Four new exhibits to open at the Pacific Grove Art Center July 7th - August 24
Four New Exhibits to Open at the Pacific Grove Art Center on display from July 7th through August 24, 2023
June 2023. Pacific Grove, CA. Pacific Grove Art Center, located at 568 Lighthouse in Pacific Grove, is pleased to announce four outstanding new exhibits on display from July 7, 2023. This show runs from July 7 through August 24, 2023.
Please join us on Friday, July 7th from 7-9 pm for all new exhibits. Glenn Leon-Guerro will be the musical guest for the evening. Admission to the PGAC is free and made possible through donations.
Here are the four new exhibits:
Monterey County Artists Studio Tour Exhibition, Gill Gallery
Arts Habitat connects and collaborates with artists and arts organizations in Monterey County to foster a dynamic, growing community, while leading the way to a thriving center for the arts at East Garrison.
Mark Overgaard – The Eloquent Suri of Ethiopia: People, Art, Culture, Language, Dyke Gallery
With these visual and verbal stories, I celebrate the beauty and strength of Ethiopia’s eloquent Suri people.
The portraits are in color, highlighting the creativity of my portrait collaborators, the striking natural pigments and other adornments they use. Personal details from the collaborators enrich the portraits.
Illustrated stories in the Suri language provide engaging glimpses of Suri cultural traditions, celebrate recently defined written Suri, inspire support for Suri literacy initiatives.
Monterey Bay Plein Air Painters Association (MBPAPA) Signature Member – Light and Shadow, Annand Gallery
The Signature Members paintings in the show are completed in plein air and are from anywhere in the world. Carol Tarzier, the esteemed artist from the Bay area will jury in the selected paintings and then judge the awards.
Tiny Treasures Miniature Show, Boyer Gallery & Small Halls
Tiny Treasures, PGAC’s annual miniatures fundraiser, showcases an astonishing array of 8” x 10” (or smaller) donated artworks. Mediums include acrylic, watercolor, oil, pastel, photography, textile, collage, mixed media, ceramics and many more. For this artistic bounty we thank our participating artists, who generously support our mission to cultivate the arts within the Monterey area by providing creative experiences that inspire and engage us, touch our hearts, challenge our minds and enrich our lives.
Raffle tickets will be available at the July 1st opening, $5 each, 5 for $20 and 15 for $40. Winning tickets will be drawn after August 24th.
About the Pacific Grove Art Center
The purpose of the Pacific Grove Art Center is to cultivate the arts within the Monterey Peninsula area by providing creative experiences that inspire and engage us, touch our hearts, challenge our minds and enrich our lives.
The Pacific Grove Art Center has four Exhibit Galleries: Nadine Annand, David Henry Gill, Elmarie Dyke and Louise Cardeiro Boyer. It features a variety of art forms including Painting, Photography, Sculpture, Encaustic, Fabric Arts, Mixed Media and more. Exhibits change every other month celebrated with a First Friday New Exhibit Opening and a First Friday Gallery Night (pre-COVID).
The Pacific Grove Art Center also features seventeen Professional Artist Studios, Art and Movement classes for adults, After School, Summer, Weekend and art classes for kids 8 – 17 (including some scholarship opportunities), creative opportunities for teens, and music, food and cultural events are held throughout the year. PGAC is also the home of the Peninsula Ballet Center. The beautiful historic galleries are available to rent for a special occasion.
Since 1969, Pacific Grove Art Center has been a community-based nonprofit seeking to enhance art appreciation and encourage the creation of art. With the desire to have art available to everyone, PGAC has held low-cost classes, free exhibits, and offered reduced rent for artist’s studios for over 50 years. Both emerging and established artists are professionally shown in their historic galleries, and large group shows can provide the first step into the art world for many. Through generous donations, grants, and hundreds of volunteer hours, the Pacific Grove Art Center continues its mission today.
All donations are deeply appreciated, especially during these continued challenging times. Become a member and receive the informative newsletter keeping you in the loop of all the community events, exhibit openings and cultural offerings they have to share.
The Pacific Grove Art Center, located at 568 Lighthouse in Pacific Grove, is open Wednesday – Friday from Noon to 5 pm and Saturday from Noon to 4 pm. For more information, call 831-375-2208, email generalinfopgac@gmail.