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 Saturday of the month, noon-2 p.m., in the Winer Family Community Room & Art Gallery, unless otherwise noted.
DECEMBER 4 - DECEMBER 30: David Ege designs;
ART SHOWS COMING IN 2025
JANUARY 8 – FEBRUARY 3 ( Reception-January 18) DREW BANDISH and his students (DREW’S ART PALS) will be showing their watercolor and colored pencil works;
FEBRUARY 5 – MARCH 29 (Reception-March 15) COLLEEN SWESEY Quilts;
APRIL 2 – MAY 5 (Reception-April 19), KATHERINE KENNNEDY, Oils;
MAY 7... 
Grand Designs: Oodles of Doodles created by our SCBL Managing Librarian David Ege, will be on display December 4-30, in the Winer Family Community Room & Art Gallery. Click December Artist
Ege began trying to draw even before he could hold a pencil. In school, he covered endless pages with doodles while ignoring the lessons being taught in other subjects. His favorite high school art teacher observed the drawings and was amazed by their complexity and intricacy. Wanting to see what... 
January 8 - February 3, popular San Diego retired art instructor Drew Bandish and a group of his students, Drew's Art Pals, will fill the San Carlos Branch Library's Winer Family Community Room & Art Gallery with their wonderful watercolors and colored pencil drawings. Don't miss their show which will include Plein Air paintings of familiar San Diego locals. Meet the artists at their Artist Reception on Saturday, January 18, noon - 2 p.m., when you will also have an... 
We are excited to have Colleen Swesey exhibiting her many beautiful quilts in the San Carlos Branch Library's Winer Family Community Room and Art gallery from February 5 through March 29. Swesey does not belong to quilting or art guilds but considers herself an artist and prefers to work alone. Colleen made her husband a quilt as a wedding gift over 50 years ago and has been quilting ever since. Please join us at Swesey's Artist Reception to be... 