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Bio

1972 Born, Los Angeles, CA
Lives and works Los Angeles, CA

Education:
2000 MFA, University of Nevada, Las Vegas, NV
1997 BFA, Otis College of Art & Design, Westchester, CA
1990 - 93 Attended East Los Angeles College, CA

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Bio 1972 Born, Los Angeles, CA Lives and works Los Angeles, CA Education: 2000 MFA, University of Nevada, Las Vegas, NV 1997 BFA, Otis College of Art & Design, Westchester, CA 1990 - 93 Attended East Los Angeles College, CA bibliography

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You could call [my work] a visual diary or even a personal history. I'm not going to paint something that doesn't have anything to do with me. Of all of the possible things I could paint, the thing that interests me is something that I can get close enough to in order to paint it honestly.
-Jonas Wood

In his boldly colored, graphic works-including paintings, drawings, and prints-Jonas Wood combines art historical references with images of the objects, interiors, and people that comprise the fabric of his life. Translating the three-dimensional world around him into flat color and line, he confounds expectations of scale and vantage point.

Born in Boston, Wood grew up surrounded by the art collection of his grandfather, featuring the work of artists such as Francis Bacon, Alexander Calder, Jim Dine, Robert Motherwell, Larry Rivers, and Andy Warhol. He received a BA from Hobart and William Smith Colleges, Geneva, New York, in 1999, majoring in psychology and minoring in studio art, then attended the University of Washington, Seattle, where he received an MFA in painting and drawing in 2002. During his student years, he explored making collage-like works based on montaged photographs that he took of himself, his friends, and their surroundings. These early photo-based paintings possess a darker and more volatile energy that is not as immediately evident in the work Wood is known for today.

Shortly after art school, Wood moved to Los Angeles, where he worked for the painter Laura Owens for a few years. Wood currently shares a studio with artist Shio Kusaka, his wife since 2002, and the pair often work in tandem, motifs migrating from Kusaka's ceramic vessels to Wood's paintings and back again. Common subjects include plants, portraits, and sports imagery, all of which come together in Wood's lush interiors and intricate still lifes. He and Kusaka also incorporate imagery from their expansive art collection-including works by Alighiero Boetti, Michael Frimkess and Magdalena Suarez Frimkess, Mark Grotjahn, and Ed Ruscha-as well as from their children's storybooks and drawings.

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You could call [my work] a visual diary or even a personal history. I'm not going to paint something that doesn't have anything to do with me. Of all of the possible things I could paint, the thing that interests me is something that I can get close enough to in order to paint it honestly.

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Resist/Persist show by Deborah KrallNovember 20, 2022 - January 23, 2023Avenue 50 Studio, Blue Wall Alcove, 131 N. Avenue 50, Los Angeles, CAOpening Reception Saturday, November 19th, 3-5 pmReview *

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FIDM is building on our legacy to reimagine the college as a creative business college that prepares graduates for high-level careers in tech, beauty, entertainment, and fashion.

We empower students to generate innovative business solutions for top brands. Through valuable collaborations with industry-leading companies, students build their portfolios and apply classroom knowledge to real-world challenges. Our programs are built on a foundation of cutting-edge curriculum, expert faculty, and industry integration.

FIDM is committed to sustaining and extending our historic focus on the creative industries and preparing students to launch their career by providing a supportive, creative, and professional environment from which to learn global business and marketing skills, build a network of industry contacts, and gain real-world experience.

©2023 FIDM® Fashion Institute of Design & Merchandising

We empower students to generate innovative business solutions for top brands. Through valuable collaborations with industry-leading companies, students build their portfolios and apply classroom knowledge to real-world challenges. Our programs are built on a foundation of cutting-edge curriculum, expert faculty, and industry integration.

FIDM is committed to sustaining and extending our historic focus on the creative industries and preparing students to launch their career by providing a supportive, creative, and professional environment from which to learn global business and marketing skills, build a network of industry contacts, and gain real-world experience.

©2023 FIDM® Fashion Institute of Design & Merchandising

FIDM is committed to sustaining and extending our historic focus on the creative industries and preparing students to launch their career by providing a supportive, creative, and professional environment from which to learn global business and marketing skills, build a network of industry contacts, and gain real-world experience.

