The Summer Show is a virtual exhibition featuring work by PVAC members associated with any of its eight artists groups: Artists Open Group (AOC), Pacific Arts Group, Paletters, Palos Verdes Painters, Peninsula Artists, Photographic and Digital Artists (PADA), The Artists’ Studio, and Third Dimension.

This year, PVAC is pleased to announce Nina Zak Laddon as Juror. Nina is the co-founder of the Redondo Beach Art Group and originator of the Power of Art exhibition. She serves on the Board of Friends of Redondo Beach Arts as a Creative Advisor. Nina has been the curator of CA 101 contemporary international art exhibition for the past 8 years. She is currently the TEDx Redondo Beach Organizer.

“During a time of global pandemic and social unrest when our daily lives are confronted with uncertainty and fear, art is essential. Studies have shown that viewing a work of art can reduce stress and anxiety as well as foster empathy in the eye of the beholder.

The virtual art world is flourishing bringing art into the home where one can view the artwork in a most intimate way. The computer screen as opposed to the page of an art book creates an interactive experience where one can examine the art in detail while traveling along the lines, colors, and content of the artwork.

This is a unique time to create and to jury an exhibition. PVAC artists have submitted works reacting to the turmoil of our new reality. They have returned to beloved landscapes and found solace in their studios while in quarantine. The artworks I reviewed are full of emotion, beauty and each one reveals a story either personal or universal.

Seeing the art in person is a completely different experience. Stepping into a gallery standing inches from the artwork, textures, colors, and compositions are intensified. It is a privilege I am looking forward to eagerly.

Artists are entrusted to continue to create, provide a dialogue, and lead us to a more just world.”

Nina Zak Laddon

To purchase an artwork, email info@pvartcenter.org for details. Twenty-five percent of proceeds benefit Palos Verdes Art Center.

Image: Succession-Six (detail), by Megan Mickael.

PAUL ANDERSON, ELISSA DICARLO, DELLIS FRANK , LYNN DORAN, RICHARD GOULD, JUDY HERMAN, HERLINDA GIANDALIA, ADOLFO GIRALA, JOANNE GOODMAN, MEGAN MICKAEL, AL HAGAN, LYNNE HAGGARD, JOYCE WELSH, GEORGE GELB, JESSICA JIMENEZ, BEVERLY GATES

CAROLYN LIESY, BERNARD FALLON, LYNN DORAN, JOE DEVINNY, DAEL PATTON, UDAY PATIL, JODY WIGGINS, EVE PERICICH, SUSAN JOSEPHER, SARA COE, DON CROCKER, CARLOS CUERVO, MARLENE DELUGISH, GLORIA LEE, MACARENA ALCALDE, LOIS OLSEN

KATHERINE BERGSTROM, DEBBIE ABSHEAR, BETH SHIBATA, JAMES GARDNER, PAUL ANDERSON, ASHLEY LYNN RAE, JONATHAN WEAVER, MELINDA BARTH, JOHN STINSON, DELORA BERTSCH, RODNEY BOONE, ELLEN CANTOR, ROBIN BOTT, NANCY VEITS, BOBETTE SHAFTON-DAVIDSON, ROBERT REINHARDT

JOYCE WELSH, DIANE REEVES, ERIC SANDERS, MONIQUE SAUL DUINKER, BRUCE QI, NANCY VEITS, JESSICA JIMENEZ, NANCY SEWELL, CHRISTINA CENTOFANTE, MICHAEL CINNAMOND, RODNEY BOONE, LYNN ATTIG, ARIEL SWARTLEY, LYNNE HAGGARD, JERRY KOTLER, TOM WHEELER