A CHRONOLOGY OF THE CALIFORNIA ART CLUB,
1909-2009

By Eric Merrell

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
           
1910             First monthly meeting - January 5 (probable)

                      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
                      July 16 – September 15 @ Long Beach Public Library, CA
                      [First exhibit including members of the newly formed CAC]

                      Eighth meeting - August 6 @ Putnam & Valentine studio

                      Ninth meeting - September 3 @ Costello home

1911            First Annual Exhibition
                      January 30 – February 25 @ Hotel Ivins, Los Angeles

                      Second Annual Exhibition
                      November 22 – December 6 @ Blanchard Hall, Los Angeles
                      December 22 – January 6, 1912 @ San Francisco Art Institute
                      January (?) 1912 @ Kingsley Art Club, Sacramento

1912            Opening Exhibit
                      February 5 – 25, 1912 @ Royar & Neighbours Gallery, Los Angeles

                      Exhibition of Sketches
                      March 21 – 30, 1912 @ Blanchard Gallery, Los Angeles

                      Spring Exhibition
                      May 3 – 31, 1912 @ Friday Morning Club, Los Angeles

                      Third Annual Exhibition
                      November 18 – December 30, 1912 @ Blanchard Hall, Los Angeles
                      December 18, 1912 – January 2, 1913 @ San Francisco Art Institute

1913            Fourth Annual Exhibition
                      October 20 – November 8 @ Blanchard Hall, Los Angeles
                      December 8 – 20 @ San Francisco Art Institute

                      Art Exhibit and Reception
                      November, 1913 @ Long Beach Public Library Art Gallery

1914            Exhibition of Sketches
                     February 16 - 28, 1914 @ CAC Gallery,No. 424 Copp Building, Los Angeles

                      Spring Exhibition
                      April 2 - 30, 1914 @ Friday Morning Club, Los Angeles

                      Fifth Annual Exhibition
                      October 7 – 31, 1914 @ Museum of History, Science and Art, Los Angeles

1915            Sixth Annual Exhibition
                      October 5 – 31, 1915 @ Museum of History, Science and Art, Los Angeles

1916            Seventh Annual Exhibition 
                      October 5 – 31, 1916 @ Museum of History, Science and Art, Los Angeles

1917            Spring Exhibition
                      April 5 – 30, 1917 @ Museum of History, Science and Art, Los Angeles

                      Eighth Annual Exhibition
                      October 4 – 31, 1917 @ Museum of History, Science and Art, Los Angeles

1918            Spring Exhibition
                      April 4 – 30, 1918 @ Museum of History, Science and Art, Los Angeles

                      Ninth Annual Exhibition
                      Sept. 12 – October 10, 1918 @ Museum of History, Science and Art, Los Angeles

1919            Spring Exhibition
                      April 3 – 30, 1919 @ Museum of History, Science and Art, Los Angeles

                      Tenth Annual Exhibition
                      October 2 – 31, 1919 @ Museum of History, Science and Art, Los Angeles

1920            Eleventh Annual Exhibition
                      October 7 – November 15, 1920 @ Museum of History, Science and Art, Los Angeles

1921            Twelfth Annual Exhibition
                      October 7 – November 14, 1921 @ Los Angeles Museum

                      An Exhibition of the California Art Club of Los Angeles
                      November 18 – December 26, 1921 @ San Diego Museum, Fine Arts Gallery
                      Hosted by the Friends of Art of San Diego

1922             Exhibition of Pictures for the Building-Fund
                      
October 2, 1922 @ CAC Gallery, 1027 West Seventh Street, Los Angeles

                      Thirteenth Annual Exhibition
                      October 19 – November 19, 1922 @ Los Angeles Museum

1923            Exhibition of Pictures for the Building-Fund
                     
January 26, 1923 @ The Los Angeles Philharmonic Auditorium

                      Fourteenth Annual Exhibition
                      November 8 – December 10, 1923 @ Los Angeles Museum

1924            Fifteenth Annual Exhibition
                      November 6 – December 10, 1924 @ Los Angeles Museum

1925            Sixteenth Annual Exhibition
                      October 1 – November 1, 1925 @ Los Angeles Museum

                      Inaugural issue of the California Art Club Bulletin
                      November 1925

