For the Birds
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Morro Bay Art Association presents its annual, For the Birds exhibit in celebration of the Morro Bay Winter Bird Festival. This exhibit is a collection of fine art paintings and photography depicting Morro Bay’s vast array of indigenous species of birds and all things bird-related.
Join us during the opening reception, For the Birds, January 12, 2-4pm. Pacific Wildlife Center will be there with at least one or more of their fascinating, rescued birds!
Pacific Wildlife Care is San Luis Obispo county's only licensed rehabilitation center that cares for injured birds, mammals, and reptiles.
As a result of the Apex Houston oil spill that brought a number of oiled pelicans to the beaches of San Luis Obispo County, Pacific Wildlife Care, a non-profit, volunteer organization, was founded in 1986. Since then, PWC has grown from a small group of dedicated home rehabilitators into a successful non-profit organization with a well-equipped rehabilitation center, a full-time wildlife veterinarian, a small paid staff, and over 200 volunteers. Pacific Wildlife Care also offers a Student Internship program.
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Pacific Wildlife Care is open 8:30am – 5pm daily. www.pacificwildlifecare.org
Report injured, sick or orphaned wildlife by calling the Hotline: 805-543-9453.
For Marine Mammal rescue, contact The Marine Mammal Center: 805-771-8300.
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For the Birds will be on display from January 9 through February 17, 2020.
Don't miss bird related glass sculptures by George Jercich, pottery by David Pope and Barbara Sitar and and an exhibit of paintings and photography all about birds! This event is free and open to the public.
Art Center Morro Bay is open from 12pm – 4pm daily. For more information, visit our website at www.artcentermorrobay.org
WHAT: For the Birds
WHERE: Art Center Morro Bay, 835 Main St, Morro Bay, CA
WHEN: January 9 – February 17, 2020
RECEPTION: January 12, 2 -4pm
CONTACT: www.artcentermorrobay.org or 805-772-2504
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Big Bold Abstract
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Morro Bay Art Association will present it's BIG BOLD ABSTRACT exhibition in the main gallery downstairs!
What makes contemporary abstract painting relevant? What is a good abstract painting today? Find the answer and inspiration in right-on article link: www.artnews.com/art-news/news/contemporary-abstraction-2205/
Well crafted abstraction is the only rule for entry to this exhibit. We are going to take an "abstract" point of view during the installation of this show and cover all available wall space in the main gallery downstairs. We'll be filling the limitations of space, from floor to the ceiling.
Take-in day is February 17, 2020, 10am-2pm.
Open to all mediums: paint, print, collage, poured or spray-painted surfaces. Artwork must be dry and odor free.
See Gallery hanging policy and fees.
Visitors, during this exhibit, you’ll find a variety of artistic mediums and styles in thought provoking abstraction! This compelling event is sure to be a crowd pleaser!
Featured 3D artist's will be Suzanne Alward with her ceramic creations and Paula Radke with her glass technicolor abstract creations.
BIG BOLD ABSTRACT will be on display from February 20 through March 30. 2020.
The opening reception will be Sunday, February 23, 2020, 2pm-4pm. This event is free and open to the public. Art Center Morro Bay is open daily from 12pm – 4pm.
WHAT: BIG BOLD ABSTRACT
WHEN: February 20 – March 30, 2020
RECEPTION: February 23, 2020
WHERE: Art Center Morro Bay, 835 Main Street, Morro Bay, CA 93442
CONTACT: www.artcentermorrobay.org or 805-772-2504
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Aquarius 2020
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The Central Coast Watercolor Society is proud to present “Aquarius”, a Pacific regional water media exhibition hosted by Morro Bay Art Association.
This juried event, is an assembly of some of the finest contemporary artworks of the West Coast.
Judge of Awards:
M.E. “Mike” Bailey, AWS, NWS, is the judge for this celebrated event.
M. E. Bailey is a professional plein air artist, nationally recognized for his superior use of watercolor. Mike began teaching watercolor at the University of California, Santa Cruz in 1999, where he turned his innovative workshops into a full time career with an international following.
