Time for Vaccines, Museums, People...Art
Most everyone I know has gotten at least one of their Covid pokes, so we can congregate mask-free (I know, we’ll still need them out in public for a while). I’m grateful to have one of my shots and will get the other next week. And a week after that I’m going to my first press preview in quite a while. I see there are more and more art openings and opportunities to view art. This is so needed for most of our souls. The artists have been busy creating during the pandemic. We all like the solitude when we create. It’s time to show that art.
Rumor has it we'll be free from lockdown as of June 15. Cross your fingers. Prepare for hugs. It’ll happen. In the meantime, keep your guard up and go find some art to see.
We’ve got our monthly poetry over at Poet’s Place. Please check it out. Linda gathers a fabulous group of poets that share their work with all of you. So cool.
Now for stuff and information around.
Over at Center for the Arts Eagle Rock.
Over at Center for the Arts Eagle Rock.
Artwork Projections:
Live projections of the 𝑊𝑜𝑟𝑙𝑑 𝑜𝑛 𝐹𝑖𝑟𝑒 exhibition will light up the front of the CFAER building this Thursday, April 8th!
To ensure the safety of our beloved community, our building and main gallery space remain closed, but through the magic of technology the building will become a canvas for the artists exhibiting in this virtual opening of the show.
The entire exhibition will also be available to be viewed virtually throughout the month of April on our website. Starting April 9th, go to cfaer.org/worldonfire to experience a virtual walkthrough of the exhibition, and look out for more live projections during the month.
We look forward to ‘seeing you’ at the show, which has been made possible through the generous support of the Pasadena Art Alliance. We'll also be live streaming the show opening and projections. Head to Center for the Arts Eagle Rock on Instagram to watch with us!
Over at Artillery - Making the Gallery Rounds
Let the folks over at Artillery guide you to what to see right now. Like over at Ammy Sherald at Hauser Wirth.
Over at Cactus Gallery!
Signs of the Times
Over at These Hands Maker’s Collective
In Person Classes!!
Check out the link to see the classes available!
Springtime! March! Time Change!!
The days are getting longer and that makes me smile. Springtime is in the air and a newish normal seems closer now that people are getting vaccinated. Maybe there will be art openings soon. Hope so. So, what are you making? How are you doing? We are at the year “anniversary” of weirdness. Has it been weird enough for you? Of course it has…how about some poetry? Wander over to Poet’s Place for a fresh dose of poetry. Linda has again brought us a wonderful group of poets. Enjoy their work.
Go over to Shoebox, Kristine Schomaker’s web site and check out her listings of artists services.
Kristine Schomaker does wonderful things for the arts community and one of them is her page of L.A. Artist Resources, at her site Shoebox. Please check it out.
The Arroyo Arts Collective, based in Northeast Los Angeles, has a new arts opportunity. Check it out.
Over at Hyperallergic…An Online Haven for Lovers of Alexander Calder
Image from the Calder Foundation
It's February - Are you Sleeping Better?
The new administration is hard at work, working, unlike those other fools. I know I’m sleeping better, are you? Sure hope so. There’s a calmer feel in the air and since we’re still living through a pandemic, it’s good to have confidence in the folks in charge that are responsible for getting us all the goodies we need, like the vaccine and financial help. Lower down in the post there will be some information for creative types, for loans and grants. Go over to Poet’s Place as well to see what Linda Kaye and her fellow poets have put together for this month. It’s the Love Edition. Listed below is also information regarding some of or favorite artists’ shows around town and on the internet.
Peter Hess, The Thinker
8 1/2" x 11"
The Art of the Month for February 2021
New Altadena Arts Organization Launches “Art of the Month” Program
Check out the art included in Altadena’s “Art of the Month” program. Highland Park based artist, Peter Hess is the first in the program You may recognize some of the names listed for the upcoming months.
Latest News & Updates from MOAH
Zära Monet Feeney
Royal Disillusion
On display at MOAH:CEDAR
January 30 – March 7, 2021
"There is a specific moment when we suspend our disbelief and are seduced by an illusion. When this happens, we are not looking at something, but looking at ourselves perceiving it."
-Zära Monet Feeney
Zära Monet Feeney
Royal Disillusion
From Artwork Archive
Over at Art and Cake
Stefanie Girard’s Art Candy Machine
Open for business.
Local artists Douglas Alvarez and Terri Berman have created a children’s book. http://www.soupygoopy.com
Happy New Year!! Hello 2021!!
Happy Happy New Year everyone!! We can now tell 2020 to kiss our collective asses and go the f*%k away. I just wanted to send this little message out and thank all who contribute, read, and enjoy this little web site. 2021 has so much to offer and I hope to bring a lot of that here. Thank you!!
Poet’s Place for January has been posted, so head over there and check out some poetry. It’s good for your mind and your soul.
We won in Georgia and then lost in the Capitol today as Trump dumbasses stormed the building, at his direction. It’s fun to watch the rats jump ship. We will prevail in the end. So let’s see what happens next.
Go to the CCI web site to check out what opportunities are available for artists as 2021 starts. https://www.cciarts.org/
https://cactusgalleryla.com/?fbclid=IwAR0v9hO6NNAky9mfr_xHyrremN9FyLTDtGZYUPYKlWWYgGqb_J_DUpBdFeA
Holy Cow! It's the Holiday Season!!
Check out Poet’s Place!
Since it’s the first part of the month you have to go over to Poet’s Place and check out the newest edition. Linda has gathered some great end of year reading for your enjoyment.
I don’t know about you but I am sure looking forward to the new year. A fresh start for everyone. And a vaccine or two or three, that we’ll be able to take soonish. Will there be some sense of “normal” in our near future? Something to ponder. In the meantime everyone is hopefully figuring out what they’re good at or looking for a new career, maybe thinking of what kind of art to create. Yup. What a year.
And now it’s the holiday season, but it’s different this year. The pandemic is raging and we can’t go anywhere. If you are gifting this year, keep it local, and handmade for the holidays. Please buy art for your friends and family. Or make some.
Check out Ted Meyer’s newest article for Stanford.
Anna in the Desert (detail) – Photo courtesy Ted Meyer © 2020
Help Support Our Friends over at The Highland Park Independent Film Festival this Giving Tuesday!
Our good friends over at HPIFF are fundraising through Go-Fund me for their short film project “Lodo”. Below you will find a link to the campaign so you can help them realize their dream.
It’s “Giving Tuesday”, so help them out. https://www.gofundme.com/f/lodo-short-film
Help Bob Baker Marionette Theater in Highland Park!
