LA ART NEWS
ARTS AND CULTURE IN THE NORTHEAST OF LOS ANGELES SECTION B
VOLUME 4 NO. 3
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JUNE 2016
URBAN LEGENDS With “Hearsay: Artists Reveal Urban Legends,” at LosJoCos Gallery through June 12, some of Los Angeles most noted artists present their takes on the urban legends that serve as a basis for the development of a contemporary mythology. The results are sometimes scary, sometimes funny. They’re always a bit predatory on the psyche. “The purpose of the exhibition is not to illustrate urban legends,” says LosJoCos’ statement, “but to analyze them in conjunction with each artist’s own subjective viewpoint resulting in a shared experience between artist and audience.” Featured artists: A. S. Ashley, Dmitriy Astakhov, Rex Barron, Stephen Berkman, Joe Biel, Kevin Bradley, Sarina Brewer, Hugh Brown, Mike Cockrill, Michael Criley, Lew Delport, Chris Farling, Llyn Foulkes, Gregg Gibbs, Jeff Gillette, Mark Gleason, Laurie Hassold, Teale Hatheway, Tony Huynh, Hellen Jo, Emmeric Konrad, Laurie Lipton, Snow Mack, Matjames Metson, Lauren Morrison, Adam Oehlers, Naida Osline, Burt Payne 3, Ransom & Mitchell, Anita Ray, Victoria Reynolds, James P. Scott, Jim Shaw, Christopher Ulrich, Jeffrey Vallance, Nicola Verlato, Esther Pearl Watson, Marnie Weber, Chris Wilder, Robert Williams, Scott D. Wilson Hearsay: Artists Reveal Urban Legends LosJoCos Gallery 725 Kohler Street, Los Angeles Through June 12 A catalogue of the exhibit is available. www.hearsayrevealed.com
Sarina Brewer, The Purple Squirrel Legend: Purple Squirrels and Robert Williams, While Traveling Near or Traveling Far, Keep Your Hands Inside the Car Legend: Keep Your Hands Inside the Car
Michael Criley, Hospital Television (detail) Legend: The Last Cold Call
Llyn Foulkes, Portrait of Walt Legend: Walt Disney Suite in Cinderella Castle and Burt Payne 3 & Stephen Hillenburg, Frozen Walt Doll (Green Tie Edition) Legend: Cryogenically Frozen Body of Walt Disney Buried at CalArts
ALISON SAAR: SILT, SOOT AND SMUT Walk into Alison Saar’s solo show, “Silt, Soot and Smut,” at L.A. Louver Gallery quietly and alone. You might hear murmurs of ghosts from 1920s Mississippi. You might smell floodwaters. A woman carrying everything one person can carry and then some on her head will make her way toward you from across the gallery, propelling her way through muddy waters with a long pole. Only an artist with the skill of Allison Saar can craft images that are not only visually arresting, but seem to activate other senses as well. “Silt, Soot and Smut,” was inspired by the Great Mississippi Flood of 1927. In 2013, Saar, in New Orleans for an artist residency, was upset to see that many African American communities had never been rebuilt after the devastation of Hurricane Katrina. She began researching floods and their effects on African Americans, and she came upon the example of 1927, a story with strikingly similar impacts to those of Katrina. Hundreds of thousands of people in the American South, a disproportionate number of them African American, lost their homes and even their entire communities-everything that was familiar to them. The Saar exhibit is further informed by the dramatic impact this African American exodus from the South had on American culture as a whole. The Blues, dance forms, literary and spiritual sensibilities that had been incubated in the backwater South, were suddenly carried to urban centers across the United States. Yet the stories of the individuals involved are lost, for the most part, to history. Here is where Saar fills in the blanks. These images feature the people who went away, yet became part of everywhere. “Backwater blues done call me to pack my things and go ‘Cause my house fell down and I can’t live there no more.” --Bessie Smith, 1927
Alison Saar, Deluge, 2016 Photo: LA Louver
Alison Saar, “Silt, Soot and Smut” L.A. Louver 45 North Venice Boulevard, Venice Through July 1 www.lalouver.com
Alison Saar, Breach, 2016
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Lummis Day 11th Annual
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Festival of Northeast Los Angeles El Festival del Noreste Los Angeles
Music Poetry Art Dance Film
Three days Four locations! Occidental College Friday, June 3 | 7 to 10 pm The Southwest Museum Saturday, June 4 | 11 am to 4 pm & Sunday, June 5 | 11 am to 4 pm York Boulevard & Ave 50 Saturday, June 4 | 1 to 6 pm Sycamore Grove Park Sunday, June 5 | noon to 7 pm
See our website for this year’s schedule: www.LummisDay.org UPTOWN GAY and LESBIAN ALLIANCE
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Jeff Gillette, Little Mermaid at Low Tide Legend: Nudity in Disney Animation Snow Mack, Big Foot’s Big Mouth (Urban Legend Decay) Legend: Bigfoot
Michael Criley, Hospital Television Legend: The Last Cold Call
DORRIS PLACE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL Elysian Valley 5th Annual Fine Arts Fest May 27
Sponsored by Partners of Dorris The students of Dorris Place have studied the masters of Pop Art. At their annual festival, they presented their own works in the styles they had studied. Celebrity Portraits Style of Andy Warhol Acetate and colored paper The 6th Grade Class of Mrs. Alyce Rodriguez
Balloon Dog Park Style of Jeff Koons Paper Mache The 4th and 5th Grade Class of Mrs. Leslie Stewart
Number Triptychs Style of Jasper Johns Mixed Media--paint, ink, oil pastel, colored pencil The Kindergarten Class of Mrs. Julia Jones
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LA RIVER DAY AT CITY HALL Arts, Culture and Livable Communities took center stage at the third annual Los Angeles River Day at Los Angeles City Hall June 1. “This is the place that brought our ancestors together centuries ago,” Los Angeles City Councilmember Mitch O’Farrell said in presenting the importance of the Los Angeles River in the cultural and civic life of the City. O’Farrell, U.S. Congresswoman Lucille Roybal-Allard, and U.S. Army Corp of Engineers Colonel Kirk Gibbs recounted some of the recent accomplishments in restoring the Los Angeles River to its former glory. O’Farrell said that the Council is working to develop a permanent revenue stream that will allow the City to make improvements. In early 2015, the Council approved a study for an “Enhanced Increment Finance District,” which would direct a portion of incremental property tax money (not a new tax) toward community improvements along the river, such as affordable housing, habitat