Current Exhibitions

Artist Choice – A LAKEWOOD ARTS SHOW AT LAKEWOOD CULTURAL CENTER

September 21, 2024 through January 4, 2025

Public Reception and Award Announcement: Friday, September 27, 2024, 6:00 PM to 8:00 PM

Pick Up Work at End of Show: Saturday, January 4, 2025, 10:00 AM to 11:00 AM – No early pick-up. LAC is not responsible for safety of art picked up late.

Juror: Tim Miller

Acorn Gallery

LAC’s holiday gift market

November 23rd - December 27th, 2024

Lakewood Arts invites artists to showcase their creativity in our Holiday Gift Market, a five-week event through the holidays. We feature a selection of fine art and gift-worthy items for holiday shoppers and art lovers. All types of media are welcome and prints and multiples are encouraged. Keep in mind that shoppers will be looking for items that are easy to gift, ready to hang, display, or use. There’s no specific theme, just a chance to have your work seen in a well-lit gallery by holiday shoppers.

Community Wall

photography by gene barber

Photographer Gene Barber is the principal of Roaming Wild Images LLC. Gene began his commercial photography career in the late 1970s but suspended his studio and wedding business in the late 80s when he began his career as an environmental consultant. Since retiring from consulting, he has rekindled his love of photographing wildlife and landscapes. He currently spends his time with his wife, Connie, traveling the western US and Alaska looking for new photo opportunities. His goal is to capture and produce high quality images using the finest material from top photo labs. Fine art prints are presented in a variety of formats including traditional prints on a gallery mount, metal prints, canvas, and acrylic prints for a more modern look.

Jeanette Oxelson - transitions

“When I was seven, my parents gave me a paint-by number set for Christmas. I loved working on it but I found I didn’t like the lines between the colors. I wanted to smooth them out and make things look “real.”
Fast-forward to high school where I had a crush on a boy who had no idea I existed. Teenagers in love can be very resourceful and I created my first portrait in order to have his picture. I was pretty shocked to discover it actually looked like him!
And then another change: I enrolled in a drafting school where I discovered cartography. I loved it! I worked for a gas and mining company for a while and then started my own business, The Drawing Room. During the next 15 years I happily plied my trade with many satisfied customers.
Then, disaster struck in the form of computers, which could produce drawings much faster than I could. The cost of the programs and printing processes were unaffordable to me so I had to find other gainful employment.
I went back to the only thing I knew, painting portraits and started with my own children. At the same time, I tried doing some landscapes, but my long background in detail made the paintings look stiff and unappealing.
Finally, thanks to a wonderful artist and teacher, Michael Ome Untiedt, I learned to be a little freer, loosen up my strokes, and try not to paint every single leaf on a tree. I was finally having fun again. And, I hope, producing better paintings.
I also like to tap dance and fix furniture, but those are stories for another day!” -Jeanette