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Sidewalk Art Event
Everyone is invited Sept. 3-5 to come create colorful chalk art throughout downtown Carpinteria to help promote public health. Artists must register by Monday, Aug. 31 for the free event. Registration materials can be printed from the City of Carpinteria website or picked up on the fence at the Carpinteria Arts Center, 855 Linden Ave. Registrants will be assigned a sidewalk square and can pick up materials, including chalk, gloves and a mask, at the Carpinteria Arts Center during the event hours; Thursday, Sept. 3 from 8am to 6pm; Friday, Sept. 4 from 8am to 6pm; and Saturday, Sept. 5 from 8am to noon.
🎨Sponsored by the City of Carpinteria, "Mask Up Carp" is coordinated by Muralism, a nonprofit that brings extensive experience in public art projects. Partner organizations include the Lynda Fairly Carpinteria Arts Center, Carpinteria Beautiful and Girls Inc. of Carpinteria.
🌟Sign up to volunteer or contact Lea Boyd at lea@2trumpets.com to have registration materials emailed.
FREE Virtual Art Classes-Register NOW
Program Chairs Marty Selfridge and Gary Campopiano share, "Thank you to the generous sponsors and to the artists who have been willing to change their classes in order to make the new, on-line format work. The exciting FREE class offerings for the Fall will be listed on our website SOON. Please take a look and then take a class!"
Program Chair Marty Selfridge
Program Chair Gary Campopiano
Our next exhibition opens on Sept. 29 and will feature original prints made using hand and press printing techniques such as etching, drypoint, monoprint, woodblock, collagraph, linocut, clay, lithography, screen printing, transfer, and photopolymer plates.
Deadline for submissions: Sept. 10th.
Jurrors: Bay Hallowell & Garrett Speirs.
🎨Featured print by Mollie Doctrow.
Mother & daughter volunteer team Johanna & Shanon during a pre-pandemic volunteer event.
Volunteer Happy Hour
Want the inside scoop about what is happening at your Arts Center? Join us for our volunteer virtual zoom meeting get together!
Thursday, August 20th @ 5:00pm
Click on the link to join: 
Meeting ID: 280 435 648
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