©2023 FIDM® Fashion Institute of Design & Merchandising

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Fashion Institute of Design & Merchandising | en | FIDM.edu

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FIDM is a 4-year, WASC- and NASAD-accredited, specialized, private college located in Los Angeles, California.

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BFAs in Animation, Entertainment Design, Fine Arts, Game Art, Graphic Design, and Illustration. MFAs in Drawing, Painting & Game Design.Laguna College of Art and Design, LCAD, prepares students to be top designers and artists in industries like the game industry, animation, entertainment, graphic design, action sports, illustration, and fine arts.

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Many happy events happening in the month of October. We hope to see you there!

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Brain Powered Arts + Crafts with Ana Dziengel
‍ Thursday, October 5th, 6pm PST
When you exercise the brain with new activities, new connections are created which can help your neuroplasticity! Join us in learning new creative techniques while creating masterpieces. From bread sculptures to herb weaving, these relaxing retro crafts will get your creative juices flowing and keep your brain sharp with artist and educator Ana Dziegel.
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There Should Be New Rules Next Week: Thursday, October 5th, 4pm EST Worcester, MA - Holy Cross University Jen Delos Reyes + Nellie Scott
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Corita Kent's art will appear alongside the works of contemporary artists showing her continued influence. Breanne Trammell, Mary Banas, Lukaza Branfman-Verissimo, Roz Crews, Jen Delos Reyes, Christine Sun Kim, Jorge Lucero, Mary Lum, Maria del Carmen Montoya, Aaron Rose, and Lee Walton will all be featured.
Saturday, October 7th, 10am PST
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Using small but mighty seeds, beans, and grains, kids will learn how to make unique mosaic masterpieces on a cardboard "canvas". We will paint the creations to give our mosaics a pop of color. Join us with artist and educator, Ana Dziengel, as we make art and learn about the smallest of foods that fuel us.

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Friday, October 13th, 7pm EST New York, NY - Anthology Film Archives
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To celebrate the release of the new book, Ordinary Things Will Be Signs for Us: Photographs by Corita, published by J&L Books and Magic Hour Press, 2 rarely-seen short films about Corita Kent will be screened. The event will be hosted by the book's editors, Julie Ault, Jason Fulford, and Jordan Weitzman, as well as contributor Olivian Cha, Senior Curator of Corita Art Center, and will be followed by a reception. Books will be available to purchase in-person.

Learn more here.

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Corita Kent, also known as Sister Mary Corita, was an artist with an innovative approach to design and education. The Corita Art Center, a project of the Immaculate Heart Community, preserves and promotes Corita Kent's art, teaching, and passion for social justice.

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Special Collections & University Archives, UCF Libraries

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BLOG COLLECTIONS Calendar Exhibitions Donate Connect with the FIDM Museum Be part of the conversation#fidmmuseum

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Biography Kim Abeles is an artist whose artworks explore biography, geography, feminism, and the environment. Her work speaks to society, science literacy, and civic engagement, creating projects with the California Science Center, health clinics and mental health departments, and the National Park Service.

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The Official Watts Towers Arts Center Campus

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dca sanctioned site for activities and programs of the watts towers arts center

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The Official Watts Towers Arts Center Campus

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The Official Website of the Watts Towers Arts Center Campus. Home of the Architectural Sculpture created by Simon Rodia

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RETNA is an American street artist known for his unique typography and letterforms. RETNA combines visual linguistics, urban poetics, and appropriated fashion imagery to explore an eclectic range of media, including graffiti, photography, and painting. "It is important to have art in the streets as a cultural fabric that is woven into the city for the upliftment of civic pride," he once stated. Born Marquis Lewis on March 24, 1979 in Los Angeles, CA, he joined the Los Angeles mural scene as a teenager, developing his text-based signature style featuring intricate line work, complex layering, and a wide range of color. Painting with a brush in addition to a spray can, the artist achieves highly detailed line work. He has exhibited at venues throughout the world, notably including L.A. Art Machine in Los Angeles, Don Gallery in Milan, Yves Laroche Galerie d'Art in Montreal, and Art for All in Malaga, among others. The artist continues to live and works in Los Angeles, CA.

