Placerville Arts Association
WELCOME
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Placerville Arts Association (PAA) Placerville Arts Association promotes the creative work of its members, provides opportunities for sharing ideas among artists, and invites public interest through a variety of visual art events.
Placerville Arts Association PAA’s Outreach Program provides funding and supplies to support community visual arts.
Placerville Arts Association is the oldest non-profit art group in El Dorado County in continuous operation since the early 1960s.
The current membership includes both artists and patrons of the arts.
Current Events
Art Lunch
Thurs., October 17, 12:30
Solid Ground
Join us for Art Lunch on Thursday, October 17, 2024 at 12:30 PM. October's art lunch will be at Solid Ground, 552 Pleasant Valley Road in Diamond Springs. Art lunch is a fun way to meet other artists and have a nice lunch! RSVP to Lynell Phillips at lynellphillips@aol.com or text/call 415-793-2134.
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PAA Membership Meeting
October 21, 2024
2:30 - 4:30
937 Spring Street, Placerville
Senior Center
Linda Nunez will demonstrate Cold Wax Process. Her gallery work is mostly non-narrative, characterized by gestural marks, texture and color and is primarily two-dimensional. The work is either created in encaustic (bee’s wax and resin) or cold wax and oil and may include an assortment of mixed media.
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October Artist Challenge:
In keeping with Halloween being in October, create something with the design theme: Spoooooky!
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Also...
See last item on this list for a fun January Challenge - pick up your items at the Oct & November meetings.
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All members and guests are welcome.
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View past membership meetings on YouTube >>
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58th National Mother Lode Art Exhibition
November 7 - 23, 2024
Reception Nov. 8, 5 pm
Call to Artists - Closed Sept. 18
More info >>​
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Join us on
TUESDAY MORNINGS for ART TIME
at the Placerville Senior Center!
937 Spring Street.
We meet from 9 am - 1 pm
in the Crafts Room.
Come draw, paint, paste, share ideas about methods and materials, get suggestions, and just be around other artists. Come early, come late, stay all 4 hours, 4 minutes, or just stop by to say hello. No need to RSVP, just show up. Questions? Contact Carolyn Cunningham at ccart2002@yahoo.com
or (909) 525-5774
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Board Meetings 2024
First Friday of each month
Fri, Nov. 1st
9:45 - 11:45 am
Everyone is invited to attend.
at the Senior Center located at
937 Spring Street in Placerville
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Holiday Sip & Shop
November 9th & 10
Sierra Vista Winery
4560 Cabernet Way, Placerville
We would love to extend an invite to participate in our Annual Sip & Shop. You will be able to display your items in our beautiful event room which will be decorated for the holidays.
The event will run on Sat. Nov. 9th from 11 - 6 and Sun. Nov. 10th from 11 - 5. We have wine club pick up on Saturday and Sunday we have brunch, both bring in a significant number of guests. If you have any questions, please feel free to reach out to us. We look forward to hearing from you!
Sierra Vista Winery (530) 622-7221
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Future PAA Membership Meetings
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November 18, 2:30 - 4:30
PAA's 58th National Mother Lode Art Exhibition Juror and Judge,
D. Oldham Neath to present slide presentation of award winners.
No membership meeting in December.
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Save the date!
Annual PAA Holiday Brunch
Friday, December 6th, 10:30am
It’s getting to be that time of the year folks! Time to start thinking of our Holiday Party. This year we will be traveling to the Sportsman’s Hall in Pollock Pines. The date is Friday, December 6th at 10:30AM. The location is 5620 Pony Express Trail ~ Pollock Pines.
I’d like to start a list of those of us who will be attending as we are limited to 40 guests. More information will be following. Please email or text me if you are interested. Cathy Keil ~ (530) 333-3699
cathy.keil@sbcglobal.net
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2025
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Membership Meeting
Mon., January 13, 2025, 2:30 - 4:30
Our challenge for the January member meeting will be “Let the Blanks do the Talking”. We will use our recent donation by Wendy Braun from the estate of her mother, local artist Patricia Wehr in our challenge. Patricia Wehr was a folk artist and our donation includes many objects that she had collected over the years that inspired her but were left unfinished. Let’s let the blanks that Patricia left for us inspire us in the January challenge. We have stars, moons, clock faces, plaques, and other mostly wooden objects for the basis for your inspiration. We will have blank forms available at our upcoming October and November meetings for you to choose from. Attend either the October or November member meetings, check the available forms and see what appeals to you. We invite you to take one, two or three, whatever inspires you. There is no charge for the blank forms.
Please note that the January member meeting will be the second Monday of the month due to a federal holiday on the third Monday, 1-13-25.
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