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Below is a comprehensive chronology of the California Art Club, founded in 1909. For more info please see the CAC History section. Notable events are marked like this. Last updated January 11, 2010. 1909 CAC founded mid-December Second monthly meeting - February 5 @ Bischoff studio, South Pasadena Third monthly meeting - March 5 @ Kilpatrick studio Fourth monthly meeting - April 2 @ Art Students League, Los Angeles Fifth meeting - April 30 @ Mocine studio Sixth meeting - June 4 @ Liddell studio Seventh meeting - July 2 @ Art Students League, Los Angeles 1st Annual Art Exhibit of the Chautauqua Association of Southern California Eighth meeting - August 6 @ Putnam & Valentine studio Ninth meeting - September 3 @ Costello home 1911 First Annual Exhibition Second Annual Exhibition 1912 Opening Exhibit Exhibition of Sketches Spring Exhibition Third Annual Exhibition 1913 Fourth Annual Exhibition Art Exhibit and Reception 1914 Exhibition of Sketches Spring Exhibition Fifth Annual Exhibition 1915 Sixth Annual Exhibition 1916 Seventh Annual Exhibition 1917 Spring Exhibition Eighth Annual Exhibition 1918 Spring Exhibition Ninth Annual Exhibition 1919 Spring Exhibition Tenth Annual Exhibition 1920 Eleventh Annual Exhibition 1921 Twelfth Annual Exhibition An Exhibition of the California Art Club of Los Angeles 1922 Exhibition of Pictures for the Building-Fund Thirteenth Annual Exhibition 1923 Exhibition of Pictures for the Building-Fund Fourteenth Annual Exhibition 1924 Fifteenth Annual Exhibition 1925 Sixteenth Annual Exhibition Inaugural issue of the California Art Club Bulletin 1926 Seventeenth Annual Exhibition 1927 CAC enters 15-year lease @ Hollyhock House (1927-42) Opening Exhibition Eighteenth Annual Exhibition 1928 Frank Lloyd Wright and his son Lloyd Wright visit CAC forum meeting (February 1928) Nineteenth Annual Exhibition 1929 Conductor Leopold Stokowski visits CAC (January 1929) Architect Richard Neutra and Franz K. Ferenz, Director of the Plaza Art Gallery on Olvera Twentieth Annual Exhibition CAC hosts the first Black American Art Exhibition in Los Angeles 1930 Mexican muralist José Clemente Orozco visits CAC meeting (April 1930) Twenty-First Annual Exhibition 1931 Twenty-Second Annual Exhibition 1932 Illustrator Dean Cornwell joins CAC (April 1932) Muralist David Alfaro Siqueiros is guest speaker @ CAC meeting (June 1932) Twenty-Third Annual Exhibition 1933 Twenty-Fourth Annual Exhibition 1934 Twenty-Fifth Annual Exhibition 1935 Twenty-Sixth Annual Exhibition 1936 Twenty-Seventh Annual Exhibition 1937 Twenty-Eighth Annual Exhibition 1938 Twenty-Ninth Annual Exhibition 1939 Thirtieth Annual Exhibition 1940 Thirty-First Annual Exhibition 1941 Thirty-Second Annual Exhibition 1942 15-year lease for Hollyhock House expires Thirty-Third Annual Exhibition 1943 Thirty-Fourth Annual Exhibition 1944 Thirty-Fifth Annual Exhibition 1945 CAC loses annual exhibition space @ County Museum Thirty-Sixth Annual Exhibition 1946 Thirty-Seventh Annual Exhibition First Annual G.I. Art Exhibit 1947 Thirty-Eighth Annual Exhibition 200+ CAC members protest outside ‘modern’ exhibit @ County Museum 1948 Thirty-Ninth Annual Exhibition 1949 Fortieth Annual Exhibition 1950 Forty-First Annual Exhibition 1951 Forty-Second Annual Exhibition 1952 Forty-Third Annual Exhibition 1953 Forty-Fourth Annual Exhibition 1954 Sir Winston Churchill accepts invitation to join the CAC (May 1954) Forty-Fifth Annual Exhibition 1955 Forty-Sixth Annual Exhibition 1956 Forty-Seventh Annual Exhibition 1957 Forty-Eighth Annual Exhibition 1958 Forty-Ninth Annual Exhibition 1959 Fiftieth Annual Exhibition 1960 Fifty-First Annual Exhibition 1961 Exhibition Fifty-Second Annual Exhibition 1962 Fifty-Third Annual Exhibition 1963 Fifty-Fourth Annual Exhibition 1964 Fifty-Fifth Annual Exhibition 1965 Fifty-Sixth Annual Exhibition 