Preview: Haitian Vodou Flags at La Luz de Jesus
This is one of the most exciting exhibitions this season–part of a perfectly conceived La Luz de Jesus Eastery show full of bright colors, skulls, religion, death and resurrection–a rare chance to view (and purchase!) Haitian vodou flags by the late master Antoine Oleyant. Oleyant, who died in 1992, moved the traditional sequined fabrics from…
Timothy Washington: Love Thy Neighbor at the Craft and Folk Art Museum
A nearly fifty year retrospective of Timothy Washington’s work is presented by CAFAM for view by the public.
Art Walk: Pilates & Arts Echo Park
Located close to downtown LA, Echo Park has experienced a hipster and pseudo-hipster influx over the past few years, along with a new development of townhouses on Echo Park Blvd., but it still retains its funky vibe. Echo Park Blvd., the main street of this enclave, is lined with small shops, cafes, and service businesses…
Call to Artists: METRO SILVER LINE STATIONS Deadline Sept 3
Street artists! Muralists! Painters! Here’s an opportunity to do public art, be seen by thousands of people daily, and get paid for it! Deadline for proposal delivery is September 3 (keep in mind Monday September 2 is a holiday) Here are the details: Metro is seeking five artists for Silver Line stations. The Los Angeles…
Beyond Eden: Multi-Gallery Show Celebrates New Contemporary Art
L.A.’s New Contemporary art scene–think Pop Surrealism, conceptual narrative, low brow, interpretive representational; you know, Los Angeles art!–gets its fourth showcasing in the historical, and very LA setting, Barnsdall Art Park in East Hollywood, Oct. 12 and 13, 2013. Beyond Eden, at the Los Angeles Municipal Art Gallery at Barnsdall Art Park in East Hollywood, …
Photos from La Luz de Jesus: José Rodolfo Loaiza Ontiveros, Laluzapalooze Juried Show Winner
In his latest series, “DisHollywood,” José Rodolfo Loaiza Ontiveros takes his social commentary to a new level, mixing beloved fairytale icons with characters from the world of cinema, celebrity and music to create a pop culture mash-up that enchants and provokes. Along with Ontiveros, this month La Luz de Jesus presents the Laluzapalooza juried show…
Preview: Bobby Furst’s Desert Art Raises the Heat at La Luz de Jesus
Joshua Tree-based artist Bobby Furst has been creating assemblage since he was little boy growing up in Laurel Canyon. Decades later, after meeting George Herms, Furst brought a portfolio of his own work to Santa Monica College of Design Art and Architecture’s administration on the first day of classes, and was admitted into Herm’s…
2 Openings at La Luz de Jesus Gallery: Tribute to Big Daddy Roth, Works by Bobby Furst
One of the summer’s most fun group exhibitions is an overflowing tribute to Ed “Big Daddy” Roth and his character Rat Fink. La Luz de Jesus Gallery‘s new show “Rat Fink’s Revenge” opens June 7, 2013 with models by 40-plus artists who each used a 12-inch resin Rat Fink to re-imagine, dress up, and honor…
Billy’s Thursday Night Fish Fry: Community Social No. 12
Oh my goth, what a new romantic line-up for Billy’s Thursday Night Fish Fry and Community Social No 12! Michael Aston of Gene Loves Jezebel, joined by Michael Ciravolo GLJ/Human Drama, Johnny Indovina and Tish Ciravolo. Plus: aster of Ceremonies Blaine Capatch; Speedbuggy; the Reignng Monarchs; Doug Lee and his Glass Harp; Scot Nery juggling…