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ArtView: Graffiti Summer

ArtView: Graffiti Summer

Art ViewBy Jim Christiansen May the Fourth be with you. Reminder George Lucas Star Wars started a  trend in sci-fi Art. Check out any cos-play event, comic con, see where that fits in. May blooms with art events all over the area, and plenty of workshops and classes local and regional. Check the schedules at […]

By April 29, 2019 Read More →
ArtView: Artful Showers

ArtView: Artful Showers

Art View: Artful Showers By Jim Christiansen April showers us with Earth Day, Open Studio, Art Walk, and more. In my case, its time to build new walls around my new carport art studio. Having to move recently, I am showing my art at Moon and Sixpence for the Stanislaus Artist Open Studio April 6 […]

By April 1, 2019 Read More →
ArtView

ArtView

ArtView Note: Jim Christiansen’s regular column this month can be found at www.modestoview.com We would like to welcome a special guest ArtView author, local artist and gallery supporter Betty Kenney. Great Things in December By Betty Kenney The Modesto Area art community is really doing great things in December. Join us for “Holiday Shopping Spree” […]

By December 3, 2018 Read More →
Art – Jim Christiansen December 2018

Art – Jim Christiansen December 2018

December Art View 2018 By Jim Christiansen Update on the point of the Graceada Park Performance Art Project. Even though I’ve returned to Riverside, California, my birthplace over the past 40 some years I’ve been in Modesto, I have no immediate plans to move back, just visit Riverside events like the opening of the Cheech […]

By November 30, 2018 Read More →
ArtView – Labor Day and Back to School

ArtView – Labor Day and Back to School

Art View By Jim Christiansen Labor Day and back to school. Time to consider some classes. Mistlin Gallery, Chartreuse Muse, Carnegie Arts Center all field art classes. So do other groups like The Shire, The Black Sheep’s ink, Black Hearts and the Tri-Chromatic Gallery. Commercial party art places, Art Time and Sip Wine, and Pinot’s […]

By September 5, 2017 Read More →
ArtView – Art Everywhere!

ArtView – Art Everywhere!

Art View By Jim Christiansen July is that month many of us go on summer holiday. I have a road trip in mind. July 1, I’m at the San Francisco Oyster Festival. July 2, I take family off to the airport. Before I hit the road, plenty of art events around town. Modesto Artist Salon […]

By July 16, 2017 Read More →
ArtView – May Day!

ArtView – May Day!

Art View By Jim Christiansen May Day! May Day! With all the Art Events converging on April, got a May Day message for Chris Murphy I’d gone past deadline. Holdovers still going on include the Central Valley Artist Showcase at both Mistlin Gallery and Carnegie Arts Center into the first week of June. Stanislaus Artist […]

ArtView – End of Summer

ArtView – End of Summer

ArtView By Jim Christiansen Here we are at the end of summer, and much of what’s going on in our local art scene is continuation of shows that opened in July; well worth visiting if you missed July Art Walk. The Emergence Show at the Chartreuse Muse features a group exhibition of new and emerging […]

By July 30, 2016 Read More →
ArtView – May Day May Day!

ArtView – May Day May Day!

Art View By Jim Christiansen May Day! May Day! That wasn’t your imagination last month that we published the March Art View Column in the April Edition with new photo. Unexpected April Fool’s Joke, but thank you to those of you who shared our online link to the April Column. Modesto View updates our online […]

ArtView – Happy Art Year

ArtView – Happy Art Year

Art View By Jim Christiansen Happy New Year! Time to get back to resolutions taking art classes, cleaning up the studio, trying new things. If you need to get your studio in order, or finally got it set up, art to show, maybe have people in, a good way to accomplish that is register for […]

By January 3, 2016 Read More →
ArtView – Consider Original Art

ArtView – Consider Original Art

Art View By Jim Christiansen The Winter Gift buying season is upon us. I hope you will consider getting “Original Art”. I have Art in the Mistlin Gallery CCAA members Home for the Holiday Show. This year, the show has a price range low to high, in various styles, all by local artists. The art […]

By December 9, 2015 Read More →
ArtView – August 2014

ArtView – August 2014

Art View By Jim Christiansen This past month we got to have two good local shows open with artist receptions during July Art Walk, the Emergence show at the Chartreuse Muse, and the Sixtie’s Show at Mistlin Gallery. The first is the every other year presentation of artists new to the Muse, showcased together as […]

By August 6, 2014 Read More →
ArtView – July 2014

ArtView – July 2014

Art View By Jim Christiansen Roger Hanner sent me a note on my facebook page, to let me know we had an Emmy Award winning, Navy Veteran visual artist living in Modesto. That artist is Bob Davidson, who has shown work at the Smithsonian and Cooperstown in relation to his sports figure portraits, and who […]

ArtView

ArtView

Art View by Jim Christiansen May opens with two juried Spring Shows opening May 4. In Modesto, the 60th annual Central California Art Association Spring Show, opens with a Gala artist and award Gala event, with silent auction, raffle and presentations at the Mistlin Gallery. The Spring Show Gala costs $20 and supports the CCAA/Mistlin […]