Friday, October 13, 2006

Venice Art Council News

Endangered Art Fund
beyond baroque
7 dudley cinema
electric lodge
Powerhouse Theatre
Moveon.org
Backboners
Mark Vallen: Day of the Dead
Artscene and links

----------------------------------------------------------------
Letter from Emily:

Hello Everyone!

I am seeking your support for funding from the Venice Neighborhood Council
for our first 2 projects by the Venice Arts Council Endangered Art Fund.
The Endangered Art Fund mission is to restore and preserve existing public
art in Venice. Due to budget cuts from several years ago, maintenance for
public art all over LA is suffering from damage due to aging and a great
deal of defacing by graffiti. There are a number of public art works in
Venice that need attention as I¹m sure you are well aware.

We have selected 2 murals the JAYA MURAL 316 Venice Blvd. and the ENDANGERED
SPECIES MURAL 801 Ocean Front Walk by myself, Emily Winters. The reason
being that they have been so badly defaced by graffiti, and the JAYA MURAL
also has a lot of damage from de-lamination. The property owners where
these two murals are located have contacted me that if these murals do not
have the graffiti removed and the murals restored they will have to paint
them out. They do not want to do this, but graffiti breeds graffiti so they
have no recourse but to paint the walls a solid color for easier graffiti
removal.

Following the guidelines requested by the VNC and DONE, we have reached a
final stage for approval from the VNC Board, Tues., Oct. 17 at 7pm. We
received 3 bids and selected Nathan Zakheim & Associates, a recognized and
respected mural conservation group recommended by Cultural Affairs. They
have developed new processes that will restore and preserve murals for
decades with easy maintenance. Their bid was also the lowest. We need to
raise $88,000 for the 2 murals and we are asking the VNC for $20,000. This
money will go only to the materials and supplies.

I am asking you for your support by either writing a letter to the Venice
Arts Council or the Venice Neighborhood Council, or email me your letter,
and/or coming to the meeting, fill out a speaker card, and speak in favor of
this project. Showing community support at this time is critical for the
approval of this request.

Letters of support to:
emilywinters@earthlink.net
Venice Arts Council 739 Palms Bl. Venice, CA 902921
Venice Neighborhood Council Dede Audet, President PO Box 550
Venice, CA 90291

Meeting: (BODIES NEEDED!!!!)
Oct. 17, Tuesday 7pm Westminster School Westminster entrance lots of
parking

Thank you for your consideration and hope to see you all there. If you come
to the meeting be sure and let me know that you are there, and let me know
ahead of time if you plan to come. If you have any questions, please
contact me.

Thank you so very much,

Emily
---------------------------------------------------------------
beyond baroque

14 October, Saturday - 7:30 PM
ROB LIPTON and ILYA KAMINSKY
ROB LIPTON is author of A Complex Bravery (Marick). He is director of literary arts at the Berkeley Art Center and was a longtime member of BB's Wednesday Poetry Workshop. His work has appeared in the Texas Observer, Parthenon West, and King Log . Rob is an activist and member of Jewish Voices for Peace. ILYA KAMINSKY is author of Dancing in Odessa (Tupelo), named "best poetry collection of 2005" by ForeWord Magazine. The book has won the Whiting Writers Award, the American Academy of Arts and Letters's Metcalf Award, Ruth Lilly Fellowship from Poetry magazine and the Dorset Prize.

20 October, Friday - 7:30 PM
HARRY NORTHUP and FRIENDS
Celebrate the 17th anniversary of one of L.A.'s best indigenous small presses, Cahuenga Press, with publication of the press's 15th book, Red Snow Fence , by HARRY NORTHUP . Poet and critic Lewis MacAdams said of Northup's book, "The primary values in these poems are integrity and craft." Northup will be joined by fellow poet-members of the press : JAMES CUSHING ( Undercurrent Blues ), PHOEBE MACADAMS ( Livelihood ), & HOLLY PRADO ( These Mirrors Prove It ).
----------------------------------------------------
SPARC
World Wall Premiers in Mexico at the Sixth Annual Mexico City Book Fair October 6-15, 2000

OTHER SPARC NEWS:

30th Anniversary: Save the Date June 30, 2007 to celebrate with us! Click here to read more...

New Roof: After several years of negotiations and two months in the works SPARC is happy to announce that the City of Los Angeles has repaired our roof. Click here to read more...