1926            Seventeenth Annual Exhibition
                      October 1926 @ Los Angeles Museum           

1927            CAC enters 15-year lease @ Hollyhock House (1927-42)

                      Opening Exhibition
                      August 31 – September 30, 1927 @ Hollyhock House
                      Xavier Cugat performs @ Hollyhock opening (September 1, 1927)

                      Eighteenth Annual Exhibition
                      November 27 – January 1, 1927 @ Los Angeles Museum

1928            Frank Lloyd Wright and his son Lloyd Wright visit CAC forum meeting (February 1928)

                      Nineteenth Annual Exhibition
                      November 8 – December 16, 1928 @ Los Angeles Museum

1929            Conductor Leopold Stokowski visits CAC (January 1929)

                      Architect Richard Neutra and Franz K. Ferenz, Director of the Plaza Art Gallery on Olvera
                      Street, join CAC (February 1929)

                     Twentieth Annual Exhibition
                      November 8 – December 1929 @ Los Angeles Museum

                      CAC hosts the first Black American Art Exhibition in Los Angeles
                      December 1 – 14, 1929 @ Hollyhock House

1930            Mexican muralist José Clemente Orozco visits CAC meeting (April 1930)

                      Twenty-First Annual Exhibition
                      November 7 – December 31, 1930 @ Los Angeles Museum

1931            Twenty-Second Annual Exhibition
                      November 12 – December 31, 1931 @ Los Angeles Museum

1932            Illustrator Dean Cornwell joins CAC (April 1932)

                     Muralist David Alfaro Siqueiros is guest speaker @ CAC meeting (June 1932)
           
                     Mexican artist Alfredo Ramos Martinez joins CAC (June 1932)

                     Twenty-Third Annual Exhibition
                      November 18 – December 31, 1932 @ Los Angeles Museum

1933            Twenty-Fourth Annual Exhibition
                      November 3 – December 31, 1933 @ Los Angeles Museum

1934            Twenty-Fifth Annual Exhibition
                      November 15 – December 31, 1934 @ Los Angeles Museum

1935            Twenty-Sixth Annual Exhibition
                      November 16 – December 31, 1935 @ Los Angeles Museum

1936            Twenty-Seventh Annual Exhibition
                      November 12 – December 31, 1936 @ Los Angeles Museum

1937            Twenty-Eighth Annual Exhibition
                      November 18 – December 31, 1937 @ Los Angeles Museum

1938             Twenty-Ninth Annual Exhibition
                      November 18 – December 31, 1938 @ Los Angeles Museum

1939            Thirtieth Annual Exhibition
                      (unknown location)

1940            Thirty-First Annual Exhibition                       
                      (unknown location)

1941            Thirty-Second Annual Exhibition
                      (unknown location)

1942            15-year lease for Hollyhock House expires

                      Thirty-Third Annual Exhibition
                     @ Greek Theatre, Griffith Park

1943            Thirty-Fourth Annual Exhibition
                     @ Greek Theatre, Griffith Park

1944            Thirty-Fifth Annual Exhibition
                      (unknown location)

1945            CAC loses annual exhibition space @ County Museum

                      Thirty-Sixth Annual Exhibition
                      (unknown location)

1946            Thirty-Seventh Annual Exhibition                       
                      (unknown location)

                      First Annual G.I. Art Exhibit
                      August 4 – Sept. 9, 1946 @ Museum of History, Science and Art, Exposition Park, L.A.
                      Co-Sponsored by CAC and Veterans Administration

1947            Thirty-Eighth Annual Exhibition
                      (unknown location)

                      200+ CAC members protest outside ‘modern’ exhibit @ County Museum
                      May 15, 1947 (Covered in Life magazine)

1948            Thirty-Ninth Annual Exhibition
                      (unknown location)

1949            Fortieth Annual Exhibition
                      @ Greek Theatre, Griffith Park

1950            Forty-First Annual Exhibition
                      (unknown location)

1951            Forty-Second Annual Exhibition
                      @ Greek Theatre, Griffith Park

1952            Forty-Third Annual Exhibition            
                      (unknown location)

1953            Forty-Fourth Annual Exhibition
                      @ Tower Gallery, Los Angeles City Hall

1954            Sir Winston Churchill accepts invitation to join the CAC (May 1954)

                      Forty-Fifth Annual Exhibition
                       (unknown location)

