September has arrived. Summer is almost over, yet it sure is warm outside. New shows are opening and some of the shows have in person receptions.
Go over to Poet’s Place and check out who Linda’s got this month.
Scroll down to see some of the shows that are coming up, as well as artist’s grant opportunities.
Over at Artwork Archives you can find out tons of information that is so relevant to artists. They’re showing upcoming shows for September, as well as grant opportunities. Check them out!
To all those that are vaccinated, I thank you. If there are any of you reading this that aren’t vaccinated, please get the shots. We don’t want you to get sick. Or pass it on to the vulnerable. That said, here we are mid summer and it’s hot and sweaty out. Good time to kick it and relax. Isn’t that what summer is for? At least August is.
Poet’s Place is up. Go check it out. Also, there’s a fresh post over at The Creative Space.
On the last Saturday of August it’s Play Music on the Porch Day, which has been created by Brian Mallman over 5 years ago. People gather on their porches from all over the world to Play Music. It’s a beautiful thing. Check out Brian’s Facebook page to learn more about it.
The LA Art Show is delighted to welcome back Citi as a sponsor this year. We’re thrilled that Citi has partnered with us to create a series of LA Art Show Gallerist Talks, to be presented live and broadcast globally during the show weekend, July 29th - August 1st. Presented by Citi, this state-of-the-art program will provide viewers with engaging in-depth looks at select exhibiting galleries through an immersive 3D virtual gallery experience, which can be found here.
Citi proposed the creation of this innovative platform last April, in an effort to include galleries from other parts of the world who might be limited in their ability to travel because of the pandemic. Committed to helping small businesses around the world, Citi hoped to show artwork by international artists in a new interactive format made accessible to potential collectors and audiences everywhere.
During the show weekend, Citi will host LIVE conversations about the outstanding artworks in the virtual exhibitions. Conversations will be livestreamed from Citi’s gallery space on the show floor, which will be curated with pieces from participating galleries. These Talks, including Q&As with the gallerists, will be broadcast globally from our 24-hour online channel on the LA Art Show website.
We invite you to join us throughout the weekend - in person at the LA ART SHOW, or virtually – to experience this exciting program. Please see the full event schedule below.
Citi Collection – Art & Industry Ad Campaign
Gallerist Talk July 29 at 9 pm PST
A close-up look at how Citi commissioned prominent artists from the mid-century into advertising between 1945 and 1959. For the first time, Citi will share highlights of this historic art and advertising campaign from its own collection.
Pigment Gallery – Mediterranean Views
Livestream Gallerist talk – July 30 at 2 pm PST
See Pigment Gallery’s beautiful space in Barcelona and learn about five artists, all from Spain, who use different media to capture beauty in two and three-dimensions.
Caldwell Snyder Gallery – Vibrant Motility
Livestream Gallerist Talk - July 30, 6 pm PST
Join us for a visit to this well-known gallery in Napa California, featuring a show of all-women painters who create resounding, energetic and beautiful interpretations of what they imagine.
Rebecca Hossack Art Gallery – IMAGO
Livestream Gallerist Talk - July 31 at 1 pm PST
Don’t miss an inside look at the beautiful space of Rebecca Hossack Art Gallery in London, featuring a fascinating mix of spectacular indigenous Australian art, alongside European contemporaries.
Simard Bilodeau – Finding Truth
Livestream Gallerist Talk – July 31 at 5 pm PST
In Finding Truth, Eve Marie and her husband and partner Guy, present artistic expressions of personal truths from their international roster of artists from Iran, Mexico City, Sweden and Brazil.
For more information on the Citi Virtual Gallery program at the LA Art Show visit: https://www.laartshow.com/citi/
To see our 24 hour content channel, viewable during the show weekend, click here.
Shows are back! In person, I’m standing next to someone style, shows have opened. No zoom…real people. Excited? I am. July is a busy month. LA Art Show. Pasadena Bead and Design Show. Art openings. Musical events, the Bowl is open! Of course I do keep my mask with me, just in case, as should you. Is there anything you’re excited about seeing? And excited about doing too!
Poet’s Place is up for July. Check it out. And scroll down to see information about all kinds of happenings around town.
Hurry Up! Last call for entries to the Highland Park Independent Film Festival. This event is always a good time and a great opportunity for film makers far and wide.
