While the Bohemians in Carmel were writing poetry and plays, a group of dedicated painters, mostly women, were building a sustainable arts community. Jane Gallatin Powers was a European-trained artist, mother of four, and wife to Frank Powers, co-founder of the Carmel Development Company. Through her social connections, advocacy for the arts, and dedication to painting as a vehicle for her own self-expression, Powers played a key role in shaping the Carmel we know today. She established Carmel’s first art studio and co-founded the Carmel Arts and Crafts Club in 1905. The women of the club were talented, ambitious, and community-minded. They taught, raised funds, and promoted an inclusive array of fine arts and crafts. They were also instrumental in luring the illustrious artist William Merritt Chase to Carmel, launching the nascent art colony onto the world stage.

Carmel’s renown and longevity as an artistic haven is due in no small part to these exceptional women. Join Erin Lee Gafill, artist and author of the new biography Jane Gallatin Powers, a California Modernist, as she discusses the legacy of her great-great grandmother, Jane Gallatin Powers, and the Carmel Arts and Crafts Club.

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