1955            Forty-Sixth Annual Exhibition
                      @ Greek Theatre, Griffith Park

1956            Forty-Seventh Annual Exhibition
                      (unknown location)

1957            Forty-Eighth Annual Exhibition
                      (unknown location)

1958            Forty-Ninth Annual Exhibition
                      (unknown location)

1959            Fiftieth Annual Exhibition
                      March 15 – 29 @ Greek Theatre, Griffith Park

1960            Fifty-First Annual Exhibition
                      (unknown location)

1961            Exhibition
                      January 10 – 27, 1961 @ Wilshire Federal Savings Art Salon

                      Fifty-Second Annual Exhibition
                      (unknown location)

1962            Fifty-Third Annual Exhibition
                      (unknown location)

1963            Fifty-Fourth Annual Exhibition
                      (unknown location)

1964            Fifty-Fifth Annual Exhibition
                      (unknown location)

1965            Fifty-Sixth Annual Exhibition
                      (unknown location)

1966            Fifty-Seventh Annual Exhibition
                      (unknown location)

1967            Fifty-Eighth Annual Exhibition
                      March 19 – 31, 1967 @ Prudential Savings and Loan Building, Culver City

1968            Fifty-Ninth Annual Exhibition
                      March 18 - ??, 1968 @ The Pavilion, Los Angeles

1969            Sixtieth Annual Exhibition
                      (unknown location)

1970            Sixty-First Annual Exhibition
                      (unknown location)

1971            Sixty-Second Annual Exhibition
                      (unknown location)

1972            Sixty-Third Annual Exhibition
                      (unknown location)

1973            Sixty-Fourth Annual Exhibition
                      June 4 – 15, 1973 @ California Federal Savings Building, Los Angeles

1974            Sixty-Fifth Annual Exhibition
                      May 1 – 31, 1974 @ California Art Club Gallery, Westwood

                      Minishow            
                      November 1974 @ CAC Gallery, Westwood

1975            Sixty-Sixth Annual Exhibition
                      May 5 – June 6, 1975 @ California Art Club Gallery, Westwood

                      Membership Show
                      September 29 – October 31, 1975 @ CAC Gallery, Westwood
           
                      Minishow
                      November 1975@ CAC Gallery, Westwood

1976            Sixty-Seventh Annual Exhibition
                      May 9 – 21, 1976 @ Equitable Plaza, Los Angeles

                      Minishow
                      November, 1976 @ CAC Gallery, Westwood

1977            Sixty-Eighth Annual Exhibition
                      October 1977 @ Unknown location

1978            Sixty-Ninth Annual Exhibition
                      @ Sumitomo Bank, Sherman Oaks

1979            Seventieth Annual Exhibition
                      October 6 – 30, 1979 @ Brand Library Art Galleries, Glendale

1980            Exhibit of Fine Art
                      April 1980 @ Office of the Governor of CA

                      Seventy-First Annual Exhibition
                      (unknown location)

1981            Seventy-Second Annual Exhibition
                      (unknown location)

1982            Seventy-Third Annual Exhibition
                      October 9 – November 2, 1982 @ Brand Library Art Galleries, Glendale

1983            Seventy-Fourth Annual Exhibition
                      (unknown location)

1984            Seventy-Fifth Annual Exhibition
                      (unknown location)

1985            Seventy-Sixth Annual Exhibition
                      @ Sumitomo Bank, Sherman Oaks

1986            Seventy-Seventh Annual Exhibition
                      February 3 – 28, 1986 @ Sumitomo Bank, Sherman Oaks

1987            Seventy-Eighth Annual Exhibition
                      February 2 – 27, 1987 @ Sumitomo Bank, Sherman Oaks

1988            Seventy-Ninth Annual Exhibition
                      February 1 – 26, 1988 @ Sumitomo Bank, Sherman Oaks

1989            Eightieth Annual Exhibition
                      February 6 – 28, 1989 @ Sumitomo Bank, Sherman Oaks

1990            Eighty-First Annual Exhibition
                      February 10 – March 3, 1990 @ Brand Library Art Galleries, Glendale

1991            Eighty-Second Annual Exhibition
                      February 3 – 28, 1991 @ Los Angeles Chinese Cultural Service Center, Alhambra

1992            Eighty-Third Annual Exhibition
                      March 8 – 14, 1992 @ Business Men’s Art Institute, Culver City

