2008 Calendar

Exhibitions, Competitions, Demonstrations

April
Event
April 17 -May 18
California Art Club, Pasadena, CA
97th Annual Gold Medal Juried Exhibition
626.583.9009 www.californiaartclub.com

May
Event
May 2 -June 28
Knowlton Gallery, Lodi, CA
Vines, a group show
209.368.5123 www.knowltongallery.com

Workshop
May 16, 17, 18  Friday -Sunday $300
Cotati, CA
Plein Air Pastels in the Wine Country *
Contact: Clark Mitchell 707.793.9131
clark@cgmitchell.com

Event
May 18-  June 22  
Pastel Society of the West Coast
Pastels USA, 22nd Annual International Exhibition
www.pswc.wsHaggin Museum, Stockton, CA
209.940.6300 www.hagginmuseum.org

Event
May     31
Napa Valley Art Festival, Copia, Napa, CA
benefits the Land Trust of Napa County
www.napalandtrust.org

June

Event
June    27
Art at the Petaluma Equestrian Center
Benefit for: Mentor Me Petaluma
sponsored by Rotary of Petaluma
www.mentormepetaluma.org

July
Workshop
July 18, 19, and 20, Friday - Sunday $300
Pastel Landscapes Indoors *
Sonoma County, CA
Contact: Clark Mitchell, 707-793-9131
e-mail: clark@cgmitchell.com

September
Event
September 6
Art for Renewed Life
Art Auction sponsored by Sonoma County AIDS Network
Furth Center, Windsor
970.726.9292 www.f2f.org

October
Workshop
October 3, 4, 5 Friday, Saturday, Sunday $300
Plein Air Pastels in the Wine Country *
Cotati, CA Contact: Clark Mitchell, 707-793-9131
e-mail: clark@cgmitchell.com

Event
October 24, 25, 26
Sedona Arts Center 4th Annual Plein Air Festival
Sedona AZ
928.282.3809 www.sedonaartscenter.com

Workshop
October 28 -31 Tuesday -Friday $450
Plein Air in Sedona
Sponsored by the Sedona Arts Center, Sedona, AZ
928.282.3809 www.sedonaartscenter.com

November
Workshop
November 14, 15, 16 Friday, Saturday, Sunday
Plein Air Pastels in the Wine Country, *
Sonoma County CA
Contact: Clark Mitchell, 707-793-9131
e-mail: clark@cgmitchell.com

Pastel Class information:

Learn how to create strong paintings through sketching, dynamic underpaintings,use of rich color. There are daily demonstrations, plenty critiques and at-easel assistance.

Sonoma County Plein Air and Indoor workshops based at my fabulous new straw bale studio in Cotati, California, southern gateway to the beautiful Sonoma County Wine Country.

Indoor workshops: we work from photo references provided by students or by the instructor.

Plein Air Workshops: The first morning we will cover basics of plein air painting indoors. The remainder of the time will be spent outdoors creating on-location scenes in pastels.
Cost: $300 for three daysMaterials and local lodging lists upon request

Group lessons: I also hold twice monthly group lessons in my studio in Cotati, California
cost: $160 for four sessions (two months)

Private sessions by appointment. Possibilities include painting indoors, outdoors, critiques, demonstrations, consultations. cost: $40 per hour, two hour
minimum

Clark Mitchell
8967 Cypress Avenue, Cotati, CA 94931
707-793-9131
clark@cgmitchell.com