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DEVASTATION IN A TIME OF ART Responding to Hurricanes and Earthquakes
As Los Angeles engages in a grand celebration of Latin American and Chicano art with the Getty initiative Pacific Standard Time: LA/LA, much of Latin America is reeling in the aftermath of devastating earthquakes and hurricanes. In the wake of the September earthquakes in Southern Mexico, noted artist Francisco Toledo has emerged as a key organizer of non-governmental assistance. He and his institute have coordinated distribution of meals and other necessities. Donations may be made through PayPal or wire transfer to the organization supported by El Maestro Toledo: BBVA Bancomer Account Number 0110 0471 12 CLABE 0126 1000 1100 4711 23 Amigos del Instituto de Artes Graficas de Oaxaca y del Centro Fotográfico PayPal—donativoistmooaxaca@gmail.com Francisco Toledo’s art is part of Pacific Standard Time LA/LA. His works, many politically charged, combining oil paint, watercolor, sand, and collage, will be the focus of an exhibit at the Latin American Masters gallery in Santa Monica from November 18-January 13. The National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) is offering emergency support for arts and culture entities affected by hurricanes in Texas, Florida, Puerto Rico, and the U.S. Virgin Islands. The NEA is coordinating with state arts agencies to direct funds effectively.
Toledo: Francisco Toledo, Latin American Masters Gallery, November 18-January 13
Flora Fong (Cuba), “Temporada ciclónica,” 2009 Circles and Circuits I: History and Art of the Chinese Caribbean Diaspora California African American Museum Pacific Standard Time: LA/LA (Flora Fong often represents the palm as a survivor through tempests and times of difficulty. The brushstrokes of the trees reference the Chinese character for “person.”)
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EL TRABAJO NO ES UN CRIMEN An art exhibit at Tonalli Studio puts a human face on a subject in the news lately. “El Trabajo No Es Un Crimen” was inspired by the ordeal suffered by Elotero Benjamin Ramirez, who in July had his cart knocked over and his corn, syrups and chips destroyed in a racist attack in Hollywood. The Tonalli exhibit, curated by Isabel Rojas-Williams and Liliflor (Lilia Ramirez), depicts the hardships and the potential violence in the life of the vendor. But at the same time, it is bright and colorful, and it depicts vendors as part of the vibrant fabric of community. The show includes pieces by 23 artists who work in a variety of mediums. Mr. Ramirez and his parents were guests at the opening of the exhibit. El Trabajo No Es Un Crimen An Exhibition Honoring Street Vendors Tonalli Studio 4539 East Cesar Chavez Avenue, East Los, Califaztlan A closing party, featuring poetry by Gloria Enedina Alvarez and friends, will be held Sunday, October 22, 3-7 p.m.
Lalo Alcaraz, Elote Justice
Curator Isabel Rojas Williams, Elotero Benjamin Ramirez, with art by Pablo Cristi
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The National Endowment for the Arts (NEH) is offering emergency grants for museums, archives, libraries, colleges, and other nonprofit cultural institutions affected by the disasters. The grants will be used to preserve documents, books, photographs, art works, historical objects, sculptures, and structures damaged by the hurricanes and subsequent flooding. www.arts.gov www.neh.gov Singer Ricky Martin is raising funds to assist Puerto Rico in the aftermath of Hurricane Maria. According to the Ricky Martin Foundation’s crowdfunding page, the foundation is providing needed food, water, clothing, and medical supplies, and partnering with Music for Relief and We Care Solar to provide solar lighting to communities that have been left in the dark. There are also plans to partner with Habitat for Humanity in long-range rebuilding efforts. www.youcaring.com/peopleofpuertorico-957793 Oxfam is responding to the succession of hurricanes in the Caribbean by providing safe drinking water, sanitation, and hygiene supplies in order to prevent the spread of diseases such as cholera. Further, in light of the slow and inadequate response from the U.S. government in Puerto Rico, Oxfam is supporting local efforts to meet needs and will help Puerto Rico advocate in Washington, D.C. for better rebuilding assistance. Oxfam is a global organization working to end the injustice of poverty. One hundred per cent of funds designated for hurricane response will be used to support relief and recovery efforts for affected areas. www.oxfamamerica.org
Flora Fong (Cuba), “La vida en el campo es dura (Noche),” 2015 Circles and Circuits I: History and Art of the Chinese Caribbean Diaspora California African American Museum Pacific Standard Time: LA/LA
Pacific Standard Time: LA/LA brings together more than 70 arts venues across Southern California in a grand presentation of the arts of Latin American and the Latino United States. PST: LA/LA runs from September through January. Presenting sponsors are the Getty and Bank of America. A full calendar may be found at www.pacificstandardtime.org. continued from page 1
Lilia Ramirez, El Trabajo No Es Un Crimen
Man One, El Fruto de Tú Labor Vyal, Paletazo
Oscar Ramirez, Elotero & The People
Man One and Victor Sepulveda, Mexican American
MANO-MADE: NEW EXPRESSION IN CRAFT BY LATINO ARTISTS GERARDO MONTERRUBIO Oct 14–Nov 25, 2017 Artist talk Oct 28, 4pm CONSUELO JIMENEZ UNDERWOOD Dec 2, 2017–Jan 20, 2018 Artist talk Dec 2, 4pm Exhibitions on view at CRAFT IN AMERICA CENTER 8415 W. Third Street, Los Angeles, CA 90048 www.craftinamerica.org
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RIP GREGORIO ESCALANTE
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The art world was shocked in September to learn of the death of Gregorio “Greg” Escalante, one of the most influential figures in the curation and promotion of contemporary art. Mr. Escalante sought to give voice to art movements ignored by the mainstream. Toward that end, he cofounded Juxtapose Magazine, directed Copro Gallery, opened Gregorio Escalante Gallery, and amassed quite an art collection of his own. He is most noted for promoting what became known as “Lowbrow Art,” but his tastes were broad, as was his circle of friends.
Timothy Robert Smith, “in the event of all things to be or have been being now,” Gregorio Escalante Gallery.