Mike’s artwork has been published in Northlight books, Splash and Watercolor, and Watercolor Artist Magazine. Mike is a current member of Santa Clara Valley Watercolor Society, Signature Member of American Watercolor Society, past President and Signature Member of National Watercolor Society.
His work is collected widely throughout the USA, Europe and Australia.
Don’t miss this extraordinary event! Whether you are attending this exhibit to observe or to find that perfect painting for yourself or as a gift, you are in for a delight. Aquarius will be on display February 20 – March 30, 2020. Meet the artists at the opening reception, Sunday, February 23, 2pm-4pm. This event is free and open to the public. Art Center Morro Bay is open 12 – 4pm daily.
Image, Bad Parking Place© courtesy of M.E. Bailey
WHAT: Aquarius
WHEN: February 20 – March 30, 2020
RECEPTION: February 23, 2020, 2-4pm
WHERE: Art Center Morro Bay, 835 Main St, Morro Bay, CA 93442
CONTACT: 805-772-2504 or www.artcentermorrobay.org
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Occupies Space
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Art Center Morro Bay is proud to present Occupies Space!
Central Coast Sculptor Group's Occupies Space will be held concurrent with The Painters Group’s prestigious “Brushstrokes 2020” exhibit in the upstairs, Virginia Russell Gallery, at Art Center Morro Bay.
The JUROR is acclaimed Gail Enns of Monterey, CA, a fine art curator through Celadon Arts & the art space, Green Chalk Contemporary: greenchalkcontemporary.com. Gail Enns’ previous curated exhibits included: “The New Domestics, Finding Beauty in the Mundane;” “Transcendental Vision, Japanese Culture and Contemporary Art;” “Joseph Campbell, The Artist’s Way;” & “Assimilations,” an exhibition of American artists at the Nippon Gallery, NY Chamber of Commerce. She also produced exhibitions at the Japanese Embassy’s Information Center & the New Zealand Embassy in Washington, D.C., as well as directing exhibits at her Anton Gallery in Washington, DC.
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This exceptional exhibit will feature established, recognized, emerging & student sculptors!
During this exhibit, you will find a variety of artistic mediums and styles from traditional and contemporary paintings to thought provoking sculptures. This compelling event is sure to be a crowd pleaser!
Occupies Space will be on display from April 2 through May 11, 2020. The opening reception will be Sunday, April 5, 2020, 2-4pm. This event is free and open to the public. Art Center Morro Bay is open daily from 12pm – 4pm.
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ENTRY: sloma.org/product/call-for-entry-occupies-space-acmb/
Sculpture Image, Hush© is courtesy of Evany Zirul.
WHAT: Occupies Space by Central Coast Sculptors Group
WHEN: April 2-May 11, 2020
RECEPTION: Sunday, April 5, 2020, 2-4pm
WHERE: Art Center Morro Bay, 835 Main, Morro Bay, CA 93442
CONTACT: Carl Berney at sculpto707@gmail.com. centralcoastsculptors.org
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Perspectives
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Morro Bay Art Association is proud to present Perspectives.
This exhibit explores how perspective gives a three-dimensional feeling to a flat surface. Linier perspective creates the illusion of distance to a vanishing point. It’s a system of representing the way objects appear to get smaller and closer together, the farther away they are from the viewer. We see parallel lines as converging in the distance, although in reality they really don’t. Roads and railway lines are obvious examples.
Multiple vanishing points such as a cityscapes, enable a more naturalistic representation.
Atmospheric or aerial perspective, creates the sense of distance by simulating changes affected by color such as blue in a mountain as it meets the sky.
This exhibit celebrates artistic expression in all media to include textile, encaustic, mixed media, oil, watercolor, acrylic and photography. This theme extends itself to anything that represents a variety of perspectives.
