Millard Sheets Art Center

Millard Sheets Art Center The Millard Sheets Art Center provides the community with meaningful and fun experiences within the

Through our year-round exhibitions, educational programs, events, and workshops, the Millard Sheets Art Center provides the community with meaningful and fun experiences within the world of visual arts. As part of The Learning Centers at Fairplex, we engage the community at multiple levels of education. Our programs build on The Learning Centers’ (TLC) dedication to create innovative experiences.

It is our goal to create a variety of programs centered on traditional visual arts education that provide anyone with an interest in the arts an opportunity to explore and develop a love and passion for being creative.

Re-post: Millard Sheets Art Center Raised in Los Angeles, photographer Star Montana () uses her community in Boyle Heigh...
08/10/2019

Re-post: Millard Sheets Art Center

Raised in Los Angeles, photographer Star Montana () uses her community in Boyle Heights as the backdrop and narrative of her work. By utilizing her family’s photographic archive, Montana’s work recreates spaces and moments that reflect on themes of personal loss and growth. Her carefully reconstructed installations play a personal homage to her family throughout the generations. Her work has been exhibited nationally at Charlie James Gallery (), Residency Art Gallery (), La Plaza de Cultura y Artes () and at Ballroom Marfa (). Montana will be an artist-in-residence at the Robert Rauschenberg Foundation () in 2020. ⁣...⁣“Shifting Aesthetics: A Selection of W⁣orks by 11 Contemporary L.A. Artists”​ ​opens on Aug. 30 and runs through Nov. 3, 2019. Schools and universities are encouraged to book their docent-led walkthroughs of the exhibition. Please contact ​[email protected]​ to learn more. RSVP to the opening reception on Aug. 24 by clicking the link in our bio. ⁣...⁣Image credits: ⁣“Frankie”, 2014, 24 x 30”, inkjet print ⁣⁣“Louisa, 1989”, 2019, 8 x 10.8”, fabric wall vinyl⁣⁣Artist portrait courtesy of the artist

Explore your creative side through clay! See below for details on an excellent opportunity offered through The Learning ...
06/07/2019

Explore your creative side through clay! See below for details on an excellent opportunity offered through The Learning Centers at Fairplex here at Millard Sheets Art Center.

Summer classes aren't just for kids! Take an adult clay class here at Millard Sheets Art Center.
We are excited to announce Scott Stragier, one of TLC's Career and Technical Education instructors, will be offering a 10-week hand building and wheel-throwing course for ALL skill levels.
We have limited availability so be sure to enroll ASAP.
https://bit.ly/2ZhNRJZ

One week left to apply for the Getty Marrow Undergraduate Social Media & Public Programs Internship!This 10-week paid op...
05/03/2019

One week left to apply for the Getty Marrow Undergraduate Social Media & Public Programs Internship!
This 10-week paid opportunity is excellent work experience for college students interested in fine arts, arts administration, curatorial studies, museum education, or art history.
Share with a student you think would love to join the Fairplex team this summer!

Thank you to the over 105,000 L.A. County Fair goers who visited Alt 66 last month. Did you catch this great piece by Re...
10/19/2018
The LA County Fair Unearths Long-Buried Stories of Route 66

Thank you to the over 105,000 L.A. County Fair goers who visited Alt 66 last month. Did you catch this great piece by Renée Reizman for Hyperallergic?
"We saw it as an opportunity to create new images, tell stories from different perspectives, and create new iconography or revisions of things we’re so used to seeing” -Thomas Canavan, Arts Manager

Alt 66 gives insight into the lives of those who built, traveled, and lived along the interstate — a diverse blend of race and class, all dreaming of the West.

For nearly 10 years MSAC has supported The Learning Centers at Fairplex Career and Technical Education Center (CTEC) stu...
10/17/2018

For nearly 10 years MSAC has supported The Learning Centers at Fairplex Career and Technical Education Center (CTEC) students. Check out what these artists are up to and learn more about CTEC creative pathways by visiting:
https://fairplex.com/tlcfairplex/programs/ctec/career-tracks/arts-media-design

On Wednesday's we CREATE!
Did you know the oldest piece of human-made ceramic is estimated to be 26,000 years old? Our CTEC Ceramic artists are creating timeless pieces every Monday and Wednesday here at Millard Sheets Art Center.

Is there a better way than eating SPAGHETTI to support a great event? Each year Fairplex provides the place for this Pom...
07/10/2018

Is there a better way than eating SPAGHETTI to support a great event? Each year Fairplex provides the place for this Pomona PD community event. Drop by and help support!