Robert Williams and Greg Escalante at the LA Art Show
Greg Escalante at the LA Art Show
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RIP FARMER DAVE
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by Brian Mallman
Northeast LA has lost a legend. I’m sorry to say that Farmer Dave (David Vestol) has passed away. He was responsible for more guerrilla gardens in NELA than we could count. You may not have even noticed the many improvements he has quietly been making in our community for over a decade. He is also responsible for many of the guerrilla park benches that have popped up over the years. He was inspired to create these after seeing elderly people standing while waiting for the bus. He was kind, generous, and was always willing to share his vast knowledge of native and drought tolerant plants. The world was a better place with Farmer Dave in it and he will be missed. Rest in Peace my friend. (Photos courtesy of Brian and Mary Jean Mallman)
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STAFF Publisher/ Creative Director Cathi Milligan Managing Editor Margaret Arnold Intern Vince Caldera Contributors: Margaret Arnold, Cornelius Peter, Brian Mallman, Jeremy Kaplan, Amy Inouye, Stuart Rapeport, Cathi Milligan, Jennifer Hitchcock, Tomas Benitez, Harvey Slater, Kristine Schomaker, Larisa Code, Madame X, Karineh Mahdessian
PST: LA/LA...THANK YOU GETTY! I have seen so much wonderful art recently due to the Getty’s current initiative, Pacific Standard Time: Latin America and Latino Artists, which is all across Southern Callifornia. Please go see as many of the shows as you can. I haven’t figured out a favorite yet but we’ve included a nice variety of images from many of the shows so you can decide for yourself. Thanks, Cathi Milligan Publisher, LA Art News
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CALIFORNIA POISED TO PREVENT SALE OF PUBLIC LANDS In light of federal government threats to eliminate protections for federal open spaces and historic sites, the California State Legislature has passed the first law in the nation designed to prevent the sale or lease of federal public lands located in the State. The measure, Senate Bill 50, is authored by State Senator Ben Allen. California is home to 45 million acres of federal lands, such as national parks and national monuments, which are managed by a variety of agencies including the National Park Service, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Bureau of Land Management, the US Forest Service and the Department of Agriculture. SB 50 grants a first right of refusal to the State Lands Commission prior to the sale or lease of federal public land located in California. “Imagine a world in which parts of Yosemite National Park would be sold off and developed, the giant redwoods in Redwood National Park could be logged, or parts of Lassen, Kings Canyon, Death Valley, or Joshua Tree could simply be put on the auction block. This idea was unthinkable until recently when it became an all too real possibility,” Senator Allen said. “This legislation gives the state a viable method to help prevent the unthinkable sell-off of these national treasures.” SB 50 is now on Governor Jerry Brown’s desk. The Governor has until October 15 to sign it into law. REPUBLICAN TAX PLAN HARMFUL TO ARTS The Republican tax reform plan, released by Congressional leaders in September, could have a highly negative impact on arts if enacted. According to the Arts Action Fund, donations made by individual citizens account for approximately 25% of nonprofit arts organizations’ budgets, with tax deductions serving as a key motivator. The Republican plan includes doubling the standard deduction. This would mean a lot of tax payers would stop itemizing deductions. The Arts Action Fund says that the plan could cause charities to lose as much as $13 billion in donations per year. An alternative, supported by the Arts Action Fund, would be for Congress to extend the charitable tax deduction to all tax payers, whether they itemize or not. The Arts Action Fund anticipates that such an option could generate an additional $4.8 billion in donations per year. NEA FUNDING UPDATE Despite a White House proposal to do away with the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA), the House of Representatives in September passed funding for the agency. The House measure sets funding at $145 million, a reduction of $5 million from the current level. The matter is now in the hands of the Senate. The entire Congressional budget is expected to be completed by early December. OLDER AMERICANS AND THE ARTS A new report from the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) backs up what many Americans in the arts could have guessed. Older adults who create art and attend arts events have better health outcomes than adults who do neither. “Staying Engaged: Health Patterns of Older Americans Who Engage in the Arts” is based on research from the University of Michigan conducted with support from the National Institute on Aging within the National Institutes of Health. Older adults who both created art and attended arts events reported higher cognitive functioning and lower rates of both hypertension and limitations to their physical functioning than did adults who neither created nor attended art. Among those who both created and attended, cognitive functioning scores were seven-fold higher than for adults who did neither type of arts activity. Even those who frequented arts events, but did not actively create art, were found to enjoy some of the health benefits over those who did neither. Among the various types of arts creation that older adults did over a 12-month period: 39.5 percent participated in the visual arts (painting, sculpting, making pottery or ceramics; weaving, crocheting, quilting, needlepoint, knitting, sewing, jewelry-making, leatherwork, metalwork, or woodwork); 38.4 percent did a form of performing arts (dancing, singing, playing a musical instrument, or acting); 57.7 percent read literary fiction (novels, short stories, poetry, or plays). However, 37 percent of respondents reported difficulty accessing the arts, for example, getting to a venue. As found in a previous NEA report, “Retirees’ greatest barrier to attendance is difficulty getting to the exhibit or performance location, a common complaint among older individuals in poor health or with physical disability.” “Previous studies have found a better health profile for older adults who participate in the arts, compared with those who do not, but much of that research is limited to the study of creating art, or taking part in arts classes or lessons,” said NEA Research & Analysis Director Sunil Iyengar. “This report, by contrast, looks at older adults who either create art or attend arts events, do both, or do neither, and health differences across these groups. The findings, while purely descriptive, will help future researchers to probe the arts-health relationship further.” The full report is available on the NEA’s web site, www.arts.gov. CALIFORNIA ARCHIVES MONTH The California Legislature has declared October to be “California Archives Month.” The measure, introduced by Los Angeles area Senator Ben Allen, states that, “Archives hold historically significant collections of unique materials, including government records, manuscripts, handwritten letters, diaries, maps, photographs, videotapes, and modern electronic data,” and that, “Archivists play a key role in ensuring that the digital records being created today will be accessible when needed in the future.” The Los Angeles Archives Bazaar will take place Saturday, October 21, from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. at USC’s Doheny Memorial Library. The event is presented by L.A. as Subject and the USC Libraries and will feature a large gathering of institutional and archival materials focusing on the region’s history plus workshops and presentations. Admission is free. www.laassubject.org. JIMMY GOMEZ SWORN IN TO CONGRESS Newly elected Congressman Jimmy Gomez held a Community Swearing-In Ceremony September 23 at Plaza de la Raza. The oath of office was administered by the Congressman’s wife, mother, siblings, nieces and nephews, with an auditorium full of community activists and local politicians in attendance. (Photos courtesy of Congressman Gomez’ office) RAINBOW LIFEGUARD TOWER IN HONOR OF BILL ROSENDAHL In June, a lifeguard station on Venice Beach was painted in rainbow flag wrapping, and a stretch of beach was dedicated as a memorial to the late Los Angeles City Councilmember Bill Rosendahl, a steadfast activist for LGBTQ rights, all human
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continued from page 6 rights, and the arts. The painting was planned to be temporary. However, after the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors received a petition with 11,000 signatures asking that the public art work be made permanent, the Supervisors voted in September to do just that. The tower will remain a rainbow, and it will serve as a tribute to Bill Rosendahl. Supervisor Janice Hahn, who served with Councilmember Rosendahl on the City Council and who considered him a close friend, said, “I really think this is great, particularly because it’s a lifeguard station, and for me, Bill guarded a lot of lives. He saved a lot of lives, and this is so appropriate and perfect…” “To me, this symbol will be a tribute to the life and courage of Bill Rosendahl, on the beach that is now named for him,” said Daniel Samakow, co-founder of Venice Pride. “But to many others, especially now on Suicide Prevention Week, when D.A.C.A. is under attack, and when persecution in America for the color of one’s skin or one’s sexual orientation has increased, this lifeguard tower combines two powerful symbols: the rainbow, a symbol of our diversity, with a lifeguard tower, a symbol of saving lives. So this combined, new, powerful, iconic symbol recognizes that in California, and, what Bill Rosendahl believed, acceptance of diversity saves lives.” STATE DINOSAUR California already had a state fossil, a state reptile, a state amphibian, a state grass, and a state fabric. And now it has an official state dinosaur as well. According to the office of Assemblymember Richard Bloom, who introduced the proposal, the Augustynolophus morass is a unique dinosaur that has only been found in California. “A state dinosaur is essential to California’s society,” according to the bill, “because it nurtures an educational opportunity for the youngest Californians to become interested in paleontology, and S.T.E.M (science, technology, engineering, and mathematics) as a whole.” The Southern California Paleontological Society writes that, “This impressive dinosaur, one of the hadrosaurs, or duck-billed dinosaurs, has been found only here in California, and the fossil remains of the two individual specimens are at the Natural History Museum in Los Angeles. One of those, the holotype specimen and most complete dinosaur known from California, is featured in the museum’s Dino Hall. Thousands of visitors see this dinosaur each week, along with busloads of students on field trips from all over Los Angeles County and beyond. continued on page 9
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PACIFIC STANDARD TIME: LA/LA MOMENTS LA RAZA The Autry Museum of the American West
From 1967 to 1977, the Chicano newspaper-turned-magazine “La Raza” documented Chicano struggles for justice in Los Angeles. The photography in “La Raza” was always exceptional. But it was never meant to be art so much as a witness to what was happening during a turbulent time. A retrospective exhibit at the Autry Museum of the American West draws on a gift of more than 25,000 images made by the La Raza photographers to UCLA’s Chicano Research Center. The exhibit is also part of a broader effort to catalogue the images and to make them available to researchers and the public. The photographs range from scenes of everyday life to Raul Ruiz’ capturing of the scene outside the Silver Dollar Bar and Cafe as a sheriff ’s deputy shot a projectile killing journalist Rubén Salazar. www.theautry.org
PACIFIC STANDARD TIME: LA/LA MOMENTS HARRY GAMBOA The Autry Museum of the American West
Harry Gamboa Jr., Gerardo Velázquez, Synthesized Music Composer (detail), 1991, Gelatin Silver Print, 3/6. Museum purchase made possible by the Photographic Arts Council Los Angeles. Autry Museum of the American West; 2016. “Harry Gamboa Jr.: Chicano Male Unbonded” at the Autry, exploring Chicano identity through nighttime urban portraits.
