Committee for Green Foothills creating Coastside-oriented art exhibition

Committee for Green Foothills, a local environmental nonprofit organization, has announced a call to artists for an exhibition with an emphasis on the San Mateo County coast.  Nature’s Inspirations:  Celebrating the Arts, a juried exhibition will be held on Sunday, October 2, 2005 at Strawberry Ranch in Half Moon Bay. The exhibition is open to all Bay Area artists; photographs and original landscape paintings only (oil, acrylic, watercolor, mixed media, or pastel; on paper or canvas). Entry fee is $15. Application deadline July 13, 2005.

The Jane Gallagher Award and $250 cash prize will be awarded to an artist whose work honors the places, people and organizations that inspire the protection of open space.  Selected finalists will participate in the October 2 exhibition.

The prospectus is available from the CGF website. For more information, contact Committee for Green Foothills, 650.968.7243, or [email protected]