restoration, open space, improved infrastructure, cleaned-up brownfields, and new bridges. O’Farrell pointed out that he has worked with residents of Elysian Valley to update “Q conditions,” guidelines used to inform development, including a preference for adaptive reuse, L to R: Councilmembers Bob Blumenfield, David Ryu, honoree allowing the community to maintain its established identity while discouraging out-of-scale Lewis MacAdams (with Golden Paddle), Councilmembers Nury development. Martinez, Mitch O’Farrell, past Golden Paddle honoree Enrique Saldivar of the Bureau of Sanitation, In Atwater Village, the City is looking at designating property it owns next to the river as open Councilmembers José Huizar and Paul Koretz. space, an extension of North Atwater Park. (Photo: Councilmember O’Farrell’s office) “We must maximize city-owned resources that are languishing and make it possible for more Angelenos to enjoy the serenity of nature at the urban core,” said O’Farrell. The Councilmember also shared that he has worked with his colleagues, especially Councilmember José Huizar, on bringing the Arts Development Fee back to life. “We are now having an infusion of millions of dollars for arts in L.A.”, said O’Farrell. The City was, therefore, able to supply the required match to obtain Bloomberg Foundations funds to make “Current,” a public art biennial focused on water, possible. “We must recognize the importance of celebrating our river through artistic expression,” said O’Farrell. Roybal-Allard shared that a few weeks ago, 12 members of the Los Angeles delegation in the U.S. Congress signed a letter urging the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee to authorize Los Angeles River restoration, a necessary event before federal money may be appropriated. In late May, the House Committee included authorization for The Los Angeles River Ecosystem Restoration Project in the Water Resources Development Act of 2016, the main vehicle for authorizing water projects to be studied, planned and developed by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. “That was a huge victory,” said Roybal-Allard. “We’ve already begun coordinating on the design, drafting a project management plan that will guide the effort,” added Gibbs. “We need more Angelenos to realize the splendor of the Los Angeles River,” said O’Farrell. It is The Los Angeles River a critical resource to all the communities along its banks. “And while there is great momentum in planning the future of the river, I want you to know that, as the representative of the 13th District and as chair of the committee that oversees policy on the river, I’m working to preserve the communities along the river as well. As we move forward, we cannot leave our communities behind.” Poet and journalist Lewis MacAdams, referred to by O’Farrell as the “ultimate steward and visionary”of the river, was the day’s chief honoree, receiving the Golden Paddle Award. Decades ago, when the idea of Los Angeles river restoration would have been considered laughable by many if not most, MacAdams looked at the river and saw it as it was and as it could be again. That vision led to the founding of Friends of the Los Angeles River (FOLAR) 30 years ago, and ultimately to a coalition of city, county, state and federal politicians, agencies and advocates committed to making the Los Angeles River a center of community and cultural life. At the center of itself the river is silence, and that’s where I come in: with the sounds in my head and the words in my heart. --Lewis MacAdams, Voice of the River (excerpt)
JUNE 2016
STOP PRACTICING THE PIANO!
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4 things to do instead. By Laura Porter
Many of you have woeful tails of the teacher that slapped your hands with a ruler when you made a mistake, made you sit absolutely still or stand on a mat, insisted you play classical music when all you wanted to do was learn “Let it Be.” Our children are feeling some of the backlash of those days. We want to do the opposite of what was done to us. Forced to practice as a kid? Then our kids should have full autonomy. Parents let you quit as soon as you wanted? Then our kids will know how important it is to stick with it, regardless. Enter the i-generation. How can we get the kids of today, who are so comfortable with a device in their hands as early as preschool, to get connected to something that is not immediately gratifying? How do we do this without falling into the traps of our childhood lesson experiences? It’s all about creating connection. Our children need to feel connection with music outside the purview of teacher and parent. They need to own the experience. Whether your child is a beginner, entering the very social time of the 8-10 year old, or buried under tons of homework at age 13, these tips can help them make that lasting, personal connection to their instrument. On the first day of lessons, a child should be asked to give their instrument a name. From that day on the instrument should be referred to as its given name. This isn’t just for young beginner. I know many professional musicians who have named their instrument. Improvise on the instrument. No written music, no right or wrong notes. Explore and get to know the instrument. I tell students, if you like something, play it again. If you don’t like something, change it. Sound effects, story-songs- it’s all good! This can be done at home, no teacher required. The idea is exploration and freedom. Songwriting is a powerful connection tool in music lessons for any age. Self-expression is a beautiful thing, even if no one outside of music lessons hears it. It’s about the process, folks. I once had a woman in her 50’s write a song for the first time, and it brought her to tears. Better communication with your teacher. LessonMate.org of which I am co-founder, is an online music journal that gives teachers great tools and parents the ability to see what’s happening in lessons, anytime, any place. Everyone being on the same page is essential whether it’s weekly emails or ending 3 minutes early in order to talk. So tell your kids to stop practicing and start visiting that instrument instead. Let’s substitute the pressure of practice with the peace of a simple visit. After all, what’s more personal than a get together? Be a friend. Make some music. Laura Porter, director of Bloom School in Eagle Rock and co-founder of LessonMate.org. Musician, educator and contributor @PasadenaNow, @ Patch Enthusiastic mom of identical twin boys and newbie blogger at www.familymusiceveryday.com