Wonderful focus on Fiber Arts! As a program of Fairplex and the LA County Fair we couldn't be more excite to provide a p...
06/06/2018
Textile Art Threads Through a Showcase of Southern California MFA Grads

Wonderful focus on Fiber Arts! As a program of Fairplex and the LA County Fair we couldn't be more excite to provide a place where Fine Art and Craft meet to create new ideas.

The annual SoCal MFA show brings together graduating MFA students from all over Southern California, and this year's exhibition is full of fiber art.

05/04/2018

This weekend we will be closed on Saturday, but are open normal hours between 10-4pm.

04/22/2018

The gallery is open today between 10-4pm. If you’re out riding take a break and see some art from the

In addition to a cash prize, Joe Ded, the winner of our painting contest at the 2017 LA County Fair, also received a sol...
04/04/2018

In addition to a cash prize, Joe Ded, the winner of our painting contest at the 2017 LA County Fair, also received a solo show at the The Progress Gallery in Downtown Pomona.

Opening second Saturday, April 14th! Congrats Joe!

04/01/2018

In observance of Easter, the gallery will be closed today.

Happy Easter!

Alt 66 - LA County Fair - Submission Process Update!We are simplifying the process and waiving the entry fee. Alt 66 is ...
03/13/2018
ALT 66 - LA County Fair 2018

Alt 66 - LA County Fair - Submission Process Update!

We are simplifying the process and waiving the entry fee.

Alt 66 is and should be a collaborative project and we felt the online submission process was hindering an essential part of the creative process, dialogue. I am encouraging everyone to submit their idea for their installation directly to me at this email: [email protected]

I only need a brief description.

The deadline is still April 1, but this submission process will allow us to talk through your concept in more detail before heading to the jurors, which may help increase its chance for selection.

We’ve also determined that an $11 application fee would be better spent on coffee and tea with me. If you want to get together to talk about your idea, please let me know! If not, treat yourself to some new pencils and get sketching.

Details and deck can be found at www.lacountyfair.com/alt66


Thank you for your time. I’m looking forward to hearing your ideas!

The Millard Sheets Art Center is inviting artists, art institutions, collectives, creative agencies, and designers to participate in our 2018 LA County Fair exhibition.

03/10/2018
CALL FOR ENTRIES - PHOTOGRAPHY COMPETITION

Calling all photographers! Call for entries is open!

Photographers are invited to submit artwork that reflects the intrigue of Route 66 that calls travelers from around the world to the 2,448 mile journey. The experience that has inspired today’s Americana is one that is best remembered through personal stories of travel and adventure.

The medium of photography is essential to capturing those memories and through your unique perspective will allow us to experience the “Mother Road” along with so many others.

Selected entries will be exhibited during the LA County Fair
August 31 – September 23, 2018

DEADLINE: April 1, 2018

lacountyfairphotocompetition.com

If you're submitting a proposal for Alt 66 and thinking about how to incorporate neon lighting, LED tubing is an afforda...
03/10/2018
How To Make Faux Neon Sign : Oh My Gulay DIY

If you're submitting a proposal for Alt 66 and thinking about how to incorporate neon lighting, LED tubing is an affordable alternative and easy to use at home or in the studio. Check out this awesome video that walks you through step by step.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CwYQenPIvec

Everyone needs a little neon light in their lives! No? Well I'm going to show you how to make some faux ones anyway! Oh my gulay! Affiliate links: EL wire - ...

02/01/2018
Exhibition Opportunities for Artists, Designers, Orgs and Agencies

Applications are all live! Submit your entries and learn about both exhibitions for the LA County Fair 2018. Please share!

Opportunities for Artists, Designers, Orgs and Creative Agencies.

Both applications close April 1, 2018.

The Millard Sheets Art Center is inviting artists, art institutions, collectives, creative agencies, and designers to participate in our 2018 LA County Fair exhibition.

4 Weekends Remaining and Expanded Open Hours
01/05/2018
4 Weekends Remaining and Expanded Open Hours

4 Weekends Remaining and Expanded Open Hours

Judithe Hernández and Patssi Valdez: One Path Two Journeys  Sept 1 – Jan 28, 2018Gallery times: Monday-Friday appointment required, contact: Thomas Canavan  Email: [email protected]  Phone: 909-865-4161 Saturday and Sunday open to the public from 11:00 – 5:00 p.m. The Millard Sheets Art...

Sharing a great opportunity for artists to connect with a national and international audience. The conference is in Queb...
12/06/2017
TransCultural Exchange

Sharing a great opportunity for artists to connect with a national and international audience. The conference is in Quebec City this year and it is very affordable comparatively.

http://transculturalexchange.org/2018-conference/overview.htm

TransCultural Exchange Official Website. Art, Images, Artists, TransCultural Exchanges, Global Art, Cross-Cultural, Cross Disciplinary, TransDisciplinary, Multi-disciplinary, Exhibitions, Artist Resources, International, Residencies, Art Supplies, Art Conferences, Artist Conferences, Images, Sculptu...

