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NELAart Second Saturday Gallery Night Turns 10 Years Old Ten years ago, art gallery operators of Northeast Los Angeles gathered to discuss how they could be mutually supportive. According to artist Brian Mallman, one of the conveners of that meeting, there was no preconceived outcome on the table. A plan emerged in the course of the conversation itself. The galleries would stay open late the second saturday of each month. There would be a map to help guide people from one gallery to the next. NELAart Second Saturday Gallery Night was born. On December 10, 2005, 12 arts venues in Eagle Rock, Highland Park and Glassell Park were open for the evening. The original 12 on the map were: Acorn Gallery A project of the Arroyo Arts Collective, the gallery was part of the Avenue 50 Studio complex. Another Year in LA A project of David Stone and Cathy Stone, then on San Fernando Road, currently found online; Art Studio C A fine art space run by mother-daughter team Cathy Carter and Corissa Moreno on York Boulevard; Leo Limón at Avenue 50 Studio in 2011
Avenue 50 Studio An arts presentation organization and cultural center grounded in Latin@ Chican@ culture;
NELAart Gallery Night’s third birthday in 2008. (Stuart Rapeport, Miss Scarlett, Amy Inouye, Brian Mallman, Mary Mallman at Future Studio)
Blue Chips A gallery and boutique on North Figueroa featuring local artists, fashion and jewelry design and music. Cactus Gallery A gallery and gift shop with an eclectic mix of contemporary art and folk art, then in Eagle Rock, now in Frogtown. Cache Contemporary A fine art gallery and framing business on Colorado Boulevard Drkrm An exhibition space for documentary and photo-journalistic work and fine art photography on San Fernando Road.
Cactus Gallery in 2011
MorYork Gallery Clare Graham’s enormous gallery of art from recycled materials, plus exhibits by guest artists. Occidental College Mullin Sculpture Gallery. Space Gallery An alternative arts space featuring contemporary art, music, puppetry, and sun tea on Avenue 58. Toros Pottery The studio and gallery of master potter Toros Tngrian. The founders were quickly joined by Carlotta’s Passion Fine Art, The The monthly Spoke (N) Art Ride, founded by RuthAnne Tarletz and Josef Bray-Ali Center for the Arts Eagle Rock, David Patton LA, Future Studio, Rock Rose Gallery, Sugarbutterbex, That Yarn Store, and Young Art.
Sea and Space Explorations opens on York in 2007
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There have been many changes over the years. Some of the original venue operators have moved on from the rigors of monthly art shows. Galleries have closed over the years due to steep rent increases in the neighborhoods they helped popularize. As traditional galleries dealt with the economic downturn, new models for art venues came into the picture. Sea and Space Exhibitions created a venue on York Boulevard for forms of art that don’t fit conventional categories. A variety of businesses throughout Northeast Los Angeles began showing art on their walls, creating exhibition space for emerging artists and expanding the reach of the gallery night. Businesses showing art have included design boutiques, vintage stores, vape shops, and coffee houses. But art galleries in a traditional sense still dot the landscape, showing Carolyn Castaño at Outpost for Contemporary Art in 2010 contemporary fine art as significant as any found anywhere. A great deal of energy has been poured into Gallery Night over the years by a variety of venues. There have been too many to list. NELAart venues have consistently poured energy into being part of the broader community, with efforts ranging from Leanna Lin’s organization of Small Business Saturday to Outpost for Contemporary Art’s art interventions on the Rock Rose Gallery in 2007 boulevards and river of NELA, and from Avenue 50 Studio’s open door for community discussions to Future’s Studio’s lead role in re-lighting the historic Highland Theatre and Manning’s Coffee Shop signs. “What sets NELAart Gallery Night apart from other art tours,” says co-founder Brian Mallman, “is that Northeast L.A. has an over 100-year unbroken history as an arts community for Los Angeles. NELAart Second Saturday Gallery Night not only celebrates that history, it builds on it.” There have been stressful times over the past 10 years, as artists have struggled to survive economically rough times followed by controversial demographic changes. There have also been good times, as Andrea Zittel’s Smockshop at Young Art in 2007 Northeast Los Angeles has seen a resurgence of interest in the unique characteristics of its neighborhoods. Through it all artists have been at the forefront of community involvement. Arts venues have served as signage for the the cultural richness of our neighborhoods. They have reflected and interpreted the landscapes of NELA and the lives of the people here.
HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO ALL OF THE NELAart GALLERY NIGHT VENUES, PAST AND PRESENT! Leanna Lin’s Wonderland in 2013
La Vida Loca in 2011
MorYork Gallery 4959 York Blvd Highland Park presents
Alchemy 4 x4 Saturday December 12 2015 8 am to 1 pm & 6 to 10 pm
Sunday December 13 2015 noon to 4 pm 2
Ruth De Nicola Betty Wan Hamada Cidne Hart Mavis Leahy
The Evolution Continues...
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The holiday season and impending new year are upon us. Feeling the spirit? I know I am...I’m also feeling excitement and anticipation over some upcoming changes with the paper. Starting in January we are becoming LA Art News. What does that mean exactly? Well, LA is a pretty big place and as far as I’m concerned has the most vibrant creative economy in the world. I want to bring more of that to the paper. We’ll still focus much of our attention on our lovely art community, but I want to go out further...see more art, cover more of the opportunities for artists in all of Los Angeles. The paper will be distributed all over LA, which is great for our local advertisers and offers more opportunites to be found by those out there that still don’t know where Northeast LA is. Remember, we still are one of the most engaged, as well as historic artistic communities in all of Los Angeles. I truly appreciate all that have supported this adventure. It has truly changed my life and made it so much richer. This expansion will hopefully do the same for all of you out there. We’re bringing on new contributors with fresh perspectives to talk about what’s going around all of LA, and are always looking for more. So if you have something you’d like to add drop me an email...and Happy Holidays to all!! Thanks, Cathi Milligan Executive Director NELAart, Inc.
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More past Gallery Night Pics! Future Studio in 2013
AIDS activists at DRKRM in 2007
Chicken Boy on the roof at Future Studio in 2007
Kristi Engle, the first gallery to relocate to NELA from another community, 2011
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The Highland Park Museum of Ceramic Art Celebrating the current excitement and resurgence of artists working with ceramics. Clay, one of the oldest known expressive and utilitarian materials, is no longer restricted by a narrow definition of craft or purpose. The exhibition is a survey of contemporary ceramics being made in Los Angeles today. Organized by Tyler Waxman. At Monte Vista Projects, 5442 Monte Vista Street.
photo by Martha Benedict
Second Annual Christmas Tree Lighting in Highland Park The Second Annual Highland Park Tree Lighting will take place Sunday, December 13, 6 p.m., at the Highland Park Senior Citizen Center, 6152 North Figueroa Street. The event, sponsored by Councilmember JosĂŠ Huizar, the Historic Highland Park Neighborhood Council and the Garvanza Improvement Association, is for the entire community and will feature entertainment and a variety of family-friendly activities.
