The Club published The Treasures of the Sierra Nevada catalogue in conjunction with a traveling exhibition at the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles this year. They are concluding a major show at the Frederick Weisman Museum of Art in Malibu through August 8. The San Diego Chapter of the CAC under the leadership of Aaron St. John was formed last year to meet a growing need in that region. We educate the art-viewing public by sharing their enthusiasm, ideas and knowledge while promoting quality representational art through exhibitions and workshops. The objective of our membership of artists is to capture a glimpse of nature through close observation, while creating a piece of history that will flourish for generations to come.
Membership includes painters from all over the nation with a large California contingent.
Along with the Society for the Advancement of Plein Air Painting, under the leadership of Roy Rose, PAPA sponsors the annual paint out, show, sale and competition on Catalina Island in the fall, and a summer workshop for its members. Members paint Historic Highway 1 in California this year with show locations to be announced. The Board meets monthly at the Laguna Art Museum . A recent exhibition was at the Orange County Museum of Art. Members are indebted to the legacy of the Laguna Beach Art Association established in 1917 whose 150 members included such notables as Frank Cuprien, Joseph Kleitsch , Edgar Payne and Hanson Duvall Puthuff .