Mariposa Artists Bio!

Where to purchase the Arts Trail
Catalog / Map

Bass Lake:

The Village Corner, Bass Lake (559) 642-3808

Coarsegold:  

Inanna's Gift Studio / Gallery 35463 Hwy 41 (559) 683-7529

Clovis:

Mullins Studio Gallery, 525 4^th Street, (559) 322-0395

Fresno:

Blue Moon Gallery, 1756 W Bullard (559) 449-9818

Chris Sorensen Studio, 2205 S Van Ness (559) 237-4934

Madera:

Madera Co. Arts Council / Circle Gallery, 1653 N Schnoor Ave, Suite 113, (559) 661-7005

Mariposa:

Mariposa Co. Visitors Bureau, Hwy 49 & 140 (209) 966-7081  

Sierra Art Trails is an open studio art tour focused on communities in Eastern Madera and Mariposa Counties. The show features more than one hundred artists and artisans working in a wide range of media including painting, photography, jewelry, sculpture, fiber arts, woodcarving, ceramics, and more!


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Sierra Art Trails is an annual open art studio tour focusing on the communities of Eastern Madera County and Mariposa County. The show features the work of 130 artists and artisans working in a wide range of media including painting, photography, sculpture, jewelry fiber arts, ceramics and more. The event will take place this year on Saturday and Sunday, October 13^th and 14^th from 10 AM to 6 PM each day.

Visitors attending the event must first purchase a tour catalog, available for $15, which admits two people to the show. The catalog includes a list of participating artists, and maps to the locations of artist’s studios.

 There will be a preview exhibit at Stellar Gallery in Oakhurst from September 15^th thru October 15^th. The exhibit includes representative works by each artist participating in Sierra Art Trails.  The purpose of the preview exhibit is to help visitors plan their weekend by giving them a taste of the work done by each artist.  The preview exhibit will also be open from 9AM to 6 PM on the weekend of the show so you can get a head start on your tour.

Plan on taking this two-day adventure this fall. Follow the trail and find the “pot-of-gold” which will thrill you and give you a truly enriching experience.

 For further information visit the Art Trails web site at www.sierraarttrails.org

We are very excited that 40 of those artists are living, working and presenting their art in Mariposa. Congratulations to these fine artists who have been juried into to this year’s event:  Kimberley Barger, Yvonne Beattie, Stanley Bissmeyer, Susan Bolen, Charlotte Ruth Burney, Michelle Capela, Becky Caraco, Connie & Brianne Collins, Catherine Crandall, William Davis, Brent Gilstrap, Steve Harding, Mary Harsh, Charlotte & David Hoffman, Marian A. Magill,  Bobby Lyden, Penny Otwell, Helen Willoughby-Peck, Charles Phillips, Larry Potter, Nancy J Robbins, Terry Robinson, Sue Rudd, Yvonne Sarazin, Fran Shell, Ann Jones Shelton, Bob Shockley, Carol Shockley, Juanita Smith, Althea Stevens, Vicki D. Thomas, Rick & Jerry Uebner, Geoffrey Vassallo, Paula Walter, Ken Webster, Margot Wholey and Diane Hunter-Zehrung.

 Art enthusiasts from our area and those visiting our area will enjoy the various artist’s work, and will be able to see many of them at work or just chat with the artists and find out what inspires them. This year we will have 14 beautiful sites in Mariposa alone. These sites will feature 38 of our 40 artists. The event will push its way into downtown Mariposa and on out to Catheys Valley. 

The variety of art media represented will include sculpture, oil painting, water color, photography, woodcarving, computer-generated images, printmaking, fiber art, furniture, boat building, glass works, ceramics, pottery, handcrafted jewelry plus others.

Sierra Art Trails also sponsors young artists, resulting in over $5,000 in educational scholarships paid since its inauguration four years ago. Additional scholarship or sponsorship contributions are encouraged as a “golden opportunity” to continue to support the “arts” for the very talented youth in our area.