Call for Art! 

All Creatures Great and Small
January 11 to February 28

Open House and Reception Saturday, January 11 from 2-4pm

All artists are welcome to submit artwork for this show. 
It's an open call for art, all mediums including photography and 3D are invited. 
Children's art is also welcome! 

Deadline to enter is January 1.
Intake is Saturday, January 4 from 10am to 11am. 
Pick up is Saturday, March 1 from 9am to 10am.

Enter here, please read all of the rules. 


A Greeting Card Workshop at aRt Cottage. Thursday, January 16, 6:30 to 8:30pm

Join us for a fun greeting card social workshop!  Dori Sanchez will instruct. She is an entertainer and has taught card making classes on a Cruise Ship and at the Art Cottage. 

Date:  January 16, 2025
Time:  7:00 - 9:00 pm
Place:  The Art Cottage in Concord
Fee:  $40.00 cash at the door

Please RSVP to
frogard2000@gmail.com to reserve your spot.




Call For Art - Holiday Boutique

 

Call for Art at aRt Cottage! 
Sell your art at the annual The Holiday Boutique exhibit at aRt Cottage. aRt Cottage is now open for submissions for anything for the Boutique. No one is Juried in all are welcome. Use the submissions page and enter as many as you like. We have lots of room! 

  • Intake of work is November 1st 9:00 to 10:00 am.  
  • The artist reception will be November 9th from 2:00 to 4:00. 
  • Pick up of all art is December 21st from 9:00 to 10:00 in the morning.

Craft items can be submitted in sets of 12 for the $20 entry fee. 

All wall art is $20 per piece no matter the size.


 


Twain hARTe in October!

 


Click the image above for more information

October Diablo Gazette Article


Click the image to go to the PDF of the October Diablo Gazette. We are on page 15. 

 

Jim Jordan

 We will be fondly remembering Jim Jordan, aRt Cottage friend and curator, at a Studio 55 reception, September 29, in Martinez where he painted with his many artist friends. 



Contra Costa Water District Calendar Youth Art Contest Winners!

 3 of the winners are aRt Cottage art students! Congratulations to all of the winners. You can see a slide show on the CC Water District website. https://www.ccwater.com/calendarcontest



   Mackenzie, Concord                     Sofia, Pittsburg                       Sonja, Concord  
            
                                                  






It was a beautiful reception, and we hope to see you at the next one! 
 

Our opening reception is on Saturday, July 13 from 2 to 4 pm. We will have refreshments and we hope to see you there! 

Our young student's artwork could be on the Contra Costa Water District calendar!

Please vote for 12 of these aRt Cottage student's artwork for the Contra Costa Water District calendar contest. We have 16 artworks in the contest! Here's the voting page.


Learn more about this calendar contest on the Contra Costa Water District website.



Kani o Mele will play at the reception!

You're invited to our reception on May 4 from 2-4. We will have refreshments and live ukulele music by Kani o Mele (it means sound of music in Hawaiian). Our Contra Costa Plein Air Painters exhibit has been hung today and we are ready to open on May 1!  We are so excited to show you these paintings. You will love this artwork as much as we do. 

Back by Popular Demand - Another Fun Greeting Card Making Social

March 21 from 6 to 9pm

The price is $40 for the class and we take a cash payment at the door. 
All materials included
Feel free to bring a snack to share
Drinks provided on the house 

Register NOW to artcottageconcord@gmail.com and let us know to save your place.

OPEN TO THE FIRST 10 SIGNUPS




 
 


 

 Our watercolor show is still on the walls until February 29. 



 We are having a Card Making workshop at aRt Cottage with Dori Sanchez


Date: Thursday, February  8
Time: 6-9 pm
All material supplied
Drinks on the house/bring a snack to share
Register by emailing artcottageconcord@gmail.com. Pay when you come.
Cost: $40 cash at the door

Don't pass this one up, registration open to the first 10. To register, just reply to email us and tell us you're coming to the workshop!