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AODC Gallery features new Guest Artist for the month of May

Myra Cooper Holmes,

“Wings of Spring”

Myra Cooper Holmes, a local Georgetown resident, will display art during the month of May at AODC Gallery. Myra’s many mentors, including artists in her immediate family, helped promote her passion for art at a young age.

She has pursued formal art studies through the University of Idaho, and later at the College of the Desert in Palm Desert, and the La Quinta Arts Foundation in southern California. Myra also credits individual artists in Idaho, Big Bear, La Quinta and Placerville for their influences in her art. Myra served on the City of La Quinta’s Art in Public Places Committee and was associated with the La Quinta Arts Foundation. She is a current member of the Placerville Arts Association, and has been involved with many other artists groups.

the current paintings of Myra Cooper Holmes, May 1-31st. This show is “not to be missed”.

Join us for a reception on May 2nd from 1-3 to meet the artist. Enjoy refreshments and music by Mary Beth Dowd. AODC Gallery, 6295 Main Street, Georgetown, Ca.

Her art includes bronze sculptures, woven steel sculptures, paintings and pottery. Myra says that sculpting and painting are her passions, “I have to have art in my life”. “Wings of Spring” will include a selection of her alcohol ink artwork as well as her more recent pieces using acrylics as her medium. Possibly a display of one or two of her “shadow woven steel sculptures” will be exhibited as well. Her transition back to acrylics is recent and the detail and beauty of the “winged” birds and dragonflies will amaze. Her use of alcohol inks to create similar subject matter will contrast with her more current acrylic pieces. Alcohol inks will use a Yupo synthetic paper. The inks are not absorbed by the paper, but sit on the surface allowing the colors to stay brilliant. The quick evaporation and fluidity of the inks are used to create texture and a very organic look. Contrasting, her acrylics are finely tuned artwork on canvas.

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Save the Date! June 14th Garden Party
June 14th, 2026 AODC Gallery will celebrate 16 years with a Garden Party Celebration. We thank you for your continued support . The roses in the garden are especially beautiful this year as David Blonski has been giving them special attention.

We will celebrate with art, music and refreshments.

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Important Announcement about the future of our

Art on the Divide Cooperative Gallery

We want to thank our community for all the support they have given the Art on the Divide Cooperative Gallery over the last 15 years and we'd love to continue for another 15. However, our future is looking quite tenuous at the moment. Recently our landlord, Michael Lenglyn, passed away and the property will go up for sale sometime this year. We are praying for a "patron angel" interested in purchasing an investment property that will continue to rent the building to us so that we may continue to serve our community by "helping the arts to thrive on the divide".

In the meantime... we are still here and we'll stay open for as long as we can and we plan to continue our activities and our scholarship program even if we don't have a building to operate out of.

Please stop by while you still can, we'd love to see you. If you have any thoughts or ideas about our predicament... we'd love to hear from you.

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2026 Scholarship Applications Under Review

Applications for this year's scholarship program have been submitted and are under review. This years recipients will be announced in May.

Last Years Scholarship Recipients

The Divide Gallery, congratulate the three recipients of the “Terry Green Memorial Arts Scholarship”. They are (from left to right) Austin Cole, Isabelle Gerondakis, and Aubrey Stapleton. These outstanding graduates each received a $1,500 scholarship. Our nonprofit organizations get their funding from our members and our friends in this community. We would especially like to thank the friends of Karen Donaldson for their generous donation in her memory. We also thank the El Dorado County Historical Society for their donation. Each of our recipients found their creative passions at an early age. For Austin it was music (song and instruments), for Isabelle dance and choreography, and for Aubrey, a love to draw and illustrate stories. They went out of their way to find teachers and training to hone their craft at every opportunity: sometimes having to travel out of state, sometimes taking on part-time jobs to pay their way, while still maintaining a high level of academic scholarship. Highly motivated, they want more. They want the best that our colleges and universities can offer. This is what we also want for them—a chance to excel. So congratulations! Well done and well deserved. We wish you much success in perfecting your skills as creative artists.

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Funds for the ART scholarships are made available through membership to DFAHS and other generous contributions. New and continuing memberships for 2026 will benefit students next year.

With increased participation, more scholarship dollars will be made available in the future. For information on DFAHS Membership and AODC Gallery, please use the donation button below. Thank you for supporting our students and the arts.

More information on membership is available by clidking the link below. Your $20.00 membership and any additional donation will directly benefit the ART Scholarship fund.

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AODC Celebrates more than a decade on the Divide, your local source for gifts and fine art...

We are excited that we were able to celebrate our 15th Anniversary on the Divide last June with a continued celebration of the Arts thanks to your continued support of the Art On The Divide Gallery.

AODC gallery currently has eleven local artists. As time has progressed our roster of active artists has changed as artists have joined or leave for various reasons. The one constant thing is the collavorative spirit in which we operate to help the arts thrive on The Divide. The gallery is always open to artists that provide something new and different. If you, or someone you know is looking to join the gallery , the application and information regarding membership is available here...

AODC artists continue to "refresh" the gallery monthly with new art. Providing the community with workshops to teach various art techniques and receptions to showcase the art are typical of our monthly offerings. We welcome feedback from the community to help us plan workshops. What would you like to learn? Past workshops have included jewelry, stained glass, mask making, collage and rose-pruning.Directly behind the gallery is a historic rose garden that is maintained by the artists. We have been fortunate to have the Divide Garden Club help with rose-pruning, and hope to continue with that collaboration. They have also been generous in awarding the gallery many years of grants to help with this maintenance.AODC gallery is pleased to provide a space for local student art, under the leadership of Susan Sasano, a local volunteer. She reaches out to our local schools and will switch out the artwork regularly.