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WE CHOOSE ART
Sandra Lauterbach | Material Matters Written by Baha H. Danesh from WeChooseArt.com Featuring Sandra Lauterbach Stitch after stitch, hour after hour, Los Angeles-based artist Sandra Lauterbach creates complex artworks made from colorful fabrics that explore dimensions of physical space, color, and depth. For Sandra Lauterbach, life and art are inseparable. In her solo show opening June 2nd at the LA Artcore, Sandra draws on her family history in the textile industry. Growing up in a world where distinctive patterns swirls, circles, flowers, and lines were infinite, she became familiar with designing, manufacturing and importing colorful fabrics. Today, she uses this knowledge intimately within her artworks. The careful detail and original use of these mediums have caused Sandra’s work to be shown in national and international exhibitions, museums and galleries across the country. With the sewing machine by her side, Sandra continues to create designs filled with vibrant colors and textures. Each work of art contains mesmerizing patterns, which create a spellbinding experience for viewers. But in our opinion, words cannot describe her unique assortment of creations. Her large-scale artworks are meant to be seen in person, and if you let your mind explore, you will be transported into a galaxy filled with new discoveries. - When did you begin sewing? My grandmother taught me to sew when I was in elementary school. She was a physician who taught herself to sew when she came to the U.S. - Where do you find the textiles that you work with? I use fabrics ranging from cotton to silks and brocades dating from the 1970s (even extra fabric from the graduation dress my grandmother sewed me) until today. My family was in the textile business so I have many samples. I look for fabric wherever I am– fabric shops, street markets, etc. Sometimes I paint my own fabric to get just what I need. - Other than your sewing machine what is the most indispensable item in your studio? The large design wall is my studio is vital to my work. My paints are the fabric pieces that I pin on the wall. I need to look at the composition from a distance to decide if it works together. - Where are you finding ideas for your work these days? Museums, galleries, magazines, my photos, and nature are the source of inspiration for me. - Do you have any new projects coming up? I am excited about my “Material Matters”–my new series of irregularly shaped abstract textile “mosaics.” The bold colorful prints exude energy and life. They will be part of my show at LA Artcore. - And finally, what makes you want to choose art? Using my imagination to create a piece of art makes me sing inside and is the highlight of my day. The words that I think of to explain why I am an artist are: use my imagination, creativity, tactile–working with my hands, experimentation, and creating a new “life,” sometimes beauty. GALLERY INFO: Show Dates: June 2 – 26 Opening reception: Sunday, June 5th 1-3 PM 2PM Q&A Sunday, June 12th 2-3 PM Q&A with Sandra LA Artcore Gallery at Brewery Annex 650 South Avenue 21
JUNE 2016
ART ON THE WALL
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THE WHOLE DISH Vegan Paquillo Poppers Have you ever passed the tapioca starch at the grocery store and wondered what in the world people use it for? Well, as it turns out, it makes an awesome, stretchy, vegan mozzarella style cheese. I put it to the test with some paquillo peppers, and came up with this plant-based healthier version of the ubiquitous jalapeño popper. Enjoy! For the Cheese ¼ cup raw cashews, soaked for a couple hours 1 cup water 3 tbsp + 2 tsp tapioca starch (a.k.a. tapioca flour) 1 tbsp of nutritional yeast 1 tsp lemon juice ½ tsp salt ¼ teaspoon garlic powder Drain the cashews and add them along with the water and all the remaining ingredients to a blender. Blend until completely smooth. It will be very watery. Pour into a small saucepan over medium-high heat, and continually stir as it cooks. As you stir it will start forming clumps, and then all of a sudden it will become a mass of soft, stretchy cheese. This takes about 5 minutes. Continue to cook and stir for an additional 2 minutes. Remove from heat and set aside. For the Poppers & Sauce 8 piquillo, baby bell, or other small chile 1 medium tomato 1 clove garlic 1/4 cup olive oil 1 tsp. balsamic vinegar Salt to taste Preheat oven to 400º and warm a griddle on the stove. Cut the tomato into thirds and grill on the griddle until it softens. Place in a blender with the garlic, olive oil, vinegar, and salt, and blend until it becomes a smooth, emulsified dressing. Blanch the peppers in boiling water for about 10 minutes. Drain and cool to the touch. Cut a slit in the side of each pepper. Using a teaspoon, scoop some of the cheese into each pepper by squeezing open the pepper enough to let the spoon in. The cooler the cheese, the easier this will be. Make sure the pepper can close up around the cheese. The cheese will actually pull the pepper closed with its elasticity. Heat a griddle and apply a tiny bit of olive oil around each pepper. Grill the peppers on all sides until they get some brown color then transfer them to the oven. Continue cooking by baking in the oven until they are tender and the cheese is hot inside, about 15 minutes. Serve immediately with the tomato coulis, or try it with guacamole. Harvey Slater is a Chef and Holistic Nutrition Coach residing in Highland Park. You can get more healthy recipes on his blog: thewholedish.wordpress.com
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EXPO LINE EXTENSION
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There are three very good reasons art lovers should ride the newly opened Expo Line extension between Culver City and Santa Monica: 1. To see the art. Each of the seven new stations features works by an accomplished artist. With about 100 artworks total, riding the Expo Line extension is like visiting an open-air art gallery--a very large one. 2. The Expo Line now provides very easy access to a great many art galleries in Los Angeles, Culver City and Santa Monica. 3. Light rail extensions may change how people view the accessibility of venues. Traveling from Highland Park to Santa Monica, or from Santa Monica to Highland Park, for a day or evening of art appreciation is not only feasible, it's fun.
