October 18: Curating Homeboy Industries 5k Run Outdoor Art Show

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October 18: Curating Homeboy Industries 5k Run Outdoor Art Show

October 18 I am curating my biggest art show yet, an outdoor, four-hour pop-up benefiting Homeboy Industries as part of their 5k run/walk, over forty artists and approximately eighty pieces of art that will be hung on a chain link fence. We start hanging at 5am, the show opens at 8am and is over at…

Preview: Eric Minh Swenson LIVE on Firedoglake.com Monday, May 20th

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Preview: Eric Minh Swenson LIVE on Firedoglake.com Monday, May 20th

You’ve seen Eric Minh Swenson at art galleries and events all over the Los Angeles, the guy with the big cameras, low key vibe, and artfully shaped facial hair. His photos, aside from appearing on CARTWHEEL, can be found in Artillery Magazine and Coagula Art Journal. He also writes for Huffington Post (His article on phone…

Photos: Brewery Art Walk Spring 2013

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Photos: Brewery Art Walk Spring 2013

The Brewery is world’s largest arts complex. With over 100 live/work spaces and now a restaurant/bar/cafe, the landmark location, once home of Pabst (“the Champange of bottled beer”), is a blue chip gem and in its nearly 40 years of existence has spurred the downtown Los Angeles arts revival. The Brewery grounds have expanded to…

“YES!” They Did at Coagula

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“YES!” They Did at Coagula

Cartwheel Art founder Cindy Schwarzstein had just finished the Cartwheel Art Mini-Art Fair at PROJECT Gallery and was planning La Luta, Ramsey Chahine’s debut solo show at Daily Dose’s exhibition space, when she and Coagula Curator College partner, painter Gina Mead  Howie were assigned April 6th for their one night show at Coagula. Using Joe O’Neill’s…

Coagula Curator’s College Finishes Up with Salon Style Saturday

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Coagula Curator’s College Finishes Up with Salon Style Saturday

April 13 was the final show for the six of us taking Mat Gleason’s curatorial seminar. The show 13•4•13 was curated by me and painter Wini Brewer, and featured 13 artists. Each had one piece, with the exception of Tim Youd who had four, because, well they’re small and we used them to balance out…

Paper Cuts: Interview with Leigh Salgado

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Paper Cuts: Interview with Leigh Salgado

The first time I saw a photo of Leigh Salgado‘s work, I wasn’t sure what I was seeing. When I first got to see her work in person, I couldn’t believe what I was seeing. She cuts, and burns, and folds, and paints largish paperscapes depicting vintage lace, lingerie, and flowers that cascade and fuse…

Preview: Llyn Foulkes, Leigh Salgado, Vito LoRusso at Coagula Curatorial

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Preview: Llyn Foulkes, Leigh Salgado, Vito LoRusso at Coagula Curatorial

  As long as I’ve known Mat Gleason–from when he was organizing the Brewery’s original art shows and launching Coagula Magazine, and now with Coagula Curatorial–he still finds time to cast an astrological chart with the same fluidity he uses to toss out bon mots and cutting truths about the art scene; and he has…