News of the Arroyo
Title: | California Art Club celebrates 100 years |
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Date: | 2009-07-22 |
Summary: | July 22, 2009 - The California Art Club, that mainstay of Arroyo Art, is now celebrating its 100th anniversary. Recently they brief the youngsters at Kidspace on their approach to art. |
Author: | Janette Williams, Staff Writer |
Publication: | Pasadena Star-News |
Content: | ![](\"images/20090721CAC.jpg\") Nancy Popenoe, a painter from the California Art Club, critiques the painting of, Canela Roey, 7, of Los Angeles, during an art class at the Kidspace Children\'s Museum in Pasadena, Tuesday, July 21, 2009. En Plein Air week at Kidspace Children\'s Museum is part of the historic club\'s centennial celebration, focusing on the first art movement to be defined as purely \'Californian\'. (Correspondent photo by James Carbone/SXCITY) PASADENA - The California Art Club, which this year marks 100 years in the city, is celebrated for keeping up its founders\' time-honored techniques of painting \"en plein air.\" In the outdoor setting of the Kidspace Museum garden Tuesday, artists Peter Adams - the club president - and Nancy Popenoe kept up the Arroyo Seco tradition by sharing their expertise with 30 kindergartners through third-graders from the Pasadena YMCA. Photo Gallery: En Plein Air week Plein Air Week at Kidspace is part of the club\'s year-long centennial celebration. Club spokeswoman Beverly Chang said the children will learn Nancy Popenoe, a painter from the California Art Club, critiques the painting of, Canela Roey, 7, of Los Angeles, during an art class at the Kidspace Children\'s Museum in Pasadena, Tuesday, July 21, 2009. En Plein Air week at Kidspace Children\'s Museum is part of the historic club\'s centennial celebration, focusing on the first art movement to be defined as purely \'Californian\'. (Correspondent photo by James Carbone/SXCITY) how to see colors and shapes in nature and translate them into a painting. The resulting works created by both the artist-teachers and their students will be displayed at a special exhibition during the museum\'s Free Family Night on Aug. 4. For more information about programs at Kidspace Children\'s Museum, 480 N. Arroyo Blvd., call (626) 449-9144. - Janette Williams |
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