Don't let COVID close Bob Baker Marionette Theater
Friends, we need your help. BBMT is on the brink of permanent closure.
It’s no secret that COVID-19 has been devastating to the world’s small businesses and cultural institutions, and BBMT is certainly no exception. With more than half a million dollars of income lost from Covid closures and a decimated income stream, we are still losing $30,000 per month and in severe danger of closing our curtains forever.
Despite quickly pivoting our business model to meet the challenges of Covid, we are less than one month away from not being able to pay our rent and staff and in order to survive 2021, it is CRUCIAL that we meet our fundraising goal of $365,000.
Together we can #KeepImaginationAlive with all of the joy, love, and creativity that Bob Baker Marionette Theater provides to children of all ages, every day. Donate today.
Michael John Garcés and Mark Valdez- Highland Park Is Here director and playwright, and HLP residents
We Won! Now For Some Art and Theatre and More Art!
VISIT HIGHLAND PARK FROM YOUR HOME
WITH CORNERSTONE THEATER COMPANY
Cornerstone Theater’s new play HIGHLAND PARK IS HERE offers an intimate view of a changing community, created and performed with residents of this beloved Los Angeles neighborhood.
Performances online November 19 – 22, 2020
Los Angeles, Calif. –
From November 19-22, 2020, Cornerstone Theater Company presents its first play developed through an online community engagement process HIGHLAND PARK IS HERE, written by Mark Valdez, directed by Michael John Garcés.
The murals, the music, the taqueros and tamaleros, the Christmas parade and lowrider parades, the gardens, the hills, the arroyo…and the people. HIGHLAND PARK IS HERE connects the fractured stories—past and present—of this beloved L.A. neighborhood in this moment of community change, searching for shared spaces and experiences. From our homes to our street corners to on-line, if you are there, then Highland Park is here.
Originally conceived to be performed as a theatrical installation and walking tour in and around the neighborhood, Cornerstone began its signature community engagement practice with Occidental College and the greater Highland Park community in 2019 and in March 2020 re-conceived the process with new socially-distanced and online engagement strategies.
HIGHLAND PARK IS HERE has been re-imagined as an online presentation, (with dreams of a new site-specific iteration in 2021 when health safety concerns allow). The play consists of two audience experiences - Llegamos - the multi-generational story of one family from the 1950s to today - and Movements & Moments, local stories from the 1990s to today.
Separation, cultural identity and the human need for connection and community are explored in the stories and design of this online play. What makes a community when some are welcomed and some are forced out? How can we share space in Highland Park 90042 in 2020 and beyond?
Performed by a cast of 30+ people from Highland Park, Occidental students and Cornerstone, HIGHLAND PARK IS HERE takes us on a virtual journey from York to Figueroa and the Arroyo, from yesterday to tomorrow, from fact to fantasy, all told through the stories of the people who live there.
Cornerstone Theater Company’s HIGHLAND PARK IS HERE is created in/with/for the residents of Highland Park and in partnership with the Occidental College Theater Department and Oxy Arts.
Highland Park is Here will be presented online from November 19-22, 2020. Thursday Friday and Saturday evening performances at 7:30pm PST and Sunday matinee at 2:00pm PST. Tickets are FREE and will be available online starting November 5, 2020. Visit Cornerstonetheater.org or call 1-800-578-1335 for more information.
Cast member Marita de la Torre at The Offbeat Bar, rehearsing one of a handful of performances on location in Highland Park.
CREDITS
Artistic Team
Michael John Garcés, Director
Mark Valdez, Playwright
Page Leong, Choreographer
Carlos Melgar, Composer
Lynn Jeffries, Production Designer
John Nobori, Sound Designer
Jared Mezzocchi, Creative Director for Virtual Performance
Nikki Hyde, Production Stage Manager
And featuring the talents of: Adrianne Alvarez-Jackson, Karla Antone, Rebecca Bermudez, Kendell Byrd, Sevan Cash, Jayleen Chavarria, Alejandro Chavez, Dolores Chavez, Naomi E. Cornejo, Rose G. Donahue, Marita De La Torre, Gina DeLuca, Adam Flores, Alejandra Flores, Cecille Forsyth Rios, Simran Fulton, Zachary Goldsmith, Peter Howard, Abby Howell, Sarah Kozinn, Afreen Mann Majumdar, Beret Malmgren, Ebony McConico-Garcia, Michael Mejia, Jenna Morris, Daniela Naranjo, Ana Isabel Narvaez, Irene Narvaez, Elisa O’Malley, Hoyeon Park, Kenny Ramos, Gabriel Rodriguez, Autumn Scott, Elinor Taylor, Richard Tom, Isabella Vidal, Ralph Waxman, Jona Yadidi
LEAD ARTIST BIOS
MARK VALDEZ (Playwright)
Mark Valdez is a director, writer, and producer based in Los Angeles. Directing credits include world premiere productions by Erik Ehn, Jose Cruz Gonzalez, Peter Howard, Tom Jacobson, Will MacAdams, Tracey Scott Wilson, and others. Currently Mark is working with 15 Latino artists of various disciplines to create DJ Latinidad's Latino Dance Party, a performance that explores latinidad in contemporary U.S. culture, through the lens of a dance party. Most recently, Valdez was the Executive Director of the Network of Ensemble Theaters (NET), a national community of artists and arts organizations dedicated to collaborative creation. Mark has led workshops and participated in numerous panels. He is the recipient of a Princess Grace Award for Directing and for Special Projects, a MAP grant, and a NALAC Artist Grant.
MICHAEL JOHN GARCÉS (Director)
Michael has been a Cornerstone ensemble member since 2006. Directing credits at the company include Native Nation (presented by ASU Gammage) and Urban Rez by Larissa FastHorse; California: The Tempest by Alison Carey; Plumas Negras by Juliette Carrillo; Café Vida by Lisa Loomer; Making Paradise by Tom Jacobson, Shishir Kurup and Deborah Wicks La Puma; and What Happens Next by Naomi Iizuka (a La Jolla Playhouse "Without Walls" production in association with Cornerstone). Plays he has written for Cornerstone include Magic Fruit; Los Illegals; and The Forked Path, a collaboration with the Van der Hoeven Kliniek and Stut Theatre in the Netherlands. Other recent directing credits include the just and the blind, by Marc Bamuthi Joseph and composer Daniel Bernard Roumain (Carnegie Hall), Seize the King by Will Power (The Alliance); Larissa FastHorse's The Thanksgiving Play (The Geffen Playhouse); The Royale by Marco Ramirez (Arizona Theatre Company); Epic by Ellen Struve (The Great Plains Theatre Commons); and Wrestling Jerusalem by Aaron Davidman (Intersection for the Arts, The Guthrie Theatre and Cleveland Public Theatre). Michael is a recipient of the 2020 Doris Duke Artist Award, the Princess Grace Statue, and the Alan Schneider Director Award. He serves as first vice president of the executive board of SDC, the theatrical union for stage directors and choreographers.
