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3320 Civic Center Drive
Torrance, CA 90503
Venue Type: Museum

Neighborhood:
long beach/south bay



Torrance Art Museum
Tamlogo
Tam_exteriorTorrance Art Museum - exterior shot
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8_systems_theory_2Systems Theory (installation shot),
Jan 12-Mar 8, 2008, (Works: Sky Burchard, foreground; Kiel Johnson, background)
© Courtesy TAM
7_systems_theory_installSystems Theory (installation shot),
Jan 12 - Mar 8, 2008, (Works: Flora Kao, foreground; Kiel Johnson, background)
© Courtesy TAM
1_constance_mallinson_and_people_Plainer (opening night),
Jan 2006, (Work: Constance Mallinson)
© Courtesy TAM
6_plainer_openingPlainer (opening night), Jan 2006
© Courtesy TAM
2_flourish_install_shotFlourish (installation shot),
Jun 2006, (Works left-right; Ceres Madoo, Phoebe Sarason, Marcy Freedman, Alexis Weidig)
© Courtesy TAM
4_megan_geckler_piece
Megan Geckler, "Fill It Up and Pour It down the Inside",
2006
© Courtesy TAM
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Nancy Braver, "Plastics" (installation shot),
2005
© Courtesy TAM
3_it_figures_install_shotIt Figures (installation shot),
Jan 2007, (Works left-right: Drew Dominick, Faris McReynolds, Mary Yuonakof)
© Courtesy TAM
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> QUICK FACTS
WEBSITE:  
http://www.torranceartmuseum.com/
EMAIL:  
torranceartmuseum@torrnet.com
CONTACT:  
Kristina Newhouse, Curator
OPEN HOURS:  
Tues-Sat 11-5
PHONE:  
(310) 618-6340
> CURRENT EXHIBITIONS & EVENTS
November 15th - December 13th 2008 Torrance Juried Exhibition
Sophia Allison, Shagha Ariannia, Nicole Belle, Elyse Pignolet + Sandow Birk, Christopher Bowne, Matthew Brandt, Kyle Chew, Jason Cimenski, Francisco Diaz, Eben Goff, Margaret Griffith, David Hollen, Robert Koss, Linda Kunik, Nery Gabriel Lemus, Erica Love, Cynthia Madrigal, Amanda McGough, Juanita Meneses, Summer Merritt, Dylan Palmer, Allyson Peck, Gala Porras-Kim, Jennifer Reifsneider, Blandine Saint-Oyant, Aili Schmeltz, Rebecca Sittler, Phillip Stearns, Gabie Strong, Lorrie Waldie, Ben Warwas, Andre Woodward
 
> STATEMENT

About the Museum

The Torrance Art Museum is a program of the Cultural Services Division of the City of Torrance Community Services Department.  The Cultural Services Division is responsible for City-sponsored arts and cultural initiatives held at the Torrance Cultural Arts Center and throughout the City.

Through its emphasis on contemporary artistic expression in Southern California, the Torrance Art Museum brings together visual artists and community members; fosters personal and civic well being by inspiring understanding and appreciation of the visual arts; promotes meaningful experiences in the arts to strengthen creative and critical thinking skills; and builds bridges between the visual arts and other disciplines in the humanities and sciences.

Exhibitions have been made possible in partnership with the Torrance Cultural Arts Center Foundation, Inc. Educational programming has been supplemented by a generous grant from Los Angeles County Supervisor Don Knabe and his Arts Education Partnership. 

Admission to exhibits at the Torrance Art Museum is free. Regular hours of operation are Tuesday through Saturday, from 11 - 5 pm. Additional information about special events and upcoming arts programming at the Torrance Art Museum can be requested by email at torranceartmuseum@torrnet.com or by calling 310-618-6340.

Additional program: 

Stories in Art, a program for children ages 5 to 10 years and their parents, combines viewing and discussing visual arts in the Torrance Art Museum.  The theme of each art exhibit is reinforced with appropriate literature selected by Torrance's Youth Services Librarian and a hands-on art project prepared by a professional artist.   Four Stories in Art sessions are scheduled in conjunction with each museum exhibition cycle. 

