Visual Arts by Larry Rippee, Visual Arts Coordinator Yes, it’s time for the 34th annual Spring Art Show (Or, if you are an artist, at least it’s time to start thinking about it).
2024 Spring Gallery Art Shows at the Maurice Del Mué Galleries
Valley Room — Enter through Lobby West Room — Adjoining Valley Room
Hopefully you are aware that the Center offers vibrant art exhibits-solos shows and groups-- every month in the Maurice Del Mue Galleries, however the Spring Art Show is the primary opportunity for the entire community to come out and celebrate the creativity of our remarkable neighbors. If you happen to be a Valley artist and have considered participating in the Spring Art Show but never have, please feel free to fill out an application (there’s one in this edition of Stone Soup or check our website). I like to think of the show as “self-juried’—you bring your best.
MARCH Valley Room West Room
Judy North
Judy North Art Reception-Sunday, March 10, 4-7pm APRIL Valley Room Climate Fest Art Show West Room Climate Fest Art Show Climate Fest, Saturday April 20th MAY
May 1-4 - Fred Berensmeier Memorial Exhibit Saturday, May 4th - Fred Berensmeier Memorial Valley Room
This year’s Spring Art Show will be held May 11th to May 26th with a reception on Friday, May 10th, 6:30—until 9 pm.
The 34th annual Spring Art Show, May 11-26
West Room The 34th annual Spring Art Show, May 11-26 West Room—Friday, May 25—“Valley Arts History” panel talk
Here are a few things to know about the Spring Art Show:
Attention All San Geronimo Valley & Nicasio Artists 34th Annual Spring Art Show Saturday, May 11 – Sunday, May 26, 2024
This year the Spring Art Show Committee selected the work of Judy North for the annual postcard. Please feel free to come by the center and pick up postcards to be passed out or mailed to your personal circle of friends and family. Your Spring Art Show registration fee (as well as the 20% of the art sales) helps fund our visual arts programs and gallery upkeep. Your contributions fund the Spring Art Show mailing, publicity to numerous media contacts, printing of postcards invitations and advertising posters, beverages, flowers and paper products for the reception and other expenses involved in produc- ing the annual Spring Art Show. The artist’s group photo shoot is open to all participating artists. Just show up for the shoot before 1 pm on Saturday, April 13th in front of the Community Center.
Opening Reception for Artists & Friends Friday, May 10th from 6:30-9:00pm
Who: Up to100 artists who work or reside in the San Geronimo Valley and Nicasio. What: All media - 4’x4’ maximum size. One piece per artist. Wall pieces must be wired, ready to hang. Provide your own pedestal for floor pieces if possible. Artwork must remain up for the duration of the exhibit. How: Mail or deliver entry form below and $25 fee with check payable to ‘SGVCC’. *Hors d’ Oeuvres for the opening reception are requested from each artist. * Postcards and posters are available at the Center for distribution. *Volunteering is required as indicated below. Application Deadline: Saturday, April 13th. Please respect this deadline. Only the first 100 entries will be accepted for the show.
ARTIST GROUP PHOTO SHOOT (for publicity purposes) Saturday, April 13th at 1 pm in front of Community Center All participating artists welcome
If you are planning to participate:
* Bring your art on Sign-In day: WEDNESDAY, May 8 from 8-10 am *
The application deadline is Saturday, April 13th .
Questions: Call Larry Rippee, Visual Arts Coordinator at lrippee@sgvcc.org (Don’t Forget to Keep Above Portion for Your Records)
Due to space considerations we need to limit entries to 100 artists and only one piece per artist. If your artwork is a wall piece it must be wired and ready to hang.
Spring Art Show Entry Form Please print clearly! Deadline Saturday, April 13
Please do not deliver paintings that are still wet. If possible, provide your own pedestal for floor pieces.
Name:____________________________________________________________
Everyone is asked to volunteer in whatever way possible (such as helping at the reception, set up, clean up, putting up posters or sitting the show). Just check an appropriate box (or boxes) on the volunteer options portion of the application form. See you at the show! Fred Berensmeier On January 29 of this year, we lost Fred ‘Lee’ Berensmeier, one of the most respected artists in the San Geronimo Valley. I found Fred to be a soft- spoken gentleman who was always supportive of artists and their creative endeavors (not surprisingly he was a life-long teacher). He was part of the Spring Art Show from its beginnings (which pre-dates our ‘official” count- ing of 34 years) and the co-founder of Wilderness Way with his wife Jean who died on March 15, 2023. Fred was a master printmaker and served as head of the printmaking department at City College of San Francisco from 1968 to 1993. He was equally adept at linocuts, serigraphs and collographs often combining the different printmaking approaches and bending a lot of ostensible ‘rules’ along the way. He not only participated in our annual Spring Art Shows, our annual printmaking shows and numerous solos exhib- its but exhibited nationally and internationally at venues such as the Tokyo Metropolitan Museum, the Brandts Klaedefabrik Museum, Denmark, the DeYoung and the Smithsonian. To honor his life and work the Center will host a memorial exhibit of Fred’s work in the first week of May, just preceding the Spring Art Show. This brief exhibit will conclude with a memorial service that weekend on Saturday, May 4th at the Center.
PO Box: ___________Town _______________________________Zip________
Phone: _______________________E-Mail__________________________
Title of Piece: _____________________________________________________
Size: ___________Medium:__________________________________________
Selling Price: __________________________ (20% goes to the Community Center)
I realize that the success of the show depends on volunteers and I will:
Check your choice: Gallery Sitting Preference Sat 11th: 12-2pm___; 2-4pm __;4-6pm___ Gallery Sitting Preference Sun 12th: 12-2pm___; 2-4pm __;4-6pm___ Gallery Sitting Preference Sat 18th: 12-2pm___; 2-4pm __;4-6pm___ Gallery Sitting Preference Sun 19th: 12-2pm___; 2-4pm __;4-6pm___ Gallery Sitting Preference Sat 25th: 12-2pm___; 2-4pm __;4-6pm___ Gallery Sitting Preference Sun 26th: 12-2pm___; 2-4pm __;4-6pm___ Help Sign-In Art: Wednesday, May 8th from 8-10 am Help with Pre-Reception Set Up: Friday, May 10th from 1-3pm Help during Reception: Friday, May 10th (various shifts between 6:30-9pm) Help Sign-Out /Deinstall Art: Sunday, May 26th from 6-7 pm
Deliver this entry form and your $25 entry fee by Saturday, April 13th To: SGVCC Spring Art Show, Box 194, San Geronimo, CA 94963
I wish to make an additional contribution of $_____to support the SGVCC arts program.
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