As a project of the non-profit Scott Valley Theatre Company, the Marble Rim Gallery Serves as a platform for local artist to display and sell their work. The gallery hosts monthly First Friday Open House receptions and shows featuring local artists and sponsors annual events which include the Scott Valley Street Fair in May and the Fort Jones Christmas Craft Fair in December. The events have often provided local musicians a place to perform, giving community members a place to hear local music while viewing art created by local artists. In addition to the support of local artists to sell their creations, each fair includes food booths sponsored by local civic organizations or individual enterprises.
Organized as a co-operative, the gallery is operated by the members, and supported in part through a percentage of the sales of members’ merchandise. The gallery also raises funds through annual membership fees, booth fees for the spring and December annual art fairs, fees for classes, occasional raffles of artwork, and donations received from featured non-member artists, patrons, and individual community members. All funds go to meet the costs to run the gallery, and to date, the gallery has been able to maintain its operations throughout the years.
Organized as a co-operative, the gallery is operated by the members, and supported in part through a percentage of the sales of members’ merchandise. The gallery also raises funds through annual membership fees, booth fees for the spring and December annual art fairs, fees for classes, occasional raffles of artwork, and donations received from featured non-member artists, patrons, and individual community members. All funds go to meet the costs to run the gallery, and to date, the gallery has been able to maintain its operations throughout the years.
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Volunteer participation is the life of Marble Rim Gallery. Each member who displays work also works in the gallery and serves by contributing their unique skills and knowledge to manage gallery operations. Members work together to jury items submitted for display to maintain a standard and quality. Displays rotate, under the design of the members. Members work together to provide seasonal window and store decorations. Gallery members assist several community service organizations through sponsorship and through donations of individual work for community fund-raisers. In addition to their artwork, members bring an array of knowledge, experience and skills to the gallery, and their personal links into the community provide a network of contacts and interests that feed into the community’s support and social investment in the gallery. |
The gallery history exemplifies the enduring presence of the arts and their value to the communities of the Scott Valley area. The Scott Valley Creative Arts Guild was founded by local artists and artisans in April 1991, to promote awareness, appreciation, and a passion in our community for all types of artistic endeavors by providing a gallery and other public events for local artists to exhibit and sell their artistic creations.
The dream to open a gallery was reached at the initial opening on October 1, 1991, under the name of Scott Valley Creative Arts Guild. In 2005, the guild became a fiscally sponsored project of the Siskiyou Arts Council (SAC) and began operating under the name of the Marble Rim Gallery, in reference to the grandeur of the local Marble Mountain Wilderness which boasts the magnificent Marble Rim. Upon the discontinuation of SAC, Marble Rim Gallery became a sponsored project of the 501(c)3 non-profit, Scott Valley Theater Company from October 2015 to present. Although its actual location in Fort Jones has changed throughout the years, the gallery has maintained a main street storefront setting, making itself accessible to the community. Since September 2002, the gallery has been located at 11835 Main Street in Fort Jones. |
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