Strategic Planning: On July 17-19 2006, members of SPARC staff and board gathered in the Cesar Chavez Digital Mural Lab to craft the strategic directions the organization will pursue...click here to read more

Social Justice Monuments and Memorials: Judy Baca and the SPARC team are proud to announce the following public art commissions currently on our plate...click here to read more

SPARC Artistic Director Judy Baca and Executive Director Debra J.T. Padilla discuss the state of murals in Los Angeles. Click here to read more...

Public Artists finally take a stand on Public Art Policies. Click here to read more...


----------------------------------------------------

7 DUDLEY CINEMA shows the following films at SPONTO Gallery, 7 Dudley Ave, Venice, 310-306-7330, free admission, 8:00pm, www.81x.com/7dudley/cinema Come early - seating is limited & 7pm pre-shows

***URPOMES - Sponto's "kNOw rules" poetry-spoken word series 7pm on 4th Tuesdays, win $50 for your poem***
WED, Sept 20. THE RING ('52, 79m) Domenic Priore & Gene Aguilera, authors of the forthcoming book The Golden Age of Chicano Rock 'n' Roll: An East L.A. Visual History, host a very rare screening of this evocative tale set in downtown L.A.'s Bunker Hill district of a young Mexican-American boxer who learns the dirty truth about the fight game. With Art Aragon, a local boxing idol who was the only game in town (pre-Dodgers, Lakers, Rams). Chicano teenagers in the film wear just-post-Pachuco fashions, lookin' very proto-Rock 'n' Roll. Also: rare clips of legendary East LA groups, such as Ritchie Valens ("La Bamba"), Thee Midniters ("Whittier Blvd.") and Cannibal & the Headhunters ("Land of 1000 Dances) at the height of their success, and 20 minute preview of Jon Wilkman's documentary Chicano Rock! 7pm pre-show features poetry reading by Ruben Guevara (Ruben & the Jets), plus a Q&A and CD signing with Little Willie G. and Jimmy Espinoza of Thee Midniters.
WED, Oct 4. THE NET: THE UNABOMBER, LSD & THE INTERNET ('05, 115m) Lutz Dammbeck’s marvelously subversive history of the Internet and Ted Kaczinski. This insightful documentary combines speculative travelogue and investigative journalism to trace contrasting countercultural responses to the cybernetic revolution. Circling through themes of utopianism, anarchism, terrorism, CIA, LSD, Tim Leary, Ken Kesey and the Merry Pranksters, THE NET exposes a hidden matrix of revolutionary advances, coincidences, and conspiracies. Plus: FINDING THE THIRD CIRCLE ('05, 18m) Oren Goldenberg’s experimental narrative explores the impetus for collective organization and community consciousness. 6:30pm live music: the outrageous Original Booty Burglars.
WED, Oct 18. LEIMERT PARK: THE STORY OF A VILLAGE IN SOUTH CENTRAL ('05, 88m) Jeannette Lindsay's intimate and compelling documentary articulates and celebrates the profound struggles and deep spirit of the extraordinary artists and musicians who transformed a few blocks of modest storefronts in South Central Los Angeles into a vibrant and inspiring cultural oasis. Especially focussing on the ex-homeless Richard Fulton, whose coffeehouse Fifth Street Dick’s became a gathering spot for the community, and ultimately sparked a remarkable underground renaissance of African-American art and culture. With Dwight Trible, Lady Walquer Vereen, Kamau Daáood, John Outterbridge, Billy Higgins & Horace Tapscott. "An unmissable feast" -LA Weekly. 7pm LIVE MUSIC pre-show: Master percussionist TAUMBU storytells the Roots of the Drum, Part I.
SUNDAY, Oct 22. FILMS MADE IN VENICE - Harry Medved, co-author of Hollywood Escapes, will show clips of films made in Venice from 2:30 p.m. to 4 p.m. He’ll then lead a walking tour of Venice in film from 4:30 p.m. to 5:30. See and visit the locations where everyone from Orson Welles to Steve Martin, Sarah Jessica Parker to Peter Sellers made movies in this famous beachtown. Plus horror film locations for Halloween. "Immensely readable… Hollywood Escapes encourages us to leave the couch or the theater or even the city behind in search of parks and piers, lakes and reservoirs, islands and canyons, cafes and hotels we've previously only encountered on film.” -Anthony Miller, LA City Beat.
WED, Oct 25. FORBIDDEN ZONE ('80, 74m) Richard Elfman, the founder of the Mystic Knights of the Oingo-Boingo, screens his Venice-made outlandish musical fantasy with bro Danny as a Cab Calloway-Cheshire Cat devil, the Kipper Kids, Herve Villechaize, Susan Tyrrell and more. "The Citizen Kane of Underground Movies" -Film Threat. 7pm: Gerry Fialka interviews Richard Elfman. 6pm live music: Venetian Bluesmama Joy Rippel.