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REGULATION OF TOUR BUSES The state legislature has passed, and the governor has signed, a measure by Assemblymember Adrin Nazarian permitting local authorities to adopt rules and regulations to restrict routes or streets upon which tour buses may be operated and to prohibit the use of loudspeakers or public address systems by tour buses that don’t have roofs. In 2016, NBC Los Angeles ran a report on the growing number of celebrity tour bus companies. In addition to finding that some companies provided incorrect information about celebrities, reporters found numerous safety violaCounty Supervisor Sheila Kuehl, Los Angeles City tions, including structurCouncilmember Mike Bonin, and members of Venice Pride at ally modified vans that had the Venice Pride Flag Lifeguard Tower on the Bill Rosendahl inoperative and missing seatMemorial Beach (photo: Los Angeles County Fire Department) belts, distracted drivers, and vehicles that were overweight for the streets they were on. The investigation found tour companies operating vehicles not permitted as tour buses, permit violations, and drivers with suspended or no commercial licenses. According to the bill, the increasing presence of Hollywood celebrity tour buses has become a growing nuisance for residents in some communities. “Allowing local governments to restrict tour buses from dangerous streets will save lives and increase the quality of life for homeowners,” stated Assemblymember Nazarian. “AB 25 gives locals more flexibility and enforcement capabilities to curb bad tour bus operators.” “This has been a growing issue in my district for years,” said Los Angeles City Councilmember David Ryu, who represents the Hollywood Hills, where tour buses are a regular sight. “Tourism is a key ingredient to the Los Angeles economy,” said Councilmember Ryu, “but rogue tour Image courtesy of Los Angeles County Supervisor Sheila Kuehl bus operators and their illegally modified vehicles pose a serious threat to tourists and everyday motorists alike. I am incredibly pleased to see the State of California give municipalities the power to take this issue on, and look forward to finally addressing it here in Los Angeles.” Councilmember Ryu indicated that he will be introducing measures requiring headsets on open air tour buses in Los Angeles and instructing the Los Angeles Department of Transportation to study which streets tour buses should and should not be allowed to operate on. INCREASE IN FINES FOR EVENTS WITHOUT PERMITS An increase in fines for events presented without permits, authored by Assemblymember Monique Limón, has been signed into law by the governor. According to Assemblymember Limón, the measure gives county governments the authority to increase fines for unpermitted, professionally organized, commercial events on private property, or events that result in significant threats to public health and safety. Fine limits had not been updated since the 1980s, when they were set at $100 for the first violation, $200 for the second, and $500 for the third, leading some event producers to conclude that it was easier to pay the fine than to get the permit. “This prevents our local communities from appropriately addressing public safety, traffic concerns, and other impacts,” said Assemblymember Limón at a hearing on the measure. The new regulations permit local jurisdictions to levy fines for neglect of event permit requirements of up to $150 for the first violation, up to $700 for a second violation by the same owner within five years of the first violation, and up to $2,500 for each additional occurrence of the same violation by the same owner or operator within five years of the first violation.
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PACIFIC STANDARD TIME: LA/LA MOMENTS ANNA MARIA MAIOLINO
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MOCA Grand Avenue
For its part in PST: LA/LA, The Museum of Contemporary Art (MOCA) takes a look through a female-centric lens with a retrospective of the works of Anna Maria Maiolino. Ms. Maiolino was born in Italy in 1942 and immigrated to Venezuela as a young girl. In 1960, she moved to Brazil. As an adult, she spent some time in New York, but Brazil was her adopted home country. As explained by curator Helen Molesworth, Ms. Maiolino’s life shows that the idea that any artist’s, especially a female artist’s, career pathway is a straight trajectory is a myth. Ms. Maiolino’s work shows shifts in focus through marriage, living in the shadow of a husband, divorce, raising children, poverty, working for a living, and living under a dictatorship. The exhibit includes work in a wide variety of mediums, from printmaking to clay. It includes intimate pieces and large-size installations. Anna Maria Maiolino, Trajectoria (Trajectory), 1975
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Anna Maria Maiolino, A Espera (Waiting), 1967/2000
Anna Maria Maiolino, É o que Sobra (What is Left Over), 1974
Anna Maria Maiolino, Glu Glu Glu, 1967
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California African American Museum and Chinese American Museum Cultures collide, mingle, and exist as two parts of one whole in two magnificent exhibits--”Circles and Circuits I: History and Art of the Chinese Caribbean Diaspora” at the California African American Museum (CAAM) and “Circles and Circuits II: Contemporary Chinese Caribbean Art” at the Chinese American Museum (CAM). The CAAM show begins with the early 20th century, explaining the circumstances under which Chinese immigrants came to the Caribbean, and showing through their art how they became part of their new reality without losing their Chinese identity. The CAM show takes the story to the present, with immigration to the United States often adding another layer to a complex, but well-told story. www.caamuseum.org www.camla.org
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Katarina Wong, Cuban American Inspired by memories of food and family gatherings in youth, rendered showcasing Chinese ink painting techniques learned from her father.
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Home—So Different, So Appealing at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA) features U.S. Latina/o and Latin American artists who use the idea of home as a lens through which to view socioeconomic and political realities. In “Badge of Honor (Medalla de honor),” installation artist Pepón Osorio (born Puerto Rico, active United States) juxtaposes a teenage boy’s bedroom with his father’s prison cell.
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(Individual Gallery Hours May Vary. CHECK Gallery web sites for individual information. Just because a gallery is listed does not mean it’s open this month) 1. Avenue 50 Studio 131 No. Avenue 50 323. 258.1435 avenue50studio.org
20. Toros Pottery 4962 Eagle Rock Blvd 323.344.8330 torospottery.com
2. Bike Oven 3706 No Figueroa
21. The Market 1203 Avenue 50 www.themarkethp.com
3. Namaste Highland Park 5118 York Blvd. www.namastehighlandpark.com 4. Offbeat 6316 York Blvd www.offbeatbar.com 5. Council District Office #1 Gil Cedillo 5577 N. Figueroa St. 6. Future Studio 5558 N Figueroa St. 323 254-4565 futurestudiogallery.com 7. Collective Arts Incubator 1200 N. Ave 54 collectiveartsincubator.com 8. The Art Form Studio 5611 N Figueroa St. Suite 2 www.theartformstudio.com 9. Vapegoat 5054 York Blvd. 323.963.VAPE 10. ETA 5630 N. Figueroa St. 11. Adjunct Positions 5041 Coringa Dr. 12. Matters of Space 5005 York Blvd www.mattersifspace.com 323.743.3267 13. Mi Vida 5159 York Blvd. 14. Vintage Tattoo Art Parlor 5115 York Blvd. 15. Antigua Coffee House 3400 N. Figueroa St. www.antiguacoffeehouse.com
22. Bob Taylor Properties 5526 N. Figueroa St. 323-257-1080 23. Cactus Gallery @ Treeline Woodworks 3001 N. Coolidge Ave 24. The York Check out their dog friendly patio. 5018 York Blvd. 25. Ball Clay Studio 4851 York Blvd. ballclaystudio.com 26. MAN Insurance Ave 50 Satellite 1270 N. Ave 50 323.256.3151 27. TAJ • ART 1492 Colorado Blvd. www.tajartinc.com 28. The Greyhound 570 N. Figueroa St. 29. Urchin 5006 1/2 York Blvd. 30. Arroyo Arts Collective @ Ave 50 Studio 131 North Avenue 50 arroyoartscollective.org 31. Living Room 5807 York Blvd. livingroomhome.com 32. Vapeology 3714 N. Figueroa St. 323.222.0744 33. Pop-Hop 5002 York Blvd. www.thepophop.com 34. Social Studies 5028.5 York Blvd.