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
                      July 9 – 17, 1994 @ Los Angeles Arboretum

1995            Eighty-Sixth Annual Exhibition
                      July 8 – 16, 1995 @ Los Angeles Arboretum

                      1st Annual Plein Air Painting Event at Mission San Juan Capistrano
                      August 14 – 20, 1995

                      Modern Masters of Landscape Painting
                      November 1995 @ The Craftsman’s Guild and California Heritage Gallery, San Francisco

1996            Puertas del Santuario: Paintings of the Mission San Juan Capistrano by Members of the CAC
                      March 9 – May 19, 1996 @ Carnegie Art Museum, Oxnard

                      California Wetlands: Paintings of California’s Endangered and Protected Wetland
                      April 13 – September 1, 1996 @ Natural History Museum of Los Angeles

                      Eighty-Seventh Annual Exhibition
                      June 15 – 23, 1996 @ Los Angeles Arboretum

                      2nd Annual Plein Air Painting Event at Mission San Juan Capistrano
                      August 19 – 25, 1996

1997            East Coast Ideals – West Coast Concepts: The Living Legacy of the Boston School
                      and the California Impressionists

                      March 8 – May 18, 1997 @ Carnegie Art Museum, Oxnard

                      Artists for Architecture (Proposed 710 Freeway Extension)
                      April 13, 1997  @ The Artist’s Inn, So. Pas.
                      May 3 – 16, 1997 @ Galerie Gabrie, Pas.
                      July 8 – October 4, 1997 @ Judson Gallery and Studios, L.A.

                      Eighty-Eighth Annual Exhibition
                      June 14 - 22, 1997 @ Los Angeles Arboretum

                      Sights and Sounds of Santa Ana: 1st Annual Plein Air Painting Event
                       June 30 – July 6, 1997 @ Bowers Museum of Cultural Art, Santa Ana

                      3rd Annual Plein Air Painting Event at Mission San Juan Capistrano
                      August 11 - 17, 1997

1998            Treasures of the Sierra Nevada
                      May 28 – August 30, 1998 @ Natural History Museum of Los Angeles
                      September 12 – October 30 @ Muckenthaler Cultural Center, Fullerton

                      Sights and Sounds of Santa Ana: 2nd Annual Plein Air Painting Event
                      June 22 – 28, 1998 @ Bowers Museum of Cultural Art, Santa Ana

                      Eighty-Ninth Annual Exhibition
                      July 11 – August 29, 1998 @ Luckman Fine Arts Complex, CSU Los Angeles

                      4th Annual Plein Air Painting Event at Mission San Juan Capistrano
                      August  10 - 16, 1998

1999            On Location in Malibu: Paintings by the California Art Club (I)
                      May 22 – August 7, 1999 @ Weisman Museum, Pepperdine University

                      Sights of Santa Ana/Scenes of Orange County: 3rd Annual Plein Air Painting Event
                      June  21 – 27, 1999 @ Bowers Museum of Cultural Art, Santa Ana

                      5th Annual Plein Air Painting Event at Mission San Juan Capistrano
                      August 16 - 20, 1999

                      Visions of the San Gabriels
                      September 30 – December 4, 1999 @ the CAC Gallery at the Old Mill
                      [Inaugural CAC exhibit at the Old Mill]

                      Gardens of the Huntington
                      December 5, 1999 – March 5, 2000 @ the CAC Gallery at the Old Mill

2000            Old California
                      March 7 – June 4, 2000 @ the CAC Gallery at the Old Mill

                      Ninetieth Annual Exhibition
                      June 4 – July 30, 2000 @ The Pasadena Historical Museum

                      Historic Buildings of the San Gabriel Valley
                      June 6 – September 3, 2000 @ the CAC Gallery at the Old Mill

                      The First Annual California Spring Salon: Golden Impressions
                      June 8 – 30, 2000 @ Edenhurst Gallery & Morseburg Galleries

                      Plein Air Paintings of the Arroyo Seco (Part I)
                      June 18, 2000 @ La Casita del Arroyo, Pasadena

                      First Annual Maurice Brain Memorial Plein Air Painting Festival
                      June 24 – July 16, 2000 @ Santa Ysabel Gallery
                      [First San Diego Chapter Exhibition]

