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Cake with an artistic twist will be served tonight at
the dA Center in downtown Pomona, celebrating 25 years
of serving the art community.
To commemorate the milestone, the dA Center will reprise
its successful dAzert fundraiser, with pieces of cake
served on hand-painted plates.
Located in the center of Pomona Arts Colony, the dA Center
for the Arts was established in a vacant dance studio
in 1984. The old studio's deteriorated sign, which had
only the letters "DA" still on display, gave
the center its unique name. The program was developed
by a group of artists as a part of an organized push for
community arts programs.
"The gallery would be a place that artists at any
level would bring work to hang and get feedback and have
dialogue with fellow artists and other interested parties,"
said Chris Toovey, president and co-founder of the dA
center.
For the past 25 years the dA Center has housed many exhibits
and classes of cultural arts including art shows, poetry
readings, drawing, ceramics, film festivals and open mic
nights. Most of the exhibits exercise the center's motto
of "Art should be accessible to everyone" by
keeping several of the displays open to local talent.
"We are celebrating the essence of this place,"
said Terry Castillo, executive director of the center.
"People all ages and different walks of life come
here for art."
The dAzert event, from 6-10 p.m., will include cake plates
painted by artists of all ages, which will be sold for
$20 each. The funds raised by the auction will go to support
the nonprofit center. With the help of donations of paint
and plates from Dee Cole and David Armstrong and the involvement
of many plate painting artists, the fundraiser will help
commemorate the dA Center's impact on the Pomona art community.
"We just want people to come have fun and celebrate,"
said Castillo.
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