16. Align Gallery 5045 York Blvd. www.aligngallery.com
35. Occidental College 6100 Campus oxy.edu
17. Leanna Lin’s Wonderland 5204 Eagle Rock Blvd. www.leannalinswonderland.com
36. The Glass Studio 5668 York Blvd. www.theglassstudio.net
18. The Rental Girl 4760 York Blvd. http://therentalgirl.com
37. Earth Altar Studio 1615 Colorado Blvd earthaltarstudio.com
19. Mindfulnest 5050 York Blvd. 323.999-7969
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38. Highland Cafe 5010 York Blvd. 323.259.1000 39. Kindness and Mischief 5537 N. Figueroa St. www.kandmcoffee.com 40. Civil Coffee 5639 N. Figueroa St. 41. Possession Vintage 5119 York Blvd. www.possessionvintage.com 42. The Situation Room 2313 Norwalk Ave. 43. Bookshow 5503 Figueroa St. www.bookshow.com 44. Vroom Vroom Bitsy Boo 5031 B York Blvd. 45. The Quiet Life 5627 N. Figueroa St. thequietlife.com 46. The “O” Mind Gallery 200 N. Ave 55 theomind.com 47. Apiary Gallery at The Hive Highland Park 5670 York Blvd. www.thehive.la 48. Rock Rose Gallery 4108 N. Figueroa St. 323.635.9125 49. Imperial Art Studios 2316 N. San Fernando Rd. 50. Pop Secret 5119 Eagle Rock Blvd. 51. Showboat 6152 York Blvd. showboatgallery.com 52. Leader of the Pack 5110 York Blvd. www.leaderofthepackvintage.com 53. Short Hand 5028 York Blvd. shopshorthand.com 54. Kinship Yoga/Wonder Inc. 5612 Figueroa St. 55. Huron Substation 2640 Huron Street Los Angeles, CA 90065 56. Tierra de la Culebra 240 S. Ave 57
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Artist Lulu Moonwood Murakami, Dollmakers VI 2017 at Cactus Gallery
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Leave Your Mark: A Smart Gals Reunion Show at Future Studio
Natalie Fratino, Forward Motion: painting through depression, the Arroyo Arts Collective at Avenue 50 Studio Johnny Quintanilla, Paisanos, at Avenue 50 Studio
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HELENA by artist Alex Wells (The Ragged Caravan), Dollmakers VI 2017 at Cactus Gallery
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Desertgrinder, A Night in the City and Friendly Meeting, at Vapegoat
Brown by Yvette Montoya, at Mi Vida
Cindy Hsu Zell at ETA Katherine Walsh at ETA
FRIDA by artist Kat Anderson and KEIANNA by artist Ann Lim, Dollmakers VI 2017 at Cactus Gallery
OTIS, WHERE LIFE IS BEAUTIFUL ALL THE TIME by artist Jacqui Gallant, Dollmakers VI 2017 at Cactus Gallery
Study with artist Narcissus Quagliata! New Frontiers in Fluidity October 27–30 You’ll learn how to combine traditional glass painting methods and enamels with kiln-glass processes to make images with a powerful sense of fluidity.
Bullseye Glass Resource Center Los Angeles 143 Pasadena Ave, Suite B, South Pasadena 323.679.4263 bullseyeglass.com/losangeles
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PACIFIC STANDARD TIME: LA/LA MOMENTS VISUALIZING LANGUAGE: OAXACA IN L.A. Los Angeles Central Library
In all of Pacific Standard Time: LA/LA, probably nothing is as immediately arresting of attention as “Visualizing Language: Oaxaca in L.A.” The Oaxacan artist collective Tlacolulokos has created a series of large murals. The art wraps around the Central Library’s rotunda, and the murals serve as direct commentary on the rotunda’s 1933 Dean Cornwell murals depicting a European-centric history of California. The murals also serve to depict “Oaxacacalifornia,” a term for a large binational population of indigenous Zapotecs, Mixtecs, Mixes, Triquis, and other Oaxacans, who live in California. They show a culture with roots, but also a culture reinventing itself. Tlacolulokos is composed of Dario Canul and Cosijoesa Cernas, both from the town of Tlacolula, Oaxaca, Mexico, an important center of Zapotec culture. The community has had strong ties to California since the 1940s, when a large number of agricultural workers migrated to the state, and it continues to be a source of Mexican migration. www.lapl.org
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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 Please check their web site for a listing of all of their classes and special events. Check out a Discovery class. The Glass Studio 5668 York Blvd. Los Angeles, CA 90042 323.387.9705 info@theglassstudio.net Check www.theglassstudio.com for a list of glasses ranging from glass blowing and torchwork to fusing and slumping and jewelry making. O&M Leather www.ommleather.com 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 Class Mon. 6:30pm-9:30pm Class Tues. 6:30pm-9:30pm Tues. 4:30pm-6:00pm Thurs. 6:30pm-9:30pm time Fri. 11:30am-9:30pm Sat. 11:30am-1:30pm
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Molten Metal Works 3617 San Fernando Rd Glendale, CA 91204 moltenmetalworks.net Please check their web site for a listing of all of their classes and special events. They’re in a new location next to Community Woodshop. Cool new space! Rock Rose Gallery 4108 N. Figueroa Street Highland Park, CA 90065 (323) 635-9125 www.rockrosegallery.com Visit: Rock Rose Gallery News, Instagram & Twitter 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 A Place to Bead 2566 Mission St San Marino, CA 91108 626.219.6633 aplace2bead.com Find a variety of jewelry making classes, including stringing and wirework.
Adult Class Kids Class open studio
Bullseye Glass 143 Pasadena Ave. South Pasadena, CA bullseyeglass.com
open studio Kids & Parent
They offer a full range of kiln forming glass classes as well as regular free artist talks.
Blue Rooster Art Supply Company blueroosterartsupplies.com blue@blueroosterartsupplies.com 4661 Hollywood Blvd LA, CA 90027 (323) 302-5613 They offer a variety of art classes. Check their web site for more information about their classes and events.
Community Woodshop 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. Stained Glass Supplies 19 Backus Street Pasadena, CA 91107 626-219-6055 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. Los Angeles County Store 4333 W Sunset Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90039 / 323-928-2781 Please check their web site for a listing of all of their classes and special events. Sugar Mynt Gallery 810 Meridian Ave. South Pasadena, CA 626.222.7257 sugarmynt.com Paint and Pinot Twice a month. Check their web site for more detail.
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.
VACATION
by Karineh Mahdessian What I know of her I know from black-n-white photographs tucked inside cabinets. Her eyebrows were thin, her hair always done. She was a woman of a thousand faces in love with a man who promised her a revolution. What I know of her I know from quiet conversations Her father wanted to undo what metal did to her.
What I know of her I jigsaw from my mother who calls her by name. Tamar.