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RETNA is an American street artist known for his unique typography and letterforms. View RETNA's 354 artworks on artnet. Find an in-depth biography, exhibitions, original artworks for sale, the latest news, and sold auction prices. See available prints and multiples, paintings, and works on paper for sale and learn about the artist.

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https://www.otis.edu/

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You Belong at Otis College of Art and Design

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Established in 1918 as Los Angeles' first professional school of the arts, Otis College of Art and Design is a national leader in art education.

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CalArts | California Institute of the Arts

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California Institute of the Arts is a game-changer in the education of artists. Learn about CalArts' programs in visual, performing, media and literary arts.

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Situated at the center of Hauser & Wirth Los Angeles, Manuela unites chef, farmer and artist to create an authentic and original dining experience. Under the direction of Executive Chef Kris Tominaga, the menu celebrates seasonal ingredients sourced from the best farms and producers in Southern California.

Named for Manuela Wirth, the restaurant is illuminated and animated by specially commissioned works from artists Paul McCarthy, Mark Bradford and Raymond Pettibon.

The restaurant is available for private hire, as is the Private Dining Room, an intimate space that hosts up to 12 guests.

Tue - Fri 11.30 am - 2.30 pm, 5.30 - 10 pm
Sun - Sat 10 am - 2.30 pm, 5.30 - 9 pm

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Hauser & Wirth opened its Los Angeles location in March 2016 in the heart of the burgeoning Downtown Los Angeles Arts District. Occupying a former flour mill, Hauser & Wirth Los Angeles is a vibrant communal space that links art and architecture with a dynamic events program.

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Gallery F a ç ade - Levity Floats by Maria E. Piñeres, October 2020

2642 s. la cienega blvd. los angeles, ca 90034 310 839 1840 tuesday-saturday 11am - 6 pm

Copyright @ 20 2 3 Walter Maciel Gallery . All rights reserved.

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Gallery F a ç ade - Levity Floats by Maria E. Piñeres, October 2020 2642 s. la cienega blvd. los angeles, ca 90034 310 839 1840 tuesday-saturday 11am - 6 pm Copyright @ 20 2 3 Walter Maciel Gallery . All rights reserved.

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Throughout his 40 year career as an artist, Frank Romero has been a dedicated member of the Los Angeles arts community. As a member of the 1970s Chicano art collective, Los Four, Romero and fellow artists Carlos Almaraz, Beto de la Rocha and Gilbert Lujan, helped to define and promote the new awareness of La Raza through murals, publications and exhibitions. Los Four's historic 1974 exhibition at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art was the country's first show of Chicano art at a major art institution.

Since then, Romero has successfully balanced a career in both the public and private arenas. He has completed over 15 murals throughout Los Angeles, and was a key contributor to the 1984 Olympic Arts Festival with "Going to the Olympics," a large scale mural which adorned one of Los Angeles' busiest freeways (Highway 101). In 2012 he created a print of the same image, after the mural was painted over.

Romero has exhibited extensively in the United States, Europe and Japan. His work is featured in many permanent collections, including the National Museum of Art in Washington D.C., the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, and the Carnegie Museum in Oxnard, CA.

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Frank Romero Prints and Biography - Warnock Fine Arts

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Throughout his 40 year career as an artist, Frank Romero has been a dedicated member of the Los Angeles arts community. As a member of the 1970s Chicano art collective, Los Four, Romero and fellow artists Carlos Almaraz, Beto de la Rocha and Gilbert Lujan, helped to define and promote the new awareness of La Raza through murals, publications and exhibitions.

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Jen Stark is an artist exploring the intricate layers of the natural world through patterns and color. Her work is inspired by infinity, topographical maps, fractals, designs in nature, repetition, plant growth, color and mystery.

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Craft Contemporary - a definitive contributor to Los Angeles arts and culture

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With the museum reopening, Craft Contemporary remains dedicated to providing new ways for you to enjoy craft and stay creatively engaged - whether it's here with us or at home. Each week we'll be bringing you digital content to deepen your relationship to craft.

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the LOS ANGELES MUNICIPAL ART GALLERY (LAMAG)has highlighted pioneering, creative expressions through groundbreaking curated exhibitions and programs since 1954.

