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The Pence Gallery Emerging Artist Award supports the creation of new work by emerging artists in California, and the opportunity to share that work through an exhibit and an artist talk. Artists must use the award of $4,000 to further their work in a significant direction, and may work in any medium, except for video or sound art. ‘Emerging’ is defined as an artist who is early in their art career, who has limited experience exhibiting, but not an extensive solo exhibit history. The winner will be announced by April 25th.

This award is sponsored by Rosa Marquez & Yatish Mishra.

DROP-OFF HAS ENDED

This year, we will have the first exhibit dedicated to artwork created by Pence Members! Titled Assorted Flavors, the exhibit is from May 1 – June 6, 2025, in the Dowling Community Gallery.

This is an open theme display, and work doesn’t have to be for sale. Each Pence Member may bring in one piece of their choosing in any medium, and we will install it for you! Maximum dimensions are 30” in any direction (including frame), no heavier than 30 lbs., and all work should be ready to install.

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The Pence’s Slice exhibit is open for submission by California artists working in any medium (except video or sound). This is an ‘open theme’ exhibit, which showcases art that is conceptually thoughtful, technically skilled, and representative of contemporary trends in art.

This year’s juror is Susie Kantor. She is the Associate Curator & Exhibition Department Head at the Jan Shrem and Maria Manetti Shrem Museum of Art at UC Davis. Her curatorial projects there include Through Their Eyes: Selections from the Sandretto Re Rebaudengo Collection; Phillip Byrne, Beatriz Cortez, Kang Seung Lee, Candice Lin: Entangled Writing; Shiva Ahmadi: Strands of Resilience; Loie Hollowell: Tick Tock Belly Clock; and From Moment to Movement: Picturing Protest in the Kramlich Collection. Previously, she worked at Yerba Buena Center for the Arts and the Asian Art Museum in San Francisco. She holds an MA in Art History with a focus on 17th century Dutch painting from New York University, Institute of Fine Arts.

DROP-OFF IS JUNE 27TH

It’s time for our annual non-juried exhibit to highlight the talent of our community’s artists! Artists ages 16 and up can drop off one artwork in any medium to the Pence on Friday, June 27, beginning at 11:30 AM.

Artists self-select one piece (limit 30” in any direction, including the frame, and no more than 50 pounds). All artworks must be framed, or ready to install. The first 50 artworks will be admitted after artists pay a fee of $30 for Members and $40 for non-Members.

Participants can win the Curator’s Choice award or the Public Choice award, chosen by viewers, which awards a free annual Pence membership and a photo in the Davis Enterprise.

This exhibit is sponsored by Phil & Dawn Daro, in honor of Bill Roe.

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This pop-up market on Friday, June 13, from 6-9 PM, invites young visual artists, ages 16-25, to display and sell their artwork, ranging from prints and paintings, to ceramics and jewelry.

All proceeds go directly to the artist.