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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…
OPENING RECEPTION: VEINTE by Sandra Vista
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 Opening in our Annex Gallery & Red Floor Gallery is VEINTE, a collection of works by artist, Sandra Vista, made between 1999-2019. Vista has exhibited nationally and internationally in Baltonfured and Budapest, Hungary (1997 & 1998, where she was also an artist-in-residence), at the Organizations of Independent Artists in New York (1998…
Masters of the American West
Featuring 64 premier Western artists, the Masters of the American West Art Exhibition and Sale opens Saturday, February 9, 2019, at the Autry Museum of the American West. This prestigious exhibition and sale showcases paintings and sculptures by nationally recognized artists such as George Carlson, Dennis Doheny, Tammy Garcia, Z. S. Liang, Jeremy Lipking, Tim Solliday, Kevin Red Star, Mian Situ, Curt Walters, and Morgan Weistling. Proceeds from Masters support the Autry’s dynamic educational programs, ongoing collections conservation, and much…
Charles White: A Retrospective
The first major 21st-century museum retrospective on this famed mid-century artist, Charles White’s career and impact in the cities he called home: Chicago, his birthplace; New York, where he joined social causes and gained acclaim; and Los Angeles, where he developed his mature art and became a civil rights activist. The exhibition includes approximately 100 drawings and prints along with lesser-known oil paintings. A superb draftsman, White focused on images of both historical and contemporary African Americans, depicted in ideal…
59th Hillcrest Festival of Fine Arts
Celebrating 59 years as a community service event showcasing the arts. Enjoy artist demonstrations, exhibits, children’s art workshops, an arts and crafts boutique, entertainment, and food. View and shop for ceramics, sculpture, oil and watercolor paintings, jewelry, handmade clothing, mixed media, blown glass, carved wood, pottery, photography, and weaving.
Cardboard Revival Series, work by Holly Tempo
Carboard Revival Series is a reflection of and meditation about the incongruity of our reality regarding housing and human rights. Artist Holly Tempo is a member of SBC SoLA Gallery’s women artists of color advisory council. This installation is on view during FRESH 2019, an exhibition juried by Steven Wong. Open Fridays & Saturdays,11:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m.
African American Festival
Join the Aquarium of the Pacific as it hosts its seventeenth annual African American Festival, celebrating the rich diversity of African American and African cultures. The festival will feature live entertainment and arts and crafts. Festival performers include Mardi Gras second line dancers, hip hop and break dancers, jazz musicians, interactive drum circles, West African dancers, and storytellers. Adults – $29.95, Seniors – $26.95, Children – $17.95, Children under three and Members are Free
March 2019
Indian Country: The Art of David Bradley Opens to the Public
For the past three decades, David Bradley (Minnesota Chippewa, born 1954) has been a recognized voice from Indian Country, confronting through his art questions of identity, self-determination, and self-representation, as well as definitions of “traditional” Indian art. Drawing influence from diverse sources such as Santa Fe–style painting of the 1930s–40s, Renaissance art, pop culture, advertising, and film, Bradley’s work is at once serious and fun, historical and contemporary.