                      6th Annual Plein Air Painting Event at Mission San Juan Capistrano
                      August 14 – 20, 2000

                      Plein Air Paintings of the Old Mill by Members of the California Art Club
                      September 5 – December 3, 2000 @ the CAC Gallery at the Old Mill

                      Sights and Sounds of Santa Ana: 4th Annual Plein Air Painting Event
                      September 18 - 24, 2000 @ Bowers Museum of Cultural Art, Santa Ana

                      Scenes of the Pacific
                      December 5, 2000 – June 3, 2001 @ the CAC Gallery at the Old Mill

2001            Adventures in the Sierra Nevada
                      March 6 – June 3, 2001 @ the CAC Gallery at the Old Mill

                      Finishing Touches
                      April 19 – September 28, 2001 @ The Blinn House, Women’s City Club, Pasadena
                      [Inaugural CAC exhibit at the Blinn House]

                      Ninety-First Annual Exhibition
                      May 6 – July 29, 2001 @ The Pasadena Historical Museum

                      The Second Annual California Spring Salon
                      June 2 – 23, 2001 @ Edenhurst Gallery & Morseburg Galleries

                      Life on Southern California’s Beaches
                      June 5 – September 2, 2001 @ the CAC Gallery at the Old Mill

                      Chinatown Art Festival featuring the California Art Club
                      June 23 – July 22, 2001 @ Hong Gallery, Los Angeles

                      An Art Exhibit Honoring California Artists
                      July 19 – November 30, 2001 @ Holmes Body Shop of Pasadena

                      7th  Annual Plein Air Painting Event at Mission San Juan Capistrano
                      August 13 – 19, 2001

                      Contemporary Views of L.A.’s Historic Chinatown
                      September 5 – December 2, 2001 @ the CAC Gallery at the Old Mill

                      Sights and Sounds of Santa Ana: 5th Annual Plein Air Painting Event
                      September 24 – 30, 2001 @ Bowers Museum of Cultural Art, Santa Ana

                      Flowerscapes: Poems Without Words
                      October 15, 2001 – April 5, 2002 @ The Blinn House, Women’s City Club, Pasadena

                      Plein Air Paintings of the Arroyo Seco (Part II)
                      October 28, 2001 @ La Casita del Arroyo, Pasadena

                      Gardens of the Huntington II
                      December 4, 2001 – March 3, 2002 @ the CAC Gallery at the Old Mill

2002            Yosemite and Sierra Grandeur
                      March 5 – June 9, 2002 @ the CAC Gallery at the Old Mill

                      Painting the Wild Blue Yonder: Artists Focus on California’s Skies
                      April 18 – October 11, 2002 @ The Blinn House, Women’s City Club, Pasadena

                      Portrait of the Big Bay: A Plein Air Painting Festival
                      May 18, 2002 – January 6, 2003 aboard the 1898 Ferryboat Berkeley, San Diego Harbor
                     [Second San Diego Chapter Exhibition]

                      California H2O
                     June 11 – September 8, 2002 @ the CAC Gallery at the Old Mill

                      Ninety-Second Annual Exhibition
                      June 30 – August 25, 2002 @ The Pasadena Museum of History

                      8th Annual Plein Air Painting Event at Mission San Juan Capistrano
                      August 12 – 18, 2002

                      American Artists Abroad
                      September 10 – December 1, 2002 @ the CAC Gallery at the Old Mill

                      Sights and Sounds of Santa Ana: 6th  Annual Plein Air Painting Event
                      September 23 – 29, 2002 @ Bowers Museum of Cultural Art, Santa Ana

                      Salon d’Automne: The Third Annual California Autumn Salon
                      October 5 – 26, 2002 @ Edenhurst Gallery & Morseburg Galleries
           
                      Paintings and Sculptures Created in the Studio: Still-Life and Figurative
                      October 24, 2002 – April 22, 2003 @ The Blinn House, Women’s City Club, Pasadena

                      Paintings of the Old Mill, II
                      December 3, 2002 – March 2, 2003 @ the CAC Gallery at the Old Mill

2003            Ode to San Diego and the Eucalyptus
                      March 4 – June 1, 2003 @ the CAC Gallery at the Old Mill

                      Mountainscapes
                      April 22 – October 31, 2003 @ The Blinn House, Women’s City Club, Pasadena

