Category: 1934 – 1938

1934 June 1, π™’π™π™žπ™©π™©π™žπ™šπ™§ π™‰π™šπ™¬π™¨:

Laguna Beach Art Association past president, William Griffith, spoke at the gallery’s open meeting. β€œHe
encouraged the members of the Whittier [Art] Association in the belief that Whittier too, can be made an
important art and cultural center”.Β  He went on to say, β€œI wish you all the luck in the world, and Laguna will do everything possible to help you”.

1934 July 27, π™Žπ™€π™ͺ𝙩𝙝 π˜Ύπ™€π™–π™¨π™© π™‰π™šπ™¬π™¨:

The South Coast News, announces that Whittier has organized an Art Association β€œfor the whole surrounding community between Los Angeles and Laguna Beach”. The Association is sponsoring art classes in water color landscape by Mabel George Haig; life drawing by Eleanor Colburn, sculpture by Ruth Peabody, and pottery by
pupils of Glen Lukens.

1938, Broadway School Postcard:

The Whittier Art Association lost their temporary Whittier Art Gallery space on Philadelphia Street. After several months, they open a new β€œGallery at Pickering and Broadway” in Whittier’s old Broadway School building.
The Broadway School was demolished six months after the WAA opened their gallery there. The WAA provided exhibits at the Whittier Woman’s Club House until they constructed their own galley.

Looking Back at the 1930’s

The Whittier Art Association formed in 1934 during the depths of the Great Depression. The Art Association opened its first Whittier Art Gallery in the middle of Whittier’s business district, featuring exhibits by professional artists from Los Angeles to the art colony in Laguna Beach.