Arts Consortium

The Brandon-Mitchell Gallery will have on display their annual Member & Friends art show plus they invite you to come come paint a Peace Pole for International Peace Day. All happening during F1rst Friday, September 6th from 5-8pm!

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Come see the wide variety of art in our annual Members & Friends Show. Plus come and paint Peace Poles. We will have 20 small poles to paint for International Peace Day. You can create them freehand or with stencils. All materials will be supplied.

F1rst Friday is happening Next Friday, September 6th!

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Downtown Visalia is the place to be September 6th from 5-8pm, with plenty of local artwork to see, interactive activities and lots of friends to share it with!

This month, we are giving away a free booth at this year’s Taste the Arts festival (75$ value), taking place October 19th! To participate, have your map signed by half of the participating Art Stops, put your name and phone number on the map and turn it in at your last stop for the evening. Alternatively, you may use our digital submission frames. We will have the drawing the following week, and you could be the winner!

Arts Visalia Visalia Fox Theatre Sharices Center for Spiritual Living Visalia The Creative Center Bellis Visalia

❗️📣 2025 South Valley Art Tour Artist Registration ❗️📣

Artist Registration for the 2025 South Valley Art Tour is now open! For 2025 all artists of Tulare County are invited to participate!

In this two-day event, artists show and sell their art from the comfort of their own space.

Dates: Saturday, March 29th & Sunday, March 30th
Time: 10am - 5pm (each day)

REGISTRATION DEADLINE: November 13, 2024 at 11:59pm

REGISTER: Scan the QR code to visit the Eventbrite artist registration page or visit this link: https://2025SVAT-artist-registration.eventbrite.com

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About Registration:

Prices:
Non-members……$75
Members………….$50
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***The Arts Consortium will have three (3) available spots at the Arts Consortium location. If you are interested in showing your work with us you will need to purchase the “Artist Registration Arts Consortium Location ONLY” reservation***

NEW THIS YEAR
Add-ons:
Additional Lawn Signs……….$20 each
100 promotional postcards….$30

Things to consider:
- If you do not have a studio space of your own, feel free to combine your creative forces and share space with other artists.
- If you do not know someone who might host you, you have the option of buying the “Artist Registration Arts Consortium Location ONLY” reservation (ONLY 3 AVAILABLE) or we can help find you a shared space!

Visit the Eventbrite artist registration page for more registration details.

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Learn more about the Arts Consortium’s South Valley Art Tour by clicking here: https://artsconsortium.org/events/acsvat/

MARKETING + DONATION OPPORTUNITIES - Coming soon! Keep a lookout for the form, it will be posted on our website.

Questions? Call us at 559-772-0001 or send us an e-mail at [email protected]

❗️📣Taste The Arts Applications❗️📣

Artist Booths are almost sold out!

August 28 - Artists, register by this date and submit your 3 art samples to receive 1. The marketing benefit from the Arts Consortium and 2. Be part of the Booth Experience Contest. For more information about these two benefits visit: artsconsortium.org/events/tta
October 13 - Final day to register for an artist booth

ARTIST REGISTRATION HERE: https://TTA2024-artist-booth-registration.eventbrite.com

Food Vendor and Performer Applications both close August 28th!

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You can find information and all Taste The Arts Applications on our website:
artsconsortium.org/events/tta

Event Details:
Saturday, October 19, 2024
10am - 5pm
Downtown Visalia on Garden Street (from Garden Street Plaza to School Street)
Evening portion at Garden Street Plaza from 5pm - 10pm

U.S. Congressman Jim Costa invites middle and high school students to participate in the Congressional App Challenge, a fantastic opportunity to showcase their coding and app development skills.

This is a great opportunity for young people to cultivate their skills in STEM and contribute to the emerging technologies in various industries.

WHO CAN PARTICIPATE?
This challenge is open to all middle and high school students residing in California’s 21st district. Verify if
you reside in our district here: https://www.house.gov/representatives/find-your-representative

KEY DATES:
October 24th 12:00 P.M. (Eastern Time): All participants must register and submit your app. Late submissions will not be accepted.

November 22nd - December 31st, 2024: Winners will be selected and announced.

Don’t miss out on this incredible opportunity to test your creativity and coding skills.

If you have any additional questions, feel free to check out the
Congressional App Challenge website: https://www.congressionalappchallenge.us/ or you can call our Fresno district office at (559) 495-1620.

📣 Membership Meeting Today 📣

Join us today for our monthly membership meeting!

(Agenda on second slide)

We will be having an Opportunity Drawing for the night: Free Taste The Arts Artist Booth Registration (value $75).
You don’t want to miss it!

Tuesday, August 13, 2024 @ 5:30pm
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You don’t need to be a member to attend the meeting, meetings are free and open to current and future members.
These meetings are a great way to get involved in the art community and network.

📣 Membership Meeting 📣

Join us next week on Tuesday for our monthly membership meeting!

Membership meetings are held at the Arts Consortium - 340 E. Oak Ave, Suite 112, Visalia.

Zoom option will now be available!

The Zoom invite will be shared via our newsletter email blast on the days leading up to the membership meeting.

Ways to sign up to our newsletter if you are not yet part of it:
1. fill out the sign-up form located at the bottom of our website.
2. send an email to [email protected] asking us to add you to our newsletter. Please provide your first and last name and email where you would like to receive the newsletter.

The newsletter is a way for the Arts Consortium to send updates regarding our events, artist opportunities, membership meeting updates and other Arts Consortium related information.

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We will be having an Opportunity Drawing for the night: Free Taste The Arts Artist Booth Registration (value $75).

You don’t want to miss it!
Tuesday, August 13, 2024 @ 5:30pm

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You don’t need to be a member to attend the meeting, meetings are free and open to current and future members.

These meetings are a great way to get involved in the art community and network.

Happy Friday fellow art lovers, It's Opportunity Drawing time!

This is the final month we are giving away a free booth at this year’s Taste the Arts festival (75$ value), taking place October 19th!

The winner of the August F1rst Friday Opportunity Drawing is Eric, Congratulations!

Thanks to everyone that participated and attended F1rst Friday! Stay tuned for upcoming events and information 🎉🎨🖌️

Tulare County artists, organizations and events can be featured for FREE in our Watermark Magazine!

If you have questions about these magazine sections or what information to submit, please email [email protected]

To be included, please submit information by Friday, August 16th.

❗️📣 2025 South Valley Art Tour Committee Meeting ❗️📣

A great way to get involved in the art community and voice your ideas. Help us bring a great arts event to the community!

Join us this Wednesday, August 7th @ 5:00pm for our South Valley Art Tour

Location: Arts Consortium
340 E. Oak Ave, Suite 112 (The Lofts at Fort Visalia: Peter N. Carey Gallery)

❗️📣 DEADLINES for Taste The Arts Applications ❗️📣

ARTIST BOOTH REGISTRATION
August 28 - Marketing Deadline - Apply by the end of the month to receive marketing promos from the Arts Consortium and for the opportunity to participate in the Booth Experience Contest (details on our Taste The Arts website page)
October 13 - Final day to register for an artist booth
Less than half of spots still available!

FOOD VENDORS
August 28

PERFORMER APPLICTIONS
August 28

MARKETING OPPORTUNITIES
August 14 - Deadline was extended!

VOLUNTEERS
October 13

QUICKDRAW CONTEST ARTIST
October 13 - waitlist spots open

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You can find information and all Taste The Arts Applications on our website:
artsconsortium.org/events/tta

Event Details:
Saturday, October 19, 2024
10am - 5pm
Downtown Visalia on Garden Street (from Garden Street Plaza to School Street)
Evening portion at Garden Street Plaza from 5pm - 10pm

The Oval Gallery is hosting their opening reception for the At the Speed of Inspiration during F1rst Friday, taking place August 2nd from 5-8pm!

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Priscila Bustos, Victoria Davi, and Mayte met in the College of the Sequoias’ printmaking department in 2014. Over the past ten years, their work has grown from their printmaking roots, exploring and experimenting with new materials “At the Speed of Inspiration,” which has defined their created work for the past eight months.

Arts Visalia is hosting their opening reception for the Young at Art Exhibition during F1rst Friday, taking place August 2nd from 5-8pm!

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The Young at Art Exhibition is back at Arts Visalia! Featuring the artworks of participants in Arts Visalia’s summer children’s classes, the exhibition is a great opportunity to see all the young artists’ creative work. Our skilled instructors encouraged the artists to explore different elements of art each week allowing them to discover their own way to make art while learning about line, color, shape, and more.

Don’t miss out on the most popular exhibit of the year. The Young at Art Exhibition is on display from August 1st through August 31st.
Arts Visalia

❗️📣 Marketing Opportunity Deadline EXTENDED❗️📣

Help us further realize our 2024 Taste The Arts Festival!

Market yourself or your organization/business!
Taste The Arts could not be possible without our kind sponsors. Whether you are a big organization/business, small organization/business, artist or individual you can make a difference by supporting the Taste The Arts arts festival.

Our Marketing Opportunities have different sponsorship levels & benefits. All support levels include either an ad space or a mention in the Arts Consortium annual Watermark magazine!

Check out the Marketing Opportunities application for more information.
EXTENDED DEADLINE: AUGUST 14, 2024

All Taste The Arts Applications can be found online: https://artsconsortium.org/events/tta/

The Arts Consortium is hosting our opening reception for De Valle a Valle by Brandon Hernandez during F1rst Friday, taking place August 2nd from 5-8pm!

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De Valle a Valle by Brandon Hernandez features woodcut prints and an ephemeral installation inspired by Mexican culture. De Valle a Valle will be displayed until this December.

“My woodcut prints use fantastical creatures to explore themes of displacement. Through these entities, I capture the anxieties of multiple generations of adaptation in a land of no vacancy.”

T.O.B Visalia will be hosting a DIY Session during F1rst Friday, taking place August 2nd from 5-8pm!

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Unleash your creativity and join us for a fun and exciting Design-It-Yourself Session where you can design and create your very own stainless steel pilsner tumbler.

Don’t miss out on this unique opportunity to make something truly special. Reserve your spot today! Call (559)713-8635. Reservations are suggested but not required.

T.O.B -Visalia

The Brandon-Mitchell Gallery will be exhibiting Creation: An Art Gallery by Mary Mize-Jones during F1rst Friday, taking place August 2nd from 5-8pm!

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Mary Mize-Jones started drawing as soon as he could hold a pencil. Her show Creation: An Art Gallery features colorful, cheerful animals and insects. Her favorite medium is pastels. She has always drawn big. But life happened and now she lives in a wheelchair, but her paintings are still big, “As you’ll see, I love painting God’s creations. Usually animals and insects, and I like taking something small and making it big. Maybe it’s a small person complex. That’s me!”

Brandon-Mitchell Gallery Center for Spiritual Living Visalia

F1rst Friday is happening Next Friday, August 2nd!

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Downtown Visalia is the place to be August 2nd from 5:00-8:00pm, with plenty of local artwork to see, interactive activities and lots of friends to share it with!

This month, we are giving away a free booth at this year’s Taste the Arts festival (75$ value), taking place October 19th! To participate, have your map signed by half of the participating Art Stops, put your name and phone number on the map and turn it in at your last stop for the evening. Alternatively, you may use our digital submission frames. We will have the drawing the following week, and you could be the winner!

❗️📣 CALL TO ARTISTS ❗️📣

The Arts Consortium and the Tulare County General Services Agency have teamed up to display original artwork created by Tulare County artists in Government Plaza (5961 S. Mooney Blvd). This will be a five-year-long show in the main lobby of the Government Plaza building, with great visibility, plentiful foot-traffic, and on-site security.

Review the full call to artist below for more details and full term and conditions.

Deadline: September 18, 2024 at 11:59pm

Questions? Call us at 559-772-0001 or email us at [email protected]

CLOSING NEXT WEDNESDAY!

🎨🖌🎭🎶 Interactive Activity Proposals 🎨🖌🎭🎶

Submit a proposal for a Taste The Arts interactive activity and become a part of the wide range of interactive activities available at our annual festival!

Interactive Activity Proposals should include a hands-on art activity that will engage festival goers.

Scan the QR code or follow the link to access the submission form:
https://forms.gle/6QPo9exHLu9ZsvSz9

Deadline: July 31, 2024

The Arts Consortium will reach out to each submission after the deadline to inform whether your proposal is accepted or not.

Previously accepted interactive activities:
• Interactive Ceramics
• Interactive Mural
• Printmaking/Steamroller Blockprints
• Japanese Tea Ceremony
• Instrument Petting Zoo
• Interactive Art Cafe

At the discretion of the Arts Consortium, selected interactive activities may receive supporting funds ranging from $250 to $1,000, depending on complexity, cost of materials, or number of audience members served. While the Arts Consortium will attempt to provide support to all interactive activities, supporting funds are not guaranteed for any interactive activity.

All Taste The Arts Applications can be found online: https://artsconsortium.org/events/tta/
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Event Details:
Saturday, October 19, 2024
10am - 5pm
Downtown Visalia on Garden Street (from Garden Street Plaza to School Street)
Evening portion at Garden Street Plaza from 5pm - 10pm

CLOSING NEXT WEDNESDAY

🎨🖌🎭🎶Be a Sponsor of Taste The Arts 🎨🖌🎭🎶

Are you an art lover or art advocate? Help us further realize our 2024 Taste The Arts Festival!

Market yourself or your organization/business!
Taste The Arts could not be possible without our kind sponsors. Whether you are a big organization/business, small organization/business, artist or individual you can make a difference by supporting the Taste The Arts arts festival.

Our Marketing Opportunities have different sponsorship levels & benefits. All support levels include either an ad space or a mention in the Arts Consortium annual Watermark magazine!

Check out the Marketing Opportunities application for more information.
DEADLINE: JULY 31, 2024

All Taste The Arts Applications can be found online: https://artsconsortium.org/events/tta/

SAVE THE DATE

Taste The Arts 2024 - October 19
Downtown Visalia

Festival Artist Booths: 10am - 5pm
Garden Street Plaza Concert: 5pm - 10pm

APPLICATIONS STILL OPEN

Artist Booth Registration
Food Vendors
Performers
Marketing Opportunities/Donation Tiers (CLOSING SOON)
Volunteers
Quickdraw Competition
Interactive Activity Proposals (CLOSING SOON)

Access All Applications here: https://artsconsortium.org/events/tta/

https://youtu.be/NzC5pbPUr5M?feature=shared

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Closing next week!

❗️📣 CALL TO ARTISTS ❗️📣

CALLING ALL PHOTOGRAPHERS

The Arts Consortium had teamed up with the Tulare County General Services Agency to present a Photography commission opportunity/PORTFOLIO REVIEW.

Selected artist will receive a $12,000 budget for the completion of 10 to 15 framed photographs measuring approximately 18” x 24” each.

Final Art will be located at Tulare County Board of Supervisors CAO Offices (2800 W. Burrell Ave.)

Submission Deadline: July 24, 2024 at midnight
E-mail submissions to [email protected]
Although digital portfolios are preferred, physical portfolios will be considered.
There is no charge to submit work.