                      On Location in Malibu: Paintings by the California Art Club (II)
                      May 24 – August 3, 2003 @ Weisman Museum, Pepperdine University

                      Desertscapes
                      June 3 – September 7, 2003 @ the CAC Gallery at the Old Mill

                      California Art Club Artists Capture Pasadena and the San Gabriel Mountains
                      June 7, 2003 @ Pasadena Museum of California Art

                      California Art Club Artists Toast Pasadena Culinary Artists (I)
                      July 12 – August 8, 2003 @ Fine Artists Factory, Pasadena

                      9th Annual Plein Air Painting Event at Mission San Juan Capistrano
                      August 11 – 17, 2003

                      From Pasadena’s Arroyo to the San Gabriel Mountains
                      September 9 – December 7, 2003 @ the CAC Gallery at the Old Mill

                      Sights and Sounds of Santa Ana: 7th Annual Plein Air Painting Event
                      September 27 - 28, 2003 @ Bowers Museum of Cultural Art, Santa Ana

                      Ninety-Third Annual Exhibition
                      October 11 – November 2, 2003 @ The Pasadena Museum of California Art

                      Artist’s Choice
                      November 7, 2003 – April 17, 2004 @ The Blinn House, Women’s City Club, Pasadena

                      Expressions of Winter
                      December 9, 2003 – March 7, 2004 @ the CAC Gallery at the Old Mill

2004            The Poetry of Still Life
                      March 7 – June 6, 2004 @ the CAC Gallery at the Old Mill

                      Images of Springtime
                      April 16 – November 1, 2004 @ The Blinn House, Women’s City Club, Pasadena

                      Rising Young Stars
                      June 6 – September 19, 2004 @ the CAC Gallery at the Old Mill
           
                      Spiritual Spectrum: Paintings and Sculpture by the California Art Club
                      July 7 – August 27, 2004 @ Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angels, Los Angeles

                      California Art Club Artists Toast Pasadena Culinary Artists (II)
                      July 17 – July 31, 2004 @ Fine Artists Factory, Pasadena

                      In the Midst of Moonlight
                      September 21 – December 5, 2004 @ the CAC Gallery at the Old Mill

                      Ninety-Fourth Annual Exhibition
                      October 17, 2004 – January 9, 2005 @ The Pasadena Museum of California Art

                      Cityscapes
                      November 5, 2004 – May 2, 2005 @ The Blinn House, Women’s City Club, Pasadena

                      Monumental Miniatures
                      December 7, 2004 – March 6, 2005 @ the CAC Gallery at the Old Mill

2005            Spring Encounters
                      March 8 – June 5, 2005 @ the CAC Gallery at the Old Mill

                      Special Gardens
                      May 3 – October 30, 2005 @ The Blinn House, Women’s City Club, Pasadena

                      Summer Leisure
                      June 7 – September 11, 2005 @ the CAC Gallery at the Old Mill

                        Yosemite: Native Spirits
                      September 13 – December 4, 2005 @ the CAC Gallery at the Old Mill

                      Rising Young Star: Amery Bohling
                      September 19 – November 13, 2005 @ Marston’s Restaurant

                      Our Cultural Landscapes: America’s National Parks
                      November 4, 2005 – May 7, 2006 @ The Blinn House, Women’s City Club, Pasadena

                      Rising Young Star: Stacy Kamin
                      November 15, 2005 – January 15, 2006 @ Marston’s Restaurant

                      Monumental Miniatures II
                      December 6, 2005 – March 5, 2006 @ the CAC Gallery at the Old Mill

2006            Rising Young Star: Jeffrey Ward
                      January 17 – March 12, 2006 @ Marston’s Restaurant

                      Urban California
                      March 7 – June 4, 2006 @ the CAC Gallery at the Old Mill

                      Rising Young Star: Eric Merrell
                      March 14 – May 7, 2006 @ Marston’s Restaurant

                      Ninety-Fifth Annual Exhibition
                       April 1 - 23, 2006 @ The Pasadena Museum of California Art

                      Celebrating 100 Years of History: The Blinn House and Historic California Landmarks
                      May 7 – October 15, 2006 @ The Blinn House, Women’s City Club, Pasadena

                      Rising Young Star: Jason Mayr
                      May 10 – July 2, 2006 @ Marston’s Restaurant

