Supporting Your Palos Verdes Art Center — 1975-2025
Please Join Us as We Celebrate our 50th Anniversary Bringing Art
and Art Education to our Peninsula and South Bay Community!
Since its inception in 1975, The Circle of Palos Verdes Art Center has been the fundraising support group for Palos Verdes Art Center (PVAC). With much gratitude to our all of our community supporters, The Circle of Palos Verdes’ efforts have raised $2,000,000 to provide art experiences and art education through Palos Verdes Art Center. For 50 years, The Circle has hosted a wide range of events, including the ongoing Collected Treasures event as well as The Art of the Road Rally, Celebrate Extraordinary, Palos Verdes Homes Tour, Art for Fun(d)’s Sake, and more. Our upcoming events feature a celebratory 50th Anniversary Dinner Gala on October 25, 2025, PVAC Winter Art Show with Holiday Reception on December 5, 2025, and Collected Treasures on March 20-22, 2026.
50th Anniversary Gala
October 25, 2025
Join us for an unforgettable evening celebrating the golden anniversary of
Palos Verdes Art Center's 'The Circle'.
Purchase Gala Tickets
Beginning August 21, 2025
Use the button below to purchase tickets
at Evenbrite.com
Or scan the QR code:
This spectacular night's festivities includes entertainment by the fabulous Harold Payne. Harold is a master of improvisation, is a custom song creator, and multi-platinum songwriter for Rod Stewart, Peter Paul & Mary and Carlos Santana, among others.
Your dining experience will be curtesy of Chef Dora, serving her unique international culinary fare with its focus on flavor, presentation and guest satisfaction.
The night’s Silent Auction will include a catered "Evening in Tuscany Spiaggia e Manzo (Surf and Turf) for eight, in your home by Gala Chef Dora.
It was 1975 when 'The Circle' initiated and conducted a fundraising project to support the mission and ongoing programs of Palos Verdes Art Center. It has continued to do so for the past 50 years. Get ready for an evening filled with music, art and memories to treasure!!
Tickets available at Eventbrite:
https://thecircle50thgala.eventbrite.com
Collected Treasures Continues to Gain in Popularity!!
Our incoming Collected Treasures Co-Chairs, Denise Tegel and Janie Hassleman thank you and our community again for our best ever event in March. Enthusiasm is already building for our next 3-day event, March 20-22, 2026!!
Collected Treasures Drop Off Dates. The Circle of PVAC would be grateful to receive your good quality items such as art, china, ceramics, silver, fine and costume jewelry, linens, unique clothing, holiday decorations, antiques, home decor, glassware, small furniture. We can pick up locally. Contact katherinewilliamscircle@gmail.com. Collection dates at PV Art Center are as follows:
12-2 pm: August 13, October 15;
1-3 pm on September 17 and November 19.
We will help you unload your car!!
Did You Know?
Palos Verdes Art Center Hosts Training for 200 AAYFT Volunteer Docents and Presents Annual Student Art Exhibit.
Annual Student Art Exhibition
Palos Verdes Art Center/Beverly G. Alpay Center for Arts Education proudly presents an Annual Student Art Exhibition, held in May each year, featuring Palos Verdes Peninsula/Southbay student artwork.
Art At Your Fingertips is a Palos Verdes Art Center school-based outreach program that brings visual arts education to elementary school classrooms from transitional kindergarten through fifth grade. AAYFT's goal is to make every child feel comfortable using art as a means of expression.
Palos Verdes Art Center hosts the training of 200 volunteer docents who teach five art projects throughout each year. Established in 1976, this program reaches 6,000 students annually in schools located primarily on the Palos Verdes Peninsula, as well as in Torrance, Redondo Beach, and Long Beach.
Selected works from the John Wessel Photography Program, presented in partnership with the Ann & Steven Hinchliffe San Pedro & Peninsula YMCA summer teen program, are also part of this exhibit.
Schedule a Private Docent tour by contacting Palos Verdes Art Center at 310-541-2479.