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NELAart SECOND SATURDAY GALLERY NIGHT HIGHLIGHTS
DECEMBER 12, 2015 For full listings, check the NELA Art Gallery Night Facebook page the evening before. • The Highland Park Artists Collective will open its new show on the Virgin of Guadalupe at Huarache Azteca Restaurant on York. Michael Gomes, Victor Solis, Suzanne Alon, and Miriam Jackson and Ricardo Reyes will interpret this rich theme. • Artist Todd Westover invites everyone to the unveiling of his freshly-painted utility box at the corner of York Boulevard and Avenue 57. There will be live jazz and refreshments. • Align Gallery is in the midst of its Holiday Pop-Up Show, The Mountain, through Christmas. • Avenue 50 Studio presents "Local Color," a testament to Margaret Garcia's Highland Park painting workshops--celebrating her artistic collective and recognizing the diverse talents of these Northeast artists. Curated by Sybil Venegas, featuring work by Margaret Garcia, Kikki Eder, Bonnie Lambert, George Labrada, Frank Montoya, Lynne Dwyer, Sarah Truher, Dolores Carlos, Susanna Uriguiza, David Flury, David Balfour, Art Carillo, Gloria Vasquez-Warner, Sandra Cornejo. • In the Avenue 50 Studio Community Room: "Wishes and Dreams," dealing with wishes. aspirations, hopes, realizations, desires and dreams. Leigh Adams, Katrina Alexy, Raul Baltazar, Yrneh Brown, Keef Butterworth, Jimmie Centeno,Linda Coleman, Raoul De la Sota, Kathi Flood, Sara Harris, Nery Lemus, Isabel Martinez, Jesus Molina, Roderick Smith, Mark Vallen, Gary Wood. Pop Secret Gallery is hosting "12 Days of Star Wars," a fan tribute show to a pop culture phenomenon featuring work by top entertainment (animation, comics, film, illustration) industry pros. • At Elephant Gallery: "Testament," Installations by Shiva Aliabadi and Allison Peck. • As always, Spoke (N) Art Ride. Meet at the Bike Oven for a fun, slow-paced bicycle tour of art galleries. Blinkie lights recommended. New works by Sergio Vasquez will be featured at Bob Taylor Properties. The music of Carlos Guitarlos on the sidewalk. • At Cactus Gallery: "Tiny Treasures X." This popular cash-and-carry style exhibit includes handmade ornaments, small sculptures, handcrafted jewelry, embroidery, watercolor, drawings, oil, acrylic and mixed media paintings, paper mache, assemblage, wearable pins, hand painted notebooks, handcrafted stockings and more. All works priced $10 to $100. • Co-LAb is presenting "Undertones," a subtly neon exhibit with 15 artists. • At EklectoMania, curator Dulce Stein presents "Stocking Stuffers," featuring the wares of 14 local artists. • Future Studio presents "Souled Out: Photos with Chicano Soul by Art Meza." • At Good Eye Gallery, guest curators Ashley Mistriel and Theresa Knopf bring together a diverse group of artists whose mixed media work is about layering through imagery or materials. • Haggus Society presents Solstice-related works, related to seasonal changes, nature, cycles of light and dark, life and death, transition, impermanence. • Mi Vida présents "Virgen Vida," a group show representing the resistance, hope and strength behind our main lady. 14 artists, same wood panel. •The York is featuring local glass artists Zoe Topsfield and Cathi Milligan. •Cafe de Leche is hosting "Alchemical Coffee Shop," featuring art by Stephen Holinan and a live performance by Stephen Holinan, Kevin Yokota, Sam Gendel, Patrick Barron. •Come by Pop -Hop and get your holiday poem orders filled. Jacqueline Suskin of Poem Store will be typing poems on-demand by donation. •Currently on view at Leanna Lin’s Wonderland: a cash & carry holiday art show DREAMS “small art, big imaginations,” featuring 11 of Leanna’s favorite artists. There will also be new art featured in the art corner by Miss Mindy, Orbital Ox and Yetis and Friends.
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Northeast Los Angeles Arts Organization, Inc.
December 12, 2015 - 7pm - 10pm
(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)
(Haggus Society) 5683 York Blvd.