If you haven’t been to a bead show, well, I just don’t know what to say. This is one of the best, disclaimer, I’m showing in it! Come to Pasadena. Admission is good for all three days and there’s a discount you can use on the poster below. See you there. Find me and come by to say hi!
Take advantage of the discount code shown in the poster.
Can I admit right here and now that my current guilty guilty pleasure is Bennifer 2.0. There, I said it. Anyway, summer is pretty much here, it’s hotter than it should be, and there’s a closing shin dig over at the park for the Arroyo Arts Collectives “Fools for Hope”. Festivities begin at 2:00, Saturday June 19th. La Tierra de la Culebra @ 240 Ave 57. HighlandPark.
Join them this Saturday, June 19, from 2-5pm at La Tierra De La Culebra Art Park for the closing reception featuring a musical performance by Jessica Fichot. Our Poets will be back to read along with artist conversations and fun giveaways.
It's FREE to attend for all age groups, so feel free to invite your friends and family.
Come a little early and enjoy making art with nature
1:00pm - Workshop / Cyanotype Printing:
Cidne Hart invites you to make your own blue and white nature print with sunlight, leaves, water, dirt, and other found materials, using a photographic process that dates back to the 1840s.
Artists
Katrina Alexy, Ronald Carrillo, Mona Jean Cedar and Jeff Boynton, Joanne Chase-Mattillo, Mary Cheung, Cat Chiu Phillips, Pascaline Doucin-Dahlke, Lillian Doyle, Richard Ferguson, Karen Greenbaum-Maya, Cidne Hart, Linda Hoag, Heather Hoggan, Kristen Johannesen, Patty Sue Jones, Yvette Nicole Kolodji, Ashley Kruythoff, Lisa Montagne, Bill Ratner, Josie Roth, Robyn Sanford, Mary Torregrossa, and Ricardo Tomasz.
For a full list of exhibiting artists and poets, please visit: https://arroyoartscollective.org/fools-for-hope/
Email us your questions at arroyoartscollective@gmail.com
Fools For Hope is made possible in part through the generous support of the Department of Cultural Affairs and Los Angeles City Council Member Gil Cedillo, First District.
87-year-old Chinese American artist exhibits monumental work in MONA’s windows featuring hand crafted stained glass, metal, and neon.
One of my favorite ladies on the planet, Tessie Dong has a window over at MONA, the Museum of Neon Art, in Glendale. Please check out her beautiful work and what MONA says…
Glendale, CA Artist Tessie Dong and the Museum of Neon Art were planning to display the artist's monumental and delicate work in summer of 2020. Due to the pandemic, the exhibition of work by the 87-year-old artist was postponed until now, when visitors can enjoy the delicately handcrafted screen for free from the windows. Tessie Dong has been an artist all her life. “I've wanted to be an artist since I was in the first grade in China,” states Dong. Since the 1970’s Tessie Dong has created multimedia artworks ranging in scale from a few inches to up to 40 feet with materials such as steel rods, patinated sheet metal, paint, stained glass, textile, and neon. Tessie states, “I was working for a lot of banks creating woven pieces that were 40 feet long.To add dimension I proposed creating a welded metal structure to an architect with lace like metal and they approved it, when I got home I thought- what have I done? I realized I had to teach myself how to weld so I bought a welder and got to work.” Through her work in metalwork and neon, Dong creates elegant and rhythmic compositions that play with weight, delicacy, and light. The screen and chair that are displayed in the Museum of Neon Art’s windows are composed of undulating curves and circles that unify but also complicate the composition that contains stained glass, hand bent, and blown neon glass.
Tessie Dong was born in Canton, China. She moved to Arizona as a teenager and received an Associates of Art from Eastern Arizona College and later moved to Los Angeles for further study. She received her education at Art Center College of Design, specializing in commercial illustration. After photography grew in prominence as an advertising medium, Dong pivoted from illustrator to work in architectural model building. This attention to space and proximity to architects led her to propose monumental works, designed with architecture in mind. She conceived of and created large-scale architectural installations for banks, restaurants, tennis clubs, private homes and synagogues. The mediums she used ranged from batik canvases, painted dimensional murals, and multimedia sculptures. She is a skillful welder and glassblower who hand makes each element in her work, embracing the transformative capacities of color, light, and material. “I had to learn how to bend neon tubes in order to add them to my metal work so it's integrated in the whole,” states Dong. Dong’s 20-foot tower Enlightenment is permanently installed at the Chinatown branch of the LA Public Library.