DAVID & ROSELYN play LIVE MUSIC on Sat, Oct 21, 8:00pm at SPONTO Gallery, 7 Dudley Ave, Venice, 310-306-7330. Free admission (but donations are strongly suggested to raise money for Hurricane Katrina relief). David & Roselyn, who have been singing blues, jazz, gospel and whatever else strikes their fancy for decades on the streets and in the clubs of New Orleans, make a one-night return to their longtime summer haunt of Venice Beach as part of their cross-country Katrina Relief tour. If you don't know their work, you can visit their webpage at http://www.davidandroselyn.com, or just show up on Oct. 21.

Please note the following upcoming events info for:
7 Dudley Cinema - Venice ongoing film series www.81x.com/7dudley/cinema
DOCUMENTAL - Santa Monica ongoing film series unurban.com
Suzy Williams - live music events: Oct 13 muralista.org/suzy
Sponto Gallery - art, poetry and music events: Oct 21, Dec 16, Jan 27
MESS- live interview series: Phil Proctor Nov 30
PXL THIS Film Festival - toy camera screenings: Nov 18 indiespace.com/pxlthis
Marshall McLuhan-FINNEGANS WAKE Reading Club jesgrew.org/wake/
and more
See and hear Gerry Fialka's new HOW TO MAKE A YOUTUBE VIDEO THAT IS NOT A YOUTUBE VIDEO on youtube.com http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VSN4aX-YIEQ#GU5U2spHI_4

See and hear SUZY WILLIAMS on youtube.com
and see photos of her latest show on flickr.com

Thank You, Gerry Fialka 2427 1/2 Glyndon Av, Venice CA 90291
310-306-7330 pfsuzy@aol.com


------------------------
electric lodge

BOUND

October 13 - 15 – Friday - Saturday, 8:00 pm; Sunday, 7:00 pm - $15, $12 students/seniors

Acclaimed choreographer/director Sarah Elgart returns to the Lodge with a new solo conceptual work featuring live music by provocative ambient violin/cello duo “Telematique.”

For reservations: call (310) 823-0710, press 2#

* * *

Electric Lodge and Body Weather Laboratory present:

WILLIAM FAULKNER DANCE PROJECT: CADDY! CADDY! CADDY!

October 20 - 22 – Friday - Saturday, 8:00 pm; Sunday, 5:00 pm - $15, $12 students/seniors

Danced by Oguri and Honeysuckle Dance Troupe with sound score by Feltlike with Paul Chavez. This production made possible in part by a grant from the Dance: Creation to Performance program of the James Irvine Foundation.

For reservations: call (310) 823-0710, press 4#

* * *
---------------------------------------------
Powerhouse Theatre
Angus Oblong's
The Victorian Hotel


October 20th – December 2nd
Thursday and Friday performances at 8:00 pm
Saturday performances at 2:00 and 8:00 pm
Opening Night Gala on October 20th at 8:00pm - $50.00
Free Preview on October 19th at 8:00 pm
Pay what you can November 25th, 2:00 pm
General Admission $25.00
Discounts for students and seniors available
Reservations: 310-396-3680 x 3
BUY TICKETS ONLINE


Written by the celebrated and eccentric cartoonist Angus Oblong, this dark comedy explores the hidden nooks and crannies of a haunted hotel and its spectral inhabitants. When a young couple checks in, the ghosts and ghouls do their best to provide a raucous and spine-tingling welcome. This "onstage cartoon" will be told in the signature Rogue style of hyper-theater and will include many puppets, projections, and digital media. Created and written by Angus Oblong with direction by Mark Valdez. Performances will be Thursday - Saturday, beginning October 20th through December 2nd.

When a young couple checks into a beautiful old hotel for a weekend getaway, the resident ghosts and ghouls do their best to provide a raucous and spine-tingling welcome. Celebrated and eccentric illustrator Angus Oblong (Adult Swim's The Oblongs) has created a living cartoon, and The Rogues, a collective of multi-disciplinary artists and designers, bring it gleefully to life with a mix of live actors, puppets and digital media in the Rogue's signature "hyper-theatrical" style.

Additional information, photos and more!



------------------------------------------------------
Moveon.org:
R.S.V.P here for your local screening

You and your guests are invited to a "Call for Change" party and screening of the new film Iraq for Sale!

