Carmel Art Association

Carmel Art Association (CAA)
Established1927; 97 years ago (1927)
LocationDolores Street between 5th & 6th Ave., Carmel-by-the-Sea, California
Coordinates36°33′24″N 121°55′14″W / 36.556667°N 121.920556°W / 36.556667; -121.920556
TypeArt Gallery
FounderJennie V. Cannon
DirectorBoard of Directors
ArchitectClay Otto
Websitecarmelart.org

The Carmel Art Association (CAA) is a Not-for-profit arts organization and gallery located in Carmel-by-the-Sea, California. The CAA is Carmel's oldest gallery. It features the work of many local artists living on the Monterey Peninsula. Many of its members were early California artists. The CAA is a 501(c)(3) organization.[1] CAA was recorded with the National Register of Historic Places on May 10, 2002.[2]

History

The CAA was founded on August 8, 1927, by a small group of artists who gathered at “Gray Gables,” the modest home and studio of Josephine M. Culbertson and Ida A. Johnson at the corner of Seventh and Lincoln in Carmel-by-the-Sea, California. The originator of the plan was Jennie V. Cannon of Berkeley, California, who was a frequent visitor to Carmel and owned a summer cottage there.[3] Nineteen artists found their respective paths to Carmel from all corners of the world. Each desired a greater sense of community, a spirit of collaboration, and a place to show their work. Before the meeting concluded, they had established an association with a mission “to advance art and cooperation among artists, secure a permanent exhibition space, and promote greater fellowship between artists and the public." Pedro Joseph de Lemos of Carmel was elected the first president of the CAA in August 1927. A constitution presented by Ada B. Champlin was accepted with some amendments.[4]

Artist and playwright Ira Mallory Remsen (1876-1928) was active with the Carmel Art Association when it was at the corner of Seventh and Lincoln Street. On July 8, 1929, artists Ray and Dorthy Woodward purchased Rem's studio for $6,000 (equivalent to $106,465 in 2023).[5] In the fall of 1933, the Carmel Art Association moved to its present location on Dolores Street, when the organization purchased Remsen's former studio with a loan from businessman Barnet J. Segal (1898-1985). Today part of the Remsen's original studio survives as the Beardsley Room inside the building.[6][7][8]

In late October 1927, the exhibition of 41 artists took place in Herbert Heron's Seven Arts Building in Carmel. Exhibitors were Mary DeNeale Morgan, John O'Shea, Percy Gray, Jennie Cannon, and others.[9]

The association filed articles of incorporation on January 26, 1934. Directors included John O'Shea, William Ritschel, Jo Mora, Paul Dougherty, Armin Hansen, Edda Maxwell Health, and Charlton Fortune.[10]

Architect Clay Otto designed and Michael J. Murphy the expansion of the existing building in 1938. It is a two-story wood and adobe brick and concrete block framed art gallery. The sculpture garden in front of the building was designed by artist William P. Silva (1859-1948).[6] The gallery was registered with the California Register of Historical Resources on May 10, 2002. The building is significant under California Register criterion 1, as the oldest, continuously operating artist-owned cooperative art gallery in California.[7]

Paul Whitman - Monterey Cypress

Exhibitions

E. Charlton Fortune, Monterey Bay (Oakland Museum of California)

One of the first CAA exhibitions was on June 3, 1928 at the Stanford Art Gallery of oil paintings and watercolors by 25 of its members. One of the paintings was by Percy Gray called "Coast Near Monterey".[11]

Jo Mora was active in the Carmel community and served on the board of directors of the CAA, where his sculptures were exhibited between 1927 and 1934.[10]

Salvador Dalí joined the CAA. On June 8, 1947, he participated as an art expert and juror in a contest sponsored by CAA that awarded high school students from Albany High School in Oakland, California.[12]

On July 28, 1988, the CAA held an exhibition of paintings and graphics by six early members. Francis McComas was one of them.[13]

Awards

The gallery has won awards in the following areas:

