 | September 20, 2015Artist Richard Small loves meeting the people who purchase his work, creating new pumpkins, and the creative spirit of the patch.
“The best thing about the Great Glass Pumpkin Patch® is the fact that I get to interact directly with the people,” says Small, who works out of his glassblowing studio in Campbell.
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 | July 17, 2015 | The first phase of our ambitious Creative Ecology program is off to a great start, as artist Linda Gass engages the community in gathering inspiration for her artwork at Cooley Landing. |
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 | July 17, 2015 Artist Kate Pocrass wants to know: Where do you find happiness in Palo Alto?
The answer to that question comes in the form of a project launched by Pocrass, who has asked hundreds of Palo Alto residents to identify and describe their happy places throughout the city. |
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 | May 7, 2015 Short’s piece for the exhibition, Oculus, a 12-channel, 275-speaker installation, enticed viewers to step inside and listen to low-frequency sounds. She says that she learned a lot about her own art from the reactions of viewers and was honored to have her work shown alongside the other Hear This! artists: Chris Duncan, Mark Malmberg, Christian Marclay, and Julianne Swartz,
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 | April 10, 2015While National Volunteer Week takes place only once each year in April, volunteerism thrives year ‘round at the Palo Alto Art Center, as hundreds of volunteers routinely donate thousands of hours to ensure the success of the Center’s programs and events.
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 | April 11, 2015On a sunny Sunday afternoon at the end of March, we welcomed 365 visitors and 31 volunteers at Spring Family Day!
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 | July 1, 2014On July 1, the Art Center driveway and main entrance reopened with enhanced wayfinding, accessibility, and parking for pedestrians, bikes, and vehicles! The Main Library Renovation continues to remain on schedule with a projected completion sometime this fall. Thank you all for your patience—we invite you to visit the Art Center sometime soon to see our beautiful new entryway and front parking lot!
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 | December 18, 2012Palo Alto artist Judith Content is best known for her textile artworks, which have been exhibited throughout the United States, in Europe, and Asia. But Judith got her start as a ceramic artist. Pottery Creek honors her background in ceramic arts as well as the important role of ceramics in the history and future of the Palo Alto Art Center.
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August 17, 2012Peninsula Philanthropist and Leader Embraces Arts as Central to Community
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 | July 16, 2012Double Take, Patrick Dougherty’s beloved willow sculpture located on the grounds of the Art Center, is the focus of this fun and easy photo contest for all ages! Winning photos will be published in an on-demand book. Open to all ages!
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 | February 6, 2015Although Palo Alto residents Claire Taylor and Charles Schulz first fell in love with each other 34 years ago, they fell in love with the Palo Alto Art Center in 1988 when they had their marriage ceremony and reception in the courtyard.
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 | January 2, 2015Join us on Friday, January 23 from 7-10 p.m. for another Friday Night at the Art Center! Meet exhibiting artists, experience a live sound performance by Chris Duncan with a film projection by Paul Clipson, treat yourself to delicious food from Ada's Cafe and a cocktail from the cash bar.
Art Center Foundation members get two free drinks! Join today! www.paacf.org/join
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 | December 19, 2014All of us at the Art Center wish you, your family and your friends a happy holiday season and an art-filled New Year! The Art Center will be closed from Wednesday, December 24 through Thursday, January 1 and will reopen on Friday, January 2. We will kick off the New Year with fun and imaginative classes for children and adults and our winter exhibition, Hear This!, opening on January 17. See you at the Art Center in 2015!
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 | November 21, 2014Community members have the unique opportunity to view and contribute to the creative process as artists Lauren DiCioccio and May Wilson begin their residency as part of the Palo Alto Art Center’s Artist-In-Residence program this month.
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July 16, 2014The Palo Alto Art Center is honored to announce the 2014-2015 Artist-in-Residence Program participants. Artists were selected through a competitive process by a panel consisting of Art Center staff members from the exhibitions, education, and studio program areas.
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 | March 11, 2014The birthday program is tailored for our younger artists, ages 5-12, and provides the opportunity to explore art making and have tons of fun doing it!
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 | April 16, 2013Celebrate the artwork of children at the Palo Alto Art Center’s spring exhibitions!
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 | April 6, 2013Take off with us we say bon voyage to our grand reopening show, Community Creates, and welcome the arrival of the Jewelry Studio.
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 | January 10, 2013Join us on February 8 for the first in a series of fun and exciting evenings at the Art Center, the new place to be on a Friday night!
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 | October 25, 2012October 6 marked the long-anticipated grand reopening of the newly transformed Palo Alto Art Center! Check it out!
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 | July 16, 2012The Palo Alto Art Center welcomes the public back to its newly transformed space after eighteen months of renovation. Created by the community more than 40 years ago, the newly transformed Art Center is the place where you can actively participate in the arts! Highlights of our renovated building include a new Children’s Wing with double the number of classrooms, transformed exhibition galleries, new lobby spaces and public areas and beautifully landscaped outdoor spaces for all to enjoy!
Click here for a detailed list of the days activities!
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 | April 26, 2012Palo Alto Art Center On the Road
During the Palo Alto Art Center's facility transformation, Bay Area residents were able to learn, create and be inspired through participation in innovative On the Road programs.
On the Road programs brought the Center’s popular and acclaimed "see and make" approach to the arts directly into the community.
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 | December 11, 2013The 2nd Annual Children’s Fine Art exhibition features paintings, drawings, designs, photographs, sculpture, and ceramics made by students in our fall classes for preschoolers, kids, and teens.
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 | May 17, 2013In the spring of 2013, the Palo Alto Art Center and the Palo Alto City Library embarked upon an exciting project with local teens—the creation of a mobile makerspace. Funded by a California State Library grant, this project will result in a mobile makerspace—created by and for local teens—that will premiere at the Art Center in August 2013 and then travel to libraries and community centers throughout Palo Alto.
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 | September 17, 2014Drop by the Art Center to meet artist-in-residence Cristina Velázquez and see her knit with the more than 4000 unwanted VHS tapes donated by the community.
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 | March 29, 2014The Palo Alto Art Center invites veterans and their families to contribute images and objects that relate to their military service for an art project and exhibition with veteran and ceramic artist Ehren Tool.
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