Welcome!
The Claremont Forum is a non-profit community organization serving the city of Claremont and its neighbors. Our mission is to promote individual and social well-being through education, arts and wellness programs. We’re also proud to sponsor the nationwide Prison Library Project which sends books to inmates nationwide.
Since 1985, we’ve hosted over 500 community events, including lectures, workshops, art exhibits and performances. We sponsor Claremont’s Sunday Farmers & Artisans Market and have created a vibrant community service program for local volunteers through the Prison Library Project.
The Claremont Forum
For Arts, Education & Community Service
The Claremont Forum is a non-profit community organization serving the city of Claremont and its neighbors. Our mission is to promote individual and social well-being through education, arts and wellness programs. We’re also proud to sponsor the nationwide Prison Library Project which sends books to inmates nationwide.
Since 1985, we’ve hosted over 500 community events, including lectures, workshops, art exhibits and performances. We sponsor Claremont’s Sunday Farmers & Artisans Market and have created a vibrant community service program for local volunteers through the Prison Library Project.
The Claremont Forum
For Arts, Education & Community Service
In Our Gallery
Twila Knight: Photography Exhibit
Tuesday, January 31 - Tuesday, February 28

Friday, February 17th from 8:00 - 10:30 PM
Tickets: $5.00 or a new paperback dictionary.
This is a benefit concert for the Prison Library Project. Savall Isona and musical guests play psychedelic inspired indie rock. Listen here.
Beginning Drawing with Cheryl Magellen
Wednesdays, 5:30 PM - 8:30 PM
Beginning to Intermediate • All Ages
3 Wednesdays each month, January through March • $40 per class/ $100 per month • $185 for 2 months • $240 for 3 months
This workshop covers the basic fundamentals of realistic drawing and covers the elements of structure, form, light logic, shapes and value masses with advanced rendering techniques in graphite,, charcoal nd other dry media. Choose your subject and work from photographs and/or life. To register, call the Claremont Forum at (909) 626-3066 or email Cheryl Magellen at instruction@cmagellen.com.
Our bookshop/community center hours of operation:
Tuesday: 12:00 PM - 7:00 PM
Wednesday: 12:00 - 7:00 PM
Thursday: 12:00 - 7:00 PM
Friday: 12:00 - 8:00 PM
Saturday: 12:00 - 8:00 PM
Sunday: 12:00 - 5:00 PM
The Claremont Forum, a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization, was established in 1985 to encourage the development of arts, wellness and community service in the local community with a specific focus on the Prison Library Project and local arts programs. The Claremont Forum is dedicated to advancing education, to nurturing community-wide participation in the cultural arts, and to sponsor the weekly Farmer’s & Artisans Market in downtown Claremont.
Website updated and maintained by Claremont Forum volunteers. For information about the website please contact Rachel at rachel@claremontforum.org.
