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The Hard Edged Genius of Karl Benjamin Exhibition
2025-10-11 - 2026-01-11 | 217 S. Lemon Ave., Ontario, CA 91761, 217 S. Lemon Ave, ONTARIO, CA, 91761
The Hard-Edged Genius of Karl Benjamin: Selections from the Family Collection

Karl Benjamin (1925-2012) is one of the major artists whose career was nurtured in the Pomona Valley. His significance in art history emerged from the now-iconic exhibition Four Abstract Classicists (1959). The exhibit traveled from California to Europe establishing Benjamin (with his colleagues, Fred Hammersley, Lorser Feitelson and John McLaughlin) as leading figures of a new art movement that came to be known as Hard Edge. For 28 years, Benjamin taught elementary school in Chino, raised a family in Claremont, and in 1979 was appointed to the faculty of Pomona College and the Claremont Graduate University. His ongoing presence in Claremont impacted generations of artists.
As part of the regional celebration of his 100th birthday, CCMA is proud to display these rarely-seen works from the Benjamin family’s private collection. This selection demonstrates the range and diversity of Benjamin’s creativity, within the idiom of controlled hard-edge abstraction.
CCMA gratefully acknowledges the Brulte Family for sponsoring the exhibition, and the assistance of Beth Benjamin in organizing the exhibition.

Contemporary Hard-Edge Explorations Paintings by Mark Rush and Timothy Haerens
2025-11-01 - 2026-01-25 | 217 S. Lemon Ave., Ontario, CA 91761, 217 S. Lemon Ave, ONTARIO, CA, 91761

Florence Arnold: Hard-Edga Innovator Exhibitions
2025-11-01 - 2026-01-25 | 217 S. Lemon Ave., Ontario, CA 91761, 217 S. Lemon Ave, ONTARIO, CA, 91761
Florence Arnold (1900-1994) is an important woman artist who was mentored by Karl Benjamin. Embracing a hard-edge abstract style, Arnold developed her personal form of geometric abstraction. We proudly exhibit the four canvases of Arnold’s historically significant series, Theme in a Square (1977) from our permanent collection. They provide clear evidence of Arnold’s personal creativity as well as Karl Benjamin’s rich and varied legacy.

Euclid Avenue Nativity Scenes
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The nativity scenes displayed on the historic Euclid Avenue median have been a long-standing Christmas tradition in Ontario, California. They made their debut in 1958. Community leaders and service organizations funded the twelve life size scenes. Rudolph Vargas, a well-known Los Angeles artist and sculptor, was hired to create the Biblical figures. The final scene was added in 1976.
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