NELA Live

Second Saturday August 13, NELAArt’s Monthly Art Gallery Night

Saturday, August 13, NELAart presents: SECOND SATURDAY GALLERY NIGHT

WHEN: The Second Saturday of Every Month 7:00-10:00p.m.
WHERE: Highland Park and surrounding neighborhoods.

NELAart Second Saturday Gallery Night is a free self-guided tour of the galleries, non-profits and artist run project spaces located in Northeast Los Angeles (NELA).

NELA has a tradition in the arts that dates back to the early 1900s.

The tradition continues with new spaces opening regularly. NELA is now one of L.A.'s most exciting destinations to view contemporary art.

OPENING AT AVENUE 50 STUDIO:   GANAS 2020, an exhibition of stencil and collage on canvas, and rubyliths by artist Ernesto Yerena.  The exhibition is based on a story written by Yerena detailing a fictional revolutionary movement, GANAS, fighting for reform, empowerment and dignity.  The opening reception for GANAS 2020 will be held on Saturday, August 13, 2011 from 7-10 PM.  The exhibit will be on display through September 4, 2011 and is free and open to the public.

Yerena, born in El Centro, California, currently living in Los Angeles, but moving to Arizona fights for justice not only on paper, but in the community.  He is the founder and curator of the Alto Arizona Art Campaign and the We Are Human Campaign. 
Opening Night Reception:  Saturday, August 13, 2011 from 7-10 pm

(Individual gallery hours may vary)

Avenue 50 Studios, 121 North Avenue 50

Bike Oven, 3706 North Figueroa Street

Cactus, 4534 Eagle Rock Boulevard

Cafe de Leche, 5000 York Boulevard

Curve Line Space, 1577 Colorado Boulevard

Future Studio, 5558 North Figueroa Street

Jose Vera Fine Art, 2012 Colorado Boulevard

Joy in the Rear, 223 1/2 Joy Street (behind 221 Joy Street)

Kristi Engle Gallery, 5002 York Boulevard

Land of Odd Gallery, 4690 Eagle Rock Boulevard,

La tierra de la Cuebra, 240 South Avenue 57

La Vida La Galeria, 5050 York Boulevard

Leanna Lin's Wonderland, 5024 Eagle Rock Boulevard

Matters of Space

Monte Vista, 5442 Monte Vista Street

MorYork Gallery, 4959 York Boulevard

New Puppy, Unit 1, 2808 Elm Street

New Stone Age Mosiacs, 1754 Colorado Boulevard

Outpost for Contemporary Art, 1268 North Avenue 50,

Platform, 5027 York Boulevard

The Glass Studio, 5052 York Boulevard

Toros Pottery, 4962 Eagle Rock Boulevard

2 Tracks Art Studio, 135 North Avenue 50 (Next to Avenue 50 Studio)

Second Saturday June 11, NELAArt's Monthly Art Gallery Night

Saturday, June 11, NELAart presents: SECOND SATURDAY GALLERY NIGHT

WHEN: The Second Saturday of Every Month 7:00-10:00p.m.
WHERE: Highland Park and surrounding neighborhoods.

NELAart Second Saturday Gallery Night is a free self-guided tour of the galleries, non-profits and artist run project spaces located in Northeast Los Angeles (NELA).

NELA has a tradition in the arts that dates back to the early 1900s.

The tradition continues with new spaces opening regularly. NELA is now one of L.A.'s most exciting destinations to view contemporary art.

Featured image:  Todos Somos Flor – Felicia Montes

Presented by the Southern California Women's Caucus for Art

Opening Night Reception:  Saturday, June 11, 2011 from 7-10 pm

 
Opening at The Avenue 50 Studio is proud:  Democracy and Art, a visual conversation of the role of art in a democracy.  Thirty works were selected by curator, activist and art historian Carol A. Wells, who also serves as the founder and executive director of the Center for Study of Political Graphics.  Chosen artists address the shifting meanings of freedom and equality, censorship and civil liberties.  Using art as a vehicle for the discussion of political issues has a rich history, at times shrouded in censorship.  Please join us as 23 artists converse on questions of democracy.

