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Jason Situ is one of nine selectively invited featured artists at “Spring into Art,” San Marino League’s ninth biennial juried fine art exhibition and sale.
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Juried exhibition and sale back and supporting the arts hen the San Marino League’s sixth biennial juried fine art exhibition and sale was canceled in 2020 amid the early stages of the COVID-19 pandemic, its artists were put on hold. Now two years later, the organization behind the show — dubbed “Spring into Art” — is ready to get back into the swing of things, and so are the artists who have been patiently waiting for this moment. After an invitation-only private opening night reception Friday, March 25, the public can view and purchase art from 10 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Saturday, March 26, and Sunday, March 27, at The Huntington Library, Art Museum, and Botanical Gardens. “This was canceled in 2020, and these artists, for the most part, hung on to their art for us for two years so they could be at The Huntington in 2022,” says Jeanne Adams, art acquisition chair. “It’s very disappointing to a lot of people who have worked very hard to have it be a no-go, so we’re excited that we will be on — and I don’t think anything’s going to stop it this time,” says Susan Rosvall, publicity chair. The event will feature more than 150 juried paintings, which were selected from 700 contenders during a nationwide competition in January 2020, as well as a selectively curated list of nine featured painters and a slew of others who specialize in jewelry and 3D art, such as glass, ceramics, pottery and sculptures. Some of the artists will have multiple pieces in case of the sale of their primary artwork. The nonprofit San Marino League — a charitable, educational, all-volunteer organization of women committed to philanthropic work in
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