Oil painting image is copyrighted and courtesy of Patricia Newton
Perspectives will be on display in the Main gallery downstairs from April 2 through May 11, 2020. Meet the artists at the opening reception Sunday, April 5, 2pm-4pm. This event is free and open to the public. Art Center Morro Bay is open from 12pm – 4pm daily.
WHAT: Perspectives
WHEN: April 2 through May 11, 2020
RECEPTION: Sunday, April 5, 2pm-4pm.
WHERE: Art Center Morro Bay, 835 Main St, Morro Bay, CA 93442
CONTACT: 805-772-2504 or www.artcentermorrobay.org
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Brushstrokes 2020
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Morro Bay Art Association is proud to host, The Painters Group of San Luis Obispo Museum of Art, and their compelling, juried exhibit, Brushstrokes 2020.
This annual event is a collective of exceptional paintings, featuring works from current TPG and MBAA members throughout the Central Coast. A variety of accepted mediums include acrylic, oil, mixed media, watercolor, pastel and digital, encompassing a wide range of subject matter of figurative, landscape and abstract. Deadline for entry is January 12, 2019, 11:59 p.m. For more information about entry, contact Charlotte D'Aigle, email: charlotteberney@aol.com
The juror, Marcia Harvey, is an award winning artist who earned a Bachelor of Art degree in Studio Art from the University of California and Master of Fine Art degree from Washington State University. Marcia is currently on the Faculty of Cuesta College in San Luis Obispo and teaches Printmaking. She is an author and blogger, who stated of her own artwork, “These works are still lifes and landscapes, field notes and occasions, letters and witnessing’s. Like the painters of 17th Century Dutch still lifes, I’m interested in illustrating mundane objects with a care and regard for them, and an emphasis on the transitory nature of life.”
Whether you are attending this striking exhibit to observe or to purchase, you are in for a delight!
Image, Forty Blossoms© by Marcia Harvey
Brushstrokes is on display in the Russell Gallery, upstairs, April 2 through May 11, 2020. Meet the artists at the opening reception Sunday, April 5, 2pm-4pm. This event is free and open to the public. Art Center Morro Bay is open from 12pm – 4pm daily.
WHAT: Brushstrokes 2020
WHEN: April 2 through May 11, 2020
RECEPTION: Sunday, April 5, 2pm-4pm
WHERE: Art Center Morro Bay, 835 Main St, Morro Bay, CA 93442
CONTACT: 805-772-2504 or www.artcentermorrobay.org
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Call for Artists
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CALL FOR ARTISTS - May 1 through August 1, 2020
Morro Bay Art Association is pleased to announce it’s 4th Annual Juried Exhibition.
This exhibit is open internationally to both amateur and professional artists. Open May 1, 2020, for submissions of all subject matter, two dimensional media includes, oil, watercolor, acrylic, gouache, pastel and mixed media. $2,000. In awards. Artists may enter up to 5 paintings. Accepted artworks will be published in the exhibit brochure. Artists may enter by following the rules of prospectus at artcentermorrobay.org/index.php/gallery/exhibit-schedule/
The deadline to send digital files for consideration is midnight, August 1, 2020. Cash awards include, Best of Show, First, Second, Third Place and Honorable Mention.
For this exciting exhibit, we are fortunate to have award winning artist, Trowzers Akimbo, as the judge.
Judge of Awards:
Prior to practicing fine art painting full-time, Trowzers Akimbo worked as an NBC on air graphic artist, freelance illustrator/graphic designer, animated/live action television commercial director/designer and as a creative director and chief creative officer in the computer game industry. Work for NBC included over 200 commercial segue illustrations for the Tonight Show, starring Johnny Carson, design of The Gong Show logo and body painting of GoGo dancers for Laugh-In. Trowzers contributed illustrations to the Sesame Street Workshop’s printed publications monthly. He is responsible for the creation of over 50 computer games. Among his many awards, Akimbo was awarded an Emmy for his animated titles for NBC: The First 50 Years: A Closer Look.
�Akimbo studied art and received his BFA at CalArts in Southern California. Trowzers has collected numerous Best of Show and 1st Place awards for his paintings. His work is included in Artists Magazine publication, Strokes of Genius 11.
