Hello everyone. I hope all of you are planning to attend our first meeting of 2022 on February 9^th. We will be in the Patriot Rooms unless the Veteran’s change their policy. Please bring a mask. Covid unfortunately, is still with us. The pandemic before this one was the great influenza epidemic of 1918 and it officially lasted 3 years. I say ‘officially’ because it is still with us (that is why we all get flu shots every year—or at least most of us do.) We may as well become accustome...

Welcome Back! We had a wonderful first meeting! Thank all of you for coming to support the Art Guild. As always, Deanna Bristow did a great presentation. We try to do these paint-alongs every few months. If there is someone you’d like to see demonstrate, contact Jacki McCoy. She doesn’t do e-mail much so please contact by phone.

ATT finally cut off the e-mail, so I changed to one that is sponsored by our web site: Please add the new e-mail to your contact lists: CAG@clovisartguild.com

Remem...

Fear is an insidious thing. Yes, we need to take precautions during this time of crisis, but we also need to remember that we are living in the greatest industrial nation in the world today. I believe that we need to take a cue from our grandmothers and grandfathers who fought in WWI and WWII, and take to heart this quote from Winston Churchill:The only thing we have to fear is fear itself.

Now don't take this as an excuse to ignore your safety or those of others. In accordance with the Emerge...

Welcome to March. I hope everyone has been busy working on an entry for the Old West Show. It's coming up faster than you think!

Please sign up to help out with the show. We need members to take sign ins to each category, runners during receiving, and healthy ablebodied folk to help set up the standards and then to hang the art. Sign up sheets will be available at the meeting. 

We are also going to need some of you to simply sit the show while it is open.

If you know a high-school student who wo...

Hi Everyone. Welcome back to the new year. I think 2019 is going to be a great year for us.

To start with, we acquired a new place to show our art: the lovely Armenian Home in the Vineyards. We now have a place for our artists to have a one or two man-show each month, and also a place to hold our Fall Show. (We had a great turnout there and two artists sold art even before we finished hanging the show!)

We have received an anonymous donation of $1,000. Thank you for thinking of us Anonymous.

We ...

Are you ready to paint small this summer? Our miniature works show has gone back to its roots this summer. For the first time in many years, we will be back in the display cases at the Clovis Library. Since the Library doesn't have space for receiving, we will receive and Judge at the Veteran's Memorial District, and then set up the display that afternoon at the Library. 

The miniature works show is an opportunity for artists who paint miniatures to show off their skills and for those of us wh...

The year has hardly begun and I'm very excited about the opportunities we have available to us. We have the Old West Show back in the Veteran's Room, thanks to Alice's wonderful negotiation skills, (Thank you Alice!). We hope to have our Small Works Show in either the Clovis or the Sunnyside Library (Dave Boothby is still working on this) so no promises as yet. Sunnyside library is where we have a year-round exhibit, except for the month and a half when SWA borrows the space for their spring ...

Just a few reminders
1) We will be judging the children's art show for the Veteran's today at 1PM. Any and all artists welcome. Call me at 559-960-2428 if you have any Questions.

Our Miniature Works art show is coming up faster than you think. Receiving is the 22^nd of this month! I hope all of you have your entries ready 

Signups to work the show will be at the general meeting. Please remember to signup to help.

On another topic, Alice informed the board that the Guild has only about $300 dollars in ou...

Despite some major issues, the Old West Show was received, judged and hung. It looked wonderful. The show location in the lobby of the Veteran's Building certainly drew plenty of positive attention and walk though traffic.

Unfortunately there were communication issues with the administration and next year's show will remain in the location only if those communication issues can be worked out.

We could only have pulled off the show with the help our dedicated members so it ...

We’ve had a wonderful response to our request for volunteers for our Featured Artist!

Thank you for volunteering! I’m really looking forward to seeing your art! The artists will be:

March                  Julie Raymer

April                     Susan Elliott

May                     June Livingston

June                    Sandy Gunn

July                     Sue Porter

August                 Carol D Hoover

September          Carole Anderson

October              ...

I hope all of you are ready to hit the ground running in 2017. Change is always difficult, but often when a door closes, another opens. A few updates: Our Board Meetings are now the 1^st Wednesday of each month at the Dennys on Willow and Shaw in Clovis. We reserved the meeting room for 4:30—7:30 PM, and yes we do usually eat dinner during the meeting although it isn’t mandatory to do so.

We are now officially a non-profit 501(c) organization, so any donations we receive from our shows ar...

As you know, there will be some changes to our schedule this year in response to the Veteran District’s new rules. Our board meetings are going to be moved to the 1^st Wednesday of the month, beginning in September 7^th. We will also be changing the location of the board meetings to the Dennys on Shaw and Willow avenues. (710 W Shaw, Clovis, CA 93612). We have reservations there for at least 12 people from 4:30 – 7:30 PM for the months of September and October. Yes, we are going to eat du...

