Each month, the San Carlos Friends of the Library sponsors an artist to show his/her work in the Library’s Community Room.  The art takes many forms and is not limited to water color, oils or photography.  Most of the artists will have a reception the second Sunday of the month from 2:00 to 4:00 pm. Light refreshments are served.   

     Please stop by anytime the library is open and see these beautiful artistic displays. The Community Room is located through double doors on the left wall of the library in the Children’s section.  The light switch is on the wall to the right as you enter.  Take a few moments to relax and enjoy!  Remember, each artist will donate a portion of the proceeds of their sales resulting from their San Carlos Library showing to SCFOL.  Read more about each artist in the individual articles below the schedule. 

May 5 – June 5:  A Group Art Show including artists from Foothills  Art Association, Southwestern Artists’ Association, and the East County Art Association.  This show is sponsored by the San Carlos Garden Club.  On May 16 from 12:30 -5:30 pm and on May 17 from 9:30 am -2:30 pm creative floral arrangements will be paired with the paintings.  A reception will also be held on May 17. 

June 9 – July 3: Ilse Gerson

July 7 – 31:  Ofelia Alvarado

August 4 – September 4 :  Karen Marsh and her Group

September 8 – October 2: Phullis Altomare 

October 6 – 30: Joyce Philpot

November 3 – December 4: Claire Peck

December 8 – January 2, 2009: George Kaerth

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The May Art Show is being sponsored by the San Carlos Garden Club. It will include paintings by artists from the Foothills Art Association, Southwestern Artists� Association, and the East County Art Association. The artists include, Gail Ackley, Elaine Davis, Maryellene Deason, Padgett Mason, Jennifer Meeder, Maic Palmieri, Dixie Sampier and Shinja Scheidnes. Shown here is an example of some of their works. The art work may be seen between May 5^th and June 5^th during regular Library hours. On May 16^th and May 17^th, the paintings will be paired with creative floral arrangements and be on display in the Community Room of the San Carlos Library from 12:30 to 5:30 pm and 9:30 am to 2:30 pm respectively. See the article below for more details.

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The San Carlos Garden Club is a small club that has been active since July 17, 1962, making this their 46^th year. Their meetings are held at the Saint Dunstan�s Episcopal Church, 6556 Park Ridge Blvd., San Diego, 92120, on the fourth Tuesday of each month from September thru June, from 9:30am-12:30pm.

This year, from May 5^th thru June 5th, they are sponsoring the SCFOL May Art and Flower Show at the San Carlos Library, featuring artists from the Foothills Art Association, Southwestern Artists� Association, and the East County Art Association. Participating artists include Gail Ackley, Elaine Davis, Maryellene Deason, Padgett Mason, Jennifer Meeder, Maic Palmieri, Dixie Sampier, and Shinja Scheidnes. The participating artists have been coordinated by Elaine Davis, Past President of East County Art Association and a member of the San Diego Museum of Artists Guild.

This year, the Garden Club is following their tradition of offering to the community their own rendition of �Art Alive� held each spring at the San Diego Museum of Art in Balboa Park. On Friday, May 16^th from 12:30�5:30 pm and on Saturday, May 17^th from 9:30 am to 2:30 pm, San Carlos Garden Club members Dorothy Driscoll, Gerry Hoffner, Rita Kuehn, Joyce Mc Manus and Marj Myer, will be showing creative pairings of their beautiful floral arrangements with the artist�s paintings in the Library�s Communtiy Room. Below are examples from last year�s show.

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  Meet our featured June Artist, Ilse Gerson.  She is shown here with Mayor Sanders after winning accolades at the City of San Diego Senior Citizen Art Show.

Ilse’s art will be on display in the Community Room of the San Carlos Library from June 9^th thru July 3^rd.  Come and meet this creative and vital senior at her Artist’s Reception on Saturday, June 14^th from 12:30 to 2:00 pm.  Her reception will be on Saturday not Sunday, due to Father’s Day. 

Ilse Gerson is a long-time resident of Allied Gardens and a retired San Diego business owner.  In 1949, she and her family emigrated from Germany, settling first in Chicago, and then relocating to San Diego in 1967.

She was always involved with the arts, specializing in oil painting after lessons at Alexander’s School of Painting.  Many years later, in search of new challenges, she began watercolor classes with Dick Green.  Today Ilse continues studies in watercolor and acrylic with Marsha Austin-Rogers at the College Avenue Senior Center.  Beautiful watercolor paintings have been a result.  In sessions with painting friends Trudy and Beverly, she continues to try other media and materials with great success.

Ilse exhibited paintings at the City of San Diego Senior Citizen Art Show—and has won first, second and third place prizes in different art media.  She is a member of AFA-the Allied Gardens Association of Fine Artists and of the Southwestern Artists Association Gallery 23 in Spanish Village.

A fall in February fractured Ilse’s left elbow—not her painting arm!  At 86 years young, with a brand new great-grandson, there is so much going on to inspire her creative talents.  Come meet this fascinating octogenarian at her reception from 12:30 to 2:00 pm, on Saturday, June 14th. 

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