President's Message

For more than 20 years the Redlands Art Association has offered a successful art program for the children of Redlands and the surrounding communities. Over the last 3 years, the program has evolved into a more refined and academic based curriculum while keeping each child's...

A big thank you goes to the RAA Program/Workshop Committee.  They have accomplished the work necessary for a year of programs and workshops presented by guest artists, that are exceptional in their areas of expertise.  They have strived to put together programs/workshops that are interesting,...

I am sorry to have to report disappointing but understandable news.  Gail Brownfield has resigned as the RAA President effective immediately.  She has been an amazing President over the past few years, having led us with great dedication, understanding, and suburb vision.  Gail has been...

Ray Swanson Show and Reception a Success On Sunday January 4th, the Ray Swanson exhibition opened with a successful reception.  Approximately 100 people attended and many were first time visitors to the gallery.  Ray’s widow Beverly Swanson-Aylward spoke briefly and provided an overview of several of...

46th Annual MULTI MEDIA MINI SHOW Make us some art ~ Make a pledge to buy art ~ Make a trip to see our art. March 2015.  Make us some art! Get your creative juices flowing and make us a small treasure!   The Multi Media Mini...

Another successful experiment on the books! Teaming up RAA’s Art-on-State-Street with Downtown Redlands ArtWalk proved to be a good experiment for us… with a 20% increase in sales over last year (the best we’ve done for a one day event) and our visitors increased traffic...

Margaret Clark Art Education Enrichment Fund (MCAEEF) The MCAEEF committee is happy to submit some information about what is going on with us and hope it is helpful to the Association membership -- This Fund is put to good use by the Redlands Art Association.  It promotes...

Welcome to the RAA September newsletter. They’ve let me, Liz, the Historian, out of the cupboard this month; not to beg and plead for artists’ bios, or snippets of historical news, but to welcome you to Fall at RAA. For me, growing up in Britain,...

[caption id="attachment_4556" align="alignright" width="240"] Karen Coates, Youth Art Education Coordinator[/caption] The Redlands Art Association has long been known for their outstanding children’s art programs. Following the inspiration and motivation of the beloved art educator, Margaret Clark, RAA has offered art classes for the children of Redlands...

We have two calls for help for you to consider.  The first is that this fall we want to get the marketing committee staffed and underway.  This is an important board committee and I would appreciate hearing from you if you would be interested or...