedavis.org/event/mirabel-wigon-earth-stars/
LOCATION:Pence Gallery\, 212 D St\, Davis\, CA\, United States
CATEGORIES:Art
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260729
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20260901
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SUMMARY:The Artery Annual Summer Sale
DESCRIPTION:Amazing Selections offered by Marvelous Artists. A Whole Month of Hot Buys. The Artery offers a cool retreat from the August sun with our Annual Summer Sale. Our artists have filled the gallery with drastically reduced treasures and will add new inventory throughout the month. Your favorite artist or one of our newest members might surprise you with a “must have” at just the right price. Our wonderful choices: Paintings\, Photography\, Prints\, Jewelry\, Woodwork\, Woven baskets\, Ceramics\, Gourds\, Greeting Cards\, Fiber Art\, Glass: Fused and Blown.
URL:https://artsalliancedavis.org/event/the-artery-annual-summer-sale/
LOCATION:The Artery\, 207 G Street\, Davis\, ca\, 95616
CATEGORIES:Art
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DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260801T130000
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SUMMARY:Get to Know Your Sewing Machine!
DESCRIPTION:Do you have a sewing machine but don’t feel comfortable using it? Now is your chance to become a confident sewing machine user! In this one-day workshop\, students will learn basic sewing machine maintenance including how to properly thread their machine\, troubleshoot common stitching problems\, and gain a better understanding of how their machine works.\n● Sewing machines are not provided\n● All other materials will be provided\n● Children under 8 must be accompanied by an adult\nInstructor: Courtney Siperstein-Cook\nALL AGES\nPrice: $35\nTime: 10:00a-1:00p\nWorkshop date:\nSaturday\, August 1
URL:https://artsalliancedavis.org/event/get-to-know-your-sewing-machine/
LOCATION:1919 F St\, Davis CA\, 1919 F St\, Davis\, 95616\, United States
CATEGORIES:Art
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260801T120000
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SUMMARY:Surface Tension by Roma Devanbu
DESCRIPTION:ROMA DEVANBU\nSURFACE TENSION\nJuly 3 – August 2\, 2026 \nSecond Saturday Reception July 11th\, 5-8 PM \nRoma Devanbu has been making and exhibiting her paintings and mix-media work for decades. In Surface Tension\, her first exhibit exclusively of photographs\, we see her hungry painters eye hunting and gathering brush marks\, patterns and textures in the wide world around her. \nDevanbu says “Inside the studio I manipulate materials. I rub\, tear\, fold\, cut\, glue and paint to create images on paper and canvas. When I leave the studio my creative actions gain a broader context and I understand my gestures as echoes of larger elemental forces acting on natural and man-made surfaces.” \nThe photographs in this exhibition are records of a physical world in which materials collide\, collaborate\, stretch\, erode\, rust\, scratch\, drape\, freeze and embrace. \nThe subjects are approached in an unapologetically straight forward manner\, presenting the plain facts within the scope of her viewfinder. But\, each title includes a date and time\, down to the second\, reminding us that the unique set of circumstances is temporary and will be disrupted by the influence of reorganization or entropy. \nThe exhibition is dedicated to the memory of the gallerist/photo historian Alan Klotz and the photographer/educator Philip Perkis. Devanbu first met and studied with Klotz and Perkis while earning her MFA in painting from Pratt Institute in the mid 1980’s. \nABOUT THE ARTIST\nRoma Devanbu is a long time member of Axis Gallery and its current president. She is a studio resident at Verge Center for the Arts. Devanbu holds a BFA from Carnegie Mellon University\, an MFA from Pratt Institute and studied Asian Art History for one year at the University of Baroda in India. She was a full time tenured faculty member at Bergen Community College in NJ before moving to Davis\, CA where she lives with her husband\, the computer scientist Premkumar Devanbu. Her work is in private and corporate collections in the US and abroad and can be seen in many Northern California hospitals. For more info visit her website at roma.devanbu.com.
URL:https://artsalliancedavis.org/event/surface-tension-by-roma-devanbu-14/
LOCATION:Axis Gallery\, 625 S St\, Sacramento\, 95811\, United States
CATEGORIES:Art
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260801T120000
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SUMMARY:Who are Orientals: Magenta Realism
DESCRIPTION:SHARON TSAO\nWHO ARE ORIENTALS: MAGENTA REALISM\nJuly 3 – August 2\, 2026\nSecond Saturday Reception: July 11\, 5–8 PM \nAbout forty years ago\, when I first came to California\, I was told that I was “Oriental.” I was also told that certain tables and chests were “Oriental\,” and that a particular decorative style was likewise considered “Oriental\,” even though these things looked unfamiliar to me. \nThe works in this exhibition are largely produced in what I was told is an “Oriental” style or manner. They originate from dried Boston ivy vines resembling twisted tree branches\, gathered after years of growth without human intervention and coated with an artificial magenta surface. \nThe application of magenta coating violently interrupts this natural index. Historically\, magenta is among the first fully synthetic modern pigments\, inseparable from industrial chemistry\, mechanical reproduction\, and the chromatic excess of modernity. Here\, color no longer functions descriptively\, but operatively. The magenta surface transforms the dead vines into unstable signs oscillating between the imagined seductions of the “Oriental” and the chromatic excess of industrial modernity\, between contamination and ritual\, and between transcendence and artifice. If the branches retain the temporality of decay\, the color introduces what Jean Baudrillard might describe as the logic of simulation: reality intensified precisely through its artificiality. \nThe works also echo a reversed form of classical Chinese literati aesthetics. Where traditional literati painting often pursued “compression through weathered emptiness” — reducing the world into ink\, void\, and gesture — these works enact a compression through chromatic saturation. The tangled vine becomes a condensed structure of historical memory\, while magenta operates almost as a contemporary counterpart to ink: not natural\, but hyper-artificial; not withdrawn\, but aggressively present. \nSuspended between objecthood and theatricality\, ruin and ornament\, realism and hallucination\, the works propose a different understanding of realism itself. Reality here is not achieved through representation\, but through direct material presence complicated by cultural coding\, synthetic color\, and the unstable perceptual systems through which contemporary viewers encounter nature. \nJoin us at Axis Gallery\, located at 625 S Street in Sacramento’s historic R Street Corridor\, within the Verge Center for the Arts building. The gallery has exhibited innovative contemporary art for over 35 years and continues to serve as a vital space for artists to explore\, connect\, and share work outside the commercial sphere.\nGallery hours: Friday–Sunday\, 12–5 PM \nABOUT THE ARTIST \nSharon Tsao is a sculptor\, art historian\, and educator whose work explores the intersections of nature\, memory\, cultural identity\, and material transformation. She received a B.A. in Sculpture from the China Academy of Art in 1982 and earned a Ph.D. in Art History from Stanford University in 1996. Tsao has taught Art History at Postsecondary Educational institutions\, where she supervised graduate research in art history.\nHer works have been exhibited\, collected\, and auctioned internationally\, and are held in private and public collections in Asia\, North America\, and Europe.
URL:https://artsalliancedavis.org/event/who-are-orientals-magenta-realism-14/
LOCATION:Axis Gallery\, 625 S St\, Sacramento\, 95811\, United States
CATEGORIES:Art
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260802T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260802T170000
DTSTAMP:20260616T141550Z
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SUMMARY:Surface Tension by Roma Devanbu
DESCRIPTION:ROMA DEVANBU\nSURFACE TENSION\nJuly 3 – August 2\, 2026 \nSecond Saturday Reception July 11th\, 5-8 PM \nRoma Devanbu has been making and exhibiting her paintings and mix-media work for decades. In Surface Tension\, her first exhibit exclusively of photographs\, we see her hungry painters eye hunting and gathering brush marks\, patterns and textures in the wide world around her. \nDevanbu says “Inside the studio I manipulate materials. I rub\, tear\, fold\, cut\, glue and paint to create images on paper and canvas. When I leave the studio my creative actions gain a broader context and I understand my gestures as echoes of larger elemental forces acting on natural and man-made surfaces.” \nThe photographs in this exhibition are records of a physical world in which materials collide\, collaborate\, stretch\, erode\, rust\, scratch\, drape\, freeze and embrace. \nThe subjects are approached in an unapologetically straight forward manner\, presenting the plain facts within the scope of her viewfinder. But\, each title includes a date and time\, down to the second\, reminding us that the unique set of circumstances is temporary and will be disrupted by the influence of reorganization or entropy. \nThe exhibition is dedicated to the memory of the gallerist/photo historian Alan Klotz and the photographer/educator Philip Perkis. Devanbu first met and studied with Klotz and Perkis while earning her MFA in painting from Pratt Institute in the mid 1980’s. \nABOUT THE ARTIST\nRoma Devanbu is a long time member of Axis Gallery and its current president. She is a studio resident at Verge Center for the Arts. Devanbu holds a BFA from Carnegie Mellon University\, an MFA from Pratt Institute and studied Asian Art History for one year at the University of Baroda in India. She was a full time tenured faculty member at Bergen Community College in NJ before moving to Davis\, CA where she lives with her husband\, the computer scientist Premkumar Devanbu. Her work is in private and corporate collections in the US and abroad and can be seen in many Northern California hospitals. For more info visit her website at roma.devanbu.com.
