Past Exhibitions

March 1, 2017 through March 31, 2017

The MAIN
24266 Main St
Newhall, CA 91321

The “Welcome to Santa Clarita” art exhibit showcases watercolor paintings by local artist Cecily Willis and takes viewers on a colorful road trip of iconic Santa Clarita landmarks and scenes.

A resident stands outside the Saugus Café on a cloudy day, the Sierra Pelona Motel’s neon sign pierces out of blooming cacti – these are just a few examples of beautiful Santa Clarita moments and settings captured by Willis in her paintings. By preserving these ordinary, yet beautiful scenes on canvas, the paintings inspire visitors to take a moment and appreciate the new, old, and sometimes forgotten Santa Clarita landmarks.

The exhibit will be open for viewing during all events at The MAIN as well as between the hours of 1 pm – 5 pm, Tuesday thru Friday.

June 6, 2017 through September 1, 2017

Newhall Community Center
22421 Market St
Newhall, CA 91321

Music has long been an inspiration for art and art-making. By listening to music and emulating it in their work, artists have discovered unconventional techniques in their art-making approach. SONICALLY VISUAL explores the influence on the visual arts and takes its name from the idea of interpreting music visually using various techniques such as color, form, repetition, layering and lyricism. SONICALLY VISUAL captures the infectious nature of music and how it can influence what we see and feel.

Gallery visitors with smartphones will have the opportunity to take a musical journey by listening to the exhibit’s playlist on the Spotify app while viewing the art.

March 25, 2017 through April 29, 2017

SCAA Gallery
22508 6th St
Newhall, CA 91321

The Santa Clarita Artists’ Association Gallery will be featuring the exhibit “Spring Fever” through the end of April. On display will be large art pieces as well as smaller gift ideas.

March 24, 2017 through April 28, 2017

Canyon Theatre Guild
24242 Main St
Newhall, CA 91321

Norma Warden, local artist and president of the Santa Clarita Artists’ Association, presents “The Beauty of Change,” a solo exhibition of fine art photography at the Canyon Theatre Guild. A free wine and food reception will be held on Sunday, March 26^th from 5 pm to 7 pm. There will be two shows playing at the theatre throughout the month of the exhibition.

“Change is a good thing. We are always changing and growing.  Our perception of the world around us changes. Our skills as artists change. The messages we want to share change.  As a photographer, I’ve gone through a lot of changes in the past two years.   I’ve discovered I want to create more than beautiful pictures to hang on the wall.  I want my images to evoke emotion and intimacy.  I want them to have a message and tell a story.” – Norma Warden

March 4, 2017 through March 29, 2017

Valencia Library
23743 Valencia Boulevard
Santa Clarita, CA 91355

The Young Artists and Authors Showcase, inspired by the theme “Peace through People,” is presented in partnership with Sister Cities International (SCI) and Santa Clarita Sister Cities Program.  This exhibit, which is touring select cities across the United States, features the 2016 national and international winners and finalists of SCI’s contest, including poetry by Santa Clarita’s Cristal Ramirez.

For nearly three decades, SCI has leveraged the power that art has to transform societies and transcend cultural boundaries through the Young Artists and Authors Showcase.  The program has given youth ages 13-18 from around the globe the opportunity to express their vision for a more unified, peaceful world through original artwork and literature.  Young artists, authors, photographers, and filmmakers shared their vision of peace and expressed how connecting globally allows them and their communities to prosper.

The City of Santa Clarita City Council, the Arts Commission, Arts and Events staff and representatives from Santa Clarita Sister Cities will hold a free reception on Wednesday, March 22, 2017, from 6 to 8 p.m., at the Valencia Library.

April 25, 2017 through August 18, 2017

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

Born and raised in Los Angeles, Timothy Doe grew up in an artistic household. His father was a successful illustrator and portraitist who had worked for Walt Disney, and Tim began dabbling in art at a young age. He soon found that his aptitudes and interests leant themselves to a very wide variety of styles, media and materials, and thus put himself on the path to becoming a multi-media artist. What that really means is that if you get bored working with a particular media, move onto something else!

Tim has studied and experimented with Native American design and beadwork, Japanese landscape design, portrait painting, calligraphy, plein aire landscapes, clay sculpture, cartooning, framing and matting, and abstract designs, as well as various obscure and little-known techniques and styles.

