Palos Verdes Art Center Artists (PVACA) represents seven active artists groups affiliated with the Palos Verdes Art Center. PVACA presents the Malaga Cove Art on the Lawn Shows each year from April through September and hosts an annual membership exhibition,The Summer Show.
Email pvacartists@gmail.com to inquire about membership opportunities within the artist groups.
Artists Open Group (AOG)
The Artist’s Open Group (AOG) is open to all media and to all levels of experience. We include several professional artists and teachers, but also many newer artists. What we share is our enthusiasm for art and for appreciating it together. There is no jury process for AOG – just a shared enthusiasm. We include Painters, Ceramicists, Photographers, Fabric Artists, and Multimedia Artists.
We meet every other month. Meetings feature: Artist Demonstrations; “Show and Tell” where members and guests show new work and discuss their inspiration, technique, and influences; and time to socialize and share our enthusiasm for art.
For more information please email Jonathan Weaver (Chairperson) or Carolyn Liesy (Secretary) at ArtistsOpenGroup@gmail.com.
Pacific Arts Group
The Pacific Art Group, founded May 24, 1973, is an association of artists who have banded together with the intent that, by the nurturing of their mutual interest in art in a social environment, individual members will benefit by improving their artistic skills and knowledge.
We are mostly plein air and other representational painters. We meet most Wednesdays for field trips, paint-outs, critiques, demos and workshops, and social activities.We are limited to 31 members, and new members are sponsored and juried in. For membership information, contact Lynnattig@gmail.com.
To learn more about our group, please visit our website at www.pvpag.com
Paletteers
Contemporary/abstract as well as representational artists. Meets second Tuesday of every month at the Art Center, except in summer, for speakers and demonstrations. 56 members, by sponsorship and jury. www.paletteers.net
Peninsula Artists
Peninsula Artists is comprised of 35 artists from all over the Southbay. Their art media is diverse ranging from Water Color, Oil, Acrylic, Assemblage, Photography, Pouring and Pastel producing mostly 2 dimensional pieces from traditional to contemporary. This group meets monthly on the second Thursday at the Palos Verdes Art Center at 10:00am. During the meetings each member brings a piece of their own art to share with the group. Artists within the group give workshops to members on new techniques or give critiques and assistance with current work. This group also travels on field trips quarterly to see art installations, art shows and gallery events. This is a Juried Group.
Interested in joining Peninsula Artists, please contact Anita Johnson at: anitajohnson0487@att.net
PADA
Photographic and Digital Artists (PADA) is a collective of seasoned and innovative artists specializing in the continually evolving art form of photography. The youngest of the eight artists’ groups affiliated with the Palos Verdes Art Center, PADA members move toward creative exploration and excellence and adding knowledge of other art forms by sharing our ideas and techniques, critiquing one another’s work, engaging guest speakers, and participating in group exhibitions, workshops and field trips. Active participation by each member assures a rewarding association for all.
PADA meets the 4th Wednesday of the month at the Art Center for critiques and programs, and actively seek exhibition opportunities. Limit 32 members, selected by jury. www.padapv.org
Third Dimension
The Third Dimension member artists primarily focus on work in the three dimensional form: ceramics, sculpture, fiber art, wood, jewelry and glass.
The objectives of the group are to work towards creative exploration and excellence in one’s own discipline and to gain added knowledge of other art forms. These objectives are achieved through association with other artists, art critiques, guest speakers, workshops and field trips to museums and galleries.
Member artists focus on ceramics, sculpture, weaving, basketry, fabric arts, jewelry, and glass. Activities include guest speakers, workshops, critiques, and field trips. Up to 35 members, selected by jury. 3dpvac.org
The Artists’ Studio of Palos Verdes (TAS)
Founded in 1998, The Artists’ Studio of Palos Verdes (TAS) is a professional artist co-operative affiliated with Palos Verdes Art Center (PVAC), a 501(c)(3) nonprofit community arts organization.
Our goal is to support, promote, and develop the creative potential of our artists through the sale of their artwork and to provide marketing opportunities for our members and PVAC through events and exhibitions. In 2020 we launched the TAS Online Gallery to showcase the original artwork of our members. And in 2021 the TAS Gallery & Gift Shop re-opened at Palos Verdes Art Center. Both galleries feature one-of-a-kind paintings, jewelry, clothing, sculptures, pottery and art photography all created by our local TAS artists.
For membership or other information about The Artists’ Studio of Palos Verdes, visit our website at www.taspv.com, contact us at “taspvshop@gmail.com or call TAS Gallery & Shop at 424-206-9907.
Membership of 40 by invitation and jury only; meets quarterly.
