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The Palette
Making
arts and culture come alive in Santa Monica! |
February 15, 2007 |
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You might not have gotten diamonds and rubies for
Valentines Day, but you have a real gem of a
weekend here in Santa Monica with plenty of
opportunities to take your sweetie on a belated
Valentine art date or to contemplate the joys of single
life while immersed in artworks. Admittedly, cruising
the galleries is not as instantly gratifying as wolfing
down bon-bons but the after-effects are so much
healthier. So, whether you're out with the love of your
life or flying solo, go love yourself some art. |
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Celebrating Our Community Through Dance |
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4th Annual Dance! Santa Monica
Celebrating Our Community through Dance
Two shows only!!
Sat, February 17th at 8:00 pm
Sun, February 18th at 3:00 pm
The Miles Memorial Playhouse
Reed Park
1130 Lincoln Boulevard
Free Parking at 808 Wilshire
310-458-8634
The City of Santa Monica Cultural
Affairs Division and The Miles
Memorial Playhouse present this 4th
annual celebration of local choreographers. The
evening features an eclectic mix of styles and
is the perfect family outing. Don't miss it! |
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Pixel This! |
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PXL Fest 16
Vidiots
8:00 pm
Thursday, February 15
302 Pico Boulevard (between 4th and Main)
310/392.8508
Vidiots partners with
PXL This to screen their
16th annual festival. This folk art of the late
20th century is created using the
Fisher-Price PXL 2000, a toy video
camera released in the 1980's. Each of these
retro-chic films can be seen as intimate epics
demonstrating the creativity possible when
technical sophistication is completely
unavailable. |
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Art Rises From the Ashes |
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Paul Bob Velick, Beauty From Before, 1999 The Princess -
after Velasquez |
Paul Bob Velick,
FireWorks / A studio fire installed
Robert Berman Gallery
Through - March 10, 2007
Opening reception: Saturday, February 17,
6:30pm - 8:30pm
Bergamot Station Art Center
2525 Michigan Avenue
310/315.1937
FireWorks is a installation composed
of the remains from the Santa Monica Studio fire
of artist, Paul Bob Velick.
The exhibition will feature a selection of the
surviving works from over 500 collected
paintings, drawings, collages on wood, texts and
photographs that were in the studio during the
fire.
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Fools,
Rejects, and Sanctuaries |
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Allison Schulnik,
Flowers
for Visitor #3 (detail) |
Allison Schulnik
Mark Moore Gallery
Through March 24, 2007
Opening Reception: Saturday, February 17th, from
5-7pm
2525 Michigan Avenue, A-1
310/453 3031
Also at
Bergamot, the
Mark Moore Gallery has a
collection of new paintings from Los Angeles
based artist
Allison Schulnik. Her
distinctive style is formed through the use of
old, worn brushes and thick globs of paint, the
resulting canvases depicting a world of
controlled chaos in which her images reside.
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Gallery
Hopping on Broadway |
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Rimi Yang, The Princess -
after Velasquez |
Rimi Yang
Bill Lowe Gallery
Through March 9, 2007
2034 Broadway
310/449.0184
One of Santa Monica's most established galleries
can be found not at Bergamot Station but on
Broadway. Currently the Bill Lowe Gallery is
displaying work by LA-based figurative painter
Rimi Yang which captures the
spirit and energy of the human form. Stop by
Back on Broadway for lunch and
then pay a visit to the
Lowe Gallery for a very
intriguing new look at the Infanta Dona
Margarita from the famed Velazquez painting.
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Alice
Returns to Wonderland
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Alice and the Wonderful Tea Party
Sat & Sun 12:30 and 3pm
February 17 through June 10, 2007
Santa Monica Playhouse
1211 4th Street,
310/394.9779 x 2 for reservations
Alice goes back through the looking glass
to visit the wonderful
Wonderland characters of her
youth at the
Santa Monica Playhouse. Youthful
audiences will love helping Alice set things
aright in this zany musical comedy. I've got a
six-year-old and a four-year-old visiting this
weekend so, meet us Saturday morning and we'll
have a real good time! |
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The draft Creative Capital plan will be presented to the
Santa Monica City Council on Tuesday February 27th. The
Arts Commission will be hosting a small reception that
evening in the lobby of City Hall from 5:00 to 6:00.
There will be copies of the draft plan, refreshments and
possibly some exciting entertainment. We'd love to
have you to join us in marking this important milestone
for Santa Monica's cultural community. If you'd like to
come down and show your support for the arts, please
RSVP
and let us know if you will be coming. And if you'd
like a copy of the Creative Capital Executive Summary,
drop me a note and I'll send one off to you right away!
Happy Weekend -
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