FUNDING CREDITS
Highland Park Is Here is made possible in part by grants from the Annenberg Foundation; the California Arts Council, a state agency; Capital Group; the James Irvine Foundation; Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors through the Los Angeles County Department of Arts and Culture; Los Angeles Department of Cultural Affairs; the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation; the National Endowment for the Arts; the Shubert Foundation; the Edgerton Program in Theater at Occidental College; the Kathryn Caine Wanlass Charitable Foundation; and US Bank.
ABOUT CORNERSTONE THEATER COMPANY
Cornerstone Theater Company has been making new plays with and about communities throughout Los Angeles and beyond since 1986. Nationally recognized as a leader in community-engaged theater, our plays celebrate many voices as we strive to include people new to theater experiences as artists and/or audience. Combining the artistry of people with many levels of theatrical experience, we act upon the conviction that artistic expression is civic engagement and that access to a creative forum is essential to the wellness and health of every individual and community. Our plays are staged in theaters, parking lots, factories, schools and subway stations. Each venue is specific to its project and community; audiences pay what they can so our performances are always accessible to all. Visit Cornerstonetheater.org and follow the story on social media @cornerstonetheater on Facebook and Instagram, @cornerstonethtr on Twitter and youtube.com/CornerstoneTheater.
Cast member Peter Howard with Rosamaria Marquez at her Rock Rose Gallery, rehearsing one of a handful of performances on location in Highland Park.
Today is the 7th Annual Gil Cedillo Latin Jazz Festival and Joe won. And Poetry!
Councilmember Gil Cedillo Hosts FREE Virtual 7th Annual Latin Jazz and Music Festival
Saturday, November 7, 2020, from 5:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m.
Councilmember Gil Cedillo, Jose Rizo’s Mongorama and Gilbert Castellanos Latin Jazz Ensemble performing
Available on the following platforms:
Livestream: http://gilcedillo.com/livestream
Website: http://www.gilcedillo.com
Facebook: Councilmember Gilbert Cedillo
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/cmgilcedillo/
Wander over to Poet’s Place to enjoy poetry by Linda Kaye and her collection of poets.
Please wander over to the newest page, The Creative Space, and learn about creativity and where people find their creative space.
Tomorrow is the Big Day! Vote is You Haven't Already. Also, This Weekend is the Latin Jazz Festival!
Watch Councilmember Cedillo’s FREE Seventh Annual Latin Jazz and Music Festival on his custom streaming page and social media platforms on Saturday, November 7th. During and before the broadcast we are requesting contributions on Square for El Centro Del Pueblo’s 24thAnnual Turkey Giveaway and Thanksgiving meal delivery to senior citizens and families in need.
https://www.twitch.tv/latinjazzmusicfestival
Facebook.com/cmgilcedillo
@cmgilcedillo
Vea el Séptimo Festival Anual de Jazz y Música Latino del Concejal Cedillo en su página de streaming personalizado y plataformas de redes sociales el sábado 7 de noviembre. Durante y antes de la transmisión estamos solicitando contribuciones en Square para el 24o sorteo anual de El Centro Del Pueblo y entrega de comidas de Acción de Gracias a personas de la tercera edad y familias necesitadas.
https://www.twitch.tv/latinjazzmusicfestival
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Less than a Week...Have You Voted Yet?
Pandemic Halloween is almost here!!
Do you know where you need to go to vote? Find out here.
If you aren’t familiar with Craft in America, based here in Los Angeles, and viewed on PBS, you should be Please check out their newest episode Craft in America: Democracy.
https://www.pbs.org/craft-in-america/tv-series/democracy/
VOTE!! VOTE!! VOTE!! VOTE!!
2020 New Original Works (NOW) Festival artists Primera Generación Dance Collective, Xiaoyue Zhang, randy reyes. Photo credits: Bobby Gordon; Yikai Luc Wu; jose e abad.
More Events You Need to Save the Date For...art, music, good times. And don't forget to vote!
Please allow me to distract you with some cool upcoming events and information you need to know about. Have you voted yet? Please do. Don’t wait until the last minute. Vote!!
Watch Councilmember Cedillo’s FREE Seventh Annual Latin Jazz and Music Festival on his custom streaming page and social media platforms on Saturday, November 7th. During and before the broadcast we are requesting contributions on Square for El Centro Del Pueblo’s 24thAnnual Turkey Giveaway and Thanksgiving meal delivery to senior citizens and families in need.
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Vea el Séptimo Festival Anual de Jazz y Música Latino del Concejal Cedillo en su página de streaming personalizado y plataformas de redes sociales el sábado 7 de noviembre. Durante y antes de la transmisión estamos solicitando contribuciones en Square para el 24o sorteo anual de El Centro Del Pueblo y entrega de comidas de Acción de Gracias a personas de la tercera edad y familias necesitadas.
Made in L.A. 2020: a version
Off-site Projects by Larry Johnson and Kahlil Joseph Accessible Now
Image captions (L-R): Larry Johnson, Palmistry 2, 2020. Made in L.A. 2020: a version. Installation view at West Eighth Street and South Alvarado Street. Photo: Joshua White / JWPictures.com; Kahlil Joseph, BLKNWS®, 2018—ongoing. Two-channel fugitive newscast. Made in L.A. 2020: a version. Installation view at Hank’s Mini Market. Photo: Jeff McLane.
Made in L.A. 2020: a version
Off-site Projects by Larry Johnson and Kahlil Joseph Accessible Now
Artist Project Updates at the Hammer and The Huntington
(Los Angeles, CA)—While the Hammer Museum and The Huntington Library, Art Museum, and Botanical Gardens await state and county public health approvals to safely reopen their galleries for Made in L.A. 2020: a version, Angelenos can get a preview of the biennial via two artist projects located around the city. The exhibition catalog, which showcases newly commissioned interventions made by artists specifically for the page and functions as another “version” of the exhibition, is also available.
