Monday, May 21, 2012
Google opens its doors as the official sponsor of the Venice Art Walk & Auctions to benefit the Venice Family Clinic.
The two-day Venice Art Walk & Auctions to benefit the Venice Family Clinic – the largest free clinic in the country – featured a party and silent auction hosted by Google inside the Binoculars Building. Google, which moved offices from Santa Monica into Venice last year, opened its doors Sunday as the official sponsor of the fundraiser. The fundraiser also included weekend tours of artists in residence as well as architecture and home tours. The Venice Art Walk & Auctions recently has raised over $600,000 annually for the clinic. One of the tours included the studio and home of Huguette Caland, who was born in 1931 and is a Lebanese painter, sculptor and designer. Caland's home and studio was built in 1996 with an open design with the help…
Nite-Write will include digital drawings and luminescent paint at Dockweiler State Beach.
Watch a black-light painting demonstration, project iPad drawings onto the world or help inspire a mural, all at the upcoming Nite-Write event at Dockweiler State Beach, May 25. From 6 p.m. to 10 p.m., the free multimedia art experience will light up Parking Lot 2, 12000 Vista del Mar in Playa Del Rey. Click here to see the downloadable flyer. Some of the scheduled events include a live, ultraviolet painting demonstration by visual artist Black Light King, as well as interactive digital artwork by P&tAGB, a group of artist-performers. Attendees will have also the chance to paint the side of the Mobile Mural Lab truck –owned by one of the co-sponsors of the event – and see their iPad drawings digitally projected across the landscape. Visual…
Wednesday, May 16, 2012
An all-star cast that includes George Clooney, Brad Pitt, Martin Sheen, Jamie Lee Curtis and John C. Reilly were recorded performing "8," a dramatization of the legal battle over California's Proposition 8.
An all-star cast that includes George Clooney, Brad Pitt, Kevin Bacon, Jamie Lee Curtis and John C. Reilly has been recorded by Venice-based L.A. Theatre Works performing "8," a dramatization of the legal battle in California over gay marriage. The drama was writen by Dustin Lance Black, an Academy Award-winnng screenwriter for the 2008 film Milk and a gay rights activist, and was directed by Rob Reiner, whose directing credits include The Princess Bride, Stand by Me and This Is Spinal Tap, according to a statement from L.A. Theatre Works. "8" is based on the legal fight against California's Proposition 8, a ballot proposition and constitutional amendment passed in 2008 by voters that recognized marriage as being only between a man and a …
Monday, May 14, 2012
The Valley's major music festival will again be held over two weekends in mid-April, while advance tickets go on sale later this week.
Coachella will remain a two-weekend event in 2013, with advance tickets on sale this Thursday—one year ahead of the popular festival. Goldenvoice announced Monday morning, just a month after this year's concert concluded, that the 2013 event will be held April 12 to 14, and again April 19 to 21. Advance tickets for both weekends will go on sale on the concert website. According to the site, this window for advance sales will only be open through Thursday, May 24, at 10 a.m. The sale will be the only time the new Coachella Purchase Plan will be offered, organizers said. "The price you see is what you pay—prices reflect all fees included," according to a statement on Coachella's Facebook page. The rest of the passes will go on sale early …
Friday, May 11, 2012
Graffiti artists took to the art wall on Venice Beach to spray paint tributes to Adam Yauch, the late member of the Beastie Boys better known as MCA.
The art wall on Venice Beach has been turned into a tribute to Adam Yauch, the late member of the Beastie Boys who had the stage name MCA. Yauch died May 4 at age 47 and had been battling cancer. One wall on Venice Beach has a depiction of the Beastie Boys' first album, License to Ill, with a nod to MCA seen on the airplane's tail. Another wall features all three members of the hip-hop band and can be seen in this time-lapse video.
Fans are speculating after a hint was posted Friday on the festival's official website and Facebook page.