URL:https://artsalliancedavis.org/event/surface-tension-by-roma-devanbu-15/
LOCATION:Axis Gallery\, 625 S St\, Sacramento\, 95811\, United States
CATEGORIES:Art
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SUMMARY:Who are Orientals: Magenta Realism
DESCRIPTION:SHARON TSAO\nWHO ARE ORIENTALS: MAGENTA REALISM\nJuly 3 – August 2\, 2026\nSecond Saturday Reception: July 11\, 5–8 PM \nAbout forty years ago\, when I first came to California\, I was told that I was “Oriental.” I was also told that certain tables and chests were “Oriental\,” and that a particular decorative style was likewise considered “Oriental\,” even though these things looked unfamiliar to me. \nThe works in this exhibition are largely produced in what I was told is an “Oriental” style or manner. They originate from dried Boston ivy vines resembling twisted tree branches\, gathered after years of growth without human intervention and coated with an artificial magenta surface. \nThe application of magenta coating violently interrupts this natural index. Historically\, magenta is among the first fully synthetic modern pigments\, inseparable from industrial chemistry\, mechanical reproduction\, and the chromatic excess of modernity. Here\, color no longer functions descriptively\, but operatively. The magenta surface transforms the dead vines into unstable signs oscillating between the imagined seductions of the “Oriental” and the chromatic excess of industrial modernity\, between contamination and ritual\, and between transcendence and artifice. If the branches retain the temporality of decay\, the color introduces what Jean Baudrillard might describe as the logic of simulation: reality intensified precisely through its artificiality. \nThe works also echo a reversed form of classical Chinese literati aesthetics. Where traditional literati painting often pursued “compression through weathered emptiness” — reducing the world into ink\, void\, and gesture — these works enact a compression through chromatic saturation. The tangled vine becomes a condensed structure of historical memory\, while magenta operates almost as a contemporary counterpart to ink: not natural\, but hyper-artificial; not withdrawn\, but aggressively present. \nSuspended between objecthood and theatricality\, ruin and ornament\, realism and hallucination\, the works propose a different understanding of realism itself. Reality here is not achieved through representation\, but through direct material presence complicated by cultural coding\, synthetic color\, and the unstable perceptual systems through which contemporary viewers encounter nature. \nJoin us at Axis Gallery\, located at 625 S Street in Sacramento’s historic R Street Corridor\, within the Verge Center for the Arts building. The gallery has exhibited innovative contemporary art for over 35 years and continues to serve as a vital space for artists to explore\, connect\, and share work outside the commercial sphere.\nGallery hours: Friday–Sunday\, 12–5 PM \nABOUT THE ARTIST \nSharon Tsao is a sculptor\, art historian\, and educator whose work explores the intersections of nature\, memory\, cultural identity\, and material transformation. She received a B.A. in Sculpture from the China Academy of Art in 1982 and earned a Ph.D. in Art History from Stanford University in 1996. Tsao has taught Art History at Postsecondary Educational institutions\, where she supervised graduate research in art history.\nHer works have been exhibited\, collected\, and auctioned internationally\, and are held in private and public collections in Asia\, North America\, and Europe.
URL:https://artsalliancedavis.org/event/who-are-orientals-magenta-realism-15/
LOCATION:Axis Gallery\, 625 S St\, Sacramento\, 95811\, United States
CATEGORIES:Art
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260802T130000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260802T150000
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SUMMARY:Art in Action: Marvelous Marionettes
DESCRIPTION:Art in Action: Marvelous Marionettes\nSunday\, August 2\, 1-3 PM\n$5 Members\, $10 Non-Members (per person\, all materials included)\nUse your imagination to bring your favorite animal to life! Transform cardboard\, various papers\, pom poms\, yarn\, and more into a lively and colorful animal marionette. \nHow it works:\nArt in Action engages kids in art projects that are fun\, creative\, and collaborative with their family members. This is a drop-in program for ages 5-12. No registration in advance is required\, but space and supplies are limited to the first 25 participants and are available on a first come\, first served basis. \nWhen you arrive\, pay with cash or card at the front desk. A parent or adult caregiver is required to stay\, but only has to pay for the project for themselves if they are also doing art. Stay as long or as short as you like over the two hour period. \nBecome a Member starting at $70/year and save! If you join the Pence Gallery when you attend this workshop\, you can enjoy Member pricing for Art in Action\, plus receive a $5 gift certificate to our gift shop as a thank you. Membership supports art for all ages and makes creative moments like this possible—jump in and be part of it. \nWe have a different Art in Action family workshop every month. Learn more at https://pencegallery.org/art-in-action/. \nThis monthly program is generously sponsored by Mary Stephens DeWall & Les DeWall.
URL:https://artsalliancedavis.org/event/art-in-action-marvelous-marionettes/
LOCATION:Pence Gallery\, 212 D St\, Davis\, CA\, United States
CATEGORIES:Art,Bring the Kids
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260807T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260807T170000
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SUMMARY:21st National Juried Exhibition
DESCRIPTION:AXIS GALLERY\n21st ANNUAL NATIONAL JURIED COMPETITION\nAugust 7–30\, 2026 \nSecond Saturday Reception August 8\, 2026\, 5–8 PM \nAxis Gallery presents the 21st Annual National Juried Competition\, a group exhibition featuring works selected by juror Sharon Butler\, founder of Two Coats of Paint. The exhibition includes works by artists from around the country in a variety of mediums. \nJUROR’S STATEMENT\nThe Axis Gallery received 658 submissions to an open call\, and I could have selected five exhibitions instead of one without feeling professionally compromised. Narrowing such a high- quality profusion down to a single hang was a real challenge. Whereas traditional thematic trawls tend to be self-limiting\, open calls like this one afford the juror no circumscribing guidance – only that of quality on the terms artists set for themselves. And the work I perused made it clear that artists throughout the country and across genres are richly engaged in conversations about ideas\, materials\, emotional content\, and formal issues. The show’s density is testament to the abundance of pieces that were simply too good to leave out. \nSince no theme was handed down in advance\, my job was to arrive at a selection piece by piece\, submission by submission\, until I saw the show take shape from what artists are concerned about and refracting through their work right now. I encountered a gnawing disquiet\, an insistence on making things by hand\, an interest in place\, and the use of materiality and process as metaphor. Although I don’t believe most of the submitting artists know one another\, the selected works seem connected\, as if they might mutually complete sentences. And indeed\, one virtue of an open call is that it is liable to produce an unplanned consensus – a kind of serendipity that might elude a more deliberately curated process with a long list of criteria. \nI’ll admit my own slight bias in the selection. I’m somewhat less interested in traditional technical skill than in inventiveness – in what happens when an artist reaches for something that isn’t supposed to be an art material at all\, and in instances when artists find meaningful content in improbable subject matter. Some of the pieces here employ images or objects that may challenge the conventional view of what counts as art\, and I kept coming back to those. This exhibition\, then\, represents one person’s path through a terrific field of entries. It is\, I hope\, a generous and thoughtful selection. I remain thoroughly impressed that when the Axis Gallery asked a wide\, unfiltered public to submit work\, the items that came in response were at once more surprising and more complementary than I had any right to expect. \n– Sharon Butler\, July 2026 \nABOUT THE JUROR\nSharon Butler is a painter and the founder of Two Coats of Paint\, an award-winning NYC blogazine about painting. She has held solo exhibitions in at CLEA RSKY\, Jennifer Baahng Gallery\, Theodore Gallery\, Pocket Utopia\, and Central Fine Arts (all in NYC); in Connecticut at Slater Memorial Museum\, Real Art Ways\, and Furnace Art on Paper Archive; and in the university galleries at University of Alabama\, University of Connecticut\, and SUNY Westchester. Her paintings are characterized by a tendency toward Casualism\, a term she coined in an article published in The Brooklyn Rail to describe an approach to painting that values imperfection\, incompleteness\, and process over traditional color theory\, pleasing composition\, and polished forms.\nHer work has been featured in publications such as The Brooklyn Rail\, Hyperallergic\, artcritical\, The New Criterion\, and New York Magazine. She has received awards from Creative Capital and the Warhol Foundation\, Yaddo\, Connecticut Commission on the Arts\, and the Pollock-Krasner Foundation. \nShe lives and works in Long Island City\, Queens.
