Sanchez Art Center

Exhibition ProgramSanchez Art Center (SAC) visitors enjoyed a robust year of programming including seventeen in-person exhibitions. Attendance has continued to rebuild since the pandemic with over 4,500 (duplicated) visitors to view the shows. The spring juried show the Left Coast Annual Juried Exhibition that is open to artists in California, Oregon, Washington, Alaska and Hawaii had juror Renee Cyla Villasenor, Inaugural Programs Manager + Curatorial Associate, Institute of Contemporary Art, San Francisco working through nearly 900 entries of contemporary work open to make their selection of 55 pieces. The exhibition that featured the first 3D printed artworks in the annual show and strong themes including the climate crisis, environment, indigenous people lands, gay marriage through the ages, the tragic impact of gun violence, and immigration, in addition to whimsical assemblage and intricate weavings, was viewable both in person and via our on-line gallery, providing broad visibility for the works. The Juror and Artist Gallery Walk was also conducted virtually providing the opportunity for more people to participate. The 2022 LCA Awards Exhibition was held simultaneously, and showed the astonishingly detailed pen and ink compilations of Ric Ambrose and the thought-provoking large scale paintings of Tamera Avery. Artists showing in the Main Gallery were: Elaine Badgley Arnoux, with a retrospective of works in Along the Way The Space of Remembering including a documentary film screening Shadow & Light, the Life & Art of Elaine Badgley Arnoux by William Farley; street photographer Barbara Ramos, An Observant Eye; Tony Natsoulas, Larger Than Lie: The Artwork of Tony Natsoulas with incredible large scale assembled ceramic pieces; and Dewey Crumpler, Fluidity. The East Gallery displayed a strong array of mediums and important cultural work: Fog Fest Invitational, a photography show; Bay Area Basket Makers: Diversity; a juried exhibition with the theme of Resilience both environmental and personal; and Infinite Cage, a gathering of well-known Bay Area-based Chinese and Taiwanese-American contemporary artists. The 15th Annual 50|50 Show was juried by Marianna Stark, M Stark Gallery, Hal Moon Bay. The Art Guild of Pacifica themed shows were: Dreams; Sitting Pretty; Sea & Forest and Favorite Things, and the Guilds 65th Annual Members Show! And 64th Annual Awards Show. Main Gallery show included educational artists talks as a way to be more connected with the artists, their work and inspiration. East Gallery exhibitions included community engagement activities such as a basket weaving demonstrations, creation of an outdoor chalk mural, gallery guides for two exhibitions, and artists talks and gallery walks.

19 studios leased to 30 artists meeting selection criteria; rates are below market and lease terms are limited.

Sanchez Art Centers award-winning program, Sanchez Goes to School, reflected a full 15 art lessons for each TK 5th grade student at Sunset Ridge Elementary School. The program is conducted during the school day and provided hands on art making for nearly 500 students. back to 15 lessons for each student TK to 5th grade, reaching five hundred children. Five summer camps were held, providing week-long sessions for ages 6 15, and 42 children, including 3 scholarships. The programming included multi-faceted messy art from painting to assemblage, mixed media/printmaking, fiber arts and filmmaking. SAC studio artists and visiting AGP members welcomed over 500 visitors to Open Studios in May, sharing about their artistic practice in their workspaces. Additionally, several studio artists held a number of small group workshops either in their studios or in the Mary Harris Arts Education room, covering diverse mediums such as alcohol ink, collage and mixed media and jewelry making (reaching around 30 adults). Handmade Pacifica, an outdoor artisan/maker faire brought another 500 people to the center in August, providing the opportunity for local creators to share about their work and purchase. SAC staff continued in the role of guiding artists through the approval process for public art projects through the City of Pacificas Public/Art Mural Subcommittee. SAC Executive Director also provided guidance and served as a juror for the inaugural San Mateo County Parks Foundation Fine Art Poster Call for Entry, that is selecting three artists to create fine art posters for individual parks in the system. The Pacific Coast Fog Fest continued and SAC continued coordination and judging responsibility for the annual Photography Contest. 70 submissions were received and over 60,000 viewed the display over two days. Large community events (Earth Day EcoFest and the holiday tree lighting) where hands-on art activities had traditionally been provided by SAC were limited in activities following the pandemic and SAC therefore did not hold arts engagement activities at them.