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November 15, 2024 - January 4, 2025. Each fall, the Palos Verdes Library District holds our Annual Community Art Show, inviting local artists, professional and amateurs alike, to participate. Annually, the library features nearly 100 artists from around the Peninsula and the larger Los Angeles community. Our Community Art Shows include artists of all backgrounds and experience levels. Pieces include many media forms such as photography, painting, collage, and sculpture.
Palos Verdes Library District invites you to celebrate community art in this one-of-a-kind show, running November 15 through January 4, 2025.
The Community Art Show is part of PVLD's Art In Our Library program. The Art in Our Library exhibition program allows free access to the visual arts and cultural exhibitions, while promoting local artists and creative community groups.
For more information, visit: https://www.pvld.org/artinourlibrary
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.