Ed Moses (at William Turner Gallery) admires the art of Constance Mallison at 26th Street/ Bergamot Station
The art of Judithe Hernรกndez at Downtown Santa Monica Station
The art of Carmen Argote at 17th Street/SMC Station
JUNE 2016
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The art of Susan Logoreci at Expo/Sepulveda Station
The art of Abel Alejandre at Westwood/Rancho Park Station
The art of Nzuji de Magalhäes at Expo/Bundy Station
The art of Shizu Saldamando at Palms Station
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ART HAPPENINGS AROUND LOS ANGELES PRESENTED BY SHOEBOX PR
FEATURED EVENTS We Choose Art | A Feminist Perspective 2.0 MUZEUMM 4817 W Adams Blvd, Los Angeles Closing Reception June 5, 4-6 p.m. https://www.facebook.com/events/1693333417584967/ ZERO DOWN ART - Open studios, Performance Art and Tacos 1019WEST Art Studios 1019 W Manchester Blvd, Inglewood One night only June 4, 5-9 p.m. https://www.facebook.com/events/597202600460974/ Sandra Lauterbach | Material Matters La Artcore Brewery Annex 650 S Avenue 21, Los Angeles Opening June 5, 1-3 p.m. https://www.facebook.com/events/256486354703557/ Lena Moross | For the Love of Carmine MUZEUMM 4817 W Adams Blvd, Los Angeles Opening June 11, 7-11 p.m. https://www.facebook.com/events/127392381007854/ Made in L.A. 2016: a, the, though, only Opening June 12 https://hammer.ucla.edu/made-in-la-2016/ UPCOMING OPENINGS REFLECTIONS I-5 Gallery at The Brewery 2100 N Main St, Unit A10, Los Angeles Opening June 4, 1-4 p.m. https://www.facebook.com/events/255876614764853/ Aperture BLAM Los Angeles 1950 S Santa Fe Ave #207, Los Angeles Opening June 4, 3-6 p.m. https://www.facebook.com/events/234057113633559/ John Mills: For Your Eyes Only Rosamund Felsen Gallery 1923 S Santa Fe Ave, # 100, Los Angeles Opening June 4, 3-6 p.m. https://www.facebook.com/events/116737042077801/ Susan Silas "the self-portrait sessions" CB1 Gallery 1923 S. Santa Fe Ave., Los Angeles Opening June 4, 3-6 p.m. https://www.facebook.com/events/958789677571848/ Marc Fichou "Outside-In", Debbie Long "Naima Trailer" Chimento Contemporary 622 S Anderson St, Spc 105, Los Angeles Opening June 4, 5-8 p.m. https://www.facebook.com/events/1702882063297279/ Here Comes Summer Flower Pepper Gallery 121 E Union St, Pasadena Opening June 4, 6:30-9:30 p.m. https://www.facebook.com/events/1606015483042350/ Irrational Exhibits 9: Reports From the Field Los Angeles Contemporary Exhibitions 6522 Hollywood Blvd, West Hollywood Opening June 8, 7 p.m. https://www.facebook.com/events/916207651859412/ Vehicle To Art - After Hours at the ADM Automobile Driving Museum 610 Lairport St, El Segundo Reception June 9 6-9 p.m. https://www.facebook.com/events/1032423313500162/
1427 E 4th St, Los Angeles Opening June 18, 6-9 p.m. https://www.facebook.com/events/132188900523615/ RAINBOW SHIFT 2.0 The Montalban 1615 Vine St, Los Angeles Opening June 24, 7-11 p.m. https://www.facebook.com/events/812714412206173/ ONGOING EXHIBITIONS Doppelgänger TAM Torrance Art Museum 3320 Civic Center Dr N, Torrance Through May 28, 2016 https://www.facebook.com/events/644647219007942/ TRI ( ed) - Revisiting TRI Gallery Wilding Cran Gallery 939 S Santa Fe Ave Los Angeles Through May 28th https://www.facebook.com/events/1554048884892996/ Peggy Pownall & David Isakson Studio Channel Islands 2222 Ventura Blvd, Camarillo Opening reception May 7th 4-6pm Through May 28th https://www.facebook.com/events/1711323749085748/ Christian Tedeschi Elephant 3325 Division St, Los Angeles Through May 29th https://www.facebook.com/events/177845905940063/ OPENING RECEPTION: new haven CB1 Gallery 1923 S Santa Fe Ave, Los Angeles Through May 29th https://www.facebook.com/events/1021221881290813/ Yaron Dotan: In the Land of the Blind Atrium 26 Gallery 604 North Hoover Street, Los Angeles Opening May 14th 6-9pm To May 31st https://www.facebook.com/events/243423572712590/ Let Us Eat Cake: Tier Delight Studio C Gallery at Santa Fe Art Colony 2349 So. Santa Fe Ave. Studio C, Los Angeles Opening Saturday May 14th 6-9pm Through June 4th https://www.facebook.com/events/1579202769037774/ ABSTRACTION | Richard Bruland Lora Schlesinger Gallery 2525 Michigan Ave Suite B5b, Santa Monica Through June 4th https://www.facebook.com/events/1733130776916187/ OUTSIDE – A group exhibition, curated by Jeremy Gilbert-Rolfe MiM 2636 S La Cienega Blvd, Los Angeles To June 4th https://www.facebook.com/events/881086251992758/ Suites [(sweets)] Groundspace Project 1427 E 4th St, Los Angeles To June 4th https://www.facebook.com/events/1607457102913405/ We Choose Art | A Feminist Perspective 2.0 MUZEUMM 4817 W Adams Blvd, Los Angeles Closing Reception June 5th https://www.facebook.com/events/360874297416461/ Earthly Delights- SCWCA Avenue 50 Studio 131 N Avenue 50, Los Angeles To June 5th https://www.facebook.com/events/271527083180977/