Made in L.A. 2020: a version, the fifth iteration of the Hammer’s biennial exhibition highlighting the practices of artists working throughout greater Los Angeles, is cocurated by Myriam Ben Salah and Lauren Mackler, with the Hammer’s Ikechukwu Onyewuenyi as assistant curator of performance. All 30 artists included in Made in L.A. 2020: a version will be represented at both the Hammer and The Huntington—in two versions that make up the whole—with select off-site and online interventions in between.
The exhibition’s opening date is dependent on Los Angeles County guidance allowing museums to reopen to the public, in keeping with the State of California’s “Blueprint for a Safer Economy.” Updates about exhibition dates will be shared via the Hammer website and The Huntington website.
Two off-site projects are accessible now, installed throughout the city. The first episode of an artist-created podcast series conceived as part of the exhibition will be available soon. Larry Johnson’s new site-specific works are now on view on five commercial billboards in the MacArthur Park neighborhood throughout the run of the exhibition. Their content features site-specific texts and visuals. Poetic and humorous interventions into space and local geography, the billboards quote their cultural and quotidian environment. Two of the billboards are located near the intersection of South Alvarado Street and Eighth Street, two near the intersection of South Rampart Boulevard and Seventh Street, and a fifth nearby at Seventh Street and Hoover Street. The presentation is coproduced by The Billboard Creative.
Kahlil Joseph’s ambitious installation of BLKNWS®, a conceptual news program that blurs the lines between art, reporting, entrepreneurship, and cultural critique, is installed in satellite sites around the city. Coproduced by LAND (Los Angeles Nomadic Division), the two-channel video presentations of BLKNWS® are being hosted predominantly in Black-owned businesses such as barbershops and cafés and in other sites of community gathering, as well as commercial hubs and healthcare facilities.
Six sites can be viewed without reservation, with social distancing practices in place: Patria Coffee Roasters (108 Alameda St.), Sole Folks (4317 Degnan Blvd.), Natraliart Jamaican Restaurant (3426 W. Washington Blvd.), Bloom & Plume Coffee (1638 W. Temple St.), Hank’s Mini Market (3301 W. Florence Ave.), and Go Get ‘Em Tiger (5916 N. Figueroa St.).
BLKNWS® will also be on view at the Hammer Museum and the Underground Museum, pending approval from LA County for museums to open to the public. More BLKNWS® sites will be confirmed and updated throughout the run of the exhibition. A full list and a map showing each location are available on the websites of the Hammer, The Huntington, and LAND. Major support is provided by Aubrey Drake Graham.
SON., a platform founded in 2016 by Justen LeRoy, has created a new podcast to be released in conjunction with Made in L.A. 2020: a version The first episode will be available soon, and nine more episodes will be released at two-week intervals during the run of the exhibition. The podcast will be available on such platforms as Spotify, Google Podcasts, and Apple Podcasts. Recorded in SON.’s headquarters at the South Central barbershop Touched By An Angel, the episodes feature conversations, cultural commentary, newly commissioned music, and special guests. In the first episode, LeRoy talks to author and activist Darnell Moore (No Ashes in the Fire: Coming of Age Black and Free in America) and filmmaker and entrepreneur Curtis Taylor Jr. (The Greens Co.) with soundscape by producer Slauson Malone. Podcast updates will be shared via the Hammer website and The Huntington website. Looking toward the opening of Made in L.A. 2020: a version in the Hammer and Huntington galleries, some artist projects have been adjusted and reimagined in light of COVID-19 safety considerations, particularly performance-based works and installations. Three previously announced performance weekends will no longer take place in person. Instead, most performances will be transferred to an online stage and presented digitally. Artist and writer Aria Dean will build an ambitious sculptural installation of two-way mirrors in the Hammer Museum’s galleries as a set for a play, which will unfurl in three episodes. In lieu of live performances, each episode will be recorded within the installation and then broadcast on screens that are part of the sculpture. The three episodes of the play will also be presented online, in turn, like a teleplay.
Jacqueline Kiyomi Gork will construct an open-air, two-room structure containing loudspeakers and a performer outdoors on the Annenberg Family Terrace at the Hammer. She will present a performance four times per week for the length of the exhibition. In concert with one another, the loudspeakers and the performer will create an evolving assemblage of sound that reconsiders public speech and its content, delivery, and reception. The creation of this work is made possible by a generous contribution from VIA Art Fund.
Artist, archivist, filmmaker, and dancer Harmony Holiday will write, direct, and record a one-person play, God’s Suicide, about the five rarely acknowledged suicide attempts by writer James Baldwin. No longer a live performance, the recorded play will be a film premiering online at a date to be announced, and an excerpt will be presented in the galleries.
Artist Nicola L.’s installation La Chambre en fourrure (The Fur Room), which is being recreated with the artist’s estate for presentation in the Hammer galleries, will no longer be interactive. Instead, video documentation will demonstrate the activation of the room with people stepping into the “penetrable” body shapes within the installation.
Dancer and choreographer Ligia Lewis will present her work deader than dead in a video translation of the original performance piece. Initially developed as a choreography for 10 dancers that would “out-die” each other in corners and other “dead spaces” within the galleries to consider the notion of deadpan and “corpsing” in theater, Lewis has reduced the performance to three people and redesigned the piece as a full-fledged theatrical work to be performed in the galleries at a later date.
