Downtown LA Artwalk @ ART Square!
Thursday, May 9
10:00a
Spring Street Arcade Building,
Los Angeles
Downtown LA Artwalk attracts over 30,000 people on every 2nd Thursday of
the month. This is the largest cultural event in LA and our event space
is extremely popular among vendors...
Jubilee Music & Arts Festival
Friday, Jun 7
10:00a
Los Angeles Arts District,
Los Angeles
Jubilee Music and Arts Festival is an annual 2-day sampling of emerging
and touring musicians, authors, and comedians that has become a staple
in the Los Angeles arts and culture scene...
Beercentricity
Sunday, May 19
6:00p
Barbara's at the Brewery,
Los Angeles
Join us to appreciate beer as an art form as four of the greatest
brewers in Los Angeles present unique examples of their art form!
Featuring four special beers made by:
Craftsman Brewing Company's...
Fiesta Fridays - Every Third Friday of the Month!
Friday, May 17
10:00a
Boyle Avenue,
Los Angeles
The event is located right outside of the Mariachi Plaza Gold Line
Subway Station at the corner of 1ST Street & Boyle Ave. Great
location with amazing foot traffic...
Fiesta Fridays - Every Third Friday of the Month!
Friday, Dec 20
10:00a
Boyle Avenue,
Los Angeles
The event is located right outside of the Mariachi Plaza Gold Line
Subway Station at the corner of 1ST Street & Boyle Ave. Great
location with amazing foot traffic...
Fiestas Patrias California
Saturday, Sep 14
10:00a
Olvera Street Plaza,
Los Angeles
The largest Mexican Independence Day celebration in the State of California at the birthplace of Los Angeles; Placita Olvera.
200,000 attendees expected.
** Estimated start time -- Please confirm **
Truckit Fest at the DTLA Art Walk
Thursday, May 9
6:30p
Truckit Fest,
Los Angeles
The Truckit Fest Lot is the only Food Truck / Artists Lot operating
during the DTLA Art Walk. Over 30 Gourmet Food Trucks compliment the
ever expanding army of Designers, Artists and crafters.
Hard Summer Music Festival
Saturday, Aug 3
12:00p
Los Angeles State Historic Park,
Los Angeles
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Contemplative Art Viewing | Find ticketsThe Armand Hammer Art Museum (UCLA)Los Angeles, CA
Public Engagement On Saturday, February 9, 1-2:15PM, mindfulness educator Mitra Manesh will lead a 75-minute mindful... (read more)
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Feb 9 1:00 pm |
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Classically L.A.: A California Art Club Sculpture ExhibitionThe Fine Arts BuildingLos Angeles, CA
Sculptors of the California Art Club present the exhibition "Classically L.A." at the Fine Arts Building. ... (read more)
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Feb 8 8:00 am (Jan 8 - Feb 8) |
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Abundance and Devotion: The Art of Miriam WoskSanta Monica Museum of ArtSanta Monica, CA(Los Angeles metro area)
Abundance and Devotion: The Art of Miriam Wosk is the first major survey of the acclaimed local artist. The exhibiti... (read more)
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Feb 8 11:00 am (Jan 19 - Apr 20) |
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Gallery Discussion: The Art of LookingLos Angeles County Museum of Art - 5905 Wilshire Blvd.Los Angeles, CA
Join museum educator Elizabeth Gerber for a one-hour facilitated gallery discussion exploring the exhibition Lost Li... (read more)
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Feb 14 12:30 pm |
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Emanation Art ExhibitionLinus GalleriesPasadena, CA(Los Angeles metro area)
The Emanation Collective Art Exhibition combines the art themes Patterns, Motion, Angles & Curves, Emotion, and Shad... (read more)
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Feb 8 5:30 pm (Feb 8 - Feb 17) |
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Greta Magnusson Grossman: A Car and Some ShortsPasadena Museum of California ArtLos Angeles, CA
The Pasadena Museum of California Art (PMCA) proudly presents Greta Magnusson Grossman: A Car and Some Shorts, the f... (read more)
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Feb 8 12:00 pm (Oct 28 - Feb 24) |
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White on Black: The Modernist Prints of Paul LandacrePasadena Museum of California ArtLos Angeles, CA
While most artists who created black and white art used black lines on a white background, Landacre became renowned ... (read more)
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Feb 8 12:00 pm (Oct 28 - Feb 24) |
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Llyn FoulkesThe Armand Hammer Art Museum (UCLA)Los Angeles, CA
Lunchtime Art Talks Lunchtime Art Talks take place every Wednesday at 12:30pm. The Hammer’s curatorial department le... (read more)
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Feb 13 12:30 pm |
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Llyn FoulkesThe Armand Hammer Art Museum (UCLA)Los Angeles, CA
Lunchtime Art Talks Lunchtime Art Talks take place every Wednesday at 12:30pm. The Hammer’s curatorial department le... (read more)
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Feb 27 12:30 pm |
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Dara FriedmanThe Armand Hammer Art Museum (UCLA)Los Angeles, CA
Lunchtime Art Talks Lunchtime Art Talks take place every Wednesday at 12:30pm. The Hammer’s curatorial department le... (read more)
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Feb 20 12:30 pm |
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Fiber Art and Printmaking ExhibtionsPalos Verdes Art CenterLos Angeles, CA
The Palos Verdes Art Center/Beverly G. Alpay Center for Arts Education proudly presents two extraordinary exhibition... (read more)
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2nd Annual Art FairMcGroarty Arts CenterTujunga, CA(Los Angeles metro area)
Artists and artisans sell their wares in an outdoor fair. This is the culminating event for the Art Exhibition. It i... (read more)
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Mar 23 11:00 am |
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2nd Annual Art ExhibitionMcGroarty Arts CenterTujunga, CA(Los Angeles metro area)
The Art Exhibition is an opportunity for visual artists from the local community to exhibit and sell their work in a... (read more)
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Mar 9 6:00 pm |
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Art.uncensored presents "DISORDER" | Find ticketsBarnsdall Art ParkLos Angeles, CA
Art.uncensored presents:"DISORDER" [DEBUT SHOW!!]Traveling through the beautifully unlimited human mind.F... (read more)
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Mar 4 7:00 pm |
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Venice Arts Youth Photography, Filmmaking, and Media ArtsVenice Arts GalleryVenice, CA(Los Angeles metro area)
Venice Arts offers youth photography, filmmaking, and media arts workshops for children ages 10-18 from February 2, ... (read more)
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Las Vegas Harvest Festival Original Art & Craft Show
Shop 24,000 handmade American arts & crafts in hundreds of booths over three fun-packed days. You will find beautiful jewelry, clothing, specialty foods, photography, hand-turned wood, ceramics, and more.
