The Show Is On!
Our Fine Art Show for 2020 was cancelled due to the pandemic. However, we have reserved our Opera Hall venue for October 22-24, 2021, preparations have been going forward and as of early June, it appears that the show is on! This is our most important fundraiser for student art support in Tuolumne County. This year we will include a student section and a section for photography. We need volunteers! Contact Linda Happel at 209 532 7240 if you're interested.
Business is Great at the New Aloft Gallery
Despite the ongoing pandemic Aloft Gallery has been doing very well in its new location at 105 Washington Street in downtown Sonora. We have a wonderful collection of work by new artist members as well as old friends. People who had to cancel vacation plans for 2020 are buying art! The site itself, in the historic Baers Building, is worth a visit. Go here for Aloft information or visit the Gallery website at www.aloftartgallery.com
The Aloft Gallery reserves space for MLAA members to show their art free of charge. The space is reserved for members who are not also members of Aloft. Interested? Go here to our "Contact Us" page to get in touch with Susan Kendall. Don't miss this opportunity!
2021 Board Positions OpenMLAA still has volunteer opportunities for the following positions on the 2021 Board: Vice President, Program Chair and Secretary. We currently have some Board members doing double duty, which works for now, but not when activity picks up (as we hope) later in 2021. Interested? Contact President John Sharum through the "Contact Us" page for more information.
Check out our shows in the Tuolumne County Main Library!
The Tuolumne County Main Library, 480 Greenley Road in Sonora, is now OPEN and is the venue for several MLAA art shows. The current show is "Country Living', featuring art by local artists Marti Knapp, Rayna Coller ,
Maureen Carden, Steve Testa, JohnSharum, Margaret Bevier and Karen Olsen. The library is currently open Monday through Friday, 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.. Face coverings required, number of patrons at any one time limited; hand sanitizer available.
The Mother Lode Art Association is a nonprofit organization founded in 1951 to promote the arts and the appreciation of the arts in our community. Now that the restrictions imposed by the pandemic are easing, we look forward to getting back to our regular schedule, in which meetings are held at 1:00 pm on the third Monday of each month except July, August and December, in the Community Room of the Tuolumne County Public Library at 480 Greenley Road, Sonora. Meetings are announced in the Union Democrat Weekender. Our free artist demos are held after each meeting. Members receive an electronic newsletter several times a year and have access to venues where we can hang our work free of charge. Click here for information on how to join the Mother Lode Art Association. To contact anyone on the Board or a committee chair, click here. Your message will be directed to the recipient.
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Upcoming Meetings
We're ready to welcome members to our first in-person meeting in over a year! And it's going to be special. Please join us at Indigeny Reserve Cidery for a picnic and General Meeting at noon on Monday, June 21, The Board will provide sandwiches, salads, ice tea and water or you can bring your own lunch. We'd love it if you wanted to bring a dessert to share! And there's something else: come at 10:00 a.m., bring your sketchbook, or camera, and enjoy a socially distanced plein air session on this lovely property with its paintable orchards, woods, hills, buildings and farm machinery! And on your own, you can also taste and buy Indigeny's products or check out their exceptional gift shop. PLEIN AIR PAINTING
Watercolorist Karen O painted in the foothills. See more of her work in our Members' Gallery!
"High Sierra Lake" by watercolor artist Margaret Bevier. See more of Margaret's pandemic work in the Members' Gallery
In this time of pandemic we urge members to follow all applicable precautions regarding group activities. But we encourage people to get outside and make art! Go here for more information on our plein air activities.
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