Celebration

Photo courtesy of Sam Peck, publicity Director of Art Center Morro Bay

Go here to see how it looked a few years ago. We'd changed it a little before this latest facelift: http://www.morrobayartassociation.org/locate.html


This is a press release sent out to all our local media by the Art Center publicity directory, Sam Peck. Sam has also been our guide in this effort. Our weather was grand, so we could celebrate outside. Enough people attended our festivities to help us feel duly dubbed Art Center and to make us proud. Papa was bartender for the afternoon and he says we went through our share of champagne and wine. Our kids' art looks cute on the wall, and our featured artist and member shows look good. I am thrilled.

The new ART CENTER - Morro Bay, was christened during a celebration on Sunday 02 May. Formerly the Morro Bay Art Association Gallery, the new name and look is a dramatic change. Speaking to those in attendance, MBAA President Flo Bartell said; "The Board of Directors
decided that the MBAA Gallery needed to update its name and
appearance to be more consistent with its role as Morro Bay
community's center for the fine arts". She added that; " In addition
to having one of the largest gallery spaces on the coast, the Art
Center manages Art in the Park, the Morro Photo Expo, and is the site
of many art related events during the year, including local artist
shows, children's art, art classes and demonstrations. This also
coincides with the coming 60th anniversary of the MBAA next year".
Speaking for the city, Planning Commission Chair, Nancy Johnson said;
"The new Art Center is a bold step in the revitalization of historic
Downtown Morro Bay". The ART CENTER, at 825 Main St., is open to the
public daily from noon to 4PM.



For friends and family looking for me in this picture, I am behind the man on your far left, blue shirt. He's tinkering with the PA system while I am talking.