https://www.facebook.com/events/236548476690136/ Bright, Maing, Melchi, Puleo OCHI Projects 3301 W Washington Blvd, Los Angeles To June 18th https://www.facebook.com/events/210544372665868/ CONNECT Gabba Gallery 3126 Beverly Blvd, Los Angeles Through June 18th https://www.facebook.com/events/273256216349370/ In Between: Lisa Diane Wedgeworth - Opening Reception AWOL 4937 Alhambra Ave, Los Angeles Through June 19th https://www.facebook.com/events/1121348747922152/ Elements - Opening Reception The Loft at Liz's 453 S La Brea Ave, Los Angeles To June 20th https://www.facebook.com/events/192359001146034/ Moses@90 William Turner Gallery 2525 Michigan Avenue, Gallery E1, Santa Monica Through June 25th https://www.facebook.com/events/578890962286126/ Evolution of the Revolution California African American Museum 600 State Dr, Los Angeles Through June 26th https://www.facebook.com/events/149493598760774/ Tigeraugen (Tiger Eyes): Martin Durazo and Kottie Paloma JAUS 11851 La Grange Ave, Los Angeles To June 26th https://www.facebook.com/events/758435307589678/ Skyline: A Group Sculpture Exhibit South Bay Contemporary 401 S Mesa St, Fl 3rd, San Pedro Through June 26th https://www.facebook.com/events/942753895839172/ CELEBRATION OF HAPPINESS! The Institute for Art and Olfaction 932 Chung King Rd, Los Angeles To June 30th https://www.facebook.com/events/594069310774664/ Zachary Aronson | Portraits dba256 Wine Bar Lounge 256 S Main St, Pomona Reception May 14th 6-11pm Through June https://www.facebook.com/events/586134661562347/ Ayotzinapa: A Roar of Silence | 43 Missing Students from Mexico SPARC ART 685 Venice Blvd, Venice On view through June 2016 https://www.facebook.com/events/1683913491886205/ COLA 2016 Individual Artist Fellowships Exhibition Opening Reception Los Angeles Municipal Art Gallery 4800 Hollywood Blvd, Los Angeles Through July 3rd https://www.facebook.com/events/1737318016555341/ Straddling the Boundaries Fellows of Contemporary Art Curators Laboratory 970 N Broadway, Ste 208, Los Angeles Opening Saturday May 7th 6-9pm Through July 8th https://www.facebook.com/events/450721641805310/ CENDRILLON Opening Reception Laura Korman Gallery 2525 Michigan Ave, Ste D2, Santa Monica Through July 23rd https://www.facebook.com/events/1544213215875340/
John Sollom / Hung Viet Nguyen South Bay Contemporary 401 S Mesa St, Fl 3rd, San Pedro Opening June 11, 6-9 p.m. https://www.facebook.com/events/1038584329529453/
"Xanadu" - A Solo Show by Gloria Muriel Sparks Gallery 530 6th Ave, San Diego, California 92101 Through June 5th https://www.facebook.com/events/224301914582463/
ARTIST AS SUBJECT Lancaster Museum of Art and History - MOAH 665 W Lancaster Blvd, Lancaster Opening reception Saturday May 7th 4-7pm Through July 24th https://www.facebook.com/events/547030642170555/
This Will Hurt Me More than You: Ciriza, Michael Dee, Cynthia Herrera Last Projects 6546 Hollywood Blvd, Los Angeles Opening June 11, 6-10 p.m. https://www.facebook.com/events/1048449068572659/
Thomas Whittaker Kidd 'Fantastic Settings for Real Events' BG Gallery 2525 Michigan Ave Suite G8A, Santa Monica To June 6th https://www.facebook.com/events/998970830196350/
Revolution in the Making: Abstract Sculpture by Women 1947-2016 Hauser Wirth & Schimmel 2121 E 7th Pl, Los Angeles Through September 4th https://www.facebook.com/events/1235260043170341/
Lena Moross | For the Love of Carmine MUZEUMM 4817 W Adams Blvd, Los Angeles Opening June 11, 7-11 p.m. https://www.facebook.com/events/127392381007854/ Allusive Moment MiM 2636 S La Cienega Blvd, Los Angeles Opening June 18, 5-8 p.m. https://www.facebook.com/events/1673874782866023/
Faux Sho': DADA Centennial Balconi Coffee Company 11301 W Olympic Blvd, # 124, Los Angeles To June 10th https://www.facebook.com/events/1718922955057970/ tXtMe Orange County Center for Contemporary Art 117 N Sycamore St, Santa AnaThrough June 11th https://www.facebook.com/events/1015834568507560/
Promised Land: Fred Hoerr Groundspace Project
The Art of Calm Stillness & Serenity SugarMynt Gallery 810 Meridian Ave, South Pasadena To June 17th https://www.facebook.com/events/270953123246899/
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Tania Jazz Alvarez Solo Show Eastside International 602 Moulton Ave, Los Angeles To June 18th
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CLASSES IN NELA
Besides being a haven for artists and creative types, Northeast Los Angeles is the home of a fine array of arts classes, especially the industrial arts, but not limited to them. Below is a list of some of the businesses in the area that have classes. Do check with the facility to verify times and prices of their classes. As we find more places we will bring that information to all of you. Adam’s Forge 2640 N. San Fernando Rd. Los Angeles, CA 90065 Adamsforge.org You may email Nancy with questions at blacksmithclasses@gmail.com Discovery Days/Weekdays/Fridays 2nd Sunday 9-1pm $60 Discovery Nights 2nd Thursday Night $60 Open Forge Every Tuesday from 7-10 pm, Once a month 2nd Sunday 1 pm – 5 pm, Every 2 months on the 2nd Sat. 1 pm – 5 pm, Every 2 months on the 4th Sat. 1 pm – 5 pm $40 Hot Forging series of 4 classes $80 per session CBA Level 1 Series New Series starts in June 5 First Sunday $80 Instructor Workshop Second Saturday of the Month $50 9 am - 3pm Forging for Woodworkers First Friday and Saturday of the Month $220 7 pm - 10 pm
Molten Metal Works NEW LOCATION 3617 San Fernando Rd Glendale, CA 91204 moltenmetalworks.net They will be moving to a new location the week of April 25 - May 1. Check their web site for more information.
The Glass Studio 5668 York Blvd. 323.387.9705 www.theglassstudio.net Necklace June 4-5 11-4pm $250 Bead Making Tuesdays June 7, 14, 21, 28 11-2 $300 Jewelry Wednesdays June 8, 15, 22, 29 11-1 $250 Soldered Pendant June 10 6-9pm $100 Beginning Glass Beads June 11-12 11-4pm $250 Metal Clay Charms June 17 6-9pm $100 Hollow Beads and Disks June 18-19 11-4pm $250 Macrame Wall Hanging June 24 6-8pm $100 June 25-26 11-4 Special Guest Boro Class $350 Call for details. Space is very limited.
