Thursday, August 7, 2008

Sketchpad, July-August – Part 2


Sketchpad
regularly reports on exhibits in our own Topanga Canyon Gallery, but our artists frequently display their work in other venues as well. We have several to report this time.

Hadiya Finley Hits Jackpot! – Hadiya is not only our gallery’s Shows/Calendar scheduler, but she also is good at scheduling her work into other venues. She currently has examples of her art in exhibits now open or coming soon in three locations. The first is Howell-Green, conveniently located next door to Topanga Canyon Gallery. Hours are Noon-5, Tuesday-Saturday.

She also has work in two prestigious juried shows: Palos Verdes Art Center Galleries 2008 All Media Juried Exhibition and L.A. Municipal Art Gallery Juried Exhibition. The former opened July 25, runs through September 8. The L.A. show is at Barnsdall Park, 4800 Hollywood Blvd. (near Vermont), open Thursday-Sunday, noon-5 pm (9 pm on first Fridays of each month. The exhibit opens July 31, ends September 7; reception is Sunday, August 3, 2-5 pm.

Barbara Kolo Invades Glendale – Well perhaps “invade” is too strong a word, but Barbara Kolo returns to the Brand Library Art Center as part of a 5-person “Circle in the Square” exhibit. She had a successful show in 1998 at this venue, which is located at 1601 West Mountain St., Glendale, California 91201-1200, tel: 818-548-2051. The exhibit runs from August 2 to September 5, 2008. Opening Reception: Saturday, August 2, 5-8 p.m. The other artists included in the show are Yesung KimSusan SironiLuke Van Hook and Cheryl Walker.

The “unifying motif for these diverse Southern California artists is the circle, or to be precise, the circle in the square,” report the organizers. “Kolo paints huge canvases that depict the forms and shapes of the natural world using the tiniest of colorful, round stipples of acrylic paint,” as those of us have noted in Barbara’s exhibits at Topanga Canyon Gallery

Sophie Pegrum Film Displayed – A 30-minute version of Sophie’s Antarctica was part of the Los Angeles Art Association and The Japanese American National Museum presentation: Lita Albuquerque’s Stellar Axis Project.  An expansion of LAAA’s ongoing ArtSpeak programming, this special evening featured presentation of Albuquerque’s powerful site-specific art installation Stellar Axis: Antarctica. Lita Albuquerque, you may recall, was the juror for our TCG January 2008 Juried Show. 

Another Mexico Show for Your Editor – The show that featured my work and that of Gabriel Rodriguez de Alba in the Guadalajara area last November, “Dos Maestros del Arte Contemporaneo,” was so successful that it appears we will have a new and larger one again this fall – and it will include photos and paintings from my wife Liz, as well.

The venue this time will be the National Museum of Tequila, Jalisco, MX. Founded in 2000, the relatively new museum is part of a growing emphasis on the city’s cultural and historical features. The Mexican government has declared the town one of the country's 'magic villages' or pueblos magicos, indicating the place has significant historical and architectural value. In July 2006, UNESCO announced that the agave region of western Mexico along with the historic tequila producing factories have become the first Mexican site selected for their World Heritage List in the Cultural Landscape category.

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