SMC Emeritus has its own art gallery on the first floor at 1227 Second Street, Santa Monica in addition to an online gallery program. See SMC Events for a calendar of events.
Click the links below to take a look at the beautiful artwork created by our students, faculty, and community members!
Lynn Strother
The exhibition is presented online, NO IN-GALLERY COMPONENT.
October 29
Zoom reception event Thursday October 29, 5pm-6:30pm
Please join us online for a truly stunning solo exhibition by artist and Emeritus student Lynn Strother. The material mastery and rendering acumen on display in this exhibition are, without exaggeration, unsurpassed in the history of Emeritus Gallery. Prepare to be amazed.
Lynn Strother has been an art student at Emeritus for the past 9 years, following her retirement from a career as an association executive in 2017. Prior to that, she studied at UCLA Extension and Brentwood Art Center. She loves making realistic drawings of people, animals, and plants. She started working in colored pencil a little over a year ago, and it is now her favorite medium.
Please view the exhibition with the link below. A live Zoom Virtual Launch Event featuring the artist speaking about her work — and hosted by Emeritus Gallery Curator Jesse Benson — will be held Thursday October 29, from 5 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. Please click the link below to join us on Zoom.
View the exhibition:
View the recorded Zoom event:
Lynn Strother virtual launch event
also current:
David Min: A Life Painting Exhibition
The exhibition is presented in-gallery, NO ONLINE COMPONENT.
September 24 - October 30
In-gallery reception Thursday September 24, 5pm-6:30pm
Please join us at Emeritus Gallery for a remarkable exhibition of life-painting, years in the making, by artist David Min. Observational figure-rendering has an enormous history, and is a common element in arts education. One thing that makes Min's figurative works special is his dedication to a type of committed partnership with his painted subjects. For the exhibition, Min has selected 20 works, all nude depictions of "J.J.", a male artist's model. Min describes as follows: "J.J. -- diligent and admirable, someone I've met and drawn over many years." While some life-painters treat their subjects more as objects, Min's images are genuinely empowering to their subjects. They are celebratory of dignity and humanity.
Archive of Past Gallery Events
Emeritus Gallery:
1227 Second Street, Santa Monica
Gallery Hours: Mon – Fri, 9 a.m. – 4 p.m. (during run of exhibitions)
contact: benson_jesse@smc.edu