Cut it Out Ages 9-12 begins April 14, Thursday 3:30-5:00pm Fee: $180. meets 6 times Ceramics Ages 6 & up starts April 13, Wednesday, 3:30-5:00pm Fee: $205 meets 6 times Creative Writing Ages 9-12 starts April 12, Tuesdays, 3:30 - 5:00pm Fee: $240 meets 6 times Time to Create Adult starts April 14, Tuesdays, 7:00-9:00pm Fee: $250 meets 6 times Mindful Drawing Adult starts April 13, Saturdays, 7:00-9:00pm Fee: $240 meets 6 times Writing Lab for Adults Adult starts April 11, Tuesdays, 7:00-9:00pm Fee: $240 meets 6 times
O&M Leather 5048 Eagle Rock Blvd. 323-274-4640 www.ommleather.com Basic Leather Working Classes Leather 1 - Leather Basics $200 Leather 2 - Cutting and Skiving $200 Leather 3 - Hand Stiching $200 Leather 4 - Color, Finishes, and Leather $200 For information about scheduling call their store at (323)274-4640 or email them at ommeather@gmail.com Toros Pottery 4962 Eagle Rock Blvd. Los Angeles, CA 90041 323.344.8330 Mon. 11:30am-2:30pm Mon. 6:30pm-9:30pm Tues. 6:30pm-9:30pm Tues. 4:30pm-6:00pm Thurs. 6:30pm-9:30pm Fri. 11:30am-9:30pm Sat. 11:30am-1:30pm
INTRO MIG: One Day Welding Sundays, 10am - 4pm Wednesdays, 10am - 4pm $180 INTRO to TIG Fri 6/10 12-6pm or 6/24 4-10pm $235 TASTER CLASS 6/3 or 6/17 7-10pm $80 Combination classes with Community Woodshop available. Check their web sites for more information. 6 week classes are also available. To register for all classes, and for more information, please visit moltenmetalworks.net Space 1506 Mission St. South Pasadena, CA 91030 626.441.47788 spaceartcenter.com Birthday Parties and Spring Camp available
Rock Rose Gallery 4108 N. Figueroa Street Highland Park, CA 90065 (323) 635-9125 www.rockrosegallery.com Visit: Rock Rose Gallery News, Instagram & Twitter KIDS CREATIVE ARTS 2-4 yrs Art, Music, Movement Sat. 9:30am-11am, $5 LATIN PERCUSSION Sat. 12pm-2pm, Bring your conga, etc. Instructor Robertito Melendez, $15 RINCON RUMBERO EAST w Troy Parker 3rd Sat. 3-6pm. Bring your drum $5 New! FREE FOR ALL Artist Only Creative Night Every Wed. 6-9pm, Artist bring your own supplies. Table & Hospitality provided. $10 GUITAR - Please call regarding interest. Six students required.
Adult Class Adult Class Adult Class Kids Class open studio time open studio time Kids and Parent
Leanna Lin’s Wonderland 5024 Eagle Rock Blvd. Los Angeles, CA 90041 323.550.1332 Check Leanna’s web site for a current list of workshops and events. Bullseye Glass 143 Pasadena Ave. South Pasadena, CA bullseyeglass.com They offer a full range of kiln forming glass classes.
Ball Clay 4851 York Blvd. Los Angeles, CA 90042 310.954.1454 ballclaystudio.com Intermediate Ceramics Pottery Class 6 class sessions Check web site for start date $240
Community Woodshop NEW LOCATION 3617 San Fernando Rd Glendale, CA 91204 626.808.3725 www.community woodshopla.com
These guys offer a wonderful selection of classes from beginner to advanced, membership, and private lessons. Please check their web site for more information and a list of classes. New Stone Age Mosaic Studio 1754 Colorado Blvd Eagle Rock They offer mosaic classes on Mondays and Tuesday. All classes are on going and open to all skill levels.We also do mosaic birthday parties. Call Mary at (323) 547-2021 for more information. Little Knittery 3195 Glendale Blvd. Los Angeles, CA 90039 thelittleknittery@gmail.com Beginning Crochet Saturdays 3:30-5:30 Tuesdays 1:00-3:00 Beginning Knitting Sundays 3:30-5:30 Wednesdays 1:00-3:00 Check schedule for new macramé classes Deb3321 3321 Pasadena Ave. Los Angeles, CA email: deb3321@gmail.com Uninstructed Figure Drawing Saturdays 11:00am - 3:00pm $5.00/hr Strictly Charcoal 11am - 1pm First two Saturdays of every month. Christine Haenen Artists Crit Saturdays Starting at 3:30 $5/session Crit with Karen A to Z Grant Writing Individual Artist Grant Writing Workshop with Artist Linda Vallejo Sunday, June 26 from 10 am – 1 pm Stained Glass Supplies 19 Backus Street Pasadena, CA 91107 626-219-6055 Stained Glass Class Tues. 9-12 or 6:30-9:30 Wed. 9-12 or 6:30-9:30 Thurs. 9-12 or 6:30-9:30 Sat. 9-12 $95 - 8 weeks Tools - $45 - $125 Materials - $45 - $100 Classes are ongoing Barndall Art Park 4800 Hollywood Blvd. Los Angeles, CA 90027 323.644.6295 http://www.barnsdall.org Check they’re web site for upcoming classes. co-LAB Gallery 5319 York Blvd. http://co-lab-gallery.myshopify.com Check their schedule for fresh classes.
A Place to Bead 2566 Mission St San Marino, CA 91108 626.219.6633 aplace2bead.com
Sugar Mynt Gallery 810 Meridian Ave. South Pasadena, CA 626.222.7257 sugarmynt.com
Find a variety of jewelry making classes, including stringing and wirework.
