Welcome to the Santa Clarita Artists Association

ART HAPPENS HERE.  Since 1989 the Santa Clarita Artists Association has supported and encouraged local artists to create, share and grow their skills as visual artists. Please consider joining the Santa Clarita Artists Association to enjoy the benefits and opportunities to exhibit your art at our 6th Street Gallery and exhibits around town. Our general meetings are held on the 3rd Monday of the month, except July (Summer BBQ) and December (Holiday Party).

Our monthly meetings presently held at Barnes and Nobles and begin promptly at 6:30pm with a professional guest demo artist. Doors opening at 6:00pm to meet and mingle. Our general meetings are FREE and open to the public. From the novice to the professional artists, ALL are welcome. 
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 SCAA Newsletter
 Editor: Bruce Mc Farland  
 

Call to Artists
Vessels
​March 6 to April 4, 2026
SCAA Group Show



 SHOW PROSPECTUS: SCAA Gallery invites you to explore the subject of vessels as useful objects; containing, holding, carrying, or presenting. A vase offering petals of sympathy. A tea cup giving rest to the wings of a bird. More complexly simple, a vessel can also steal attention as a showstopper or a conversation piece, holding a beauty and form all its own. As well, the body, containing secrets and wisdom, thoughts and spirit, as beings that transcend purpose and understanding. Through boxes, sculpture, gourds, boats, and other unique containers in all media, we lift up the world’s mighty vessels and welcome your creativity in sharing these vast concepts with gallery visitors!.
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About Vessels: Work for this exhibit can expand all themes, subjects, scenes, and genres while keeping the vessel as a focal point throughout any narrative. Works that include the body as a vessel should take special note to convey the body as a vessel (in any intended context) to comply with the show theme and should not simply be a work of the body or human form on display. 2D and 3D Fine art mediums and artisan work, including aesthetically-led sculptural woodworking, pottery, and glass mediums are encouraged. No AI.

Important Dates
Exhibit Dates: March 6 - April 4, Closed Easter Sunday Reception: Saturday, March 7, 5-8 pm
Submission Deadline: Sunday, February  15
Notification: Tuesday, February b 17
Artwork Drop Off: Tuesday, March  3, 3-6 pm
Artwork Pickup: Tuesday, April  7, 3-6 pm*
*SCAA is not responsible for artwork left at the Gallery after the scheduled pickup date/time.

Call to Artists
Rustic Roots
April 10- April 19
​SCAA Group Show


Grab your boots and a hat!
The SCAA Gallery invites you to head back in time for Rustic Roots: The California West. It's sure to get dusty as we explore the rich history of the lands and people that formed us–from the Tataviam people and the pioneering oil/gold rush to the wave of Western film, spanning across vast deserts, creatures, plant life, vast rocks, and California’s breathtaking views.

About Rustic Roots - The California West: Work for this exhibit can include all things country, western, desert, rustic, Native American, historic, primitive or texturally so, and can include landscape, landmarks, and terrain or concepts that fit within this rustic desert theme to showcase the “roots” and rich Western history of California or Santa Clarita and surrounding areas. All 2D and 3D fine art mediums are welcome. No video or AI. Work must not have been shown at SCAA Gallery within the last 2 years to be considered.

Important Dates
​Exhibit Dates: April 10 - April 19 (coincides with the Cowboy Festival, April 18 & 19)
Reception: Saturday, April 11, 5-8 pm
Submission Deadline: Sunday, March 22
Notification: Tuesday, March 24Artwork
Drop Off: Tuesday, April 7, 3-6 pm
Artwork Pickup: Tuesday, April 21, 3-6 pm*
*SCAA is not responsible for artwork left at the gallery after the scheduled pickup date/time.

 SCAA Gallery​ on 6th Street, Old TownNewhall

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2026 SCAA Gallery Show Schedule:

  • Art Soup, January  16 - February  15 
    • Reception: January  17, 5-8
  • Rental opportunity, February 20-22
  • Rental opportunity, February  27-Mar 1
  • Vessels, March 6 - April  4 
    • Reception: March 7, 5-8
  • Rustic Roots: The California West, April  10 - April  19
    • Reception: April  11, 5-8
  • ARTree Student Spring Show, April  24-26
  • Go Figure, May 1 - May 31
    • Reception: May 2, 5-8
    • OTN ArtWalk: May 16
  • Rental opportunity, June 5-7
  • Rental opportunity, June 12-14
  • Freshly Squeezed: Citrus Summer, Jun 18 - Jul 19
    • Reception: June 20, 5-8
  • Rental opportunity, July 24-26
  • Objectively Speaking, July 31 - August  30
    • Reception: August  1, 5-8
  • Sticks & Stones, September  4 - Sep 27
    • Reception: September  5, 5-8
  • Art Classic Winners' Weekend, October  2 - October  4
    • Events to be announced
  • Artist's Trick or Treat, October  9 - Nov 1
    • Reception: October  10, 5-8
  • In Pieces, November  6 - November 29
    • Reception: November  7, 5-8
    • Holiday Boutique, November  27-29 over Small Biz Saturday!
  • TBA Non-Profit Art Show, December  4-6
  • ARTree Student Winter Show, December  11-13
   SCAA GALLERY strives to highlight local artists in all stages of their artistic journeys and offers space for artist members to display original fine art for sale within Santa Clarita Valley.
Funding provided by Solar Optimum via the LA County Department of Arts and Culture Public Art in Private Development Program. (2024/2025)

SCAA Monthly General Meetings
Third Monday of the Month/ Note Dates may change due to Library Schduele 
New Location for 2026! 
Old Town Newhall Library
Monday, February 23, Meeting  6:00pm -7:30pm

 Artist: Leslie Hamilton 

"While other kids were learning their ABC's I was exploring life and art with my mother, an accomplished artist from New York, and when I was about five she placed a sketchbook and  camera in my hands. To this day, I am never without them.
My formal art study began at age nine at Loyola Marymount High School. My angsty teenage summers were spent at the Art Center College of Design, Los Angeles and the Banff School of Fine Arts, Alberta Canada.  I received my BFA from California College of the Arts. 

I returned to the sun and surf of Los Angeles, student taught jewelry making and launched my life as a professional artist in advertising.  Then, on to decorative painting and more wearable art.  My artwork found its way into homes from bachelor pads to estates and commercial projects from design houses to market places.  I teach workshops online and live, at after-school watercolor through KYDS, Growing Outdoors and Valley Art Workshop, art shows and in my studio.  I host "Paint 'n' Sip" nights at private events and continue my own work. 
Always an avid traveler with insatiable curiosity,  I am a certified sommelier, bare-boat skipper and music junkie.  Whether sailing on Catalina Island, kayaking in Venice or pairing wine and food off Croatia or Greece, I love picking up on the local vibe, meeting new people and making it all part of my art. "-- Leslie Hamilton 
January 26-Fatemeh Kian--Watercolor
Monday, February 23- Leslie Hamilton (TBA Pastel, Gouache or Acrylic) ( Date change due to President's day on Feb 16)
Monday, March 16 - Carol Roullard-Photography
Tuesday, April 21 -Glen Knowles-Oil or Watercolor (Date change due to library schedule)
Monday,  May 18-Jem Atwater-Oil
June No Meeting/  SCAA Holiday Party
Monday, July 20 Joe Cibere- Water based media
Monday, August 17-Danny Folkman-Gouache
September TBA
October 19----SCAA Art Classic Presenters (winners)
November TBA
December-No Meeting/  Holiday Party

 Plein Air Painting: February 20, 2026
Friday Morning Plein Air Painting
February 20 2026

This month we will meet from 9 until 12 on February 20th at the Placerita Canyon Nature Center. Please come and join the SCAA Plein Air Artists. If you would like to be on the Plein Air email list, sign up through the website and join our meet-up group. rain or extreme wind will cancel, but I will be there even if it gets cold.

Placerita Canyon is located off the Antelope Valley Freeway (14). Take the Placerita Canyon exit and go east. You will pass The Oak of the Golden Dream, then the entrance to the park will be on your right. There is a parking lot once you enter the park. We will meet in the parking lot near the riverbed close to the Nature Center.  If you arrive later, look by the stream area or call me to find our location.
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Placerita Canyon Nature Center is a lovely location to draw or paint. I will be working with watercolors or maybe oils.  Bring what you need to draw or to paint. I hope it will still be green with water running in the riverbed. 

I hope to see you at there!.
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Call or email if you need further information.
Meressa Naftulin
661.993.6251

Volunteer Opportunities

Meet other artists, get involved in the community art scene, and give back to our Santa Clarita community.
Here are a few openings to consider.
SCAA Board is looking for:​
  • ​Hospitality Chair for the Art Classic 
  • Fundraising Chair - We are looking for someone to take a seat on the board who has fundraising experience.
  • Or Join a Committee for a volunteer experience.

For more information about these positions please contact Naomi Young - 2025 SCAA President

Commissioned by Solar Optimum through the LA County Department of Arts and Culture Public Art in Private Development program.
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