Arts Consortium

WANNA BE IN THE MOVIES? Be the featured artist in one of the Arts Consortium's F1rst Friday, Membership Meeting or Spotlight videos! Go to tinyurl.com/ACCallToArtists to find out more!

California Relief Grant opportunity! The Arts & Cultural Program is only available for certain eligible nonprofit cultural institutions. The application window is March 16 - 23, 2021 for Arts & Culture Nonprofit 501 (c)(3)'s ONLY with NO CAP on revenue/budget. Click on the link for more information: https://careliefgrant.com/arts-and-culture/

Directing Change Program and Film Contest is open to youth ages 12 to 25. If you love telling stories, this is for you! See contest rules at: www.DirectingChangeCA.org #tularecountyartists #visaliaartlovers #visalia #filmcontest

To all you Arts Consortium lovers out there... don't forget, when shopping on Amazon, please use Amazon Smile -- .05% of the profits will automatically be donated to the Arts Consortium -- it's so easy. Just type in our organization's name once you are in Amazon Smile! We appreciate it!

In case you missed our March Virtual Membership Meeting with featured guest, artist, Nate Norman, go to the direct link posted below and check out the video! We'd like to thank Nate for his participation and for sharing the creation of his tiles for the Bridge Project with us! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wdUHdEWUANQ

Tune in to the Arts Consortium's Online Membership Meeting -- 5:30 p.m. tonight, March 9th. Artist, Nate Norman, will be talking about the Bridge Project and the ceramic tiles he created. The turtle is just one example! Join us on our YouTube channel: https://tinyurl.com/ACarts2020 and don't forget to like, comment and subscribe! #artsconsortiummembershipmeeting #artlovers #tularecountyartists #turtles #ceramictiles #visaliaartlovers

The Arts Consortium would like to thank all of our Poetry Out Loud County finalists! To watch their artistry and hear some inspiring poetry, just follow the link to our March F1rst Friday video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N5oN1Yo-Qlo and don't forget to like, comment and subscribe!

The Arts Consortium's December Online Membership Meeting is tonight, December 14th at 5:30 p.m. Our guest presenter is Dr. Lucia Vazquez who will be talking about the Chicano Art Heritage Engagement Program. Please join us on our YouTube channel at tinyurl.com/ACarts2020 and don't forget to like, comment and subscribe!

Here's the link: https://zoom.us//regi/tJ0tcOuuqDMrEtJvTqM7rxgok-xeRkNoRacw

The Arts Consortium would like to thank our virtual F1rst Friday artist, Nikki Crain, for participating in our December YouTube video. You can watch Nikki give a demonstration on weaving and get a glimpse of her beautiful studio by clicking on the following link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e_B0pfsxIvw Nikki Crain

The Arts Consortium's next Virtual F1rst Friday coming up on November 6th at 5:00 p.m. is titled ZERO and features the artwork of John Coppola. Additional virtual venues to be announced. Please join us on our YouTube channel, https://youtu.be/O84mSJsns8o

Hi everyone, check out this awesome art collection by the Tulare County Office of Education. It features 17 k-12 schools! Way to help keep the arts alive, TCOE! Thank you! https://sites.google.com/ersconn/tcoe-sae2020/school-sites

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e_B0pfsxIvw&feature=youtu.be

Presented by our Special Program, the Chicano Art History Engagement Project. Barbara Carrasco is an artist and muralist. Her works have been exhibited in the U.S., Central America, and Europe. Her mural sketches are in the Permanent Collection of Works on Paper at the Library of Congress, Washington D.C. A permanent collection of her papers is archived at Stanford University Special Collections. Carrasco was appointed UC Regents Professor at UC Riverside in 2002. Carrasco... is a board member of the Dolores Huerta Foundation. In 2008, Girl Scouts created a merit patch based on Carrasco’s image of Dolores Huerta. She received her M.F.A. from California Institute of the Arts and her B.F.A. from UCLA. The Seen and Unseen events are a collaboration of COS faculty, local community members, and regional partners that span across the Central Valley, with the intention to continue bring awareness to our rich cultural diversity and celebrate the life's work of Chicano Artist, Ricardo Favela. These events are supported by the National Endowment for the Arts, California Arts Council, Arts Consortium Special Arts Programs, and other local supporters. Please click the link below to join the webinar: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/89865989265

Virtual F1rst Friday is finally here! The show is Handweaving by Nikki -- and don't forget to check out our other virtual venues, Arts Visalia and Brandon-Mitchell Gallery (see poster for details). Join us online today at 5:00 p.m. on our YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e_B0pfsxIvw&feature=youtu.be

It's time for the Arts Consortium's November Membership Meeting! Our featured guest presenter is Kathy Falconer, who will talk about the EcoCreate Recycle Art Contest. Please click on the link -- and don't forget to like, comment and subscribe! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SGNU9WcLWMQ

It's November 6th and F1rst Friday is here... and you know what that means! We're putting on a virtual show! The Arts Consortium's featured artist for November is John Coppola and his show is titled ZERO. Coppola has based his new work on the avant-garde movement which emerged in Germany in the 1950’s. Join us on our YouTube channel this evening at 5:00 p.m. -- and don't forget to like, comment and subscribe! Here's the link: https://youtu.be/O84mSJsns8o (Artwork by John Coppola) #JohnCoppola

The Arts Consortium's Virtual F1rst Friday is almost here! The show is titled ZERO and features the amazing work of artist, John Coppola. Brandon-Mitchell Gallery and Arts Visalia will also be joining in -- see video for details. The link to our YouTube channel is:. https://youtu.be/O84mSJsns8o

In case you missed it, the Arts Consortium's October Membership Meeting featured guest artist and writer, Shirley Keller, our Artist of the Year 2020! Go to our YouTube channel to watch the video -- and be sure to like, comment and subscribe! Here's the link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7eRY4uvjTqc&t=50s

COVID RELIEF ARTS FUNDING FOR TULARE COUNTY The Arts Consortium announces a new grant program funded by the CARES Act, brought to Tulare County arts organizations through our partnership with the California Arts Council. This particular COVID RELIEF grant seeks to help emerging as well as established arts organizations that work directly with Tulare County's BIPOC (Black, Indigenous, People of Color) Community.... ART ORGS AND GROUPS ONLY NO MATCH NECESSARY NO 501c3 NECESSARY For more information, please click on the links provided below. Link to application packet for 501c3 arts organizations: https://tinyurl.com/CARES501c3 Link to application packet for arts organizations WITHOUT 501c3: https://tinyurl.com/CARESwo501c3

Mark's got another Open Studio event happening tomorrow October 17th. Don't miss out!

Just a reminder that the Arts Consortium's October Online Membership Meeting is tonight, Monday, October 12th, at 5:30 p.m.! Our featured guest artist presenter is writer and artist, Shirley Keller. Please join us on our YouTube channel (please remember to like, comment and subscribe): tinyurl.com/ACarts2020 (artwork by Shirley Keller) #ArtsConsortium #shirleykeller

Handweavers of the Valley's annual Show and Sale has been postponed till October 23, 2021. Please check out their Member Websites & Shop page at www.hwotv.org to see more information about purchasing items directly from members.

In case you missed it, check out the Arts Consortium's Virtual F1rst Friday for October, featuring Chango from Pa'Chango at https://youtu.be/MqfRP_uXiLU

Don't forget, The Brandon-Mitchell Gallery is having a virtual exhibition this October titled Landscapes of the Soul, featuring the artwork of Betty Berk. They will also be one of our online F1rst Friday virtual venues. To see the show online, visit www.brandonmitchellgallery.com and to view the exhibition in person, e-mail Betty at [email protected]