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Elaine Toland

August 14 - September 25, 2005

Opening reception: Sunday, August 14, 2-4 pm
3 pm artist talk by Elaine Toland: "Intimacy and Art"

Oakland-based painter Elaine Toland presented new and recent work in the Downstairs Gallery at Angels Gate. The artist's abstract acrylics are responses to the landscape of the western U.S., the individual's microcosm of emotion and the "diversity of unity." In Ms. Toland's words: "The abstracted paintings focus upon personal and internal landscapes representing the emotions of intimacy revealed in layered pigment. Collective and social stories can change if there is a shift in how we see them. Our stories are for all to explore; the work of the diversity of unity is just the pathway for the possibilities of spiritual transformation and endless stories." The artist presented a public discussion at 3 pm, August 14th entitled "Intimacy and Art," focusing on the discourse between artistic and therapeutic work, and her experiences as an adolescent psychiatric nurse at Stanford University's Packard Children's Hospital working with at-risk teens.

Elaine Toland is a veteran of many solo and group exhibitions, as well as artist residency programs around the U.S., including the Ragdale Foundation in Lake Forest IL, and the Vermont Studio Center. Recent exhibitions include "Light, Canvas, Action" in San Francisco and "Bars, Barriers and Borders" in Long Beach.


Red Desert Sky


A Bird's Spirit


Beneath the Glaciers


Dancing Prairie


Diversity of Unity


Hidden Intimacy


Intimacy #2


Moey One


Night Sky


Primal Essence


Primal Essence 4


Secret Essence


Spirit of 11


Spring Snow


Wyoming Spring


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Angels Gate Cultural Center
3601 South Gaffey Street, San Pedro, California 90731
Phone: 310-519-0936, Fax: 310-519-8698


Office Hours: Tuesday - Friday, 10 am - 5 pm
Gallery Hours: Tuesday - Sunday, 10 am - 5 pm



Selection of Past Exhibitions:

Matthew Thomas: Too Busy For Love
Feb 17 - Mar 30, 2008

Benicia Gantner & Kim Schoenstadt
Nov 17 - Jan 13, 2008

Dirk Hagner
Nov 17 - Jan 13, 2008

Five Feelings
Sep 2 - Nov 4, 2007

Adrian de la Pena
Sep 2 - Nov 4, 2007

I Just Can't Get Enough
Jun 24 - Aug 19, 2007

Little Boy Blue
Jun 24 - Aug 19, 2007

On Site at the Gate 2007
Apr 29 - Jun 10, 2007

Jerrin Wagstaff and Carleton Christy
Apr 29 - Jun 10, 2005

110% Faculty from Art Center's Photo & Imaging Dept.
Feb 18, 2006 - Apr 15, 2007

New Studio Artists
Feb 3, 2006 - Apr 15, 2007

Bean Gilsdorf and Dan Gilsdorf
Dec 10, 2006 - Feb 4, 2007

Drawing Out
Dec 10, 2006 - Jan 15, 2007

El Camino Student Show
Nov 5 - Nov 26, 2006

Printmakers from the Czech Republic
Oct 1 - Nov 26, 2006

Belle Epoque
Jul 30 - Oct 29, 2006

Fiber/Fabric
Jul 30 - Sep 17, 2006

On Site at the Gate 2006
Apr 30 - Jun 11, 2006

Shannon Fincke
May 21 - Jul 23, 2006

Meeson Pae Yang
Mar 19 - May 14, 2006

Patssi Valdez
Feb 12 - Apr 9, 2006

/Third Space/ Whitney Stolich
Jan 29 - Mar 12, 2006

Draw
Dec 4 - Jan 29, 2006

Da Aie Park
Dec 11 - Jan 22, 2006

Tristan Duke
Oct 30 - Dec 4, 2005

Ghosts of El Toro
Oct 2 - Nov 20, 2005

Elaine Toland
Aug 14 - Sep 25, 2005

...Then Again...
Aug 7 - Sep 18, 2005

History of San Pedro Punk
Jun 26 - Jul 31, 2005

On Site at the Gate 2005
Apr 17 - Jun 12, 2005

Idiolects
Feb 20 - Apr 3, 2005

Bread and Salt
Oct 2 - Nov 28, 2004

Art and Democracy
Jun 27 - Aug 8, 2004
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