44. The New Seed Ave 34 & Verdugo
1. Avenue 50 Studio 131 No. Avenue 50 323. 258.1435 avenue50studio.org
21. The Market 1203 Avenue 50 www.themarkethp.com
2. Bike Oven/Flying Pigeon 3706 No Figueroa
22. Keystone Art Gallery 2558 N. San Fernando Rd.
3. Namaste Highland Park 5118 York Blvd. www.namastehighlandpark.com
23. Cactus Gallery @ Treeline Woodworks 3001 N. Coolidge Ave
4. Offbeat 6316 York Blvd www.offbeatbar.com
24. The York 5018 York Blvd.
48. Rock Rose Gallery 4108 N. Figueroa St. 323.635.9125
25. Ball Clay Studio 4851 York Blvd. ballclaystudio.com
49. All Star Lanes 4459 N Eagle Rock Blvd. 323.254.2579
26. Handcraft and Hart Hair 4733 Eagle Rock Blvd. handcraftandhart.com
50. Casa Marengo 131 No. ave 50
5. Council District Office #1 Gil Cedillo 5577 N. Figueroa St. 6. Future Studio 5558 N Figueroa St. 323 254-4565 futurestudiogallery.com 7. Slow Culture 5906 N Figueroa St. 8. Meridian 5007 1/2 York Blvd. meridianstorela.com 9. Vapegoat 5054 York Blvd. 323.963.VAPE 10. Bearded Beagle 5926 N. Figueroa St. 11. Shopclass 5215 York Blvd. 323.258.2500 shopclassla.com 12. Matters of Space 5005 York Blvd www.mattersifspace.com 323.743.3267 13. Mi Vida 5159 York Blvd. 14. deb3321 3321 Pasadena Ave. 15. Antigua Coffee House 3400 N. Figueroa St. www.antiguacoffeehouse.com 16. Align Gallery 5045 York Blvd. www.aligngallery.com 17. New Stone Age Mosaics 1754 Colorado Blvd. 18. Panorama Press House 4700 York Blvd. www.thepanoramapress.com 19. Evil or Sacred Tattoos 4524 Eagle Rock Blvd. 20. Toros Pottery 4962 Eagle Rock Blvd 323.344.8330 torospottery.com 8
On the Sec Elysian Val art and ea 43. State Farm Insurance the update 42. Eklectomania 6152 York Blvd. facebook.com/EklectoMania
45. The Slow Down Gallery @ Random Gallery 200 N. Ave 64 46. Curve Line 1577 Colorado Blvd. 47. The Glass Studio 5668 York Blvd. www.theglassstudio.net
27. Antenna Studio 1617 Colorado Blvd. antennastudioart.com
51. Apiary Gallery at The Hive Highland Park 5670 York Blvd. www.thehive.la
28. The Greyhound Highland Park Independant Film Festival 570 N. Figueroa St.
52. Bookshow 5503 Figueroa St. www.bookshow.com
29. Urchin 5006 1/2 York Blvd. 30. Two Tracks Pola Lopez, open studio. 131 North Avenue 50 31. O & M Leather 5048 Eagle Rock Blvd www.ommleather.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. 35. Dotter 5027 York Blvd. www.dotterstore.com 36. Leanna Lin’s Wonderland 5204 Eagle Rock Blvd. www.leannalinswonderland.com 37. Good Eye Gallery 4538 N. Eagle Rock Blvd. www.goodeyegallery.com 38. Highland Cafe 5010 York Blvd. 323.259.1000 39. CucuArt Gallery 4704-06 Eagle Rocl Blvd. 323.202.0672 40. Vintage Tattoo Art Parlor 5115 York Blvd. 41. The U Space 2626 N. Figueroa St., suite C
53. Arroyo General 5028 York Blvd. 54. Rosie Bunny Bean 1309 N. Ave 51 rosiebunnybean.com 55. co-Lab Gallery 5319 York Blvd. www.co-Lab.com 56. The luxelust life Vintage Furniture 6095 York Blvd 57. Bob Taylor Properties 5526 N. Figueroa St. 323-257-1080 58. MAN Insurance Ave 50 Satellite 1270 N. Ave 50 323.256.3151 59. Possession Vintage 5119 York Blvd. www.possessionvintage.com 60. The Hunt Vintage 5317 York Blvd. www.thehuntvintage.com 61. The Erin Hanson Gallery 2732 Gilroy St. erinhanson.com 62. Todd Westover Utility Box Ave 57 & York 63. Elephant 3325 Division St. 64. Pop Secret 5119 Eagle Rock Blvd. 65. El Huarache Azteca 5225 York Blvd.
cond Saturday of every month galleries, businesses, and artists in Highland Park, Eagle Rock, Glassell Park, Cypress Park, lley, and Lincoln Heightsopen their doors a little later in the evening and welcome visitors. Use this map for locations of ateries, grab someone you love, get some dinner, and enjoy some art. Friend NELA Art Gallery Night on Facebook for ed last minute list.
