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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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Gallery Annex Exhibit Opens Oct. 22
Gallery Annex, 801 Middlefield Rd, in Redwood City, will hold a reception Nov. 5th 6-9 pm. The exhibit includes the works of local artists:
Anne Oseberg, Laurie Jonson, Carolina Mueller, Sharon Hogan,
Catherine Delf, Terry Rico, Edna Acri, Woody Miller, Ellen Howard,
Elfi Altendorfer, Linda Salter,
Hildy Charboneau, and Ken Maker.
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Meet B.O.B. October Mixer Event
B.O.B. is the first of six bird sculptures commissioned and installed along Broadway St. in downtown Redwood City funded by the Redwood City Civic Cultural Commission and produced by Peninsula Arts Council. The creative placemaking public art sculpture project, "Birds on Broadway", is designed to further create a sense of place and spur economic activity in downtown. Come meet "B.O.B.", celebrate this new project, network with local artists, business owners and City representatives and see the first bird statue by artist, Joe Pogan. Read more about B.O.B.
"Meet B.O.B." October Mixer
Thursday evening, Oct. 20, 6:30-8:30pm
Mexquite Restaurant, 2616 Broadway, Redwood City
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Featured Artist Joe Pogan 
In 1995, Joe Pogan put his artistic abilities and welding knowledge together to create found metal sculptures that he still makes today. Joe is the creator of B.O.B. the first of six bird sculptures installed along Broadway Street in downtown Redwood City. Joe created B.O.B. using a variety of found metals including spoons, nails, buttons, screws and other scrap metal. Found materials add uniqueness and charm and lend an eco-friendly characteristic to the sculpture. Learn more
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Diamond Awards Nominations are Now Open
Nominations are now open for the 10th Annual Diamond Awards, San Mateo County's Arts Hall of Fame awards. Peninsula Arts Council is partnering with
Music at Kohl Mansion for this anniversary celebration. The event will take place at Burlingame's historic Kohl Mansion on Thursday evening, February 2, 2012.
Nominate someone who has made an outstanding contribution to the arts in San Mateo County. Awards are given in eight categories and include a youth award.
Deadline: December 2, 2011
Sponsor the reception or donate an an item for the silent auction. Check the PAC website for details or join our Facebook page for updates.
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October National Arts & Humanities Month
Let's put San Mateo County's vibrant art scene on the map! Join PAC, Burlingame Art Society, and Canada College's Arts & Olive Festival & Arts Showcase by adding your organization's October arts event to the national online map. Get started
Learn more about the visibility campaign
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New Public Art in San Mateo
On Oct 1, City Arts of San Mateo hosted a reception to celebrate the installation of the sculpture "The Juggler" by Watsonville artist, Aaron Van de Kerckhove, at MidPen Housing's Peninsula Station development at 2901 El Camino Real in San Mateo. The sculpture is made from ¾-inch cor-ten steel and stainless steel. It stands 12 feet high.
"The Juggler" is the first work of public art installed as part of the City of San Mateo's Art in Public Places Ordinance, which was passed in 2006. Peninsula Station is the result of a partnership between the City of San Mateo, County of San Mateo and MidPen Housing. Pen Station, as it is called, provides transit-oriented housing to 68 low income families.
Nature and the human figure influence Van de Kerckhove's sculptural pieces.
His work is installed in numerous public spaces in the Bay Area, Santa Cruz
and beyond and is held in many private collections across the United States.
See Aaron's work or see more public art in San Mateo.
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Artist Registry Member of the Month- Belinda Chlouber
Congratulations to San Mateo Artist Belinda Chlouber, PAC's Featured Artist Registry Member of the Month! Belinda's work has been exhibited nationally and internationally and her work is held in many public and private collections. Belinda uses a wide variety of materials including, oil, acrylic, watercolor, collage, printmaking and encaustic, and is constantly searching for inspiration through observation and experience to enliven her work. In recent years, she has been working to balance abstraction with the narrative in art. She is a prolific artist and her work  can be seen in many forms. Belinda's most recent three-person show, "Altered" just closed at The Main Gallery in Redwood City, but you can view her 2-D work on her website & on PAC's Artist Registry as well as her handmade products on Etsy.
Belinda has also published an art book and a children's storybook about two squirrels and a family written by her mom, Carla, and illustrated by Belinda. |
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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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