Something Special This Weekend

January 20, 2012


For all art lovers, this weekend the William E. Leonard Art Collection of the National Orange Show will be on exhibit in its entirety. I thank Sun Newspaper columnist for including this information in his column this morning. Mr. Weeks noted that in 2001, Dr. Ernie Garcia , former dean of the College of Education at Cal State San Bernardino undertook a ten year effort to reassemble and refurbish the art collection.


Beginning in 1949, the national Orange Show began the collection with an All California Juried Competition. This collection is a historical showing of many artists who continued their careers and gained recognition throughout the United States. Since 1970, the collection was largely ignored and it required a great deal of tenacity to locate and reassemble the pieces.


The National Orange Show Gallery is on the northwest of the administration building at the National Orange Show Events Center, 689 S. E Street in San Bernardino.


The grand opening hours are 10:30 am to 6 p.m. on Saturday and noon to 5 p.m. on Sunday. Admission is free.