LAMAG focuses on the exceptional work of emerging and underrepresented artists. The Gallery serves as a welcoming public venue for all to discover, examine, and discuss the nuances of the city through contemporary art. As the longest running institution in Los Angeles devoted solely to exhibiting art, LAMAG has proudly showcased the early work of local talents who evolved into leaders of the global art world, including Eleanor Antin, John Baldessari, Mark Bradford, Vija Celmins, David Hammons, Barbara Kruger, Kerry James Marshall, Senga Nengudi, Catherine Opie, and Ed Ruscha. In the 2018-2019 fiscal year, the gallery welcomed over 18,000 visitors to its exhibitions. LAMAG exhibitions have been featured in many publications, including the Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Magazine, Artforum, Art in America, Hyperallergic, and Designboom.

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Los Angeles Municipal Art Gallery - Barnsdall Art Park Foundation

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LAMAG focuses on the exceptional work of emerging and underrepresented artists. The Gallery serves as a welcoming public venue for all to discover, examine, and discuss the nuances of the city through contemporary art.

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Art Gallery | The Hollywood Sculpture Garden | Los Angeles, CA

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Art in the Hollywood Hills. The Hollywood Sculpture Garden hosts many unique and interesting contemporary sculptures all overlooking a stunning view of Los Angeles, right on the path to the Hollywood Sign.

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An art museum and cultural center in Los Angeles known for its artist-centric and progressive array of exhibitions and public programs. Affiliated with UCLA (University of California, Los Angeles).

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There has been an apparent thread in my art that weaves from early prints of the 1960's through later collages and assemblages and ties into the current installations. That thread is a curiosity about the mystical.

I am intrigued with combining the remnant of memories, fragments of relics and ordinary objects, with the components of technology. It's a way of delving into the past and reaching into the future simultaneously. The art itself becomes the bridge.

Curiosity
about the unknown
has no boundaries.
Symbols, images, place and cultures merge.
time slips away.
The stars, the cards, the mystic vigil
may hold the answers.
By shifting the point of view
an inner spirit is released.
Free to create.

Betye Saar
1998

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There has been an apparent thread in my art that weaves from early prints of the 1960's through later collages and assemblages and ties into the current installations. That thread is a curiosity about the mystical. I am intrigued with combining the remnant of memories, fragments of relics and ordinary objects, with the components of technology.

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Biography Kim Abeles is an artist whose artworks explore biography, geography, feminism, and the environment. Her work speaks to society, science literacy, and civic engagement, creating projects with the California Science Center, health clinics and mental health departments, and the National Park Service.

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The Life & Legacy of Leo Politi

Hailed as the "artist of Olvera Street," Leo Politi captured the heart of Los Angeles through his paintings, sometimes sold for as little as a quarter or less to make ends meet. In the Depression era 1930s with no job, Politi and his wife Helen would set up an easel on Olvera Street (often staying until midnight) and sketch tourists and children using charcoal, pencil or brush, examining ethnic diversity long before it was fashionable.

With a concentration of artists, crafts people, merchants and puppeteers, the early 1930s Olvera Street was more of an alley than a street, attracting motion picture actors, producers and directors at night. Politi fell in love with the Latin American culture and the importance of family, creating characters along the way that would evolve into more than 20 books, and countless sculptures
paintings and murals.

His first book, Little Pancho, was based on a child who never smiled, someone he noticed on Olvera Street. That led to his second book, Pedro, the Angel of Olvera Street. Considered a true innovator in children's books, in 1950, he was honored by the American Library Association with the Caldecott Medal for his most famous book, The Song of the Swallows.

The Politi family rented a series of bungalows on Bunker Hill, which at that time was a large, hilly area of steep, narrow streets and alleys that formed the heart of Los Angeles with Victorian homes and bungalows.

In 1961, the family moved to 415 East Edgeware and lived there for 12 years, then moved to 845 Edgeware in Angeleno Heights. The changing neighborhoods of the city inspired Politi's water color illustrations for the adult reader, in books that include Bunker Hill, Los Angeles: Reminiscences of Bygone Days, Tales of the Los Angeles Parks and Angeleno Heights.

Leo Politi is remembered today with the Leo Politi School, dedicated in 1991, Monticillo de Leo Politi, an area of Elysian Park close to Dodger Stadium was dedicated to Leo Politi in 1994 and later this year, which marks the 100th anniversary of his birth, the corner of Sunset and Echo Park will be dedicated as Leo Politi Square.