Paint and Pinot Twice a month. Check their web site for more detail.
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I dream of ice cream By Linda Kaye
I dream of ice cream as the fountain soda bubbles and seeps through fluffy creamery laced with chocolate The sea of foam reminiscent of home the sweet smell of latkes topped with sour cream and applesauce and homemade prune mandlebread. Mesmerized by the tunes of clinking pans sizzling grease ready for the big release The loud chatter of voices from far-off lands too small to remember the look of the hands that caressed my face, which soothes the young soul waiting for a sign to taste the savory delights so carefully made Lustfully dreaming of the large vanilla scoops hunkering in the antique beveled glass Sundae cups beckoning the hot fudge, whipped cream and a drooling tongue to whisk it away blissfully surrendering to the guided imagery of the cold hard packed cream The sight of ice crème always sparks nostalgic sweet memories of the bike rides on a gold stingray to the Dairy Queen to savor the blueberry ice Crème shakes provoking thoughts of yesterday’s youthful life and sweet cheap treats that have melted away in bowls of the past
This piece will be featured at this months Summer Poetry and Music salon. Open to all! The theme is “Sweet and Savory”. Linda Kaye writes poetry and produces poetry and art events throughout the NELA area. Her most recent chapbook “Sexy Stuff ” is currently available for purchase. For more information contact: Website: lindakayepoetry.com Email: lindakayepoetry@icloud.com Twitter: lindakayepoetry
JUNE 2016
“A HUGE FOOLISH PROJECT” Presented by SPACE at The South Pasadena Eclectic Music Festival and Art Walk 2016. Designed by Marie Switzer Miller, co-created by local artists, architects, designers and over 200 children, teens, and adults.
THE SUMMER READING LIST
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By Jen Hitchcock
Perhaps you already have started seeing them online or teasing you from the copy on covers of magazines at the supermarket. I’m talking about summer reading suggestions—those marketing and PR inspired lists full of fun, light reading to take with you to pool, lake or seaside. And wouldn’t you know the beach read suggestions always arrive just in time—after we have spent a long hard winter plowing through thousand page tomes and multi-volume books dense with citations, appendixes, footnotes and information. Yes, at this time of year our exhausted brains are ready for some easy to digest books. As such, I’m going to use my platform here in the LA Art News and give you MY reading recommendations for this summer. JEN’S SUMMER READING SUGGESTIONS: “Love Is…” Cartoon Compilation Books. If any of these collections have survived landfill, I recommend taking a copy to the lake house this season! These one-panel cartoons featuring two weird looking childlike cherubs being sickeningly sweet to each other are as light as the air caught between our ears during the summer beach reading season. Read one or two and you will be ready to face reality and admit that you don’t really want to spend any time reading on vacation, but would rather post endless pictures on Facebook of your feet overlooking whatever body of water you are plopped in front of at the moment. “Facebook” - The best time to kick back with a good Facebook read is when the waves are tickling your toes and the sun is basking you in its glorious warmth. Take some “Me! Me! Me! Me!” time this summer to relax and catch up on what high school friends you haven’t talked to in twenty years are eating and drinking. Spend a lazy hour or five making sure you haven’t missed any cute cat, baby or otter videos. Settle in for a moment and scan the headlines of hundreds of unread articles so you can skate along the surface seamlessly during topical conversations over surf and turf later at the country club. “A Tag Poking Out of a Tee-shirt” This is by far the best read of the season. So good you will read it again and again, not because you want to, but because it is poking out of the shirt and resting upon the sun-burnt fatty back bulge of the guy in front of you in line at Magic Mountain. Spoiler alert: it’s a 50/50 blend. “The Inside of Your Eyelids” – Just take a nap, why don’t you? Thanks for reading this far. Remember; don’t eat yellow snow…especially in the summer. Follow me on Instagram and Twitter @bookshowla. If you want to read an actual book this summer, please come visit my shop Book Show. Book Show is located at 5503 N. Figueroa St in Highland Park.
HIGHLAND PARK TIME CAPSULE Councilmember José Huizar and The Highland Park Neighborhood Council are putting together a Highland Park Time Capsule, to be sealed in 2016 and opened in 2041. Submissions are being sought. What represents the community as it is today? Submissions should be memorable, meaningful, and represent something really special about Highland Park. Technology will certainly be different in 25 years, so any documents should be in print, not on disks, USB or flash drives. For information on how to submit items, please contact Monica Alcaraz, monica.alcaraz@highlandparknc.com. NELAart Second Saturday Gallery Night will be contributing exhibition postcards and other souvenir items. And everyone is invited to join in the sealing of the capsule, June 25, 10 a.m., at the Highland Park Senior Center.
BOOK SHOW EVENTS Saturday June 4th 8pm The Novella in Modern Crime Fiction: Discussion and Reading Featuring Sarah M. Chen, Eric Beetner, Gary Phillips, S.W. Lauden Free Friday June 10th 8pm Lecture: Conjuring The Modern Woman: Women Representation in Magic Magic Castle member and magic scholar Angela Sanchez will be lecturing on women and their representation in the golden age of magic. Free Saturday June 11th 7pm Vermin on the Mount Reading Featuring Bruce Bauman, Chris Camargo, Daniel Hernandez, Shawna Kenney, Bernadette Murphy, Amy Silverberg and your host Jim Ruland! Free Friday June 17th8pm Themed Reading: Hollywood Stories The subject is Hollywood. Anything and everything Hollywood. Featuring: Kate Maruyama, Gabriela Knutson, Karen Harryman, Tanya Grenz, Mona Jean Cedar, Jen Hitchcock Free Saturday June 18th 8pm Writer and musician Leslie Bohem will once again be performing for us! Free PLEASE NOTE!!! Book Show will be CLOSED for Sunday June 19th – Saturday June 25th Sorry for any inconvenience!!! ONGOING EVENTS and WORKSHOPS EAT ART OPEN MIC Monthly, every 1st Friday 8pm sign ups Poetry and Prose open mic Free LAVENDER MENACE A book club for lesbians Summer dates: June 14th, 28th, July 12th, 26th Email bookshowla@gmail.com for more info!