Thanks to the for coming to visit this week as part of . If anyone just discovered us and haven’t visited before, we’...
11/18/2017

Thanks to the for coming to visit this week as part of . If anyone just discovered us and haven’t visited before, we’re open 12-4pm this weekend both today and Sunday. Come see the blue door and the epic exhibition of And

We’re closed next weekend Nov 25-26 for

Happy Thanksgiving!

Special thank you to LACMA Los Angeles County Museum of Art CEO Michael Govan for taking the time to see our exhibition ...
11/15/2017

Special thank you to LACMA Los Angeles County Museum of Art CEO Michael Govan for taking the time to see our exhibition One Path Two Journeys and visit with Fairplex CEO Miguel Santana and SVP Lucas Rivera Pacific Standard Time: LA/LA - Inland Cities Pacific Standard Time

A good write up on Saturday's talk with Judithe Hernandez and Charlene Villasenor Black.
11/02/2017
Politically Powerful and Often Seductive - Artillery Magazine

A good write up on Saturday's talk with Judithe Hernandez and Charlene Villasenor Black.

On Saturday afternoon, the Millard Sheets Art Center at the Fairplex in Pomona hosted dialogue between UCLA art historian Charlene Villasenor Black and exh

Here are a few photos from our talk with Judithe Hernandez and Charlene Villasenor Black. Patssi was greatly missed. The...
10/31/2017

Here are a few photos from our talk with Judithe Hernandez and Charlene Villasenor Black. Patssi was greatly missed.

The exhibition is open Saturdays and Sundays from 12-4 pm and by appointment during the week. Stop by this weekend!

Great article about the impact our exhibition is having.Artist Talk today at 2pm - Don’t forget! Thanks Inland Valley Da...
10/28/2017
Audience response to exhibit at Fairplex’s Millard Sheets Art Center reflects public’s desire for fine art, artist says

Great article about the impact our exhibition is having.

Artist Talk today at 2pm - Don’t forget!

Thanks Inland Valley Daily Bulletin for your support!

http://www.dailybulletin.com/2017/10/27/audience-response-to-exhibit-at-fairplexs-millard-sheets-art-center-reflects-publics-desire-for-fine-art-artist-says/

More than 85,000 visitors passed through the doors of the Millard Sheets Art Center to see the exhibit, One Path Two Journeys.

Excited for our talk tomorrow with Judithe Hernández and Charlene Villaseñor Black.Beginning at 2pmFreeOpen to the publi...
10/27/2017

Excited for our talk tomorrow with Judithe Hernández and Charlene Villaseñor Black.
Beginning at 2pm
Free
Open to the public
Gate 1 - 1101 W McKinley Ave., Pomona, CA
See you there!

Chapter II - after the LA County Fair -
10/06/2017
Pacific Standard Time: LA/LA

Chapter II - after the LA County Fair -

The Millard Sheets Art Center is proud to announce that it has been selected to participate in Pacific Standard Time: LA/LA, a far-reaching and ambitious exploration of Latin American and Latino art in dialogue with Los Angeles. Initiated through grants from the Getty Foundation, Pacific Standard Ti...

1954 Home magazine found in our archives. : exhibition and
10/06/2017

1954 Home magazine found in our archives.
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exhibition and

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This afternoon Jeff and I decided to cover the LA County Fair

We saw David Judah Oliver and listened to some poetry from Judah and others. His daughter was also there.

Joshua Swodeck was inside the Millard Sheets Art Center and we ran into my BFF Susie Magdalena Perales granddaughter who was there with a friend.

It was 87 degrees by 1 pm - way too 🔥 for me. We waited until 3 pm - it was 84 by that time.

As usual I took a lot of photos. It was pretty busy and there were a lot of guests on rides. 😎🎪🎢🎡🎠🌷🌻🙌🌴🌭we ordered our Pink's Hot Dogs and left after nearly 3 hours of walking.

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The - - Jeff found this article.

It also talks about the Millard Sheets Art Center

Very interesting.....🙂 the

In case you missed our Live Chat about our Millard Sheets acquisition and conservation, here it is!

Cal State Long Beach College of the Arts, Millard Sheets Fan Club, CSULB School of Art Graduate Studies, Millard Sheets Art Center, Banking on Beauty: Millard Sheets and Midcentury Commercial Architecture, CSULB Fiber Art, Student Org Art Historians - SOAH, CSULB Art Advising Center, Long Beach Arts & Culture, Long Beach Gallery Association
John Brantingham remembers the late Millard Sheets, an American artist, teacher, and architectural designer, who was one of the earliest of the California Scene Painting artists.

