Pajaro Valley Arts Council

WAX at PVAC: Call for Entries Open through Feb. 3rd

Call For Entries

You are invited to participate in the Pajaro Valley Arts Council's jurried exhibit Wax: Contemporary Encaustic Works. The exhibit runs March 1 - April 15, 2012. The Pajaro Valley Arts Council (PVAC) was founded as a nonprofit 501(c)(3) organization in 1984 to promote and foster cultural events in the Pajaro Valley and Santa Cruz County.

Juried by Wendy Aikin and Daniella Woolf, WAX hopes to introduce the public to the diversity of methods and techniques currently employed by contemporary encaustic artists. Two and three- dimensional work will be considered.

Entry Guidelines:

Pieces must include encaustic as the primary medium.
A maximum of 3 pieces may be entered for consideration (4 if you are a member of PVAC.) On-line submittal will be available on 1/16/12 through 2/3/2012 at http://pvarts.org/WAX/entryform.
Upon acceptance into the exhibit, you will be provided loan forms, shipping information and a request for participation fee, which will be due upon receipt of artwork.
Pieces may be hand delivered directly to the Gallery. If shipped, artist is responsible for shipping costs, both to and from the Gallery. All shipped works must be packed to meet current professional shipping standards for artwork. All packing materials must be reusable for return shipment. The Gallery will not be responsible for damages to artwork incurred during shipping if packing materials do not meet professional standards.
The pieces should be new to PVAC.
There will be $30 participation fee to defray the costs of the exhibit due upon receipt of artwork.
PVAC will retain 30% commission for pieces sold for PVAC members, or 45% commission for non-members. Go to http://pvarts.org/join for membership information.
Individual pieces will be insured to a maximum $2500, while in the Gallery.

Calendar
2/3/12        Friday Deadline for digital entry
2/6/12        Monday Electronic notification of acceptance
2/15/12      Wednesday Drop off of artwork at PVAC Gallery, 4:00 pm – 7:00pm
2/15-2/17   Wednesday-Friday Mailed entries will be received only on these days.
3/1/12        Thursday Exhibit Opens
3/4/12        Sunday Reception, 2:00 – 4:00
4/15/12      Sunday Exhibit closes and Artwork Pick Up, 2:00 – 4:00pm
4/15/12      Monday Pieces will be packaged to be mailed 4/16
4/15/12      Monday Artwork Pick Up, 10:00am – 2:00pm

"Common Ground": A Documentary on PVAC's Annual Mi Casa Exhibit

Veremos Productions, an award-winning documentary production company, has created Common Ground, a documentary about our annual Mi Casa es Tu Casa exhibit. The film is currently in post-production and will be ready to view at our 2011 Mi Casa show running from October 27 - December 18. Click here to view a trailer.

Don't Miss The Urban Arts Festival on July 16th!

Callaghan Park, 12-4pm.
July 16, 2011

Young people and their families are invited to join us for an afternoon of FREE urban art activities and demonstrations! Stations will include:

Sticker Making

Monoprinting

Chalk Drawing

Painting

Stenciling

and more...

The "Urban Arts Festival" is presented by the Pajaro Valley Arts Council and the City of Watsonville Parks and Recreation Department.

Recycle Your Unused Art/Office Supplies at Sunday's Opening Reception

Just in time for Spring Cleaning!

PVAC is holding a materials drive to support our upcoming Urban Arts Festival. We will be accepting supplies at the Gallery up until the Festival date, July 16th!

Please consider looking through your studios & offices for any of these materials:

• Tagboard or manilla folders
• Plain mailing labels, all sizes
• Pencils
• Erasers
• Permanent markers, black and all colors
• Washable markers
• Crayons
• Colored pencils
• Safety scissors
• Old (clean) sheets, white or single color fabric
• Twine or yarn
• Clothespins
• Magazines (family/child friendly please!)
• Plastic transparencies
• Packages of white copier paper
• Art paper, minimum of 8.5x11, all kinds
• Tempera or acrylic paint, all colors
• Paint brushes, small-medium
• Wash tubs or buckets
• Dish soap
• Sponges
• Paper towels
• Architect or butcher paper (for covering workspace)
• Quart style yogurt containers and lids (washed)

Backyard Renovation & Mandala Installation

Michele Faia's Egret Mandal Don Faia Mandala "Flower & Bird Mandala" by Michele Faia "Spiral Mandala" by Don Faia

In April we installed two 7-foot mandalas into our backyard patio, designed by local artists and PVAC supporters Don & Michele Faia, who generously donated their talents to this project. Michele's mandala uses Egrets to represent the bird life and abundant nature in this area; Don's uses spirals to represent continuous creative and spiritual growth. Professional layout, etching and color staining was done by local technician and artist Tony Salinas, owner of Art In Cement who was commissioned by Ann & Dobie Jenkins. We cannot thank the Jenkins' & Faia's enough!

And now we're beginning the final phase of our backyard renovation: in May, we will begin planting the landscape designs by PVAC president and Sierra Azul owner Jeff Rosendale. The official patio and garden dedication at the Urban Arts exhibit reception on July 10th. Donations are needed for this final phase of the project for plants, sprinklers, planting mix, mulch, and labor! Please click here to donate or contact the Gallery at 722-3062 or email our staff.

Of course, the initial stages of this renovation were made possible by generous donations from Dobie & Ann Jenkins, their extended Bradshaw families, and another Jenkins-Bradshaw relative, John Curaton, owner of Coast Concrete. The 1000 square foot patio that was installed last summer will honor Ann's mother, Ysabel Curaton Bradshaw and Ann's aunt, Elizabeth Stratton Bradshaw, both accomplished watercolor artists. We cannot thank the Jenkins-Bradshaws enough!

PVAC Receives $25,000 Grant from Rydell Visual Arts Fund

The Pajaro Valley Arts Council (PVAC) has received a grant of $25,000 from the Rydell Visual Arts Fund administered by The Community Foundation of Santa Cruz County.

This generous grant will be used to fund an expansion of the PVAC Art Education Program. The main component of this program is the school tours offered during the approximately 6 shows each year, including the Sculpture IS show at Sierra Azul. A bilingual staff person leads the tours and with the grant funds, PVAC will be able to budget substantially more tours for shows in 2010-2011.

PVAC is Now Accepting Exhibit Proposals for 2013

Got an idea or theme for an exhibit at the Pajaro Valley Gallery? Do you have a love for art and are you available to volunteer your time and energy to guest curate an exhibit? The Gallery Committee is now reviewing exhibit proposals for the 2013 Pajaro Valley Gallery exhibit calendar.

Each year the Gallery mounts two exhibits by guest curators. The PVAC Gallery Committee mentors and works with the guest curator to create a unique exhibit centered around a theme or concept.

PVAC's Sculpture Garden Once Again Is Awarded Prestigious Rydell Grant for the Visual Arts

Congratulations to co-curators Judy Stabile and Jeff Rosendale for the success of our grant application. The generousity of the Rydell Visual Arts Fund at the Community Foundation of Santa Cruz County awarding this grant for the 2009 and 2010 Sculpture Garden exhibits enables us to embed the garden, pardon the pun!, into our community as an annual event for visitors to return to again and again.

Current Exhibit:

THE ART OF THE RYDELL FELLOWSHIP