In existence since 1936, San Pedro Art Association sponsors an annual All Grades Student Art Competition for local schools. Students from elementary, middle and high schools in San Pedro get to compete, with every entry getting a gallery-style showing: SPAA Vice President (and master framer) Steve Magee frames the students’ work professionally. While the competition does have a grand prize and People’s Choice Award winner, every student also takes home a ribbon, and a prize for entering.
SPAA also offers First Thursday Art Walks at San Pedro’s Croatian Cultural Center, the first Thursday of every month. Their weekly classes currently include painting (oil or acrylic), jewelry design and creativity and expression. And now they’re in two locations: in addition to their regular gallery, they also have a booth at year-round marketplace CRAFTED at the Port of Los Angeles.
If summer has to be over, this is a great way to welcome fall–and get an early start on some Christmas shopping.
San Pedro Art Association hosts the second day of their free-admission Fall Art Show today, September 7, from 11:30 am to 6:00 pm at Ports O’ Call Village, Nagoya Way, Berth 77 in San Pedro. And after you’ve seen their gallery, additional members will be exhibiting their wares in CRAFTED, at 112 East 22nd Street, Warehouse 10, in San Pedro. CRAFTED is open from 11 am to 6 pm today, with free admission and parking.
However, if you have more time, San Pedro’s waterfront trolley gives free one-and-a-halfmile rides to just across the street from CRAFTED–and getting to travel in this reproduction of the vintage Red Car is an experience that’s not to be missed.