�“I believe every painter's work I've ever seen has influenced my work on some level.”
- Trowzers Akimbo
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This exhibit celebrates two dimensional art work in all media and features the three dimensional artwork of Larry LeBrane as part of this extraordinary event. You will find a variety of subject matter spanning traditional landscape to contemporary and abstract. Whether you are attending this exhibit to observe or to purchase, you are in for a delight! Morro Bay Art Association’s Annual Juried Exhibit will be on display from September 17 through November 2, 2020.
The opening reception includes a “meet the artists” and awards ceremony, held, Sunday, September 20, 2020, 2-4pm. This exhibit is free and open to the public.
WHAT: Annual Juried Exhibition
WHEN: September 17 through November 2, 2020
RECEPTION: Sunday, September 20, 2020, 2-4pm
WHERE: Art Center Morro Bay, 835 Main Street, Morro Bay, CA 93442
CONTACT: 805-772-2504 or visit www.artcentermorrobay.org
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Beyond the Sea
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Marine Pollution Awareness
Morro Bay Art Association is proud to present marine pollution awareness in the art exhibition, Beyond the Sea.
There is a dramatic increase in plastic waste! Everyone agrees that plastic waste does not belong in our oceans or anywhere in the environment. This is a complex and serious global challenge that calls for swift action. Eight million metric tons of plastic reportedly end up in oceans each year and ninety percent of seabirds have ingested it. Reports suggest the world’s oceans will be filled with more plastic mass, than fish mass, by 2050.
Inspired by magnificent oceans and our compelling desire to understand and protect them, this exhibit goes far beyond the fragile beauty of our planet. Among the world’s most immediate and biggest environmental problems, are plastic finding its way into the ocean, washed ashore and fibers reportedly finding its way into rain water.
Artists and activists have taken notice, using recycled plastic for use in their assemblages to create artwork. Although often aesthetically beautiful, the works point to the concerning profusion of these plastics in our environment. This exhibit challenges artistic expression in all media.��
Painting pictured, “Typhon Of Petrolia”© by Patrick Watson. Typhon is the many headed son of Gaea (Earth) and Tartarus (the netherworld), who was born cursed and cast into the volcanic regions. Petrolia is a town in Humboldt County named for the first oil well drilled in California. ��“Beyond the Sea” is on display May 14 through June 22, 2020.
Meet the artists at the opening reception Sunday, May 17, 2pm-4pm. This event from May 14 through June 22, 2020. is free and open to the public. Art Center Morro Bay is open daily, 12pm – 4pm.
WHAT: Beyond the Sea
WHEN: May 14 through June 22, 2020.
RECEPTION: Sunday, May 17, 2pm-4pm.
WHERE: Art Center Morro Bay, 835 Main St, Morro Bay, CA 93442
CONTACT: 805-772-2504 or www.artcentermorrobay.org
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Pastels USA
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OPENING RECEPTION: June 28, 2-4pm
CLOSING RECEPTION: August 2, 2-4pm
Morro Bay Art Association is proud to host Pastel Society of the West Coast and their 34th Annual, International Exhibition of Pastels USA.
This juried event is a collective of exceptional pastel artworks, featuring some of the finest contemporary artists in the world. Many of the artists are internationally acclaimed. Former entries have come from all over North America and as far away as Africa, Turkey, Asia and Europe!
Jurors of Selection for this prestigious event are Mary Aslin, Brian Bailey, and Julie Freeman
Judge of Awards:
W. Truman Hosner will serve as judge of awards during this event.
Born in Detroit, 1950, W. Truman Hosner earned a Bachelor of Fine Art degree at Wayne State University and went on to study illustration at The Center for Creative Studies, College of Art and Design in Detroit. During his 17 years as a professional illustrator, his assignments included, among others, The Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, Field and Stream magazine, CBS-Fox Video, and Reader’s Digest. At the peak of a very successful career in commercial art, Hosner re-focused himself and studied under two master painters at the Scottsdale Artists School in Arizona, Harley Brown and Dan Gerhartz. Plein-air fine art painting captured his passion. Over the past two decades he received personal mentoring from Max Altekruse, himself a student of the renowned Frank Reilly of the Art Students League in New York City.