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Leo Politi - Echo Park Historical Society

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The Life & Legacy of Leo Politi Hailed as the "artist of Olvera Street," Leo Politi captured the heart of Los Angeles through his paintings, sometimes sold for as little as a quarter or less to make ends meet.

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Artwork from and for the earth by artist Michael Amescua. Steel jewelry, wall pieces, tables, paintings, and more.

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This forest of city street lights, called Urban Light was created by artist Chris Burden. Despite initial appearances, the arrangement is not a perfect grid....

This forest of city street lights, called Urban Light was created by artist Chris Burden. Despite initial appearances, the arrangement is not a perfect grid. Depending on where the viewer stands, the lamps arrange themselves in different angles and arrays. The 202 cast iron lamps once lit the streets of Los Angeles. Burden bought the first one at the Rose Bowl flea market, and soon collecting and restoring street lights became an obsession. He painted them all the same neutral gray, in order to draw the eye to all the different varieties of cast iron decoration. Burden says that street lamps like these were symbols of a civilized and sophisticated city-safe after dark and beautiful to behold. The lights all still work, and they are now powered by solar energy. They are switched on every night at dusk, and are lit until 10pm. At night, Burden says his sculpture becomes transformed into "a building with a roof of light." Since it was installed along LACMA's Wilshire Boulevard entrance in February 2008, artist Chris Burden's "Urban Light" has become "an instant landmark" [New York Times]. To celebrate its one-year anniversary, in January 2009, LACMA launched an open call for online submissions of "Urban Light"-inspired photographs, videos, and writing - the result of which is colorfully presented in the book "Celebrating Urban Light". A commemorative feast for the eyes, "Celebrating Urban Light" features 150 photos, poems, and video stills chosen by Charlotte Cotton, LACMA's curator and head of photography department, from over 1,000 submissions. The book also includes a foreword by LACMA CEO and Director Michael Govan, a preface by Charlotte Cotton, and an excerpt from a conversation between Chris Burden and Michael Govan. Preview or purchase the book at: http://www.blurb.com/b/580267-celebrating-urban-light

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Urban Light, Chris Burden (United States, Massachusetts, Boston, 1946-2015), United States, California, Los Angeles County, 2008, Sculpture, (Two-hundred and two) restored cast iron antique street lamps, This forest of city street lights, called Urban Light was created by artist Chris Burden.

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Katrina Alexy's artist website and online portfolio.

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jenstark.com

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Home - Barbara Kruger - Photograph Collage, Advertising, Slogans, Art

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BarbaraKruger.com is a tribute to Barbara Kruger, the American collage artist famous for her layered photographs. This site contains a store and shop, as well as many links of interest.

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https://www.easternprojectsgallery.com/5983875-manuel-lopez

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Established in 1979, we are the only artist-founded museum in Los Angeles. We are dedicated to collecting and exhibiting contemporary art.

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Kunstverein Braunschweig Braunschweig, Germany September 4 – October 31, 1999

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LACMA | Los Angeles County Museum of Art

Early Closures This Week: Resnick Pavilion with Eternal Medium, Matthew Barney, Painting in the River of Angels, The World Made Wondrous, and the LACMA Store will close Thu, Nov 2, at 5:30 pm. All of LACMA, including access to outdoor art, will close Sat, Nov 4, at 1 pm for a private event.

As part of the newly opened

Los Angeles County
Museum of Art

5905 Wilshire Blvd.
Los Angeles, CA 90036

Closed Today

Free for L.A. County residents with valid ID weekdays after 3 pm (except Wednesdays).

© Chris Burden/licensed by The Chris Burden Estate and Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York, photo: Coral Images/iStock.com

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LACMA (Los Angeles County Museum of Art). Largest art museum in the West inspires creativity and dialogue. Connect with cultures from ancient times to the present.

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https://www.tanyaleighton.com/artists/math-bass

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Look at this Photograph (L-R Primas Locas y El Mike, Flea, Go Shorty it's Your Birthday)

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Jose Ramirez is an artist and educator who lives in Los Angeles. He is a chicano artist who has painted murals, illustrated children's books and completed projects for organizations and nonprofits throughout the country.

