The Millard Sheets Center for the Arts, named for the artist

Millard Sheets Millard Owen Sheets (June 24, 1907 – March 31, 1989) was an American artist, teacher, and architectural designer. He was one of the earliest of the California Scene Painting artists and helped define the art movement. Many of his large-scale bu ...

, is a gallery for Los Angeles-based artists which is located on the Pomona fairgrounds at

Fairplex Fairplex has been the home of the L.A. County Fair since 1922. Known prior to 1984 as the Los Angeles County Fairgrounds, it is located in the city of Pomona, California. The L.A. County Fair is held during the month of May since 2022, but the fa ...

. The Center was built in 1937 and is dedicated to art and artists solely from

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History

In 2013, the

L.A. County Fair The Los Angeles County Fair is an annual county fair. It was first held on October 17, 1922, and ran for five days through October 21, 1922, in a former beet field in Pomona, California. Highlights of the fair's first year were harness racing, ...

showcased the Center's collection of previously-un-exhibited works from approximately 60 artists that had previously had other works displayed at the Center. These works were pulled from the Center's storage facilities. In 2017, artists Judithe Hernandez and

Patssi Valdez Patssi Valdez (born 1951) is an American Chicana artist. She is a founding member of the art collective, Asco. Valdez's work represents some of the finest Chicana avant-garde expressionism which includes but not limited to painting, sculpture an ...

held an exhibition " One Path Two Journeys " during the L.A. County Fair, drawing 85,000 viewers.

References

{{reflist Art museums and galleries in Los Angeles 1937 establishments in California