Tehachapi's Online Community News & Entertainment Guide
Tehachapi's Online Community News & Entertainment Guide
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Tehachapi Valley Arts Association and Gallery ‘N’ Gifts is excited to announce a “First Frightday Spooktacular” on Oct. 7 from 4 to 7 p.m., featuring Halloween-themed artwork by its local artist members. Refreshments will be served and, as always, the event is free. Oct. 7 also marks the “dead-line “ (excuse the pun) for community members to turn in their submissions for the annual Decorated Witches Hat Contest. A costume contest and awards for the hats will be held Oct. 28 from 5 to 6:30 p.m. with prizes and refreshments. Entry for these e...
Tehachapi Valley Arts Association and Gallery ‘N’ Gifts is excited to announce a “First Frightday Spooktacular” on Oct. 7 from 4 to 7 p.m., featuring Halloween-themed artwork by its local artist members. Refreshments will be served, and as always the event is free. Oct. 7 also marks the “dead-line “ (excuse the pun) for community members to turn in their submissions for the annual Decorated Witches Hat Contest. A costume contest and awards for the hats will be held Oct. 28 from 5 to 6:30 p.m. with prizes and refreshments. Entry for these event...
The 2022 Chalk on the Walk Festival was one for the record books. With over 80 entries and 30 sponsors, Tehachapi Arts Foundation and Tehachapi Valley Arts Association raised record funds for a favorite community cause: Art supply donations for local area schools. "TVAA's mission with Chalk on the Walk is to keep art in the classrooms. That we get to do this with such a fun community activity is an all-around win! Now that the event has happened, we'll collect art supply wish lists from...
Gallery 'N' Gifts hosted its community photo contest and First Friday awards reception on Aug. 5. With 70 photos submitted, the judges had their work cut out for them. One photo stood out from the rest and was deemed "Best of Show." The photo of a steely eyed mountain lion, taken by Wes Burcham was titled, "Go Ahead Make My Day." Congratulations Wes, and all the other participants, your photos made for a stunning show. Photos will be on display until Aug. 29 at Gallery 'N' Gifts. Interested in...
The 2022 Take Your Best Shot photo contest is back and Tehachapi Valley Arts Association is challenging amateur photographers of all ages to submit their favorite photos from July 23-Aug. 1 at Gallery ‘N’ Gifts. You have a chance to win the $100 Best of Show prize, or one of the first place prizes in the following categories: Landscape & Nature, Travel & Architecture, Animals, Black & White/Sepia, Altered Images, People/Portrait and Youth Photography. Each category will also have ribbons for 2nd, 3rd and honorable mention placings. For rul...
The 2022 Take Your Best Shot photo contest is back and Tehachapi Valley Arts Association is challenging amateur photographers of all ages to submit their favorite photos from July 23-Aug. 1 at Gallery ‘N’ Gifts for a chance to win the $100 Best of Show prize, or one of the first place prizes in the following categories: Landscape & Nature, Travel & Architecture, Animals, Black & White/Sepia, Altered Images, People/Portrait and Youth Photography. Each category will also have ribbons for 2nd, 3rd and honorable mention placing. For rules and inf...
On April 2, a reception was held for the Tehachapi Youth Art Contest. This annual contest, sponsored by Tehachapi Valley Arts Association and Gallery 'N' Gifts, invites student artists of all grade levels to submit their artwork to appear in their gallery. This year, over 60 artists submitted pieces to be judged. The student artwork will be on display through the month of April. Gallery 'N' Gifts, located at 100 W. Tehachapi Blvd., is open from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. daily. "This year's submissions s...
February's First Friday celebrated our local area photographers' creativity with a photo contest at Gallery 'N' Gifts. This year's contest is the 18th annual event sponsored by Tehachapi Valley Arts Association. 20 awards were given out in seven different categories. The next contest will be in August with submissions due the last week of July. Winners for February 2022 are: Best of Show: Nelson Amado Animals: 1st place: Cassie Sarkisian 2nd place: Nelson Amado 3rd place: Christine Odom HM:...
February's First Friday at Gallery 'N' Gifts will feature photography from our local community in its 17th annual photo contest. There's still time to participate as submissions will be accepted at Gallery 'N' Gifts, 100 W. Tehachapi Blvd., Jan. 24-31. The First Friday Awards reception will be held on Feb. 4 from 4 to 7 p.m. This year's seven categories include Landscape/Nature, Travel/Architecture, Animals, Black and White/Sepia, Details and Macros, People and, of course, our separate category...
Bear Valley Cultural Arts is delighted to once again sponsor the Holiday Bazaar to be held at the Whiting Center, 26940 Bear Valley Rd., on Nov. 26 and 27. It’s been a long wait for the return of the Holiday Bazaar, and the 45 participating artists are super excited to bring you a very unique shopping experience. They’ve had an extra year to get ready for the event and, after a sneak peek at some of the new items to be offered, you definitely do not want to miss this show. Shopping hours are...
Tehachapi Valley Arts Association and Gallery 'N' Gifts' annual "Art in the Classroom" campaign was a huge success. After hosting several local community fundraising events such as handcraft vendor fairs, photo contests and Chalk on the Walk, TVAA got the word out to local teachers that art supplies would be available to them. It took a week of collecting wish lists from over 55 local teachers, organizing requests and ordering supplies to pull the campaign together. UPS arrived at Gallery 'N'...
The 2021 Take Your Best Shot photo contest is back. Tehachapi Valley Arts Association is challenging amateur photographers of all ages to submit their favorite photos from July 24-Aug. 2 at Gallery ‘N’ Gifts for a chance to win the $100 Best of Show prize, or one of six $25 first place prizes in the following categories: Landscape & Nature, Travel & Architecture, Animals, Black & White/Sepia, People/Portrait and Youth Photography. Each category will also have ribbons for second, third and hon...
