Placerville Arts Association
WELCOME
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Placerville Arts Association (PAA) Placerville Arts Association promotes the creative work of its members, provides opportunities for sharing ideas among artists, and invites public interest through a variety of visual art events.
Placerville Arts Association PAA’s Outreach Program provides funding and supplies to support community visual arts.
Placerville Arts Association is the oldest non-profit art group in El Dorado County in continuous operation since the early 1960s.
The current membership includes both artists and patrons of the arts.
Current Events
​Membership Meeting
Mon, April 14, 2025
2:30 - 4:30 pm
at the Senior Center,
937 Spring Street in Placerville
Artists Donine & Sid Wellman
will give a presentation about their Public Art projects. Sid's work is a combination of paintings, cut-outs, and sculptures that are a mixture of pop and abstract art styles. “I brush, roll, spray, splatter, and stamp my art using acrylics, glazes, textures, image transfer, and collage on canvas, panel, board, metal, and fiberglass. Donine loves the creative process of taking a blank canvas and seeing what beauty will emerge. With a graphics background, and influences from old-world textures and patinas along with some mystery or whimsy, she hopes to inspire and bring joy and beauty.
Plus Art Challenge:
The theme is "Let the Light Emerge". Bring a piece of your artwork with this theme to share.
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View past membership meetings on YouTube >>
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Board Meeting
First Friday of each month
April 4, 2025
9:45 - 11:45 am
Everyone is invited to attend.
at the Senior Center located at
937 Spring Street in Placerville
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Announcing
Placerville Arts Association
First Annual Plein Air Art Competition
April 26, 2025
With a reception afterwards
at Greenstone Country Barn
in Placerville
Call to Artists:
Participation limited to 25.
Deadline to sign up is April 18.
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Studio Tour
Coordination Meetings
12:00 Noon,
April 16, May 21, June 18,
July 16, August 20
In person at Raley’s Community conference room, 166 Placerville Drive,
Or online on Zoom
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​PAA Member Show
Ready, Set, Create
Because the PAA Spring Member Show is coming up!
April 7-11, 2025
Placerville Government Center
Judge: Karen Burns
This show will be categorized and judged by MEDIA.
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​Art Lunch
Thursday, April 17, 2025
April's art lunch will be at Carolina's Cantina at 384 Main Street in Placerville at the location formerly housing Cascada. Let's meet at noon to enjoy a nice lunch and good friends. Members of Placerville Arts Association and guests are invited to join in. Please rsvp to Lynell Phillips at lynellphillips@aol.com or call or text 415-793-2134. Same day rsvp, please text.
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Placerville Arts Association's
USED ART SUPPLY SALE
SATURDAY, MAY 17, 2025
9 a.m. - 4 p.m.
5500 Silver Lode Drive, Placerville
(off El Dorado Rd between Hwy 50 and Mother Lode)
Lots of goodies, including new and gently-used frames, paint, two practically new French easels, paper, canvases, books, storage items, jewelry supplies, fabric, printmaking materials, tole painting blanks, and more!
The early bird gets the best stuff,
but no sales prior to 9 a.m.
Cash or checks only.
Questions: Contact Carolyn Cunningham at ccart2002@yahoo.com
ALL PROCEEDS GO TO
PAA OUTREACH FUND
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Do you have art supplies that have been gathering dust? Are you downsizing and just need to purge? Please CONSIDER DONATING USABLE ITEMS (no junk, please) for this event. Bring items to the Member Meetings on March 17, or April 21. If you have items to donate but cannot attend either meeting, please contact Carolyn Cunningham at the email address above.
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Join us on
TUESDAY MORNINGS for ART TIME
at the Placerville Senior Center!
937 Spring Street.
We meet from 9 am - 1 pm
in the Crafts Room.
Come draw, paint, paste, share ideas about methods and materials, get suggestions, and just be around other artists. Come early, come late, stay all 4 hours, 4 minutes, or just stop by to say hello. No need to RSVP, just show up. Questions? Contact Carolyn Cunningham at ccart2002@yahoo.com
or (909) 525-5774​
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Our April Member meeting will include an art challenge. The theme is "let the light emerge". Create an artwork to share.
​Membership Meeting
Mon, May 19, 2025
2:30 - 4:30 pm
at the Senior Center,
937 Spring Street in Placerville
Artist: Matt Harline
Will give a presentation on "The Making of a Solo Show and Accompanying Book."
Matt will share his experience with creating and exhibiting a solo show at the MACC, and go through what it took to create his two photo books. Sharing highlights, challenges, and some dos and don’ts in organizing and curating an art exhibit and in self publishing his book.
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Also: at our May member meeting, we will invite any new members to introduce themselves and bring examples of their art to share with the group. Aadditionally, recipients of this year's PAA Outreach Grant will speak to the group.
At our June member meeting, we will share our Honeycomb project artwork. If you would like a panel for the Honeycomb project, contact Su Wickersham at editor@placervillearts.com.
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PAA's Switchboard Gallery Show is over, but you can view the works online at www.paa.gallery
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Save the date:
PAA Holiday Party
Dec. 12, 2025
