California City Arts Commission
Meets Second Wednesday of Each Month

California City Arts Commission Newsletter
Issue 03-11 Mar. 2011
President's Message.
Our meeting will be at the Senior Center at 5:30 PM.
The next meeting is March 9th. The Community Arts Center is closed for renovations, and we will be meeting at the Mable Davis Senior Center until further notice.
Our CCAC Board of Directors will meet at 4:30 for a discussion on the adaption of By-Laws. And becoming a 501 (c) (3).
At our last meeting, we discussed the plans for the exhibition of member’s art at the Ridgecrest Desert Wildflower Festival being held in the Kerr McGee Community Center April 15 – 17.
We will be setting up Friday evening April 15 for this event. I hope you will join us for a fun weekend.
We are very excited about our own art show “Arts Fest by the Lake”, Themed “Home Sweet Home” that will be held May 7th and 8th at the Mable Davis Senior Center.
Attached to this newsletter is an application for the show. Because we will not be having this show in our own space, and space is limited at the Senior Center,
we regret that we will not have our Children’s Art Show this year.
The workshop on Pastels with Ramon Ramirez at the Senior Center Saturday, February 26 from 12 – 3PM was cancelled do to illness.
We will reschedule and send an e-mail with the new date.
We have a field trip planned for March 13 to the Getty Museum and we will be finalizing the plans for that trip at our meeting March 9, please come join us.
Cecile Campbell,
President, CCAC
“Please we need participation from everyone to make our
Arts Commission a success”.
Our “Arts by the Lake” show is scheduled for May 7th and 8th 2011 and will be a themed show again, “Home Sweet Home”. It is not a requirement that your art be in keeping with the theme to enter the show, but for your art to be considered for inclusion in our calendar for 2012 it must adhere to our theme to be considered.
Dear Fellow Artist:
Please find information below about our upcoming art show on May 7-8 of this year, Art By The Lake 2011.
You are cordially invited to participate in the art exhibit, which is open to all media. Artwork will be accepted on Friday afternoon, May 6, by members of the
California City Arts Commission at the Mable Davis Senior Center in Central Park, 10221 Heather Avenue, who will hang your work.
This year, the theme for the show is ‘Home Sweet Home’. This theme may include any subject matter that depicts 'home', such as bird houses, architecture/cities,
ground burrows, nests, etc. that life on earth calls home. Classifications include three dimensional works, photography, pen & pencil, acrylic, oils, all water media.
There is no charge for exhibiting your work. All artwork following the theme of Home Sweet Home is eligible to be photographed and considered for the
2012 CCAC calendar, with permission of the artist. If you wish your work to be photographed, please sign in on a separate log; see Helen Dennis, Art Show coordinator at the time of sign-in.
If you desire to sell your work, please contact Shelly Hornback, 760-559-5768, or Brenda Daverin, Parks and Recreation Department, 760-373-3530, for an application
for a one-day business license for each day you are selling your work. The California City Arts Commission will in no manner be involved in the sale of your artwork;
that is between you and the buyer. Please note that provision in the attached rules and instructions for the art show. We look forward to seeing your work in this year's show.
If you are a returning artist, welcome back!
Sincerely,
Helen Dennis, Show Coordinator
California City Art Commission
Rules / Instructions to exhibitors –
Art by The Lake
California City Arts Commission Art Show, May 7-8, 2011
Mable Davis Senior Center
10221 Heather Ave., Calif. City 93505
Deadline for entries is Wednesday, May 4, 2011, 5:00 pm.
Please note that because the California City Community Center is undergoing renovation, the 2011 art show will be held at the Mable Davis Senior Center,
10221 Heather Avenue in the Central Park complex. It is the first building on the left as you enter the park through the gates.
Artwork will have to be turned in at that location between 1 pm and 5 pm on Friday, May 6th.
The total number of pieces of artwork regardless of media, is six (6). Should there be room to display more than that, check with the
CCAC members hanging the show for permission for more entries. There is no entry fee required. Age limit is 17 and up for
adults, 6 through 16 for school children. “Home Sweet Home” is the theme for the 2011 spring show. Artists must enter their own work
(the exception being children, whose parents may make application for them).
Art Media include oils, acrylics, all water media, ink, pencil, pastels, mixed media, black and white and color photography, 3-dimensional sculptural works, and fabric/textile art.
All two-dimensional work must be framed and wired for hanging. Artwork not properly prepared for hanging with wire and eye hooks or other secure fasteners will be rejected.
Artwork may be sold. Artists who are selling their work must obtain a one-day business license from the City of California City, at a cost of $10, for each day they offer their work for sale.
The business license may be purchased from Shelly Hornback, Parks and Recreation Supervisor, at the time of registration or on Saturday if desired. If you wish to sell your work,
please put the selling price on a business card and place it in a corner of the frame or attach to the artwork in some manner. If the piece is not for sale, please indicate NFS in a like manner.
Note: The CCAC will not represent the artist in any way regarding the sale of artwork. Sales must be worked out between buyer and the artist, and no work may be removed
before the close of the show on Sunday afternoon, May 8th. Artwork for the exhibit must be delivered to the Mabel Davis Senior Center and signed in by the artist (or parent)
between 1pm - 5 pm on Friday, May 6th. All two-dimensional art work must be framed and wired, ready to hang. Artwork which is not properly prepared for hanging will be rejected.
Artists with three-dimensional artwork are expected to bring their own supports/tables for display. Depending on the amount of work received, some tables may be available,
but very limited. Tablecloths will be provided by the CCAC. Oversize works of art will be displayed as determined by the Arts Commission, and only with space available.
We will do our best to accommodate all artwork.
Artists or their designee must remain with the work during the hours of the show on both days, 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. on Saturday, 11:00 am to 3:00 p.m. on Sunday.
Arrangements may be made with CCAC personnel one-on-one if artists cannot remain or need to take a break. Artworks will be picked up promptly at 3:00 p.m. on Sunday.
The CCAC will not be responsible for artwork that is not picked up. Artists will be given a ticket stub with an identification number for each piece displayed.
Keep these stubs –you will need them to reclaim your work.
Thank you for your participation, and for your interest in the arts and in our show. For more information, please contact Helen Dennis, (760) 373-4570,
or Shelly Hornback, Parks and Recreation Superintendent, (760) 373-3530, Cell phone (760) 559-5768.
APPLICATION FOR ART SHOW
CALIFORNIA CITY ARTS COMMISSION
MAY 7-8, 2011, MABLE DAVIS SENIOR CENTER
Name, First and Last:___________________________________Age:________
Address:__________________________________________Zip____________
Telephone: Day_______________________ Evening_____________________
Artwork: (Please describe media, size [dimensions], in the following categories:)
Sculpture _____________________ Painting____________________________
Pencil/Pen & Ink____________________ Collage________________________
Glass __________________________ Mixed Media: _____________________
Textiles/Fabric ____________________ Other:___________________________
I agree to provide my artwork in a manner ready for display, including paintings and drawings being framed and wired for hanging.
I understand that artwork not properly prepared for hanging will be rejected.
At this time the 2011 art show is scheduled to be held in the Mable Davis Senior Center in the Central Park complex, due to reconstruction of the
California City Arts and Community Center. I agree to bring artwork to the center to be signed in from 1 pm - 5 pm on Friday, May 6, 2011 and keep
artwork displayed until 3 pm on Sunday, May 8th when the show closes. I agree that representatives of the CCAC, will hang the artwork on a space
available basis. I also agree to remain with my work, or have my representative remain during the hours of the show on Saturday and Sunday.
I hereby hold harmless the California City Arts Commission, the California City Parks and Recreation Department and the City of California City
for any act or omission that causes or may cause, damage to any display of artwork, either by city staff or the public.
________________________________(Signature required)
Return completed and signed Application to:
Parks and Recreation Department
21000 Hacienda Blvd.
California City, CA 93505
Please join us at our next meeting, Wednesday, March 9, 2011 at 5:30 for our general meeting at the
Mable Davis Senior Center at Central Park. We will meet at this location until the Community Arts Center is finished.
Membership Dues are $5 per year
We have so many wonderful projects coming up, this is a great time to invite someone to join.


