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- URL: https://www.smdp.com/111504-story-20041115/
- Published: 2004-11-15T16:00:00.000Z
- Updated: 2026-10-23T05:32:55.000Z
- Author: Guest Author
- Tags: Education, Santa Monica, #archive-import

The exhibit is part of SMC’s yearlong 75th Anniversary celebration, which has a particular emphasis on alumni.

The program is for gifted visual art students who provide individual or small-group instruction in a studio environment. Similar to graduate-level studies, the program has sent students on to such universities as UCLA, California Institute for the Arts, Rhode Island School of Design and Claremont Graduate School, and has launched many successful careers in art.

Alumni in the show have donated works for the silent auction, and all of the proceeds will go to the mentor program through the SMC Foundation.

“This is the realization of a full circle,” said SMC art professor Linda López, who organized the show and the auction and has been a long-time mentor in the program.

“We get to see the results of a changing and experimental program,” López said. “We get to see what these former students have done with their lives. And our current students get to see our former students giving back to the program.”

Gallery hours are noon to 5 p.m., Tuesday through Friday, and 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday. The gallery will be closed Nov. 25-27 for the Thanksgiving holiday. For more information, call (310) 434-3434.

*Originally published in the Santa Monica Daily Press print edition on November 15, 2004.* [Read the original PDF.](https://s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/smdp%5Fbackissues/111504.pdf?ref=smdp.com)