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OUR MISSION

The Atherton Arts Foundation promotes the appreciation and enjoyment of the arts through events, classes, and performances. We have previously acquired artworks for public spaces within our community.

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Classes

  • ACRYLIC PAINTING, LANDSCAPES
    ACRYLIC PAINTING, LANDSCAPES
    ACRYLIC PAINTING, LANDSCAPES
    Fri, Jan 24
    150 Watkins Ave, Atherton, CA 94027, USA
    Jan 24, 2025, 1:00 PM – 4:00 PM
    150 Watkins Ave, Atherton, CA 94027, USA
    Jan 24, 2025, 1:00 PM – 4:00 PM
    150 Watkins Ave, Atherton, CA 94027, USA
    Learn from the Master Series, American Landscape Painter Edgar Payne
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  • BOTANICAL ART:  WINTER GARDEN 
    BOTANICAL ART:  WINTER GARDEN 
    BOTANICAL ART:  WINTER GARDEN 
    Sat, Jan 25
    150 Watkins Ave, Atherton, CA 94027, USA
    Jan 25, 2025, 10:00 AM – 3:00 PM
    150 Watkins Ave, Atherton, CA 94027, USA
    Jan 25, 2025, 10:00 AM – 3:00 PM
    150 Watkins Ave, Atherton, CA 94027, USA
    There’s actually quite a bit of color and texture hiding in the winter garden! Choose from a variety of specimens!
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  • OPEN STUDIO
    OPEN STUDIO
    OPEN STUDIO
    Wed, Jan 29
    150 Watkins Ave, Atherton, CA 94027, USA
    Jan 29, 2025, 11:30 AM – 3:30 PM
    150 Watkins Ave, Atherton, CA 94027, USA
    Jan 29, 2025, 11:30 AM – 3:30 PM
    150 Watkins Ave, Atherton, CA 94027, USA
    Bring your unfinished work!  Begin a project on your own!
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  • BOTANICAL ART:  A PLETHORA OF NARCISSUS
    BOTANICAL ART:  A PLETHORA OF NARCISSUS
    BOTANICAL ART:  A PLETHORA OF NARCISSUS
    Sat, Feb 01
    150 Watkins Ave, Atherton, CA 94027, USA
    Feb 01, 2025, 10:00 AM – 3:00 PM
    150 Watkins Ave, Atherton, CA 94027, USA
    Feb 01, 2025, 10:00 AM – 3:00 PM
    150 Watkins Ave, Atherton, CA 94027, USA
    Even though you may have drawn narcissus before, expand your creativity with a new challenge!
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  • Pop Up and Out Book
    Pop Up and Out Book
    Pop Up and Out Book
    Sun, Feb 02
    150 Watkins Ave, Atherton, CA 94027, USA
    Feb 02, 2025, 12:00 PM – 2:15 PM
    150 Watkins Ave, Atherton, CA 94027, USA
    Feb 02, 2025, 12:00 PM – 2:15 PM
    150 Watkins Ave, Atherton, CA 94027, USA
    Learn how to make an interactive “pop up and out book”!
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  • TRANSFERRING IMAGES TO FABRIC
    TRANSFERRING IMAGES TO FABRIC
    TRANSFERRING IMAGES TO FABRIC
    Tue, Feb 04
    150 Watkins Ave, Atherton, CA 94027, USA
    Feb 04, 2025, 5:30 PM – 8:30 PM
    150 Watkins Ave, Atherton, CA 94027, USA
    Feb 04, 2025, 5:30 PM – 8:30 PM
    150 Watkins Ave, Atherton, CA 94027, USA
    Learn how to use TAP (Transfer Artist Paper) for permanent, colorfast transfers.
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  • OPEN STUDIO
    OPEN STUDIO
    OPEN STUDIO
    Wed, Feb 05
    150 Watkins Ave, Atherton, CA 94027, USA
    Feb 05, 2025, 11:30 AM – 3:30 PM
    150 Watkins Ave, Atherton, CA 94027, USA
    Feb 05, 2025, 11:30 AM – 3:30 PM
    150 Watkins Ave, Atherton, CA 94027, USA
    Bring your unfinished work!  Begin a project on your own! 
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  • BOTANICAL ART, Endangered California Plants.
    BOTANICAL ART, Endangered California Plants.
    BOTANICAL ART, Endangered California Plants.
    Fri, Feb 07
    150 Watkins Ave, Atherton, CA 94027, USA
    Feb 07, 2025, 10:00 AM – 3:00 PM
    150 Watkins Ave, Atherton, CA 94027, USA
    Feb 07, 2025, 10:00 AM – 3:00 PM
    150 Watkins Ave, Atherton, CA 94027, USA
    Get ready for the AAF Earth Day Art Show, with the theme of biodiversity/endangered species! 
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  • SILK SCARVES/NATURE DYEING
    SILK SCARVES/NATURE DYEING
    SILK SCARVES/NATURE DYEING
    Sat, Feb 08
    150 Watkins Ave, Atherton, CA 94027, USA
    Feb 08, 2025, 9:30 AM – 12:30 PM
    150 Watkins Ave, Atherton, CA 94027, USA
    Feb 08, 2025, 9:30 AM – 12:30 PM
    150 Watkins Ave, Atherton, CA 94027, USA
    LEVEL 1: morning class