Sonya Sombreuil COME TEES created a venue within the exhibition at the Hammer that will host a series of activations that will feature artists, filmmakers, musicians, and others from her community. The artists on view include Dee Alvarado, Jan Gatewood, Narumi Nekpenekpen, and Yoma Ru. Among the monthly interventions planned for the duration of the exhibition are films by Alima Lee, Maia Ruth Lee, and Fox Maxy; live music by Eartheater, Esra Padgett as Chicklette, Jasmine Nyende (of Fuck U Pay Us), and Davia Spain; and a fashion show by NO SESSO. Instead of in-person experiences, documentation videos of the interventions will be shared online. The creation of this work is made possible by a generous contribution from UGG. Writer and curator Sabrina Tarasoff—whose recent research project has been focused on the work of the 1980s “poetry-gang” that gathered at Beyond Baroque literary center for Dennis Cooper and Amy Gertsler’s Wednesday night poetry series—will revitalize this living archive through a haunted house installation at The Huntington, which will have a limited capacity of one visitor at a time. A complementary programming series will be presented at the Hammer, rallying the poets and artists who have been the subjects of her research. These programs include a restaging of Tea with Tosh, the late 1980s cable-access show hosted by the writer Tosh Berman, in which he interviewed various figures from the literary scene; a screening of Fear of Poetry (1983), a documentary about Beyond Baroque’s young poets in the 1980s, directed by Gail Kaszynski; and a panel discussion of haunted houses with the writer Dennis Cooper. Made in L.A. 2020 Artists Mario Ayala (b. 1991, Los Angeles, CA)Aria Dean (b. 1993, Los Angeles, CA)Hedi El Kholti (b. 1967, Rabat, Morocco)Buck Ellison (b. 1987, San Francisco, CA)Niloufar EmamifarChristina Forrer (b. 1978, Zürich, Switzerland)Harmony Holiday (b. 1982)Patrick Jackson (b. 1978, Los Angeles, CA)Larry Johnson (b. 1959, Lakewood, CA)Kahlil Joseph (b. 1981, Seattle, WA)Ann Greene Kelly (b. 1988, New York, NY)Jacqueline Kiyomi Gork (b. 1982, Long Beach, CA)Nicola L. (b. 1937, Mazagan, Morocco; d. 2018, Los Angeles, CA)Brandon D. Landers (b. 1985, Los Angeles, CA)SON. (Justen LeRoy) (founded 2016)Ligia Lewis (b. 1983, Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic)Monica Majoli (b. 1963, Los Angeles, CA)Jill Mulleady (b. 1980, Montevideo, Uruguay)Diane Severin Nguyen (b. 1990, Carson, CA)Alexandra Noel (b. 1989, Columbus, OH)Mathias Poledna (b. 1965, Vienna, Austria)Umar Rashid (b. 1976, Chicago, IL)Reynaldo Rivera (b. 1963, Mexicali, Mexico)Katja Seib (b. 1989, Dusseldorf, Germany)Ser Serpas (b. 1995, Los Angeles, CA)Sonya Sombreuil / COME TEES (b. 1986, Santa Cruz, CA)Jeffrey Stuker (b. 1979, Fort Collins, CO)Beyond Baroque by Sabrina Tarasoff (b. 1991, Jyväskylä, Finland)Fulton Leroy Washington (aka MR. WASH) (b. 1954, Compton, CA)Kandis Williams (b. 1985, Baltimore, MD)
CATALOG AND COMPANION PUBLICATION
The exhibition catalog, now available at the Hammer store online and the Huntington Store online, draws inspiration from historical artist magazines and serves as a third “version” of the show, showcasing newly commissioned interventions made by artists specifically for the page. There also will be a companion publication published after Made in L.A. 2020: a version to include programs, conversations, and other records of the work comprising the biennial. Both publications are designed by Studio Ella and distributed worldwide by DelMonico Books•Prestel.
MOHN AWARDS
Funded through the generosity of Los Angeles philanthropists and art collectors Jarl and Pamela Mohn, The Mohn Award ($100,000) and the Career Achievement Award ($25,000) will be selected by a professional jury, and the Public Recognition Award ($25,000) will be determined through a public vote at both locations. All the artists in the exhibition are eligible to receive the awards.
In 2018 Lauren Halsey received the Mohn Award for the community-oriented installation The Crenshaw District Hieroglyph Project (Prototype Architecture); Daniel Joseph Martinez received the Career Achievement Award; and EJ Hill received the Public Recognition Award. Other past Mohn Award recipients include Adam Linder (2016), Alice Könitz (2014), and Meleko Mokgosi (2012).
RELATED PROGRAMS
There will be a full slate of related public programs presented online throughout the run of the exhibition, including film screenings with Hedi El Kholti, a series of panels by Kandis Williams, Beyond Baroque-related programs organized by Sabrina Tarasoff, short curator-led talks about individual artists in the exhibition, and more. Please check the Hammer website and The Huntington website for further details.
ABOUT MADE IN L.A.
The Hammer’s biennial exhibition series Made in L.A. focuses exclusively on artists from the Los Angeles region with an emphasis on emerging and under-recognized artists. The biennial debuts new installations, videos, films, sculptures, performances, and paintings commissioned specifically for the exhibition and offers a snapshot of the current trends and practices coming out of Los Angeles, one of the most active and energetic art communities in the world. Made in L.A. began in 2012 with subsequent iterations in 2014, 2016, and 2018, and followed the tradition of the Hammer Invitational exhibitions, which occurred every two years and included Snapshot (2001), International Paper (2003), Thing (2005), Eden’s Edge (2007), Nine Lives (2009), and All of this and nothing (2011). Made in L.A. 2012 was organized by a team of curators from the Hammer Museum and LAXART: Hammer senior curator Anne Ellegood, Hammer curator Ali Subotnick, LAXART director and chief curator Lauri Firstenberg, LAXART associate director and senior curator Cesar Garcia, and LAXART curator-at-large Malik Gaines. Made in L.A. 2014 was organized by Hammer chief curator Connie Butler and Los Angeles–based independent curator Michael Ned Holte. Made in L.A. 2016 was organized by Hammer curator Aram Moshayedi and LAXART director Hamza Walker. Made in L.A. 2018 was organized by Hammer senior curator Anne Ellegood and associate curator Erin Christovale, with curatorial associate MacKenzie Stevens.
CREDIT
Made in L.A. 2020: a version is organized by the Hammer Museum in partnership with The Huntington Library, Art Museum, and Botanical Gardens.
The exhibition is organized by independent curators Myriam Ben Salah and Lauren Mackler, with the Hammer’s Ikechukwu Onyewuenyi, assistant curator of performance.
Made in L.A. 2020 is presented by
The exhibition is made possible in part by the Mohn Family Foundation and members of the Hammer Circle. Major support is provided by Apple Music, Bill Hair, Mark Sandelson and Nirvana Bravo, Darren Star, The Fran and Ray Stark Foundation, UGG, and VIA Art Fund. Additional funding is provided by Emily and Teddy Greenspan, Michael Silver, Forest Hill Entertainment, and the Pasadena Art Alliance.
This exhibition is part of The Huntington’s Centennial Celebration, which is made possible by the generous support of Avery and Andrew Barth, Terri and Jerry Kohl, and Lisa and Tim Sloan. This exhibition’s presentation at The Huntington is also supported by The Philip and Muriel Berman Foundation, Maribeth and Hal Borthwick, and The Ahmanson Foundation Exhibition and Education Endowment.
Made in L.A.: a version is supported in part by an award from the National Endowment for the Arts.
