Galleries

April 16, 2025 – July 7, 2025

Newhall Community Center, 22421 Market St, Newhall CA 91321 

The City of Santa Clarita announces a new exhibition, “Childhood Memories” which will be on view from April 16, 2025 – July 7, 2025, located at the Newhall Community Center. This exhibition explores the themes of nostalgia, innocence and imagination, inviting artists to reflect on moments that shaped their youth. From cherished personal experiences and beloved toys to childhood games and familiar places, this exhibit celebrates the magic of growing up. Artists captured the wonder, joy and passage of time through a variety of styles including whimsical illustrations, realistic depictions and abstract interpretations of memory.

The exhibiting artists include Josh Anderson, Zharmaine Boatman, Garry Carlson, Sydney Coleman, Liane Enkelis, Meghann Flaherty, James Frost, Meryl Goudey, Carrie Gordon, Gabrielle Henderson, Yvette Nicole Kolodji, Bo Logan, Teddy Marsh, Dar Sang Agustin, Mario Solozano, Melissa Termini, Jayme Thomas, and Elizabeth Woiwode.

March 24, 2025 – June 30, 2025

Canyon Country Community Center, 18410 Sierra Hwy, Santa Clarita, CA 91351

The City of Santa Clarita announces a new exhibition “Fortitude” by Sena Clara Creston which will be on view from March 24, 2025 – to June 30, 2025 located at the Canyon Country Community Center. Fortitude is a series of impromptu driftwood huts taken on mostly the same California beach. The enterable huts project security and fantasy, offset by precarious construction of dilapidated materials in an eroding landscape to create a sense of unease for environmental uncertainty. Fortitude displays the (un)natural and (de)constructive lives of large trees in this liminal landscape between where we were, where we are, and where we wish to be; inviting viewers to experience, empathize, and engage with their role in the imminent. (In)Secure structures in a deteriorating environment communicate the need to protect what we need for protection.

March 20, 2025 – April 16, 2025

Newhall Community Center, 22421 Market St, Newhall, CA 91321

The City of Santa Clarita announces a new exhibition, “9^th Annual Youth Arts Showcase Winners”, on view from March 20, 2025 – April 16, 2025 located at the Newhall Community Center. This exhibit features the inspiring work of young artists from the Painters Pictures and Prose Contest. This contest, part of the Annual Youth Arts Showcase, highlights the creativity of students in both visual and literary arts. Public, private and homeschooled students, grades K-12, within the City of Santa Clarita submitted original artwork and written pieces. Through paintings, drawings and poetry, these young artists share their unique perspective on the contest theme “Friendship: The Heartbeat of Global Peace”.

View the full collection of contest entries, including the winning pieces at the Old Town Newhall Library on view from April 16, 2025 – May 21, 2025.

March 4, 2025 – May 27, 2025

Canyon Country Jo Anne Darcy Library, 18601 Soledad Canyon Rd, Santa Clarita, CA 91351

The City of Santa Clarita announces a new exhibition, “Before and Beyond Us,” on view from March 4, 2025 – May 27, 2025 at Canyon Country Library. This series of paintings explores fantastic landscapes as reflections of emotional experience, blending dreams, day visions, and real environments. Emerging from the intersection of sensuality, intellect, and psychology, the work examines how emotional memories shape the body and the way we interpret the world around us. Balancing between illustration and abstraction, these paintings embrace material freedom and pictorial structure, often painted from memory to preserve their raw, unfiltered essence. Through imagined landscapes depicting a time before or after human existence, the artist constructs a visual language of the psyche, inviting viewers to navigate their own inner landscapes.

February 18, 2025 – April 16, 2025

Old Town Newhall Library, 24500 Main St, Santa Clarita, CA 91321

The City of Santa Clarita announces a new exhibition “Castaic Union School District Student Exhibition” which will be on view February 18, 2025 through April 16, 2025 located at the Old Town Newhall Library. This exhibition features playful artworks related to the 7 Elements of Art — line, shape, space, value, form, texture and color. The 96 different artworks were created by students from all elementary schools in the Castaic Union School District: Castaic Elementary School, Live Oak Elementary School, and Northlake Hills Elementary School. After developing their art skills throughout the year, students have displayed their mastery of these skills utilizing a wide range of mediums. Artists range in age from 5-12 years old and represent grade levels Kindergarten through 6^th Grade.