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What is he famous for?

David Hockney is one of the most important painters of the 20th century. If you were to Google, famous British painters, there's a good chance that Hockney's name will appear. Born in Bradford in 1937, Hockney was one of the big artists involved in the pop art movement in the 1960s. Pop art was a style of art that was bright, full of colour. It was made by lots of young artists who felt that the art they saw in galleries was a little bit boring. To find out more about pop art, watch our handy video. It's likely that you'll learn about pop art in school and then you can mention Hockney and impress all your friends and teachers.

What does he like to paint?

David Hockney
Going Up Garrowby Hill 2000
Private Collection © David Hockney

Hockney lives in London, but owns two other homes in California. You can imagine then that a lot of his work varies, because California and the UK are very different places. California is usually always sunny, where as in England the weather changes all the time. So, when painting in England, Hockney likes to paint the seasons. In Going Up Garrowby Hill, Hockney has painted a canvas of the landscape in Yorkshire, where he was brought up. There are lots of different colours. Why do you think this?

When in California, his paintings are colourful and bold. In A Bigger Splash, Hockney paints a swimming pool. It looks like someone has just jumped into the water. The blue is so bright that you want to get on the diving board and jump in too. And look at how tall those palm trees are! You won't find palm trees like that in England.

Does he like painting people?

Yes! Lots of Hockney's work involves painting people he loves. This is usually pairs of people. My Parents is a painting of his mum and dad and is probably one of his most famous. Look at how he illustrates their personalities. His mother sits upright and attentive, while his father is absorbed in his paper and seems a little bit on the edge of his seat. It's like Hockney has captured how he feels about his parents in a painting that will last forever.

Hockney wants to capture his relationships with the people he knew. Many of his paintings are of men that he loved and spent time with. Like the painting of his parents, they show a tenderness towards the people who really mattered for Hockney. This includes his friends and other couples Hockney admired. In George Lawson and Wayne Sleep, Hockney shows Wayne, a dancer, and his partner George. The way Wayne, who is framed in the doorway, gazes at George shows a look of love that Hockney clearly felt was important to share.

So, where is Hockney today?

Hockney is still painting and trying lots of new experiments with art. Some of his most recent work includes painting on iPads. The great thing about iPads is that once the work has been complete, you can go back and see how the painting was created. It's like rewinding time. Isn't that incredible?

How do you feel about Hockney's work? Why not try picking up a paintbrush or iPad and start painting like Hockney. Start with bold colours and paint your local swimming pool and your local park. Or, if you like painting people, maybe start by painting your family. Try and show how you feel about them in your painting.

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David Hockney is one of the most important painters of the 20th century. If you were to Google, famous British painters, there's a good chance that Hockney's name will appear. Born in Bradford in 1937, Hockney was one of the big artists involved in the pop art movement in the 1960s.

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https://artillerymag.com/events/victor-estrada-purple-mexican/

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LOS ANGELES, Calif. - Inner-City Arts, a leading education nonprofit providing access to creative instruction for young people in Los Angeles-has received a $150,000, one-year grant from the S. Mark Taper Foundation to support the organization's general operations. "Their continued commitment to our cause enables us to continue to provide creative arts learning and critical thinking [...]

Rhett & Link of Good Mythical Morning on YouTube Mythical's first-ever all-day livestream event will air on the company's flagship Good Mythical Morning channel, broadcast to nearly 17 million subscribers Los Angeles, CA, November 11, 2020-On Thursday, November 19th, the Internet's biggest daily talk show (Rhett & Link's Good Mythical Morning) will host a [...]

Mia Bella Chavez, a student from the "Work of Art" College and Career Readiness Program discussing the VR experience with California By Design judge Dan Harden Takes 2nd Place in TV program California By Design's "Best of the Best" awards Los Angeles, CA, August 6, 2020 - A world-first educational Virtual Reality partnership between [...]

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MORE INFO / REGISTER Self-Select Arts Classes are back February 8th. Save your spot! Self-Select Arts Classes are back February 8th. Save your spot! LEARN MORE Virtual K-12 classes, educator workshops, community gatherings. It's all happening online. Virtual K-12 classes, educator workshops, community gatherings. It's all happening online.