Timothy Doe, a lifelong fan and student of the Old West, created a series of paintings based on images of the period. Western movie stars, outlaws, Indians, cowboys, and other icons of the Old West are portrayed in the artist’s realistic and entertaining style.

An artist reception will be held on April 26th from 6-8 pm. Light appetizers will be provided.

February 18, 2017 through March 8, 2017

Traveling Exhibit at Various Locations

This traveling exhibit showcases suitcases that have been transformed into powerful narrative art pieces shining a light on emotional events experienced by clients form the Domestic violence Center of Santa Clarita Valley.

Local artists from the Santa Clarita community were each paired with a domestic violence client to learn about their struggles and triumphs and to translate their escape stories into art using a simple suitcase as their frame.  Suitcases were chosen to symbolize the paths the domestic violence clients took to escape their dangerous situations.

The exhibit is in conjunction with the Domestic Violence Center’s inaugural benefit, “The Great Escape Gala,” happening on Friday, March 17, 2017.

A local artist and Domestic Violence Center representative will be at each exhibit showing to share their experiences and answer any questions about the non-profit organization.

Dates and locations are as follows:

Saturday, February 18. 2017 from 1:00 pm to 4:00 pm at the Valencia Library, 23743 Valencia Blvd.

Friday, February 24, 2017 from 1:00 pm to 4:00 pm at the Canyon Country Library, 18601 Soledad Canyon Rd.

Wednesday, March 8, 2017 from 12:30 pm to 2:30 pm at College of the Canyons, 26455 Rockwell Canyon Rd.

June 1, 2017 through June 30, 2017

Canyon Country Community Center
18792 Flying Tiger Dr.
Santa Clarita, CA 91387

The REGRAM exhibit is designed to showcase the power and creative spirit of social media, specifically as it’s displayed on the Instagram platform. The exhibit is entirely curated via Instagram, utilizing various hashtags to filter and find great, creative photographs. The photos will be displayed replicating the look and feel of a social media feed/timeline. The exhibit will also include an element of interactivity, as the youth and teens of the community center will be able to make their own contributions to the show by submitting photos utilizing a unique hashtag.

March 1, 2017 through March 31, 2017

First Floor Gallery at City Hall
23920 Valencia Blvd.
Santa Clarita, CA 91355

The “It’s All in the Numbers” exhibition is being displayed in conjunction with the cities One Story One City program, which is presented by the Santa Clarita Libraries. The book for 2017 is “Rise of the Rocket Girls.”  It tells the story of the women who served as “human computers” for the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL).

Artworks in the exhibit feature a variety of themes including numbers, math, and rocket science.

January 2017 through March 2017

Valencia Westfield Arts Education Community Wall (near Sears)
24201 Valencia Blvd.
Valencia, CA 91355

Rio Norte Junior High’s Art Exhibition invites viewers to scrutinize their artwork in the contemporary. A quote from Anabelle Gogol, “Each day we are discovering new things, improving old things, and always learning”.  Rio Norte students share a variety of artwork with you that are about tradition, medium, technique, relevance, and ideology.

The art world is constantly evolving; every artist is creating, exploring, and working on defining they’re own style. Some will hold onto tradition and others will strive towards what has not been done before.  Yet, there is significance to tradition.  In order to push boundaries and create the avant-garde, artists still need a background that includes traditional mediums, techniques, and aesthetics.

Here are some additional quotes from Rio Norte Visual Artists:

“As our society continually evolves, our mindsets change and we begin to create and accept new ideas, nonetheless we still manage to cling to our traditions.” – Katrina Hou

“In the classroom or art studio as many prefer to call it that, we all have different styles of art. Some of us like to draw in the style of photorealistic, or some of us like to draw cartoon like drawings.  We all still look for improvement by working together and asking for opinions on how to make our artwork better.” – Nathan Stephen

“There are endless possibilities for artists to express themselves, and that is why I love it so much. There are always so many resources, inspirations, and every artist is unique through their style and medium.” – Isabel Buriel

Connecting with the world as it evolves each and every day, yet at the same time Rio Norte artists are still embracing tradition and the foreseen.