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Winter Art Faire This Weekend/January’s Call for Entry

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Winter Art Faire Is Here!

It’s showtime! This weekend, Saturday and Sunday Dec 13 & 14 from 11am-5pm. Come out and enjoy the festive atomosphere, the vendors, and the art! Lots of small works and handmade goods will be available so you are sure to find goodies and holiday gifts for your loved ones, and even for yourself.

And don’t forget Art Pickup will follow on Sunday and Monday Dec 14 & 15 from 5-7pm!

Call for Entry – Anything Goes

The first AGP show of the new year will be receiving pretty quickly, January 4th, so we wanted to get this CFE out to you ASAP! Holidays being busy as they are, we scheduled the theme most easy to accommodate first—literally Anything Goes! The show runs January 16 – February 8, 2026.

Dates to keep:

Receiving -Sun, Jan 04, 5-6:30 & Mon, Jan 05, 10:30am-12pm
Reception – Fri, Jan 16, 7pm
Return – Sun, Feb 08, 5-6:30 & Mon, Feb 09, 10:30am-12pm

See all the details in the CFE Form Here.

Time to Renew Your Membership

To ensure you keep getting our newsletters to stay abreast of the latest events, please keep your membership valid by renewing as soon as possible. Membership expires at the end of the calendar year. Renewing online is easy at: https://artguildofpacifica.org/memberships/

Our very reasonable membership fees are still Individual Annual Membership $25.00, or Dual Membership for $37.50.

If you would rather pay by check, you can mail to:
Art Guild of Pacifica
PO Box 582
Pacifica CA 94044

67th Annual Members Exhibit CFE

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67th ANNUAL MEMBERS EXHIBIT
October 24 – November 23, 2025

Receiving – Sun, Oct 12, 5-6:30 pm and Mon, Oct 13, 10-noon
Opening Reception – Fri, Oct 24, 7-9 pm
Gallery Hours – After Oct 24 – Fri, Sat, Sun, 1-5 pm
Return – Sun, Nov 23, 5-6:30 pm & Mon, Nov 24, 10-noon

Click Here for Call For Entry Form 

67th Annual Members Exhibit will be installed in the East and West Galleries. For this show, only one piece of artwork per member will be exhibited. A collaboration will be counted as the one piece for the collaborating artists. Due to space restrictions, diptychs are allowed, but only if joined and wired as one piece. No triptychs or large multi-part pieces. There is no theme. The exhibition is not juried, but prizes will be awarded. Current AGP membership is required.

Select a Theme: vote for 2026 AGP exhibition suggestions by circling your vote on the backside of this entry form, submit with your entry.

In addition to cash awards, 4 Exhibition Awards will be designated for a special Art Guild of Pacifica exhibit in the Main Gallery during the 2025 Annual Members Exhibit.
Remember: “Exhibition Award” winners are not eligible for another “Exhibition Award” for the next two AGP Members Exhibits.

Sales: Artists may have their work for sale, or not (NFS,) as they choose. Sanchez Art Center, as the artist’s representative, will retain a 30% commission on any work sold. Sold work will remain in place for the duration of the exhibit. Work “Not for Sale” shall be marked NFS.

Exhibition Coordination: East and West Gallery Committees will arrange the show and have the final say in the placement of artwork. East or West. Gallery location will be assigned by lottery at time of receiving.
Questions – Nancy Russell (415) 533-5343 / agp.artguild@gmail.com

Lost in the Weeds CFE & Fiber Arts Bee Coming Up

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The second themed show of the year, Lost in the Weeds, will open on Feb 21 and run till Mar 23.

Drop off is Feb 9 and 10. See details in the CFE Form Here.

The Opening Reception will be Feb 21 from 7-9pm.

Also of note, we have another meeting of our Fiber Arts group scheduled for Wednesday, January 29th, from 2 til 4 pm in the Main Gallery at the Sanchez Art Center. Please come with your knitting, crocheting, embroidery, needlepoint, or any other Fiber related work you do. Non-AGP members are welcome too. If any question email artistcharlotte@yahoo.com

AGP Events this Week

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Wednesday Artist Gathering

Come and join a discussion with your fellow artists, share a piece you are working on, or just talk shop! 

 

Friday Reception for Three SAC Shows including Ode to Joy 

 

Three concurrent shows will begin the 2025 Exhibition Season with a reception on Friday, January 17, from 7 to 9 pm. In the West Gallery, of course, will be our Art Guild of Pacifica show titled Ode to Joy. 

The Main Gallery will feature a “broad-ish survey of the makings of multi-media artist Thomas Campbell,” in Shape Shifting and other astral lint balls. Exhibition curator Susan Hillhouse Leask notes how she immediately connected to Campbell’s “distinct expression and interpretation of Do It Yourself (DIY) and to how it reverberated within the San Francisco Mission School of aesthetics and philosophy. Campbell is always playing with language and form. No matter how many times his work shape-shifts, its common denominator is found in the vastness and depth of his creativity.”

The East Gallery is presenting the juried exhibition, Citizen Joy: Views of Democracy, Gratitude & Aspiration. The community is invited to celebrate democracy with the organizers of Citizen Joy and the artists in the show. A juror and artists gallery walk & talkwill take place on Saturday, Jan 25, beginning at 2:00 pm.

