The classes she has taken at SMC have had a profound impact on her art saying, “If I didn’t have Santa Monica College, I [wouldn’t have] known where to start… mainly I really like to join the art scene to make a lot of friends because once you retire you don’t really meet people. That is the only place I can go to make new friends.”
Watanabe had two pieces on display at the art show being “Moon Walking” and “Dawn” both on sale for $150 and $325 respectively. You can view and purchase her work at “Akemi Watanbe.art” on saatchiart.com.
Lori Pollack is also a student who was pushed away from art as a kid by her parents, only to come back to school and rediscover her passion after a career in teaching elementary students. Pollack not only has a passion for art, but education as well and she said “I’ve been in schools for almost the last 40 years of my life…Newsflash, I love school!”.
Pollack taught at Grant Elementary in Santa Monica in her tenure as a teacher. “It’s been very, very positive,” Pollack had to say about the impact SMC had on her art.
She started an Instagram page during the pandemic because she wanted to see something positive come from the lockdown, and she has accrued two thousand plus followers by posting her art. Her art is predominately water color paintings, including “Jump for Joy” and “Hugging Saguaros” in which she presented at the art show, they are selling for $290 and $275 respectively. To purchase these paintings, listings are on Loripollack.com.
The zoom of the art show was recorded and can be accessed through the Emeritus art gallery home page on smc.edu. The full gallery of student art can be accessed through through SMC Emeritus Facebook page. Part two of this art exhibition will be taking place on May 26 starting at 5pm.
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