 
Presented by:  The Southern California Women's Caucus for Art (SCWCA), one of 27 chapters of the Women's Caucus for Art, the leading national organization for women actively engaged in the visual arts. professions and an affiliated society of the College Art Association.

(Individual gallery hours may vary)

1215 Projects, 1215 Cypress Avenue

Avenue 50 Studios, 121 North Avenue 50

Bike Oven, 3706 North Figueroa Street

Cactus, 4534 Eagle Rock Boulevard

Cafe de Leche, 5000 York Boulevard

Curve Line Space, 1577 Colorado Boulevard

Jose Vera Fine Art, 2012 Colorado Boulevard

La tierra de la Cuebra, 240 South Avenue 57

La Vida La Galeria, 5050 York Boulevard

Leanna Lin's Wonderland, 5024 Eagle Rock Boulevard

Matters of Space

MorYork Gallery, 4959 York Boulevard

New Puppy, Unit 1, 2808 Elm Street

Outpost for Contemporary Art, 1268 North Avenue 50,

Platform, 5027 York Boulevard

Space 2710, 2710 West Avenue 34

The Glass Studio, 5052 York Boulevard

Toros Pottery, 4962 Eagle Rock Boulevard

2 Tracks Art Studio, 135 North Avenue 50 (Next to Avenue 50 Studio)

Second Saturday May 14, NELAArt's Monthly Art Gallery Night

Saturday, May 14, NELAart presents: SECOND SATURDAY GALLERY NIGHT

WHEN: The Second Saturday of Every Month 7:00-10:00p.m.
WHERE: Highland Park and surrounding neighborhoods.

NELAart Second Saturday Gallery Night is a free self-guided tour of the galleries, non-profits and artist run project spaces located in Northeast Los Angeles (NELA).

NELA has a tradition in the arts that dates back to the early 1900s.

The tradition continues with new spaces opening regularly. NELA is now one of L.A.'s most exciting destinations to view contemporary art.

(Individual gallery hours may vary)

The Annex Presents:  Pages from a Bahía Diary

Images and text by J. Michael Walker.  Selected from a field of over 500 artists worldwide, J Michael Walker was one of seven chosen by the Sacatar Foundation to spend January-February 2011 on the jungle island of Itaparica, in Bahía, Brazil. Here, in the land of candomblé, under gorgeous skies and amid palpable spirits, he immersed himself in the local community, embraced by its warm, generous people.  Avenue 50 is proud to present the first public viewing of J Michael's impressions: the drawings, writings and photographs that record the strength, beauty, and soulfulness of Itaparica and its inhabitants. 

Showing Saturday, May 14 from 7-10 pm at The Annex (http://www.avenue50studio.com)

1215 Projects, 1215 Cypress Avenue

Avenue 50 Studios, 121 North Avenue 50

Bike Oven, 3706 North Figueroa Street

Cactus, 4534 Eagle Rock Boulevard

Cafe de Leche, 5000 York Boulevard

Center for the Arts, 2225 Colorado Boulevard

Curve Line Space, 1577 Colorado Boulevard

Future Studio, 5558 North Figueroa Street

Jose Vera Fine Art, 2012 Colorado Boulevard

Kristi Engle Gallery, 5002 York Boulevard

Knowhow Shop 6019 Echo Street

La tierra de la Cuebra, 240 South Avenue 57

Leanna Lin's Wonderland, 5024 Eagle Rock Boulevard

M2, 4501 Eagle Rock Boulevard

MorYork Gallery, 4959 York Boulevard

New Puppy, Unit 1, 2808 Elm Street

New Stone Age Mosiacs, 4532 1/2 Eagle Rock Boulevard

One Day, 2113 San Fernando Road

Outpost for Contemporary Art, 1268 North Avenue 50,

Platform, 5027 York Boulevard

She Rides the Lion, 133 North Avenue 50

Studio 5119, 5119 Eagle Rock Boulevard

The Glass Studio, 5052 York Boulevard

Toros Pottery, 4962 Eagle Rock Boulevard

2 Tracks Art Studio, 135 North Avenue 50 (Next to Avenue 50 Studio)

Verbre Studio and Gallery, 4540 Eagle Rock Boulevard

Second Saturday April 9, NELAArt's Monthly Art Gallery Night

Saturday, May 8, NELAart presents: SECOND SATURDAY GALLERY NIGHT

WHEN: The Second Saturday of Every Month 7:00-10:00p.m.
WHERE: Highland Park and surrounding neighborhoods.