URL:https://artsalliancedavis.org/event/21st-national-juried-exhibition/
LOCATION:Axis Gallery\, 625 S St\, Sacramento\, 95811\, United States
CATEGORIES:Art
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SUMMARY:Brush & Glaze: Ceramic Painting Workshop
DESCRIPTION:Unleash your creativity and transform plain ceramics into stunning works of art with our glazing workshops! Whether you’re looking to create a gift or a unique piece for your home\, this is the perfect opportunity to let your imagination shine. Simply choose your ceramic piece\, pick from a vibrant array of glaze colors\, and start decorating! Davis Arts Center staff will handle the firing process\, ensuring your masterpiece is ready to take home. \nPrice includes glazing\, firing\, and one ceramic piece\nCeramic selections: planter\, plate\, or mug\nAdditional pieces available for purchase while supplies last\nChildren under 8 must be accompanied by an adult\nFinal ceramic pieces available for pick-up later \nALL AGES \nPrice: $25/attendee \nFridays\, 3:30-5:00 pm \nJune 26\nJuly 10\nJuly 17\nJuly 24\nJuly 31\nAugust 7\nAugust 14\nAugust 21
URL:https://artsalliancedavis.org/event/brush-glaze-ceramic-painting-workshop-25/
LOCATION:1919 F St\, Davis CA\, 1919 F St\, Davis\, 95616\, United States
CATEGORIES:Art
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ORGANIZER;CN="Davis Arts Center":MAILTO:office@davisartscenter.org
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260808T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260808T120000
DTSTAMP:20260624T164428Z
CREATED:20260624T164428Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260624T164428Z
UID:25998-1786183200-1786190400@artsalliancedavis.org
SUMMARY:Tie Dye!
DESCRIPTION:It’s summer\, and you know what that means…Tie Dye! In this one-day workshop\, students will learn about the tie-dye process and explore a variety of techniques to create colorful\, one-of-a-kind designs. Bring a cotton item or two and get ready to transform them with your own groovy creations!\n● A limited number of tote bags and shirts will be available\n● All tie-dye supplies and materials will be provided\n● Children under 8 must be accompanied by an adult\nInstructor: Courtney Siperstein-Cook\nAGES 6+\nPrice: $50\nTime: 10:00a-12:00p\nWorkshop date:\nSaturday\, August 8
URL:https://artsalliancedavis.org/event/tie-dye/
LOCATION:1919 F St\, Davis CA\, 1919 F St\, Davis\, 95616\, United States
CATEGORIES:Art
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ORGANIZER;CN="Davis Arts Center":MAILTO:office@davisartscenter.org
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260808T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260808T170000
DTSTAMP:20260719T233559Z
CREATED:20260719T233559Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260719T233559Z
UID:26269-1786190400-1786208400@artsalliancedavis.org
SUMMARY:21st National Juried Exhibition
DESCRIPTION:AXIS GALLERY\n21st ANNUAL NATIONAL JURIED COMPETITION\nAugust 7–30\, 2026 \nSecond Saturday Reception August 8\, 2026\, 5–8 PM \nAxis Gallery presents the 21st Annual National Juried Competition\, a group exhibition featuring works selected by juror Sharon Butler\, founder of Two Coats of Paint. The exhibition includes works by artists from around the country in a variety of mediums. \nJUROR’S STATEMENT\nThe Axis Gallery received 658 submissions to an open call\, and I could have selected five exhibitions instead of one without feeling professionally compromised. Narrowing such a high- quality profusion down to a single hang was a real challenge. Whereas traditional thematic trawls tend to be self-limiting\, open calls like this one afford the juror no circumscribing guidance – only that of quality on the terms artists set for themselves. And the work I perused made it clear that artists throughout the country and across genres are richly engaged in conversations about ideas\, materials\, emotional content\, and formal issues. The show’s density is testament to the abundance of pieces that were simply too good to leave out. \nSince no theme was handed down in advance\, my job was to arrive at a selection piece by piece\, submission by submission\, until I saw the show take shape from what artists are concerned about and refracting through their work right now. I encountered a gnawing disquiet\, an insistence on making things by hand\, an interest in place\, and the use of materiality and process as metaphor. Although I don’t believe most of the submitting artists know one another\, the selected works seem connected\, as if they might mutually complete sentences. And indeed\, one virtue of an open call is that it is liable to produce an unplanned consensus – a kind of serendipity that might elude a more deliberately curated process with a long list of criteria. \nI’ll admit my own slight bias in the selection. I’m somewhat less interested in traditional technical skill than in inventiveness – in what happens when an artist reaches for something that isn’t supposed to be an art material at all\, and in instances when artists find meaningful content in improbable subject matter. Some of the pieces here employ images or objects that may challenge the conventional view of what counts as art\, and I kept coming back to those. This exhibition\, then\, represents one person’s path through a terrific field of entries. It is\, I hope\, a generous and thoughtful selection. I remain thoroughly impressed that when the Axis Gallery asked a wide\, unfiltered public to submit work\, the items that came in response were at once more surprising and more complementary than I had any right to expect. \n– Sharon Butler\, July 2026 \nABOUT THE JUROR\nSharon Butler is a painter and the founder of Two Coats of Paint\, an award-winning NYC blogazine about painting. She has held solo exhibitions in at CLEA RSKY\, Jennifer Baahng Gallery\, Theodore Gallery\, Pocket Utopia\, and Central Fine Arts (all in NYC); in Connecticut at Slater Memorial Museum\, Real Art Ways\, and Furnace Art on Paper Archive; and in the university galleries at University of Alabama\, University of Connecticut\, and SUNY Westchester. Her paintings are characterized by a tendency toward Casualism\, a term she coined in an article published in The Brooklyn Rail to describe an approach to painting that values imperfection\, incompleteness\, and process over traditional color theory\, pleasing composition\, and polished forms.\nHer work has been featured in publications such as The Brooklyn Rail\, Hyperallergic\, artcritical\, The New Criterion\, and New York Magazine. She has received awards from Creative Capital and the Warhol Foundation\, Yaddo\, Connecticut Commission on the Arts\, and the Pollock-Krasner Foundation. \nShe lives and works in Long Island City\, Queens.