Copyright Avenue 50 Studio. From “Trees of Life,” a publication and event in support of traffic safety and an end to pedestrian fatalities on North Figueroa Street and in Los Angeles
What I know of her I know from imagining how her voice shook went she explained That what’s written on our foreheads only time can reveal. They were driving from Tehran to the beach On vacation, ready to jump into the water and expose their legs Instead—my mother saw her mother die in the arms of her mother As metal met metal, met bone—life ended. LA ART NEWS SECTION A
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LINGUINI WITH CASHEW CHEESE SAUCE, SAGE, BUTTERNUT SQUASH & PEAS For the cashew cheese sauce: 1 1/2 cups raw cashews, soaked for at least 2 hours 1 1/2 T. fresh lemon juice 3/4 cup water 1 1/2 tsp. sea salt 1/4 cup nutritional yeast 1/2 tsp. chipotle chili powder 1 clove garlic ¼ tsp turmeric 1 tsp. mustard (Dijon ) 2 tbsp. sage For the pasta: 1 1/2 cups peas 3 cups butternut squash, peeled, and cut into 1/2 inch pieces 1 box (8 oz.) gluten-free linguine (or traditional linguine if GF isn’t your thing) For the crispy sage: 8-12 leaves of fresh sage 2-3 tbsp. coconut oil Sea salt For the sauce, blend all the ingredients in a Vitamix-style blender or Cuisinart until the sauce is smooth and creamy. Depending on your blender, this could take several minutes. You want it to be creamy without any graininess from the nuts. Once it is creamy, add the fresh sage, and just pulse the sauce in the blender until the sage breaks down into the sauce. Don’t overblend the sage, or it may turn the sauce a funky color. You want to see speckles of fresh sage in the sauce, and be able to taste a hint of sage in the sauce as well. Warm the sauce slightly in a sauce pan, cover and set aside, Don’t cook or overheat the sauce. To make the crispy sage, heat the coconut oil in a small saute pan or skillet. When the oil gets nice and hot, but not smoking, add the sage leaves. They will sizzle and crisp up in several seconds. Remove them from the oil using a slotted spoon, and let them cool on a paper towel. Sprinkle with sea salt and set aside for serving time. In a pot large enough to boil the pasta, cook the pasta per manufacturer’s instructions. When you add the pasta to the boiling water, also add the butternut squash. The pasta and the squash will take about the same amount of time to cook. You can also steam your squash separately if that is more comfortable. About 1 minute before your pasta and squash are done, add the peas to the pot. The water will return to boil and the peas will float to the top. When that happens strain everything together and rinse under cool water until they become about room temperature. Add pasta vegetables to the cheese sauce and mix thoroughly. Divide onto 4 plates, and top with pieces of crispy sage. Harvey Slater is a chef and holistic nutritionist residing in Highland Park. You can find more healthy recipes like this one on his blog: thewholedishblog.com
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By Jen Hitchcock
Anyone walking by my shop on the first Tuesday of this month would have probably stopped and looked in with great curiosity. Blue helium-filled birthday balloons with a plethora of sad faces drawn on them swayed to and fro on their strings over a table of books. Another table was full of delicious looking treats until you looked closer and saw that they too were not happily decorated. The frosting on the cupcake was a canvas for tear-filled eyes and a frown. A pan sized brownie bore a powdered sugar sad face shaped like teardrop. That sure is sad! So at first glance, a person in a decent mood might think it best not to wander in, until one noticed the long table stretching the entire length of the shop. At this table sat a diverse group of fifteen or so very content looking people laughing, smiling, chatting, and snacking, all creating their own collages from the communal piles of vintage magazines, ephemera, old books and other paper miscellanea. This is Collage & Cry.
Hosted by twenty-three year old print and book artist Rachel Curry, Collage & Cry is a collage art night open to everyone. The name came about when no one showed up for a bookbinding workshop Rachel was leading here at Book Show. As we waited, hoping someone would show, Rachel worked on a collage and I told her about a neighborhood character who would sit in a chair in the middle of the store and cry. And Collage & Cry was born. This month marked an entire year of Collage & Cry, hence the sad themed balloons and treats.
Although the name could be misleading, the evening is actually inspired, light-hearted and fun. Crying does come up when Rachel invites everyone, only if they want to, to share the last time they cried. A year ago, cynical a-hole like me would never in a million years have thought something like this would fly amongst a group of people who mostly don’t know each other. But it is a wonderful practice, mainly because Rachel has created a vibrant and safe space in which it feels safe to do so. It is during these moments we become a community.
I write this piece not to promote an event here at my store. I write it because this evening has become something so much more to me. It has been a tough year, and I have found collage to be surprisingly cathartic. But more importantly, at Collage & Cry, I continue to witness friendships being sparked. People have met others who have made their worlds less lonely. I have seen quiet people share because they feel supported and safe to speak, and I have felt their energy open up. I feel a room full of respect and appreciation for differences. It doesn’t need to be said. It is just a given, and you sense this the moment you walk in. I write this because the magic Rachel has created in Collage & Cry is exactly what keeps the breath in me to keep my shop open another day.
Collage & Cry happens every first Tuesday of the month at Book Show. 7pm. $5 Suggested donation. Book Show is located at 5503 N. Figueroa St, Highland Park
BOOK SHOW EVENTS Tuesday October 3rd 7pm-9:30pm Collage & Cry One Year Anniversary Celebration Make collage! Raffle! Letterpress art giveaway! $5 donation Thursday October 5th 7pm-9pm Empowerment Through Creativity Workshop Led by Sarah Rosenkrantz $49 Tuesday October 10th & Tuesday October 17th Comedy Open Mic Hosted by Sumukh Torgalkar 7pm sign up 7:30 start Free Wednesday October 11th 8pm Angry Nasty Women Feminist Writing Group Woman-centered writing prompts $5 donation
Councilmember Gil Cedillo’s 4th Annual Latin Jazz and Music Festival by Stuart Rapeport
Thursday October 12th 7pm-9pm Silent Book Club Hosted by Moni Bring a book to read or even better, get one at Book Show! Wednesday October 18th 7pm-9pm Historia “Shadow Self” Storytelling Free Thursday October 19th 8pm Laughterhouse 5 Comedy Night Hosted by Sumukh Torgalkar Free Friday October 20th 7pm & 8:30 Women Magicians Association Magic Show $10 Tickets at Book Show Friday October 27th 7:30pm Vermin on the Mount Hosted by Jim Ruland Free ONGOING EVENTS and WORKSHOPS Collage & Cry Monthly, every 1st Tuesday 7pm-9:30pm Collage night All materials provided Five dollar donation EAT ART OPEN MIC Monthly, every 1st Friday 8pm sign ups Poetry and Prose open mic
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ART HAPPENINGS AROUND LOS ANGELES PRESENTED BY SHOEBOX PR UPCOMING OPENINGS PST: Descendants and Dissonance saltfineart 346 North Coast Highway, Laguna Beach, 92651 Opening October 5th 6-9pm Absolute Zero exhibition by Anthony James There-there 4859 Fountain Ave, Los Angeles, 90029-1655 Opening October 6th 6-9pm The Art of Tiki /// Exhibition + Book Release La Luz De Jesus Gallery 4633 Hollywood Blvd, Los Angeles, 90027 Opening October 6th 8-11pm