February 24, 2025 – May 28, 2025

Valencia Public Library, 23743 Valencia Blvd, Valencia, CA 91355

The City of Santa Clarita announces a new exhibition, “Serenity” which will be on view February 24, 2025 – May 19, 2025, located at the Valencia Library. This exhibit explores meditative landscapes that evoke introspection, stillness, and transformation. Created in Ukraine, this series captures the delicate balance between loss and renewal, where fog-laden highways and frost-covered terrains mirror the depths of memory and emotion, inviting viewers to find clarity and strength within moments of change.

Artwork by Yuliia Savenko

Q&A with Yuliia Savenko 

What inspired this particular exhibit?
“This exhibition emerged from a place of silence and a personal movement toward inner stillness. There was a period in my life when external challenges demanded strength, while internally I felt delicate, almost weightless — as though suspended in still air. That’s when I felt compelled to create a visual space where vulnerability isn’t hidden but honored as a source of power. Serenity is a meditative series that explores feminine interiority, the quiet radiance we carry within, and moments where presence is more vital than action.”

How do you hope viewers connect with your artwork?
“I hope viewers slow down and allow the work to resonate within them. Each photograph is not only a visual object, but an energetic space. I pour a part of myself into every image, and the dialogue with the viewer is deeply important to me. Rather than giving answers, I want to offer a space where people can simply be — honest, tender, real, and present. Even without knowing the full context, they might feel the tone — like music that speaks directly to the soul, bypassing language.”

Do you have any tips for artists starting out? 
“The most important thing is to protect your inner voice. In the beginning, it’s easy to get swept up in expectations — from the market, the audience, or even your own beliefs about what art “should” be. But authentic art is not born from pleasing others. It emerges from truth. Allow yourself to be sensitive. Don’t fear silence or slowness. Create not to produce, but when you truly have something to express. Art is not a sprint — it’s a slow, profound return to yourself.”

Do you have a favorite piece in this exhibit? If so, why is it your favorite?
“Yes — a work called Crystal. It contains no excess — only purity of form, transparency, and light. For me, Crystal is a faceless self-portrait. It captures a moment of suspended stillness, like a breath held just after a gust of wind. At the time of creating it, I felt weightless — balanced between softened pain and a soft inner light. It continues to reflect that fragile yet luminous part of me.”

What is your favorite part of the creative process?
“What I cherish most in the creative process is the way energy moves— when I feel goosebumps and know with certainty: this is it. It feels like touching something greater than myself. But the most magical part is when the image begins to breathe on its own. After it’s captured, it slowly becomes independent — yet still speaks my language. That moment feels sacred — a quiet transformation when the photograph comes alive.”

You describe your landscapes as meditative – how do you personally find serenity through photography, and has that changed over time?
“Photography, for me, is a way of listening, of noticing, engaging, and shaping my own reality. Through the lens, I don’t document the world — I look into its states and create my own.
In the past, I sought harmony through light, composition, minimalism — external structure. Now I know that true balance comes from within. The camera simply helps transmit that inner frequency. Today, I photograph when I feel calm inside — even if everything around me is in motion. It has become a form of mindfulness, a quiet return to presence.”

What role does memory or place play in your photography process?
“Memory and place are central to my artistic language. Every space I photograph carries emotional resonance — even if it’s not visible on the surface.
I was born in Ukraine, and that landscape — its textures, colors, and silences — is woven into me. It is part of my cultural DNA. It shaped how I see, how I feel. Los Angeles, where I live now, became a new skin — layered over those memories. In my work, I try to weave these two worlds together. For me, place is never just physical — it’s emotional geography. Memory animates space; and space, in turn, reflects back fragments of the self.”

Your sensitivity to subtle details is powerful. Did your childhood influence that aesthetic?
“Yes, very much so. I grew up surrounded by nature — in a quiet town in Ukraine, embraced by forests and open skies. My earliest memories are filled with light filtering through trees, the rhythm of the seasons, and the delicate textures of leaves, bark, and moss. I spent hours in solitude, dreaming, drawing, and creating a little world of my own in the attic of our house, which I turned into my first studio. My grandmother was a painter, and my father a photographer, so art was always present — not as something formal, but as a way of seeing. I was taught to observe gently, to feel before naming, and to respect beauty in its quiet forms. That environment shaped my visual sensitivity — not through noise or instruction, but through atmosphere, story, and attention. It taught me to listen to what isn’t said and to find emotion in stillness.”

