The Pacific Art League is filling two galleries with 300 artworks by more than 250 artists for a salon-style exhibition marking the nonprofit’s 105th year.
The opening reception runs Friday, Nov. 6, from 5:30 to 8 p.m. at 668 Ramona St. in downtown Palo Alto. The show occupies the Ramona and Forest Galleries and stays up through Jan. 12, 2027, according to PAL’s website.
The exhibition is PAL’s largest annual fundraiser. Proceeds support the organization’s education programs, community outreach and exhibitions, according to the nonprofit.
Nadya Chuprina, public art program coordinator for the city of Palo Alto, served as juror for the show. Chuprina manages the city’s temporary and permanent public art projects and oversees a collection of more than 300 artworks, according to PAL. She holds a master’s degree in arts policy and management from Birkbeck, University of London.
Among the exhibitors are students from the Yumiko Tsumura Oil Painting Atelier, a free 15-week program for Bay Area high school students that launched in July. Palo Alto resident Yumiko Tsumura, a longtime PAL donor, funded instructor pay and class materials for the program, the Almanac reported Nov. 5.
PAL started in 1921 as the Palo Alto Art Club, founded by about 40 artists, many connected to Stanford University. The group purchased its current home at 668 Ramona St. in 1965. The building is a historic Spanish Revival structure designed by architect Birge Clark. It underwent a $4 million renovation in 2014 that included seismic retrofitting and accessibility upgrades.
The organization now operates as a nonprofit art school, gallery and community hub with roughly 35 to 40 instructors. It serves more than 2,000 students per quarter, according to PAL’s history page.
Artwork pickup is scheduled for Wednesday, Jan. 13, 2027.
