Deletion of Carmel Art Association

Comment: After searching, I have to say "delete" on this article. There isn't anything that distinguishes it from the tens of thousands of of non-profit art spaces around the country (or around the world for that matter.)  It is local in scope and coverage. That a few "notable" artists showed there is irrelevant because notability is not inherited . It seems to be a pay-to-play membership-type gallery, and that always makes my skin crawl. These types of galleries are oriented towards tourism, and this one is no different judging by the fact that most of what I saw online were promoting tourism or travel to Carmel, not serious art collecting of museum quality work of art historical significance. The fact that it is the oldest gallery in Carmel isn't relevant; doesn't every town everywhere that has art galleries have an oldest one? The book that was published on it was written by one of it's artist members, so I doubt it is an independent, art historical/art critical publication. Does not meet both requirements of  as the scope of their activities is local not national or international in scale. I'm not sure about the second requirement but for sure it doesn't pass the first criteria. Does not meet  either
Stance: delete
Cited policy: Wikipedia:Run-of-the-mill (WP:RUNOFTHEMILL||WP:INHERITORG||WP:NONPROFIT||WP:CORP)

Comment: I agree that there's nothing here that satisfies , and fifty trivial mentions or namedrops still don't add up to a single bit of "significant coverage."I am also utterly indifferent to protests about "cherry picking the weakest ref."  IMHO, in a deletion discussion, I want to be assured that people are arguing in good faith.  If keep proponents are just tossing up a blizzard of Google hits ''without bothering to check if they provide substantial coverage to the subject in question,'' then they are at best not paying attention, and this is particularly ironic in a discussion where Delete proponents have been accused of wanting to delete this article "at all costs
Stance: delete
Cited policy: Wikipedia:Notability (WP:CORPDEPTH)

Comment: safe to say anytime there is a suspected  editors get their feathers ruffled. "oldest gallery in Carmel and one of the oldest artists’ associations in the country" seems like our encyclopedia will be much better with the inclusion than the exclusion. Greg Henderson has produced a compelling article for keep
Stance: keep
Cited policy: Wikipedia:Conflict of interest (WP:COI)

Comment: The Carmel Art Association has significant coverage in reliable, independent, secondary sources and supports  and  requirments
Stance: keep
Cited policy: Wikipedia:Notability (WP:BASIC||WP:GNG)