About Carmel Art Association

Founded in 1927, Carmel’s oldest gallery features the work of more than 100 professional local artists, and is dedicated to presenting only the finest work for sale by artists living on the Monterey Peninsula. The Carmel Art Association displays a wide variety of styles and media, and changes its exhibitions every month. The historic building provides exhibition space for its members’ works and in the interest of community involvement sponsors film series, lectures, concerts, art demonstrations and special fund-raising events. The Carmel Art Association is a 501(c)(3).

The Carmel Art Association, a non-profit organization, has a long and proud heritage. Many of its early members were among the great early California artists including notables Armin Hansen, Williarn Ritschel, Paul Dougherty, Mary DeNeale Morgan, Percy Gray, Francis McComas, E. CharIton Fortune, John O’Shea and many more. The purpose and spirit of the Association’s founding members continues today and it has retained its identity as an artist owned and operated sales gallery for over 85 years.

The Gallery continues to win awards each year, most recently: "Best Gallery in Monterey County" (Monterey County Weekly), "Golden Pine Cone Award" (The Carmel Pine Cone), and "The Award of Excellence" (Carmel Chamber of Commerce).

The Carmel Art Associaton is governed by a fifteen-member Board of Directors, each serving a three-year term. Each year five Board Members rotate off the Board, making way for five new Board Members.

2013 Board Members are: Will Bullas (president), Jan Wagstaff (vice-president), Eleen Auvil (treasurer), Cornelia Emery (secretary), Patty Biederman, Pamela Carroll, Douglas Downs, Heidi Hybl, Andrea Johnson, Alicia Meheen, Daria Shachmut, Pamela Takigawa, Richard Tette and Belinda Vidor.