URL:https://artsalliancedavis.org/event/21st-national-juried-exhibition-2/
LOCATION:Axis Gallery\, 625 S St\, Sacramento\, 95811\, United States
CATEGORIES:Art
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ORGANIZER;CN="Axis Gallery":MAILTO:info@axisgallery.org
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260808T170000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260808T200000
DTSTAMP:20260719T233602Z
CREATED:20260719T233602Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260719T233602Z
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SUMMARY:Reception: 21st National Juried Exhibition
DESCRIPTION:AXIS GALLERY\n21st ANNUAL NATIONAL JURIED COMPETITION\nAugust 7–30\, 2026 \nSecond Saturday Reception August 8\, 2026\, 5–8 PM \nAxis Gallery presents the 21st Annual National Juried Competition\, a group exhibition featuring works selected by juror Sharon Butler\, founder of Two Coats of Paint. The exhibition includes works by artists from around the country in a variety of mediums. \nJUROR’S STATEMENT\nThe Axis Gallery received 658 submissions to an open call\, and I could have selected five exhibitions instead of one without feeling professionally compromised. Narrowing such a high- quality profusion down to a single hang was a real challenge. Whereas traditional thematic trawls tend to be self-limiting\, open calls like this one afford the juror no circumscribing guidance – only that of quality on the terms artists set for themselves. And the work I perused made it clear that artists throughout the country and across genres are richly engaged in conversations about ideas\, materials\, emotional content\, and formal issues. The show’s density is testament to the abundance of pieces that were simply too good to leave out. \nSince no theme was handed down in advance\, my job was to arrive at a selection piece by piece\, submission by submission\, until I saw the show take shape from what artists are concerned about and refracting through their work right now. I encountered a gnawing disquiet\, an insistence on making things by hand\, an interest in place\, and the use of materiality and process as metaphor. Although I don’t believe most of the submitting artists know one another\, the selected works seem connected\, as if they might mutually complete sentences. And indeed\, one virtue of an open call is that it is liable to produce an unplanned consensus – a kind of serendipity that might elude a more deliberately curated process with a long list of criteria. \nI’ll admit my own slight bias in the selection. I’m somewhat less interested in traditional technical skill than in inventiveness – in what happens when an artist reaches for something that isn’t supposed to be an art material at all\, and in instances when artists find meaningful content in improbable subject matter. Some of the pieces here employ images or objects that may challenge the conventional view of what counts as art\, and I kept coming back to those. This exhibition\, then\, represents one person’s path through a terrific field of entries. It is\, I hope\, a generous and thoughtful selection. I remain thoroughly impressed that when the Axis Gallery asked a wide\, unfiltered public to submit work\, the items that came in response were at once more surprising and more complementary than I had any right to expect. \n– Sharon Butler\, July 2026 \nABOUT THE JUROR\nSharon Butler is a painter and the founder of Two Coats of Paint\, an award-winning NYC blogazine about painting. She has held solo exhibitions in at CLEA RSKY\, Jennifer Baahng Gallery\, Theodore Gallery\, Pocket Utopia\, and Central Fine Arts (all in NYC); in Connecticut at Slater Memorial Museum\, Real Art Ways\, and Furnace Art on Paper Archive; and in the university galleries at University of Alabama\, University of Connecticut\, and SUNY Westchester. Her paintings are characterized by a tendency toward Casualism\, a term she coined in an article published in The Brooklyn Rail to describe an approach to painting that values imperfection\, incompleteness\, and process over traditional color theory\, pleasing composition\, and polished forms.\nHer work has been featured in publications such as The Brooklyn Rail\, Hyperallergic\, artcritical\, The New Criterion\, and New York Magazine. She has received awards from Creative Capital and the Warhol Foundation\, Yaddo\, Connecticut Commission on the Arts\, and the Pollock-Krasner Foundation. \nShe lives and works in Long Island City\, Queens.
URL:https://artsalliancedavis.org/event/reception-21st-national-juried-exhibition/
LOCATION:Axis Gallery\, 625 S St\, Sacramento\, 95811\, United States
CATEGORIES:Art
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ORGANIZER;CN="Axis Gallery":MAILTO:info@axisgallery.org
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260809T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260809T133000
DTSTAMP:20260611T131606Z
CREATED:20260611T131606Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260611T131606Z
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SUMMARY:Relief Printmaking with Heather Hogan
DESCRIPTION:Relief Printmaking with Heather Hogan\nSunday\, August 9 | 10 AM – 1:30 PM\n$115 Members\, $125 Non-Members (All materials included) \nWith artist Heather Hogan\, students will learn how to design for relief printing\, transfer the design to the block\, use various types of ink\, and create single prints and repeating patterns on paper and fabric. Paper\, cards\, flour-sack towels\, and drawstring pouches will be provided\, but students are encouraged to bring multiple garments and fabrics to print upon. Tips and techniques for collaging paper prints and securing fabric printed patches to garments will be discussed. This class is open to both beginners and experienced artists and is recommended for ages 12 and up. \nRegister here: https://pencegallery.org/education/programs/workshops-and-classes/ \nAny questions? Email pencegallery@gmail.com.
URL:https://artsalliancedavis.org/event/relief-printmaking-with-heather-hogan/
LOCATION:Pence Gallery\, 212 D St\, Davis\, CA\, United States
CATEGORIES:Art
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ORGANIZER;CN="Pence Gallery":MAILTO:pencesocialmedia@gmail.com
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260809T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260809T170000
DTSTAMP:20260719T233622Z
CREATED:20260719T233622Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260719T233622Z
UID:26273-1786276800-1786294800@artsalliancedavis.org
SUMMARY:21st National Juried Exhibition
DESCRIPTION:AXIS GALLERY\n21st ANNUAL NATIONAL JURIED COMPETITION\nAugust 7–30\, 2026 \nSecond Saturday Reception August 8\, 2026\, 5–8 PM \nAxis Gallery presents the 21st Annual National Juried Competition\, a group exhibition featuring works selected by juror Sharon Butler\, founder of Two Coats of Paint. The exhibition includes works by artists from around the country in a variety of mediums. \nJUROR’S STATEMENT\nThe Axis Gallery received 658 submissions to an open call\, and I could have selected five exhibitions instead of one without feeling professionally compromised. Narrowing such a high- quality profusion down to a single hang was a real challenge. Whereas traditional thematic trawls tend to be self-limiting\, open calls like this one afford the juror no circumscribing guidance – only that of quality on the terms artists set for themselves. And the work I perused made it clear that artists throughout the country and across genres are richly engaged in conversations about ideas\, materials\, emotional content\, and formal issues. The show’s density is testament to the abundance of pieces that were simply too good to leave out. \nSince no theme was handed down in advance\, my job was to arrive at a selection piece by piece\, submission by submission\, until I saw the show take shape from what artists are concerned about and refracting through their work right now. I encountered a gnawing disquiet\, an insistence on making things by hand\, an interest in place\, and the use of materiality and process as metaphor. Although I don’t believe most of the submitting artists know one another\, the selected works seem connected\, as if they might mutually complete sentences. And indeed\, one virtue of an open call is that it is liable to produce an unplanned consensus – a kind of serendipity that might elude a more deliberately curated process with a long list of criteria. \nI’ll admit my own slight bias in the selection. I’m somewhat less interested in traditional technical skill than in inventiveness – in what happens when an artist reaches for something that isn’t supposed to be an art material at all\, and in instances when artists find meaningful content in improbable subject matter. Some of the pieces here employ images or objects that may challenge the conventional view of what counts as art\, and I kept coming back to those. This exhibition\, then\, represents one person’s path through a terrific field of entries. It is\, I hope\, a generous and thoughtful selection. I remain thoroughly impressed that when the Axis Gallery asked a wide\, unfiltered public to submit work\, the items that came in response were at once more surprising and more complementary than I had any right to expect. \n– Sharon Butler\, July 2026 \nABOUT THE JUROR\nSharon Butler is a painter and the founder of Two Coats of Paint\, an award-winning NYC blogazine about painting. She has held solo exhibitions in at CLEA RSKY\, Jennifer Baahng Gallery\, Theodore Gallery\, Pocket Utopia\, and Central Fine Arts (all in NYC); in Connecticut at Slater Memorial Museum\, Real Art Ways\, and Furnace Art on Paper Archive; and in the university galleries at University of Alabama\, University of Connecticut\, and SUNY Westchester. Her paintings are characterized by a tendency toward Casualism\, a term she coined in an article published in The Brooklyn Rail to describe an approach to painting that values imperfection\, incompleteness\, and process over traditional color theory\, pleasing composition\, and polished forms.\nHer work has been featured in publications such as The Brooklyn Rail\, Hyperallergic\, artcritical\, The New Criterion\, and New York Magazine. She has received awards from Creative Capital and the Warhol Foundation\, Yaddo\, Connecticut Commission on the Arts\, and the Pollock-Krasner Foundation. \nShe lives and works in Long Island City\, Queens.