 

> UPCOMING EXHIBITIONS & EVENTS
> PAST EXHIBITIONS & EVENTS
Oct, 2008 Curator's talk with Mary Pichette
Mary Pichette
 
Oct, 2008 Curator's Talk with Eric Johnson
Eric Johnson
 
Sep, 2008 Curator talk with Marco Casentini
Marco Casentini
 
Sep, 2008 Eric Johnson: Recent Works / Marco Casetini: Have a Nice Day / Mary Pichette; Building into Shadows
 
Sep, 2008 THE MAIZE PROJECT, HAVE A NICE DAY, and BUILDING INTO SHADOWS at the Torrance Art Museum
Marco Casentini, Eric Johnson, Mary Pichette
 
Mar, 2008 Jim Farber: I/Eye
Jim Farber
 
Mar, 2008 PIX: Some Recent Photos from the Post-Filmic Era
Stephanie Allespach, Bia Gayotto, Todd Gray, Micol Hebron, Audrey Mandelbaum, Douglas McCulloh, Kyungmi Shin, Daniel Wheeler
 
Mar, 2008 Joel Tauber "Sick Amour" Tree Dedication
Joel Tauber
 
Jan, 2008 Systems Theory
Sky Burchard, Enrique Castrejon, Kiel Johnson, Flora Kao, Joel Tauber, Shirley Tse, Tao Urban, Meeson Pae Yang
 
Jan, 2008 Song to Snore
Jessica Rath
 
2007
Nov, 2007 All-In Juried Art Exhibition
Jaami Abdul-Khaliq Abdul-Samad, Wendy Adest, Cathy Akers, Stephanie Allespach, Sophia Allison, Seth Augustine, Jenny E. Balisle, Erik Benjamins, Lindsay Buchman, Rhea Carmi, Carleton Christy, Paulino Cobian, Emily de Araújo, Sergio Dennis, Lorri Deyer, Marcelino Dijamco, Jeremy Eichenbaum, McLean Fahnestock, Ali Farhoodi, Lindsay Foster, Jeff Foye, David French, Joseph Gerges, Katherine Gray, Marguerite Hossler, Bill Jehle, Flora Kao, Siri Kaur, Thom Kilpatrick, Kyle Kilty, Eva Kolosvary-Stupler, Alexander Kroll, Li'n Lee, David McDaniel, Carol Morris-Ward, Janice Nowinski, Amy Oliver, Mary Pichette, Fernando Sanchez, Daney Saylor, Phillip Stearns, Noah Thomas, Jerrin Wagstaff, James H. White III, Andre Woodward, Meeson Pae Yang, Richard Yee
 
Sep, 2007 Triptych: Feet on Concrete
Regina Klenjoski Dance Company
 
Sep, 2007 Yong Sin: Rule Out
Yong Sin
 
Sep, 2007 Fran Siegel: Overlap
Fran Siegel
 
Sep, 2007 Themes and Variations: New Abstraction in Los Angeles
Philippa Blair, Brad Eberhard, Michelle Fierro, Pamela Jorden, David McDonald, Tim Nolan, David Palmer, Coleen Sterritt, Tyler Vlahovich, Robert Walker, Brian Wills, Eric Zammitt
 
Sep, 2007 Hard & Soft
Group Show
 
Jun, 2007 Torrance Artists Guild and South Bay Watercolor Society
 
Jun, 2007 Expressive Visions of Manzanar
Group Show
 
Jun, 2007 South Bay Focus: Best of Show
Group Show
 
May, 2007 Curator’s Talk with Maggie Lowe Tennesen
Maggie Lowe Tennesen
 
May, 2007 Curator’s Talk with Douglas McCulloh
Group Show
 
Apr, 2007 Curator’s Talk with Diane Reeves
Diane Reeves
 
Mar, 2007 Main Gallery- Command Z: New Work in Digital Photography
Group Show
 
Mar, 2007 Maggie Lowe Tennesen: Spatiotemporal Variability
Maggie Lowe Tennesen
 
Mar, 2007 South Bay Focus- Diane Reeves: Duets
Diane Reeves
 
Mar, 2007 Drawn In
Eric Golo Stone
 
Jan, 2007 It Figures
Group Show
 
Jan, 2007 Drawn In
Group Show
 
Jan, 2007 Carol Es: A Girl Apart
Carol Es
 




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