Now that summer is here, I hope to catch up on some items that I’ve yet to post. This one is about a day in April, after spring break…

I have been researching the possibility of developing an arts program in the main classroom building at La Honda Elementary School and Meredith Reynolds, the driving force behind the South Coast Artists Alliance, connected me with Ruth Waters. Ruth is the founder and director of the Peninsula Museum of the Arts and formerly she had started a studio and gallery complex in an old elementary school in Belmont.

Not only did Ruth give me a personal tour of her museum, but she told be about the process of developing and maintaining, and she gave me an article she wrote about creating a museum. It was inspiring! Here are some pix of the gallery, the studios, and some of the art…