URL:https://artsalliancedavis.org/event/21st-national-juried-exhibition-3/
LOCATION:Axis Gallery\, 625 S St\, Sacramento\, 95811\, United States
CATEGORIES:Art
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ORGANIZER;CN="Axis Gallery":MAILTO:info@axisgallery.org
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260812T183000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260812T210000
DTSTAMP:20260708T205514Z
CREATED:20260708T205514Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260708T205514Z
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SUMMARY:Figure Drawing at the Pence
DESCRIPTION:Figure Drawing Session\nWednesday\, August 12\, 6:30-9 PM\n$15 Members\, $22 Non-Members | Limited to 10 participants\nRegistration & payment is required in advance through the Pence’s website. \nWe hold self-guided figure drawing sessions with a nude model every 2nd & 4th Wednesday of the month\, from 6:30-9 PM. This group is for both experienced artists and amateurs to have an opportunity to draw from the nude model. If you have never drawn from a live model before and would like to join us\, you are very welcome! People of all skill levels\, ages 18 and up\, are welcome and encouraged to join. \nThis is not a class\, and no instruction is provided. The atmosphere is relaxed and non-competitive. Bring your own art materials\, and we’ll provide a comfortable place to sketch or paint live models in our upstairs classroom space. Participants will work independently through a warm up with shorter poses and longer\, twenty-minute poses. A staff member will be on-site to facilitate the group and to answer questions. \nRegister here: https://pencegallery.org/education/programs/figure-drawing/ \nImage: drawing by Deziree Seidner
URL:https://artsalliancedavis.org/event/figure-drawing-at-the-pence-32/
LOCATION:Pence Gallery\, 212 D St\, Davis\, CA\, United States
CATEGORIES:Art
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ORGANIZER;CN="Pence Gallery":MAILTO:pencesocialmedia@gmail.com
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260814T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260814T170000
DTSTAMP:20260719T233706Z
CREATED:20260719T233706Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260719T233706Z
UID:26274-1786708800-1786726800@artsalliancedavis.org
SUMMARY:21st National Juried Exhibition
DESCRIPTION:AXIS GALLERY\n21st ANNUAL NATIONAL JURIED COMPETITION\nAugust 7–30\, 2026 \nSecond Saturday Reception August 8\, 2026\, 5–8 PM \nAxis Gallery presents the 21st Annual National Juried Competition\, a group exhibition featuring works selected by juror Sharon Butler\, founder of Two Coats of Paint. The exhibition includes works by artists from around the country in a variety of mediums. \nJUROR’S STATEMENT\nThe Axis Gallery received 658 submissions to an open call\, and I could have selected five exhibitions instead of one without feeling professionally compromised. Narrowing such a high- quality profusion down to a single hang was a real challenge. Whereas traditional thematic trawls tend to be self-limiting\, open calls like this one afford the juror no circumscribing guidance – only that of quality on the terms artists set for themselves. And the work I perused made it clear that artists throughout the country and across genres are richly engaged in conversations about ideas\, materials\, emotional content\, and formal issues. The show’s density is testament to the abundance of pieces that were simply too good to leave out. \nSince no theme was handed down in advance\, my job was to arrive at a selection piece by piece\, submission by submission\, until I saw the show take shape from what artists are concerned about and refracting through their work right now. I encountered a gnawing disquiet\, an insistence on making things by hand\, an interest in place\, and the use of materiality and process as metaphor. Although I don’t believe most of the submitting artists know one another\, the selected works seem connected\, as if they might mutually complete sentences. And indeed\, one virtue of an open call is that it is liable to produce an unplanned consensus – a kind of serendipity that might elude a more deliberately curated process with a long list of criteria. \nI’ll admit my own slight bias in the selection. I’m somewhat less interested in traditional technical skill than in inventiveness – in what happens when an artist reaches for something that isn’t supposed to be an art material at all\, and in instances when artists find meaningful content in improbable subject matter. Some of the pieces here employ images or objects that may challenge the conventional view of what counts as art\, and I kept coming back to those. This exhibition\, then\, represents one person’s path through a terrific field of entries. It is\, I hope\, a generous and thoughtful selection. I remain thoroughly impressed that when the Axis Gallery asked a wide\, unfiltered public to submit work\, the items that came in response were at once more surprising and more complementary than I had any right to expect. \n– Sharon Butler\, July 2026 \nABOUT THE JUROR\nSharon Butler is a painter and the founder of Two Coats of Paint\, an award-winning NYC blogazine about painting. She has held solo exhibitions in at CLEA RSKY\, Jennifer Baahng Gallery\, Theodore Gallery\, Pocket Utopia\, and Central Fine Arts (all in NYC); in Connecticut at Slater Memorial Museum\, Real Art Ways\, and Furnace Art on Paper Archive; and in the university galleries at University of Alabama\, University of Connecticut\, and SUNY Westchester. Her paintings are characterized by a tendency toward Casualism\, a term she coined in an article published in The Brooklyn Rail to describe an approach to painting that values imperfection\, incompleteness\, and process over traditional color theory\, pleasing composition\, and polished forms.\nHer work has been featured in publications such as The Brooklyn Rail\, Hyperallergic\, artcritical\, The New Criterion\, and New York Magazine. She has received awards from Creative Capital and the Warhol Foundation\, Yaddo\, Connecticut Commission on the Arts\, and the Pollock-Krasner Foundation. \nShe lives and works in Long Island City\, Queens.
URL:https://artsalliancedavis.org/event/21st-national-juried-exhibition-4/
LOCATION:Axis Gallery\, 625 S St\, Sacramento\, 95811\, United States
CATEGORIES:Art
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ORGANIZER;CN="Axis Gallery":MAILTO:info@axisgallery.org
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260814T153000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260814T170000
DTSTAMP:20260516T181807Z
CREATED:20260516T181807Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260516T181807Z
UID:25425-1786721400-1786726800@artsalliancedavis.org
SUMMARY:Brush & Glaze: Ceramic Painting Workshop
DESCRIPTION:Unleash your creativity and transform plain ceramics into stunning works of art with our glazing workshops! Whether you’re looking to create a gift or a unique piece for your home\, this is the perfect opportunity to let your imagination shine. Simply choose your ceramic piece\, pick from a vibrant array of glaze colors\, and start decorating! Davis Arts Center staff will handle the firing process\, ensuring your masterpiece is ready to take home. \nPrice includes glazing\, firing\, and one ceramic piece\nCeramic selections: planter\, plate\, or mug\nAdditional pieces available for purchase while supplies last\nChildren under 8 must be accompanied by an adult\nFinal ceramic pieces available for pick-up later \nALL AGES \nPrice: $25/attendee \nFridays\, 3:30-5:00 pm \nJune 26\nJuly 10\nJuly 17\nJuly 24\nJuly 31\nAugust 7\nAugust 14\nAugust 21
URL:https://artsalliancedavis.org/event/brush-glaze-ceramic-painting-workshop-26/
LOCATION:1919 F St\, Davis CA\, 1919 F St\, Davis\, 95616\, United States
CATEGORIES:Art
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ORGANIZER;CN="Davis Arts Center":MAILTO:office@davisartscenter.org
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260815T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260815T120000
DTSTAMP:20260624T164538Z
CREATED:20260624T164538Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260624T164538Z
UID:26002-1786788000-1786795200@artsalliancedavis.org
SUMMARY:Make Your Own Treasure Bag!
