Pacific Art League
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 Pacific Art League (2022) | |
| Formation | 1921 |
|---|---|
| Type | non governmental arts organization |
| Purpose | arts education, arts exhibition |
| Headquarters | 668 Ramona Street, Palo Alto, California, United Statws |
| Coordinates | 37°26′38″N122°09′36.2″W/ 37.44389°N 122.160056°W |
| Website | pacificartleague |
Formerly called | Palo Alto Art Club |
ThePacific Art League (PAL),formally known as thePalo Alto Art Clubwas founded in 1921 inPalo Alto,Californiaand is a membership-run nonprofit arts organization, school, and gallery.[1]The group is located in a historic building at 668 Ramona Street in downtown Palo Alto.[1]
About
[edit]The Pacific Art League employs roughly 35-40 instructors and as of 2017, has over 2,000 students enrolled per quarter.[2]Classes are on a quarterly system, and additionally they offer workshops and summer camps.[2]From 2019–2020, director of PAL was Lisa Coscino.[3]
History
[edit]The Palo Alto Art Club was founded in 1921.[1]The initial founders of the club were around 40 artists ofupper classand many were connected to Stanford University.[4][5]In the beginning the club met at member's houses, later they met at the Palo Alto Library, and by 1926, they moved to 340 Melville Avenue.[5]In 1952, the group moved to 855 Cowper Street due to the popularity of classes.[5]Over time the club became more democratic and community-centered, it is now a nonprofit.[4]
In 1965, PAL purchased thebuilding and moved to its current location at 668 Ramona Street, in a historical Spanish Revival building designed byBirge Clark.[5][6]In 2014, the building had a $4 million renovation which included compliance with theAmerican Disabilities Actand seismic retrofit.[1]
In 1984, the name changed from Palo Alto Art Club to the current, Pacific Art League.[7]
Notable artists
[edit]This is a list of notable artists that were members, teachers of the Pacific Art League and/or showed their art work in the exhibitions, listed by last name in alphabetical order.
- Greg Brown(1951–2014) Palo Alto-local muralist.[8]
- Arthur Bridgman Clark(1866–1949), the first head of the Art and Architecture Department at Stanford University, and first mayor of the town of Mayfield.[9][10]
- Birge Clark(1893–1989) Architect associated withSpanish Colonial Revival architecture.[5]
- Terry Acebo Davis(born 1953)
- Pedro Joseph de Lemos(1882–1954) an early member of PAL.
- Edward McNeil Farmer(1901–1969)[11][12]
- Mabel McKibben Farmer(1903–1956)[13][14]
- Helen Katharine Forbes(1891–1945)[15]
- Eva Joseph Goldsheid(1926–2016)
- Ralph Johonnot(1880–1940)[16]
- Tom Killion(born 1953) woodcut and linoleum printmaker.[17]
- Marianne Kolb(born 1958)
- Bonnie E. Malott (1886–1988)[11][18]
- Elizabeth Norton(1887–1985), bronze sculptor, printmaker and painter, she was one of the first founders of PAL.[5]
- George Rivera (artist)[19]
- Sigrid Lorenzen Rupp(1943–2004)[20]
- Ray Strong(1905–2006)[21]
- Cloyd Jonathan Sweigert(1897–1973) political cartoonist and California Impressionist painter.[22][23]
- John Edward Walker(1880–1940), California Impressionist painter.[24]
- Florence Wideman(1893–1989)[11][25]
- Shirley Williamson(1875–1944), California Impressionist painter.[22][26]
See also
[edit]References
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- ^abNonnenberg, Sheryl (2017-07-05)."A new leader for Pacific Art League".PaloAltoOnline.com.Retrieved2020-07-07.
- ^Kane, Karla (2020-02-12)."With its centennial drawing near, Pacific Art League looks forward".PaloAltoOnline.com.Retrieved2020-07-07.
- ^abFinn, Christine (2002).Artifacts: An Archaeologist's Year in Silicon Valley.MIT Press. p. 47.ISBN978-0-262-56154-9.
- ^abcdefIsrael, Robyn (April 6, 2001)."So you want to be an artist? Now in its 80th year, Pacific Art League of Palo Alto continues to nurture local talent".PaloAltoOnline.com.Retrieved2020-07-12.
- ^Berlin, Linda (2002-02-15)."The Arts - Pacific Art League helps artists maximize potential".SFGate.Retrieved2020-07-07.
- ^"Timelines".Ginger Press.Retrieved2020-07-07.
1921 Pacific Art League is founded in Palo Alto (founded as Palo Alto Art Club; name would be changed in 1984).
- ^Sheyner, Gennady."Palo Alto's popular muralist Greg Brown dies".PaloAltoOnline.com.Retrieved2020-07-12.
He took a few classes at Palo Alto Art League
- ^Hayde, Monica (April 15, 1994)."Paintings of the past".PaloAltoOnline.com.Retrieved2020-07-12.
- ^Gauvin, Peter (October 21, 1994)."Creators of the Legacy: Arthur B. Clark (1866-1949)".PaloAltoOnline.com.Retrieved2020-07-12.
- ^abcFrink, Marjorie (1948)."Current art exhibition at library features Bonnie Malott's work".The Times (San Mateo).Retrieved2020-09-27.
- ^"Edward McNeil Farmer".www.askart.com.Retrieved2020-09-27.
- ^"San Mateo Times Newspaper Archives, May 31, 1965, p. 8".NewspaperArchive.com.1965-05-31.Retrieved2020-09-27.
- ^"Mabel McKibben Farmer".www.askart.com.Retrieved2020-09-27.
- ^"California Artist Helen Forbes".Edan Hughes.Archived fromthe originalon 2017-02-02.Retrieved2020-07-06.
- ^Edwards, Robert W. (2012).Jennie V. Cannon: The Untold History of the Carmel and Berkeley Art Colonies(PDF).Oakland, California: East Bay Heritage Project.ISBN9781467545679.Retrieved2020-07-06.
{{cite book}}:|website=ignored (help) - ^"A Printmaker's Journey".Metroactive news.2020-01-15.Retrieved2020-07-12.
- ^"Bonnie E. Malott".www.askart.com.Retrieved2020-09-27.
- ^"George Rivera".svlaureates.org.Silicon Valley Creates.Retrieved2021-07-26.
- ^"OWA Newsletter, In Memoriam - Sigrid Lorenzen Rupp, 1943-2004".Organization of Women Architects and Design Professionals (OWA).July 2004.Retrieved2020-07-07.
- ^Humpal, Mark (2017-12-14).Ray Stanford Strong, West Coast Landscape Artist.University of Oklahoma Press. p. 31.ISBN978-0-8061-5995-9.
- ^abHughes, Eda Milton (1989).Artists in California 1786–1940, II.Ann Arbor, MI: Bruan-Brumfield Inc. pp. 546, 608.ISBN0961611219.
- ^"Cloyd Jonathan Sweigert - Artist Biography".AskArt.com.Retrieved2020-07-07.
- ^"John Edward Walker - Biography".AskArt.com.Retrieved2020-07-07.
- ^"Florice (Florence P.) Wideman".www.askart.com.Retrieved2020-09-27.
- ^"Shirley Williamson - Artist Biography".AskArt.com.Retrieved2020-07-07.
External links
[edit]- 1921 establishments in California
- Organizations based in Palo Alto, California
- Art museums and galleries in California
- Arts centers in California
- Tourist attractions in Santa Clara County, California
- Educational buildings in Palo Alto, California
- American artist groups and collectives
- Organizations based in the San Francisco Bay Area
- Art in the San Francisco Bay Area