600 E Green St, Pasadena, 91101-2020 October 14th 11-6pm Phenomena SCWCA Exhibition Opening Reception Neutra Institute Gallery & Museum 2379 Glendale Blvd, Los Angeles, 90039 Opening October 14th 4-7pm The Great Wall of Los Angeles CSUN Art Galleries 18111 Nordhoff St, Northridge, 91330 Opening October 14th 4-7pm
Destination: California The Hangar Gallery at Santa Monica Art Studios 3026 Airport Ave, Santa Monica, California 90405 To October 7th https://www.facebook.com/events/508733089482577/ Moiré Fringe opening reception Arena 1 Gallery 3026 Airport Ave., Santa Monica, 90405 To October 7th Structures | Getty Museum PST Participating Gallery Exhibition TAJ • ART 1492 Colorado Blvd, Los Angeles, 90041 To October 7th
Art + Design Open Market with artists from Art Center & PCC Echiko Ohira & Minoru Ohira: Reception One Colorado Old Pasadena Offramp- open studio 41 Hugus Aly, Pasadena, 91103 842 Del Rio Ave., San Gabriel, 91776 Opening October 15th 10-3pm To October 8th The Fourth World /curated by Leonardo Bravo - Big City Forum The Institute for Art and Olfaction - Chinatown Beautiful Parts Jose Lozano / Chicano Trickster (Opening Reception) 932 Chung King Road, Los Angeles, 90012 CSUN Art Galleries Manhattan Beach Creative Arts Center Opening October 6th 6-9pm 18111 Nordhoff St, Northridge, 91330 1560 Manhattan Beach Boulevard, Manhattan Beach Opening October 15th 2-4pm To October 8th Conceding, our eyes shift Basement Projects 207 North Broadway, Santa Ana, 92701 HERE/THERE [PST: LA/LA] The Golden State I New Works By Kozyndan Opening October 7th 6-10pm FM Fine Art Gallery Gregorio Escalante Gallery 834 N La Brea Ave, Los Angeles, 90038 978 Chung King Rd, Los Angeles, 90012 Culver City Art Walk 2017 Culver City Arts District Opening October 15th 12-4pm To October 8th Along Washington Blvd. Between Helms Walk and Fairfax Ave. Culver City Artist Gina M.’s Solo show Linda Vallejo: Keepin’ it Brown, Reception October 7th 2-6pm Los Angeles Art Association/Gallery 825 BG Gallery 825 N La Cienega Blvd, West Hollywood, 90069 2525 Michigan Ave Suite G8A, Santa Monica, 90404 LAST DAYS, opening October 7 at The Hive Gallery Opening October 21st 6-9pm To October 8th The Hive Gallery and Studios 729 S Spring St, Los Angeles, 90014 Bibi Davidson & Dwora Fried - Two Women, One Reality DisPlaced (SUR:biennial@ Cerritos College) Opening October 7 8-11pm Shoebox Projects at the Brewery Artwalk Cerritos College Art Gallery 660 South Avenue 21 #3, Los Angeles, 90031 11110 Alondra Blvd, Norwalk, 90650 Love & Humanity: Amber Goldhammer & Davia King Opening October 21st and 22nd 11-6pm To October 13th ShockBoxx 636 Cypress Ave, Hermosa Beach, 90254 Brewery Artwalk and Open Studios FRESH - 15 Personal Projects Opening October 7 7-10pm 2100 N Main St, Los Angeles, California 90031 Los Angeles Center of Photography October 21st and 22nd 11-6pm 1515 Wilcox Ave, Los Angeles, 90028 “Phoneme”, Benjamin Lowder To October 13th Open Mind Art Space The Beverly Hills artSHOW 11631 Santa Monica Blvd, Los Angeles, 90025 9455 N Santa Monica Blvd - Beverly Gardens Park Trees in Wolves’ Clothing Opening October 7 6-9pm October 21st and 22nd 10-6pm GARBOUSHIAN GALLERY 427 N Camden Dr, Beverly Hills, 90210 PUMP Opening Reception at Co-Op Gallery Central Avenue To October 13th Artist Co-Op Gallery and Studios Wallspace Art Gallery 1330 Gladys Avenue near Anaheim Street, Long Beach, 90804 607 N La Brea Ave, Los Angeles, 90036 Conceptual Craft Opening October 7 5-10pm Opening October 21st 7-9pm DENK Gallery 749 E Temple Street, Los Angeles, 90012 Soul Case opening at Durden and Ray Erika Lizée - Solo Exhibition To October 14th 1923 S. Santa Fe Ave, Los Angeles, 90021 Los Angeles Art Association/Gallery 825 Opening October 7 4-7pm 825 N La Cienega Blvd, West Hollywood, 90069 Katie Herzog and Heath Bunting Opening Reception Opening October 21st 6-9pm Klowden Mann Timber/Timbre 6023 Washington Blvd, Culver City, 90232 1330 Gladys Avenue, Long Beach, 90814 HDTS 2017 To October 14th Opening October 7 5-10pm Joshua Tree California October 21st and 22nd 9am to 5pm Heidi Kidon – LEFT Travis Louie Solo Exhibition : Paintings and Drawings Wrong - Opening reception PØST KP Projects Keystone Open Studio - Fall 2017 1206 Maple Ave, Los Angeles, 90015 170 S La Brea Ave, Los Angeles, 90036 Keystone Art Space To October 14th Opening October 7 7-10pm 338 S. Ave 16, Los Angeles, 90031 Opening October 21st 6-10pm La / La / La Opening Reception The WORLD WE LIVE IN | Albert Reyes Solo Exhibition Robert Berman Gallery Superchief Gallery L.A. ‘Mike Kelley: Kandors 1999 – 2011’ 2525 Michigan Ave, Santa Monica, 90404 739 Kohler St, Los Angeles, 90021 Hauser & Wirth Los Angeles To October 14 Opening October 7 7-11pm 901 East 3rd Street, Los Angeles, 90013 Opening October 21st 6-9pm Mark Making, with Aaron De La Cruz, Alex Kizu, & Mark Unintended Consequences - Embrace the Unexpected Dean Veca Chaffey Community Museum of Art South of the Border Fabien Castanier Gallery 217 S Lemon Ave, Ontario, 91761 The Loft at Liz’s 2919 La Cienega Blvd, Culver City, 90232 Opening October 8 2-4pm 453 South La Brea Avenue, Los Angeles, 90036 To October 14th Opening October 21st 7-10pm Rotem Reshef “Time Traveler” opening reception & artist talk Mark Steven Greenfield’s Mantras & Musings University of La Verne Sunland-Tujunga Open Studios Lora Schlesinger Gallery 1950 3rd St, La Verne, 91750 Sunland-Tujunga, Los Angeles 2525 Michigan Ave Suite B5b, Santa Monica, 90404 Opening October 12th 6-8pm Los Angeles, 91040 To October 14th October 21st and 22nd 11-5pm ArtNight Pasadena at the Armory On Going Home - Curated by Debra Scacco Armory Center for the Arts Triple Art Opening: Dortort Center for Creativity in the Arts Rebecca Chamberlain - Homatorium III Lost Horizon 145 N Raymond Ave, Pasadena, 91103 Hillel at UCLA Community Events and Programs Charlie James Gallery October 13th 6-10pm 574 Hilgard Avenue, Los Angeles, 90024 969 Chung King Rd, Los Angeles, 90012 Opening October 26th 7-9pm To October 14th Mars: Astronomy and Culture Williamson Gallery, ArtCenter College of Design Defenders, Refugees & Collaborators Stutter | a group exhibition 1700 Lida St, Pasadena, 91103 MuzeuMM Visitor Welcome Center Opening October 13th 6-10pm 4817 W Adams Blvd, Los Angeles, 90016 3006 West 7th St., Suite 220A, Los Angeles, 90005 Opening October 28th 6-10pm To October 14th 28th Annual Santa Fe Art Colony Open Studios Santa Fe Art Colony Merion Estes “Dispatches from the Frontlines” “Deconstructing Liberty: A Destiny Manifested” 2421 S Santa Fe Ave Apt B, Los Angeles, 90058 CB1 Gallery Muzeo October 14th and 15th 12-6pm 1923 S. Santa Fe Ave., Los Angeles, 90021 241 S Anaheim Blvd, Anaheim, 92805 Opening October 28th 4-7pm To October 15th “A Narrow Passage” Noysky Projects ONGOING EXHIBITIONS Touching from A Distance: Angel Nevarez & Valerie Tevere 6727 7/8 Hollywood Blvd, Los Angeles, 90028 CSUF Grand Central Art Center Opening October 14th 3-6pm Thesis show: Opening reception 125 N Broadway, Santa Ana, 92701 CSULB Upper Campus Art Galleries To October 15th Below the Underground 1250 East Campus Dr (See Link), Long Beach, 90840 Armory Center for the Arts To October 5th Harmonia Rosales’ First Solo Exhibition 145 N Raymond Ave, Pasadena, 91103 Simard Bilodeau Contemporary Opening October 14th 7-9pm Fugitive Spirit - An Art Event continued on page 23 District Gallery, 701 E. 3rd St., DTLA Arts District Diasporagasm at SBC SoLA Gallery To October 6th South Bay Contemporary SOLA Gallery 3718 WEST SLAUSON AVENUE, Los Angeles, 90043 Janine Brown |The Wallflower Project - Artist Talk and Reception Opening October 14th 4-7pm Moorpark College Art Gallery 7075 Campus Rd, Moorpark, 93021 Hellmouth, hosted by Leonard Greco To October 6 Avenue 50 Studio 131 N Avenue 50, Los Angeles, 90042 Along The Boarder/ A lo Largo del la Frontera Opening October 14th 7-10pm Avenue 50 Studio 131 N Avenue 50, Los Angeles, 90042 Pasadena ARTWalk 2017 To October 7th
