Come to our next meeting, Saturday, July 11, for a hands-on tutorial with professional watercolor artist Samantha McNally. Samantha is an award-winning painter known for her realism and delicacy in capturing floral an nature-inspired subjects. She's an artist member of the Benicia Plein Air Gallery, Main Street Arts Gallery in Martinez, and Valley Art Gallery in Walnut Creek. You can see Samantha's work on her websites: samanthamcnally.com and Samantha-mcnally.pixels.com. For

Occasionally we like to share information about upcoming exhibits that we think will resonate with CAA members. Do you make art that celebrates the "beauty, symbolism and emotion of food?" Our friends at Studio 55 in Martinez have a call for art for their upcoming show, Let's Eat!, featuring all subjects food and food-related. Jill Landeau is the juror and the call is open to emerging and established Bay Area artists. Deadline to submit work is July 5. The exhibit runs from J

Some of our favorite emails arrive throughout the year from MDUSD teachers showing us their students' art work. These teachers received CAA Teacher Grants to fund classroom art supplies, books and arts education materials to create thoughtful and inspiring art projects for their students. Thank you to all the teachers who continue to make art education an important part of your curriculum. We love hearing from you. All our best to teachers and students for the summer and upco

It is with great sadness and a broken heart that your CAA Board shares our grief with you on the passing of our dear friend and board member, Renaye Johnson, on April 6th, 2026. As many of you know, Renaye was an integral part of the Concord Art Association. Throughout the years, Renaye held various CAA board positions and was part of the City of Concord’s Utility Box Committee (including painting utility boxes). She was instrumental in the opening of Gallery CAA at Centre Co