June 2010 Blog Posts (16)

June 30th is Chris Sorensen's Annual Big Birthday Party and Lunch. Please come and see him and enjoy some delicious food as well as some entertainment.



Chris has such a wonderful heart and has shown such an awesome dedication to the artist community for so many years. Come wish Chris a happy birthday. It would mean so much to this MAN OF STEEL.

2223 South Van Ness Avenue in Downtown Fresno, just at Railroad Ave. next to the…

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I woke early, before the rest of the house, less the dogs and the cats.

I made the usual pot of coffee, practiced my pretend

artist language for my upcoming pretend art show in

New York City, shuffled through a…

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This quiz has four parts.

You must get all four parts correct to score 100%. The winner will be revealed Friday!



For extra credit (for those slackers who need it) What local artist sold a painting for $500. this ArtHop?







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She played a major role in American art in the 1920s gaining a level of professional recognition enjoyed by few women. At a time when American art had little outside influence, her style and name reached all the way to Europe. Later in her life she moved to the American southwest where she found inspiration in the high desert landscapes. She often transformed her subjects of rocks, flowers, shells, animal bones, and landscapes into powerful abstract images. Many prominent art…

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Okay, the dates and everything are final - below is a link for the brochure/symposium registration form. Sounds like it will be a great time.


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The Pink Show is coming. The fifth annual art show instilling awareness of breast cancer and raising money to aid local organizations is coming back to Fresno in October. October is BREAST CANCER AWARENESS MONTH.

The art is to incorporate the color pink in reference of breast cancer, the paintings will be displayed through the month of October at the Sorensen Studio.

Entries for this years…

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If you like any of my art, you may buy prints at Imagekind.com . Thanks… Continue

Born 1853, the son of a pastor, was highly emotional and lacked self-confidence, splashes of color was his chief symbol of expression. Before deciding to become an artist, he had had two unhappy romances, worked unsuccessfully as a clerk in a bookstore and was dismissed as a preacher for overzealousness.

Who is this Artist?

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“One in six Americans is food insecure. Even more shocking is that one in four children lives in a food-insecure household.” Given the current state of the economy, it is going to take a while for these numbers to decrease. Fresno State students taking Management 133, a nonprofit management course, are partnering with the Community Food Bank to raise hunger awareness through the Arts.



We are hosting an arthop to raise awareness and education of this issue in the region. All proceeds… Continue

The Fresno Folklore Society proudly presents

The Carolina Chocolate Drops w/ Lance Canales and the Flood

on June 27 2010 6:30 PM at Frank's Place at the Warnors Center for the Performing Arts

Tickets are $15 in advance and for Fresno Folklore Society members and $20 general admission on day of

show. They are on sale at Patrick's Music, National…

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ANCIENT ROOTS

Singer/Songwriter Lance Canales & The Flood

collaboration with

photographer/filmmaker George Elfie Ballis of SunMt



MUSIC DVD RELEASE PARTY: JULY 2010 TBA



The spirit of sInger/songwriter/musician Lance Canales‘ soulfilled “Native Americana” collection on this music DVD is interwoven with still images of famous Central Valley photographer/filmmaker George Elfie Ballis. The earthy… Continue

“One in six Americans is food insecure. Even more shocking is that one in four children lives in a food-insecure household.” Given the current state of the economy, it is going to take a while for these numbers to decrease. Fresno State students taking Management 133, a nonprofit management course, are partnering with the Community Food Bank to raise… Continue

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A new portrait of Marilyn Monroe has been unveiled at the Jersey Museum, to mark her 84th birthday.

The screen icon died in 1962, but local collector David Gainsborough Roberts has kept her memory alive with an exhibition at the museum.

The Marilyn exhibition has been a great…

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Hey...what a perfect thing to do this summer...take some voice lessons!