SANCHEZ ART CENTER

Exhibition ProgramSanchez Art Center (SAC) welcomed 5,300 (duplicated) visitors for a full year of creative programmingincluding seventeen in-person exhibitions. Two of these exhibitions were paired with virtual shows,providing opportunity to return to the works remotely or to engage with for the first time via the worldwide web. The Left Coast Annual Juried Exhibition, open to artists in California, Oregon, Washington,Alaska and Hawaii had a record number of entries for juror Janna Keegan who was more than upto the task of reviewing the +1,200 entries of contemporary work, selecting 54 pieces by 47 artists toshow in the galleries. Ecological concerns echoed throughout the show including an art quilt visuallydocumenting 172 years of meteorlogical data reflecting the rise in global temperatures, the feelingsevoked by a bomb cyclone that impacted the artists local beach, and artforms that reflected deep seapolymetallic nodules causing viewers to pause on the unknown implications of global deep sea mining.Material necessities were poignantly presented in a concrete travel bag with a frayed strap, calling toour attention the heavy weight that must be carried by individuals without a place to permanently liveand must carry these belongings with them on a daily basis. The Juror and Artist Gallery Walk was alsoconducted virtually providing the opportunity for more people to participate. The 2023 LCA AwardsExhibition that was held concurrently, offered an array of texture and color with the work of Uma RaniIyli who created works out of vibrant silk threads from saris part of the artists culture and Tara Dalyworking in textile, clay and paint led us to ponder modern culture and challenged viewers to considerecological and more gentle alternatives. Artists showing in the Main Gallery were: Foad Satterfield,Then is Now, 1995-2023 presenting impressionistic abstractions of beloved natural environments;renowned watercolorist Gary Bukovnik, Forever Spring that included three dimensional sculpturecomplimenting the floral images; Chandrika Marla, Chromatic Edge exploring the feminine, inspired bywomen, their relationships to each other and themselves; and, a group show presenting the vitality ofthe art practices being engaged with by Skyline College Art Faculty. The East Gallery displayed a strongarray of mediums and important cultural work: Fog Fest Invitational, a photography show; BurlingamePlein Air Painters: Canopy calling attention to the beautify and value of trees to our urban and naturallandscape; Studio Art Quilt Associates Prism Play presented a full spectrum of color via 62monochrome panels; and Bay Area Artists of Color, Food for Thought honored the earth, sun andwater as the source of life; the unsung who grow, prepare and distribute our food; and the overlookedwho hunger in this land of plenty. The Food for Thou The Food for Thought exhibition included a screening of Strawberry Picker a 30 minute documentary about, and talk with, printmaker Juan R. Fuentes and the films producer from Inspira Studios. The 16 th Annual 50|50 Show was juried by Andra Norris, Andra Norris Gallery, Burlingame. The Art Guild of Pacifica themed shows were: Light & Shadow; The Four Seasons; Myth & Magic and Treasure(s), and the Guilds 66 th Annual Members Show! And 65 thAnnual Awards Show. Main Gallery show included educational artists talks as a way to be moreconnected with the artists, their work and inspiration. East Gallery exhibitions included communityengagement activities including making ones own mini art quilt, gallery guides for exhibitions, and artiststalks and gallery walks.

Arts Education and Community EngagementSanchez Goes to School, Sanchez Art Centers award-winning program, Sanchez Goes to School,continued providing a full 15 art lessons for each TK 5 th grade student at Sunset Ridge ElementarySchool. The program is conducted during the school day and provided nearly 400 students hands on artmaking and an introduction to a variety of contemporary and historic artists and artworks. Bringing artto the classroom has been critical as children have continued to work through the isolation and socialdisruption of the pandemic in their early years. Six summer camps were held, providing week-longsessions with 52 children, ages 6 15, participating. Two scholarships were given to ensure opportunityfor those who might not otherwise be able to The programming included mixed media/printmaking,messy art from painting to assemblage, and filmmaking.Sanchez Art Center working with the Pacifica Collaborative and Pacificans Care, developed and coordinated community engagement programs to encourage kindness. To displace racist remarks maderemotely during public meetings, a pre-city council program was arranged with an artist who sangaffirmations written by the public and accompanied by a healing sound bowl. For a read-aloud programheld within the school district SAC provided books on kindness to be read to students in the K-5 th grade.A local artist was engaged to create the poster for a community sing-along that brought 120 people ofall ages to the adjoining concert hall to sing a song-list focused on hope and kindness that upliftedspirits. Large community events held for Earth Day and Pride Week also featured kindness with SACproviding the supplies for making small scratch art pieces that were made into buttons to take away andwear.SAC studio artists and visiting AGP members welcomed over 550 visitors to Open Studios in May,engaging with the community-at-large 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 45 adults). Handmade Pacifica, an outdoor artisan/maker faire brought another 500 people to the center in July, providing the opportunity for local creators to share about their work and the visitors to buy locally made products.SAC staff continued in the role of providing guidance to artist about the approval process for public artprojects as a member of the City of Pacificas Public/Art Mural Subcommittee. SAC Executive Director also served another year as juror for the San Mateo County Parks Foundation Fine Art Poster Call for Entry, working with a group of jurors to select three artists to create fine art posters for individual parks in the system. SAC continued coordination for the Pacific Coast Fog Fest s annual Photography Contest.Over 60 submissions were received and over 65,000 viewed the display over two days