The Virtual Brewery Artwalk • Fall 2020
Join us for a live virtual tour of the world's largest artist colony brought to you by LA Art Tours. This event is free and open to all. SEE HOW ARTISTS LIVE AND WORK
The Brewery Arts Complex is a live/work artist colony located in downtown Los Angeles. Explore the 12 acre complex from the comfort of your home. Discover new original artwork, talk directly to the artists and view historic architecture as dozens of resident artists (virtually) open their studios during this unique online event brought to you by LA Art Tours.HOW TO PARTICIPATE
LA Art Tours will host 2 virtual tours per day (Sat Oct 24 & Sun Oct 25) via zoom webinar. Sign up today! Registration and scheduling info is on our website. www.breweryartwalk.com/virtual-artwalkFor those unable to participate via zoom, we will also be live streaming the tours on the Brewery Artwalk website, Facebook live and Youtube live. FOR MORE INFORMATION VISIT:
www.breweryartwalk.com
www.laarttours.com
Upcoming Good Times! Save the Date!
Destination of Event:
https://www.twitch.tv/latinjazzmusicfestival
We deserve some fun and good times, right? Yes we do! So here are some upcoming art shows and events you may be interested in. We are all in need of some good distractions.
At the Huntington…
VIRTUAL PROGRAMS AND EVENTS
More public programs are added regularly; check huntington.org for updates
—OCTOBER—
ZOOM LECTURE
The Huntington Library at One Hundred and One: Eleven Million Items and Still Counting
Friday, Oct. 16, 3 p.m.–4 p.m. (PST)
Free with reservation: Click here to reserve
(Zoom link will be sent to attendees in registration confirmation email.)
Join the Huntington Library's curators for stories about some of its most remarkable and surprising acquisitions. The program is presented by Rare Books LA.
ZOOM LECTURE
The Past in the Present: America’s Founding and Us
Saturday, Oct. 17, 4 p.m.–5 p.m. (PST)
Free with reservation: Click here to reserve
(Zoom link will be sent to attendees in registration confirmation email.)
Annette Gordon-Reed—Pulitzer Prize-winning author, professor of history and law at Harvard University, and one of the nation’s authorities on the founding of the U.S.—discusses how Americans today deal with problematic historical figures such as Thomas Jefferson and George Washington, with the inaugural lecture for the Shapiro Center for American History and Culture at The Huntington.
ZOOM LECTURE
What Is a Second Edition? A Pictorial Introduction to Bibliographical Terms
Wednesday, Oct. 21, 10 a.m.–11 a.m. (PST)
Free with reservation: Click here to reserve
(Zoom link will be sent to attendees in registration confirmation email.)
How are first editions different from later ones? How do you tell a reprint from a reissue? In this webinar, Huntington Curator of Rare Books Stephen Tabor explains how printing technology developed from the hand-press period to the early 20th century, shows how to spot different typesettings and impressions, and explores how basic bibliographical terms have been used variously by book historians, publishers, and booksellers. Illustrations include examples of varying quality to show how photographic reproductions can produce false clues and digital red herrings. The webinar is useful for collectors (or people thinking of becoming collectors), dealers, and anybody who works with printed texts or digital copies of originals. This event is part of an ongoing webinar series presented by the Library’s Reader Services Department.
ZOOM LECTURE
The Past and Future of The Huntington's Asian Gardens
Thursday, Oct. 29, 4 p.m. (PST)
Free with reservation: Click here to reserve
(Zoom link will be sent to attendees in registration confirmation email.)
For this presentation, James Folsom, Telleen/Jorgensen Director of the Botanical Gardens, recounts the physical and intellectual origins of Liu Fang Yuan, reminding us of the many people, ideas, and activities that brought this garden and endeavor to its current state—15 acres of pavilions, pathways, landscape, and water features—the largest Chinese Garden in the United States.
VIRTUAL HALOWEEN EVENT
Strange Science: Tales From the Vault
For members: Tuesday, Oct. 27, 10 a.m. (PST)
General public: Saturday, Oct. 31, 10 a.m. (PST)
Discover the eerier side of The Huntington in a virtual event where curators and botanists share rarely seen objects and otherworldly stories from deep inside the collections. Enter a mysterious world of ghoulish characters and bizarre plants. Indulge in cocktails and treats you can make at home. Enter our costume contest by submitting a photo online. Enjoy talks, art, and demos geared toward adults, and family-friendly treats and activities.
Cocktail kits are available for purchase online and pickup at 1919 café. The Huntington Store has a special selection of Strange Science and Halloween merchandise.
ONLINE FAMILY ACTIVITY
Funtington: Family Fun with The Huntington
Saturday, Nov. 14, 10 a.m. (PST)
Join us for our Funtington Family Saturday, a day of free online fun for families, featuring videos from our community partners that celebrate artists in our communities. Highlights include Porfirio Gutierrez’s “Living Color: Carmine Red,” the Pablove Foundation’s photography show, a WriteGirl poetry reading, and The Heart of Los Angeles (HOLA) Art Show, inspired by plants in our botanical collections.
Museum of Neon Art (MONA) Vies for Chance to Showcase John Oliver’s “Last Week Tonight" Art Collection
After nearly 8 months of closure MONA hopes to raise funds to pay staff, build awareness about struggling small museums, host a wacky art exhibition viewable for free to the public, and sponsor a local food bank in the process
MONA Concept Art by Paul Manchester
Screenshot of John Oliver on “Last Week Tonight”
Glendale, CA After encouragement from community members and the MONA Board of Trustees, the Museum of Neon Art, a 39 year old institution dedicated to electric, kinetic, and neon art, and historic signage has put it’s hat in the ring for the chance of showcasing three artworks that are a part of the John Oliver’s “Last Week Tonight” art collection.
The collection includes a portrait of famed TV personality Wendy Williams eating a porkchop, a cubist style composition featuring two rats locked in a passionate embrace, and a painting of a bundle of ties belonging to Larry Kudlow, Director of the United States Economic Council, fashioned in a photo realistic style by his wife. “We’ve dabbled a bit in the art market this year and have acquired a small but high-quality collection of modern masterpieces,” John Oliver said at the end of his show last week. “Tonight, I’m proud to announce that this collection is available to go on tour. That is right, we’re inviting any US museum — as long as they can safely show them — to apply to host these masterpieces.”