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Center for the Study of Political Graphics

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Center for the Study of Political Graphics

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The Center for the Study of Political Graphics is an expansive visual art resource and historical archive located in Los Angeles, California.

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Homepage - SOCIAL AND PUBLIC ART RESOURCE CENTER

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SOCIAL & PUBLIC ART RESOURCE CENTER Support another 40 years of art, political action, and social justice by contributing to SPARC today. In our current political climate, SPARC programs are...

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Side Street Projects is an entirely mobile artist-run organization.
We are devoted to community-centered artists through community-led programming that promotes creativity, wellbeing, and the potential for collective growth.

We are centered and led by the justice-impacted communities of Pasadena and LA County.

Visit our CALENDAR to see when the many engaging programs are happening! Our programs range from skill-shares, woodworking opportunities, artist-in-residence projects, exhibitions, and more!

Side Street Projects is a very lean 501c3 non profit organization. We rely on a community of donors to sustain and grow our programs that serve thousands or artists and youth each year.

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Side Street Projects is an entirely mobile artist-run organization. We are devoted to community-centered artists through community-led programming that promotes creativity, wellbeing, and the potential for collective growth. We are centered and led by the justice-impacted communities of Pasadena and LA County. Side Street Projects is a very lean 501c3 non profit organization.

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Jennah Ward Bentley is a Los Angeles-based photographer and artist. Her work chronicles public and private spaces.

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Institute of Contemporary Art Los Angeles

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Institute of Contemporary Art Los Angeles

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Institute of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles

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Home - Institute of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles

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Carlos Almaraz lived in the XX cent., a remarkable figure of American-Mexican Chicano art movement and Neo-Expressionism. Find more works of this artist at Wikiart.org - best visual art database.

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https://www.instagram.com/plora.art/

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Art21 is a celebrated global leader in presenting thought-provoking and sophisticated content about contemporary art, and the go-to place to learn first-hand from the artists of our time. A nonprofit organization, Art21’s mission is to inspire a more creative world through the works and words of con…

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FEATURED VIDEO ENRIQUE CASTREJON FEATURED ARTIST ROBERT MARTIN FEATURED ARTWORK

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Tierra del Sol Gallery is associated with the Tierra del Sol Foundation, empowering people with developmental disabilities through careers in the arts.

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We are pleased to announce that the Armory has adopted a new mission and vision statement, the result of a collaboration between members of the staff and board.

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See our exhibition At the Table. On view through December 4. Reservations are appreciated.

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Classes for children, teens, adults, and families including Art for Two, animation, ceramics, collage, graphic novels, figure drawing, painting, letterpress - plus new offerings that include textile arts, printmaking, silkscreening, calligraphy, and more!

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Give the gift of art with an Armory art class gift certificate. Support the artists in your life by giving them the gift of creativity.

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A collaboration between the Armory and the City of Pasadena to offer Mixed Media classes for kids (ages 6-12) and older adults (ages 50+). Classes are free for students and registration is required.

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Your membership provides tuition assistance to 1,300 students a year. Benefits include discounts, private events, and more.

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Updated Winter Session Dates
(January 4, 2022) - Due to rising COVID cases in LA County, we are postponing the start of winter classes by one week in order to put increased prevention systems in pla... Read more.

Perfect for ages 3 to 5! Created by Armory Teaching Artist Ed Leonardi, we have some fun and simple directions on how to make yourself an animal companion including a 3D kitten or 2D puppy.

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Connie Samaras
The Past is Another Planet:
Huntington Tropical Garden; OEB 7185, Octavia E. Butler and Large Tree,
Amazon River Region, July 1985.
2016
Archival pigment print on Hahnemühle Fine ... Read more.

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We are pleased to announce that the Armory has adopted a new mission and vision statement, the result of a collaboration between members of the staff and board. Learn More See our exhibition At the Table. On view through December 4. Reservations are appreciated.

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LEARN MORE ABOUT self help graphics & art

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Check out our calendar of events such as Our Future, Our Voice, Our Way youth exhibition on view from July 9 - September 3, 2021 at our gallery and our Open Studio on August 19, and every third Thursday, with our Beyond the Press Artist, Pavel Acevedo.

