California Art Club 114th Annual Gold Metal Exhibition By Writer and Contributor Lynne LaFleur
Celebrating the Heritage and Practices of Traditional Fine Arts Worldwide
June 11 - August 9, 2025 at VEFA Gallery
The California Art Club, established in 1909, has chosen VEFA Gallery as the venue for their 114th Annual Gold Metal Exhibition. With this prestigious event and several eclectic exhibitions this year, VEFA Gallery has quietly exploded onto the art scene with their mission to support and explore art and culture in Southern California and internationally.
I recently attended the Artists’ Reception June 8th then the following Saturday, the highly anticipated lecture by renown Jean Stern, Director Emeritus of the Urvine Museum, who specializes in the paintings of the California Impressionist Period. His knowledge of California Impressionist painters is formidable. Elaine Adams, Executive Director and CEO of the California Art Club, along with husband Peter Adams, a Signature Artist Member of the California Art Club, who is also represented in the exhibition, spearheaded the afternoon’s introductions and first award presentations.
And not-to-be-missed are the series of lectures and demonstrations each Saturday afternoon wrapping up with a Closing Day Paint- and Sculpt-Out on August 9th! There are 137 artists represented here, so let’s take a quick peek at just a few of the over 170 paintings and sculptures – Enjoy!
July 5th - Meet the Artists – Architecture and Interiors 1 to 2pm
July 11th - Still Life – Still Life Painting 1pm to 2pm; Still Life Painting Demonstration 2pm to 3pm
July 19th - Meet the Artists – Landscapes 1pm to 2pm
July 26th - Meet the Artists – Plein Air 1pm to 2pm; Plein Air Demonstration 2pm to 3pm
August 2nd- Meet the Artists – Florals 1pm to 2pm
August 9th – Closing Day Paint and Sculpt-Out
The California Art Club is one of the oldest, largest and most active art organizations in the country, committed to keeping the traditional arts and time-honored skills alive.
Joseph and Kath, Jonathan, Gabe, Joey and George Anderson have created this place where the unusual and the traditional meet in harmony. Their mission is to bring together artists from as wide a range of perspectives as possible around a topic that is relevant today.
VEFA Gallery is a contemporary art gallery bringing global artistic discourse to Southern California; Wednesday – Sunday 12 to 6pm and by appointment - 21825 Hawthorne Blvd. Torrance 90503.
Signature Artist Member of the California Art Club and founding member of the Portuguese Bend Artist Colony Rick Humphrey with Linda Humphrey
Signature Artist Member of the California Art Club and member of the Portuguese Bend Artist Colony Stephen Mirich with Margaret Missman.
(DOP Opening Ceremonies) - Opening ceremonies for Door Open Peninsula June 17, 2023 on the Malaga Cove School lawn
Lynne LaFleur attended Malaga Cove School, Lunada Bay Elementary, and Chadwick School, received her BFA from Pratt Art Institute in Brooklyn and has lived in New York City, Colorado and Northern California before returning to Palos Verdes in the late 1980s.
For more information, please contact Lynne at “lynnelf1@gmail.com”- The Centennial Celebration poster and all the individual illustrations (both as fine art giclée prints and as educational posters) are available for purchase from her website: www.lynnelafleur.com Facebook: LynneLaFleurArtist Instagram: “lynnelf1”