Emeritus Student Exhibition To Open At Santa Monica College

SANTA MONICA, CA — From Santa Monica College:

The Santa Monica College Emeritus Art Gallery is pleased to present an exhibition of paintings created by Emeritus students John Alcantara, Anne Axelrad, and Mercedes Garcia. The three outstanding painters were brought together through a common interest in Surrealist painting and expressive mark-making.

The exhibition is open to the public from Thursday, July 25, to Wednesday, September 18, with an opening reception from 5 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. on Thursday, July 25. The exhibition and opening reception are free.

The SMC Emeritus Art Gallery is located on the first floor of the SMC Emeritus Campus, 1227 Second St., in downtown Santa Monica. Parking is available next door in Santa Monica Public Parking Structure No. 2.

“I gathered these three artists based on their proclivity for Surrealist aesthetics and their layered and complex painting and collage gestures,” said Emeritus Gallery director Jesse Benson. ”The show will be stylistically diverse, but will be consistently deep, powerful, symbolic, and uncanny.”

SMC Emeritus Gallery hours are 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Monday through Friday. For information, please call 310-434-4306.

SMC’s widely praised Emeritus program — founded by Santa Monica College in 1975 as a noncredit program to serve the lifelong learning interests of older adults — offers more than 120 noncredit adult education classes and special programs that serve more than 3,000 students each year.

If you need an accommodation due to a disability to participate in this event, please contact Stephanie Schlatter at schlatter_stephanie@smc.edu or 310-434-4313, at least 5 business days in advance.