The Old Monterey Foundation presents a lecture by Erin Lee Gafill entitled Jane Gallatin Powers: A California Modernist followed by a reception and book signing on Wednesday, April 17 at 6:30pm at Irvine Auditorium on the campus of Middlebury Institute of International Studies. Admission is free, but please register here.

While the Bohemians were writing poetry and making Carmel famous, a group of painters, mostly women, were doing the work of building a sustainable arts community that would become Carmel-by-the-Sea. Jane Gallatin Powers (1868-1944) was the spiritual rock of the nascent art colony. Her story and artwork has never been published...until now.

Erin Lee Gafill is an award-winning artist, teacher, and author from Big Sur. Her abstract landscapes, plein air paintings, and still life paintings are collected internationally. In 2008, Erin was honored as a Champion of the Arts by the Monterey Council for the Arts and the State of California. Her newest book is Jane Gallatin Powers: A California Modernist. The book will be available for sale following the lecture.