DESCRIPTION:In this one-day workshop\, students will learn to use a sewing machine to create their own treasure bag—perfect for holding favorite keepsakes and special finds! This workshop is suitable for both beginners and experienced sewists looking for a fun and creative project. By the end of the day\, each student will have a one-of-a-kind treasure bag to take home.\n● No prior experience with sewing machines needed\n● All materials are provided\nInstructor: Courtney Siperstein-Cook\nAGES 6-9\nPrice: $40\nTime: 10:00a-12:00p\nWorkshop date:\nSaturday\, August 15
URL:https://artsalliancedavis.org/event/make-your-own-treasure-bag/
LOCATION:1919 F St\, Davis CA\, 1919 F St\, Davis\, 95616\, United States
CATEGORIES:Art
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ORGANIZER;CN="Davis Arts Center":MAILTO:office@davisartscenter.org
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260815T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260815T170000
DTSTAMP:20260719T233721Z
CREATED:20260719T233721Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260719T233721Z
UID:26275-1786795200-1786813200@artsalliancedavis.org
SUMMARY:21st National Juried Exhibition
DESCRIPTION:AXIS GALLERY\n21st ANNUAL NATIONAL JURIED COMPETITION\nAugust 7–30\, 2026 \nSecond Saturday Reception August 8\, 2026\, 5–8 PM \nAxis Gallery presents the 21st Annual National Juried Competition\, a group exhibition featuring works selected by juror Sharon Butler\, founder of Two Coats of Paint. The exhibition includes works by artists from around the country in a variety of mediums. \nJUROR’S STATEMENT\nThe Axis Gallery received 658 submissions to an open call\, and I could have selected five exhibitions instead of one without feeling professionally compromised. Narrowing such a high- quality profusion down to a single hang was a real challenge. Whereas traditional thematic trawls tend to be self-limiting\, open calls like this one afford the juror no circumscribing guidance – only that of quality on the terms artists set for themselves. And the work I perused made it clear that artists throughout the country and across genres are richly engaged in conversations about ideas\, materials\, emotional content\, and formal issues. The show’s density is testament to the abundance of pieces that were simply too good to leave out. \nSince no theme was handed down in advance\, my job was to arrive at a selection piece by piece\, submission by submission\, until I saw the show take shape from what artists are concerned about and refracting through their work right now. I encountered a gnawing disquiet\, an insistence on making things by hand\, an interest in place\, and the use of materiality and process as metaphor. Although I don’t believe most of the submitting artists know one another\, the selected works seem connected\, as if they might mutually complete sentences. And indeed\, one virtue of an open call is that it is liable to produce an unplanned consensus – a kind of serendipity that might elude a more deliberately curated process with a long list of criteria. \nI’ll admit my own slight bias in the selection. I’m somewhat less interested in traditional technical skill than in inventiveness – in what happens when an artist reaches for something that isn’t supposed to be an art material at all\, and in instances when artists find meaningful content in improbable subject matter. Some of the pieces here employ images or objects that may challenge the conventional view of what counts as art\, and I kept coming back to those. This exhibition\, then\, represents one person’s path through a terrific field of entries. It is\, I hope\, a generous and thoughtful selection. I remain thoroughly impressed that when the Axis Gallery asked a wide\, unfiltered public to submit work\, the items that came in response were at once more surprising and more complementary than I had any right to expect. \n– Sharon Butler\, July 2026 \nABOUT THE JUROR\nSharon Butler is a painter and the founder of Two Coats of Paint\, an award-winning NYC blogazine about painting. She has held solo exhibitions in at CLEA RSKY\, Jennifer Baahng Gallery\, Theodore Gallery\, Pocket Utopia\, and Central Fine Arts (all in NYC); in Connecticut at Slater Memorial Museum\, Real Art Ways\, and Furnace Art on Paper Archive; and in the university galleries at University of Alabama\, University of Connecticut\, and SUNY Westchester. Her paintings are characterized by a tendency toward Casualism\, a term she coined in an article published in The Brooklyn Rail to describe an approach to painting that values imperfection\, incompleteness\, and process over traditional color theory\, pleasing composition\, and polished forms.\nHer work has been featured in publications such as The Brooklyn Rail\, Hyperallergic\, artcritical\, The New Criterion\, and New York Magazine. She has received awards from Creative Capital and the Warhol Foundation\, Yaddo\, Connecticut Commission on the Arts\, and the Pollock-Krasner Foundation. \nShe lives and works in Long Island City\, Queens.
URL:https://artsalliancedavis.org/event/21st-national-juried-exhibition-5/
LOCATION:Axis Gallery\, 625 S St\, Sacramento\, 95811\, United States
CATEGORIES:Art
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ORGANIZER;CN="Axis Gallery":MAILTO:info@axisgallery.org
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260816T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260816T170000
DTSTAMP:20260719T233724Z
CREATED:20260719T233724Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260719T233724Z
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SUMMARY:21st National Juried Exhibition
DESCRIPTION:AXIS GALLERY\n21st ANNUAL NATIONAL JURIED COMPETITION\nAugust 7–30\, 2026 \nSecond Saturday Reception August 8\, 2026\, 5–8 PM \nAxis Gallery presents the 21st Annual National Juried Competition\, a group exhibition featuring works selected by juror Sharon Butler\, founder of Two Coats of Paint. The exhibition includes works by artists from around the country in a variety of mediums. \nJUROR’S STATEMENT\nThe Axis Gallery received 658 submissions to an open call\, and I could have selected five exhibitions instead of one without feeling professionally compromised. Narrowing such a high- quality profusion down to a single hang was a real challenge. Whereas traditional thematic trawls tend to be self-limiting\, open calls like this one afford the juror no circumscribing guidance – only that of quality on the terms artists set for themselves. And the work I perused made it clear that artists throughout the country and across genres are richly engaged in conversations about ideas\, materials\, emotional content\, and formal issues. The show’s density is testament to the abundance of pieces that were simply too good to leave out. \nSince no theme was handed down in advance\, my job was to arrive at a selection piece by piece\, submission by submission\, until I saw the show take shape from what artists are concerned about and refracting through their work right now. I encountered a gnawing disquiet\, an insistence on making things by hand\, an interest in place\, and the use of materiality and process as metaphor. Although I don’t believe most of the submitting artists know one another\, the selected works seem connected\, as if they might mutually complete sentences. And indeed\, one virtue of an open call is that it is liable to produce an unplanned consensus – a kind of serendipity that might elude a more deliberately curated process with a long list of criteria. \nI’ll admit my own slight bias in the selection. I’m somewhat less interested in traditional technical skill than in inventiveness – in what happens when an artist reaches for something that isn’t supposed to be an art material at all\, and in instances when artists find meaningful content in improbable subject matter. Some of the pieces here employ images or objects that may challenge the conventional view of what counts as art\, and I kept coming back to those. This exhibition\, then\, represents one person’s path through a terrific field of entries. It is\, I hope\, a generous and thoughtful selection. I remain thoroughly impressed that when the Axis Gallery asked a wide\, unfiltered public to submit work\, the items that came in response were at once more surprising and more complementary than I had any right to expect. \n– Sharon Butler\, July 2026 \nABOUT THE JUROR\nSharon Butler is a painter and the founder of Two Coats of Paint\, an award-winning NYC blogazine about painting. She has held solo exhibitions in at CLEA RSKY\, Jennifer Baahng Gallery\, Theodore Gallery\, Pocket Utopia\, and Central Fine Arts (all in NYC); in Connecticut at Slater Memorial Museum\, Real Art Ways\, and Furnace Art on Paper Archive; and in the university galleries at University of Alabama\, University of Connecticut\, and SUNY Westchester. Her paintings are characterized by a tendency toward Casualism\, a term she coined in an article published in The Brooklyn Rail to describe an approach to painting that values imperfection\, incompleteness\, and process over traditional color theory\, pleasing composition\, and polished forms.\nHer work has been featured in publications such as The Brooklyn Rail\, Hyperallergic\, artcritical\, The New Criterion\, and New York Magazine. She has received awards from Creative Capital and the Warhol Foundation\, Yaddo\, Connecticut Commission on the Arts\, and the Pollock-Krasner Foundation. \nShe lives and works in Long Island City\, Queens.
URL:https://artsalliancedavis.org/event/21st-national-juried-exhibition-6/
LOCATION:Axis Gallery\, 625 S St\, Sacramento\, 95811\, United States
CATEGORIES:Art
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260816T150000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260816T163000
DTSTAMP:20260717T230936Z
CREATED:20260717T230936Z
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SUMMARY:Artist Talk with Mirabel Wigon & Closing Reception
DESCRIPTION:Artist Talk with Mirabel Wigon & Closing Reception\nSunday\, August 16\, 3-4:30 PM (Free) \nMirabel Wigon will lead a walkthrough and informal talk regarding the work in her exhibit Earth Stars at the Pence. She will discuss her practice\, the evolution of her work culminating in this project\, image/model making\, and environmental ideas of entangled collaboration that inform the paintings. Enjoy her Artist Talk\, view her exhibit\, and sample refreshments on its last day. \nEarth Stars is on display at the Pence Gallery from July 10 – August 16\, 2026.
