LOS FELIZ ARTS CALENDAR -- SEPTEMBER 2009
Check out the latest gallery and studio activity by month (sidebar at left), and Join us at any one of the venues on the Art Walk (Maps) below. Shows at the Courtyard Studio & Arts Gallery are typically one-night only and are subject to change on short notice. No exhibit in September.
Also see: Other Events page
September celebrates the first anniversary of the revitalized Los Feliz Art Walk. Please visit our participating galleries and studios. and this month, do not miss the fascinating photography at the Backwall Gallery
THIS MONTH | First Friday, September 4, 2009:
Los Feliz photgrapher Chuck Soter at Yuca's Backwall Gallery
Los Angeles of the 1960s and 70s, an exhibit of the work of Los Feliz photographer Chuck Soter. A reception for the artist is on First Friday, September 4, 7:00-9:00 p.m.
Five events in the art world . . . practically on your doorstep!
Thursday, September 10, 2009
Barnsdall Gallery Theatre: "Night of Cool"
41st Annual fundraiser for the Hollywood Sunset Free Clinic
Taste of Cool - cuisine under the stars
Silent Auction
Eco Cool Fashion Show - Art Institute of California-Hollywood
Too Cool After Party to the sounds of DJ Bad Boy
for more information, see the Clinic's August Newsletter
Taste of Cool - cuisine under the stars
Silent Auction
Eco Cool Fashion Show - Art Institute of California-Hollywood
Too Cool After Party to the sounds of DJ Bad Boy
for more information, see the Clinic's August Newsletter
Friday, September 4 through October 31, 2009
Happy: May Jong
Opening Reception, 6:00-9:00 pm
HAPPY is pleased to present "registered", an exhibition of new drawings by May Jong. Jong investigates ownership of and intellectual rights over nature in her presentation of drawings of the The Lone Cypress®. The Lone Cypress® is the corporate logo of the Pebble Beach Company, a gated community in Central California who retain all legal rights to the tree. A consummate observer with a deft hand, Jong's drawings simply and beautifully portray the ridiculousness of the company's mission by use of her classical, pen and ink style. The viewer is invited into Jong's "personal" vision of what was once simple and free but is now simply co-opted.
Jong was born in Hong Kong and raised in Los Angeles and has a BA from UC Berkeley and an MFA from Claremont Graduate University. She was co-founder and co-director of Me and You Variety Candy, an alternative art space showing emerging artists and has exhibited her work throughout Los Angeles and the United States.
Also opening, and screening in Happy's project space are selections from the Echo Park Film Center's Youth Documentary Film Class project, This is the LA River. Featuring 21 neighborhood youth between the ages of 14 and 19, each student was given a Super 8 camera to document his or her impressions of the river over one weekend. Part of the class's larger 16mm documentary film project, these personal shorts present the mysterious and sometimes forgotten LA landmark as funny, freakish, reflective, problematic, beautiful, political and ultimately a reminder of the power of the river as interpreted by these young visionaries.
Contributing students: Daisy Aquino, Kaymen Barber, Cord Brooks, Niki Cornejo, Sandra Fregozo, Daniel Garcia, Ismael Antonio Garcia, Brenda Gordiano, Nalani Hernandez-Melo, Ava Hess, Spencer Jezewski, Tatiana Luboviski-Acosta, Alice Poteriaiko, Steven Ramos, Jose Santos, Rachel Syms, Mateo Tate-Contreras, Luc Unruh, Vincent Uribe, Emily Van Cise and Woodrow White.
Friday, September 11,2009
Galleries & Studios: LFAW Board Meets
After a year in formation, the Los Feliz Art Walk will take its next step. On Friday, September 11, gallery/studio owners, artists and other interested parties will gather to exploe ways to strengthen and empower the arts in Los Feliz.
Hosts: Dr. Roberta Morris and Rev. Dan Hooper
Time: 10:00 a.m. in Hoick Conference Room at Hollywood Lutheran Church, 1733 N. New Hampshire Avenue, Los Angeles. One half-block above Hollywood Blvd., or call (323) 667-1212 for directions.
Agenda: Among other items, we will explore interest in forming a permanent board and even seeking incorporation as a non-profit tax exempt organization to promote the arts and, hopefully, secure grants to enable larger art projects in the community.
Skylight Books: The Art of the Bookstore
Come check out a new gift book, The Art of the Bookstore: The Bookstore Paintings of Gibbs M. Smith, containing wonderful, colorful paintings with personal profiles of 58 iconic bookstores around the country, including Skylight Books!
Arts News in the community
Arts Revitalization Bill Passes Committee
Would allocate 20% of sales tax revenue from arts purchases to California Arts Council.
Sacramento – An arts revitalization bill authored by Assistant Majority Leader Paul Krekorian (D-Burbank) was approved this week by the Assembly’s Arts, Entertainment, Sports, Tourism, & Internet Media Committee.
“The arts are a vitally important part of our culture,” Assemblymember Krekorian said. “In these difficult economic times, investing in the arts is a smart way to stimulate our economy and invigorate our imagination. It is a way to create jobs and create lasting beauty that improves our quality of life and inspires all of us.”
The Creative Industries & Revitalization Act, which was approved by a 5-3 vote Monday, would allocate 20 percent of sales tax revenues derived from the sale of arts-related items to the Creative Industries and Community Economic Revitalization Fund. Those funds, estimated to be about $30 million per year, would be reserved for the California Arts Council for grants to arts programs serving California.
“California’s cultural enterprises provide more than 400,000 jobs, and every dollar invested in the arts produces seven dollars in economic activity,” Assemblymember Krekorian said. “Yet, despite the obvious importance of the arts, the state’s general fund budget for the California Arts Council has been slashed over the last seven years, dropping from more than $30 million to slightly higher than one million dollars in that time. AB 700 will reinvigorate the Arts Council, provide a shot in the arm for arts programs throughout the state, encourage arts education, and create countless jobs – all without costing taxpayers one additional dime.”
The bill now moves to the Revenue and Taxation Committee for further consideration.
Assemblymember Paul Krekorian (D-Burbank) represents the cities of Burbank and Glendale, and the Los Angeles communities of Atwater Village, Los Feliz, North Hollywood, Silver Lake, Toluca Lake, Valley Glen, Valley Village and Van Nuys. His website is www.assembly.ca.gov/krekorian.
Contact: Jeremy Oberstein (818) 558-3043