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Lompoc Valley Art Association, Located in the 'Valley of Flowers'

Cypress Gallery
119 East Cypress Avenue
Lompoc, Ca 93436
(805)737-1129

OPEN Tuesday thru Sunday 12-4p.m. & 12-5p.m. during daylight savings

Located in the beautiful Lompoc Valley

"City of Murals & Flowers"

Lompoc Valley Art Association, Located in the 'Valley of Flowers', exterior view

Founded in 1994 by the Lompoc Valley Art Association, the Cypress Gallery showcases the art of over 60 well known local artists. Art lovers will find a variety of fine art in the Gallery: watercolors, oils, acrylics, pastels, mixed media, photography, ceramics, jewelry, souvenirs, and great gift ideas. Prices are very reasonable and one of the artists is always available to assist you.

Each month brings a new exhibit to the Cypress Gallery, often with a new "Featured Artist" show in the South room. Preview this month's gallery show below or browse a directory of some of our Cypress Gallery artists on our Artist Directory page. Our artists also have rotating shows at the Lompoc Hospital and in several locations around town. To visit these locations, please check out the Traveling Art Show schedule.

Lompoc Valley Art Association, Located in the 'Valley of Flowers', interior view
Member Art Work on Display

July Featured Art Show

Poster

Lynn Andrews, award winning local photographer, is the Cypress Gallery featured Artist for the month of July. "Italy, In A Dream" shows a collection of the artists fine art photographs taken in Italy.

Florence, Italy

Lynn has been a resident of Lompoc since the early 1950's and graduated from Lompoc High School in 1970. She joined the Navy and retired after 22 years of service. She later became a federal officer with the U.S. Customs Service and then, in 2001, resigned to come back to Lompoc to take care of her ill, widowed father. Lynn has bee interested in photography all her life, but began to seriously study photography about eight years ago.

Winding Street Lynn is a member of the Lompoc Valley Art Assn., Gold Coast Professional Photographers, past member of California Professional Photographers and a founding member of the Lompoc Photographers Guild. She was published in a best selling book on cats in 2005, and has won numerous awards from Santa Barbara County Fair, Santa Barbara International Orchid Show, Lompoc Valley Art Assn. and Betterphoto.com. Lynn placed 2nd out of more than 20,700 international entrants in the Betterphoto.com photo competition.

Lynn has also been invited to hang her work at Santa Maria Chamber of Commerce luncheons, Allan Hancock College functions, Lompoc Public Library, the Centeno Gallery, South Side Coffee Company, and the Betteravia Government Center show, "Iron and Plastic." She was selected as a Best of the Best participant last year by the Lompoc Photographer's Guild and again this year by Lompoc Valley Art Association.

Pompeii Door Lynn is currently a member of the Lompoc Valley Art Association's Traveling Art Show and was a member of the LVAA's Hospital Art Show. Lynn has had several very successful shows in the Lompoc area, including a benefit for a local non-profit organization, VIVA (Volunteers For Inter-Valley Animals). Lynn's Italian artwork has been used by several local wineries on websites and brochures. She has been commissioned to do artwork for the Foley Family Winery and is now the resident artist there.

You may visit Lynn at her two websites:

lynnandrewsphotography.com

lynn-andrews.fineartamerica.com

The show will run through the 25th of July, 2010. Cypress Gallery is open Tuesday through Sunday, from noon to 5:00 p.m.

LVAA Membership Programs

The Public is invited to Lompoc Valley Art Association monthly programs, normally held on the first Tuesday of each month at 7:30 pm at the Alpha Club, 704 East Ocean in Lompoc. The progrom follows the membership meeting that starts at 7PM. There is also a half-hour of socializing starting at 6:30. No programs in January, July or December.

July is the membership picnic

On August 3rd, Joy Ewing will demonstrate her

techniques for wire-sculpting fish.

Preview of future membership programs

Traveling Art Show

In cooperation with several businesses around town, LVAA artists show their work in what is known as the Traveling Art Show. Traveling Art is changed out bi-monthly with artists rotating locations. Download current schedule below:

June-July artist

If you would like artists to display their work at your location, please contact Jane Kametani at 733-4213.

The Lompoc Valley Art Association
sponsors the annual

Lompoc Valley Flower Festival
Arts and Crafts Show

June 25, 26 & 27 at Ryon Park (O St. & Ocean Ave.)

Applications for Arts and Crafts Show are now closed. Please look here early in 2011 if you would like to apply for the 2011 show.

For more information about the festival see
The Lompoc Valley Festival Association

Get acquainted with about 50 of our local artists and see a sample of their work by scrolling through our

ARTIST DIRECTORY

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