Palos Verdes Community Arts Association Collection, ca 1930 - 1981

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Summary

Title:
Palos Verdes Community Arts Association Collection
Dates:
ca 1930 - 1981
Creators:
Palos Verdes Library District (1928-)
Abstract:
Collection includes exhibition catalogs, meeting minutes and agendas.
Extent:
.5 Cubic Feet 1/2 legal document box
Language:
English
Preferred citation:

[Name of item], Palos Verdes Community Arts Association Collection (Collection 017). Local History Center, Peninsula Center Library, Palos Verdes Library District, Rolling Hills Estates, CA.

Background

Scope and content:

Includes correspondence, exhibition catalogs and programs of the Committee on Art Exhibits and Art Functions and later the Palos Verdes Community Arts Association.

Biographical / historical:

Wtih the opening of the Public Library and Art Gallery in 1930, the Palos Verdes Library District Board of Trustees created a committee called the Committee on Art Exhibits and Art Functions to take charge of art exhibits and other art functions in the new gallery. Members of the Committee included community members and Librarian Agnes McMillan who acted as the Secretary. One of the first projects of the Committee was the opening reception and the first purchase prize.

In February 1931, the Committee on Art Exhibits and Art Functions discussed the formation of a community arts association to carry on the management and expense of art exhibitions in the gallery apart from the Library's administration and funding. In May 1931, the Palos Verdes Community Arts Association was officially formed as a nonprofit corporation and the work of the Committee on Art Exhibits and Art Functions was taken over by the Association.

The goal of the newly formed association was to "establish and maintain in the community a center for the expression of beauty, artistry and esthetics." Its purpose was "to foster an interest in the educational, social and civic conditions of the community; to advance and carry on the study, development of knowledge of painting, etching, drawing, sculpture, woodcarving, architecture, landscape architecture, literature, music, drama and the allied arts."

The Committee and Association exhibited materials by local and regional artists and organizations. Exhibits included works by Ralph Holmes, Franz Geritz, and artists from organizations such as the California Water Color Society, Print Makers Society of California, Art Clinic of Los Angeles, Santa Barbara Associates Artists' Division, the Laguna Group of the Laguna Beach Art Association, Contemporary Artists of San Diego, Academy of Western Painters, and the Spectrum Club of Long Beach.

Exhibits also included materials prepared by the American Institute of Architects, Pacific-Coast Chapter, materials on loan from the collection of Mrs. George Madison Millard of Pasadena, and an exhibit of Stowitts' American Champions.

In 2000, the name of the Association was officially changed to the Palos Verdes Art Center and in 2013, it was amended to the Palos Verdes Art Center and Beverly G. Alpay Center for Arts Education.

Processing information:

Initial housed in Palos Verdes Library District Collection correspondence. Rehousing and stabilization of materials and final arrangement and description by Monique Leahey Sugimoto, April 2018.

Arrangement:

Arranged alphabetically by creator, then by folder title; thereunder chronologically, with undated materials filed after dated materials.

Physical location:
Local History Center
Rules or conventions:
Describing Archives: A Content Standard

About this collection guide

Collection Guide Author:
Monique Leahey Sugimoto
Sponsor:
Stella Castillo and Lulu Zilinskas
Date Encoded:
This finding aid was produced using ArchivesSpace on 2018-04-19 17:07:17 -0700 .

Access and use

Restrictions:

Open for research. Advance notice required for access. Contact the Local History Center for access information.

Terms of access:

The collection is open for research use.

Preferred citation:

[Name of item], Palos Verdes Community Arts Association Collection (Collection 017). Local History Center, Peninsula Center Library, Palos Verdes Library District, Rolling Hills Estates, CA.

Location of this collection:
701 Silver Spur Road
Rolling Hills Estates, CA 90274, US
Contact:
(310) 377-9584
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