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104 - Jul / Aug 21

Prestigious Art Club's Exhibition at the Hilbert Museum

- - - - 110th Annual Gold Medal Exhibition July 10 - August 14, 2021 One of the oldest art clubs in the United States, the California Art Club will hold its 110th Annual Gold Medal Exhibition at Chapman University’s Hilbert Museum of California Art from... Read More →

- - - - 110th Annual Gold Medal Exhibition July 10 - August 14, 2021 One of the oldest art clubs in the United States, the California Art Club will hold its 110th Annual Gold Medal... Read More →

103 - May / Jun 21

George Samerjan

Paris & Los Angeles

A significant part of the mission of the Hilbert Museum of California Art at Chapman University is to bring renewed recognition to California figurative and representational artists of the past 100 or so years. Some of these artists had begun to slip from the larger... Read More →

A significant part of the mission of the Hilbert Museum of California Art at Chapman University is to bring renewed recognition to California figurative and representational artists of the past 100 or so years. Some... Read More →

100 - Nov / Dec 20

Richard Turner

Advocating an Ancient Contemplative Practice

In our current troubled era, beset by a worldwide pandemic, political unrest and environmental disasters, people seem to be turning to calming, often ancient and time-honored practices: meditation, yoga, various forms of spirituality. So, it seems timely that an acclaimed Orange artist is advocating a... Read More →

In our current troubled era, beset by a worldwide pandemic, political unrest and environmental disasters, people seem to be turning to calming, often ancient and time-honored practices: meditation, yoga, various forms of spirituality. So, it... Read More →

96 - Nov / Dec 19

Mia Tavonatti

Uplifting Art Heals People & Communities

Mia Tavonatti is not one to let hardship or even pain dampen her spirits—or her immense capacity for creativity. The Orange-based artist (whose first name is pronounced “MY-a”) took a tumble a couple of months ago from a scaffolding in Marquette, Michigan, where she was... Read More →

Mia Tavonatti is not one to let hardship or even pain dampen her spirits—or her immense capacity for creativity. The Orange-based artist (whose first name is pronounced “MY-a”) took a tumble a couple of months... Read More →

94 - Jul / Aug 19

Gardena High School's Extraordinary Art Collection

at the Hilbert Museum of California Art

Gardena High School in Gardena—a city in the South Bay region of Los Angeles—owns one of the most spectacular assemblages of California art in the state. It’s a stunning collection of paintings founded a hundred years ago, donated to the school by its graduating senior... Read More →

Gardena High School in Gardena—a city in the South Bay region of Los Angeles—owns one of the most spectacular assemblages of California art in the state. It’s a stunning collection of paintings founded a hundred... Read More →

93 - May / Jun 19

Greg LaRock

Capturing California Light & Life

Ask Orange artist Greg LaRock what it is about California that inspires so many painters to attempt capturing its scenery and light, and he has a ready answer: “It’s supremely beautiful. I’ve painted all over the country and overseas, and there is something different here.... Read More →

Ask Orange artist Greg LaRock what it is about California that inspires so many painters to attempt capturing its scenery and light, and he has a ready answer: “It’s supremely beautiful. I’ve painted all over... Read More →

92 - Mar / Apr 19

Mary Blair

A Genius of Color & Style

Mary Blair (1911-1978) is known worldwide to Disney fans as the matchless designer, illustrator and colorist, who set the tone for such iconic animated films of the wartime era through the midcentury as Dumbo (1941), Saludos Amigos (1942), The Three Caballeros (1945), Song of the... Read More →

Mary Blair (1911-1978) is known worldwide to Disney fans as the matchless designer, illustrator and colorist, who set the tone for such iconic animated films of the wartime era through the midcentury as Dumbo (1941),... Read More →

91 - Jan / Feb 19

Norman Rockwell

One of American's Best-Known Artists

One of Norman Rockwell’s most beloved works, “Crestwood Commuter Station,” is not one of the master American illustrator’s usual close-up character studies. Instead, Rockwell’s artist’s-eye “camera” pulls back to reveal a wide shot of the hustle and bustle of a commuter train station in the... Read More →

One of Norman Rockwell’s most beloved works, “Crestwood Commuter Station,” is not one of the master American illustrator’s usual close-up character studies. Instead, Rockwell’s artist’s-eye “camera” pulls back to reveal a wide shot of the... Read More →

86 - Mar / Apr 18

Making Waves: A Tribute to John Severson & Rick Griffin

at the Hilbert Museum

Surf Culture Art founders, John Severson (left) and Rick Griffin, pictured here in the 1980s. - - - - Almost as soon as the ancient Polynesian sport of surfing invaded California’s shores in the 20th century, an entire socioeconomic subculture began springing up around it.... Read More →

Surf Culture Art founders, John Severson (left) and Rick Griffin, pictured here in the 1980s. - - - - Almost as soon as the ancient Polynesian sport of surfing invaded California’s shores in the 20th... Read More →

84 - Nov / Dec 17

Emigdio Vasquez

Inside Art with Latino Art

At the age of 10, Rosemary Vasquez Tuthill began accompanying her father, Emigdio Vasquez, when he sold his art. “My job was to keep an eye on things if he left for a few minutes,” says Vasquez Tuthill, who today is an oil painter and... Read More →

At the age of 10, Rosemary Vasquez Tuthill began accompanying her father, Emigdio Vasquez, when he sold his art. “My job was to keep an eye on things if he left for a few minutes,”... Read More →