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WINE OF THE MONTH Larisa Code
Note: Create joy, one sip at a time. Featured Wine: Les Mougeottes Pinot Noir Color: Red Varieties: Pinot Noir Vintage: 2014 Price: $10.99 Country: France Region: Pays D’oc (South Coast of France) It is always nice to buy a wine, assume it is ‘toujours l’amour’ (in France, a red wine you don’t expect much from) only for it to POP and sate your wine loving taste buds. That is what happened to me on a chilly evening while shopping at an over-priced corporate market that shall not be named (but please know, you can always google the wines I write about to find a vendor if I don’t mention one). This is a medium bodied wine with musky hints of cherry and low acid. It tastes better slightly chilled, which works well during our alarming waves of heat. But also, remember, wine was once stored in cellars, so an LA room temperature is not how it should ever be presented; a little chill is what is needed to embrace all the flavors. (Serve red wine at around 60º F.) This wine pairs nicely with beef or pasta and red sauce. I enjoyed it with a seafood arrabiata and salad as well as with a slow cooked beef shank, served with rice and salad. I see two scenarios for this wine, late lunch or dinner, outdoors if possible. It feels like a more intimate wine, rather than a large group. It is light enough for a bottle to be shared by two and not end up sauced. It is smooth and subtle enough not to take over the moment, the meal, or the environment. The music could be deep, like Billie Holiday or Ricky Lee Jones, unless you are feeling blue, then scratch that and go with Air (pairs with most wines). Or, if you are lucky like me, you will be serenaded by your neighbor’s accordion in the day and another neighbor playing guitar in the evening. Just enough distance away to make me feel like I am on vacation in my own backyard. Oh, flowers, yes, fall is here, if you still have some in your garden, dahlias and roses, or better yet, a vase full of rosemary sprigs and a few chrysanthemums. A toast to many things this time around, The Prestons of Highland Park (may you find a wonderful new home), hope, thriving from creativity and everyday love. continued from page 22 1923 S. Santa Fe Ave, Suite 100, 90021 To October 15th California Rising Fabrik Projects 2636 S. La Cienega Blvd. Los Angeles, To October 16th A Cut Above The Loft at Liz’s 453 S La Brea Ave, Los Angeles, 90036 To October 16 Mutate Monte Vista 1206 Maple Avenue, 5th floor, #523, Los Angeles, 90015 To October 18th Strings Attached Coastline Community College Art Gallery 1515 Monrovia Ave, Newport Beach, 92663 To October 19th Andy Kehoe and Alvaro Naddeo at Thinkspace Thinkspace Projects 6009 Washington Blvd, Culver City, 90232 To October 21st Carolina Caycedo: El Hambre Como Maestra/ Hunger As Teacher Commonwealth and Council 3006 W 7th St Suite 220, Los Angeles, 90005 To October 21st Daniela Campins: In the Middle of This Frase Eastside International / ESXLA 602 Moulton Ave, Los Angeles, 90031 To October 21 D*Face / Kristen Liu-Wong / Ray Caesar: Retrospective Works COREY HELFORD GALLERY 571 S Anderson St, Los Angeles, 90033 To October 21 From Mexico City to LA: A Visual History of Graphic Art Mixografia® 1419 E Adams Blvd, Los Angeles, 90011 To October 21st John Zinsser / Lives of Greta Garbo
Von Lintel Gallery 2685 S La Cienega Blvd, Los Angeles, 90034 To October 21st Julian Stanczak: DUO Diane Rosenstein Gallery 831 N Highland Ave, Los Angeles, 90038 To October 21st LAMOA DS#3 presents Brian Khek: Consolidated Blue Gum Commonwealth and Council 3006 W 7th St Suite 220, Los Angeles, 90005 To October 21st Lorenzo Hurtado Segovia “Vida, pasíon y muerte” CB1 Gallery 1923 S. Santa Fe Ave., Los Angeles, 90021 To October 21st Molly Larkey a shape made through its unraveling OCHI Projects 3301 W Washington Blvd, Los Angeles, 90018 To October 21st Pam Douglas, Sight - A Solo Exhibition TAG Gallery 5458 Wilshire Blvd., Los Angeles, 90036 To October 21st
Pop-Surreal Playhouse Gallery Opening at Art Share L.A. 801 E 4th Pl, Los Angeles, 90013 To October 22nd Drone of Perseus HILDE 4727 W. Washington, Los Angeles, California 90016 To October 23rd Ariana Papademetropoulos Wilding Cran Gallery 939 S Santa Fe Ave, Los Angeles, 90021 To October 26th Ink & Clay 43 Reception Kellogg University Art Gallery 3801 W Temple Ave, Pomona, 91768 To October 26 Conduction Fellows of Contemporary Art 970 N Broadway, Ste 208, Los Angeles, 90012 To October 27th No Restraint at ARK 2599 Fair Oaks Ave, Altadena, 91001 To October 28th
Synaethesia: What is the taste of the color blue? Building Bridges Art Exchange 2525 Michigan Ave, Ste F2, Santa Monica, 90404 To October 21
Bearing Witness: Regina Jose Galindo Baik Art 2600 S La Cienega Blvd, Los Angeles, 90034 To October 28th
Terry Thompson: Words & Pictures Alex Blas: In Your Room George Billis Gallery 2716 S La Cienega Blvd, Los Angeles, 90034 To October 21st
Condemned To Be Modern | Los Angeles Department of Cultural Affairs 201 N Figueroa St, Ste 1400, Los Angeles, California 90012
William Leavitt- Cycladic Figures Honor Fraser 2622 S La Cienega Blvd LA 90034 To October 21st Estate Italiana Opening Reception Lancaster Museum of Art and History MOAH 665 W Lancaster Blvd, Lancaster, California 93534 To October 22nd
Cynthia Ona Innis and Rachael Neubauer Walter Maciel Gallery 2642 S La Cienega Blvd, Los Angeles, 90034 To October 28th Erynn Richardson | Orion’s Lament Bermudez Projects/NELA Cypress Park 1225 Cypress Ave LA 90065 To Octomber 28th
148 N La Brea Ave, Los Angeles, 90036 To October 28th Jagdeep Raina GRICE BENCH 915 Mateo St, 210, Los Angeles, California 90021 To October 28 https://www.facebook.com/ events/344385545989627/ Javier Pelaez + Gustavo Ramos Rivera William Turner Gallery 2525 Michigan Avenue, Gallery E1, Santa Monica, 90404 To October 28th Kimberly Brooks “Brazen” Zevitas Marcus 2754 S La Cienega Blvd | Los Angeles, 90034 To October 28th Monique Prieto - LUSTER NEW Chimento Contemporary 622 South Anderson Street, #105 Los Angeles, 90023 To October 28th Pablo Rasgado: This Too Shall Pass Steve Turner Contemporary 6830 Santa Monica Blvd, Los Angeles, 90038 To October 28th Creative Torque Art Exhibition NCJW Los Angeles 543 N Fairfax Ave, Los Angeles, California 90036 To October 29th https://www.facebook.com/ events/508631046162468/ Carmen Argote – Pyramids PANEL 1914 Raymond Ave, Los Angeles, CA 90007 To October 29 Welcome to Haddonfield II SugarMynt Gallery 810 Meridian Ave, South Pasadena, 91030 To October 31st
Herb Ritts: Photographs Fahey/Klein Gallery
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ON ART AND THE CULTURE OF BASEBALL by Tomas Benitez