NELAart Second Saturday Gallery Night is a free self-guided tour of the galleries, non-profits and artist run project spaces located in Northeast Los Angeles (NELA).

NELA has a tradition in the arts that dates back to the early 1900s.

The tradition continues with new spaces opening regularly. NELA is now one of L.A.'s most exciting destinations to view contemporary art.

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(Individual gallery hours may vary)

Avenue 50 Studios, 121 North Avenue 50

Bike Oven, 3706 North Figueroa Street

Cactus, 4534 Eagle Rock Boulevard

Cafe de Leche, 5000 York Boulevard

Curve Line Space, 1577 Colorado Boulevard

Future Studio, 5558 North Figueroa Street

Jose Vera Fine Art, 2012 Colorado Boulevard

Judson Studios, 200 South Avenue 66

Kristi Engle Gallery, 5002 York Boulevard

Knowhow Shop 6019 Echo Street

La tierra de la Cuebra, 240 South Avenue 57

Leanna Lin's Wonderland, 5024 Eagle Rock Boulevard

MorYork Gallery, 4959 York Boulevard

New Puppy, Unit 1, 2808 Elm Street

New Stone Age Mosiacs, 4532 1/2 Eagle Rock Boulevard

One Day, 2113 San Fernando Road

Outpost for Contemporary Art, 1268 North Avenue 50,

She Rides the Lion, 133 North Avenue 50

The Glass Studio, 5052 York Boulevard

Toros Pottery, 4962 Eagle Rock Boulevard

2 Tracks Art Studio, 135 North Avenue 50 (Next to Avenue 50 Studio)

***  Featured Image:  Earth Sky Fabric Collaged Landscape by Raoul De la Sota showing at Avenue 50 Annex.

Avenue 50 Studio, Inc.
a 501(c)(3) non-profit art gallery
131 North Avenue 50
Highland Park, CA  90042
323-258-1435
http://www.avenue50studio.com

NELA Art Second Saturday Art Gallery Night March 12

Saturday, March 8, NELAart presents: SECOND SATURDAY GALLERY NIGHT

WHEN: The Second Saturday of Every Month 7:00-10:00p.m.
WHERE: Highland Park and surrounding neighborhoods.

NELAart Second Saturday Gallery Night is a free self-guided tour of the galleries, non-profits and artist run project spaces located in Northeast Los Angeles (NELA).

NELA has a tradition in the arts that dates back to the early 1900s.

The tradition continues with new spaces opening regularly. NELA is now one of L.A.'s most exciting destinations to view contemporary art.

(Individual gallery hours may vary)

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Antigua Coffee House, 3400 North Figueroa Street

Avenue 50 Studios, 121 North Avenue 50

Bike Oven, 3706 North Figueroa Street

Cactus, 4534 Eagle Rock Boulevard

Cafe de Leche, 5000 York Boulevard

Center for the Arts, 2225 Colorado Boulevard

Curve Line Space, 1577 Colorado Boulevard

DRAW HERE!  Meet at the old gas station sign on the corner of Ave. 50 and York... be ready to DRAW.

First Defense, 5577 North Figueroa Street

Future Studio, 5558 North Figueroa Street

Heritage Suare Museum, 3800 Homer Street

hi tree, 131 North Avenue 50 (behind Avenue 50 Studio)