Additionally, on Sun, Feb 2, 1:30 – 3:30pm a hands-on art-making activity will be hosted, with “Freedom Bird” templates and materials provided to participants to create their own vision of democracy – what they are grateful for, what rights and freedoms they hold dear, and what it means to be in harmony with our fellow citizens; this activity is suitable for all ages.  Later that afternoon, from 2:30 – 4:30pm a table talk will be led by Beth Grossman, and together we will explore: How might our world change socially, politically and economically if we acted in harmony with others and lived by the universal Golden Rule? 

Thomas Campbell Artist Talk On the last day of all the exhibitions, Sunday, February 9, at 3:30pm the closing program will begin with a conversation with the Main Gallery artist. 

Winter Art Faire 2024!

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Art Guild of Pacifica’s Winter Art Faire

The Most Artful Time of the Year

Experience the festive atmosphere and enjoy the creativity of local artists and artisans at the Art Guild of Pacifica’s Winter Art Faire.  The annual holiday art show and sale held at Sanchez Art Center will take place over two days, Saturday, Dec 14 and Sunday, Dec 15, with extended hours of 11 am –5 pm.

Winter Art Faire brings together original art and handmade goods that make unique gifts for the special people in your life (including YOU)!  There will be local artisans selling jewelry, ceramics, stained glass art, sea glass, handmade soaps,jams and baked goods. Artists will be showing pieces in a wide range of sizes and mediums from drawings, photography, watercolor, acrylic and oilpaintings, original prints, mixed media work, and much more.

Artists and artisans will be onsite providing time to talk with them and learn more about their pieces and products.  And, several Sanchez studio artists will also open their doors for you to explore inside.  This is a great opportunity to spend time leisurely wandering the three galleries, open areas and studios, enjoying art made by members of the Art Guild of Pacifica and local craftspeople, while shopping for distinctive items in a casual and welcoming space on the San Mateo County coast.  You will find some real treasures here, so make Winter Art Faire a gift-buying stop, and enjoy artful holidays!

Sanchez Art Center is located only a little over a mile east from Highway One, at 1220 Linda Mar Blvd, Pacifica.  Free parking in the lot or on the street.  No admission fee.  

66th Annual Member Show Awards

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We are happy to announce the award winners in this year’s Member Show! These awards will be given officially today at the Artist Talk in the Main Gallery which starts at 3pm.
Awards were selected by Jenna Erwin, Project Manager, Asian Art Museum of San Francisco
Exhibition Award Recipients
These four artists have won an exhibit in the Main Gallery during next year’s Member Show:
Ash Asaro, “Wishing I Was There”, ceramic
Tim Berry,”Which Hands”, oil, encasutic, asphaitumon okawara paper on canvas
Charles McDevitt, “Topsy Turvy”, acrylic
Julie Stock, “Night Forest”, ceramic, lint, acrylic on canvas
Merit Award Recipients
Maria Bartola Mejia, “Burlesque Show”, archival pigment print
Dee Parra, “Driftwood Turtle”, wood sculpture
Beverly Patterson, “Eve”, photograph
Pauline Wakeham, “Moonlight Mother Stone”, acrylic + collaged printed papers
Susan Friedman, “The Pier”, acrylic/ ink painting
Barbara Bolls-Guillory, “Time to Smell the Roses”, relief linoleum print with chine colle
Bruce Washburn, “View from a Telegraph Hill Window”, watercolor
Many congratulations to all of these outstanding artists!

Call For Entry 66th Annual Member Show

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66th ANNUAL MEMBERS EXHIBIT
October 25 – November 24, 2024

Dates to Keep:

Receiving – Sun, Oct 13, 5-6:30 pm and Mon, Oct 14, 10-noon
Opening Reception – Fri, Oct 25, 7-9 pm
Gallery Hours – After Oct 25, Fri, Sat, Sun, 1-5 pm
Return – Sun, Nov 24, 5-6:30 pm & Mon, Nov 25, 10-noon

Awards: Selected by Jenna Erwin, Project Manager, Asian Art Museum of San Francisco.
In addition to cash awards, 4 Exhibition Awards will be designated for a special Art Guild of Pacifica exhibit in the Main Gallery during the 2024 Annual
Members Exhibit.

Sales: Artists may have their work for sale, or not (NFS,) as they choose. Sanchez Art Center, as the artist’s representative, will retain a 30% commission on any work sold. Sold work will remain in place for the duration of the exhibit. Work “Not for Sale” shall be marked NFS.

Questions – Nancy Russell (415) 533-5343 / agp.artguild@gmail.com

See additional details in the CFE Form linked here.

 

Artist Gathering: A Love Letter To Art

 

Congratulations 50|50 Artists!

We would like to take a moment to congratulate the AGP members who were accepted into this year’s 50|50 Exhibition!

AGP Members in the Show are:
  • Jennifer Alpaugh
  • Rene Blanco
  • Daniele Derenzi
  • Susan Friedman
  • Barbara Kibbe

We look forward to seeing their work, and all the fabulous work in SAC’s annual 50|50.