Mr Hosner earned the distinction of Master Pastelist Pastel Society of America, Master Pastelist International Association of Pastel Societies, Maitre Pastelliste Societe de Pastel de L’est du Canada and Distinguished Member, Pastel Society of the West Coast.
Paintings by W. Truman Hosner have been featured in national and international museum collections and exhibitions throughout the USA, Canada, France and Asia.
“During a painting session, everything is always changing, the light is constantly modulating and then my painting slowly evolves, becomes dynamic, it pulsates energy and exuberance.”
Whether you are attending this extraordinary exhibit to observe or to purchase, you are in for a delight! “Pastels USA” will be on display from June 25 through August 2, 2020. The opening artist reception will be held Sunday, June 28, 2-4pn and the closing reception will feature the award ceremony on the last day of this event, Sunday, August 2, 2-4pm.
These events are free and open to the public.
Image: "The Narrator"© earned Best of Show in 2019, by Candice Grieve, PSA
WHAT: Pastel USA
WHEN: June 25 through August 2, 2020
OPENING RECEPTION: June 28, 2-4pm
CLOSING RECEPTION: August 2, 2-4pm
WHERE: Art Center Morro Bay, 835 Main Street, Morro Bay, CA 93442
CONTACT: 805-772-2504 or visit www.artcentermorrobay.org
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Annual Juried Exhibition
Art Center Morro Bay835 Main StMorro Bay, CA93442 Map
Morro Bay Art Association is pleased to announce it’s 4th Annual Juried Exhibition.
This exhibit is open internationally to both amateur and professional artists. Two dimensional media includes, oil, watercolor, acrylic, gouache, pastel and mixed media. Open for submissions May 1, the deadline to send digital files for consideration is midnight, August 1, 2020.
For this exciting exhibit, we are fortunate to have award winning artist, Trowzers Akimbo, as the judge.
Judge of Awards:
Prior to practicing fine art painting full-time, Trowzers Akimbo worked as an NBC on air graphic artist, freelance illustrator/graphic designer, animated/live action television commercial director/designer and as a creative director and chief creative officer in the computer game industry. Work for NBC included over 200 commercial segue illustrations for the Tonight Show, starring Johnny Carson, design of The Gong Show logo and body painting of GoGo dancers for Laugh-In. Trowzers contributed illustrations to the Sesame Street Workshop’s printed publications monthly. He is responsible for the creation of over 50 computer games. Among his many awards, Akimbo was awarded an Emmy for his animated titles for NBC: The First 50 Years: A Closer Look.
Akimbo studied art and received his BFA at Cal Arts in Southern California. Trowzers has collected numerous Best of Show and 1st Place awards for his paintings. His work is included in Artists Magazine publication, Strokes of Genius 11.
“I believe every painter's work I've ever seen has influenced my work on some level.”
- Trowzers Akimbo
This exhibit celebrates two dimensional artwork in all media and features the three dimensional artwork of Larry LeBrane as part of this extraordinary event. You will find a variety of subject matter spanning traditional landscape to contemporary and abstract. Whether you are attending this exhibit to observe or to purchase, you are in for a delight! Morro Bay Art Association’s Annual Juried Exhibit will be on display from September 17 through November 2, 2020.
The opening reception includes a “meet the artists” and awards ceremony, held, Sunday, September 20, 2020, 2-4pm. This exhibit is free and open to the public.
WHAT: Annual Juried Exhibition
WHEN: September 17 through November 2, 2020
RECEPTION: Sunday, September 20, 2020, 2-4pm
WHERE: Art Center Morro Bay, 835 Main Street, Morro Bay, CA 93442
CONTACT: 805-772-2504 or visit www.artcentermorrobay.org
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