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Welcome to PAC
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About PAC
-Promotes and cultivates the arts through marketing, outreach and education initiatives.
-Honors artistic achievement in San Mateo County through an annual Diamond Awards event.
-Provides resources to support and increase county arts in education activities.
-Maintains a monthly event calendar.
-Hosts an artist's registry to help promote local artists. -Serves as a community partner, fiscal sponsor and resource.
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Redwood City's
Earl Thomas & The Blues Ambassadors Architects
Fri July 22, 5 - 8:30pm
PAL Blues Festival
Sat. July 23, 12-8pm
The Rising, a Springsteen tribute band
Fri. Aug. 26, 5-8:30 pm
Mazacote Salsa Band
Fri. Sept. 23, 5-8:30 pm
Redwood City Salsa Festival
Sat. Sept. 24, 12-8 pm
See Art on the Square on YouTube
Artists: There are still spaces available. Download an application now!
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PAC Wins Art Funds for Public Art in Downtown Redwood City
Peninsula Arts Council has been awarded a second round of funding in the amount of $22,008 from the Redwood City Civic Cultural Commission to produce a large scale public art project in downtown Redwood City. The Commercial Street Mural Project will consist of murals painted on the backside of buildings. Read more
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Exciting PAC Special Event
Art Ambassador, Gwenda Joyce has guided and coached artists in all aspects of their careers as a gallery owner and artist's agent. In this special PAC workshop, she shares knowledge that will inspire and empower you to move your art out of the studio, giving you room to make more. Gwenda guides you through the process of approaching galleries and prepares you to take action. Thursday, August 11, 7-8 p.m., Twin Pines Art Center, Belmont. $5 PAC Members/ $10 Non-members. RSVP or call (650) 591-2101.
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Featured Artist: Martha Castillo 
"I create clay monotypes, multi-layered and complex: a lot like life." "Layers fascinate me: new paint over old walls, once shiny artifacts showing the patina of the time. What is on the surface, and what is hid den? With various media I build layers of texture and color. I attempt to convey a sense of history, creating subtle surprises and places to travel within each piece. Intuition and experience guide my work."
Martha Castillo will be exhibiting her Clayprints at Peninsula Volunteers Little House Art Gallery, 800 Middle Avenue, Menlo Park, from July 18th through August 31st.
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Peninsula Artist Helps "Green" the Tenderloin National Forest 
RWC Linden Street Warehouse Artist, Laura Diamondstone, has been taking her painting and drawing off the canvas. Her most recent project was transforming a section of turf in the Tenderloin National Forest. The turf required watering and mowing and was not being used as intended. She and Darryl Smith, co-founder of the Luggage Store Gallery in San Francisco, composted the turf, selected stones and rocks, and obtained donated cactus and succulents. The design was 'process-oriented', much like Laura's painting process which includes found objects and incorporates site specific 
materials including self-mixed earth pigments.
Learn more:
Local Intelligence
Bay Citizen NYT
See more of Laura's work
Learn more about how artists and volunteers transformed the TNF |
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New Exhibit: Caldwell Memorial Gallery
The Caldwell Gallery features the works by local professional artists . It is located on the first floor of the Hall of Justice of the San Mateo County Government Center. The exhibit featured in July and August has 36 fine art pieces by 16 artists from the Redwood City Art Center Studios and Board. On exhibit are recent works by artists Neil Flood, Yukari Lake, Tom Chapman, Lindsay Hogue, Sahba Hoda, Carolyn Jones, Margie Watts, Laurie Johnson, Alisan Andrews, Duke Collins, Linda Choy, Gene Firpo, Jason Sutherland, Wendy Lee, Lorraine Scherba and Lisette Lugo. The hours of the exhibit are from 8 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Monday-Friday. Many paintings are for sale. For more information contact Outreach Coordinator, Alisan Andrews at 650-400-8623 |
Talk Art  Silicon Valley Open Studios presents Talk Art, a TV show devoted entirely to profiling Silicon Valley artists and their work. Since 2007, Talk Art is a one-of-a-kind showcase for interviews, demonstrations, and discussions about the artistic process. The latest episodes of Talk Art can be seen at the following times and stations:
San Jose channel 15 -- Wed. at 10pm
Mountain View Channel 15 -- Tues. at 5:30pm
San Mateo Channel 26 -- Mon. at 10am
Palo Alto Channel 27 -- Sun. at 7:30pm, Mon. at 5:30am, Wed. at 10:30pm, Thur. at 5am and 1:30pm
View past episodes of Talk Art whenever the mood strikes you.
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San Mateo County Fair's "Carry the Light III" 
Three years running the "Carry the Light" program at the county fair's Fine Arts Galleria, Boris Koodrin says that, "One thing stands out about this economic downturn--fine art is one luxury item that is doing just fine. In fact, it seems to be doing cartwheels at a time when others are doing whatever they can to barely hang on."
The fair ran June 11-19 and attendance was up by 30%. Coordinators Boris Koodrin and Kayte Van De Mark reported a doubling in art sales and Literary Coordinator Bardi Rosman Koodrin reported standing room only for several events including the second Author Book Signing Day.
New this year was the "Day of the Dead" division in painting and Boris says, " It looks like it will be a huge hit in the future." Various management positions are available for creative-minded volunteers and early registration is encouraged for those who wish to put their personal stamp on this show for next year. Contact Boris Koodrin
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RWC ARTS ON 7LIVE's "VOICE BOX" PAC Board Members, Alisan Andrews, Beth Mostovoy and Julie Fellers participate in ABC 7Live's "Voice Box" show, Monday, July 18, 2011 as part of the studio audience. Donning "Arts Redwood City" shirts, 11 art representatives attended in support of RWC's Art on the Square and the PAL Blues Festival happening this weekend Friday, July 22 - Saturday, July 23rd in Downtown Redwood City.
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Local, Regional, and National Arts News Feed
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The Peninsula Arts Council is a non-profit organization serving San Mateo County to enhance opportunities for arts experiences and expression for all ages, promote resource sharing and collaboration, and advocate for the arts.
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