Host: Marilyn K.

Venue location: Venice Canals (in Venice) Get address details when you R.S.V.P.

Showtime: Sunday, 15 Oct 2006, 1:00 PM

Program: Friends and neighbors will gather to watch Iraq for Sale, a shocking expose of corruption in Washington and Iraq. And we'll make turn-out calls to voters in key districts to win this election and end this war.

Bring: Cell phone and charger

RSVP: Can you make it?

Save my seat!

Can't make it? You can still make a huge difference by calling voters from home using our simple online system. Sign up for a shift here:

I'll help win the election from home.

----------------------------------------------
THE BACKBONERS will perform music TONIGHT, Oct 13 at 8pm at Genghis Cohen Cantina, 740 N. Fairfax Ave, West Hollywood, 323-653-0640. $10 admission, more info:310-306-7330

THE BACKBONERS (Suzy Williams, Bill Burnett, Kahlil Sabbagh and Ginger Smith) play original songs by Bill Burnett inspired by great vocal groups like The Mamas & The Papas, as well as some exciting covers. THE BACKBONERS' fresh harmonies and stellar arrangements reinvent the summer of love magic. With recent live performances from Santa Monica, California to Swans Island, Maine, The BACKBONERS retrieve the spirit of inspired and inspiring music many grew up with. Check out their new CD "Spine" at www.billburnett.com. Also visit: www.muralista.org/suzy (new link to HEAR SUZY SING with KAHLIL, too) and www.gingerandkahlil.com

-----------------------------------------------

From Mark Vallen's weblog: www.art-for-a-change.com/blog

An Unusual Day of the Dead Art Exhibit

Avenue 50 Studio
October 14th, 2006 - November 6th, 2006
Opening Reception: Sat, Oct. 14th, from 7-11 p.m.
Spirit of the Children is an unusual art exhibit at L.A.’s celebrated Ave 50 Studio. Timed to kick-off the city’s Día de los Muertos, or Day of the Dead celebrations, the exhibition features artists that have created works in homage to children "who have died an untimely death due to preventable disease, gang warfare, abuse and war." Kathy Mas-Gallegos, the director of Ave 50 Studio, asked me to create a painting especially for the exhibit, so I produced a small oil I've titled, War Child - a piece memorializing the children who have been slain in warfare. I'm pleased to have my painting shown alongside artworks by Edith and Rob Abeyta, Roberto Delgado, Kathi Flood, Clement Hanami, David Andres Kietzman, Betsy Lohrer Hall, Ricardo Munoz, and John Paul Thornton.

Those expecting a quintessentially traditional Día de los Muertos exhibition are in for a few surprises. I say this because the show contains art of an international theme - with some works created by non-Chicano artists. Japanese American artist Clement Hanami is currently the Art Director of L.A.’s Japanese American National Museum, and a Commissioner on L.A.’s Cultural Affairs Commission. His mother is a hibakusha (atom bomb survivor), and his works often explore the topic of atomic war and its aftermath. Hanami will be presenting a special work at Ave 50 that commemorates those young people who died in the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. Some might be surprised at the inclusion of John Paul Thornton in a Day of the Dead exhibit, but after examining his Missing Children paintings, his participation seems almost obligatory. Over the years, Thornton has produced hundreds of expressionist oil paintings based upon the photos of missing children found on the flyers and mailers that end up in our mailboxes.

The full title of the Ave 50 exhibit is actually, Miccailhuitontli - Spirit of the Children. In Nahuatl, the language of the Aztecs, Miccailhuitontli (Meek-Hail-We-Tontly), or "Little Feast of the Dead" - was the name of the month the Aztecs devoted to the celebration of death and departed ancestors. The month was lorded over by Mictecacihuatl, the Goddess of Death and the Queen of the Underworld. The observances began with remembrances for departed children and ended with commemorations for deceased adults. After the Spanish conquest of 1519-1521, these Aztec traditions and rituals evolved into today’s modern Día de los Muertos celebrations.

The Opening Reception for Miccailhuitontli - Spirit of the Children, takes place on Saturday, October 14, 2006, from 7 to 11 pm. The exhibit will run until November 12th, 2006. Avenue 50 Studio is located in the Highland Park area of L.A., at 131 North Avenue 50, LA., CA 90042. Phone: (323) 258-1435 or visit the gallery website at, www.avenue50studio.com.

