Porterville Art Center
152 N. Main Street
Porterville, CA
559-784-4323


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  • NEWS
  • Board Meeting
    There will be a Board Meeting on March 5th at 10 AM at the Porterville Art Association Gallery (PAA Gallery). Everyone is welcome.

    SHOW CHANGE AT THE ART CENTER
    PAA’s Spring Membership Show will go up the first week of May and run through the first week of September. Entries will be accepted Friday and Saturday, May 2 and 3, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. This is our judged show, so bring in your best work. The juror for the show will be announced at a later date.

    Meeting Night
    Friday, March 28th,
    7 pm, Santa Fe Depot.
    Watercolor demo by Lola Nelson

    IRIS FESTIVAL
    The Iris Festival will be Saturday, April 26 and we want to promote the festival by showing as many iris paintings as we can. The gallery will be open that day and we expect a lot of walk-in traffic from festival visitors. Bring us your irises! PAA’s Spring Membership Show will go up the first week of May and run through the first week of September. Entries will be accepted Friday and Saturday, May 2 and 3, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. This is our judged show, so bring in your best work. The juror for the show will be announced at a later date.Springville’s Foothill Arts Show will also be along this Spring, so, start drawing, painting, sculpting, carving, or whatever it is you do, because the Spring shows are coming!
  • “What’s On TAP”
    The Porterville Recorder’s “What’s On TAP” covers events and activities coming up in Porterville. They have covered Frances Lars-Lykin’s show at the Springville Inn and Bill Tungate’s Drawing Class. If you are teaching a class in art or having a show in the valley let Vedra McElfresh know so she can get it into the Recorder. The Recorder needs pictures of and show information 3 weeks in advance (attn: Diane Vickers)



WHO'S SHOWING WHERE
Jeanette Brewer’s show at Mason House Gallery in Lindsay, entitled, “Celebrating Black History Month,” will continue through February 29. Mason House Gallery is located at 147 N. Gale Hill Ave., Lindsay, and its hours are Tuesday through Friday, from 1p.m. to 4 pm.

Steven Ball will be showing plein air acrylics in conjunction with works in pastel by Ellen Milinich at Arts Visalia, 214 E. Oak in Visalia, from February 13 through March 22. A reception for the artists is planned for Friday, February 15, from 6-8 p.m. Gallery hours are Mon. through Sat., 12-5:30 p.m.

Clio Bovetti will be featured at the Porterville College Art Gallery beginning Thursday, February 21, and running through March 13. A reception for the artist is scheduled for February 21, from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m.

George Tanimoto is scheduled to show at the Porterville College Gallery in March and April. We will have more details about the show in the next newsletter.

Ellen Sprague and Don Lynch are showing in Exeter at the Courthouse Gallery, 125 South B St., through March 31. Both artists were students of Russian Master painter, Sergei Bongart, who lived and taught in Southern California following World War II. He also conducted summer workshops in Idaho for many years and taught many of today’s top painters. Their show is titled, “In The Footsteps of Sergei.” The gallery’s hours are weekends, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. For additional information, call 592-3882.

MARCH’s Featured Artist: George tanimoto
George Tanimoto is our next Featured Artist in the gallery. His show of Mixed-Water-Media paintings will open February 13 and run through March 22. A reception is scheduled for Sunday, February 17, from 3 p.m to 5 p.m.

Kay Hays will be the Featured Artist from March 24 through May 3 with a reception scheduled for Sunday, April 13, from 3 p.m. to 5 p.m.

PAA Workshops
All workshops take place at the Santa Fe Depot, 4th Street, Porterville, CA. All workshops will take place from 10am to 3pm. Dates vary.

For future workshops, please see our PAA Calendar.