Los Altos Art Club Exhibits

The Los Altos Art Club offers many ways for its members to showcase their art. Besides a personal gallery page on the club's website, there are various shows during the year. The club also works with various local sites (venues) where members display art and can offer it for sale. In addition, members can bring art to the monthly member meetings and enter it in the member competition. For details on these exhibiting opportunities, click one of the links below.

Page Contents:
Current/Future LAAC Art Show
Past LAAC Art Shows and Exhibits
LAAC Exhibit Venues
LAAC Monthly Competition

Current & Future LAAC Art Shows

Art in my Heart
Main Street Cafe
May 2013

All 2D media accepted.

Registration and more information- see below

Dialog with Color
Los Altos Library
June 2013

All media accepted, maximum size of 28" x 28" (up to two paintings or 2D artworks per artist)

Registration information for both shows:
- due to time constraints, the registration deadline for both shows is April 14th, 2013.
- the registration fee for each of the shows is $10/artist, and $15/artist if registering for both.

- for more info, guidelines and registration forms go to this link: https://sites.google.com/site/laacsite/

Jewish Community Center
November and December 2013

Details will follow in upcoming newsletters.

Great American Framing Company
Palo Alto, date TBD

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Past LAAC Art Shows and Exhibits

Click a show title below:

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LAAC Exhibit Venues

The Los Altos Art Club works with public business venues to provide display areas for the exhibit of members’ work on a scheduled basis. We are fortunate to include highly visible and professional locations. Work selection, framing, hanging, deadlines, transportation and publicity are a few of the tasks that many take for granted yet are fundamental activities for the working artist. This program allows participating artists to gain exposure and experience in the professional display of their artwork.

Click below to download instructions for exhibiting your work.
Exhibit Guidelines and Venues Contacts (pdf file)

For sales that occur as a result of displaying art at any of our venues, 10% of any sale is the designated amount to be given to LAAC as a commission for use of the venue.
Venues Sales Policy

LOCATION	Number of Paintings
Bean Scene Café (1) 500 Castro St. (MV Center for Performing Arts)	8-9 small/medium
Brian's Restaurant (1) Foothill Expressway at Rancho Los Altos	13 (medium/large)
Original Pancake House (1) 420 S. San Antonio Rd. Los Altos (restaurant)	8-9 (medium/large)
Original Pancake House 420 S. San Antonio Rd. Los Altos (bar)	11 (medium/large)
SimplyBeSalon (2) 528 University Ave., Palo Alto	14 (medium/large)
Family Chiropractic Center (3) 949 Sherwood Avenue, Ste 100 Los Altos	4 (small/medium) + 2 large
Los Altos Sr. Center 97 Hillview Ave., Los Altos (room 11)	6 (med)
Los Altos Sr. Center - Lobby 97 Hillview Ave., Los Altos (lobby)	4 (medium)
(1) - only one exhibition for every 12-month cycle per artist (2) - The salon owner will select paintings from registered artists. The artists will be informed. (3) - no mosaic wall hanging Exhibiting Artists: About 10 days prior to your date, you will receive by email/phone information about your venue, including people to contact to exchange paintings. Email (preferred) or call the venues chairperson My-Xuan Ho (or her backup, Daniela Friedmann) if needed. (See your directory for contact info.)

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Monthly Competition

There is an art competition at each month's regular meeting where members can bring a work of art. Entry in the competition is voluntary. Members enjoy seeing each other's works and vote for their favorites. At year end, the artist with the most winning art pieces becomes the "artist of the year".

Monthly Competition Rules:

The themes for the monthly competition are announced in the Newsletter at least three months in advance.
All artwork displayed at LAAC monthly business meetinga and entered in the "Artist of the Month" competition must be original artwork.
The monthly subject matter category guidelines are required to be followed.
Submissions must be framed or conform to a "Museum Wrap"*, be refined, and be family acceptable.
Only one painting/participant is allowed.
The judgment of the Monthly Competition Chairman resolves all issues.
Please bring your artwork in before 6:45 PM to allow hanging and set-up time.
Winners are chosen by secret ballot by all members present at the meeting. One vote per member is allowed.
Ribbons are awarded for First, Second and Third Place.

*Refers to picture canvas wrapping around the sides of the stretcher bars and fastened on the back. This allows for a clean standing edge, not requiring a frame. The edges are painted as if in the picture subject matter or in a solid color that complements the artwork.

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