WE WILL BE CLOSED FROM DECEMBER 15 TO JANUARY 16 FOR OUR NEW YEAR'S BREAK

MAIN GALLERY

BACK TO NATURE

Art in the time of Covid

Nature gives us Beauty, Peace and Hope
at a time when we crave these things.

SANDI ADAMS

November 14 – December 12

The gallery is open on weekends 11-5

ONLINE GALLERY

SIGNATURE GALLERY

Blaze of Color

Colleen Gianatiempo

November 14 – December 12

ONLINE GALLERY

ONLINE DEMO

ONLINE DEMO • December 9 • 3:30-5:30pm

Watercolor Techniques

Wendy Soneson

Join Wendy for a live zoom demonstration of watercolor techniques. She will be painting several paintings with a variety of techniques: a landscape, a flower, and a city scape. She will use the saturated paper technique and four paper techniques with emphasis on color mixing, values, contrast and textures.

ZOOM LINK

RAFFFLE

FunAmeda Productions is holding a raffle for a vintage (never worn) Hermès scarf to benefit Frank Bette Center for the Arts!
The raffle will start Friday, December 4th. The drawing for the
scarf will be held at FunAmeda on Saturday, December 19.
Tickets will be $2 each purchased in person at:

FunAmeda Productions

918 Central Ave.

Thurs - Sun, 10am til 4pm

510.263.8104

funameda.com

COMING IN JANUARY

MAIN GALLERY
Orange Crate Art from the collection of John Orr
January 16 - January 30, 2021

There will be a talk by John Orr on Wednesday, January 13 , 6-8 pm where John will be showing a number of the works while he talks about the history of commercial art and California.

SIGNATURE GALLERY
REVISIT THE SECRET ART SALE
January 16 - January 30, 2021
Unsold artwork from previous years. Did you see something you liked but didn't purchase it? Find out if it is still available.

CALL FOR ART

Get your art ready for the next show!

Alone Together • February-March, 2021

Unsettled relationships, isolation from in-person interaction, social media communication; contradictions; contrasts; control of technology; mask wearing; opaque; hidden; superficial; connections.
Drop Off: Sunday, January 31, 11AM to 5PM
Reception: Friday, February 12, 2021 • 7-9PM
Note that this reception may be virtual, depending on the pandemic situation

Call for Applications

Alameda on Camera
48 Photographers • 48 Hours • 48 Sections of Alameda

Ginnie Chabre • Going Outside

Adult and youth juried competitions

All Photo-based artwork, media and techniques welcome

Multiple award categories

Application deadline January 17, 2021

Late applications accepted until January 31

APPLY NOW

ONLINE CLASSES

Cityscapes in Watercolor with Wendy Soneson
Pocket Sketching with Kath Macaulay
Paint Your Pet in Expressive Watercolor: with Colleen Gianatiempo

EXPLORE OUR CLASSES

CALL FOR ART

START PLANNING FOR OUR
MARCH FUNDRAISER!
Special call for art: FAAS/FBCA Fundraiser

We have done a lot of running in circles chasing our tails to get ready for the big online FBCA fundraiser with Friends of the Alameda Animal Shelter (FAAS). There are many tricks to learn for an online event, so we are postponing the event until March 2021. This means that our 2D and craft artists will have more time to prepare too!

Photography (limit 3) deadline is January 31, 2021.
Craft items (limit 3) deadline is December 15, 2020.
Paintings (limit 3) deadline is January 15, 2020

FIND OUT MORE

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Thank you for being a member and for supporting the programs of the Frank Bette Center for the Arts.

Your membership is important to us, especially at this critical time. Memberships are crucial to provide the funds to cover day to day expenses, so we can provide space for exciting programs like the poetry readings, monthly art exhibits, art talks, and art classes. Each member is a key component of our success as a community art center.

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