Wondering when the next open call at Eclipse Art Gallery will be?
The next show titled ‘ Once Upon A Time’ will be thru emailing an image of the artwork to eclipseartg@gmail.com. I, Joan or William will contact you if your work is accepted. There is no charge for submitting works for consideration of acceptance to the next art show with drop off day of July 1, 10-4. The artists reception for Once Upon A Time Saturday July 6, 7-10 Pm. Please plan on submitting by June 17. All mediums, painting, photography, sculpture, including film will be considered. A Fee of $10 for each artwork accepted, due at the time of drop off. I am working on my image for Once Upon A Time now, I can’t wait.

Eclipse’s Street Art show and reception, featured works by Murdock and Coel, struck a challenging note.  There were a lot of images , that visually grabbed you.  Guests liked what they saw and learned something  ,.  The show inspired a lot of interaction like making your own street art with large spray cans made of recycled crayons, some breakdancing by Rodrigo Bastidasand on the spot street art photography by Gary George.

“Emerging” show at Eclipse Gallery was a weekend happening.  The art space, arranged by William, connected artists, art and guests in an atmosphere of interactivity. The evening was dynamic and people cameto the show to be there and enjoy the feeling.  Singer and guitarist, Richard Ortloff, rounded the show with his skilled sounds.  You left with the idea to have a focus on realizing the moment you know everything is coming together.

Eclipse art Gallery is proud to announce the new exhibition of Emerging for March and April. Reception is Saturday March 2 at 7:00 at 18361 Bear Valley Rd across from VVC, next to Destination Yoga. The superb artworks are a variety of styles and mediums from our own high desert artists. I hope to see you there!

With St. valentines day still fresh on my mind, I would like to show my appreciation to All the interns and artists that give me all their time and hard work to keep the gallery going. Beverly, your tireless archiving with photos for every show. Bravo!
Enthusiasts is what we all are; for the showing of art takes a lot of time and energy as William will tell you. Thank you thank you to all the great art lovers that come to the receptions and especially to William and his interns they are the scaffold to my dreams of a community of art minded people. Exciting ideas for future shows are in the works. Thank you all, Joan Sowinski

If you are interested in exhibiting your art at Eclipse Art Gallery, please submit photos of your art to our email listed below.  All mediums are accepted and must be screened through our email, please do not bring art works to gallery for screening.  eclipseartg@gmail.com.

The first show of 2013 brightened your experience with texture and music, textiles, patterns, a spinning wheel, and a working loom.  The artists brought time tested, traditinal hand skills to fibres.  These fibres are personalized, dynamic, and contantly in flux as the artist strives to express what they feel and think.  The loom, courtesy of William, was being put to artistic use as guests, tried out their own creativity.

The new year brings new ideas for Eclipse Gallery in 2013. January will see the TEXTILES, A TEXTURAL EXPERIENCE as the call for art will be about textiles or material based artworks, this exhibit will remain thru February, reception and opening will be January 12, 7:00 pm.
I will be looking for artists that have work to review for the next shows as well as ideas about curating future exhibits. Call William at the gallery at 760373-6041 for appointments with William and myself.
The new year has also brought a gift shop to the gallery as well, artists wishing to display with a consignment agreement at gallery need to call for appointment as well.
I hope the promise of a sparkling new year is yours and thank you for supporting the Eclipse Gallery. Joan Sowinski

Music Inferno and a Chinese Blind Auction was a fun special eventheld during the 20 X 20 show month at Eclipse Gallery.Performing live were some of the hottest bands and DJsaround playing with energy showcasing music you want to hear and dance to.  There was, also, a surprise performance by Richard, “The Tamale Guy”, who held our attention with sounds from his harmonica.  The chinese blind auctionadded a spark of anticipation to an already fun evening.  Bidding was frantic during the last minutes  and the winners showed off their big smiles

For the 20 X 20 show, artists selected 20 smaller, affordable pieces of their work to exhibit.  This created a great collection of art gifts for the Christmas season of giving. And sales  were made.  Friends, conversation,affordable art, refreshments and music, by RGB,completed a perfect atmosphere of relaxed companionship and goodwill.  A great surprise was the opening of the Eclipse gift store adjoining the main art gallery space.  Here will be beautiful works of art for sale from which the visitor can select the perfect purchase.