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Tuesday, January 6th, 2009Apparently, January is Los Angeles Arts Month:
The City of Los Angeles has declared the month of January, 2009, “Los Angeles Arts Month.” As part of this declaration, we are launching a unique communications and marketing initiative called LA Arts Month to encourage residents of our great City to visit, join, and support our local [...]
Machine Project Needs Help
Monday, December 15th, 2008abLA friends and favorite Machine Project has had a $35,000 grant unexpectedly cancelled and are in need of donations from the community to help cover operating costs. Lucinda Michelle writes more about it over at Metroblogging LA, or you can go straight to Machine’s donation page here or become a member of Machine Project here. [...]
Machine Project Wants YOU!
Saturday, October 4th, 2008Machine Project is coming to LACMA, and their grand plans will require extra hands:
On November 15th, Machine Project will unleash over fifty interventions, experiments, and installations at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art. What have we gotten ourselves into? We’re not quite sure, but we will need some extra hands to help pull this [...]
Inner-City Arts Opens Expanded Campus
Friday, October 3rd, 2008Chal Pivik at Metroblogging LA reports that non-profit arts education center Inner-City Arts, which started out nearly 20 years ago in an abandoned 10,000 square foot auto body shop in the heart of Skid Row, held the grand opening of their newly expanded campus yesterday. The new campus was designed by architect Michael Maltzan [...]
CAFAM’s Ms. Cosmopolite Not So Fictional
Tuesday, September 30th, 2008CAFAM’s Exhibitions and Gallery Manager Sonja Cendak was kind enough to drop me a line to point out that my earlier characterization of CAFAM blogger Ms. Cosmopolite as “a fictional, globe-trotting socialite,” is mistaken. Ms. Cosmopolite is just the name of the blog, which is written chiefly by CAFAM’s current executive director, Maryna Hrushetska. Here’s [...]
Side Street Projects Curator Podcast Series Begins Tonight
Thursday, September 25th, 2008Last Thursday, Side Street Projects unveiled “What Do Curators Want,” a free, 10-part podcast series that promises to help artists understand best practices for cultivating and maintaining relationships with exhibition venues. The lineup of guests is stellar. Last week’s inaugural contributer was Lisa Melandri, Deputy Director for Exhibitions and Programs at Santa Monica Museum of [...]
CAFAM Launches New Blog
Friday, September 19th, 2008The ever interesting Craft and Folk Art Museum has launched a new blog called Ms. Cosmopolite. Strangely, it seems to be written in the voice of a fictional, globe-trotting socialite. According to CAFAM’s announcement, “Ms. Cosmopolite will discuss all things global, from art and culture to politics and policy. Behind the scenes tips and chat [...]
TELIC Transforms
Wednesday, September 17th, 2008After 5 years at 975 Chung King Road, TELIC Arts Exchange is undergoing a serious, multipart transformation that will result in an underground school, a video gallery distributed around Chinatown, and a new project space in far-flung Germany. Information “in the form of postcards, maps, and videos about these future initiatives” is on exhibit in [...]
London, Watch Out: Congratulations Caryn!
Tuesday, August 26th, 2008I just wanted to take a moment to congratulate our intrepid leader Caryn on her previously discussed move to London. Said move is actually happening as we speak, and we wish Caryn the best of luck in jolly ol’ England as she pursues her MFA in curatorial awesomeness.
New bits: Chinatown changes, Dot Dot Dot launch, new creative agency, and links
Monday, July 21st, 2008Jack Hanley gallery is no longer in Los Angeles but is now representing NYC and SF. Expect other changes in Chinatown.
Check out Dexter Sinister: deferred launch of Dot Dot Dot #16 hosted by Liz Olivera Gallery this Thursday (July 24) at 7pm followed by a film screening of John Berger’s 4-part Ways of Seeing at [...]