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LAMakes in Elysian Valley
Erin Hanson and Yolanda Chavez at the grand opening of the Erin Hanson Gallery in Elysian Valley
Lacey Byant at Cactus Gallery
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Stuart Rapeport, Wood Burn, The Bernie Sanders Portrait Show at Future Studio
The Bernie Sanders Portrait Show at Future Studio: Bernie Sanders by Carol Colin, Bernie Sanders by Brian Mallman, Bernie Floyd by Tom Recchion, organized by Margaret Garcia
Dia de los Muertos altar at Mi Vida
Book Show: Celebrating one year in Highland Park!
Oscar Castillo at Avenue 50 Studio
Juan Solis at Avenue 50 Studio Pola Lopez Annex Karen Schifman, “Water: a Necessary Conversation” at Avenue 50 Studio
“Water: a Necessary Conversation” at Avenue 50 Studio
“Tiny Treasures X” at Cactus Gallery
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DEVELOPER FEES TO MEAN MANY PUBLIC ART PROJECTS The Los Angeles City Council’s Arts, Parks, and River Committee heard an update at its November 16 meeting on the spending of the City’s Arts Development Fee, paid by property developers toward the creation of public art projects throughout the City. According to Councilmember Mitch O’Farrell, who chairs the Arts, Parks, and River Committee, and who represents a portion of Northeast Los Angeles, new guidelines recently enacted “open up the possibility of creating great art across the City.” O’Farrell will direct funds to the Little Armenia Public Art Project, to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the Genocide and to pay tribute to the Armenian community in Los Angeles. Councilmember José Huizar is seeking to support mural restoration in his district. Councilmember Gil Cedillo is directing funds toward his Latin Jazz Festival in MacArthur Park. Across the city, there are plans for public art festivals and permanent public art pieces. And the distribution of funds is still in its early stages. The boom time in public art comes as a result of funds having accumulated while spending was in limbo. Originally enacted in 1988, the requirement is that developers of non-residential properties valued over $500,000 include public art in their projects or pay a fee to the City to bring about art works instead. The amount is based on square footage or one per cent of the valuation of the development project. In 2007, the City Attorney’s office ruled that the fee had to be spent within a block of the development. That ruling effectively placed a stranglehold on the Los Angeles Department of Cultural Affairs’ ability to spend the money. An example of an Eagle Rock development that has The freeing up of the money, some eight years later, is the result of a joint effort by the City contributed to the public art fund Council, especially Northeast L.A. representatives O’Farrell and José Huizar; City Controller Ron Galperin; the current City Attorney Mike Feuer; and several city departments. Under the new regulations, all of the undertaken art projects must be sited within “a reasonable relationship” to the development projects that generated the money. November’s report from the Department of Cultural Affairs includes the identification of projects for priority spending, so that the developer fee will not be lost due to taking too long on the expenditure. This specific list must be finalized by Cultural Affairs and the City Council by the end of December. The report also includes the identification of the City’s portion of funding for “Current,” a major, water-focused Los Angeles biennial project made possible by Bloomberg Philanthropies with one million in matching money from the Arts Development Fee. The city-wide project will take place for one month in Summer of 2016. The “Priority Fees” and the fees earmarked for “Current” total $1,618,625.21. There is much more to come. There are collected fees that are not at risk of immediate loss, which, with accumulated interest, have developed into a sizable pot of money for public art in Los Angeles. The current sum of all Arts Development fee money is $10,231,093. That money will be joined by fees from new developments now in progress or in the works. Eighteen per cent of a Developer Fee goes to the Department of Cultural Affairs to fund administrative costs. Funding, according to the Department of Cultural Affairs report, “will allow for the immediate activation of the street life of the City, creation of new public artworks in parts of the city where there is very little publicly accessible art, improvement of the visual identities of communities, and provide free, outdoor and publicly accessible arts activities to communities and the users of private development sites.” “The Arts Development Fee (ADF) Program,” the report states, “strengthens the city’s investment in the creation and support of high quality, publicly accessible art and cultural activities that make our communities more livable, enhance the quality of life of our residents, attract new visitors to our region and generate local economic activity.” An example of a Highland Park mural that could be refurbished with developer fees
