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February 2019
OPENING RECEPTION: FOUR WOMEN curated Peter Woods
Opening Reception: Saturday, February 9, 2019 from 7-10PM. Light refreshments will be served. Exhibition Dates: February 9 – March 2, 2019. Gallery Hours: Tues-Thurs, Sat & Sun 10AM-4PM FOUR WOMEN. Curated by Peter Woods. A Modern Look at Black Women Artists in 4 Chapters. Four Women is an art exhibit that takes its name from the Nina Simone classic. The concept was simply to create space for the artist’s work to communicate with each other/to us/to what it means to…
Latin Jazz Sunday
Enjoy and dance to live music from UCLA Latin Jazz Ensemble. Directed by Dr. Paul De Castro, this ensemble focuses on diverse Latin jazz styles and Cuban popular music with an emphasis on instrumental Latin jazz solos. A cash bar and light refreshments will be available and select galleries will remain open.
March 2019
Blackbox @ the edye: Mudbug Brass Band
Drawing from New Orleans traditional Jazz, R&B, Funk & Mardi Gras, the Louisiana-rooted Los Angeles-based Mudbug Brass Band is dedicated to the “Second Line” tradition of the Crescent City. In 2011, three Louisiana natives, whose sole purpose was to entertain crowds throughout Southern California formed this 8-piece brass ensemble.
Is There an L.A. Sensibility? Place and Politics in Los Angeles Design
(Re)Designing LA, a public-events series led by Occidental College Professor of Practice Christopher Hawthorne, Los Angeles’ first-ever chief design officer, will call on a broad cast of experts and activists to explore how the city can promote innovative design while addressing climate change and guarding against displacement and the erasure of neighborhood culture and history. The 2019 series kicks off at Barnsdall Gallery Theater, next door to Frank Lloyd Wright’s 1921 Hollyhock House. Architects, planners, critics and historians often praise…
Strange Beauty: Making Sense of L.A. architecture from the 1980s and 1990s
(Re)Designing LA, a public-events series led by Occidental College Professor of Practice Christopher Hawthorne, Los Angeles’ first-ever chief design officer, will call on a broad cast of experts and activists to explore how the city can promote innovative design while addressing climate change and guarding against displacement and the erasure of neighborhood culture and history. The city’s Office of Historic Resources has compiled an extensive database of cultural and architectural resources, known as Survey L.A. This important effort runs through…
April 2019
Turn Off the Sunshine: Shade as an Equity Issue in a Warming Los Angeles
(Re)Designing LA, a public-events series led by Occidental College Professor of Practice Christopher Hawthorne, Los Angeles’ first-ever chief design officer, will call on a broad cast of experts and activists to explore how the city can promote innovative design while addressing climate change and guarding against displacement and the erasure of neighborhood culture and history. As climate change intensifies and Los Angeles suffers through more days of extreme heat each year, shade is quickly becoming an equity issue of crucial…