The Santa Clarita Valley Quilt Guild is dedicated to giving to the community. The organization promotes the art of quilting through sharing, friendship, education, and meaningful service to the community. In 2018 the group developed several projects for the residents of Santa Clarita, including the donation of 27 bed quilts for Habitat for Heroes, 78 quilts to Homes4Families (one for each new homeowner as they closed escrow), 350 placemats for seniors that receive home food delivery and volunteers as well as 20 shawls, two lap quilts and 20 wheelchair quilts for The SCV Senior Center, and many more.

The quilts in this exhibit have been created by members of The Santa Clarita Valley Quilt Guild. The passion for this art form can be seen in each piece displayed in the First Floor Gallery.

RECEPTION
Wednesday, June 26, 2019, from 6:00 – 8:00 p.m.

Enjoy light appetizers, live music, and meet the artists featured in the exhibition.  The First Floor Gallery is located at Santa Clarita City Hall (23920 Valencia Boulevard, Santa Clarita, CA 91355).

The exhibit will be on display from June 11, 2019 to October 10, 2019.

The Collage Lab gets together monthly to experiment with the medium of collage, often throwing in mixed media and assemblage just for fun.

Collage describes both the technique and the resulting work of art in which pieces of paper, photographs, fabric and other materials are arranged and stuck down onto a supporting surface. Collage can also include other media such as painting and drawing, and contain three-dimensional elements.

Often times the Collage Lab artists are challenged to create a work from similar materials to see what each artist does with it.

The Santa Clarita community is invited to the latest art exhibit reception for ‘Unstill Life’ by Ralph Massey at The MAIN in Old Town Newhall. Guests attending this free reception on Thursday, May 16 will enjoy light refreshments and have an opportunity to meet the artist from 7-10 pm. The exhibit is on display from May 15 to June 14.

Massey has been creating art for over six decades. His art has been featured in over 200 exhibitions and galleries including LACMA, Petersen Automotive Museum, Phyllis Stein Gallery, SOHO Gallery, O’Brien Gallery, Los Angles Art Association Gallery, San Francisco Museum of Art, and many others. He has had work included in the Sculpture in the Park event in Loveland, Colorado, The Ojai Art Festival, The Minnesota Western & Wildlife Art Exhibit, San Diego County Fair to name a few.

Massey’s art is widely collected and can be seen in various celebrities homes including Barbara Streisand, Herb Alpert, Julie Andrews, Blake Edwards, and more. His work is in the collections of The Downey Art Museum, Santa Barbara Museum of Art, Margaret Harwell Art Museum in St. Peters Missouri, and others.  Even royalty (Queen Elizabeth II) owns a piece of art by Ralph Massey!

The College of the Canyons Art Gallery will present the 23rd Annual Student Art Exhibition, an eclectic collection of art work created by the college’s talented student artists. The exhibition will run from Tuesday, May 6, through Thursday, May 30. A reception for the artists will be held from 12:30 to 2:30 p.m. Tuesday, May 7.

The works on display will include drawing, photography, painting, sculpture, graphic design, animation, and 2D and 3D design. “This exhibition is always a highlight of the Art Gallery’s exhibition season,” said Pamela Lewis, COC Art Gallery director. “I’m looking forward to celebrating our students’ creativity and artistic achievements.”

Some student art exhibition works become part of COC’s permanent student art collection and are displayed at the college’s Valencia and Canyon Country campuses. The annual showcase exhibition also acts as an educational and professional experience for students. Works are submitted for review and a guest juror selected from the greater Los Angeles arts community traditionally curates the exhibition.

This year’s juror is Los Angeles artist Devon Tsuno. His abstract paintings and social practice projects are exhibited widely, and his work can be found in many public and private collections. It is Tsuno’s mural “California Seedlings,” that currently graces the exterior of the Art Gallery’s Mentry Hall location. He received his MFA from Claremont Graduate University, BFA from CSU Long Beach and is currently an Assistant Professor of Art and Design at California State University Dominguez Hills.

The College of the Canyons Art Gallery is open 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday through Thursday. Those unable to visit the gallery during normal hours are welcome to contact the gallery to schedule a viewing appointment.

All gallery exhibitions and related events are free and open to the public.

Santa Clarita Artists Association member, Olga Kaczmar, presents a one-woman show at Canyon Theatre Guild (CTG) throughout May and June 2019.

“I’m very pleased to be invited to show my work again,” said Kaczmar.  The display will include landscapes, florals, people and animal portraits. This will be a new collection in oil, watercolor, and pastel during the run of ‘Moonlight and Magnolias’ and ‘The Importance of Being Earnest.’

In her earlier advertising career, Kaczmar created layouts and renderings for patent applications, ads, exhibits and brochures. Her computer-generated famine-genocide posters have been shown in the USA, Canada, Ukraine, France, Australia and United Kingdom.

‘Moonlight and Magnolias’ is an epically hilarious small-cast comedy about the making of Hollywood epic ‘Gone with the Wind’ which was inspired by actual events!  ‘The Importance of Being Earnest’ is Oscar Wilde’s enduring Victorian comedy about mistaken identities and relationship hijinks, now proved to be a timeless classic!

Kaczmar’s prolific collection of art & styles may be viewed at http://olga-kaczmar.fineartamerica.com.