                      On Location in Malibu: Paintings by the California Art Club (III)
                      May 20 – September 3, 2006 @ Weisman Museum, Pepperdine University

                      Celebrating the Golden State: Recent Artwork by Contemporary Members of the CAC (I)
                      June 12 – October 22, 2006 @ the CAC Gallery at the Old Mill

                       Rising Young Star: Barry O’Neill
                      July 3 – September 11, 2006 @ Marston’s Restaurant

                      Rising Young Star: Ariana Richards
                      September 11 – November 19, 2006 @ Marston’s Restaurant

                      Celebrating the Golden State: Recent Artwork by Contemporary Members of the CAC (II)
                      October 24, 2006 – February 18, 2007 @ the CAC Gallery at the Old Mill

                      Floating Waters and Coastal Vistas
                      November 4, 2006 – May 18, 2007 @ The Blinn House, Women’s City Club, Pasadena

                      Rising Young Star: Zimou Larry Tan
                      November 20, 2006 – January 28, 2007 @ Marston’s Restaurant

2007            Rising Young Star: Daniel Ochoa
                      January 29 – April 8, 2007 @ Marston’s Restaurant
           
                      Celebrating the Golden State: Recent Artwork by Contemporary Members of the CAC (III)
                      February 20 – June 24, 2007 @ the CAC Gallery at the Old Mill

                      Rising Young Star: Ann McMillan
                      April 10 – June 17, 2007 @ Marston’s Restaurant

                      Ninety-Sixth Annual Exhibition
                      April 30 – May 20, 2007 @ The Pasadena Museum of California Art

                      Wild Things
                      May 19 – October 31, 2007 @ The Blinn House, Women’s City Club, Pasadena

                      In Full Bloom: Jean Osher, Elena Roché and Molly Siple
                      June 19 – September 17, 2007 @ Marston’s Restaurant

                      Celebrating the Golden State: Recent Artwork by Contemporary Members of the CAC (IV)
                      June 25 – October 21, 2007 @ the CAC Gallery at the Old Mill

                      California Art Club Celebrates City Hall!
                      July 22, 2007 @ Pasadena City Hall

                      1st Annual Faith & Hope Beyond Prison Walls
                      August 18, 2007 @ Flintridge Sacred Heart Academy, La Canada

                      Scenes of Pasadena and the San Gabriel Valley (Part I)
                      September 18 – November 25, 2007 @ Marston’s Restaurant

                      Plein Air Paintings of the Arroyo Seco (Part III)
                      October 14, 2007 @ La Casita del Arroyo, Pasadena

                      Exhibition of California Landscape Paintings
                      October 16, 2007 to present @ Historic George H. Maxwell House, Pasadena, CA

                      Celebrating the Golden State: Recent Artwork by Contemporary Members of the CAC (V)
                      October 22, 2007 – February 24, 2008 @ the CAC Gallery at the Old Mill

                      Rivers and Harbors/Sources and Confluences
                      November 3, 2007 – June 5, 2008 @ The Blinn House, Women’s City Club, Pasadena

                      CAC Invitational Paint-Out at The Getty Center
                      November 12, 2007 @ The Getty, Los Angeles

                      Scenes of Pasadena and the San Gabriel Valley (Part II)
                      November 27, 2007 – January 27, 2008 @ Marston’s Restaurant

2008            Potpourri of Color
                     January 28 – March 31, 2008 by Pasadena Art Colony @ Marston’s Restaurant
                     [First exhibition @ Marston’s by the Pasadena Art Colony]           

                      New Impressions – An Inaugural Exhibition of the California Art Club’s Orange County Chapter
                      February 9 – 29, 2008 @ Randy Higbee Gallery, Costa Mesa, CA
                     [First Orange County Chapter Exhibition]           

                      Celebrating the Golden State: Recent Artwork by Contemporary Members of the CAC (VI)
                      February 25 – June 22, 2008 @ the CAC Gallery at the Old Mill

                      Places in Time
                      March 31 – June 8, 2008 by Pasadena Art Colony @ Marston’s Restaurant

                      Ninety-Seventh Annual Exhibition
                      April 27 – May 18, 2008 @ The Pasadena Museum of California Art

                      Arroyo Seco en Plein Air
                      May 14 – 30, 2008 @ Pasadena Public Library

