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One City: Many Stories – Meet Fielden Harper
Fielden Harper in her art studio.
As we continue our year-end fundraising campaign, we are encouraged how many stories from our community we can include in One City: Many Stories, the Santa Monica Conservancy highlights Fielden Harper, whose art journey began while raising her son.
Fielden Harper’s son was diagnosed with autism, and she was looking for ways to connect with him effectively and doctors at the time had limited understanding of neurodiversity. She started using stick-figure drawings to show her son what happened on the day to day. As he grew up, so did her skill and love for visual arts.
Fielden raised four kids and once her youngest was in kindergarten, well, her eldest son didn’t need her to make drawings for him anymore.
A print of Fielden Harper’s painting depicting Santa Monica High School
As her son grew more independent and her youngest child entered kindergarten, Fielden pursued art school! She earned her B.F.A. from Otis Art Institute in 1982 and went on to complete her M.F.A. from CalState Los Angeles in 1987. For three decades (1988-2018), she shared her love of art as an Art and Art History teacher at St. Matthew’s Parish School in the Pacific Palisades.
Fielden has an affinity for architecture and considers her work an informal documentation of Los Angeles. Her work, prominently featuring Santa Monica’s iconic buildings, has been recognized by the J. Paul Getty Trust, the Milken Institute, the Santa Monica Unified School Board and United Way.
Donate and enter our year-end giveaway.
A print of Fielden Harper’s painting, depicting Main Street in Santa Monica during the 1984 Olympics
We have 5 prints of Fielden Harper’s depiction of Main Street, Santa Monica in 1984. Winners of the Main Street print giveaway are invited to meet Fielden Harper and visit her studio at the Santa Monica Airport site to get a signing of the print.
We have an ambitious goal to raise $20,000 as 2024 comes to a close. We have until December 31 to unlock a challenge grant from generous donors, including Mary Ann Hays, John Neufville, and select board members.
Every donation will get you a chance to win the following items:
Incentives include signed Fielden Harper prints, Santa Monica History Museum passes, and a book about Santa Monica’s Pleasure Pier.
Donations above $250 constitute 2 entries. Donations above $1000 constitute 3 entries.
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