Directors

Meet the Directors

Board meetings are held on the third Monday of each month, via Zoom. We welcome you to attend these meetings and learn more about the organization. Contact Jane Lewis to receive the monthly agenda. The following board members contribute to a strong and resilient Arts and Culture organization on the Coastside. 650-889-3000 Coastalartsleague@gmail.com

Our Cooperative Culture

The Coastal Arts League is a nonprofit, incorporated under 501c3 IRS regulations. The fiscal year is January 1 to December 31.

Established in 1980, our mission is to support the visual arts in the region, providing a public space where artists can show and sell their work. The Collective is an artists’ cooperative where every member can participate according to their interests.

Volunteer work helps build critical competencies, knowledge, and skills, that provide valuable training and experience.

Jane Lewis, Exhibition Coordinator

A photographer, Jane is a California Educator, BS, University of California, MA San Diego State University, with 28 years of service to the San Diego Unified School District.

Jane serves as President, Exhibition Coordinator, website administrator and writes the Constant Contact Bulletin each month. You can reach Jane at janelewis402@gmail.com.

Thomas Goodson, Treasurer

Treasurer, Thomas Goodson has 40 years of management and executive experience in the pharmaceutical industry. He has guided several new drugs and medical devices through the approval process in the U.S., Europe, Australia, and Japan.

Claudia Gray has served as a juror on several shows. She is a multi-media artist, exploring glass, painting, jewelry, and photography.

The Volunteer Staff

Each member of the Collective volunteers as a Gallery Host, representing our exhibitors. Two well-lighted galleries provide space for visitors to browse for handmade gifts, jewelry, and original wall art at accessible prices. Working in the gallery allows members to learn the gallery business and how to merchandise their artwork.

Photo Credits this page:
Jane Lewis
Susan Friedman
Barbara Masek
Mike Wong
and from the
CAL Facebook page

Betsy Harms, Collective Gallery Manager

Vice President and jewelry artist, Betsy Harms is retired from management at Rocket Farms. She shows her work in the Artist Collective Gallery and manages the Gallery Hosts.

Rebecca Holland

Rebecca Holland is a long established California painter. Rebecca’s hillside studio on Lobitos Creek Ranch South of Half Moon Bay overlooks the San Mateo coast. She celebrates the beauty of the redwood forests, mountains, farms, and seascapes that make California an artist’s dream.

Peter Harames

Peter Harames paints primarily watercolor sketches. He is a retired history teacher, and varsity basketball, baseball, and football coach.

Patricia Dennis

Photographer, Patricia Dennis keeps our social media accounts posted.

Plein Air painter, Lu Chang is a retired educator

Stained glass artist, Jeff Levine is a semi-retired diplomat. Many of his pieces combine glass and wood often found on local beaches.

Marie Susa

Marie Susa is a Nature and wildlife photographer. Member of the Artist Collective, and Vice President of Northern California Council of Camera Clubs.

Greta Waterman

Anne Grauzlis, Education

Anne Grauzlis is the senior liaison for Community Outreach. She enjoys making beaded jewelry, and hosts the weekly free art classes at the Senior Center.

Painter, Greta Waterman is also a Marketing Consultant and realtor. She is a member of the Half Moon Bay Plein Air Painters, and her work has been exhibited in many galleries on both coasts.

Community Outreach

The San Mateo County Arts Commission supports the Educational Outreach Programs with a small grant, which provides art supplies for classes at the Senior Center and Gallery Space for HMBHS Art Department. Half Moon Bay High School art students display their work in the annual High School Exhibition, scheduled in March.

Patti Appel says she has been in the creative arts all her life. First it was in the performing arts, then graphic design and teaching and now, many years later, painting. She teaches classes at the Senior Center and you can view her artwork at appelarts.org.

Advisors

Pat Keefe, Advisory Board

Advisor Patricia E. Keefe has been a Board member of the National Paint Brush Diplomacy.org, co-founder of the Peninsula Sculpture Guild, and past president of the Coastal Arts League. She is a member of the Artist Collective where she displays sculpture and watercolors.

Priscilla Klass

Advisor, Susan Vandiver serves on the Board of Directors of the Coastside Adult Day Health Center in Half Moon Bay.
Retired from a social work career, Susan has always been drawn to artwork. Her first job was providing art therapy at a children’s psychiatric facility.

Priscilla Klass advises the Board and has judged the Painting Show. She has done mural work for clients, such as Gallo Winery corporate offices, Teichert Construction, Ritz-Carlton HMB, and Stanford Medical Clinics. Her work has also been exhibited in Bay Area galleries for many years. She continues to do commission work and teach private art classes.

Thanks to Our Donors

The Coastal Arts League at 300 Main St. in Half Moon Bay, is a non-profit art gallery. For 40 years, local artists have poured time, thought, love, and resources into creating a public art gallery, which is free and is made possible by our patrons.
Thank you to the Coastside community that supports our gallery through the Spring fundraiser called Coastside Gives. We appreciate our generous members.
The annual Members Show begins in early November, and continues through the New Year. All who join or renew their membership by November 1, are eligible to participate. Donor letters for tax purposes are sent out each January.

Thank you

O. Paul Decker
Memorial Fund