About the MLAA

The Mother Lode Art Association  is a nonprofit organization founded in 1951 to promote the arts and appreciation of the arts in our community.   Meetings followed by an art demo are held  each month except July, August and December.  Check this page for updated information on times and places of meetings.  We sponsor a Juried Art Show each year and our Plein Air Group meets weekly, weather permitting.  In 2008, the MLAA founded the Aloft Art Gallery to provide members with a venue to show their work.  The Gallery, located at 105 S. Washington Street in downtown Sonora, is member-run.  

To contact anyone on the Board or a committee chair, click here.  Your message will be directed to the  recipient.  Our mailing address is:  MOTHER LODE ART ASSOCIATION. P.O. Box 5140, Sonora, CA 95370

What's Up in the Member Venues?

MLAA sponsors venues where members can display their art, free of charge, including a panel in the prestigious Aloft Gallery.  Go HERE to see who's showing!  Find out how to sign up to show your work.

Check out the Library Show

We just finished hanging works by 8 member artists in the Tuolumne County Main Library at 480 Greenley Road.  This show, "Historical Tuolumne County". is the latest in in an ongoing series and features the works of eight MLAA member artists.  Go HERE to our Venues page for more information.  The show will hang until June 26, 2023.

Go to our online Members' Gallery for examples of members' current work.  Submit your own work! 

PLEIN AIR PAINTING

Karen Olsen went to Tuolumne City with the Plein Air group on May 24 and captured this spectacular display of iris around a well-kept yellow house

The rain has stopped and the plein air painters are back on the road again!  Join our Plein Air group for opportunities to discover outdoor painting in Tuolumne County!  Go ​here for more information.  See some of our members' plein air work and post your own!  Members receive an email notification ahead of planned events.  

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Accepting New Members

Go here to download and print a membership form.  Bring your checkbook to the next meeting or mail payment to:  MOTHER LODE ART ASSOCIATION. P.O. Box 5140, Sonora, CA 95370

No General Meeting in July or August

MLAA has no regular meetings in July, August or December. We'll notify you about other activities such as plein air events.

Upcoming General Meeting

Date:  Monday, June 19
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Time:  1:00 pm
Place:  Tuolumne County Main Library, 480 Greenley Road, Sonora

 Artist Demo

Our art demos begin at 1:30 following the General Meeting and are free to all, even if you're not a member of MLAA.   Go HERE to read about recent demos. 
Our demo artist: for May was Chuck Waldman, the Sonora-based  landscape painter, well known for his renderings of California scenes in a direct, impressionistic style.  Go HERE to the "Artist Demos" page for more information.  

"Poppy Trail", oil on linen, by Chuck Waldman