It’s already February. I hope 2023 is going better for you than 2022 did. Fill yourself with art and interesting experiences, and you’re off to a good start. We’ve got the LA Art Show, Intersect Palm Springs, Spring/Break Art Show, and Frieze, to give your senses some stimulation. I find inspiration as well in being amongst all of the art, good, bad, and in between.
And please go over to Poet’s Place to see this month’s line up of poets, brought to you by Linda Kaye.
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There’s art all around town that needs to be seen as well.
Over at Descanso Gardens:
SHIKI: THE FOUR SEASONS IN JAPANESE ART BRINGS THE BEAUTY AND HARMONY OF THE SEASONS TO A NEW EXHIBITION AT THE STURT HAAGA GALLERY IN DESCANSO GARDENS
In California, the seasons are subtle. So subtle, in fact, that some claim there are none at all. Just as subtle, and equally beautiful, are the exquisite designs of the seasons in Japanese art. Over centuries, a rich literary and visual vocabulary representing the seasons evolved from the aesthetic sensibilities of the Japanese people. SHIKI: The Four Seasons in Japanese Art, a new exhibition at the Sturt Haaga Gallery brings this beauty and harmony to Descanso Gardens from February 18 – May 21, 2023.
The Crenshaw Dairy Mart Gallery Launches New Limited Edition Bag Line The North Star: Healing Generations which Focuses on Movement to Free Black Women
Patrisse Cullors Serves as Creative Director, in Collaboration with Rita Nazareno of ZACARIAS 1925, and Formerly Incarcerated Black Literary Nissi Berry
Just in time for Frieze LA and Black History Month, artist collective and art gallery Crenshaw Dairy Mart, co-founded by Patrisse Cullors, Alexandre Dorriz and Noé Olivas, launch their latest creative endeavor, The North Star bag line, along with Rita Nazareno, Creative Director of ZACARIAS 1925. The hand-woven line focuses on the movement to free Black women from incarceration. Black women are currently the fastest-growing population being incarcerated. Black women make up 13% of the country’s population but disproportionately represent 44% of women in jail, and 30% of the women’s prison population. Opposed to incarcerated Black men, Black women entering the prison system are frequently left unsupported and isolated. The new line, featuring a poem from previously incarcerated Black literary Nissi Berry, aims to support women in a way the system has not. Profits from each bag sold go directly to the movement to end the incarceration of Black women and put money back into the pockets of previously incarcerated Black female artists. This design of The North Star bag line is inspired by quilts made by enslaved Africans that were crafted to help lead them to freedom while navigating the Underground Railroad. According to “quilt code theory”, designs such as "wagon wheel," "tumbling blocks," and "bear's paw" were secret messages hidden in quilt patterns that helped direct enslaved Africans to freedom.
Check out all the workshops they have over at Center for the Arts Eagle Rock!
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