The Palo Alto Art Center Presents: Youth Art 2008 and the Fifth Annual Cultural Kaleidoscope Exhibitions, May 11-June 1, 2008
The annual Youth Art exhibition celebrates the imaginative spirit of the students from the Palo Alto Unified School District. Youth Art features work from students in grades K-12. Instructors have selected work that demonstrates accomplishment and innovation in the classroom.
Cultural Kaleidoscope is an artist residency program that partners K-5 classes from schools in the Palo Alto Unified School District and the Ravenswood School District. The projects bring students together for an imaginative exchange in creating art that deepens an awareness of diverse cultures.
Upcoming Exhibitions The Palo Alto Art Center Presents: Summer 2008 Exhibitions / June 22 - September 7, 2008
"Nathan Oliveira: The Painter's Bronzes" A retrospective of the painter's achievements in sculpture
"Nathan Oliveira: The Painter's Bronzes" presents the artist's bronze sculptures, 1960- 2008. As acclaimed art historian Peter Selz observed in his monograph on the artist, Oliveira "used his painter's brush on the surface of the bronze," while creating his rich variations of patinas. Their distinctive character comes from the fact that they are, as the artist contends, "sculptures made by a painter."
"Timothy Berry: More Missing Magic" Bay Area debut of mask drawings and paintings
The haunting oil, encaustic, and gold leaf paintings in the exhibition "Timothy Berry: More Missing Magic," address how we are taught to mediate fear and learn deception by trying on other identities as children during All Saints' Eve (Halloween).