YOU CANNOT TEACH ART, YOU CAN ONLY CREATE AN ATMOSPHERE IN WHICH IT CAN GROW.
Frank Lloyd Wright

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UPCOMING EVENTS
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Art Teachers Wanted!
The California City Arts Commission is seeking artists willing to teach classes based on their personal requirements and preferences, in all media. As a part of the Parks and Recreation Department,
the CCAC not only wants to offer the classes in the City’s facilities, but also to continue our outreach into the community to develop new avenues of opportunity for our citizens.
Per Helen Dennis, coordinator for the CCAC’s annual art show, “There have been many successful classes offered in the past in watercolor, gourd painting and artisan crafts, but nothing recently,
a situation we hope to correct this coming year.” The Arts Commission is hoping to have local artists contact the organization, who would be willing to teach adult classes in the medium
of their expertise, such as oil painting, drawing, watercolor techniques, and others. The class size and the fee for the class would be up to the instructor, with the approval of the Arts Commission.
Initially the hope would be that classes could be taught on Saturdays, but that could change depending on the response received from those interested in teaching. The classes would be for the
benefit of the public, to offer learning experiences in non-critical surroundings. Classes would range from beginners to long-time artists who want to learn something new.
For more information or to offer to teach a class,
contact Shelly Hornback, Parks and Recreation Supervisor, at (760) 559-5768, or Helen Dennis, (760) 373-4570.
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9th Annual Renaissance Festival
Join the Ren Faire Committee
. If you know of someone who would like to help or just learn more about the
Ren Faire please invite them. We have many projects associated with this event and we do need help.
California City Renaissance Festival: October 15 & 16, 2011
Tickets for this years Queen’s Banquet are $25.00

California City Parks and Recreation
(760) 373-3530