Community, Diversity, Sustainability and other Overused Words
Community, Diversity, Sustainability and other Overused Words
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During a 6-hour event on Sunday at the Venice beach handball courts, a group of regional power-broker women, dubbed "mavens" in the press release, will participate in the creation of two large canvas murals. The murals are designed by two women of color, Alyse Stone, a celebrity-commissioned artist, and Dolly Singh, a "diversity and inclusion evangelist." The collaboration is titled #THEARTOFMAKING NOISE. The first mural is to represent the "pain and persecution of the Black American...
Delilah Demilo is a frustrated songwriter, a college dropout, and a venemous blue-ringed octopus. In The Benthophonicks, my debut comic, she sets off on a journey to find herself as an artist, but ends up finding a bunch of randos on the way – randos who turn into unwanted bandmates... who ruin her plans... and turn into true friends! In last week's installment, Xander the Jewish Christmas Tree Worm refused the bald octopus's request for a pixie cut and received an ominous comeback: he can't...
Delilah Demilo is a frustrated songwriter, a college dropout, and a venomous blue-ringed octopus. In The Benthophonicks, my debut comic, she sets off on a journey to find herself as an artist, but ends up finding a bunch of randos on the way – randos who turn into unwanted bandmates... who ruin her plans... and turn into true friends! The story begins in Delilah's native town of Benthoston, at Hatt Hair, Ltd., a hair salon run by Xander the Jewish Christmas-tree worm – a...
On Wednesday, February 5, 2020 at the Los Angeles Convention Center, 1201 South Figueroa St, Los Angles Thousands of art enthusiasts came for the Opening Night Party of the 25th annual LA Art Show, kicking off the largest year of art and cultural programming in our city's history. A large portion of proceeds from ticket sales went to benefit of St. Jude Children's Research Hospital. Beautiful actress Sofia Vergara was the courteous host of the evening, and the star-studded party was...
Photo LA 2020 took place at the historic Barker Hanger ,3021 Airport Ave, Santa Monica on Thursday January 30, 2020 6-9 pm honoring Anthony Hernandez & Benefiting VENICE Arts Photographer Anthony Hernandez is best known for capturing his native Los Angeles in works ranging from street photography to Urban decay. He was honored for his contributions to the legacy, perspective and aesthetics of photography. Public hours for the show was Friday January 31 (11am- 8pm) , Saturday , February 1...
Bruns Collective with singer Kevin Baché Friday, Jan. 24, 7:30 pm Lead by drummer Jason Bruns this 8-piece ensemble boasts a virtuosic 3-piece horn section, a highly versatile rhythm section, and powerful lead vocals by singer Kevín Baché [bah-shay]. Their music, while rooted in the jazz tradition, is influenced by a variety of genres. They recently concluded their second japan tour and closed out the "Jazz at LACMA" 2019 season. Their last two albums charted in the Top-10 and aired on 300+...
On December 14th, 2019, bG Gallery celebrates the holidays at Bergamot Station from noon to 5pm. The event is part of an annual Winter Open House at the Arts Complex. Sculptor Ray Ford will be a featured artist. He has previously exhibited at the gallery when it was on Ocean Park. "I'm excited to see the new space at Bergamot Station," said Ford. An established wood sculptor, Ford has consistently created original hand-crafted art. At 92 years old, he still produces one original sculpture a...
On Saturday evening September 14, 2019 the LA Opera opened its 34th season at the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion with LA BOHEME followed by a very elegant gala dinner at the newly remodeled Music Center Plaza, 135 N Grand Avenue, Los Angeles, without "Placido Domingo". In spite of Placido Domingo's great talent as a singer and successful campaign as the general director of the LA Opera, the board of directors had to remove Placido Domingo while they are investing the numerous investigations of...
The opening reception was Wednesday September 11, 2019 at Gagosian Beverly Hills, 456 North Camden Drive, Beverly Hills. Nathaniel Mary Quinn's portraits are very unique in technique and imagery At first glance his paintings appear to be collages, but after you examine closely you see that the artist has hand painted with pastels, oil sticks, gold leaf, charcoal and oil to create a painting that literally looks like a collage. Quinn stockpiles illustrations from numerous newspapers, fashion...
On Wednesday, August 7,2019 The Harold and Carole Pump Foundation held its pre-gala kick-off at the Edwards-Lowell gallery, 8712 Wilshire Blvd, Beverly Hills. The event honored artist Jim "Taz" Evans and prominent street artist Kelly "Risk" Gravel in their partnership with the Icons of Hollywood Art Show produced by Neil Public Relations, serving clients worldwide for over 38 years. Both of these accomplished and talented artists showcased exciting works of Frank Sinatra, Marilyn Monroe, Elvis,...
Lou D'Elia is an assemblage artist working with found/obsolete objects to create 3 dimensional artworks. D'Elia frequently incorporates vernacular photography, artificial light and visual puns in his work. They are often social commentaries on politics, sexuality, and gender role expectations. He frequently uses vintage wood industrial foundry molds as a tribute to his father, who was a pattern maker in the 1950s. D'Elia grew up in Ocean Park in the 1950s. At that time the community was...
Deception, ambition, illusions, reality all play a part in the" Death of a Salesman" at the Ruskin Group Theatre in Santa Monica . Set in New York and Boston in 1949, the action takes place in the last 24 hours of Willy Loman's life. Willy Loman (Rob Morrow) ,after 35 years as a salaried salesman, is demoted to working for commissions . He is determined to keep up appearance to his supportive wife (Lee Garlington) and his sons. In the opening scene, has just returned from driving around New...
