On your next visit to the Dove Library, be sure to make your way to the Children’s Garden to see an Iconic Beach Chair featuring the art of Nan Coffey. A San Diego-based artist with a background in animation, Coffey makes use of her signature style of bold and dynamic designs on the oversized beach chair, a style which she calls "Art All Over."
Learn more about Coffey’s artwork and try your hand at creating your own works of art at two special Meet the Artist events coming up in May.
Meet the Artist events with Nan Coffey
DIY Art Activity, May 4, noon to 3 p.m.
Educator Led Pop Up Art, May 18, noon to 3 p.m.
Dove Library Children’s Garden
Interactive Pop Up Art activities to be held at both events.
The beach chair is scheduled to be on display in the Children’s Garden through Spring of 2025.
Nan Coffey has developed a stylized design aesthetic and freeform methods to promote connectivity, inclusivity and love while drawing inspiration from her childhood obsessions with music, cinema, television and pop culture. Coffey holds a BA in Animation from the San Francisco Academy of the Arts and, since 2015, has incorporated public participation into her practice. In her audience participation paintings, she seeks to learn about others by listening and connecting with her online community, asking questions and incorporating their responses into the paintings. Coffey is motivated by the connections made with people while using her work to focus on inclusivity in a joyful and playful style.