News on Coachella 2013 could be coming soon. Festival organizers posted a photo on the official website and Facebook page around 11 a.m. Friday that simply says "Monday 10 a.m. PDT." Both are accompanied by the message, "PSSSSST....... PASS IT ON." No other details have been provided. An email to Coachella organizers instructed to "Please check coachella.com on monday may 14th 10am pdt." and advised "Do NOT buy from a 3rd party/scalper." Followers of the festival are abuzz on Facebook, questioning whether this could be a pre-sale. Some are complaining that it's too soon for tickets to be available, while others say they're ready to shell out the cash. The Los Angeles Times is speculating that Monday's announcement will be the dates for …
Thursday, May 10, 2012
L.A. Philharmonic violinist Robert Gupta and his Street Symphony are set to perform for the homeless and mentally ill.
Los Angeles Philhamonic violinist Robert Gupta will perform classical music for the city's homeless and mentally ill Wednesday in a concert hosted by the Los Angeles County Department of Mental Health. The popular concert series is part of the national recognition of May as "Mental Health Awareness Month." The concert is open to the homeless from any part of the city, including Venice, and will be held May 16 at 12 p.m. at the department's downtown Mental Health Center at 529 So. Maple Ave. Gupta will perform with his Street Symphony that will include fellow L.A. Philharmonic musicians, Jin-Shan Dai, Ben Ullery and Jonathan Karoly. Gupta, who joined the L.A. Philharmonic in 2007 at age 19, has been performing for the homeless and mentally …
Monday, May 7, 2012
Those eager to see the latest draft of an ordinance that would allow more murals in Los Angeles will have to wait.
Angelenos who were hoping to this month see the final draft of an ordinance that would once again allow murals on private property will need to keep waiting, said Tanner Blackman of the Los Angeles City Planning Department. Blackman has been serving a liaison between community members and city hall as Los Angeles has attempted to draft an ordinance that would legalize new murals and decriminalize existing ones. The city has prohibited the painting of murals on private property since 2002. After holding several community input meetings throughout the city--including one in Eagle Rock--the city released the first draft of the ordinance at a ceremony in Boyle Heights. Click here to see more details about the proposed ordinance. A 60-day …
Wednesday, May 2, 2012
David Rogers, a Venice-based architect, has been named a fellow of the American Institute of Architects in the design category. Rogers most recently was the principal designer of the Santa Monica Place mall.
David Rogers, a Venice-based architect whose most recent works include the Santa Monica Place open-air shopping mall, has been named as one of 105 fellows of the American Institute of Architects in the design category. Rogers is the co-design director of The Jerde Partnership, an international architecture and design firm based in Los Angeles. “David has been one of the key creative visionaries at The Jerde Partnership for nearly 25 years. He has helped advance Jerde’s philosophy of placemaking – the art of making places where people love to go – and the experiential environments he has designed continue to bring life and energy to cityscapes around the world,” said Janice Jerde, chief operating officer of The Jerde Partnership, in a …
Monday, April 23, 2012
The new mural by artist Jonas Never remembers a past age of Venice and adorns the side of Danny's Deli on Windward Avenue.
The finishing touches of the sweeping "Touch of Venice" mural on Windward Avenue have been applied and the homage to Venice history, culture and film stands ready to provide something for everyone for decades to come. The 102-foot-by-50-foot adaptation of Hollywood legend Orson Welles' 1958 film "Touch of Evil" was completed a few weeks ago, muralist Jonas Never said Monday. Never has been working on the gigantic mural since November and said he enjoyed painting it and hearing from the public as the work progressed. "It's in that part of Venice Beach where you get a cross-section of America," Never said. "Locals, tourists, homeless and artists come through here and all of them had different takes on the mural and what should be there." The…
Cindy
8:11 am on Tuesday, May 22, 2012
Let's hope next year more people are aware of the changes to the Venice Art Walk. Google was a nice addition to the walk. I believe there were less people in attendance compared to prior years due to the changes. I have been volunteering for 14 years and never saw such poor attendance. We normally have double the amount of galleries to visit. I think the silent action should remain at the school… more ›