March 15, 2024
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
The Fourth Annual Tuolumne County Art Week, April 13-21, 2024, celebrates creative excellence with the 37th Annual InFocus Competition, Exhibition and Sale, the 69th Annual Mother Lode Art Association Juried Fine Art Show and Exhibit, and more than a dozen special exhibitions and offers throughout the county.
The 37th Annual InFocus Competition, Exhibition and Sale will take place April 7-21, 2024, at the Jamestown Community Hall. The juried show draws more than 50 amateur and professional photographers, competing in the subject categories of nighttime, landscape, manmade, people, plants, and animals.
The 69th Annual Mother Lode Art Association Juried Fine Art Show and Exhibition will showcase local and regional artists' works from April 12-20, 2024 at the Sonora Opera Hall. A silent auction and raffle will be held during the show. Artists’ work for sale can be purchased, with part of the proceeds going to support art in Tuolumne schools.
In addition to the juried art shows, there will be more than a dozen special exhibitions and offers featuring local artists and craftspeople. Visit Tuolumne County provides a list of participants and activities at www.visittuolumne.com/art-week.
“From photographers to sculptors to painters and actors and everything in between, Tuolumne County has an abundance of talent to showcase and celebrate,” stated Lisa Mayo, President & CEO of Visit Tuolumne County.
Tuolumne County, located two and a half hours’ drive east of the San Francisco Bay Area, is known for its inspiring scenic expanse reaching from the verdant foothills to the peaks of the Sierra Nevada mountains.
Tuolumne County Art Week is held in conjunction with California Arts, Culture & Creativity Month.
ABOUT VISIT TUOLUMNE COUNTY
Visit Tuolumne (“to-all-o-me”) County (VTC) is the official destination marketing organization for Tuolumne County in Northern California. Gold was discovered in Tuolumne County in 1848, setting off the major gold rush of 1849. The main highways leading to the picturesque drive from the Bay Area are Highways 108 and 120 from the west and Highway 49 from the north. The State Highway 120 entrance to Yosemite National Park is considered the “front door” of the park for the Bay Area. The Stanislaus National Forest, Yosemite National Park and other surrounding areas provide natural vistas and settings for hiking, water skiing, horseback riding, rafting, camping, snowmobiling, boating, snow skiing, fishing, and other outdoor activities. Seven restored historic hotels, four golf courses, numerous and varied dining establishments, historic saloons, four wineries, a hard cider distillery, train rides, casinos, seven museums, two state historic parks, two live theaters, many bed-and-breakfast inns and a variety of Airbnb accommodations are among the many other attributes that make the county a year-round vacation destination. For more information, go to www.visittuolumne.com.
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Media Contacts:
Laurie Armstrong Gossy, Armstrong Gossy PR, larmstronggossy@gmail.com, 415-290-6830
Jen Lopez, Visit Tuolumne County, jen@gotuolumne.com, 209-533-4420
