Join us for this free celebration of the "RESTART" exhibition! Join us at the Palo Alto Art Center for this special celebration of the RESTART exhibition, our first juried show in more than a decade! The exhibition, which runs from June 25-August 20, explores the potential of art to promote healing and regeneration, and features… Read More »Friday Night at the Art Center—RESTART Opening Reception
Join us for an exclusive preview of the "RESTART" exhibition. Join us for an exclusive preview of the RESTART exhibition, featuring a chance to experience an exhibition walkthrough with juror Patricia Hickson, Emily Tremaine Hall Curator of Contemporary Art at the Wadsworth Atheneum. RESTART, which runs from June 25-August 20, is our first juried show… Read More »Friday Night at the Art Center—RESTART Members’ Preview
Join the Palo Alto Art Center for an art workshop designed for nonprofit workers.Join the Palo Alto Art Center for an art workshop designed for nonprofit workers. Come together to reflect and create in a safe and inclusive space under the guidance of a professional. This session will be led by Anh Tran, AMFT/ATR-P, provisional… Read More »Art Therapy Workshop for Nonprofit Workers
Creative Attention: Art and Community Restoration January 22-May 21, 2022 Christine Wong Yap, Creative Attention: Art and Community Restoration. Digital design. Courtesy of the artist. Image description: A digital artwork with a background of light blue at the top, fading to light pink at the bottom, and with calligraphy-style text in blue, purple and pink that reads: "Creative… Read More »Creative Attention: Art and Community Restoration
Join us for a free community birthday party! The Palo Alto Art Center and the Palo Alto Art Center Foundation invite the entire community to a free birthday party to celebrate our anniversary. This event will feature hands-on art activities, studio demonstrations, sweet treats and a chance to view the current exhibition Creative Attention: Art… Read More »Palo Alto Art Center 50th Birthday Party
Join us for a Creative Attention Community Day Celebration This Community Day Celebration will feature hands-on art activities, a sound bathing activity with Kenyatta A.C. Hinkle, and a special concluding drag queen performance led by Grace Towers. Bring your worn clothing and repair it in a special workshop with The Mending Collective, a collective of… Read More »Creative Attention Community Day Celebration
Join artist Charlene Chow and learn the basics of basket weaving.Join artist Charlene Chow and learn the basics of basket weaving. In this two-hour workshop participants will complete their own coaster or small bowl-shaped basket. Using cotton rope and yarn students will receive an introduction to coil basketry using traditional techniques that they can then… Read More »Basket Weaving Workshop: Using Cotton Rope and Yarn
Shop local artists at the Palo Alto Art Center Studio Holiday Sale If you are looking for handmade gifts for the holidays, the Art Center Studio Holiday Sale is your one-stop shop. Our sale showcases unique artwork created by local artists working in the studios at the Palo Alto Art Center. Come and browse stunning… Read More »Art Center Studio Holiday Sale
If you are looking for handmade gifts for the holidays, the Art Center Studio Holiday Sale is your one-stop shop. The Friday Happy Hour is open to Palo Alto Art Center Foundation members. You will have the opportunity to shop early, meet the artists, and enjoy winter drinks and treats.
The 26th annual Great Glass Pumpkin Patch will be held from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday and Sunday, Oct. 2-3, 2021, outdoors on the grounds of the Palo Alto Art Center, 1313 Newell Road. Admission is free. More than 25 artists take months to hand-blow and hand-craft the more than 10,000 beautiful glass pumpkins for… Read More »Great Glass Pumpkin Patch®
The biggest problem you’ll have at this year’s Great Glass Pumpkin Patch is choosing which ones to take home! You’ll have more than 10,000 from which to pick in California’s largest glass pumpkin patch. The pumpkins come in all sizes, shapes and colors. PAACF Activist and above members are invited to a members-only presale on Saturday...
This event will allow a limited group to participate in a unique hands-on monotype activity with Fanny Retsek. Space is limited.Join us for two opportunities to experience the Paula Kirkeby Press—recently relocated from the Cubberley Community Center to the Art Center! This press was generously given to the Art Center by the Kirkeby family, in… Read More »Paula Kirkeby Press Hands-On Printmaking Activity