Gallery Hours:
Thursdays & Fridays
11:00 AM to 4:00 PM
Saturdays and Sundays
12:00 to 4:00 PM
Free Admission
ADA Accessible
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Membership and Donations
If you would like to renew your membership or make a donation, it is as easy as visiting PVAC.
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| Thanks to Our 2012 Exhibit Partners and Sponsors:
Santa Cruz County
Museums Partnership
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Around the County
Local Essence
Members' Exhibit Part I I
February 11- March 4
Art Bites Back
March 7-18
Inspirations
January 11- March 17
Repeat
January 30- April 20
Cabrillo Gallery
Glen Carter: A Guest to the Mystery
February 6-March 9
Museum of Art & History
Rydell Award Winners
Open through March 18
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WAX Reception on Sunday!
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WAX: Contemporary Encaustic Works
March 1st - April 15th
Reception: Sunday, March 4th, 2-4 PM
Don't miss the first full exhibit of encaustic work in Santa Cruz County! Curated by Wendy Aikin and Daniella Woolf, this exciting exhibit showcases 77 contemporary artists working with "wax" (encaustic medium) which is a combination of beeswax, damar resin, and pigment. The word 'encaustic' comes from the Greek word enkaiein, meaning to burn in, referring to the process of fusing the paint first used by artists over 2000 years ago. Today's artists have found many new and exciting ways to utilize this versatile medium, including printmaking, collage and sculpture.
Participating artists in this juried exhibit include many of your local favorites as well as those who have sent their work to us from as far away as Alaska and Germany. You will be amazed by the diversity of artwork on display - the processes, techniques, and subject matters demonstrate the scope and range of this exciting luminous material.
Thank you to Wendy Aikin and Daniella Woolf for curating and jurying this fabulous exhibit! Many thanks go out to our exhibit sponsors: Wax Works West, International Encaustic Artists, Evans Encaustics, R & F Paint, and Enkaustikos.
Email tours@pvarts.org to schedule free field trips
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| PVAC Call For Artists for Alternative Processes in Photography
ENTRY DEADLINE: March 16th, 5pm
PVAC is issuing a nationwide Call for Entry for our upcoming juried alternative photography process exhibit, PHOTO ALCHEMY: Alternative Processing in Photographic Media juried by Brian Taylor, Janet Fine and Ted Orland (jurors) and Hedwig M. Heerschop (curator).
Where to Enter: Entries will only be accepted online at: www.pvarts.org/alchemy/entryform
Who can Enter: This exhibit is open to artists (U.S. Residents, age 18 and older) working with alternative processes in photographic techniques and materials such as: albumen, photo gravure, photograms, tintypes, daguerreotypes, carbon dichromates, gum bichromates, emulsion on metals, cyanotypes, wet-plate collodion, Polaroid transfers, liquid light, VanDyke, platinum and palladium. No digital, c-prints or gelatin silver prints will be accepted unless combined with an alternative process. For further questions regarding eligible processes e-mail curator: hedwig@pvarts.org
More information & Call for Entry: HERE
Photo Alchemy: Alternative Processing in Photographic Media will run from May 3 - June 17, 2012 at the PVAC Gallery.
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