Jose Vera Fine Art, 2012 Colorado Boulevard

Kristi Engle Gallery, 5002 York Boulevard

Knowhow Shop 6019 Echo Street

Leanna Lin's Wonderland, 5024 Eagle Rock Boulevard

M2, 4501 Eagle Rock Boulevard

Monte Vista, 5442 Monte Vista Street

MorYork Gallery, 4959 York Boulevard

New Puppy, Unit 1, 2808 Elm Street

New Stone Age Mosiacs, 4532 1/2 Eagle Rock Boulevard

One Day, 2113 San Fernando Road

Outpost for Contemporary Art, 1268 North Avenue 50,

Studio Route 66, 5917 North Figueroa

She Rides the Lion, 133 North Avenue 50

The Glass Studio, 5052 York Boulevard

Toros Pottery, 4962 Eagle Rock Boulevard

2 Tracks Art Studio, 135 North Avenue 50 (Next to Avenue 50 Studio)

Verbre Studio and Gallery, 4540 Eagle Rock Boulevard

York Studios, 5029 York Boulevard

*** Featured Image:  "Embracing Democracy"

Embracing Democracy opens Saturday March 12, 7:00PM at

Avenue 50 Studio, Inc.
a 501(c)(3) non-profit art gallery
131 North Avenue 50
Highland Park, CA  90042
323-258-1435
http://www.avenue50studio.com

"Democracy is a universal value whose appeal is currently seen in the Middle East.  How do we measure democracy in today’s world?  Please join us on Saturday, March 12 to meet the artists who join the discussion of Embracing Democracy. "

Willie Robert Middlebrook
Ethel Pearl
Nico Avila
Cindy Suriyani
Khalid Hassein
Michael Massenburg

NELA Art Second Saturday Gallery Night February 12, 2011

Saturday, February 12, 2011 NELAart presents: SECOND SATURDAY GALLERY NIGHT

WHEN: The Second Saturday of Every Month 7:00-10:00p.m.
WHERE: Highland Park and surrounding neighborhoods.

NELAart Second Saturday Gallery Night is a free self-guided tour of the galleries, non-profits and artist run project spaces located in Northeast Los Angeles (NELA).

NELA has a tradition in the arts that dates back to the early 1900s.

The tradition continues with new spaces opening regularly. NELA is now one of L.A.'s most exciting destinations to view contemporary art.

(Individual gallery hours may vary)

1215 Projects, 1215 Cypress Avenue

Antigua Coffee House, 3400 North Figueroa Street

Avenue 50 Studio, 131 North Avenue 50

Bike Oven/Flying Pigeon, 3706 North Figueroa Street

Cactus, 4534 Eagle Rock Boulevard

Cafe de Leche, 5000 York Boulevard

Curve Line Space, 1577 Colorado Boulevard

First Defense, 5577 North Figueroa Street

Future Studio, 5558 North Figueroa Street

Jose Vera Fine Art, 2012 Colorado Boulevard

Knowhow Shop, 6019 Echo Street

Kristi Engle Gallery, 5002 York Boulevard

LALA (Live Arts L A), 4210 Panamint Street

Leanna Lin’s Wonderland, 5024 Eagle Rock Boulevard

M2, 4501 Eagle Rock Boulevard

MorYork Gallery, 4959 York Boulevard

New Stone Age Mosiacs, 4532 1/2 Eagle Rock Boulevard

One Day, 2113 North San Fernando Road

Outpost for Contemporary Art, 1268 North Avenue 50

Space 2710, 2710 West Avenue 34

Studio Route 66, 5917 North Figueroa

She Rides the Lion, 133 North Avenue 50

The Glass Studio, 5052 York Boulevard

THIS, 5906 North Figueroa Street

Toros Pottery, 4962 Eagle Rock Boulevard

2 Tracks Art Studio, 135 North Avenue 50 (Next to Avenue 50 Studio)

Verbre Studio and Gallery, 4540 Eagle Rock Boulevard

**The featured photo is a piece by assemblage artist Armando Arreola which will be presented at Avenue 50 Studio during its February exhibition, Circulo "Magico/Magical Circus" .

Opening Night Reception:  Saturday, February 12, 2011 from 7-11 pm

“I have always wanted to be a magician.  These small theaters allow me to play that role.”

The Avenue 50 Studio is proud to present its February exhibition, Circulo Magico/Magical Circus by assemblage artist Armando Arreola.  With material obsession, Armando Arreola creates small diorama theater scenes of magicians at work.  Among the 14 theaters, we see the sword swallower, the lady being sawed in half, and the woman levitated over fire– while the small audience delights in the magic of the magician.  We are drawn into the tiny magical world of Armando Arreola.  He obviously delights in assembling his dioramas (and probably smiles or laughs while creating them).  All would be upbeat, except for one factor:  smudged faces with matted hair adorns each participant. We’ve walked into Arreola’s slightly dark world – not bloody, not violent – a Ray Bradbury novel-like world. There is magic here, as we play voyeur peering through side windows, or from the top of the theater.  But isn’t that what originally a circus was supposed to be?  Strange, mysterious, other worldly.  Circulo Magico is actually very charming.  The children will love it, and so will adults.

Avenue 50 Studio, Inc.
a 501(c)(3) non-profit art gallery
131 North Avenue 50
Highland Park, CA  90042

323-258-1435

http://www.avenue50studio.com

Brushes of Fire and Free Form Art Exhibitions Opening at Avenue 50 Studio September 11

Sonya Fe  and Margaret Garcia

The Dead Need To Be Fed — Sonya Fe

 

Woman in Red — Margaret Garcia

The Avenue 50 Studio is proud to present Sonya Fe and Margaret Garcia in an exhibition of recent paintings.  We are honored to host two powerful artists as our participation in  Latino Heritage Month for the City of Los Angeles and in Northeast LA’s Second Saturday Art Night.

Sonya Fe:  Sonya’s large scale works in oil, wax and copal are composed of earth tones, soothing to the eye, yet whose content shakes you out of your normal comfort zone.  Fe is an exuberant person with a large personality.

Margaret Garcia:  A painter with fiery brush strokes and colors just as aggressive, Garcia’s images are as potent as the artist herself. 

Each artist delves into personal struggles matched by tremendous strength of will.   This is an exhibition you will not want to miss.
 Opening night reception:  Saturday, September 11, 7-10 pm

September 11 through October 3, 2010

Avenue 50 Studio, Inc.
a 501(c)(3) non-profit art gallery
131 North Avenue 50
Highland Park, CA  90042
323-258-1435
www.avenue50studio.com 

Opening at Avenue 50 Studio August 14

Roberto Gutierrez
José Orozco

 

 

Opening night reception:  Saturday, August 14, 7-10 pm

August 14 through September 5, 2010

The Avenue 50 Studio is proud to present East Los, a series of new works documenting East Los Angeles with paintings by Roberto Gutierrez and photography by José Orozco.

Avenue 50 Studio, Inc.
a 501(c)(3) non-profit art gallery
131 North Avenue 50
Highland Park, CA  90042
323-258-1435
http://www.avenue50studio.com

Opening at Avenue 50 Studio July 10: Women on the Verge

Collage, Dry point and Stitch work

Alpha Lubicz and Stephanie Mercado

Curated by Sonia Romero

Opening Night Reception:  Saturday, July 10, 2010 from 7:00-10:00 pm

 
Avenue 50 Studio presents, Women on the Verge featuring new works by Stephanie Mercado and Alpha Lubicz, and curated by artist Sonia Romero.

"Since I was able to successfully launch my solo career from the Avenue 50 Studio in 2006, I wanted to continue the tradition by offering the opportunity to Alpha and Stephanie, two extremely talented emerging artists."  -- Sonia Romero

Stephanie Mercado's work will include dry point prints, carefully scratched to create a rich tonal range and intricately detailed imagery. It will also include Mercado's latest sculptural installation, modeled after 17th century French fashion. Both the prints and the dress interpret and deconstruct the American Dream and our consumerist culture. The result is a body of work that merges fashion with works on paper and combines historical images with contemporary socioeconomic issues to redraw and reinterpret imagery that has, for generations, shaped our ideas of prosperity.

Alpha Lubicz is a collage artist who uses vintage imagery to create a new visual language, merging her own drawings with  imagery appropriated from aged books. Through stream of consciousness, she develops layered images rich with pattern and a sense of nostalgia.

Please join Sonia Romero, Stephanie Mercado, Alpha Lubicz and the Avenue 50 Studio for an exciting evening of art, friendship and wine.

 
Avenue 50 Studio, Inc.
a 501(c)(3) non-profit art gallery
131 North Avenue 50
Highland Park, CA  90042
323-258-1435

http://www.avenue50studio.com

July 10 through August 8, 2010

Avenue 50 Studio is supported in part by the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors through the Los Angeles County Arts Commission, the California Community Foundation, the Los Angeles Department of Cultural Affairs, and the National Association of Latino Arts and Culture (NALAC)

Avenue 50 Studio Presents "The Hybrid Project” A Collaboration With Peter Liashkov -- Opening May 8

The Hybrid Project”  A Collaboration With Peter Liashkov

Oksana Badrak, Raoul De la Sota, Craig Havens, Cidne Hart, Nancy Kyes, Haven Lin-Kirk, Poli Marichal, Lino Martinez, Andrés E. Montoya, Miguel Angel Murillo, Trevor Norris, Toti O’Brien, Pierre Picot, Victor Rosas, Marianne Sadowski, Francesco Siquieiros, Pen Tsou, Ingrid Von Sydow, J Michael Walker, Ruth Weisberg, Kent Williams
 
Artists’ reception -- Saturday evening, May 8, 2010 from 7 to 10 p.m.

The Avenue 50 Studio is proud to present The Hybrid Project, a project conceived by Peter Liashkov.  The exhibit opens with an artists’ reception on Saturday evening, May 8, 2010 from 7 to 10 p.m. and closes on Sunday, June 6, 2010.

The Hybrid Project is a collaborative partnership between selected local artists and artist Peter Liashkov.  Each participant was invited to select one of Liashkov’s life size silhouettes, drawn or painted on synskin (a translucent fiberglass paper). Each artist reworked the piece in his/her own manner the form of painting, drawing, printing, sculpture and installation.  This is the second exhibition of the ongoing Hybrid Project.  The first of these was held at Blackgate Space in Silverlake in the spring of 2009.
 
Peter Liashkov is Professor Emeritus from Art Center College of Design, Pasadena since 1975.  He is in the collection of the San Diego Museum of Contemporary Art; the Brooklyn Museum, New York; the Russian Museum, St. Petersburg, Russia; and the Howard Ahmanson Collection, among others.

Please join us on Saturday, May 8, 2010 for the opening night reception of The Hybrid Project.

When:   Saturday, May 8, 2010 from 7 to 10 pm.

Where:  Avenue 50 Studio, 131 North Avenue 30, Highland Park, CA  90042 (323) 258-1435.  www.avenue50studio.com

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Avenue 50 Studio, Inc. is an arts presentation organization grounded in Latin@ Chican@ culture. Our monthly shows principally exhibit artists of color who display a high quality of work, and who have not been represented in mainstream galleries. We seek to build bridges of cultural understanding through artistic expressions. Using content-driven art to educate and to stimulate intercultural understanding, we build relationships and collaborations with artists and communities.

Avenue 50 Studio is supported in part by the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors through the Los Angeles County Arts Commission, the California Community Foundation, the Los Angeles Department of Cultural Affairs, and the National Association of Latino Arts and Culture (NALAC)

Avenue 50 Studio you are invited to attend Opening Night Reception April 10

Above: The Violinist - Martin Charlot

Please join us at Avenue 50 Studio for this Opening Night Reception: Saturday, April 10, 2010 from 7-10 in tandem with NELAs Second Saturday Art Night, April 10

The Avenue 50 Studio is proud to present Horizons, an exhibition of works by contemporary artists Martin Charlot and Raoul De la Sota. The exhibit opens with an artists' reception on Saturday evening, April 10, 2010 from 7 to 10 p.m. and closes on Sunday, May 2, 2010.

Martin Charlot, son of the renowned artist and muralist, Jean Charlot, is an oil painter and a muralist working in the fresco tradition. Taught by his father, Martin's careful draftsmanship and skillful color expresses a humanist spirituality grounded in earthiness. His work speaks to life reborn; the life of earth and of humanity. His love of flora and fauna is exhibited in his lushfully surreal landscapes, meant to be lingered over like an intensely flavored feast.