The second degree black belt in Shotokan Karate, avid gardener, and artist states “I keep on going.” Several years ago Tessie Dong was offered a large art commision the same week that she was diagnosed with cancer. The artist pushed through with the commission, secretly battling her diagnosis through studio sessions, chemotherapy, radiation, and naps. Every day she would move towards completing the work, promising herself she would not die before it was finished. “I almost died of cancer, but designing and completing my 24' x 6’ x 2’ wall sculpture helped me to survive,” states Dong. The artist has been cancer free since.
Dong states, “My work is about interplay of space and form, of natural lines and industrial materials, of harmony and tension- it's sometimes hard to delineate where my pieces start and stop and where work and life intersect. There is nothing about my world that is not part of a vast composition: My garden, my house, my studio, my life. They reflect the same symbiosis of organic chance and composition which typifies my evolving work.” Tessie Dong’s work has been exhibited internationally and she has participated in several museum exhibitions. Her work is held in various private and corporate collections.
“My art is a continual process. My goal is to design and create multi-media works for public and private spaces to enhance human communication through artistic media. I grow with each project and then apply my extended experience to each future work,” says Dong.
“Tessie Dong’s work bursts with vitality and elegance. Though she often uses industrial materials, she subverts expectations of the materials she uses. We waited a year to share Tessie’s work and it was well worth the wait,” states MONA Executive Director Corrie Siegel.
Though the work can be seen and appreciated all day long, the best time to see it is at dusk or after nightfall. The exhibition will be on view until December of 2021.
Traffic is back. I just picked up a to-go order at an almost full restaurant. What I am truly looking forward to is less mask wearing, more hugging, sharing close spaces (with friends, not sure about strangers yet.) I look forward to more options and opportunities to see art and hear music. To share food and experiences with friends. Art openings…museums…I’ll be there. So please allow me to share some of the things I find interesting to go see and do. And of course go over to Poet’s Place and check out the offerings from Linda and her fabulous group of poets.
Sunday! Sunday! Sunday!! There are two classes, soldered chain bracelet and silver metal clay. You can do one or both. Check out the schedule over at These Hands, sign up, and we’ll see you Sunday!!
Metal clay is pretty darn cool.
You know you want to make your own sterling silver bracelet.
Check out the kids over at Artillery as they guide you through the galleries you should visit this coming week.
FEDERICO SOLMI
Luis De Jesus
BY COLE SWEETWOOD
“The show…points a finger towards the rampant deification of these historical figures…”
Pictured: Installation views of Don Reitz: Life is Not a Dress Rehearsal exhibition.
The Torrance Art Museum (TAM) proudly presents the schedule for the Summer 2021 exhibitions, beginning with an adventurous new community-based public art exhibition called Ultra! from July 17 through August 28, 2021.
SAVE THE DATE
JULY 29—AUGUST 1, 2021
The LA Art Show returns as a live in-person event this summer! Join us when the most comprehensive contemporary art show in America returns to the LA Convention Center July 29 - August 1, 2021. Tickets are on sale now!
To purchase tickets, visit:
LA Art Show Ticket Center
June Opportunities for Artists
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Each month we seek out and compile the best opportunities for artists. These are the best opportunities for artists with June deadlines.
Fu Shen 傅申 (born 1937, Shanghai; active Taiwan, United States, and China). Court of Assembled Worthies 集賢院, 2018. Handscroll, ink on paper; calligraphy written in running script. Image: 16 3/4 x 45 1/2 in. (42.5 x 115.5 cm); Mount: 17 1/2 x 54 in. (44.5 x 137 cm); Roller: 1 3/4 in. (4.5 cm). The Huntington Library, Art Museum, and Botanical Gardens.
“Fools for Hope”, a multi-disciplinary installation and live event on Saturday, May 22nd at 2:00pm
(Los Angeles) Northeast L.A.’s Arroyo Arts Collective present their Spring show “Fools for
Hope” - a public art installation, with photography, poetry and a community Wishing Wall,
presented on the grounds of Highland Park’s La Tierra de la Culebra Art Park.
