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The Palos Verdes Library District invites local artists, both professionals and amateurs, to participate in its Annual Community Art Show. Pieces may include media forms such as photography, painting, collage, and sculpture, and artists of all backgrounds and experience levels are welcome.
Entry Guidelines
Applicants may apply online at www.pvld.org/artinourlibrary or via paper form September 2 - 27.
Entry Fees: $10 per entry. Participants may submit up to 2 entries.
Students Grades 9-12: $5 per entry. Participants may submit up to 2 entries.
All applicants may pay by check or credit card in the 2nd floor administration office at the Peninsula Center Library, Monday - Friday, 10am-5pm. Online applicants may also pay online by credit card. Make checks payable to: Palos Verdes Library District
Participants must be in 9th grade or at least 14 years old by November 1, 2024.
Awards: Award categories listed will each receive a $100 prize:
Awardees are recommended by an outside juror. All awards except for “People’s Choice” will be announced at the Community Art Show Reception at the Peninsula Center Library on Friday, November 15, 7:00-8:30pm.
For more information please contact
Evan Coates
3103779584 x601
artinourlibrary@pvld.org
AGE GROUP: | Teen | Senior | Adult |
EVENT TYPE: | Art Reception |
The original 32,000 sq. ft Peninsula Center Library built in 1967 was designed by pioneers in “green” design, A. Quincy Jones and Frederick E. Emmons. With vertical wood louvers to control sunlight, the original steel and reinforced concrete building also included coffered slab ceilings with recessed lighting, glass walls, and local Palos Verdes stone and white columns. All furnishings were contemporary with many pieces designed by Jones and Emmons specifically for the Library.
In 1995, architects Zimmer, Gunsul, and Fransca (ZGF) renovated and expanded the space, nearly doubling its size. Using the existing concrete-frame building, the building maintains the original entrance on Deep Valley and added the new entrance on Silver Spur. The building also features major public artworks such as the Stellar Axis by Lita Albuquerque, the bronze cheetahs with the stone column by Gwynn Murrill, and the Light in the Forest mural by Myrna Shiras which are integral parts of the building.
