In April 1990, PVAA moved its gallery to the Old School House on the corner of Foothill Blvd and Indian Blvd in Claremont. This was the home of Claremont High School until the mid-1960’s.

On November 1st, 1992 PVAA opened a new gallery location, Claremont’s Harvard Square, where we remained until 1998.

It was that year that PVAA moved to the Pomona Arts Colony at 300S. Thomas Street. Was there that the PVAA named our Gallery SOHO, hence the name, (South of Holt). The basement level of the Historic Bulletin Building was now home to Gallery SOHO where PVAA’s membership roster now exceeded over 300 members. Artists and art enthusiasts enjoyed the busy Second Saturday Art Walks and other frequent offsite. The was PVAA’s home from 1998 until 2015.

In early 2015, PVAA moved to Montclair Plaza (a short time later it became Montclair Place). It wasn’t long before PVAA’s Gallery SOHO had over 50 exhibiting artists members and 30 artists on the waiting list to become exhibiting artist members. In December of 2015, PVAA expanded its gallery space to include the suite next door. This slightly larger space became known as The PVAA Art Place , there was ample room for art classes and variety of art exhibitions.

In 2020 with the beginning of COVID-19 and the closing of Nordstrom (our mall neighbor), Gallery SOHO and The PVAA Art Place struggled to have the foot traffic it once had. It was in the Summer of 2022 we decided to close our doors and once again move to a new location.

This month marks one year at our present location, 317 W First Street. in Claremont CA. On September 16th, 2022, we opened our doors, since that that day we’ve been enjoying the overwhelming support our 55 exhibiting artists, customers, and visitors. Gallery SOHO has become well-known and popular destination for art enthusiast, especially on the First Saturday Art Walks. We are excited to participate in next month’s Village Venture Arts and Craft festival . We hope you’ll join us on October 28th ( 9am-5pm) to support Claremont’s 41st Annual Event. - Linda Hauser