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THE GREATEST TACO IN THE WORLD
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BY FLORENCE THE READ BOOKS DOG (AS TOLD TO HER BIPED, JEREMY KAPLAN)
What is This Thing Called Hooky? On an average morning my big, goofy biped chooses to become a giant, goofy quadruped. He plops behind the wheel of his driving machine as I spread out across the Mexican blanket on the backseat, he squints at the dashboard clock & mutters “oh damn we’re late again,” and then we exit right out of the driveway. All this rigmarole routinely results in the two of us pulling into the bookstore parking lot at 11:10 in the a.m. On this morning, however, we exited left out of the driveway a few hours earlier than usual, and the elder of my two biped boys was making an aberrant appearance in the passenger seat. What was he doing here? Isn’t he hairy enough to be gainfully employed on a Monday morn? Where are they taking me? Am I going to be “tutored” a second time? The boy turned & said “Hey girl!” with the bug-eyed village idiot grin he utilizes especially for me. “We’re playing hooky today!” “That’s right, dog,” muttered my vehiculating biped. “Fuck work. We’re going to a political rally.” The Burned Dogs of Hookyland Though it was sufficiently verdant and contained a petite lake, Lincoln Park spread out before me like a post-apocalyptic adumbration of the future. Here was a world of bipeds, and only bipeds, rooted to the ground in a queue that wound around the perimeter of said park. What kind of park is utterly bereft of canines? A post-apocalyptic park, that’s what! A post-apocalyptic park that teased me with the myriad scents of sundry dogs recently present, but presently vanished. Is this what happens at a so-called political rally? The un-dogging of parks? Well sir, I wanted no part of it. What I did want part of was that greasy smell emanating from a mobile grill that a small biped woman was wheeling up and down the line. “Oooo,” cooed my boy biped. “How about a hot dog with peppers for breakfast, dad?” “Don’t be a jackass,” said this so-called dad, as I tried my damnedest to drag the imbecile toward that so-called hot dog pepper breakfast. A swarthy old hippie biped kneeled in front of me with raised fist and declared: “Viva la raza, Perrito!” Drugs had addled his mind. I am obviously a Perrita. Meanwhile, numerous bipeds had taken to chanting, most likely in reference to the sweet smelling meat on the grill: “Feel the burn!” By the time those bipeds had uprooted & the queue finally began to unravel, I could have been insouciantly passed out on my bookstore couch. Free Neutering for All! About an hour after being funneled into a gated area, we observed several bipeds on a stage singing songs. About an hour after they’d ceased their primate warbling, an impassioned biped who insisted several times that he was “chewy,” commenced shouting at least two biped languages into a microphone. Bipeds cheered. My boy biped shook his fist and shouted “Fuckin’ A, chewy!” Whatever the hell that means. A female biped who the other bipeds called “Actress” next took to the stage. She had the same sort of dreamy expression on her face as I experience subsequent to a walk in the park that results in one of my bipeds filling a plastic bag with my feculence, so I suppose her most recent peregrination had been a successful one. Actress encouraged the other bipeds “to feel the burn,” provoking their Pavlovian urge to shout and chant, and mine to tug on my leash in an effort to break free of bondage & assault the mobile grill. Actress concluded her speech by beckoning what I assume was her pale, shiny-pated grandfather onto the stage. Christ almighty how those bipeds loved Actress’s grandpappy! The lanky old fella leaned against his podium and, with an accent eerily reminiscent of my younger bipeds’ Brooklyn grandpappy, kvetched about numerous biped injustices, and promised to let the younger bipeds go to school on the cheap, which led to the strange happenstance of many young bipeds cheering for school. Me, I dunno what happens in your average biped academic academy, but when my bipeds took me to the aforementioned “tutoring,” I emerged from that god-forsaken room as barren as the Mojave Desert. So suit yourself, kids. Hooky is Good After all the shouting was over, the three of us shared chopped-up bits of charred swine purchased in the park; theirs bundled up in thin circles of masa, mine shoveled into my pie hole straight from the bipeds’ hands. “I’m glad we skipped work and came here to listen to Bernie and eat tacos,” opined my biped boy. “You?” “Me too,” said Stretch, my elongated biped. “But I wouldn’t do it again.” “No? Why not?” “Part of it is the standing in a crowd for 5 hours in order to hear a 1 hour speech. Mostly, even though I agree with pretty much everything Bernie says, I ain’t too hot on the crowd mentality. I mean he’s obviously nothing like Trump trying to incite people to half-wit violence, but get too many people together at once, even the ones you by and large agree with, and they quickly become susceptible to that foamy-mouthed mob mentality. Hundreds of people sharing one brain. I mean Bernie coulda’ said anything: “Let me tell you something; I need you people to kill the hot dog lady and bring me her food!” and half of these knuckleheads woulda’ been pummeling that poor woman as if she were Mussolini. So thank god he didn’t go down that road, right?” “Dad,” said boy biped. “You are fucking weird.” “Sorry about that,” shrugged Stretch. “Want that I should take you to Hillary Clinton’s next stump speech?” “Sure,” said boy. “I hear she’s appearing on the Westside this week and it only costs twothousand bucks a plate to get in.” “Well then we best get back to work and start making us some scratch.” As the bipeds stood up and bipeded toward the garbage cans with their empty, greasy paper plates, I sauntered alongside, trying to imagine how tantalizing these taco things must smell on a two-thousand dollar plate.
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It’s time for the LA Design Festival which runs from June 9-26, 2016. Events are being held all over the LA area to celebrate LA’s status as a global design capital, as stated on their web site. Some of the events taking place during this time include Dwell on Design at the LA Convention Center, June 24-26. This is the nations largest design event, emphasizing interior design and architecture, with home tours, talks, and vendors displaying cutting edge products. Other events during the festival include workshops, talks, tours, and exhibitions. Go to ladesignfestival.org for more information.
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