Do you still stay connected to the Ukrainian art world?
“Yes. Ukrainian contemporary art has incredible depth — it’s resilient, symbolic, and emotionally rich. Even under pressure, artists from Ukraine find ways to express beauty, grief, and hope through powerful metaphor. I stay connected through collaborations, conversations, and cultural exchange. That artistic environment gave me not only my visual language, but also a certain emotional honesty. That inner landscape still guides me.”

February 26, 2025 – April 30, 2025

The MAIN, 24266 Main St, Santa Clarita, CA 91321

The City of Santa Clarita announces a new exhibition, “The Usual Human Dimension” which will be on view February 26, 2025 – April 30, 2025, located at The MAIN. This exhibit explores the relationship between human beings and their built environments, examining how architecture, aesthetics, and spiritual elements shape behavior and perception. Inspired by Renaissance Ideal Cities and historical testimonies, the exhibit investigates how the human body interacts with urban spaces and how these dynamics evolve over time.

The reception is on March 20, 2025, and will provide an opportunity to meet artist Veronica Giorgetti, and gain insight into her creative process. The reception is free and open to the public.

Q&A with Veronica Giorgetti

What does this exhibit mean to you? 

“A great opportunity to finally show my works and see this vast production of pieces displayed together in a way that I myself can grasp the feeling of what I have done over the past 10 years.”

How do you hope viewers connect with your work?

“This body of works turned out to be very rich in details and I wouldn’t be surprised if the viewer would feel overwhelmed at first, but after passing this stage of confusion, I would hope that the viewer would start observing with curiosity what happens inside those works, that might look similar at first glance, but in fact are very different from one another.”

Is there a particular piece in this exhibit that challenged you most?

“All of them challenged me in their own way. Making art for me is a long and thoughtful process that involves not only the practical experimentation of materials but also the very intimate elaboration of ideas, emotions and the study of sources from which I get my inspiration. Sometimes I’m fortunate enough to experience a smooth and organic process that gives satisfying results, other times it is a struggle. Generally speaking, I could say that when the work speaks for itself, my job is done!”

Your work examines how urban spaces affect human perception and behavior – is there a specific experience or place that sparked this idea for you? 

“There are three themes that inspired this production:
• The first was the study of the city plans of the medieval towns in Italy, which I was exploring during my academic thesis in 2002.
• The second is inspired by the Renaissance and the concept of “Ideal Cities” where the city had to be redesigned according to an ideal humanistic model, made for man, on a human scale.
• The third is inspired by the study of the ancient civilizations and how they made use of graphic symbols like squares and circles, among others.”

If you can describe this collection in 3 words, what would they be?

“Evocative – Archeological – Experiential”

How do you know when your artwork is finished? 

“I never know really! Every work requires its own time. If the process evolves organically then the completion comes easily, other times it’s more challenging.”

Do you have a favorite piece in this exhibit? If so, why is it your favorite piece? 

“It is one piece of the Red Series. It has these portraits resting on a faded red ground and bleeding through you can read a series of words. I find it very atmospheric.”

Do you have any tips for artists starting out?

“This is a very delicate question that I’m not sure I will be able to answer completely. I feel though, that I have the responsibility to be honest with regards to this topic that relates to me so intimately. To put it simple, I can say that if any person wants to become an artist and make a living out of it, they need to find the right balance between the creative ASPECT of being an artist and the business ASPECT of becoming one. It is paramount to work on both fronts to be able to get any chance of success and fulfillment. How this balance will be found varies person by person. It is a process that needs to be perfected along the way.”

What is your favorite part of the creative process? 

“The moment in which I can let go after so much planning!”

How does this body of work compare to your past projects? 

“Very deeply. I have been exploring these themes for years now and every series of works has some elements that are connected to the previous and to the next.”

Do you see your future work continuing to explore these themes, or are you looking to experiment with new concepts? 

“These themes give me so much material to elaborate that every time I go deeper into the study of them, I always find new ways of interpretation. I feel I can still continue along this path. But I’m also a very curious person, so I like the idea to keep myself open to possibilities.”

If you could have viewers leave with one lasting impression from “The Usual human Dimension”, what would it be? 