Publications

  • Carmel Art Association: Today. Author: Carmel Art Association, Carmel, Calif., 1988, OCLC 27866383
  • Carmel Art Association: its legends and legacies 1927–2007. Authors: Dick Crispo; Lisa Crawford Watson. Carmel, Calif., 2007, OCLC 289664504
  • Richard Lofton, 1908-1966: a painter's painter. Carmel, Calif., 2004, OCLC 84711047
  • John O'Shea and friends: John O'Shea, Burton Shepard Boundary, Theodore Morrow Criley : Carmel Art Association, August 5 through August 31, 1993. Carmel, Calif., 1993. OCLC 35330515

Notable members

References

  1. ^ "Carmel Art Association". carmelart.org. Carmel Art Association. Retrieved 2020-04-23.
  2. ^ Kent L. Seavey (May 10, 2002). "Department Of Parks And Recreation" (PDF). National Park Service. Retrieved March 31, 2020.
  3. ^ "Carmel Art Body Forms". Oakland Tribune. 10 Aug 1927. Retrieved 2020-06-27.
  4. ^ "Carmel Art Body Names Officers". Oakland, California. 18 Aug 1927. p. 21. Retrieved 2020-06-27.
  5. ^ "Complete Abstract of County Records". Salinas Morning Post. Salinas, California. 26 Jul 1929. p. 15. Retrieved 2022-09-10.
  6. ^ a b Dramov, Alissandra (2019). Historic Buildings of Downtown Carmel-by-the-Sea. Carmel-by-the-Sea, California: Arcadia Publishing. pp. 36, 73. ISBN 9781467103039. Retrieved 2022-04-20.
  7. ^ a b Kent L. Seavey (May 10, 2002). "Department Of Parks And Recreation" (PDF). National Park Service. Retrieved April 25, 2022.
  8. ^ Edwards, Robert W. (2012). Jennie V. Cannon: The Untold History of the Carmel and Berkeley Art Colonies, Vol. 1. Oakland, Calif.: East Bay Heritage Project. pp. 177–245. ISBN 9781467545679. Archived from the original on 2016-04-29. Retrieved 2020-04-24.
  9. ^ "Artists and Their Work". Oakland Tribune. 30 Oct 1927. p. 59. Retrieved 2020-06-27.
  10. ^ a b "Art Group Files Corporation Papers". The San Bernardino County Sun. 17 Jan 1934. p. 13. Retrieved 2020-04-23.
  11. ^ "Carmel Art Exhibit Opens at Stanford". The San Francisco Examiner. Retrieved 2020-04-23.
  12. ^ "Albany High Student Awarded Art Prize". Oakland Tribune. 1947-06-08. Retrieved 2020-04-24.
  13. ^ "The Carmel Art Association". www.newspapers.com. 1988-07-28. Retrieved 2020-04-21.
  14. ^ Schley, Mary (2012). "Chamber honors outstanding businesses at annual awards dinner" (PDF). pineconearchive.fileburstcdn.com. The Carmel Pine Cone. Retrieved 2020-04-25. page 22
  15. ^ "Best Art Gallery". www.montereycountyweekly.com. 2015. Retrieved 2020-04-25.
  16. ^ "Where the voting is fun and the candidates don't stuff your mailbox" (PDF). pineconearchive.fileburstcdn.com. The Carmel Pine Cone. 2018. Retrieved 2020-04-25. page 14
  17. ^ a b Neal Hotelling (17 Jun 2022). "Here's how artists throw parties" (PDF). Carmel Pine Cone. Carmel-by-the-Sea, California. p. 27. Retrieved 2022-06-26.
  18. ^ Baine, Wallace (2019-01-04). "Salvador Dalí loved Monterey. Here's why". SFChronicle.com. Retrieved 2020-07-07.
  19. ^ Hughes, Edan Milton (2002). Artists in California, 1786–1940: L-Z. Crocker Art Museum. p. 912. ISBN 978-1-884038-08-2 – via Google Books.

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