Participate in our free monthly programs and workshops such as Artist Lab: In the Studio, our Family Workshop, or Wellness Wednesday meditation and workshop. Learn more and register on Eventbrite. Please note that both Artist Lab and Wellness Wednesday will take a pause in August and resume in September.

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SHG BUILDING CLOSURE update

SHG TO REOPEN SITE FOR SELECT IN-PERSON PROGRAMS, WORKSHOPS
AND YOUTH EXHIBITION IN GALLERY

Self Help Graphics & Art will reopen to the public for select in-person programming with pre-registration, as well as for guests who wish to visit the youth exhibition, Our Future, Our Voice, Our Way, this summer in our gallery by appointment only. View our web calendar, Eventbrite or Facebook event listings for details about in-person and virtual programming opportunities. All pre-registered on-site visitors must wear masks, including vaccinated guests.

If you wish to contact our administrative team, please email info@selfhelpgraphics.com or our individual team members and we'll return your correspondence as promptly as possible. Thank you for your patience and understanding during this unprecedented time as we work to safely reopen and keep the health of our staff and community members a priority.

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Self Help Graphics & Art, Inc. is located in Los Angeles, California.

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Self-Help Graphics & Art, Inc. is a community arts center in East Los Angeles, California, USA. Self Help Graphics & Art is dedicated to the production, interpretation, and distribution of prints and other art media by Chicana/o and Latina/o artists.

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Evan Holloway - Artist - David Kordansky Gallery

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David Kordansky Gallery is a contemporary art gallery with locations in Los Angeles and New York, representing more than fifty artists and estates.

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Ni de Aquî, Ni de AllâOrganized by Charlie James and Ever Velasquez

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Manuel López’s (b.1983, East Los Angeles, CA) drawings and paintings are informed by his immediate surroundings. Each piece is a careful examination of elements found around his environment: books, records, boxes, houseplants, various elements from his home, his neighborhood, and studio. López rel…

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PATRICK MARTINEZ PROMISED LAND SEPTEMBER 17 - OCTOBER 22 969 CHUNG KING ROAD

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This website is for personal and/or educational use only. No texts or images of any artwork may be reproduced or downloaded without the express written permission of the Ed Ruscha Catalogue Raisonné. All artworks by Ed Ruscha are copyright protected under © Edward J. Ruscha IV.

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This website is for personal and/or educational use only. No texts or images of any artwork may be reproduced or downloaded without the express written permission of the Ed Ruscha Catalogue Raisonné. All artworks by Ed Ruscha are copyright protected under © Edward J. Ruscha IV.

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Shizu Saldamando - Charlie James Gallery

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Solo exhibitions include LA Intersections, Occidental College, Los Angeles, CA; Shizu Saldamando, Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art, Scottsdale, AZ; To Return, Charlie James Gallery, Los Angeles, CA; When You Sleep: A Survey of Shizu Saldamando, Vincent Price Art Museum, Monterey Park, CA; All Tomorrow's Parties, Moore College of Art and Design, Philadelphia, PA.

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I noticed in the last year my own creative habits were changing. I was painting bigger, and more often. Felt more confident in my 'freestyle' style. One of the big goals that I've had for a long time was to produce a huge immersive-art installation where I could transform an entire space.

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Los Angeles native and New York based visual artist, Kehinde Wiley has firmly situated himself within art history's portrait painting tradition. As a contemporary descendent of a long line of portraitists, including Reynolds, Gainsborough, Titian, Ingres, among others, Wiley, engages the signs and visual rhetoric of the heroic, powerful, majestic and the sublime in his representation of urban, Black and Brown men found throughout the world.

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Los Angeles native and New York based visual artist, Kehinde Wiley has firmly situated himself within art history's portrait painting tradition. As a contemporary descendent of a long line of portraitists, including Reynolds, Gainsborough, Titian, Ingres, among others, Wiley, engages the signs and visual rhetoric of the heroic, powerful, majestic and the sublime in his representation of urban, Black and Brown men found throughout the world.

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ArtCenter College of Design - A Global Leader in Art and Design Education

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At ArtCenter College of Design, we prepare artists and designers to share their creativity with the world. With a faculty made up of leading working professionals and successful alumni in various fields, realize your passion at ArtCenter.