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GHS Art Collection

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GIFTED: Collecting the Art of California at Gardena High School, 1919-1956 for purchase or donate at the GHS Art Collection Bookstore to help preserve the legacy today.
"In 1919, Gardena High School Principal John H. Whitely embarked on a program for student in the senior class that was devised to lend crucial support to their cultural foundation. He encouraged the students to acquire works of art for the walls of the high school as their senior gifts, describing them as "silent teachers." The students' first selection, made as a result of a visit to the artist's studio, was Valley of the Santa Clara, by Ralph Davison Miller." GIFTED: Collecting the Art of California at Gardena High School, 1919-1956
GHS Art Collection now at the Blowing Rock Art and History Museum (BRAHM), Blowing Rock, North Carolina, June 20-December 30, 2023.
 
Previously at the Palos Verdes Art Center, Palos Verdes, California, September 17-November 12, 2022.
Behind The Exhibition: Gifted
 
Visiting with Huell Howser: Gardena Art
Valley of the Santa Clara, Class of 1919
On the Road to San Gabriel, Class of 1920
Rockbound, Class of 1921
Morning at Montrose, Class of 1922
Lingering Snows, Class of Winter 1923
The Magic Moment, Class of Summer 1923
The Brass Bowl, Class of Summer 1924
Along the Arroyo Seco, Class of Summer 1924
The High Sierras, Class of Winter 1924
A Cool Fog Drifting, Class of Winter 1925
The Mountain Brook, Class of Summer 1925
The Betatakin Ruin, Class of Summer 1927
The Grand Canyon, Class of Winter 1927
GHS GIFTED: Art Collection Book