For many years, UUCPA’s Main Hall lobby has been a gallery for community artists from within and outside the congregation. Your suggestions for artists, including yourself, are welcome: e-mail Amy Morgenstern, parishmin@uucpa.org.

  • New in the online art gallery: Jack Owicki

    New in the online art gallery: Jack Owicki
    Our online gallery features photographs that UUCPA member Jack Owicki has taken in the Palo Alto Baylands as meditation and psychotherapy during the COVID pandemic. Jack is a Docent Naturalist at the Midpeninsula Regional Open Space District and Stanford’s Jasper Ridge Biological Preserve.  He photographically documents his experiences in nature. He also runs Pro Bono Photo (www.ProBonoPhoto.org), a clearinghouse ...
  • New in the online art gallery: Chris Cassell

    New in the online art gallery: Chris Cassell
    Our online gallery for February and March showcases the photographs of UUCPA member Chris Cassell in four themes: “humanist” photography; March, Rally, and Resist; Natural Abstractions and Human-Made Abstractions; and “Planetarily Enhanced” Landscapes. Chris is a contributor to Pro Bono Photo, a clearinghouse founded by Jack Owicki that matches worthy organizations (devoted to community service, social ...
  • Online gallery opening: Chaz Cassel

    Welcome to this gallery of photographers by the gifted Chaz Cassel! Chaz has been a member of UUCPA since childhood and has often been spotted behind the soundboard on a Sunday, behind a djembe with his son during services, or leading activities at the annual Bass Lake Church Camp Weekend. His job for the County ...
  • Gallery exhibit opens: Visual Prayers by Rev. Stefanie Etzbach-Dale

    Gallery exhibit opens: Visual Prayers by Rev. Stefanie Etzbach-Dale
    Most of the time, our Main Hall lobby is an art gallery with work by local artists, UUCPA members or staff, or the occasional traveling exhibit. The Rev. Stefanie Etzbach-Dale’s show, Visual Prayers, which was originally scheduled for that space for June-July 2020, is now online. Stefanie frequently combines her spiritual practices, her art as a ...
  • Art In The Lobby:  The Palous  Photographs by Bill Hilton

    The Palous is a natural grassland on rolling hills in eastern Washington and western Idaho that has been farmed for more than a century.  A principal crop today is Canola or Rapeseed, which is virtually indistinguishable from Mustard  in the field.  The eight photographs were shot in June 2016.  In selecting eight, I wanted to ...