Local Artists

The filming of “Subsequent To” — a local film project inspired by the rise of school shootings in this nation — has begun with the production crew showing up at the Merced College campus to complete some scenes. Cast and crew members told the Times they were “incredibly excited” to get to work after a long-but-successful…

Eight local artists from the Arbor Gallery in downtown Merced competed in Fine Arts and Photography divisions at the recent Merced County Fair.…

Chuco Moreno, a renowned Chicano artist and tattoo specialist, led an artist talk with an audience of fans recently as part of a series of art…

A San Francisco art gallery just completed a successful and welcomed exhibit featuring the work of several artists from Merced. For the An.ä.log Gallery (also known as “an.ä.log SF”) in the heart of the city’s Mission District, the nearly two-month-long exhibit — titled “Far Out” — was a chance to offer Bay Area dwellers some provocative…

The latest artist to be showcased at Kreepy Kawaii Designs in downtown Merced is no other than Stephen Schertz of High Quality Arts. A…

The Asian / Pacific Islander Partners & Advocates Countering Tobacco (API PACT) program of the California Health Collaborative, along with the art and…

Andrew Burkum, a local artist, acting teacher and one of the founders of the  Merced-based Phoenix Creative Collective, and Christopher Velazquez, a local filmmaker who heads Violette Films in Merced, shared with the Times how Chronofilm the Web Series was created from a short film which won awards at festivals and is now available…