Each of the five museums selected for this traveling exhibition will receive a donation of $10,000 from ”Last Week Tonight”, with an additional $10,000 donation from the show to a food bank in the museum's city. If selected for the opportunity MONA would artfully display the works from the museum’s public facing windows so that viewers could enjoy or puzzle over) the exhibition free of charge. Over 11,000 pedestrians pass by MONA’s windows each week and the museum has a following of over 45,000 on social media channels, so the curious collection would get a new audience while the Museum of Neon Art could shed light on the plight that many museums, art centers, and performance venues have faced due to the pandemic.“Museums are caretakers of objects, translators of meaning, meeting places for community, places of learning, refuge for thinkers to imagine the improbable, among many other things. Small museums are also testing grounds, quirky outposts, and unique place-makers. Much like the mom and pop businesses that MONA honors, small arts institutions have a ripple effect in the community they exist in, and once lost can never be completely regained. Covid has put these one-of-a-kind institutions at risk. The stories they tell, the communities they foster, and the unique perspectives they offer the world,” says Executive Director Corrie Siegel.
Like "Last Week Tonight", MONA presents the wacky, tacky, uncomfortable, disturbing, and inspiring parts of American history in an engaging manner. Instead of comedy the Museum does this through showcasing art and historic signage (though some of their signage and art can be quite humorous). ”Neon is a democratic art form that weaves itself through daily life, our museum aims to share this art-form with the public in a way that transforms the audience encounter with neon, whether it is an artwork or a shop sign” says MONA Executive Director Corrie Siegel. MONA’s collection of historic signs help to tell American history through Mom and Pop stories that reveal that the history of this nation is diverse, complex, and nuanced. The art and signage MONA houses weave stories about Japanese American Internment, the Aids crisis, African American success stories, and Hollywood romance. The Museum’s collection of neon art addresses critical issues, and creates playful objects from scientific principles. Hosting John Oliver's collection would buy MONA more time to weather the closure of the museum, draw in a new audience, and help to ensure that this one-of-a-kind institution makes it to its 40th birthday next year. We believe our collection of anthropomorphic neon creatures provides a context for the rat erotica painting in Oliver’s collection and the museum’s Doc Kilzum exterminator sign weaves a tragic-romantic narrative arc of star crossed rat lovers, and the untimely end of their progeny.
During its closure MONA has lost over $130,000 in revenue. Due to state and local restrictions, Museums in LA County must remain closed, however small museums like MONA raise most operating costs from museum admission. The museum also hosts neon bending classes, and the Neon Cruise, a special tour of historic neon lights from the top of a double decker bus. Since the museum has considerable fixed expenses, including rent, and salaries for a skeleton crew, MONA’s very existence is threatened. If given the money MONA would restore staff who have been working in a decreased capacity, so that the team could create more safe social distanced programs for the public, and to promote the traveling exhibition, so all residents of LA County would have the privilege of gazing upon Wendy Williams indulging in a delicious snack. “The 8 months of closure the Museum of Neon Art faced has enabled us to reimagine how the museum can function for its audience, and though we have seen wildly successful engagement online with our free downloadable self guided tours, family guide, studio takeovers, and historic takeovers, these can’t keep the lights on” says Executive Director Corrie Siegel.Individuals interested in supporting MONA can donate here: https://www.neonmona.org/support-mona/
Less than One Month...October is Here!
A fresh month brings a fresh batch of poetry from Poet’s Place. We need poetry during these weird and zany times. Please go over to Linda’s page and check out what she has to offer this month.
It’s less than a month until Election Day, but you can start voting now. Did you get your voter information in the mail? If you haven’t, you may want to make sure you’re registered to vote. I received mine the other day and am going back and forth on whether I want to vote ASAP or wait until Election Day, which happens to be my birthday. Hmmm. At least I have a moment to decide.
Did you check out the Highland Park Independent Film Festival this passed weekend? What a fun event and so well done, considering the pandemic getting in the way. They made it a drive-in over at the Eagle Rock Plaza and it was perfect! Cudos to my friends over there! Check out their website to learn more about what films were shown and who won the festival awards.
I look forward to seeing what they do next year!!
Save the Date! HPIFF Drive-In October 2-3
7th ANNUAL HIGHLAND PARK INDEPENDENT FILM FESTIVAL
ANNOUNCES 2020 PROGRAM LINE UP
To be screened
AT THE DRIVE-IN
(LOS ANGELES, CA – September 2020) The Highland Park Independent Film Festival (HPIFF), the grassroots Northeast Los Angeles based festival that is a first of its kind is doing something for the first time again for the NELA community. Every year, HPIFF celebrates the art of independent film and in 2020, it will be no different except for one thing: it will be a Drive-In experience. The group of filmmakers who put on the show decided that this year’s content providers deserved a big screen too so armed with possibility, they searched and found a partner in the Eagle Rock Plaza management where they will proudly showcase the array of quality films for the 2020 line up. HPIFF announced their program line up for the 7th annual edition. The showcase includes 22 Short Films ranging from live action narrative, comedy and documentary and across the spectrum in genres. Included are 5 World Premieres, 2 US Premieres and 2 Los Angeles Premieres.
The HPIFF Drive-In will take place for two nights on October 2nd and 3rd. Cars will be line up in a first come first serve basis starting at 7 pm and show starts at 8 pm at the Eagle Rock Plaza located at 2700 Colorado Boulevard, Los Angeles, CA 90041. VIP ticket option are available for the first two rows. Music by DJ AmA on Friday night and by DJ CEEZ on Saturday night. Engagement on the screen will start at 7 pm for those early arrivals! Pre-Sale tickets available now and going fast at www.hpifilmfest.com.
The two programs feature filmmakers from NELA, Los Angeles, the US and around the world. The Friday program titled From NELA W/Love: Cinerama spotlights films ranging from narratives of sci-fi, drama, action and thrillers. This line-up includes a World Premiere in Foghorn, a US Premiere in Fear of the Woods and an LA Premiere in Sunshine Room, a semi-finalist in the Student Academy Awards about how cutting-edge technology allows a young woman to grow up alongside her beloved Abuela but her financial realities threaten to erase their relationship - for good. The Saturday program, From NELA W/Love: Dramarama showcases strong narrative dramas, a documentary and a sprinkle of comedy. We are excited to boast of 4 World Premieres in Tristan and Isaac, Where the Stars Look Different, Menagerie, and We Belong Here and 1 US Premiere, Wilderness in this line-up. The lone documentary is Jimmy Alvarado’s “Eastside Punks: Episodes 2 - The Brat” focusing on East L.A. legends The Brat formed in the late 1970s and how they quickly cornered the market on smart, taut pop delivered with righteous punk fury by one of the tightest bands in the area.