“Wonder, surprise and curiosity to ponder about our purpose in life and how we can all contribute to make our societies a better and more just place where to live a thrive.”

March 6, 2025 – May 14, 2025

City of Santa Clarita City Hall, 23920 Valencia Blvd #120, Valencia, CA 91355

The City of Santa Clarita is excited to announce a new exhibition “Saddle Up Santa Clarita Exhibition” which will be on view March 6, 2025 – May 14, 2025, located at the City of Santa Clarita City Hall. This exhibition features artwork that celebrates Santa Clarita’s rich Western heritage, capturing the spirit, adventure and legacy of the Old West. From rugged landscapes and cowboy culture to historic landmarks and Western-inspired storytelling, this exhibit will honor the vibrant history that defines our community.

The exhibiting artists include Advay Mengle, Anthony Forzaglia, Arthur Anderson, Chayliel Quintanilla Flores, Christopher Veselich, Claudia Koch Godinez, Coty Schack, Dakota Zumsteg, Don Vernon, Eileen Chong, Felicia Tausig, Georgette Arison, Isabella Gonzalez, Jasper Martinez, Jayme Sun Thomas, Josh Anderson, Kerry Clark, Laurie Morgan, Laura Ledesma, Meghann Flaherty, Meryl Goudey, Nicholas Jeffries, Nick Kahn, Rachel Patterson, Scott Parker, Silvestre “Sal” Vasquez, Tabetha Herr, Taylor Thomas, and Teri Garcia.

Q&A with Josh Anderson and Arthur Anderson

How does your piece reflect Santa Clarita’s Western heritage?
Arthur: “To me, my piece reflects the women of the West – “Pioneer Woman” is my title. It’s really about the fact that women were underappreciated. I feel like they weren’t major decision makers except in the family and it’s important to highlight them.”

Josh: “My piece reflects the horses in the Old West. I use my street art technique which is a more modern technique to reflect something old and tried like the horse.”

If you can describe your artwork in 3 words, what would they be?
Arthur: “I’ll just say two, unsung heroes. Again, I feel as though women were the ones holding up the family and the home. It’s close to my heart.”

Josh: “Bold, fast and adventurous.”

How do you hope viewers connect with your artwork?
Arthur: “I want people to connect with the past. The idea that this is not as far in the past as people may think. My grandparents were born in the 1870’s and that’s the setting of the painting.”

Josh: “There’s a connection with the past and the present. Horses are still a part of our world today. Although we’re a modern city, there’s still a place for the old and antiquity in our daily lives.”

Have you ever worked on a piece together, or do you both have distinct artistic styles?
Arthur: “We haven’t. I work more with traditional oil paint, which is a different world in many ways. We’re both creating graphic arts but mine is the old and you could say my sons is the new.”

Josh: “We haven’t worked on a piece together, but we do discuss each other’s work a lot, hopefully inspiring each other but we have such different medians we paint in. I don’t know if its necessarily different styles, but I do spray paint and most of my work takes place digitally, which I turn into a painting with spray paint afterwards. If I’m using a brush, my dad is the first person I call because I’m not as experienced with that.”

 What is it like seeing each other’s work in the same exhibit?
Arthur: “Well as the senior of the two, I couldn’t be prouder of my son, I can’t even start on that. But the fact that we’re both being exhibited and our work is right across from each other is just the luck of the draw. I’m very very proud and very happy. This probably won’t be the last time we’re in the same exhibit.”

Josh: “It’s incredible. I’ve been at this for a much shorter time than my dad so to just be here and be next to each other is a dream come true.”

What advice would you give to artists starting out?
Arthur: “You should find a good teacher and don’t be afraid to start at the very beginning. If you jump in too quickly, you could develop bad habits.”

Josh: “I still consider myself someone who is just starting out. The advice I would give to someone is to just do it. You can figure out a whole list of reasons why not to do something, why not to try something new or be afraid – but don’t be. Make the mistakes. I try to finish every painting I start, even if it’s not turning out how I want it to. Find a median that suits you. I’m much more comfortable working on a computer for my initial images before I start. I’ve figured out how I can grow without skills that I don’t have.”

If you could create a joint piece in the future, what would it be about?
Arthur: “For me, it would be family. The artistic nature started with my grandparents who were artists in New York back in the 1920’s. The only photo I have of Josh and my grandmother, is Josh coloring in her lap. It’s very special. Or I would choose baseball.”