• Commissioned work will focus on local architecture, landmarks, and Tulare County specific subjects. Portfolios containing such imagery will be given priority consideration.
• This call is for photography portfolios, which will be used to determine the winner of a photography commission for printed and framed photographs.
• Limit 25 images per artist
•Portfolios should contain ORIGINAL artwork in color and/or black and white

Scan the QR code or visit the link to access the PDF of all submission requirements and Terms and Conditions.
https://qrco.de/df3bkE

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You can view all Art Consortium Artist Opportunities on our website:
artsconsortium.org/artist-opportunities

Questions? Email: [email protected] or call us at 559-772-0001

Join us today for our Taste The Arts Committee Meeting!

Arts Consortium - 340 E. Oak Avenue, Suite 112, Visalia
(We are located at the Lofts at Fort Visalia - Peter N. Carey Gallery)

Great way to get involved and help bring a great arts festival to the community!

❗️📣 Taste The Arts Committee Meeting ❗️📣

A great way to get involved in the art community and voice your ideas. Help us bring a great arts event to the community!

Join us this Wednesday, July 17 @ 5:00pm for our Taste The Arts Committee Meeting

Location: Arts Consortium
340 E. Oak Ave, Suite 112 (The Lofts at Fort Visalia: Peter N. Carey Gallery)

❗️📣 WE'RE HIRING ❗️📣

Project Coordinator

Part-time
$17 - $21 per hour
Provides support for Visalia Arts Consortium, Inc.’s My Voice Media Center project

For more details and to apply online visit the following link:

Project Coordinator - Visalia, CA 93291 - Indeed.com Visalia Arts Consortium, Inc.

Visit the Visalia Farmers' Markets this Saturday, July 13th and you will see one of the Arts Consortium's members, Merry Miller-Gass, showcasing and selling their art. Merry's Mobile Art Studio

8:00am - 11:30am
2231 W. Main Street, Visalia

If you are interested in knowing more about how you can show and sell your art as an Arts Consortium member at the Visalia Farmers Market email us at [email protected] or call us at 559-772-0001.

Happy Friday fellow art lovers!!! It's Opportunity Drawing time!

This time, we are choosing the winner for both July and June. For both winners, we are giving away a free booth at this year’s Taste the Arts festival (75$ value), taking place October 19th!

The winner of July's F1rst Friday Opportunity Drawing is James, and the winner of June's is Drew. Congratulations to you both!

Thanks to everyone that participated in F1rst Friday! Stay tuned for upcoming events and information 🎉🎨🖌️

Congratulations to our 2024-2025 Artist of the Year: Rosalinda Verde Alexander!

Rosalinda (Rosalinda Alexander) been an example of excellence in performance art, community engagement, and arts advocacy for most of her life. She has been an active supporter, member, volunteer, and advocate for the Arts Consortium.

Rosalinda has performed locally and regionally with her band the PIMS (Rosalinda and the PIMS); she has been the creator and director of the Visalia Opera Company and now Green Rose Productions (Green Rose Productions). For the last 10 years she has been writing original play productions with the special needs community; first with The Creative Center and now with her team at the Green Rose Productions. Most recently Rosalinda created online videos for children during COVID and even engaged local youth in the production of these fantastical videos. She has recently produced the very successful Revenge of the Sea Witch, an original musical production written by the Green Rose Production team. She continues to inspire local artists to pursue their own creative visions.

Furthermore, Rosalinda has turned her advocacy into action as new Executive Director of the Tulare Kings Hispanic Chamber of Commerce (Tulare Kings Hispanic Chamber of Commerce), where she is working to ensure that the arts are included and celebrated in that organization's many cultural activities.

📣 Membership Meeting Tomorrow 📣

Join us tomorrow for our monthly membership meeting!

There will be Arts Consortium updates and announcements regarding Taste The Arts, Artist Opportunities, South Valley Art Tour and we are requesting community input on some agenda items. (Agenda on second slide)

We will be having an Opportunity Drawing for the night: Free Taste The Arts Artist Booth Registration (value $75).

You don’t want to miss it!
Tuesday, July 9, 2024 @ 5:30pm

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You don’t need to be a member to attend the meeting, meetings are free and open to current and future members.

These meetings are a great way to get involved in the art community and network.