URL:https://artsalliancedavis.org/event/artist-talk-with-mirabel-wigon-closing-reception/
LOCATION:Pence Gallery\, 212 D St\, Davis\, CA\, United States
CATEGORIES:Art,Books & Talks
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ORGANIZER;CN="Pence Gallery":MAILTO:pencesocialmedia@gmail.com
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260821T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260821T170000
DTSTAMP:20260719T233810Z
CREATED:20260719T233810Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260719T233810Z
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SUMMARY:21st National Juried Exhibition
DESCRIPTION:AXIS GALLERY\n21st ANNUAL NATIONAL JURIED COMPETITION\nAugust 7–30\, 2026 \nSecond Saturday Reception August 8\, 2026\, 5–8 PM \nAxis Gallery presents the 21st Annual National Juried Competition\, a group exhibition featuring works selected by juror Sharon Butler\, founder of Two Coats of Paint. The exhibition includes works by artists from around the country in a variety of mediums. \nJUROR’S STATEMENT\nThe Axis Gallery received 658 submissions to an open call\, and I could have selected five exhibitions instead of one without feeling professionally compromised. Narrowing such a high- quality profusion down to a single hang was a real challenge. Whereas traditional thematic trawls tend to be self-limiting\, open calls like this one afford the juror no circumscribing guidance – only that of quality on the terms artists set for themselves. And the work I perused made it clear that artists throughout the country and across genres are richly engaged in conversations about ideas\, materials\, emotional content\, and formal issues. The show’s density is testament to the abundance of pieces that were simply too good to leave out. \nSince no theme was handed down in advance\, my job was to arrive at a selection piece by piece\, submission by submission\, until I saw the show take shape from what artists are concerned about and refracting through their work right now. I encountered a gnawing disquiet\, an insistence on making things by hand\, an interest in place\, and the use of materiality and process as metaphor. Although I don’t believe most of the submitting artists know one another\, the selected works seem connected\, as if they might mutually complete sentences. And indeed\, one virtue of an open call is that it is liable to produce an unplanned consensus – a kind of serendipity that might elude a more deliberately curated process with a long list of criteria. \nI’ll admit my own slight bias in the selection. I’m somewhat less interested in traditional technical skill than in inventiveness – in what happens when an artist reaches for something that isn’t supposed to be an art material at all\, and in instances when artists find meaningful content in improbable subject matter. Some of the pieces here employ images or objects that may challenge the conventional view of what counts as art\, and I kept coming back to those. This exhibition\, then\, represents one person’s path through a terrific field of entries. It is\, I hope\, a generous and thoughtful selection. I remain thoroughly impressed that when the Axis Gallery asked a wide\, unfiltered public to submit work\, the items that came in response were at once more surprising and more complementary than I had any right to expect. \n– Sharon Butler\, July 2026 \nABOUT THE JUROR\nSharon Butler is a painter and the founder of Two Coats of Paint\, an award-winning NYC blogazine about painting. She has held solo exhibitions in at CLEA RSKY\, Jennifer Baahng Gallery\, Theodore Gallery\, Pocket Utopia\, and Central Fine Arts (all in NYC); in Connecticut at Slater Memorial Museum\, Real Art Ways\, and Furnace Art on Paper Archive; and in the university galleries at University of Alabama\, University of Connecticut\, and SUNY Westchester. Her paintings are characterized by a tendency toward Casualism\, a term she coined in an article published in The Brooklyn Rail to describe an approach to painting that values imperfection\, incompleteness\, and process over traditional color theory\, pleasing composition\, and polished forms.\nHer work has been featured in publications such as The Brooklyn Rail\, Hyperallergic\, artcritical\, The New Criterion\, and New York Magazine. She has received awards from Creative Capital and the Warhol Foundation\, Yaddo\, Connecticut Commission on the Arts\, and the Pollock-Krasner Foundation. \nShe lives and works in Long Island City\, Queens.
URL:https://artsalliancedavis.org/event/21st-national-juried-exhibition-7/
LOCATION:Axis Gallery\, 625 S St\, Sacramento\, 95811\, United States
CATEGORIES:Art
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260821T153000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260821T170000
DTSTAMP:20260523T202341Z
CREATED:20260523T202341Z
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SUMMARY:Brush & Glaze: Ceramic Painting Workshop
DESCRIPTION:Unleash your creativity and transform plain ceramics into stunning works of art with our glazing workshops! Whether you’re looking to create a gift or a unique piece for your home\, this is the perfect opportunity to let your imagination shine. Simply choose your ceramic piece\, pick from a vibrant array of glaze colors\, and start decorating! Davis Arts Center staff will handle the firing process\, ensuring your masterpiece is ready to take home. \nPrice includes glazing\, firing\, and one ceramic piece\nCeramic selections: planter\, plate\, or mug\nAdditional pieces available for purchase while supplies last\nChildren under 8 must be accompanied by an adult\nFinal ceramic pieces available for pick-up later \nALL AGES \nPrice: $25/attendee \nFridays\, 3:30-5:00 pm \nJune 26\nJuly 10\nJuly 17\nJuly 24\nJuly 31\nAugust 7\nAugust 14\nAugust 21
URL:https://artsalliancedavis.org/event/brush-glaze-ceramic-painting-workshop-27/
LOCATION:1919 F St\, Davis CA\, 1919 F St\, Davis\, 95616\, United States
CATEGORIES:Art
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ORGANIZER;CN="Davis Arts Center":MAILTO:office@davisartscenter.org
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260822T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260822T140000
DTSTAMP:20260624T164645Z
CREATED:20260624T164645Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260624T164645Z
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SUMMARY:Sculptural Papermaking with Bev Barnett
DESCRIPTION:Sculptural Papermaking with Bev Barnett\nSaturday\, August 22 | 10 AM – 2 PM\n$115 Members\, $125 Non-Members (All materials included) \nWith artist Bev Barnett\, embark on a unique adventure to transform ordinary household recycling\, kitchen waste\, and foraged botanicals into textured handmade paper that tells a compelling story. In this workshop\, we’ll move beyond the notion that paper should be flat\, creating low-relief sculpture and highly textured sheets. You’ll master a simple\, low-water method using a household blender to macerate pulp and learn how to incorporate color without messy dyes. By the time you leave\, you’ll have 8 to 10 handmade papers\, a blueprint for your own home studio\, and the confidence to keep creating. \nRegister here: https://pencegallery.org/education/programs/workshops-and-classes/ \nAny questions? Email pencegallery@gmail.com.