It’s that time of the year, the October season in baseball capped by the World Series. The Dodgers are in the hunt, ready to captivate the hearts of locals, after nearly thirty years of missing the ring. So although this is a journal of high art, I propose a look at the low art and culture of baseball. By the time Ernest Thayer wrote Casey at the Bat in 1886, baseball had already been lionized as the national pastime in poetry and prose, and had been rendered by American painters for fifty years. The game started from a variety of sources, but its development from the first known recorded mention of the game in the 1740’s was uniquely American, intertwined with the emergence of the American Identity itself. Soldiers in the Civil War played the game, Walt Whitman waxed eloquently on the character of the sport, Thomas Eakins documented the Sunday gatherings upon the field, and Currier & Ives have numerous etchings of games in play. One famous image parodies the election of Lincoln as the sole baseball runner in a field of also-rans. By the time professional baseball was formed in the 1870’s, no other sport, including boxing or horse racing, had been paid the same homage by writers and artists such as baseball. Baseball may not be art in the traditional sense but it is most certainly part of our culture. The greatest of American writers over the past 150 years, from Twain to Updike and Malamud, have weighed in on their take of the game. Artists as diverse as Norman Rockwell to Jacob Lawrence to Andy Warhol have added to the mystique of baseball. Volumes of poetry have been written about baseball, including entire books of haiku as the game has taken hold in Japan. American filmmaking has paid homage, and all the greatest films about sport seem to be movies about baseball. Baseball is an imperfect game, a game of imperfect beauty, and perhaps that is why so many creative observers to have looked into the artistry within the sport. It is timeless, only over when it is over. Baseball has at its foundation a symmetry that suspends space; the lines of a diamond go on forever, well beyond the fences. The game explores a form of negative space, for the true fan understands what is going on, how it relates to what has not happened yet, and how it will impact what may happen next. This is the depth of possible thinking on each and every pitch. We admire the elegant, balletic moves of a fielder making a spectacular leaping catch, or the sheer beauty of movement embodied in a Willie Mays going back on a long ball. Baseball does not require timed play; it does require timelessness. Statistics are compared to achievements of players from decades before, but revitalized in the ongoing memory of their accomplishments. Perhaps its most artistic quality is its transcendent, as is all good art. It is a bridge between generations, not only of one’s youth or past with the present, but from generation to generation, playing a game of catch. It is transformative, it can create communities out of strangers, and it is capable of evoking a visceral reaction that is paramount to the agony captured in Goya’s paintings, or the profundity of Rothko’s massive abstractions. Baseball has influenced American usage. We all know the meaning of “out in left field”, “struck out”, or “playing hardball”, and of course, “getting to first base”, and so on. If literature has given a state of gravitas to baseball, baseball has returned the favor with words to live by: “If the world was perfect, it wouldn’t be”, Yogi Berra. There is a saying, baseball is a dull game to dull minds, but the game is not so arrogant as that. At the heart, it is a simple game, a ball and bat. Both objects are round, setting the tone for the unexpected drama. Yet, it is more than a game, and for many of us, it is an expression of our culture, and, we see the art and beauty of the game. (Tomas Benitez was born and raised in front of a TV set in East L.A. His film SALSA: The Movie was produced in 1988. He has also written for Fred Roos, Starz Encore Films, CBS, and several other producers. In recent years he has written extensively about East Los Angeles including an ongoing, online saga about his home life, titled “The Gully”. Several of his stories about East L.A. and The Gully have been published by Blue Heron in an anthology of new American fiction, and he is editing two addition collections to be published in 2018. Tomas is the former Executive Director of Self Help Graphics & Art.)
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AN OBSERVATION By Peter Hess
I’m not sure why I’m so irritated by this, but I noticed that Los Angeles Modern Auctions is included in the Pacific Standard Time LA/LA lineup. They are a Van Nuys auction house who are included because they are selling some works by Emerson Woelffer (1914-2003). Woelffer was a Chicago-born abstract painter who lived in Mexico for a few years before moving to LA. There are so many venues involved, even ones which probably were not in existence when PST LA/LA was being planned, supposedly 5 years ago. There is one called The Unconfirmed Makeshift Museum in Orange County which launched in 2015. It seems like anyone who ever ate at Pollo Loco is in PST! I know there are an awful lot of very worthy participants in PST LA/LA. But it also seems there are some makeshift enterprises included under flimsy pretenses. And no Avenue 50 Studio, Plaza De la Raza? Are you kidding?
Malaquias Montoya at Avenue 50 Studio Eloy Torres at Plaza de la Raza
PACIFIC STANDARD TIME: LA/LA MOMENTS BARBARA CARRASCO UNION STATION
Barbara Carrasco’s 1981 mural, “L.A. History: A Mexican Perspective,” commissioned by the City of Los Angeles, but then rejected over its honest content, may be seen at Union Station during the month of October. Sponsored by La Plaza de Cultura y Artes and the California Historical Society. www.lapca.org
CRAFT IN AMERICA: BORDERS and NEIGHBORS Explore the connections between Mexico and the United States through craft. Watch all episodes of the Peabody Award-winning PBS documentary series at www.craftinamerica.org/series BORDERS features master altar maker Ofelia Esparza, Self Help Graphics & Art, and the Day of the Dead celebration; master weaver J. Isaac Vásquez García and family; weaver Jim Bassler and potter Veralee Bassler; artist Kiff Slemmons, and maestro Francisco Toledo at Taller Arte Papel. NEIGHBORS features ceramic artist Gerardo Monterrubio; ceramic artists Magdalena Pedro Martínez and Carlomagno Pedro Martínez; glass artist Jaime Guerrero; silver designers William Spratling, Carmen Tapia, Miguel Angel Ortiz Miranda, Cristina Romo, and Eduardo Herrera; artist Judy Baca and Social and Public Art Resource Center.
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SHELTER FROM THE SUN
Glassell Park Transit Pavilion Finally Opens It was a long wait--13 years from idea to ribbon cutting--but Glassell Park finally has a transit pavilion. The structure, with sail-like canopies, provides shade from the sun and protection from the rain at a very busy junction of streets, where Eagle Rock Boulevard, Cypress Avenue, Verdugo Road, and San Fernando Road meet up at jagged angles. The island in the middle of the street serves passengers on a variety of busy bus lines, and there are quite a few schools ranging from early education to post secondary very close by. The island used to stand open to the elements. Glassell Park resident Helene Schpak started the ball rolling on the project 13 years ago, hoping for something that would shelter transit riders as well as serve as an attractive gateway to the community. There were many, many starts and stops for all manner of environmental and political reasons. For a while it seemed like every screw was requiring individual approval. But the community did not give up on the idea. And on September 9, a ribbon-cutting was held, opening the Glassell Park Transit Pavilion.
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