Forest for the Trees

The Annex Presents

Forest for the Trees

A site-specific fiber installation project 

Co-sponsored by the Arroyo Arts Collective and Yarn Bombing Los Angeles


Edith Abeyta; Leslie Brown; Katelyn Dorroh; Beth Elliott; Jacque Lene Engel; Carmela Gomes; Heather Hoggan; Amy Caterina Hill; Lisa Jong; Julie Kornblum; Arzu Arda Kosar; Justine Leong; Tyler Mitzner; Lauri Mraz; Racquel “Rocky” Ormsby; David Orozco; Adrianna Rianna; Ann Storc; Kacy Treadway; Jane Wang; Jessica Wards; Tracy Williams; and Darlyn Susan Yee

 
Opening Night Reception:  Saturday, November 12, 7-10 pm

November 12 through December 4, 2011

 
The Arroyo Arts Collective and Yarn Bombing Los Angeles invited artists from all over the world  to participate in Forest, For the Trees, a built-environment site specific fiber based installation to be assembled in the Annex Gallery of the Avenue 50 Studio. 

An old-growth forest, through its great age, exhibits unique ecological features and is often home to rare, threatened, and endangered species of plants and animals, making them ecologically significant. Unfortunately, many of our old-growth forest are threatened by habitat destruction at the invasive hands of man. This exhibition hopes to address the wonders and perils of the forest by creating an environment which is at once unique and fantastic, dangerous and bizarre, and by acknowledging that one day the built environment may be all that’s left to us.
 
No one really knows what lurks within the deepest, darkest parts of the forest.  Artists, whose talents extend from novice to expert crafters, will create trees, groundcover, animals, monsters, and maybe an alien or two. Works range from funny to socially conscience, use standard, recycled, and unusual materials, and/or push the knit/crochet envelope. 

This event is free and open to the public.

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The Arroyo Arts Collective was established in 1989, as a community organization of artists, writers and performers who live and work in Northeast Los Angeles. The mission of the Arroyo Arts Collective is to develop and present creative events that educate while fostering an awareness of the creative vitality of Northeast Los Angeles.
 
Yarn Bombing Los Angeles (YBLA) is a group of guerrilla knitters who originally came together in October 2010 for “Fig KnitOn” L.A.’s first large scale public graffiti yarn installation/exhibition and the "Yarn Bombing 18th St" installation at the 18th Street Arts Center in Santa Monica in June 2011.
 
For more information, please visit: www.ArroyoArtsCollective.org or http://yarnbombing18th.weebly.com

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