Gallery 211
Merging the Arts with Community
In 2012, Yvonne opened her home, which is now her office location, to local artists, community activists, and entrepreneurs. Merging her love of the arts with real estate and her community, and with the help of her family and daughter Allyssa, Westcliff Properties hosted and sponsored local artists, monthly art shows, concerts, book signings, workshops, and crochet classes at Gallery 211 for over three-and-a-half years. The gallery was a free, not-for-profit gallery and creative work space and remained free to local artists until the gallery closed its doors in 2016.
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Read about the Pleasure Objects at their Press Release, or click on the following link: https://www.ocartblog.com/2016/05/satiated-in-santa-ana-pleasure-objects-at-gallery-211/
Exhibits such as the “Santa Ana Toy Theater”, "Faces of Santa Ana", "The Bloom Polylogue", and "Pleasure Objects", as well as concerts with Seeds of Resistance and Irene Diaz were just a few of the highlights in the life of Gallery 211, and some of Yvonne's favorites. You can see more at Foursquare, Eventful, find Glocal, Downtown Santa Ana Artwalk, and SparkOC.
Las Comadres Book Club of Orange County
In addition to running the gallery, Allyssa and Yvonne also organized monthly book club meetings in the gallery and at Libreria Martinez of Chapman University and for the Orange County Chapter of the Las Comadres Book Club. Learn more about Las Comadres Book Club at the Las Comadres official website.
Here's more from an article in the Excelsior on October 9, 2015: https://www.excelsiorcalifornia.com/2015/10/09/comunidad-club-de-lectura-las-comadres-se-reune-en-redlands-y-santa-ana/
Take a look at the books, special moments, and the chance of meeting some of our favorite authors.