Millard Sheets Art Center Millard Sheets Gallery Millard Sheets Fan Club

https://www.culturalweekly.com/millard-sheets-and-the-inland-valleys/
Today we celebrate World Art Day! Fairplex is home to the Millard Sheets Art Center, the first major gallery dedicated solely to art in Los Angeles County. Every year we feature a new art exhibit during the Fair bringing fine arts to more than a million people! What's your favorite art museum to visit?
Take a cruise to Millard Sheets Art Center in Pomona for their inaugural Print Pomona Art Book Fair (PPABF) the weekend of March 13-15, 2020. Our BMAS team will lead a Census art-making workshop on Saturday, March 14th. PPABF hours are Friday, March 13th from 11:00 a.m. to 9:30 p.m., Saturday, March 14th from 11:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m. and Sunday, March 15th from 11:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. The Millard Sheets Art Center is located at 1101 W. McKinley Ave. Pomona, CA. 91768.
PPABF is the first of its kind in the San Gabriel Valley, and will bring national and international exhibitors to the Pomona Valley. PPABF aims to provide a forum for independent booksellers, distributors and publishers to showcase artist’s books, art catalogs, photography monographs, drawings and other print ephemera. Learn more at https://fairplex.com/events/upcoming-events.
Chinese artist, Manyu Gao (), uses her work to challenge herself and explore the realities of life. Combining abstract forms and color, Gao investigates the human figure, everyday objects, and food, while contextualizing what the world looks like and feels like to someone who grew up within a different culture. In her work, new understandings are brought to light, portraying new perceptions about the ordinary. By playing with line, two-dimensional texture, and emotion, Gao invites her viewer to see life from a different perspective and experience a glimpse into the world she experiences every day. Gao is currently pursuing her MFA at the ArtCenter College of Design.
Come see this and other great pieces displayed now at the SoCalMFA exhibition.
Millard Sheets Art Center is open Mondays – Saturdays,
11 a.m. – 3 p.m. Admission is free!
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The SoCalMFA exhibition is open until March 7 Millard Sheets Art Center, so make sure to stop by and view the work on display!

Multimedia artist, Zafirah Ahmed’s () artwork is informed by her interest in fashion, design, and photography, and her pieces intertwine aspects of painting, printmaking, and graphite. The simple, abstract lines and variety of muted colors used in her artwork reflect her design and photographic choices and influences. Ahmed also utilizes florals, repetitive imagery, and both geometric and organic shapes to compliment the abstractness in her work and push the limits her own artistic aesthetic. The sheer amount of detail and effort can be seen in the minutiae of her drawings and the calligraphic-like lines she creates. Ahmed is currently completing her MFA at Claremont Graduate University.
Visit fairplex.com for more info.
Image credit:
"Hidden Agenda", 48" x 60", acrylic.
Fairplex Presents and the Print Pomona Art Book Fair (PPABF) will host the upcoming book fair and provide an opportunity for independent booksellers and publishers to share their art with the community. Exhibitors will feature artist books, art catalogs, monographs, zines, and printed ephemera, and PPABF will also include book launches and signings, discussions, and exhibitions.

Event is free and open to the public.

March 13 – 15, 2020
Opening Reception: Friday, March 13
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Fairplex Presents LionLike MindState, Ladies Night Poetry Event on Friday, 12/20.

Join us for this free family-friendly event at Millard Sheets Art Center to promote Pomona, poetry, and the arts within our communities. The event is hosted by Treesje M. Powers, music by Astyn Turrentine, featuring Kat Magill and live artwork by Shelley Bruce. Kids are invited to join the art making activity in our art studios.

Event is free and open to the public.
Free parking at Gate 1 on McKinley Ave.
Join us next Saturday, August 24th, as we celebrate Millard Sheets Art Center's fall exhibition: “Shifting Aesthetics: A Selection of Works by 11 Contemporary L.A. Artists,” opening on August 30 and on view through November 3, 2019! “Shifting Aesthetics” focuses on celebrating the talents and achievements of artists living and working in Los Angeles. RSVP via the link below.
Millard Sheets Art Center fall exhibition, “Shifting Aesthetics” opens ‪on Aug. 30‬ and runs ‪through Nov. 3, 2019‬. Schools and universities are encouraged to book their tour of the exhibition today! Please contact [email protected] to learn more. RSVP to the opening reception by clicking the link: https://bit.ly/32F8mCy
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