Is it really June already? The miniature show is coming up faster than you think so I hope all of you have started your painting for this year. This year there have been quite a few changes. The Fresno Art Hub will be hosting the show this year. Many thanks to our gracious hostess Diane Breuer. The awards will be given out during Art Hop Thursday on July 7^th so please come and support all our fine artists.  I look forward to seeing you there.

            We made some changes to the categorie...

The Old West Show was a rousing success despite a few starting glitches. A big thank you goes out to all of you who turned out to help with the show. Special thanks also to our judge, Dennis Lewis who not only turned up for the reception, but also stayed and shared his knowledge with artists and guests.  A special insert has been included in this month’s issue showing the winners and a few shots of the show.

Speaking of shows, it’s time to get small. The miniature show will be held in Ju...

Do you know a young or beginning artist who needs encouragement? One of our strongest points as a group is how the Guild nurtures artists who are just beginning to know the joy of creating art. Don’t be shy about inviting that person to our meetings and shows! Also, we would appreciate it if our members would be willing to take copies of our newsletters and prospectuses to places where they know artists hang out, or whom you think might support art. Invite them to join you at a meeting.

What does the future hold for Clovis Art Guild? This is a great art association with the potential to do a lot for the local art scene and for our members. One of the things that make the Guild special is its reputation for being a friendly, welcoming group. As the oldest art association in the Fresno/Clovis area the Guild can be a force for helpin...

I hope you are all ready for our Fall show. I know we can make this a great show. Don’t forget also to think about helping out with the show. Signup sheets are available at the meeting. Dates to remember are on page 2.

It’ seems to be “begging time” again to ask our members to step up and serve as officers to the Guild. Any group is only as strong as its members are. While it is true that in most groups 10% of the members do 90% of the work, I just know that one of our members will...

Well, this certainly has been a month with a lot of unexpected changes. We no longer have the Window Gallery at Sierra Vista Mall as the new management company is going to be taking the mall into a direction that won’t allow room for our art in their empty storefronts. I do hope that many of you will take advantage of the opportunity to share your work with the Sunnyside Library patrons. Why put art in a local library when you can’t post prices on it? Because this is a way to raise publ...

Wow! The year is more than half over for the Guild. We only have three more meetings left. I feel that this has been a productive year for us. On the minus side, several of our members have had to retire to assisted living homes and now have difficulty getting rides to our meetings. On the plus side however, we have already had two fabulous shows, the Old West Show and the Miniature Works Show. We accomplished getting our EIN number and registering with the State of California and are on th...

When I started to take my art seriously, I knew that peer group association was important for me to grow as an artist, but finding the right art group to join was a little frustrating.  Why is it so important to associate with other artists? Well, although you can create art in a vacuum, if your art is never evaluated by your peers, you may simply be stuck repeating the same type of art and art subjects at the same skill level forever. Peer groups challenge us to stretch our skills, reach f...

The Old West Show is coming up fast and we are going to need a lot of assistance from our members.  We are going to need all of our members to sign up to help with the show and to sit during show hours. Mary Ann Ferstl has agree to understudy Jackie during receiving, but since this is a two-person job,  we sure could use someone to step up and persuade all the artists entering the show to sit at least once. Thursday, we will need members to help log in the entries and runners to put the art...

Last night we installed our window display at Sierra Vista Mall for October/November. It was so much fun with all the members who participated. And the good news is the display looks fabulous and it only took an hour to set up! On November 13^th, we will be putting up a display that will last through January. The mall window gallery is our opportunity for all of us to remind the Clovis/Fresno residents what the Clovis Art Guild gives back to our community and to see the Guild as a cultural a...

Wasn’t it wonderful to finally find out John was okay? This is a wakeup call to remind all of us how It is easy for us to lose track of members when we fall ill, especially if our family or close friends don’t know to let the Guild know about it. Please remember to put our Sunshine Chair Sandy Gunn on your list of friends to call so you family will know we worry about you! Sandy’s phone no is 916-4328.

With October coming up we all need to be thinking about officers for 2015. We badl...

Creating a “president’s Message” can be difficult; either I have so much to say that I can’t fit it all in, or I struggle with finding something relevant to say! July was a hard month for our members. At the time of this publication, John Roberts who has been a mainstay of the club for years is still recuperating in the hospital from ulcers, and Mary Lou Griggs, another long-time member was operated on for heart surgery and is still recovering. We also heard that Frank Sidoti who is...

We had a very good turnout for our hands-on with Claudia last month and all participants seemed to have such a good time that everyone stayed late! This month we persuaded Sue Porter to step away from watercolors and demonstrate in oil for us.

We will also be holding our award ceremony for our Miniature Fine Art Show during the meeting, and I hope that all of you will turn out and support your friends and fellow members by coming to see them receive their awards! On Thursday, July 31^st at ...