Selected Artists:
Katrina Alexy, Ronald Carrillo, Mona Jean Cedar and Jeff Boynton, Joanne Chase-Mattillo,
Mary Cheung, Cat Chiu Phillips, Pascaline Doucin-Dahlke, Lillian Doyle, Richard Ferguson,
Karen Greenbaum-Maya, Cidne Hart, Linda Hoag, Heather Hoggan, Kristen Johannesen, Patty
Sue Jones, Yvette Nicole Kolodji, Ashley Krythoff, Lisa Montagne, Bill Ratner, Josie Roth,
Robyn Sanford, Mary Torregrossa, and Ricardo Tomasz. Musical Performances by: Christopher Garcia (5/22) and Jessica Fichot (6/19) All events arefamily-friendly and free to the public.
Opening Reception: Sat. May 22, 2021 from 2:00 to 5:00p.m. at
La Tierra de la Culebra Art Park, 240 South Avenue 57, Los Angeles, CA 90042.
Exhibition Dates: May 22 – June 19, 2021
Closing Reception: Sat. June 19, 2021 from 2:00 to 5:00p.m.
These events are free, will be open to the public and will follow all current CDC health
precautions for social distancing, with mandatory mask wearing for everyone in the Park. La Tierra de la Culebra Art Park is located close to public transportation, including the Dash Highland Park/Eagle Rock #83, the Metro Bus #81 and the Metro Gold Line (exit Highland Park Station). Via auto, it is close to the Via Marisol exits from the 110 freeway. Street parking is available but limited. Be sure to follow all posted parking restrictions. Ridesharing is encouraged.
“Fools for Hope” is supported in part through the generous support of the Department of
Cultural Affairs, City of Los Angeles, and by Los Angeles City Council Member Gil Cedillo and
Council District 1
“Fools for Hope” opening and closing events will be live-streamed at:
https://www.facebook.com/ArroyoArtsCollective
https://www.kazukitakizawa.com/
A collection of Kazuki Takizawa’s newest works in glass is currently being exhibited at the Craft Contemporary Museum in Los Angeles, CA. Reserve your tickets early! (Sunday: free admission!)
LOS ANGELES — Winged sentries guide the way ahead when, suddenly, the path gives way to a dark forest. Lost among the wilderness, the darkness is blinding. Yet just as the crushing weight of the darkness feels unbearable, a field of flowers appears. Set against the velvety blackness of the background, the flowers glisten like jewels. All around, glimmers of light catch in the most unexpected places: in the swirling pattern of the pebbles, in the shimmer of the air. A blue bird sits perched on a trunk, while steady drips of water ring in the distance. What seemed to be a sinister landscape before is transformed into one bursting with light, and life.
I’m double vaxxed, more than two weeks out and I feel great! I’ve been to two museums so far, hugged friends, and finally had a meal in doors at a restaurant. Baby steps that are also giant leaps forward. Last post I wrote a bit about Ai Weiwei at the Skirball, which you should all go check out.
Poet’s Place is up, so check out Linda’s group of poets and their poetry.
This past weekend I went over to MONA, the Museum of Neon Art, and saw Linda Sue Price and Michael Fletchner, as well as a wonderful exhibit, that included some of their work, and the work of a number of other artists.
Tanya Aguiñiga, Celebration Spectrum, 2021.
Welcome to Week One of WE RISE 2021! We’re thrilled to share a week of programming designed to encourage wellbeing and healing through art, connection, community engagement and creative expression – and there are many ways to join in!
We can’t wait to welcome you back!
Museums are open and if they haven’t opened yet, it will sure happen soon. I was very fortunate to get a press invitation to see the new Ai Weiwei show at the Skirball. What a wonderful experience to be out and in a cultural center. It’s been a minute. Please take the opportunity to visit the Skirball for this show.
Enter to be in this exhibit. Click on the image to link to the information.
Photo stolen from the Judson Studio Facebook page.
Go to Forest Lawn Museum to see the Judson Studio exhibit, opening April 28th, 2021. You will need to book your time due to the limited occupancy of the museum. Check out the article in the NY Times (may be subscription only or limited access).
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.
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!
Let the folks over at Artillery guide you to what to see right now. Like over at Ammy Sherald at Hauser Wirth.
Signs of the Times
In Person Classes!!
Check out the link to see the classes available!
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.
Over at Hyperallergic…An Online Haven for Lovers of Alexander Calder
Image from the Calder Foundation
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
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.
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
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 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
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.
Anna in the Desert (detail) – Photo courtesy Ted Meyer © 2020
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
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
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.
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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
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@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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@cmgilcedillo