Veteran New York graffiti writer Lee Quinones leads artists (not including Blu) in painting mural on Geffen
The north wall of MOCA's Geffen Contemporary, the site of an antiwar mural by the Italian artist Blu that the museum had quickly and controversially whitewashed late last year, is getting a new look.
New York graffiti legend Lee Quinones has organized a team of street artists to do a new mural on the exterior wall facing Temple Street. Scaffolding is up now, with a couple of images in progress, and work is expected to be completed next week, before the April 17 opening of the “Art in the Streets” exhibition at the Geffen.
“I could have done this wall on my own, and I haven’t really collaborated with other artists like this before,” Quinones said, reached on site Thursday afternoon with cans of spray paint near his feet and paint flecks covering his clothes and face. “But for me to do it alone might have been a diss to Blu."
"So I’ve put together a contingent of cats that is very talented and diverse. And we’re willing to have a conversation with the public about the wall’s history.”
Quinones says Blu declined his invitation to participate as the "core" artist in making the new mural. The artists who are participating include Cern One and Futura 2000 of New York; Sano, Risk and Push from L.A.; and Loomit from Munich, Germany. (Quinones says Swoon might also participate, but only after finishing her artwork inside the museum.)
Quinones compared his role on the project to creative director, explaining that he came up with the initial idea of a mural about “the founding of America and the founding of our movement," referring to what is popularly known as "street art." Famous for his own work on the New York subway system in the 1970s, he also supplied some overarching images like trains or tracks. He then invited each artist to bring their own ideas and imagery to the table, as Cern is by painting a portrait of a woman in a Native American headdress and Sano is by contributing a historical image of a locomotive (above).
Last year MOCA director Jeffrey Deitch was sharply criticized by some street artists for removing Blu's mural, which Deitch had commissioned but later deemed inappropriate for a location facing the Japanese American veterans memorial, Go For Broke, in Little Tokyo. Many wondered why the museum director hadn't seen a proposal or plans for the artwork in advance.
In this case, Quinones appears to be working closely with Deitch and sharing ideas with him. (Deitch declined to comment.) “I'm responding to the leap of faith that Jeffrey has taken, his passion and his perseverance in unleashing our movement,” says Quinones.
“I think the issue with Blu before was taken way out of context," the artist added. "I don’t think it was censorship for the reason that you can create an amazing film and some of the best scenes end up on the editing room floor.”
Asked if he was worried that other street artists might wish to "edit" or otherwise alter his team's work at the Geffen, Quinones replied, rather gnomically, as if speaking to the would-be taggers: “What you write is what you are. Respect the movement that moves with you and for you.”
Theater review: 'Silent Sky' at South Coast Repertory
Working as an assistant at the Harvard College Observatory in the 1910s, Henrietta Leavitt made a revolutionary discovery that helped prove the universe was larger than the Milky Way. Leavitt has been largely ignored by historians until George Johnson’s recent biography, a major source for Gunderson’s play.
Mixing droll domestic drama and scientific detection, Gunderson presents Henrietta (Monette Magrath) as a headstrong pastor’s daughter who leaves her beloved sister, Margaret (Erin Cottrell), to work as a human computer counting stars for male scientists at Cambridge. Henrietta chafes at being part of a “harem” but befriends two wisecracking co-workers, Annie and Williamina (Colette Kilroy and Amelia White, both excellent). Soon she finds herself equally drawn to the mysteries of luminous cepheids and shy supervisor Peter (Nick Toren).
John Iacovelli’s gorgeously minimalist, midnight blue set features an upstage screen that arcs open as if revealing the night sky from an observatory. Enhanced by York Kennedy’s evocative lighting and John Crawford’s projection design, the stage resembles a telescope turned on the stars.
Yet “Silent Sky” doesn’t always match the scale of Henrietta’s galaxies. Director Anne Justine D’Zmura frames this proto-feminist story as a halting, geeky rom-com, making the play’s occasional leaps toward the sublime seem forced. Relationships and storytelling points feel sketched rather than explored. And Gunderson, who has written extensively on science and theater, doesn’t seem to trust the audience to dig in for a more rigorous examination of Henrietta’s research.
Henrietta says she longs to know “exactly where we are.” A rich premise for a play about stargazing, but Gunderson hasn’t attacked that question with the depth her heroine displayed a century ago. With its short scenes and staccato rhythms, the production has Magrath moving awkwardly between exacting scientist and never-been-kissed girlishness. We’re never quite immersed in her world, or her soul. Given how few plays exist about female scientists dying to be taken seriously, it’s disappointing to feel that Gunderson’s admirable effort, despite its wit, is a missed opportunity.
-- Charlotte Stoudt