------------------------------------------------
"The Portrait"
25th Anniversary Photographic Collection Call For Entries
Women In Photography International celebrates it's 25th Anniversary with a final juried Call for Entries for 2006.
Submission Deadline: Minimum 2 images, thru November 25, 2006
Notification by e-mail of Juror Selection: December 15th
Online Exhibition, December 30, 2006
All submissions, online JPEG's, only
"The Portrait" Guidelines & Fees:
http://www.womeninphotography.org/Events-Exhibits/Portrait-06/guidelines.html
------------------------------------------------
The 2nd City Council (2cc) Art Gallery is pleased to issue its next two calls for artists.
Of the Earth: Glass, Wood, Fiber, Clay, Metal & Stone runs from Dec. 2, 2006 – Jan. 11, 2007.
The exhibition is open to all California artists working in these mediums.
Entry Deadline is Sun. October 29, 2006.

2nd City Council Art Gallery + Performance Space
435 Alamitos Avenue, Long Beach, CA 90802
(562) 901-0997
E-mail, 2ndcitycouncil@earthlink.net
Please direct e-mail inquiries about the exhibition to the gallery’s address (above); DO NOT use “Reply” button, it will send to ArtScene.
To view formatted version of this announcement online:
http://artscenecal.com/Announcements/1006/2ndCity1006.html

-----------------------------------------------------------------
http://www.cdbaby.com/cd/llyn - is this the same guy?
Llyn Foulkes, two exhibitions
“The Lost Frontier” (Patricia Faure Gallery)
Exhibition dates: October 21 – November 25, 2006
Reception: Saturday, October 21st, 5-8pm
“Restoration” (Craig Krull Gallery)
Exhibition dates: October 21 - November 22, 2006
Reception: Saturday, October 21st, 4-6pm

Patricia Faure Gallery
2525 Michigan Avenue B7, Santa Monica, CA 90404
Tel (310) 449-1479
Fax (310) 828-7270
E-mail, info@patriciafaure.com
Web-site, http://www.patriciafauregallery.com
Gallery hours: Tues-Sat 11am-6pm
Please direct e-mail inquiries about the exhibition to the gallery’s address (above); DO NOT use “Reply” button, it will send to ArtScene.
To view formatted version of this announcement online:
http://artscenecal.com/Announcements/1006/LFoulkes1006.html


-----------------------------------------------------------------
“CODE BLUE”
October 12 – November 22, 2006
OPENING RECEPTION: Thursday, October 12, 7-10 pm
(during the Downtown Art Walk http://www.downtownartwalk.com

Art Murmur Gallery
129 E. 6th Street, Los Angeles, CA 90014
Owners: Stephen Kramer / Leandra Hinrichs
213.623.2332, fax 213.623.2320
E-mail, leandra@artmurmur.com
Web site, http://www.artmurmur.com
Hours, Tuesday, Thursday, 1-7pm; Wednesday, Friday, 12-6pm; Saturday, 12-5pm
Please direct e-mail inquiries about the exhibition to the gallery’s address (above); DO NOT use “Reply” button, it will send to ArtScene.
To view formatted version of this announcement online:
http://artscenecal.com/Announcements/1006/ArtMurmur1006.html
In keeping with Art Murmur’s mission of documenting noteworthy cultural phenomena, Code Blue examines the confluence of the social, economic, political, and biological ramifications of rapid change and revolutionary breakthroughs in the healthcare and medicine domains. There are many issues in healthcare and medicine currently taking center stage. Among them are the access to affordable care, the commercialization of pharmaceuticals, the controversies surrounding recent advances in genetic research, and the dramatic shifts in disease demography. Art Murmur has solicited a variety of work from its artists seeking to provide an aesthetic interpretation of our society’s struggle with the ethics and challenges of modern medicine.

Artists: Katrina Bea, Jeremy Corbell, Len Davis, Alex Feliciano, GRONK, Laszlo Gyorffy, Leandra Hinrichs, Lisa Holland, J’Brenta Jordan, Trek Kelly, Robert Lebsack, Jeannie McKendry, Colleen Mulligan, Rachel Peterson, Sara Simon, Janna Stern.

-----------------------------------------------------------------
ArtNight Pasadena
A Free Event in Pasadena, California
Friday, October 13, 6-10 p.m.
http://www.artnightpasadena.org
-----------------------------------------------------------------
http://endangeredplanet.net/
http://www.bamboolane.com/home.htm
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intellectual_protectionism
http://www.abomb1.org/testpix/index.html - Atomic Blast Gallery
http://paperforest.blogspot.com/2006/10/spooky-stuff-and-long-time-no-post.html - Origami Halloween.

No comments: