• Friday Opinion Poll #3

    Friday Opinion Poll #3 We want to know what doodles you do when you doodle…

  • New Street Art Installations for Art Hop

    Clay/Ceramics teacher Kristine was out with Visual Arts teacher Sophia, and a crew of EC artists (James Brizendine, Lupe Chavez, Oscar Onsurez, Richard Chavez, Jose Salgado, and Yadira Prado), installing some new street art in downtown Merced, to coincide with Merced Art Hop this Saturday, April 19th.  Post a photo to social media, #ECArtists. And,…

  • Friday Opinion Poll #2

    Introducing the new Enrichment Center Opinion Poll. The artists are curious about other artists and art lovers. So, every Friday, we will be asking a new question. Last Friday, we asked what your canvas preferences were– pre-stretched canvas, canvas panel, or stretch-your-own.  Here is a link to today’s opinion poll, which asks about your FAVORITE…

  • Personal Projects: Michael Cordova

    Michael’s gauntlet in folded paper is in its early stages, but is still quite intimidating.

  • Snail Hunt

    We hope you like our street art snails. We made them just for you. If you love one so much, that you can’t help but take it with you, we totally understand. 1. Give it a nice home, with lots of love. 2. Post a photo of your new friend, with a tag like #ECSnails,…

  • ARTAGEDDON at the Arts Center

    ARTAGEDDON at the Arts Center The Merced County Arts Council is throwing it’s first ever Artageddon event. The challenge:  You have four hours to paint, using only the materials you are given.  Weeks later, comes the competition… a single elimination tournament, judged by the audience.  Winners move on to the next bout, and losers… are…

  • Meanwhile, back at Music class…

    The Snail Invasion street art project is taking the front seat right now, but we wanted to show what awesome things are happening in non-snail related activities.  (Photos by Christopher Moon Trent)

  • Snail Invasion: Installing The First Wave

    Some photos of a few of the artists installing the Snail Invasion street art project. From left to right, Ivan Hernandez, Yadira Prado, Richard Chavez and Oscar Onsurez were in my group.  Since I had the camera, they’re the ones getting famous today.  Oh well… more installations to come. This is a series, showing how…

  • October 2013 EC Snails: The Invasion Begins

    After they escaped from the kiln, the snails made their way across the classroom, out onto the 3rd floor landing, onto the elevator, down to the 1st floor, through the galleries, and out of the Arts Center… Special Thanks go out to EC Artists Anne Marsh, Melissa Fuentes, Hilda Cotta, Michael Cordova, and our awesome…

  • October 2013 EC Snails: Out of the Kiln

    500 snails were fired in the kiln. Here, the snails from the first shelf are escaping the kiln. This is a bit of fun from our Clay/Ceramic Arts instructor Kristine Hansen.