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We Choose Art – Dani Dodge Written by Andrea Bogdan from WeChooseArt.com Artist: Dani Dodge Location: Los Angeles Occupation: Installation artist A new installation is bubbling up deep in the Brewery Art Colony. The genesis of the idea began in an old home that artist Dani Dodge restored years ago by arduously scraping through decades of old wallpaper. The original skin in the bathroom yielded a surprise – images of beautiful Parisian women walking their poodles - a layer Dodge desperately tried to mend to its earlier beauty. The idea of covering up is one that Dodge has explored before, but this time it’s with a resolve ignited by the Charlie Hedbo massacre and punctuated by the November 13 terrorist attacks in Paris. Dodge is a former journalist and the Hedbo incident hit close Andrea Bogdan and Dani Dodge to home. Since that time, production of “Peeled and Raw” has taken over her studio/ living quarters in the Brewery Art Colony where Dodge has been collecting materials to create the archetypal living space of the modern mind. “Peeled and Raw” is an interactive installation that invites viewers to not only touch the art, but to deconstruct it by peeling it away in strips. Each act contributes to the transformation of the room and individual introspection about who we really are. Almost every inch of the room, sans the ceiling and a portion of the floor, is peel-able – from the furniture to the mannequins, curtains, appliances and walls. People are invited to write their fears on their torn pieces and leave them in the installation. Dodge will gather them up and ceremoniously burn them after the show is over. “I hope people will walk away realizing that fear is natural but it doesn’t have to control your life and you don’t have to cover it up,” explains Dodge. “I’m not going to change my life or be afraid of certain people because they look like somebody that did something bad.” “My greatest fear with terrorism is that it steals our humanity, as a nation and as a people.” That said, “Peeled and Raw”, when over, is not about Dodge – it’s the collective stories of the people who visit, and the singular private experience of the person who explores it. The “Peeled and Raw” experience can be found in the back recess of the LA ArtCore Brewery Annex Gallery at 650 S. Avenue 21, Los Angeles, CA 90031. Reception: Sunday, December 6, 2015, 1-3pm Dani Dodge: Why I Choose Art “I choose art because it is the most powerful tool I have to reach people. Art can illuminate. Art can inspire. Art can transform. As a newspaper reporter, I made a difference in people’s lives with the stories I wrote. The potential of art, though, goes deeper than what I could create with words. Art can reach into the subconscious. It can create a new reality. It can change people from inside out. With art I can make others’ lives richer, fuller, and more beautiful, and in turn, give my life meaning. Maybe I can create only one tiny moment at a time, but maybe a hundred, a thousand, a million moments will add up to a better world. “ Here are a few ways you can follow up with Dani Dodge: http://www.numulosgatos.org www.DaniDodge.com www.facebook.com/DaniDodgeArt www.twitter.com/DaniDodge www.instagram.com/Dani_Dodge 2017: Solo Show: A.I.R. Gallery, Brooklyn, NY http://airgallery.org Museum Show: New Museum Los Gatos, Los Gatos, CA http://www.numulosgatos. org/
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ALCHEMY 4 x 4 at MorYork “Alchemy 4x4” is a delightful exhibition of the art of Ruth De Nicola, Cidne Hart, Betty Wan Hamada, and Mavis Leahy, all long-time members of the Arroyo Arts Collective. The four artists explore the alluring and complex transformation of raw materials into art. This will be the fourth Alchemy Show hosted by MorYork Gallery. Each artist interprets and incorporates the “alchemical process” into her own personal vision. Alchemy has had a longstanding relationship with art and with science, seen both in alchemical texts and in mainstream entertainment. The MorYork venue is also a great opportunity to experience the magic of the ever-evolving Clare Graham studio in Highland Park. “Alchemy 4x4,” MorYork Gallery, 4959 York Boulevard, Saturday, December 12, 8 a.m. to 1 p.m., coinciding with the outdoor vintage sidewalk market and also from 6 to 10 p.m. as part of the NELA Gallery Night. It will be open again Sunday, December 13 from noon to 4 p.m.
Betty Wan Hamada
Mavis Leahy
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