                      People and Places I Remember
                      June 10 – August 17, 2008 by Pasadena Art Colony @ Marston’s Restaurant

                      Natural Beauty
                      June 23 – December 3, 2008 @ The Blinn House, Women’s City Club, Pasadena

                      Celebrating the Golden State: Recent Artwork by Contemporary Members of the CAC (VII)
                      June 24 – October 17, 2008 @ the CAC Gallery at the Old Mill

                      Memories of Summer
                      August 18 – October 26, 2008 by Pasadena Art Colony @ Marston’s Restaurant

                      Plein Air Paintings of the Arroyo Seco (Part IV)
                      October 5, 2008 @ La Casita del Arroyo, Pasadena

                      Celebrating the Golden State: Recent Artwork by Contemporary Members of the CAC (VIII)
                      October 21, 2008 – February 22, 2009 @ the CAC Gallery at the Old Mill

                      Our Town Pasadena
                      October 28, 2008 – Januaru 8, 2009 by Pasadena Art Colony @ Marston’s Restaurant

                      Rialto Visions 2008: Icons and Landmarks of South Pasadena
                      November 2 – 30, 2008 @ SOPAS Gallery, South Pasadena

                      Concertos in Color
                      December 6, 2008 – June 10, 2009 @ The Blinn House, Women’s City Club, Pasadena

2009            Still Lifes of the Season
                      January 12 – March 9, 2009 by Pasadena Art Colony @ Marston’s Restaurant

                      Celebrating the Golden State: Recent Artwork by Contemporary Members of the CAC (IX)
                      February 24 – June 21, 2009 @ the CAC Gallery at the Old Mill

                      Under California Skies
                      March 16 – My 18, 2009 by Pasadena Art Colony @ Marston’s Restaurant

                      California Art Club: Artists Explore Los Angeles
                      March 23, 2009 – January 12, 2010 @ Los Angeles Chamber of Commerce
           
                      Ninety-Eighth Annual Exhibition
                      April 26 – May 17, 2009 @ The Pasadena Museum of California Art

                      Splash of Spring
                      May 18 – July 13, 2009 by Pasadena Art Colony @ Marston’s Restaurant

                      On Location in Malibu 2009: Paintings by the California Art Club (IV)
                      May 23 – August 2, 2009 @ Weisman Museum, Pepperdine University

                      Eternal Light
                      June 14 – December 2, 2009 @ The Blinn House, Women’s City Club, Pasadena

                      Celebrating the Golden State: Recent Artwork by Contemporary Members of the CAC (X)
                      June 23 – September 27, 2009 @ the CAC Gallery at the Old Mill

                      Summertime
                      July 20 – September 11, 2009 by Pasadena Art Colony @ Marston’s Restaurant

                      California’s Landscapes and Legacy
                      August 1 – September 27, 2009 @ Bennington Center for the Arts, Bennington, VT

                      I Love L.A.
                      September 21 – November 16, 2009 by Pasadena Art Colony @ Marston’s Restaurant

                      Paintings from the Southern Sierra Foothills: Capturing California’s Preserved Lands
                      and Historic Districts

                      September 29, 2009 – January 3, 2010 @ the CAC Gallery at the Old Mill

                      South Pasadena: City of Trees
                      October 10 – November 6, 2009 @ SoPas Gallery, South Pasadena

                      Julian and the San Diego Back Country: A Centennial Exhibition of the CAC
                      November 7 – 29, 2009 @ The Julian Art Gallery, Julian, CA
                      [Third San Diego County Chapter Exhibition]           

                      Pasadena on Parade
                      November 16, 2009 – January 18, 2010 by Pasadena Art Colony @ Marston’s Restaurant

                      THEN & NOW: Artists Explore the Bay Area
                      December 1, 2009 – January 9, 2010 @ Thomas Reynolds Gallery, S.F.
                      [First San Francisco Bay Area Chapter Exhibition]     

                      The California Art Club celebrates the Centennial of its Founding.
                      December 2009

2010            Ninety-Ninth Annual Exhibition
                      June 13 – July 4, 2010 @ The Pasadena Museum of California Art

                      California Art Club Artists Celebrate the Ring Cycle
                      May 10 – July 16, 2010 @ Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angels, Los Angeles, CA

2011            One-Hundredth Annual Exhibition
                      2011 @ The Pasadena Museum of California Art

 

 

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