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The South Pasadena Arts Council (SPARC) presents its annual Holiday Art Show, offering a wide array of works by noted professional artists for sale (watercolors and oil paintings, collage, textile designs, ceramics, and soft sculptures) at the SPARC Gallery in South Pasadena, CA, with two Saturday opening events, Dec. 2 and Dec. 16, from 3 to 6 p.m.
Featured artists: Shauneen Bell, Mark Billy, Michael Campagna, Elaine Carhartt, Gillian Gough, Kathleen Klein-Wakefield, Eric Joe, Jeanie Joe, Cynthia Thiel, Val Trimarchi, and Irene Zaragoza.
The SPARC Gallery is located at 1121 Mission St., South Pasadena, inside the South Pasadena Chamber of Commerce. The Holiday Art Show and Sale will run through Jan. 13. Gallery hours will vary after the Dec. 2 and Dec. 16 openings. To schedule visits on other dates through the run of the show, contact curator Blue Trimarchi at (626) 676-4195. Admission is free.
Founded as a grassroots effort in 2009, the South Pasadena Arts Council (SPARC) is a 501 (c)(3) nonprofit arts organization that develops educational and public arts programs, creates interactive projects, and collaborates with other organizations in the City of South Pasadena and the surrounding Los Angeles area to foster and produce cultural events featuring the visual, performing, literary and media arts. SPARC is open to people in all creative fields, art appreciators, art patrons, educators, and any others interested in helping the arts thrive in South Pasadena and neighboring communities. Information: (626) 441-2339, https://www.sopasartscouncil.org/
