The Portola Art Gallery is celebrating a dozen years of art at the Allied Arts Guild in Menlo Park with an exhibition.

The exhibition, called "Celebration," includes original paintings, ceramics and photography by local artists. It runs Nov. 1 through 30.

"Our gallery members are very excited about our association with the historic Allied Arts Guild for more than a decade," said Mary Stahl, co-director of the gallery, in a prepared statement. "We're proud of our gallery's long history of more than 30 years in operation in the Bay Area and welcome the public to celebrate with us."

The gallery hosted a celebratory reception with art, wine, demonstrations and live music on Saturday, Nov. 3.

The cooperative gallery was founded in 1981 to showcase local artists. The gallery was originally located at Portola Valley's red schoolhouse off Portola Road. It was moved to the town's library in 1996 before relocating to the Allied Arts Guild in Menlo Park in 2006. There are 17 members, all from the Bay Area, who split the duties and costs to run the gallery.

Artists include Larry Calof, Frances Freyberg and Alan McGee, photography; Marsha Heimbecker, Jared Sines and Oksana Johnson, oil; Yvonne Newhouse, Steve Curl and Teresa Silvestri, watercolor; Inna Cherneykina, Mary K. Stahl, Jan Prisco and Linda Salter, pastel and oil; Terry McMahon and Jerome Peters, acrylic; Barbara von Haunalter, watercolor and oil; and Misako Kambe, ceramics.

The gallery is also giving customers a 10 percent discount on artwork purchased in November.

Portola Art Gallery is located at the Allied Arts Guild, 75 Arbor Road in Menlo Park. The gallery is open 10:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday through Saturday. For more information click here.

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