Reopened on Saturday, August 21st

We cleaned, reorganized, and reopened at the Art Stand Gallery on Saturday, August 21st. The first local airing of Huell Howser's "California Gold/Sanger" was on Thursday evening, August 19th. It appears to have had a huge viewing audience because the Art Stand was VERY busy on opening day and on the days to follow. In addition to the excellent show about Sanger which featured the Art Stand Gallery as one of Huell's "stops", we also now have the ability to take credit card transactions which we did not have in the past. So, it seems that the TV show and the credit card machine have helped our opening days to be excellent!

For local viewers who missed the first showing of "California Gold, Sanger", KVPT (Fresno/Central Valley) will re-air the episode tonight, Sunday, August 29th at 7 PM. So, turn to Channel 18 tonight at 7 PM and you'll see why you need to drive out to the Sanger area to visit the Art Stand Gallery, the local fruit stands, the Sanger Museum, and other local sights. The artists at the Art Stand Gallery look forward to having you visit very soon! We are currently open from Thursday through Monday each week, from 11 AM till 5 PM.

3 Reminders on August 19th

1. Art Hop tonight, August 19th, at the Art Stand Gallery from 5-8 PM. Chieko Delgado and Kathleen Mattox will be painting/demonstrating and refreshments will be served.

2. At 8 PM on Channel 18, KVPT TV/Fresno: "Road Trip with Huell Howser/Sanger". See the Fruit Trail, the Art Stand, a Bed and Breakfast, the Sanger Depot Museum etc. on Huell's show tonight.

3. On Saturday, August 21st, the Art Stand Gallery re-opens for "Autumn Colors".

Summer 2010/Sally Delap-John/Newsletter from New Mexico

For the past three years, I've returned to Truchas, New Mexico to live, breathe, and create art.  My work there is in oils, on location.  The intriguing hill towns between Santa Fe and Taos offer haunting images for the intrepid painter.  Accompanied by my faithful dog, Freckles, we roam the hills scouting for the perfect painting scene.  Come and stay in the "land of enchantment", check out my gallery in Truchas, and feel the indescribable mystique.

If you paint, bring your stuff and join me or sign up for my annual August Workshop.  The workshop is August 14 & 15.  Contact me for information on where to stay, eat, etc.
 
June  ended without the "usual" monsoonal daily showers.  July began with several nights of fireworks over the high llanos and clear night skies.  Now the rain is coming in strong.  Truchas received so much snow in winter, that the irrigation acequias are flowing full and fast.  One of the older churches that served as a gallery was flooded and the artists had to relocate.

Most of my painting in June has been of Truchas.  During two sessions in Taos we went to original Taos Artist Colony painters dwellings: Blumenshein and Couse.  Both locations are open to the public and have lovely gardens adjacent to them. Last week we went to Dixon.  Apricots were ripening and small irrigation ditches were flowing everywhere.


Happy painting!
Sally

Summer Workshops

The Summer Workshops continue and this weekend we will have Sandy Kowallis teaching an oil/acrylic class from 9 to 1. Even if you haven't signed up yet, it's definitely not too late. Call Elaine Towne Lane at 787-3921 to register and get details. Comment after this post and I'll send you a copy of the workshop flyer which is posted here on the blog a few posts back.

Here are a couple of inspiring photos from Deanna Bristow's watercolor class a couple of weekends ago.

Huell Howser and "California Gold" show

The emails were flying back and forth on

several days last month when we heard that 

Huell Howser wanted to visit the Art Stand 

Gallery as part of his trip to Minkler, and

other nearby famous spots--such as the 

Chuckwagon Drive In, in Sanger!

The visit did take place and Suzie Stach was "sitting"on the big day. Here are some shots

of his visit and his interview with Suzie.

The first airing of the show will be in LA on KCET TV, Sunday, July 25th at 7 PM. This station's market goes from San Luis Obispo south through the greater Los Angeles area.

The episode will air on KVPT (Fresno) and KVIE (Sacramento) and KVCR (San Bernadino) on Thursday, August 19th at 8 PM. For locals who miss the first showings, KVPT (Fresno/Central Valley) will re-air the episode on Sunday, August 29th at 7 PM.

Maybe the Art Stand's popularity and audience will continue to grow with this experience. Sally Delap John was interviewed by another southern California writer a few months ago and we have had a lot of visitors from the Los Angeles area after that article. We are becoming more visible each year!

Art Hop on Thursday Evening

Please join us for Third Thursday Art Hop at the Art Stand Gallery on Thursday evening, July 15th!

It's an opportunity to meet and visit with Kathleen Mattox and Elaine Towne Lane, to watch them work, to get a preview of Elaine's ceramics class taking place on Saturday, and to share some refreshments. We'll have fun and we know YOU will, too! We hope to have some of the other artists drop by as well as new guests and repeat customers between 5 and 8 PM this Thursday!

Art Hops in July and August

Though we had originally planned to NOT have Art Hops at the Art Stand Gallery during the summer months of July and August, we have changed our plans and will be open the third Thursday evenings of both months.

July 15th: Elaine Towne Lane and Kathleen Mattox will be at the gallery from 5-8 PM

August 19th: Chieko Delgado and Kathleen Mattox will be at the gallery from 5-8 PM

With workshops each following Saturday, the artists will be available to answer questions about the gallery and the workshops and may also be doing demonstrations of their own work as well. Stop by to visit and enjoy refreshments with the artists!