Topanga Gallery Hosts Student Art

   Topanga Canyon Gallery will host an art exhibit of work by elementary students created through partnerships between local artists, Topanga Elementary School and Calmont School. The show will run from January 22-27.
   Artists joined students in their classrooms over several weeks last fall to produce works in painting, sculpture, and mixed media. Many of the artists will be at the show’s opening on Tuesday, January 22 from 4-7 p.m. The adjacent Howell Green Gallery will also display student art from the program.
   The Student Art Show began as a collaboration between the Topanga Art Gallery and “Art is Elementary,” an organization founded by Topanga School parent Linda Gintowt to support the arts at the school. The Student Art program was inspired by the Chicago Arts Partnership in Education (CAPE), which has a ten-year history of pairing artists and teachers in classrooms. Gallery president Rebecca Catterall sees the project and exhibit as “a natural extension of the artistic resources available in our community.”
   Topanga Canyon Gallery, owned and run by over forty member artists, is located at 120 N. Topanga Canyon Blvd. in Topanga. Business hours are Tuesday through Saturday from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. and Sunday from 11 a.m. to 5 a.m. For more information, call (310) 455-7909.