Raoul De la Sota's work reflects his beliefs in ancient cultures and civilizations as they relate to cosmic imagery. Mystical and dreamy, De la Sota's work points our eyes skyward in search of his Mayan nebulas and constellations. De la Sota's imaginative colors reinvigorates and deepens our interest in the universe as cosmic creator. At the same time, he deals with ecological matters in terms of ancient ideas as well as contemporary warnings.

Please join us on Saturday, March 10, 2010 for the opening night reception of Horizons - as far, and farther, than the eye can see.

Avenue 50 Studio, Inc.
a 501(c)(3) non-profit art gallery
131 North Avenue 50
Highland Park, CA  90042
323-258-1435

http://www.avenue50studio.com

Avenue 50 Studio, Inc. is an arts presentation organization grounded in Latin@ Chican@ culture. Our monthly shows principally exhibit artists of color who display a high quality of work, and who have not been represented in mainstream galleries. We seek to build bridges of cultural understanding through artistic expressions. Using content-driven art to educate and to stimulate intercultural understanding, we build relationships and collaborations with artists and communities.

Opening at Avenue 50 Studio/The Annex March 13 A Prayer For Juarez, A Curse On The Killers

Opening at Avenue 50 Studio/The Annex March 13: A Prayer For Juarez, A Curse On The Killers
Opening Night Reception:  Saturday, March 13, 2010 from 7-10 pm

March 13 through April 4, 2010

 

Participating artists:

Alfonso Aceves
Laura Blanco
Angela Briggs
Ismael de Anda
Antonio Escalante
Judithe Hernandez
Cindy Suriyani
Vincentmayakovsky

The Avenue 50 Studio is participating in A Prayer for Juarez a world-wide call to attention dedicated to uplift and raise awareness about violence against humanity around the world, beginning in Juárez. The main approach is to no longer come from a place of anger, hate or protest, but from a place of love and prayer towards this city and its people.

Anyone is invited to come pray as they do for the sole purpose of casting a light on Juárez: the city and the women there. When police, guns, armies, militias, government and money have not made an impact in saving the lives of the residents in Juárez living amongst violence, hate towards women, and drug wars every day, A Prayer for Juárez acknowledges that the tragedies in Juárez are a spiritual battle, and it will make a stand to tackle this war with the biggest army we as humans have behind us….the power of love and prayer.

As part of A Prayer for Juarez, a network of companion exhibits will take place in March.  Below is the update on places that will be part of this art protest dialogue.

A Sculptural Installation, Albuquerque, NM Contact djgavel@gmail.com

Honoring the Women of Juarez and the West Mesa Tlaxcala, Tlaxcala
Contact: Renata Luna E-mail: lumartica@yahoo.com

Fort Worth, Texas Producing group: Sound Culture
Contact: Tammy M. Gomez Email: sound_culture@hotmail.com
Phone: 817.924.9188

Juarez City No More Femicide
At the International Women's Day Rally at the Sydney Town Hall
Sydney, Australia (March 13, 2010 from 10 am to 3 pm
Sydney Action for Juarez Concert Contact: Liliana E Correa Email: lilianaec_27@yahoo.com.au

Priéres de femmes pour Juarez
Biblioteque du mile-end,
l'exposition dÌmages de femmes
Saturday, March 20, 2010
Montréal Longueuil, Québec, Canada
dans le dadre de Contact: Claudia Cortés Email: claudiacortes1@hotmail.com

A Prayer for Juarez
Casa 0101-  Los Angeles, California
Contact: Josefina Lopez & Victoria Delgadillo
Email: aprayerforjuarez@gmail.com  www.aprayerforjuarez.org

Femicide
March 12th –  April 10th  2010 – Opening March 12th 7:00 – 10:00pm
Contact: Mia Roman, curator (artbymamamia@yahoo.com)
Abrazo Interno Gallery:  Clemente Soto Velez Cultural & Educational Center
107 Suffolk Street , New York , NY 10002