Judging the films in competition will be Joe Palladino - Academic Advisor for Film Studies Program at UCSB and Awards will be announced at the end of each night.
COMPLETE LIST OF FILMS and MOVIE TIMES
Friday, October 2nd, 8 PM
We Choose To Go directed by Marlene Emilia Rios
Sunshine Room directed by Nick Lopez – LA Premiere
Green Cobra directed by Sigurd Culhane
Get Away directed by Christine Donlon, Amelia Morck
A Beautiful Nightmare directed by Kevin Lee Maxwell
Foghorn directed by Anna Salinas – World Premiere
The Fixer directed by Michael Schilf
TGIF the 13th - A Voorhees Vacation directed by Christopher Abbey
APPyness directed by Ryan Turner
Luvsik directed by Norman Bertolino
Fear of the Woods directed by Titus Paar – US Premiere
Saturday, October 3rd, 8 PM
Eastside Punks: Episodes 2: The Bratt directed by Jimmy Alvarado
Coupled directed by Emma Sofia Fazzuoli
Acuitzeramo directed by Miguel Angel Caballero
Bye Luna directed by Alexis Duran
Tristan and Isaac directed by Michaela Myers – World Premiere
Are You My Mommy directed by Gavin Michael Booth
Where the Stars Look Different directed by Daniel Addelson – World Premiere
Wilderness directed by Andrew Vasquez – US Premiere
Lydia Chlamydia directed by Juan Escobedo – LA Premiere
Menagerie directed by Lauren Mahoney – World Premiere
We Belong Here directed by Anna Lian Tes – World Premiere
For all synopses of films, www.hpifilmfest.com
About Highland Park Independent Film Festival (HPIFF)
We founded this festival with the express mission to promote the art of film. HPIFF is the first of its kind in Highland Park. Our grassroots organization invites filmmakers who produce the most unique and captivating independent cinema to share their work with our community. We foster emerging and established filmmakers providing forums for screening projects, networking with professionals, and mentoring students. To this end, our organization consists of three components: the Highland Park Independent Film Festival, which is an annual event held the first weekend in October featuring the works of filmmakers from Highland Park and around the world; the HPI Film Series, which consists of film screenings or participation in events designed to build community through film including the HPIFF Summer Film Series in association with the Arroyo Arts Collective and La Tierra De La Culebra Art Park, Lummis Days and Occidental College; and the HPIFF Mentorship Program, which offers film education primarily at Franklin High School and Monte Vista Elementary but open to schools throughout Northeast Los Angeles. (Example of our programming with the students: https://vimeo.com/367333606). Since our debut in 2014, we have mostly programmed at our home, the historic Highland Theatre, located off the Figueroa corridor of Historic Route 66. In addition to screenings of feature-length and short films, guests enjoy red carpet events, industry mixers, and panel discussions with film professionals. We are always searching for successful collaborations with local businesses, organizations and schools in the area. We build community through a shared love of film.
HPIFF Team:
Co-Founder & Artistic Director: Alessandro Gentile (Cinematographer, Film/Docu Director)
Co-Founder & Development Director: Mark Reitman (Music Producer, Sound Designer & DJ)
Co-Founder & Executive Director: Marita De La Torre (Actress, Writer, Film & Theater Director)
Production Coordinator / Producer: April Ibarra (Theater & Film Director)
Associate Producer: Terrence Butcher (Film Blogger)
Associate Producer: Max Solomon (Film Producer)
Brand Designer: Kristopher Lee Bicknell of Absurd Digital Imagery (Graphic Designer)
2020 Highland Park Independent Film Festival Sponsors include:
Presenting Sponsors: California Arts Council, Eagle Rock Plaza and Uptown Gay & Lesbian Alliance
Contributing Sponsor: Soquel Arts Collective
Media Sponsors: Boulevard Sentinel and LA Art News
Connect with HPIFF:
Website: http://www.hpifilmfest.com/
Facebook: @highlandparkindependentfilmfestival
Twitter and Instagram: @hpifilmfest
The smoke...the heat...who hid my motivation? It's September!
Poet’s Place is up. That I can get motivated to post because Linda Kaye is amazing, gathering poetry from her people. It’s this part, right now, that has been so hard to motivate myself to do. So now I will shut up and share some of the other things I also find helpful and useful and something that all of you might enjoy.
Have you saved the date? Well, you need to.
The Democratic Convention is On...
Have you registered to vote yet? Have you received any voter information yet. You should have. Anyway, he picked Kamala and I’m over the moon happy. The convention started tonight. Strange times we’re in, for sure. So I’m posting mid month to start warming myself up for the push to election day. If anyone has a poster or something they’d like posted here, send it on. As long as it’s not too over the top, it may get posted.
Below are a few save the date kind of items, like the Highland Park Independent Film Festival.
Or check out the art shows currently up at Cactus Gallery. Sandra has her annual Loteria show, which is a collector and artist favorite.
If you want to learn something new you can take a class either virtually or safely in person. This is a tad bit of shameless self promotion. Not entirely, but a bit. Take a class through These Hands Makers Collective, such as borosilicate glass chain making, or Torch fired enamel pendants with decals, or even silver metal clay. Yes, I teach all of those classes, and you need to see the other classes Denise offers. 15% off if they use the code: LAARTNEWS for a limited time. So many!! And they’re totally cool. Most are online, except for mine. Problem child that I am…
Three Months Until We Vote! August is Here!
It’s that time of the month and I’m updating this here site. You want some poetry? We’ve got your monthly dose over at Poet’s Place. Linda always has a fun array of talent to share what needs to be shared.
I am the biggest sucker for miniatures and love to put them into my art and jewelry whenever possible. I also am completely in love with the work of Tatsuya Tanaka’s work. Over at This is Colossal, they show his newest Covid appropriate pieces, which are amazing. Go check them out, then come back for more.
All images © Tatsuya Tanaka, shared with permission
Wear a Mask! It's July and We're Going Backwards!
Happy July!! Summer’s here! And we’re shutting down again. Well, how about that. In the meantime I’ll show you where the poetry is from Linda, and some suggestions on stuff to do from the Getty, among other things. Scroll down for more. And by the way, 4 months from today is election day. Expect us to get loud and political as we get closer to election day.
Furgatch House (San Diego, Calif.), (detail, image 4613-9K), Julius Shulman, 1970. Architect unknown. © J. Paul Getty Trust. Getty Research Institute, Los Angeles (2004.R.10)
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