The Arts Council was organized in 2009 under the auspices of the Century City Chamber of Commerce, a 501(c)6 organization under the U.S. Internal revenue Code.
The Council is dedicated to enhancing the quality of life and providing leadership in Century City and its surrounding communities through the promotion and support of a broad range of artistic activities and initiatives.
- Since the creation of the Council in February 2009, its strong and committed membership has pursued its campaign of artistic awareness, education and creation with vigor. Its achievements have been telling and the publicity generous. Its “Good Art” panel luncheon series has covered many facets of the arts including visual arts with scholars, museum curators, dealers and auction houses; poetry with the U.S. Poet Laureate; antique appraisals; photography; theater; ballroom dance and musicals; architecture; estate planning for art; the art of collecting — among others. In its 15 years, the Arts Council has hosted 27 such events.
- Since the creation of its Sculpture Committee in 2012, the Council has brought two year-long exhibitions of outdoor art to the community — the first in 2012, with 23 animal sculptures by world-renown Gwynn Murrill on the entire one-mile length of the median strip of the famed Avenue of the Stars, and the second in March 2015, with 20 contemporary art works gracing the landscape of Century City in Los Angeles.
The Council’s founder is Jean Tardy-Vallernaud, owner of Gainsborough Fine Art, who served as Council Chair for the first 14 years of its existence.
Council members include Chairperson Agnes Penot, art historian and appraiser, and Co-Chair Michael Heumann, art attorney and advisor, Michael Heumann Art Law, and former Managing Partner, Nossaman LLP; Michael J. Carlin, author, editor, publisher, anf film director and producer; Aziza Azizova, owner of Azziart Gallery, Century City; Aucileia Rosa, New York Life; Nancy Wood, President and CEO, Century City Chamber of Commerce; Ruth Crnkovich, independent curatorial advisor, CRN Fine Art; Scott J. Schaefer, Sr. Curator Emeritus of Paintings, The J. Paul Getty Museum, is a Founding Member of the Council.