URL:https://artsalliancedavis.org/event/sculptural-papermaking-with-bev-barnett/
LOCATION:Pence Gallery\, 212 D St\, Davis\, CA\, United States
CATEGORIES:Art
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ORGANIZER;CN="Pence Gallery":MAILTO:pencesocialmedia@gmail.com
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260822T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260822T170000
DTSTAMP:20260719T233825Z
CREATED:20260719T233825Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260719T233825Z
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SUMMARY:21st National Juried Exhibition
DESCRIPTION:AXIS GALLERY\n21st ANNUAL NATIONAL JURIED COMPETITION\nAugust 7–30\, 2026 \nSecond Saturday Reception August 8\, 2026\, 5–8 PM \nAxis Gallery presents the 21st Annual National Juried Competition\, a group exhibition featuring works selected by juror Sharon Butler\, founder of Two Coats of Paint. The exhibition includes works by artists from around the country in a variety of mediums. \nJUROR’S STATEMENT\nThe Axis Gallery received 658 submissions to an open call\, and I could have selected five exhibitions instead of one without feeling professionally compromised. Narrowing such a high- quality profusion down to a single hang was a real challenge. Whereas traditional thematic trawls tend to be self-limiting\, open calls like this one afford the juror no circumscribing guidance – only that of quality on the terms artists set for themselves. And the work I perused made it clear that artists throughout the country and across genres are richly engaged in conversations about ideas\, materials\, emotional content\, and formal issues. The show’s density is testament to the abundance of pieces that were simply too good to leave out. \nSince no theme was handed down in advance\, my job was to arrive at a selection piece by piece\, submission by submission\, until I saw the show take shape from what artists are concerned about and refracting through their work right now. I encountered a gnawing disquiet\, an insistence on making things by hand\, an interest in place\, and the use of materiality and process as metaphor. Although I don’t believe most of the submitting artists know one another\, the selected works seem connected\, as if they might mutually complete sentences. And indeed\, one virtue of an open call is that it is liable to produce an unplanned consensus – a kind of serendipity that might elude a more deliberately curated process with a long list of criteria. \nI’ll admit my own slight bias in the selection. I’m somewhat less interested in traditional technical skill than in inventiveness – in what happens when an artist reaches for something that isn’t supposed to be an art material at all\, and in instances when artists find meaningful content in improbable subject matter. Some of the pieces here employ images or objects that may challenge the conventional view of what counts as art\, and I kept coming back to those. This exhibition\, then\, represents one person’s path through a terrific field of entries. It is\, I hope\, a generous and thoughtful selection. I remain thoroughly impressed that when the Axis Gallery asked a wide\, unfiltered public to submit work\, the items that came in response were at once more surprising and more complementary than I had any right to expect. \n– Sharon Butler\, July 2026 \nABOUT THE JUROR\nSharon Butler is a painter and the founder of Two Coats of Paint\, an award-winning NYC blogazine about painting. She has held solo exhibitions in at CLEA RSKY\, Jennifer Baahng Gallery\, Theodore Gallery\, Pocket Utopia\, and Central Fine Arts (all in NYC); in Connecticut at Slater Memorial Museum\, Real Art Ways\, and Furnace Art on Paper Archive; and in the university galleries at University of Alabama\, University of Connecticut\, and SUNY Westchester. Her paintings are characterized by a tendency toward Casualism\, a term she coined in an article published in The Brooklyn Rail to describe an approach to painting that values imperfection\, incompleteness\, and process over traditional color theory\, pleasing composition\, and polished forms.\nHer work has been featured in publications such as The Brooklyn Rail\, Hyperallergic\, artcritical\, The New Criterion\, and New York Magazine. She has received awards from Creative Capital and the Warhol Foundation\, Yaddo\, Connecticut Commission on the Arts\, and the Pollock-Krasner Foundation. \nShe lives and works in Long Island City\, Queens.
URL:https://artsalliancedavis.org/event/21st-national-juried-exhibition-8/
LOCATION:Axis Gallery\, 625 S St\, Sacramento\, 95811\, United States
CATEGORIES:Art
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ORGANIZER;CN="Axis Gallery":MAILTO:info@axisgallery.org
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260823T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260823T170000
DTSTAMP:20260719T233839Z
CREATED:20260719T233839Z
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SUMMARY:21st National Juried Exhibition
DESCRIPTION:AXIS GALLERY\n21st ANNUAL NATIONAL JURIED COMPETITION\nAugust 7–30\, 2026 \nSecond Saturday Reception August 8\, 2026\, 5–8 PM \nAxis Gallery presents the 21st Annual National Juried Competition\, a group exhibition featuring works selected by juror Sharon Butler\, founder of Two Coats of Paint. The exhibition includes works by artists from around the country in a variety of mediums. \nJUROR’S STATEMENT\nThe Axis Gallery received 658 submissions to an open call\, and I could have selected five exhibitions instead of one without feeling professionally compromised. Narrowing such a high- quality profusion down to a single hang was a real challenge. Whereas traditional thematic trawls tend to be self-limiting\, open calls like this one afford the juror no circumscribing guidance – only that of quality on the terms artists set for themselves. And the work I perused made it clear that artists throughout the country and across genres are richly engaged in conversations about ideas\, materials\, emotional content\, and formal issues. The show’s density is testament to the abundance of pieces that were simply too good to leave out. \nSince no theme was handed down in advance\, my job was to arrive at a selection piece by piece\, submission by submission\, until I saw the show take shape from what artists are concerned about and refracting through their work right now. I encountered a gnawing disquiet\, an insistence on making things by hand\, an interest in place\, and the use of materiality and process as metaphor. Although I don’t believe most of the submitting artists know one another\, the selected works seem connected\, as if they might mutually complete sentences. And indeed\, one virtue of an open call is that it is liable to produce an unplanned consensus – a kind of serendipity that might elude a more deliberately curated process with a long list of criteria. \nI’ll admit my own slight bias in the selection. I’m somewhat less interested in traditional technical skill than in inventiveness – in what happens when an artist reaches for something that isn’t supposed to be an art material at all\, and in instances when artists find meaningful content in improbable subject matter. Some of the pieces here employ images or objects that may challenge the conventional view of what counts as art\, and I kept coming back to those. This exhibition\, then\, represents one person’s path through a terrific field of entries. It is\, I hope\, a generous and thoughtful selection. I remain thoroughly impressed that when the Axis Gallery asked a wide\, unfiltered public to submit work\, the items that came in response were at once more surprising and more complementary than I had any right to expect. \n– Sharon Butler\, July 2026 \nABOUT THE JUROR\nSharon Butler is a painter and the founder of Two Coats of Paint\, an award-winning NYC blogazine about painting. She has held solo exhibitions in at CLEA RSKY\, Jennifer Baahng Gallery\, Theodore Gallery\, Pocket Utopia\, and Central Fine Arts (all in NYC); in Connecticut at Slater Memorial Museum\, Real Art Ways\, and Furnace Art on Paper Archive; and in the university galleries at University of Alabama\, University of Connecticut\, and SUNY Westchester. Her paintings are characterized by a tendency toward Casualism\, a term she coined in an article published in The Brooklyn Rail to describe an approach to painting that values imperfection\, incompleteness\, and process over traditional color theory\, pleasing composition\, and polished forms.\nHer work has been featured in publications such as The Brooklyn Rail\, Hyperallergic\, artcritical\, The New Criterion\, and New York Magazine. She has received awards from Creative Capital and the Warhol Foundation\, Yaddo\, Connecticut Commission on the Arts\, and the Pollock-Krasner Foundation. \nShe lives and works in Long Island City\, Queens.
URL:https://artsalliancedavis.org/event/21st-national-juried-exhibition-9/
LOCATION:Axis Gallery\, 625 S St\, Sacramento\, 95811\, United States
CATEGORIES:Art
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ORGANIZER;CN="Axis Gallery":MAILTO:info@axisgallery.org
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260826T183000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260826T210000
DTSTAMP:20260708T205725Z
CREATED:20260708T205725Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260708T205725Z
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SUMMARY:Figure Drawing at the Pence
DESCRIPTION:Figure Drawing Session\nWednesday\, August 26\, 6:30-9 PM\n$15 Members\, $22 Non-Members | Limited to 10 participants\nRegistration & payment is required in advance through the Pence’s website. \nWe hold self-guided figure drawing sessions with a nude model every 2nd & 4th Wednesday of the month\, from 6:30-9 PM. This group is for both experienced artists and amateurs to have an opportunity to draw from the nude model. If you have never drawn from a live model before and would like to join us\, you are very welcome! People of all skill levels\, ages 18 and up\, are welcome and encouraged to join. \nThis is not a class\, and no instruction is provided. The atmosphere is relaxed and non-competitive. Bring your own art materials\, and we’ll provide a comfortable place to sketch or paint live models in our upstairs classroom space. Participants will work independently through a warm up with shorter poses and longer\, twenty-minute poses. A staff member will be on-site to facilitate the group and to answer questions. \nRegister here: https://pencegallery.org/education/programs/figure-drawing/ \nImage: drawing by Deziree Seidner
URL:https://artsalliancedavis.org/event/figure-drawing-at-the-pence-33/
LOCATION:Pence Gallery\, 212 D St\, Davis\, CA\, United States
CATEGORIES:Art
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