Chalk on the Walk returns this summer. Mark your calendars for Aug. 14. This community event is open to all ages and talent levels. Come join us for a day of fun in the sun and unleash your inner artist and help us turn the sidewalks of Downtown Tehachapi into a beautiful sea of chalk art. The event is $15 and you get a cool drawstring logo backpack and a full set of artist chalks. Proceeds go directly to art supplies for local area schools in September. To sign up, visit Gallery 'N' Gifts, 100...
Tehachapi Valley Arts Association and Gallery ‘N’ Gifts are excited to announce their 16th annual photo contest. Submissions will be accepted at Gallery ‘N’ Gifts between January 25 and February 1 with a First Friday Awards reception to be held on February 5 from 4 to 7 p.m. This year’s seven categories include Landscape/Nature, Travel/Architecture, Animals, Black & White/Sepia, Details & Macros, People and of course our separate category for Youth Photographers. Please see the website f...
Our local photographers are made out of determined stuff! And that "stuff" sure brought in a fantastic selection of photography for this season's photo contest. We sure appreciate the effort they went through to get those spectacular shots and to work around global restrictions, limited submission hours and long wait times to get prints made! You can stop by to see their entries at Gallery 'N' Gifts on Tuesdays through Sundays from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. now through Aug. 31. Best of Show – Jenne R...
Photographers gather your favorite photos and get ready for the 15th annual Winter Photo Contest at Gallery 'N' Gifts. Be sure to enter early as photos will be hung in order they are received until each category is full. Submissions will be accepted through Feb. 3, at Gallery 'N' Gifts located at 100 W. Tehachapi Blvd. A special First Friday reception will be held to show off the photos and announce the winners on Feb. 7 from 5 to 8 p.m. Categories for this year's event include...
Bear Valley Cultural Arts is excited to once again sponsor the Holiday Bazaar to be held at the Whiting Center, 26940 Bear Valley Rd., on Nov. 29-30. This show features 48 exceptionally talented fine artists and handcrafters who will be bringing you a unique shopping experience. Shopping hours are Friday 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. and Saturday 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. As always admission is FREE! Each vendor, as well as many local businesses, have generously donated to our always popular holiday raffle. So plan ahead and grab up those lucky tickets. Tickets...
4 years ago the members of Tehachapi Valley Arts Association banded together with the vision of opening Gallery ‘N’ Gifts, a gift shop and art gallery where members could sell their handmade goods. The members shared rent, took turns working days to keep the shop open and came up with innovate ways to make it work. Decades later, thanks to amazing community support they’re still carrying on the tradition of offering high quality handcrafted items and fine art to their customers. The artists of Gallery ‘N’ Gifts invite you to join them in c...
Take Your Best Shot sure provoked a wonderful turn out of photographers of all ages for this year's contest sponsored by Tehachapi Valley Arts Association and Gallery 'N' Gifts. 30 photographers turned in over 100 beautiful pieces in 7 different categories. A reception was held on First Friday, Aug. 2 to announce the winners as follows: Winners: Best of Show – Gary Grela Altered Images First place – Vincent Hernandez Second place – Sonja Bronson Third place – Ron Robbins Honorable mention...
For the First Friday in August, Gallery 'N' Gifts invites you to "Take your best shot"... camera shot, that is. It's time again for the summer photo contest at Gallery 'N' Gifts. Submissions are due July 22-29. You can pick up rules and information at Gallery 'N' Gifts located at 100 W. Tehachapi Blvd., they are open from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. daily. Or you can pick them up online at www.galleryngifts.com under the upcoming events section. $100 cash award for Best of Show, plus $25 cash awards for...
On First Friday, Feb. 1, Tehachapi Valley Arts Association celebrated the creative talents of Tehachapi's local photographers with a reception featuring over 125 entries by 55 photo enthusiasts. With photos ranging from playful fuzzy otters to stunning photo journalistic masterpieces, there was certainly something to capture the attention of everyone in the room. Proceeds from the contest will help fund high school scholarships for students pursuing the arts, as well as art supplies for local...
On Friday night, Aug. 3 a reception was held at Gallery 'N' Gifts for award winners in their bi-annual photo contests. Since 2005, the group has held amateur photo contests each February and August. With $100 Best of Show Grand Prize and $25 cash prizes for each first-place award, the contest always has a good showing of contestants. Proceeds from the event go toward funding art scholarships for high school seniors as well as art supply donations for local classrooms. The winners for this...
"Wow these are fantastic, I'm not sure I want to do this now." "How are we supposed to pick just one? Can we have a tie?" "These are just too good," were among the murmurings overheard during the judging session at Gallery 'N' Gifts for this year's Photo Contest. Over 50 photographers joined the fun for the winter edition of the contest with 175 entries in seven different categories. It took quite a while, but the judges finally submitted their choices and you are invited to view the entries...
First Friday at Gallery 'N' Gifts this Dec. 1 will feature all new work in a showcase of TVAA "Artists Unleashed". Stop by from 5-8 p.m. for complimentary refreshments, closing bids on our silent auction and a unique opportunity to take home brand new artwork from over a dozen artists based right here in our own community. Michelle Miller started painting about 17 years ago gifting her work to family and friends. Retirement and a move to Tehachapi in 2012 gave a new importance to her work....
Tehachapi area photographers were challenged by Tehachapi Valley Arts Association to a photo contest this month and once again far exceeded expectations. The biannual contest (also held in August) began on a whim 12 years ago and has become a popular and highly anticipated event in the community since then. "As soon as one contest is over, the photographers are contacting Gallery 'N" Gifts to find out the specifics for the next contest. I love that we can give them this opportunity to be...
