All about ART at the San Carlos Branch Library
Each month, the San Carlos Friends of the Library sponsors artists who show their works in the San Carlos Branch Library's Winer Family Community Room & Art Gallery which may be entered through the double doors in the Children's area or the doors just inside the left side entrance to the library. The art takes many forms and is not limited to watercolor, oils or photography. Admission is FREE to all Art shows and Receptions.
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Artist Receptions are held on the 3rd or 4th Saturday of the month, noon-2 p.m., in the Winer Family Community Room & Art Gallery, unless otherwise noted.
APRIL 3 - APRIL 29: ( No Reception scheduled ):Patty Palenschat, oils
MAY 1 - JUNE 3: (Reception 5/25): Ernie Orfila, mixed medium
JUNE 5 - JULY 1: (Reception 6/22): Glenn Osga, acrylics
JULY 3 - AUGUST 5: (Reception 7/20): Gwen Small, abstract photography
AUGUST 7 - AUGUST 31: (Reception 8/24): Barbara Peterson, pastels; Edrie Graffiti, watercolors
SEPTEMBER 4... 
Portraits by Patty Palenschat will be on display April 3-29, in the Winer Family Community Room & Art Gallery of the San Carlos Branch Library. Palenschat creates realistic sculptures and paintings of people and animals. Her subjects come to life on canvas, including her own self portrait. Although not on display, there will be photographs to view of some of her completed sculptures. Check them out at her reception. Palenschat is not planning to have an artist reception.... 
From May 1-June 3, the gorgeous and intriguing mixed media art of Ernest Orfila will be on display in the Winer family Community Room and Art Gallery of the San Carlos Branch Library. A sixth generation Californian, Ernest Orfila was born in Los Angeles, received his B.S. in Social Sciences and M.A. in American Studies at SDSU. His Artist Reception will be held on Saturday, May 25, noon-2 p.m. Please join us in viewing the works of this... 
Our June 5- July 3 artist, Glenn Osga, is a true renaissance man. A self-taught artist, preschooler Osga began sketching everything from dinosaurs to faces and scenery in the margins of books and on any handy piece of paper. Osga describes himself as “a true art junkie.” Come meet this amazing artist at his Artist Reception June 22, noon – 2 p.m., in the Winer Family Community Room & Art Gallery of the San Carlos Branch Library.
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