The weather oracles are predicting a cold and dry evening.
Sounds like the perfect time to enjoy Second Saturday Gallery Night, organized by the good folks at NELAart--that’s the Northeast Los Angeles Arts Organization-- a wonderful evening of art and community for you--yes you--to enjoy.
Cypress Park
2808 Elm Street
Los Angeles, CA 90065
The show Apology Accepted features over 40 woodblock and monoprints by Derek Cowan.
The New Puppy tells us that “Cowan’s prints are a reminder of a waning book culture in an age of e-readers. He is a leading practitioner of fine printing, printmaking and bookmaking.”
The show will only be on display this weekend.
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2638 N. Figueroa Street
Los Angeles, CA 90065
The featured artist this month is Natalie Fratino, the show is Winds of Change.
Fratino lives in Los Angeles, but pretends that she lives on a farm, and the paintings in the show are paintings about emotions and weather. Parking can be found through the orange gate just south of the gallery.
Be sure to ask for, and talk to Finster, and tell them I sent you.
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Along Figueroa
131 N. Avenue 50
Los Angeles CA, 90042
Avenue 50 has many treats for us this month. Most are exhibitions by students attending California Institute of the Arts.
Opening April 14 and through April 21 is Respect — New Video, organized by Nancy Buchanan
And in the Avenue 50 Studio Annex, from April 14 through May 5, Willie Middlebrook's I Own Nigger! will be presented.
Says Middlebrook, “My drive, my direction, my strong social and aesthetic convictions, from which everything that I do comes stems from my parents endowing strong feelings about the ideals and the integrity of being Black.
"From the first time I picked up a camera, I felt and still feel the need to reflect their world and my own--our sensibility. Thus the majority of what I do has and will always center around my people. After spending almost all of my pre-adult and the majority of my adult life seeing negative, non-quality or no images at all, of my people, I decided that there was a need to direct my focus exclusively to producing great images of my people; not necessarily in a positive light, but always in a true light. My focus is never limited, I seek to communicate to all, to all willing to listen.”
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5558 North Figueroa Street
Los Angeles CA, 90042
The work of Tuan Phan in the show Entropy will be on display.
Says Phan:
“In this new series, I am drawing different types of fungi to interpret stories connecting to the idea of reincarnation. Mushrooms have the ability to break down matter and give nutrients back to the soil that sustains growth. They are also used for medicinal purposes and as a food source. Mushrooms nurture life but can also destroy it in the process. For this reason, and because I find their shapes beautiful, I have chosen fungi as my subject matter.”
There are promised to be fungi-related snacks, as well.
York Boulevard
Los Angeles CA, 90042
At Matters of Space is the closing reception of Michelle Pullman's solo exhibition, Land & Sea.
All of the photographs in the Land & Sea show were shot on film and hand printed in a traditional darkroom. “It's all about tangibility," says Pullman.
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5027 York Boulevard
They are celebrating their One Year Anniversary at Platform!
Drinks and the Komodo Food Truck will be on had to enhance the celebration.
Also there will be the show Paint and Clay, paintings by Kat Hutter, Ceramics by Roger Lee.
Ceramics are hand thrown by Lee, and the surfaces painted by Hutter. Both live in Highland Park.
Later this month, a special event:
“We just staged a house on Aldama Street in Highland Park.” Platform owner Sarah Brady tells Patch.“It should be going on the market this week and we will be having a Pop-up Shop event there later in April, around the week of the 23rd. We have collaborated with LA Box Collective and ArtCraft Homes on this project. All the furniture is for sale and provided by Platform in collaboration with LA Box Collective and ArtCraft Homes. Some of the furniture is Platform's merchandise, some vintage pieces from ArtCraft Homes, some handcrafted by LA Box Collective with reclaimed wood.”
Eagle Rock Boulevard
Leanna Lin's Wonderland
5024 Eagle Rock Boulevard
Los Angeles CA, 90041
Leanna Lin's Wonderland has the innerworkings of Genevieve Santos with her "illustrated whimsy of monsters & kids alike."
A Spring Fling trunk show will also be on display. Three Los Angeles artists/designers and their handmade creations--Chocolate and Steel, Lizbeth Navarro Ceramics, and Unicorn Crafts.
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Coming Soon!
In a couple of weeks, on Saturday, April 29 from 7-10 p.m., NELAart will continue their very popular .
Have you ever wanted to become a patron of the arts? Well, here's your chance.
in Highland Park will host this month's micro grant program, where $10 buys you a chance to vote on exciting projects created by local artists.
Each of the four artists will describe and show their project, and the delighted audience will choose their favorite, who will receive the micro-grant of all the admission fees for that evening.
Cool, huh? Enjoy the art and the sense of community and the excitement of helping an emerging artist right there and then.
There also might be a little more in it for you as well.
For info, email nelaartmicrogrant@gmail.com and get your tickets at the Glass Studio, right there on York, or get them online at nelaarts.org.
So grab someone, find a food truck, visit an eatery, and go out and see some art. Then get tickets for the micro-grant program, and all will be right in the world.
