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Call for Artists

Hosted by PAL

17th Annual Fall Members’ Show

Members Show 2024

Mark the dates on your calendar!

  • EXHIBIT DATES: Saturday, October 19 — Saturday, December 21, 2024
  • ONLINE REGISTRATION BEGINS: Thursday, August 1, 2024
  • ONLINE ENTRY DEADLINE: Tuesday, October 1, 2024
  • DELIVERY of ART DATE: Friday, October 11, 2024
  • DELIVERY of ART LOCATION: Harrington Gallery, 4444 Railroad Avenue, Pleasanton, CA
  • RECEPTION & AWARDS: Saturday, Saturday, October 26, 2024, Harrington Gallery, 1:00 PM-3:00 PM
  • PICK UP ART DATE: Saturday, December 21, 2024, 3:30 PM till 5:00 PM
  • REGISTRATION FEE: $30.00, only ONE artwork per member may be entered (mail in check, or Pay online by PayPal)
  • AWARDS: Best of Show: $150 (1) Merit Award: $100 (2) Honorable Mention: $50 (4)
  • JUDGE: Bill Carmel
  • The Harrington Gallery can accommodate 85 pieces of artwork. Don’t miss your spot.

View and Print Prospectus HERE.

Online Entry is over.

Print Exhibit Labels HERE.

PAL must have a member in the Gallery for every hour the show is open to the public. Please sign up for your two or three hour galley shift below. During your shift, you will welcome visitors, introduce them to PAL, offer a PAL brochure and direct them to the notebook of artist biographies.

Sign up for your Harrington Gallery Shift HERE.

If you signed up to demo, please sign up for a demo slot below.

Sign up for an Artist Demo date and time HERE.

Show chairs are Linda and George Garbarino (mcgarbz@comcast.net (925) 998-6840) and Pat Smith (psmithrltr@comcast.net)

 

View and print Paint Pleasanton 2024 Prospectus HERE.

Enter Paint Pleasanton 2024 HERE.

Paint Pleasanton Parking Map HERE.

Paint Pleasanton Suggested Sites with Pictures HERE.


Other Opportunities

Adorned: A Celebration of Wearable Art at the UNCLE Credit Union Art Gallery at the Bankhead Theater January 9 through March 1. Seeking wearable art that can be hung on the wall: outfits, shoes, hats, scarves, jewelry, the list goes on! Closing Reception will be a runway walk to showcase your work. Deadline to submit is Dec 13. https://livermorearts.org/call-for-art-adorned/

For more information contact: Anne Giancola | Visual Arts and Education Manager, www.livermorearts.org, 925.447-2787,  agiancola@lvpac.org

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The Olive Hyde Art Guild of Fremont would like to invite artists to apply for our 40th anniversary of our Holiday for the Arts Show & Sale to be held October 18-20, 2024. Artists do not need to be present nor is there a fee to have your art in the show. The guild receives 30% and the artists get 70% of their sales. More information: OliveHydeArtGuild.org/holiday-for-the-arts or email ArtistContact@OliveHydeArtGuild.org


Painting Group at Charles R. Vineyards: Bonnie Bartlette of Charles R Vineyards hosts an informal painting group every other Tuesday at 10:00 in the tasting room garden. New painters are welcome. (This is the winery where the LAA/PAL potluck was held.) Email Bonnie to find out when the next meeting is (in case they have to skip a week). bonnie@charlesrvineyards.com.


Castro Valley Marketplace Art Walks Wednesday evenings, from 5:00 to 8:00 pm outside on the Paseo. See brochure on www.CastroValleyMarketplace.com. Contact Austin Walker, Event Coordinator, 3295 Castro Valley Blvd. Suite 200, Castro Valley, CA 94546, 925-444-3154.


Alliance for the Visual Arts is welcoming every artist of the Tri-Valley to become a member of AVA. Membership is free and gives you several benefits. First, you can add your name and images to the Artist Gallery and be seen amongst all the other artists of the Tri-Valley in one location, on one website. You can have your own page and full control of how you wish to represent yourself, free of charge. If you are unfamiliar with developing a website page, I can send you how-to videos or we have someone who can do it for you extremely cheaply. Also… I wish to place on the website, again for free, a listing of all art teachers in the Tri-Valley and all folks who have a specialty, like painting murals. We are putting out a newsletter to inform the public about goings-on in the visual arts and this is sent to all members of AVA. The website is up-to-date on visual art happenings and loaded with local, regional and national calls for artists. Please email me at dennis@dennisbakerart.net and let me know if you’re interested. The website is Allianceforthevisualarts.org.


Art Space Open House during the third week of each month. Livermore Art Association sponsors this. Would you like to host this type of thing? You don’t have to have a real studio; the actual point is to show people how they can fix an art corner, a garage, a dining room, or wherever you do your thing. You will be encouraged to invite friends and neighbors as well as the L A A membership. L A A will promote the event through social media, the LAA web page and Portfolio. Refreshments will be provided as well as signage. To sign up, contact Georgia Jacobs at 925 321-9488 or hospitalithy@livermoreart.org.


Plein Air

Contra Costa Plein Air is a friendly group of artists who get together to paint at scenic locations all around the Bay Area and beyond. Our schedule is random, usually weekdays, with dates and locations inspired by the weather. New artists are always welcome! There is no fee to participate. Find us on Facebook at Contra Costa Plein Air, or to receive paint-out invitations by e-mail contact Nancy Roberts at nrobertsart@sbcglobal.net


Oct 2022 Portfolio

JADE FON PLEIN AIR PAINTERS …is a group continuing in the tradition of Jade Fon Woo (1911-1983), a nationally recognized watercolor artist who taught locally at Diablo Valley College and many other locations. He was known across the country for his very popular Watercolor Workshops at Asilomar Conference Center in Pacific Grove, California.

This group is free, casual, non-instructional and open to everyone. Just show up!  Our annual calendar and information is available by contacting Becky Davies at: beccamae30@yahoo.com  or on Facebook as member of our group.

Jade Fon (1911-1983): The founder of a well-known watercolor workshop in Asilomar, California, Jade Fon became a California plein-air painter whose work combined Oriental influences and regionalism called “California Style.” His subjects range from cityscapes to wildlife in natural surroundings. He initiated plein-air painting classes and groups wherever he lived, and we are the lucky recipients of his tradition in our area. He was born in San Jose, California, was raised in Winslow, Arizona, and attended the University of Arizona at Flagstaff before continuing his higher education at the University of New Mexico. In the 1930s, he moved back to California where he attended the Art Students League in Los Angeles and exhibited with the California Water Color Society. In the art world, he was called “Jade Fon”, although his full name was Jade Fon Woo.