Citizan Divas:  Women, Art and Social Justice
A Panel in celebration of International Women's Day
MOCA - Museum of Contemporary Art, Auditorium
250 So. Grand Ave.
Los Angeles, CA  90012
Free of Charge, open to the public
Organized by Nancy Buchanan, Christine Wertheim and students from CalArts ID 517
This symposium focuses on social, geographical and conceptual arenas where the power of women to speak on behalf of themselves and their peers is strongly, radically asserted through works of art and activism.
12.00-12.30 - Introduction by artist Andrea Bowers
12.30- 2.30 - Lourdes Portillo will discuss the making of her film, Senorita Extraviada, Missing Young Woman, a documentary examining the mystery of the hundreds of young women murdered in Juarez, Mexico. For further information:   buchanan@calarts.edu, wertheim@calarts.edu

Barcelona, España
Contact: Susana García Medrano Email: susana@equidad.org.mx

Buenos Aires, Argentina
Contact: Sandra Román

Mexico City, DF Contact: Pilar Aranda Email: unaoracionporjuarez@gmail.com

Opening at Avenue 50 Studio March 13 “Cuentos de Hadas” (Fairy Tales)

Rapunzel - Esau Andrade     

Mercedes Gertz and Esau Andrade reinterpret fairy tales

with photographs by Elizabeth Beristain

Opening Night Reception:  Saturday, March 13, 2010 from 7-10 pm

The Avenue 50 Studio is proud to present “Cuentos de Hadas” (Fairy Tales), an exhibition of works by two contemporary Mexican artists.  Through a narrative language, Gertz and Andrade portray the female vs. male versions of fairy tales.  The exhibit opens with an artists’ reception on Saturday evening, March 13, 2010 from 7 to 10 p.m. and closes on Sunday, April 4, 2010.

Mercedes Gertz. Using humor and sensuality, Gertz’s fairy tale series asks us to consider where women are in the 21st century.  Her heroines are unapologetic symbols of female confidence.  We sense in them a comfort with the body, with play and decoration.  They confidently own the sensual, and relish in being a woman in charge.

These … fairy or folk tales … recur over and over through millennia in the guise of innocent stories telling us time and again that the docile, young body gets the prince, that the girl brave enough to venture into the woods—the space of men--meets her fate at the hands of the big bad wolf. Peter Pan lives forever as a boy, Wendy must grow up--it is her calling, her duty, her essential nature. -- Marlena Doktorczyk-Donohue, Art Critic, Essayist, Poet

Esau Andrade.  Following in the footsteps of the Latin American surrealists, Esau Andrade twists reality, creating canvases bursting with color that are pop in nature.  He instills a childlike exuberance into his delightful paintings. Andrade comes from a folk art background, as both his mother Guadalupe Valencia and brother Raymundo Andrade are also artists.  He is mainly a self-taught painter, although attended La Escuela de Artes Plasticas de la Universidad de Guadalajara.

Unlike the candy colored confections of his more stylized folk art paintings, these other works by Andrade place him firmly in the surrealist tradition shared by many Latin masters. He retains a naiveté and originality with quirky images that are both charming and serious, and also remain indebted to his rich culture for visual symbols that are vivid and intense.  -- Kathy Zimmerer, Artscene 11/2004

Elizabeth Beristain.  Elizabeth was born in Mexico City.  A graduate of the Escuela Activa de Fotografia and staff photographer for “El Reforma,” one of the top national daily newspapers in Mexico, she moved to Los Angeles as a freelance photographer and later became Photography Editor for the cultural publication Latino Weekly Review.  A product of her Mexican mother’s artistic sensitivity and her Portuguese father’s decidedly more adventurous side, this subtle mixture of Old and the New World influences are germinal elements of Elizabeth’s artistry. Additionally, in devising the art direction of her own work, a wider range of crucial creative features shine through, from the world of opera, painting, music, and cinema, in a vision where a unique sense of artistry never intrudes with a boundless appreciation of our common humanity.  Elizabeth has participated in various collective and solo shows, both in Mexico and Los Angeles, where she lives with her husband, cinematographer Gabriel Beristain ASC, BSC, and their two children Max and Victoria.  She is currently at work on her new series, entitled Crowned Nuns.

March 13, 2010 through April 4, 2010

Avenue 50 Studio, Inc.
131 North Avenue 50
Los Angeles, CA  90042
323/258-1435
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