Josh: “Maybe baseball, we’re east coasters so we connect over the New York Mets all the time.”

How did each of you get into art? Did one of you influence the other?
Arthur: “I never had anyone push me to be an artist, although with my grandparents being artists and my father being an illustrator, it was just a natural thing for me to pick up. It was something you’d do when you wanted to express yourself and when you had time on your hands. I just started very early.”

Josh: “I’ve been watching my dad do artwork since I was younger than my own kids. That’s always influenced me whether that was doing art or other things. I learned to be brave, try something new and found ways to express my creativity. Certainly, I’ve been inspired by watching my dad over the years. I got started painting a few years ago and now my entire garage is an art studio filled with 200-300 cans of spray paint.”

Do you give each other feedback or critiques?
Arthur: “Aside from my wonderful wife, Josh is the first person I show anything to. I get his feedback, gut feeling, thoughts on if I succeeded or not – any suggestions he might have helps.”

Josh: “My dad is the first person I send my work to. I text him every time I have a new idea for a painting, or I finish one. I just ask, “what do you think?””

Wonders That Surround Us Exhibition 

December 17, 2024 – March 17, 2025

Canyon Country Community Center, 18410 Sierra Hwy, Santa Clarita, CA 91351

The City of Santa Clarita announces a new exhibition, “Wonders That Surround Us”, which will be on view December 17, 2024 – March 17, 2025, located at the Canyon Country Community Center.

Tim Forcum’s work is an ongoing investigation into the ability of abstract painting to create a personal pictorial language.

“With suggestions of landscape or figuration, there is created a tension between spontaneity and calculation, gesture, and rendering.  In response to the memory of external nature there is the constant attempt to find a place between pure expressive forms and the experience of nature internalized. In conversation with the attempts to depict our world, I reference early sources of abstraction and enhance these references with personal associations of the same wonders that still surround us.” – Tim Forcum.

Q&A with Tim Forcum

How do you usually start your pieces?

It is a very free and open process. Relying on a spontaneous approach and simply responding to the empty space of a canvas or paper. I am constantly looking at information, be it landscape or figure, day to day, or on a hike in the local area. All of these things go into the imagery that I’m creating in a piece.

What memorable responses have you had to your artwork? 

I have been fortunate to get a lot of great responses to my work over the years. From commissions for pieces, like the Beverly Hills Hotel, to work that is in Jarkarta, Indonesia.

What is the best piece of advice that you have received as an artist?

Just keep working.

How do you know when your artwork is finished? 

That is a constant question for abstract art, but even though it isn’t representational, you recognize when the work is finished, it makes sense to you on a gut level, the color is right, the value is right, the balance keeps the work active. When they all come together, you feel it and that’s when it’s finished.

Do you have a favorite piece you have created? 

I have several. A few that I have hung on to, and several that are in private collections. Currently, my favorite piece is in this exhibit, “The Approach”.

Do you have any tips for artists starting out?

The best advice that I can give to artists just starting out is to focus on what is important to them as an individual. Not what you think will make a good art piece but what you want to do. Stay true to yourself and make work that works first for you, and the rest will follow. Not everyone is going to respond to your work but that doesn’t matter. You will find your audience.

What inspired this particular exhibit? 

The surrounding hills and valleys, and my interaction with these spaces.

What is your favorite part of the creative process? 

All of it.

Exhibiting Artist: Tim Forcum

December 29, 2024 – March 20, 2025

Newhall Community Center, 22421 Market St, Newhall, CA 91321

The City of Santa Clarita announces a new exhibition, “Exploring Domestic Spaces” which will be on view December 19, 2024 – March 20, 2025, located at the Newhall Community Center. This exhibition unveils the artistry hidden within everyday living environments. Through a diverse collection of original works, artists share the stories, emotions, and complexities that transform personal spaces into a reflection of identity and belonging. This is your invitation to rediscover what it means to create and inhabit a home, as seen through the eyes of those who make art form the ordinary.

The list of artists in this exhibition include: Andrea Wong, Bailey Hall-Diaz, Cristina Mariotta, Esmeralda Velasquez, Hannah Emerson, Lana Dandan, Loisse Ledres, Marina Rodriguez, Olivia San Jose, Sheila Rodriguez, and Donna Rooney.