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  • SILK SCARVES/NATURE DYEING
    SILK SCARVES/NATURE DYEING
    SILK SCARVES/NATURE DYEING
    Sat, Feb 08
    150 Watkins Ave, Atherton, CA 94027, USA
    Feb 08, 2025, 1:30 PM – 4:00 PM
    150 Watkins Ave, Atherton, CA 94027, USA
    Feb 08, 2025, 1:30 PM – 4:00 PM
    150 Watkins Ave, Atherton, CA 94027, USA
    Levels 2 and 3: afternoon class
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  • BOTANICAL ART:  From Farmer’s Market to the Drawing Board
    BOTANICAL ART:  From Farmer’s Market to the Drawing Board
    BOTANICAL ART:  From Farmer’s Market to the Drawing Board
    Sun, Feb 09
    150 Watkins Ave, Atherton, CA 94027, USA
    Feb 09, 2025, 11:30 AM – 4:00 PM
    150 Watkins Ave, Atherton, CA 94027, USA
    Feb 09, 2025, 11:30 AM – 4:00 PM
    150 Watkins Ave, Atherton, CA 94027, USA
    I’ll be visiting the Menlo Park Farmer’s Market and bring a fun specimen for you to draw!
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  • OPEN STUDIO
    OPEN STUDIO
    OPEN STUDIO
    Wed, Feb 12
    150 Watkins Ave, Atherton, CA 94027, USA
    Feb 12, 2025, 11:30 AM – 3:30 PM
    150 Watkins Ave, Atherton, CA 94027, USA
    Feb 12, 2025, 11:30 AM – 3:30 PM
    150 Watkins Ave, Atherton, CA 94027, USA
    Bring your unfinished work!  Begin a project on your own! 
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  • BOTANICAL ART, Endangered California Plants
    BOTANICAL ART, Endangered California Plants
    BOTANICAL ART, Endangered California Plants
    Fri, Feb 14
    150 Watkins Ave, Atherton, CA 94027, USA
    Feb 14, 2025, 10:00 AM – 3:00 PM
    150 Watkins Ave, Atherton, CA 94027, USA
    Feb 14, 2025, 10:00 AM – 3:00 PM
    150 Watkins Ave, Atherton, CA 94027, USA
    Get ready for the Earth Day Art Show, with the theme of biodiversity/endangered species! 
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  • FELTING
    FELTING
    FELTING
    Sat, Feb 15
    150 Watkins Ave, Atherton, CA 94027, USA
    Feb 15, 2025, 10:00 AM – 3:30 PM
    150 Watkins Ave, Atherton, CA 94027, USA
    Feb 15, 2025, 10:00 AM – 3:30 PM
    150 Watkins Ave, Atherton, CA 94027, USA
    Learn the various wools, needles and felting techniques for a 3-D animal, or gnome,  or a 2-D felting of a favorite vacation spot!
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  • SEWING OPEN STUDIO
    SEWING OPEN STUDIO
    SEWING OPEN STUDIO
    Tue, Feb 18
    150 Watkins Ave, Atherton, CA 94027, USA
    Feb 18, 2025, 5:30 PM – 8:30 PM
    150 Watkins Ave, Atherton, CA 94027, USA
    Feb 18, 2025, 5:30 PM – 8:30 PM
    150 Watkins Ave, Atherton, CA 94027, USA
    Bring your unfinished projects to complete or continue sewing projects!
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  • OPEN STUDIO
    OPEN STUDIO
    OPEN STUDIO
    Wed, Feb 19
    150 Watkins Ave, Atherton, CA 94027, USA
    Feb 19, 2025, 11:30 AM – 3:30 PM
    150 Watkins Ave, Atherton, CA 94027, USA
    Feb 19, 2025, 11:30 AM – 3:30 PM
    150 Watkins Ave, Atherton, CA 94027, USA
    Bring your unfinished work!  Begin a project on your own! 
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  • ACRYLIC PAINTING, LANDSCAPES
    ACRYLIC PAINTING, LANDSCAPES
    ACRYLIC PAINTING, LANDSCAPES
    Fri, Feb 28
    150 Watkins Ave, Atherton, CA 94027, USA
    Feb 28, 2025, 1:00 PM – 4:00 PM
    150 Watkins Ave, Atherton, CA 94027, USA
    Feb 28, 2025, 1:00 PM – 4:00 PM
    150 Watkins Ave, Atherton, CA 94027, USA
    Learn from Edward Hopper , one of the great American painters!
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  • BOTANICAL ART, Endangered California Plants
    BOTANICAL ART, Endangered California Plants
    BOTANICAL ART, Endangered California Plants
    Fri, Mar 14
    150 Watkins Ave, Atherton, CA 94027, USA
    Mar 14, 2025, 10:00 AM – 3:00 PM
    150 Watkins Ave, Atherton, CA 94027, USA
    Mar 14, 2025, 10:00 AM – 3:00 PM
    150 Watkins Ave, Atherton, CA 94027, USA
    Get ready for the Earth Day Art Show, with the theme of biodiversity/endangered species! 
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NEWS

“Art is the only way to run away without leaving home.”

Twyla Tharp

CONTACT AAF

Atherton Arts Foundation
91 Ashfield Road
Atherton, CA 94027

admin@athertonartsfoundation.org

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