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| Bringing Arts and Culture to Life in Santa Monica |
May 24, 2007 |
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| This weekend brings us an impressive collection of work by thirty-six of the best women artists in Southern California, a great new one-act-play festival, a tour of Santa Monica Canyon's idyllic past, art from Australia and at Santa Monica College they're dancing in the streets. It's all out there just waiting for you. Don't make it wait too long! |
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Women
Artists of Southern California: Then + Now 6-9 pm Saturday, June 2 Opening Reception Exhibition runs through June 30,2007 Track 16 Gallery Bergamot Station 2525 Michigan Avenue 310/264.4678 |
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| Santa Monica doyenne of the arts Bruria Finkel has assembled a collection of work by thirty-six female artists living in Southern California. "Then" refers to the women's creations in the 1970's, while "Now" is clearly the present. The exhibition itself bridges the thirty-plus-years that these self-identified feminists have been creating work. Here's just a few of the names of the artists included in this exhibition to give you an idea of its significance: Lita Albuquerque, Jacki Apple, Jacqueline Dreager, Gilah Yelin Hirsch, Connie Jenkins, Robin Mitchell, Luchita Mullican, Sheila Pinkel, Astrid Preston, Erika Rothenberg, Rachel Rosenthal, Deborah Sussman, Ruth Weisberg, June Wayne, Miriam Wosk, and Connie Zehr. | |
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Collision Festival West
Thursday, May 30 through Sunday, June 3 Ruskin Theatre 3000 Airport Drive Santa Monica Airport |
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| Twelve playwrights, 10 directors and 22 actors combine forces this weekend to present an even dozen 10-minute plays all in tune with the theme Smoke. In a special collaboration with New York's Regroup Theatre, the Ruskin Theatre continues to present the some of LA's best theatre with this festival. | |
| Dancing In The Streets | |
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Renegade Dance Synapse Dance Theater 3:00 pm & 800 pm June 2 Santa Monica College Pavillion Santa Monica College 1900 Pico Boulevard 310/434.3000 SMC's Synapse Dance Theater has escaped the stage and has popped up in unconventional performance spaces all semester long. We've seen them in parking structures, on the Promenade, the Boardwalk, and they'll be dancing their final concerts for this year at the Santa Monica College Pavilion. The program includes modern, jazz, tap, hip-hop and more. |
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Great Art for a Great Cause |
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Art for CLARE
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Over 35 local artists will participate in an auction and fundraiser for the CLARE Foundation. Not only can you acquire a great new piece of art for your own collection, but you can support the work that this vital agency does to transform the lives of homeless and low-income alcoholics and addicts. Bid on work by Carol Ess, Ed Ruscha, or Jennifer Vanderpool, while actress/comedian Rachel Tomlinson emcees the festivities. Great art and a great cause - what more could you ask for? |
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Romantic Views of Santa Monica Canyon |
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Mojica
Hacienda Tour |
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| Built by Jose Mojica, Mexican opera star, film idol and religious devotee, this 1929 home is a showplace for the finest of Spanish Colonial Revival architecture. Along with a tour through the house and a stroll in its magnificent gardens, film historian Marc Wanamaker will be on hand to talk about the sites connections the early Hollywood and Ernest Marquez will be displaying historic photographs and signing his book, Santa Monica Beach: A Collector's Pictorial History. This is a marvelous opportunity to learn about the glamorous past of our fair community. | |
| A Humble View of LA | |
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A Place
in the Sun: Photographs of Los Angeles John Humble 2:00 pm Saturday June 2 Martin Luther King Jr. Auditorium Main Library - 601 Santa Monica Boulevard 310/458.8600 |
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| Master photographer John Humble has been capturing images of Los Angeles for more than 30 years. His works are collected in some of the world’s best museums and is currently being exhibition at the Getty Center . Humble will talk about his work and share images of the Los Angeles River and the urban landscape at this fascinating lecture. For a look at Humble’s vision of Santa Monica, check out the online version publication Twenty02, documenting the twenty-year history of the Santa Monica Arts Commission. | |
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| Aboriginal Australian Artworks | |
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Ngaju Kura
Jangka Clifton Bieundurry Opening Reception Friday June 1 6:30 - 9:30pm Frank Pictures Gallery Bergamot Station, A-5 2525 Michigan Ave 310/828.0211 |
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| Walmajarri artist Clifton Bieundurry’s works on handmade paper and cotton convey his ideas about Australian aboriginal culture. Frank Pictures brings him to Santa Monica in conjunction with the Craft and Folk Art Museum's current exhibition Dreaming in Color: Aboriginal Art from Balgo. | |
| Happy Weekend Everyone! | |
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