‘Check it out’! MCAC regrants ‘mcac cares’ to Yosemite Sierra Artists. This grant was part of a re-granting program through California Arts Council and Madera County Arts Council designed to get dollars to the local level of Madera County.                       Sign ups happening now! ‘Art School at the MCAC’ This ...

By Sal Maccarone Artists have been experimenting with animation for thousands of years. During the first century, China’s Imperial Dynasty developed a contraption that created the illusion of motion through a rapid succession of pictures. Later on, the Victorian era “Zoetrope”, a revolving cylinder viewed from the outside, was a big hit in the 1890’s. And, of course, there are ...

On Thursday, Feb. 4, at noon, the Fresno Art Museum will bring you to the Michigan studio of Bonnie Peterson, the fiber artist featured in the current exhibition Another Glorious Sierra Day. Click here to register. Bonnie Peterson is a textile artist investigating environmental and social issues. Recently, she worked with scientists studying fire ecology, atmospheric science, and lake chemistry ...

MARIPOSA — Mariposa County high students grades 9th – 12th are invited to compete in the Mariposa County Arts Council’s virtual Poetry Out Loud (POL) competition — a national poetry recitation contest that encourages youth voice and agency through the memorization and performance of great historical and contemporary poetry. This contest requires students to select and memorize 2 poems and ...

By Sal Maccarone Before the camera made it so easy for us to document specific moments in time, the job was left up to the artistically inclined. The only visual record of what people looked like, or how events happened to unfolded are depictions made by artists. Before 1822 the world relied strictly on those skillful and insightful enough to ...

By Sal Maccarone It is always entertaining to try and imagine what the world will be like a century from now. Even though it is impossible to fully comprehend what the future has to hold, we need only to look at the strides taken during the past one hundred years to get some clues. For instance, my grandparents were born ...

CULVER CITY, CALIF. ­– JEOPARDY! will air Alex Trebek’s final week of new episodes Monday, January 4 – Friday, January 8, 2021. All five episodes were taped in late October; at the time, no one knew they would be his last. Viewers will want to make sure to catch the top of Monday’s show, when Alex delivers a powerful message ...

“Visions of Self” Juried Art Competition Now open for entries until January 31, 2021: “Visions of Self” can include self-portraits or work depicting your environment, your emotions, or state of being. The show is open to all artists who identify as female, with work accepted in all media. No shipping required, the show will be hosted virtually online by Yosemite ...

MADERA — The Madera County Arts Council & Circle Gallery will be hosting their first gallery exhibition on Jan. 15, 2021.

OAKHURST – The Yosemite High School (YHS) arts department would like to invite the public to view their fall virtual art show. These works are a compilation of some of the “greatest hits” from the Fall 2020 semester. Click here for a visual journey. YHS arts has been conducting zoom critiques of student work through this distance learning project and ...