HomeMy WebLinkAbout1/08/2015 - City Arts Commission - 04 Staff Report Joan Irving Brandt Centennial EventRECOMMENDATION:
Staff requests that the City Arts Commission approve a 100th Anniversary celebration for local artist Joan
Irving Brandt.
FUNDING REQUIREMENTS:
The program will require funds for the curator and lecturer’s honorarium, display costs, and for light
refreshments.
DISCUSSION:
2016 marks the 100th Anniversary of the birth of Joan Irving Brandt. Painter, sculptor, and muralist Joan
Irving Brandt was born in Riverside, California on March 12, 1916. Irving began painting while a pupil at
the Katharine Branson School in Ross, California. Upon graduation, she attended Riverside College and
studied at the Los Angeles Art Center School under Edward Kaminski and Barse Miller. The wife of artist
Rex Brandt, she began teaching at their home and studio in 1948 and in 1973 became co-director of the
Blue Sky school. She also taught at Orange Coast College, Coronado School of Fine Arts, and Chouinard
Art School. She served on the Board of Library Trustees in the 1950s and as chairman of the Newport
Harbor Art Museum in 1960. Much of her subject matter was derived from the area around her home in
Corona del Mar where she lived from 1946 until her demise on Nov. 28, 1995.
Source:
Edan Hughes, "Artists in California, 1786-1940"
http://www.askart.com/AskART/artists/biography.aspx?artist=1974
In honor of Joan Irving Brandt, and her artistic and historical significance to Newport Beach, staff
requests the City Arts Commission approve a 100th Anniversary event in the Friends Room at Central
Library on a date to be determined in Spring 2016. The program will include a lecture and exhibition of
Joan Irving Brandt’s work.
NOTICING:
This agenda item has been noticed according to the Brown Act (72 hours in advance of the meeting at
which the City Arts Commission considers the item). d a paragraph describing any methods of
notification, if applicable.]
TO: CITY ARTS COMMISSION
FROM: Library Services Department
Tim Hetherton, Library Services Director
949-717-3810, thetherton@newportbeachca.gov
PREPARED BY: Tim Hetherton
TITLE: Joan Irving Brandt Centennial Event