1966 Fifty-Seventh Annual Exhibition 1967 Fifty-Eighth Annual Exhibition 1968 Fifty-Ninth Annual Exhibition 1969 Sixtieth Annual Exhibition 1970 Sixty-First Annual Exhibition 1971 Sixty-Second Annual Exhibition 1972 Sixty-Third Annual Exhibition 1973 Sixty-Fourth Annual Exhibition 1974 Sixty-Fifth Annual Exhibition Minishow 1975 Sixty-Sixth Annual Exhibition Membership Show 1976 Sixty-Seventh Annual Exhibition Minishow 1977 Sixty-Eighth Annual Exhibition 1978 Sixty-Ninth Annual Exhibition 1979 Seventieth Annual Exhibition 1980 Exhibit of Fine Art Seventy-First Annual Exhibition 1981 Seventy-Second Annual Exhibition 1982 Seventy-Third Annual Exhibition 1983 Seventy-Fourth Annual Exhibition 1984 Seventy-Fifth Annual Exhibition 1985 Seventy-Sixth Annual Exhibition 1986 Seventy-Seventh Annual Exhibition 1987 Seventy-Eighth Annual Exhibition 1988 Seventy-Ninth Annual Exhibition 1989 Eightieth Annual Exhibition 1990 Eighty-First Annual Exhibition 1991 Eighty-Second Annual Exhibition 1992 Eighty-Third Annual Exhibition 1993 The Eighty-Fourth Annual Exhibition was never held due to lack of a venue. 1994 The CAC Bulletin becomes the California Art Club Newsletter (Summer 1994) Eighty-Fifth Annual Exhibition 1995 Eighty-Sixth Annual Exhibition 1st Annual Plein Air Painting Event at Mission San Juan Capistrano Modern Masters of Landscape Painting 1996 Puertas del Santuario: Paintings of the Mission San Juan Capistrano by Members of the CAC California Wetlands: Paintings of California’s Endangered and Protected Wetland Eighty-Seventh Annual Exhibition 2nd Annual Plein Air Painting Event at Mission San Juan Capistrano 1997 East Coast Ideals – West Coast Concepts: The Living Legacy of the Boston School Artists for Architecture (Proposed 710 Freeway Extension) Eighty-Eighth Annual Exhibition Sights and Sounds of Santa Ana: 1st Annual Plein Air Painting Event 3rd Annual Plein Air Painting Event at Mission San Juan Capistrano 1998 Treasures of the Sierra Nevada Sights and Sounds of Santa Ana: 2nd Annual Plein Air Painting Event Eighty-Ninth Annual Exhibition 4th Annual Plein Air Painting Event at Mission San Juan Capistrano 1999 On Location in Malibu: Paintings by the California Art Club (I) Sights of Santa Ana/Scenes of Orange County: 3rd Annual Plein Air Painting Event 5th Annual Plein Air Painting Event at Mission San Juan Capistrano Visions of the San Gabriels Gardens of the Huntington 2000 Old California Ninetieth Annual Exhibition Historic Buildings of the San Gabriel Valley The First Annual California Spring Salon: Golden Impressions Plein Air Paintings of the Arroyo Seco (Part I) First Annual Maurice Brain Memorial Plein Air Painting Festival 6th Annual Plein Air Painting Event at Mission San Juan Capistrano Plein Air Paintings of the Old Mill by Members of the California Art Club Sights and Sounds of Santa Ana: 4th Annual Plein Air Painting Event Scenes of the Pacific 2001 Adventures in the Sierra Nevada Finishing Touches Ninety-First Annual Exhibition The Second Annual California Spring Salon Life on Southern California’s Beaches Chinatown Art Festival featuring the California Art Club An Art Exhibit Honoring California Artists 7th Annual Plein Air Painting Event at Mission San Juan Capistrano Contemporary Views of L.A.’s Historic Chinatown Sights and Sounds of Santa Ana: 5th Annual Plein Air Painting Event Flowerscapes: Poems Without Words Plein Air Paintings of the Arroyo Seco (Part II) Gardens of the Huntington II 2002 Yosemite and Sierra Grandeur Painting the Wild Blue Yonder: Artists Focus on California’s Skies Portrait of the Big Bay: A Plein Air Painting Festival California H2O Ninety-Second Annual Exhibition 8th Annual Plein Air Painting Event at Mission San Juan Capistrano American Artists Abroad Sights and Sounds of Santa Ana: 6th Annual Plein Air Painting Event Salon d’Automne: The Third Annual California Autumn Salon Paintings