We had a fabulous Old West Show this year! Thank you’s go out to all of our members (and members husbands!) who stepped in to help. We had over 34 Old West entries! And a show Total of 84, which is a big improvement over the last show. We had enough entries to fill all our categories except Sculpture/Mixed Media, which we had to combine with our next lowest entry category, drawing.  At shows, we do try to avoid combining categories if at all possible, but sometimes it is unavoidable. We a...

The Old West Show is coming up fast and we are going to need a lot of assistance from our members.  This year will be the 100^th year anniversary of the Rodeo and the Rodeo Association is going to begin sponsoring the prize for the 1^st place winner of the Old West category once again.  Another piece of good news is this year we are on the calendar the Rodeo Assoc. sent to the Fresno Bee. Watch for announcements of our show also on the community calendars of TV stations KMPH (26) and COZY (7....

3 New Year's Resolutions

Þ  Resolution 1—Improve myself and my art by joining one or more of the local art groups

Þ Resolution 2—Become an active member of each group I join

Þ Resolution 3— Remember that it is time to pay my yearly dues!

 Why did I choose these particular resolutions? Quite frankly, to grow as artists, we must have viable, flourishing art communities to nurture our progress. Here in the  Fresno/Clovis area alone we have at least five such art groups, and I ...

Hi everyone. I hope you all had a fun holiday season. Your board has some changes planned for the New Year, hopefully to enrich your experience with the Guild. We are actually beginning the New Year with a full slate of officers and committee heads this year, which is a nice change for those of us who have been wearing two or even three hats for the past couple of years.

We had a good turnout for the Fall Art Show. Because we have to turn in our usage dates two years in advance to the Vete...

Although there will be no meeting in November, I hope you will all support the Fall art show by entering your art and coming out for the Reception on November 5. It will be in the Veteran’s room from 5 PM to 8 PM. Jeanne and Barbara will be contacting you to assist in receiving, judging and hanging the show. There will be signup sheets at the meeting for this, as well as bringing in food for the reception and for sitting the show. Please support the Guild by volunteering. We will also nee...

What a wonderful opportunity for our members! Andrew Millar of Edward Jones Financial has just opened up an office in Clovis, and he is looking for artists to display their work in his office. He has room for a nice display of wall art and a few sculptures. Andrew will be at the Clovis Art Guild General Meeting on September 11, (7-9 PM @ the Clovis Veteran’s Memorial Building) to meet artists. Andrew will be arranging a reception each month (paid for by his office!), and would like a grou...

Well, summer is upon us. We have some really excellent programs coming up this summer so I hope all of you will brave the heat and join us. This month Valerie Runningwolf will be explaining and demonstrating encaustic techniques. This is an opportunity for all of us to learn a little something about a different type of painting. It should be interesting and informative.

We have been fortunate that the Veteran’s building is allowing us to use the Veteran’s room for our meetings this yea...

Before we leave the subject of the Old West Show, I want to say a special thank you to Jim Sutton and to Susan Asadoor’s two pre-teen boys who dismantled and loaded the art display standards into our trailer for storage by themselves at the end of the show, although we had a number of people sign up to help with this aspect of the show, we didn�...

We had a wonderful Old West show this year, and it was all due to the generosity and diligence of the members who volunteered. A show like this simply is not put on in a vacuum. Without the hard work by our members, it wouldn’t have happened. Jackie stepped in as show chair and everything was organized so that it ran smoothly. Glynmary, as always, did a great job organizing and serving the food for the reception. Alice had all the ribbons and prizes ready to be handed out, and she did a g...

Gene broke his hand this month, so we are going to need some strong, able-bodied members to assist with setting up the standards for the Old West show. If you can help out please let us know at meeting.

We will also need help with receiving and runners for judging (see Jackie McCoy), and Glynmary will need help in the kitchen. Don’t forget to si...

This year promises to be an exciting time for the Art Guild. We are in the process of getting our non-profit number straightened out and expect to have that completed by the end of the year. Why is this necessary? We as some of you may be aware, although Clovis has functioned as a non-profit entity for years; no formal application to be recognized as such was apparently never made, as we can find no evidence of it in our records. Unfortunately, even had there been evidence found, the applicat...

Celebrate the New Year !

The Alliance of California Artists invites you to enter your art in our first open juried fine art show of the year

Chris Sorensen Gallery

2223 S. Van Ness, Fresno, CA

January 1 – 25, 2013

Receiving Date – Saturday December 29, 2012 - 10-11 AM

ACA will host the ArtHop/Artist Reception

Thursday - January 3, 2013 from 5-8 PM

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2012 in review: it was a pretty good year all told; although we were very sad to lose Dottie Arave who had been a mainstay of the club for many years. Dottie was a talented artist who always made the time and effort to support the Guild. For many years she handled Pick of the Month (our informal monthly art contest) and did a wonderful job.

Over Christmas we participated in the Clovis 100 year centennial first by sponsoring a Christmas tree to which we donated ornaments. Our theme was “an...