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The
Pacifica Center for the Arts is a multi-use complex
made up of visual and performing arts organizations as
well as individual artist studios.
Sanchez Art Center
Art Guild
of Pacifica
Pacifica
Performances
Stephen
Johnson Photography
MISSION
The mission of the
Sanchez Art Center is to create community
through art.
The art center
provides exhibitions
by emerging and established California
artists;
education and outreach programs designed to make art accessible
to people of all ages and backgrounds; and affordable
studio space for up to 30 Bay Area artists.
The art center has three
exhibition spaces:
- Main Gallery - exhibitions
by established and emerging California artists
- West Wing Gallery
- Art Guild of Pacifica exhibitions
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East Wing Gallery - community
and multicultural exhibitions by Bay Area
organizations and children
Opening receptions are generally held from 7 to 9 p.m. on the first Friday of each exhibition. Galleries are staffed by volunteers and, during exhibitions, are open to the public on Friday, Saturday, and Sunday from 1 to 5 p.m (except opening Fridays). Admission is free. Office hours are Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday from 1 to 5 p.m.
HISTORY
In 1996, a group of artists, volunteers,
and local residents, in cooperation with the City of Pacifica, leased an abandoned
elementary school building that they subsequently converted into the Sanchez Art Center.
In 1998, with a neighborhood grant from the Peninsula Community Foundation,
a team of local artists, youth, and family members completed Pacifica's only large-scale mural, containing
images that celebrate community spirit and commitment to diversity.
In 2000, the Mary Harris Arts Education Room was established for
art classes and summer art camps. In 2007, with support from the First National Bank at Linda Mar,
our Ceramics Lab opened for classes and ceramics firing.
The Art Center is home to the Art Guild of Pacifica, whose 500 members
volunteer for exhibitions, events, and gallery sitting, as well as serving on the center's committees and board.
The Sanchez Art Center is a non-profit organization. Funding comes
from grants, donations, art classes, art sales, and art studio rentals. We rely on the volunteer efforts of our studio
artists, members of the Art Guild of Pacifica, and the community to help carry out our programs for the community.
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