of the Old Mill, II 2003 Ode to San Diego and the Eucalyptus Mountainscapes On Location in Malibu: Paintings by the California Art Club (II) Desertscapes California Art Club Artists Capture Pasadena and the San Gabriel Mountains California Art Club Artists Toast Pasadena Culinary Artists (I) 9th Annual Plein Air Painting Event at Mission San Juan Capistrano From Pasadena’s Arroyo to the San Gabriel Mountains Sights and Sounds of Santa Ana: 7th Annual Plein Air Painting Event Ninety-Third Annual Exhibition Artist’s Choice Expressions of Winter 2004 The Poetry of Still Life Images of Springtime Rising Young Stars California Art Club Artists Toast Pasadena Culinary Artists (II) In the Midst of Moonlight Ninety-Fourth Annual Exhibition Cityscapes Monumental Miniatures 2005 Spring Encounters Special Gardens Summer Leisure Yosemite: Native Spirits Rising Young Star: Amery Bohling Our Cultural Landscapes: America’s National Parks Rising Young Star: Stacy Kamin Monumental Miniatures II 2006 Rising Young Star: Jeffrey Ward Urban California Rising Young Star: Eric Merrell Ninety-Fifth Annual Exhibition Celebrating 100 Years of History: The Blinn House and Historic California Landmarks Rising Young Star: Jason Mayr On Location in Malibu: Paintings by the California Art Club (III) Celebrating the Golden State: Recent Artwork by Contemporary Members of the CAC (I) Rising Young Star: Barry O’Neill Rising Young Star: Ariana Richards Celebrating the Golden State: Recent Artwork by Contemporary Members of the CAC (II) Floating Waters and Coastal Vistas Rising Young Star: Zimou Larry Tan 2007 Rising Young Star: Daniel Ochoa Rising Young Star: Ann McMillan Ninety-Sixth Annual Exhibition Wild Things In Full Bloom: Jean Osher, Elena Roché and Molly Siple Celebrating the Golden State: Recent Artwork by Contemporary Members of the CAC (IV) California Art Club Celebrates City Hall! 1st Annual Faith & Hope Beyond Prison Walls Scenes of Pasadena and the San Gabriel Valley (Part I) Plein Air Paintings of the Arroyo Seco (Part III) Exhibition of California Landscape Paintings Celebrating the Golden State: Recent Artwork by Contemporary Members of the CAC (V) Rivers and Harbors/Sources and Confluences CAC Invitational Paint-Out at The Getty Center Scenes of Pasadena and the San Gabriel Valley (Part II) 2008 Potpourri of Color New Impressions – An Inaugural Exhibition of the California Art Club’s Orange County Chapter Celebrating the Golden State: Recent Artwork by Contemporary Members of the CAC (VI) Places in Time Ninety-Seventh Annual Exhibition Arroyo Seco en Plein Air People and Places I Remember Natural Beauty Celebrating the Golden State: Recent Artwork by Contemporary Members of the CAC (VII) Memories of Summer Plein Air Paintings of the Arroyo Seco (Part IV) Celebrating the Golden State: Recent Artwork by Contemporary Members of the CAC (VIII) Our Town Pasadena Rialto Visions 2008: Icons and Landmarks of South Pasadena Concertos in Color 2009 Still Lifes of the Season Celebrating the Golden State: Recent Artwork by Contemporary Members of the CAC (IX) Under California Skies California Art Club: Artists Explore Los Angeles Splash of Spring On Location in Malibu 2009: Paintings by the California Art Club (IV) Eternal Light Celebrating the Golden State: Recent Artwork by Contemporary Members of the CAC (X) Summertime California’s Landscapes and Legacy I Love L.A. Paintings from the Southern Sierra Foothills: Capturing California’s Preserved Lands South Pasadena: City of Trees Julian and the San Diego Back Country: A Centennial Exhibition of the CAC Pasadena on Parade THEN & NOW: Artists Explore the Bay Area The California Art Club celebrates the Centennial of its Founding. 2010 Ninety-Ninth Annual Exhibition California Art Club Artists Celebrate the Ring Cycle 2011 One-Hundredth Annual Exhibition
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