CALENDAR FOR THE WALL DISPLAY, JANUARY – DECEMBER 2025

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Unless otherwise noted or announced for a specific month, we are going to try doing pick up and drop off on the same day.  Be sure to read email for updates.  Pick up and Drop off will be done on the Thursday prior to the First Saturday of each month.  You must have picked up and dropped off by 2 PM that day.  Please  be sure your art is framed and wired properly!  A proper wiring example is at the front of the art room. 

• January – FEATURING THE CLASSES

The fun will feature the Display Wall with examples of art made in All About Art classes and weekly open houses with hands-on activities.  We’ll get to show our community what we’re doing and how they can join in the fun!

• February – The Art from the Creative Vision Show

• March:  OVER-SIZED ART   

The framed art can weigh up to 25 pounds with a circumference not greater than 192 inches including the frame.  One piece per artist.

• April:  PORTRAITS

Let’s have Sun City’s own PORTRAIT REVOLUTION!If you’ve not heard of Julia Kay, contemporary artist, look her up!  She is a professional artist who engaged hundreds of artists from around the world to paint portraits of each other.  It’ll be fun to try.  Watch your email for a February meeting when we will organize!  We’ll see how many people join in.  We may use the whole wall!

• May: Spring Art Show:  After the show, any pieces the artist would like on the display wall will be moved there after the show. 

• June: BLACK AND WHITE

We went to a gallery show in New Hampshire that had only black and white paintings!(Some had a tiny touch of red).  It was extraordinary.  Let’s try it.  We’ll aim to use the right end of the wall, and work our way toward the center.

• July: CARTOONS

Charcoal, graphite, conte crayons, pens, pencils, acrylic, oil….whatever you use to draw will be welcomed.  A cartoon can be a humorous or not.  It may be a drawing or series of drawings that are comical or adventurous.  As always the art must be framed for hanging, with two pieces per artist.

• August: TINY ART

The tiny art entries were wonderful last year!  And it takes a lot to fill our wall, so start planning now!  All art must have a perimeter of40” or less, including the frame.As is always the case, the art must be wired for hanging.  Two pieces per artist.  Only the last panel on the right will be used.

• September:  FABULOUS FAKES

This was a huge success this past year.  Let’s try it again.  Artists will choose familiar works as inspiration and create a fake.  Each piece will be displayed with a very small image of the original inspiration so that viewers can compare and find the differences.  Examples might be Girl with Ruby Earring - instead of pearl earring, or Mona Lisa with a tattoo, or using a cell phone.One piece per artist

• October: WATER, WATER, EVERYWHERE!

Water has been a subject of artistic exploration for centuries, and it can carry a variety of symbolic meanings.  From Claude Monet’s WATER LILIES to David Hockney’s A BIGGER SPLASH, there are numerous examples of the interpretation of water.  We’ll hang the water-themed art starting on the far right panel, and hang the no-themed art starting at the Featured Artists.Two pieces total per artist.

• November: Fall Art Show art will be hung. 

• December – ANYTHING GOES

This seems to be a club favorite, so let’s do it again.  Artists can display traditional and non-traditional art forms, prints, giclee, fabric art---really just about anything goes! Collages with found objects that are securely fastened to a canvas will be accepted.  We will accommodate all art that can be hung on the wall, but we aren’t able to accommodate oversized art this time. (See guidelines below.)  Up to two pieces per artist. There will be a Featured Artist, but other than that, the whole wall will be used. 

Some things will stay the same: The Featured Artist will remain a monthly feature in its current location. Art from the All About Art Spring, Fall Art Shows, and Creative Vision will be displayed in the month after the show.  Things to remember:  Abstract and Digital art is welcomed each month.  Please, no AI generated art.  In most cases we’ll start on the far right and work our way to the left for the specially designated displays.  As is always the case, flat canvases without frames will not be accepted.  The canvas must be framed, or be at least 1 3/8 “ with finished edges.  Unless otherwise noted, the size of the painting or paintings submitted may not exceed 1248 square inches.