A raucously enthusiastic "The Wedding Singer," adapted from the Broadway musical and hit movie opened June 29th at the Morgan-Wixson theatre. A cast of 28 multi racial singers and dancers told the story of Robbie Hart, NJ's favorite wedding singer in the 1980's. After he is left at the altar, he vows to make every wedding he performs at as disastrous as his own. He subsequently meets a soft hearted waitress who helps him with his song writing, but she is soon to be married to a greedy Wall...
The Los Angeles County Museum of Art currently has awe-inspiring exhibits which range from Picasso's portraits to their famous Urban Lights structure to some fun pop art to the exhibit which will be reviewed today. Shown on the second level of the Broad Contemporary building, the exhibit's full name is The Allure of Matter: Material Art from China. The name doesn't lie. Each installation is unique in not only the design, but the material used. There is not simply paint on paper in this exhibit....
Maxine Wolf is meticulous. Her Pacific Palisades home is warm and inviting. She greets you at the door, welcoming you enthusiastically in to see her extensive glass figurine collection. Her lovely, California Design-inspired living room and dining room walls are lined with custom-made mahogany cabinets, filled with translucent or opaque-colored glass animals and figurines -- all carefully organized and categorized. A tour into a converted second bedroom reveals a museum-quality collection with...
Having been in the art and framing business for 25 years, Cathy Seidman has witnessed the downfall of art. Cathy, and her sister, Connie, own the Seidman Gallery in Culver City. When asked how she feels about the way art is going, Cathy replied that she was pessimistic. She claims that there are two sides of the downfall of art: when regular people began putting art in their homes and when the television took the place of art above the fireplace. As experts in decorating homes and corporate...
(tca/dpa) - Is there a formula that explains artistic expression in hard times? Fear and anxiety equal urgent music? "Music comes and goes in cycles," Mike Watt, bassist of the groundbreaking postpunk band the Minutemen, once told the Tribune. "And it gets good only when the people making it can feel the wall against their shoulder." Protest music is once again in the air. And why not? Everything feels unstable, pressure points magnified: immigration policies, racial violence, sexual assault, LB...
5/19/2019: The Venice Family Clinic Art Walk and Auction hosted an event at Google LA on Sunday, May 19, raised more than $1,000,000 in support of the Clinic's mission to provide health care to people regardless of ability to pay. Venice Family Clinic has been serving the medical needs of this community for the past 40 years. It celebrated this occasion with an art walk and auction, its goal to raise money on May 18 and 19. "Drive under the binoculars"( a Claes Oldenburg 2 story sculpture on...
Last weekend, over 60 US Cities hosted readings from the play "12 Angry Men," performed "by 12 impassioned women!" Says the group's website, 12000voices.com. In 1954 Reginald Rose wrote a television/movie called 12 Angry Men. The plot involved sequestering 12 men in a room after a murder trial. The jurors were to dissect and analyze the evidence and possible guilt of a young man, accused of killing his father. The judge insisted there was to be no hung jury. It takes place in any metropolitan...
The Jewish Women's Theatre (JWT) Presented Bravissima! Jewish Women in Music last Sunday. The event included a Celebrated Flutist, Emmy-Winning Composer and Internationally Renowned Conductor . The distinguished artists who comprise the panel are: flutist Susan Greenberg, composer Miriam Cutler and Rachael Worby, Artistic Director of MUSE/IQUE, LA's musical adventure series. Live music and a dance performance by Lillian Rose Barbeito. Screenwriter Arlene Sarner moderate the panel. She...
The show's title Corteo in Italian means 'cortege', and it is about its central character Mauro the Dreamer Clown imagining his own funeral procession as a carnival parade, in a mysterious space between heaven and earth, watched over by caring angels. Mauro embodies the humanity within us all, and the music, by turns lyrical and playful, highlights his strength and fragility, his wisdom and kindness. The parade of fanciful characters includes the circus ringmaster Mr. Loyal the Whistler,...
The Santa Monica College Theatre Arts Department presents "Shakespeare in Love" March 29 - April 7 in the Theatre Arts Main Stage on the main SMC campus, 1900 Pico Blvd., Santa Monica. In the popular rom-com, young playwright Will Shakespeare works on his latest comedy, Romeo and Ethel, the Pirate's Daughter, and star-crossed lovers bite the forbidden fruit of Elizabethan theatre as a cast of historical players frolic in backstage antics. Based on the screenplay by Marc Norman and Tom Stoppard a...
Dilay Akcora, a senior at Santa Monica High, was just announced as a Semifinalist in The Music Center's annual Spotlight program. Spotlight is a free nationally-acclaimed scholarship and arts training program for teens," says Lisa Ducore, Director of Public Relations for the Music Center in DTLA. Dilay Akcora began her musical training when she joined the Franklin Ave elementary school choir in 4th grade. She was also on the dance team. At Santa Monica High School the Kiwanis 6F sponsored a...
Physical comedian Bonnie He takes the audience on an flirtatious journey from death to rebirth, opening a voyeuristic window into personal tragedy, triumph, and titillation, at the Santa Monica Playhouse, as part of the Crazy Woke Asians Solo Performance Festival, the first all Asian American festival at that venue. A Terrible Show for Terrible People received rave reviews in sold-out shows at the Hollywood Fringe Festival as a variety act featured in The Color Collective show. Dana Martin of...
Death is mysterious and unexplainable. Yet, throughout time, artists have strived to unravel and explain it in ways that bring comfort to the living. Five artists will share their explorations of life and death through different mediums in It's a Life, a new Gallery exhibit, opening March 9 at 6:30 p.m., at The Braid, Jewish Women's Theatre's (JWT) Performance & Art Space in Santa Monica. The new show features photographer Nancy Kaye, textile artist Smadar Knobler, mixed media artist...
