Charity Art Exhibition for Autism Speaks – Friday June 10 at Keller Williams Realty on Hillhurst from 6-9pm
For more info: (323) 300-1000
Artists, Artisans and a Good Cause Sat. April 23
Artists and Artisans of Los Angeles open the gates to Art Villa LA on Saturday April 23 just east of Vermont at 4652 Hollywood Blvd. from 5-10pm
Stroll the streets of Los Feliz in search of your favorite fare, choice of entertainment, or play it the other way around and make the Villa your last stop. Either way, you’ll enjoy the neighborhood while supporting a great cause.
Villa artists will be there to entice you with aesthetic creations from 5 – 10 pm. You can also enjoy live music and there are other surprises planned, for children, too. 
Villa gates will open for the first time on the 23rd of April and again on the 2nd and 4th Saturdays of May and the 2nd Saturday of June.
Teddy Chambers, executive director of Art Villa LA, decided it was time to bring the artisans of LA to the Los Feliz Village so they can add their creativity to the Los Feliz experience. With support from a prominent property owner donating the space, she has worked for the last several months to bring Art Villa LA to our community, and we anticipate its opening.
Ms. Chambers hopes Art Villa LA will offer a unique, family-friendly experience. Some of what you find may come as a surprise, but not if you know that Ms. Chambers loves color, creativity and fun (especially clowns) Visit www.itsfuntobeme.org to learn more about her long career helping people that has earned her presidential recognition by the last two administrations.
She also loves children and has been on a quest for more than 20 years to help them avoid the trap of drugs, because addiction robs kids of color, creativity and fun. For this reason, the purpose of Art Villa LA is to provide funding for the Stronger Families Through Drug Prevention. This is a 6-hour workshop that changes lives delivered exclusively by Narconon® Professional Drug Prevention. Visitors will have an opportunity to find out more about Art Villa LA’s Mission when they come to the Villa. We welcome the support of all Los Feliz business enterprises. Tax deductible donations can be made via itsfuntobeme.org, or by checks payable to Life Improvement from Education. Please contact us at artvillala@gmail.com.
Barnsdall Art Center Spring Session Registration This Sat.
Hollyhock House
Barnsdall Art Center’s Spring Session (April 11 – May21) program for adults will hold registration this Saturday, April 2 at 8:30am. Arrive early as it’s first come, first serve. Classes range from drawing to ceramics to jewelry making. All taught by professionals and tuition is seriously reasonable!
Visit:
http://www.barnsdall.org/art-center/class-registration-info/
La Luz de Jesus Gallery: Jennifer Logan and Myron Dyal
Myron Conan Dyal & Jennifer Logan:
CHARON’S PANTHEON
Exhibition opens Friday, February 4th @ 8PM
The new artist lecture series continues at La Luz de Jesus
Saturday, February 5th, 7-11 PM and each following Saturday 6-9PM.
Friday, Feb. 4 we open an exhibition that is sure to be the talk of the town for a good, long time. This is one of those shows that years from now people who didn’t attend will lie about and say they did. This presentation may change the perception of sculpture as a figurative medium and is already carrying museum-level buzz. What could this be, you ask?: Charon’s Pantheon.
Myron Conan Dyal has exhibited at Otis, Grand Central Art Center, and Billy Shire Fine Arts. His medium is papier mache coated in acrylic paint. He is an educated artist from the visionary tradition, who was diagnosed with Temporal Lobe Epilepsy after a lifetime of hallucinatory seizures. Charon has been his guardian throughout these episodes, and the goddesses in his pantheon represent a modern mythology -one with no prescribed dogma.
While developing the concepts for this show, composer and friend Dr. Jennifer Logan developed an aural counterpart for Myron’s creations. Each composition is an harmonic and transcendental representative of each goddess within the pantheon. There is a magic restored in these drawings, in these statues, and in these soundscapes that is otherwise absent from the world. The tangible weight of the materials and the gradual minimalism of the compositions are diametrically opposed to the relative gravity of the pieces combined.
La Luz de Jesus Gallery
4633 Hollywood Blvd.
for more info: (323) 666-7667 or info@laluzdejesus.com
Kris Kuksi Book Release Party at La Luz de Jesus Gallery this Friday
Kris Kuksi Book Release party!
Friday, January 21, 2011; 6-9 PM
NORTH AMERICAN DEBUT!
Kris Kuksi‘s sculptures, rendered in immaculate detail, evoke a grandeur reminiscent of the Baroque era. Kuksi successfully merges this sumptuous echo of the past with a satirical and critical commentary of our modern industrial world. These finely crafted sculptures employ images of Gods and Goddesses from past and present mythologies and examine religious belief and iconography. Despite the frequent portrayal of corruption, violence, chaos and degeneration, the works in this book challenge aspects of our beliefs and question whether or not humans have the ability to improve the world’s prosperity. The creation of these sculptures spans the last five years and embodies Kuksi’s personal view of our turbulent world. These beautiful assemblages grace the walls of galleries and museums throughout the world and are displayed in the homes of numerous celebrities. This stunning volume allows those who couldn’t attend the Art of the Lowbrow Tarot exhibition to appreciate these artworks in exquisite detail for the first time.
Consider this an extra reason to checkout the best attended exhibition of the year, which includes:
Charles Binger‘s posthumous debut, Steven Daily‘s mystical knock-out, Covenant,
Howard Hallis‘ thirteen-years-in-the-making, The Picture of Everything, and Tammi Otis‘ gold-leafed fever-dream, A Fertile Madness.
4633 Hollywood Blvd.
(323)
666 7667
One Day Art Sale at La Luz de Jesus Gallery
The Black Friday Art Sale
Friday, November 27, 2010; 11AM – 7 PM
One Day Only!
Robert Williams, Camille Rose Garcia, Chris Mars, The Clayton Brothers, Tim Biskup, Elizabeth McGrath, Shepard Fairey, and Gary Baseman. These are all marquee names in the world of Lowbrow and Pop-Surrealist art. Each has reached the pinnacle of gallery success, shown their work in museums and been published in numerous catalogs. This Friday, pieces from their most signature exhibitions will be made available in the first ever La Luz de Jesus Gallery Black Friday Art Sale.
This is the perfect opportunity for new collectors and long-time patrons to acquire dream pieces.
La Luz de Jesus Gallery
4633 Hollywood Blvd.
Los Angeles, CA 90027
Barnsdall Art Park
Have you visited Barnsdall Art Park Recently? This wonderful slice of Los Angeles history is right here in Los Feliz! Wednesdays the Farmers’ Market sets up shop in the lower parking lot on Hollywood at New Hampshire, there are docent tours of Frank Lloyd Wright’s first Los Angeles project, Hollyhock House, art classes for adults and kids and a world-class art gallery. Enjoy!
Hollyhock House
Barnsdall Art Park sits on 11 acres in the Los Feliz/Hollywood area. The site was deeded to the city of Los Angeles in 1927 as a cultural art center. Today, it is home to the Frank Lloyd Wright-designed Hollyhock House, the Los Angeles Municipal Art Gallery, Barnsdall Art Center, Junior Art Center, and Barnsdall Gallery Theatre. Barnsdall Art Park is operated jointly by the City of Los Angeles’ Recreation and Parks Department, the Department of Cultural Affairs, and the Department of General Services.
4800 Hollywood Blvd. at New Hampshire
(323) 660-4254
Happy Celebrates 2nd Anniversary
Join Happy this Friday, Nov. 5 from 6-10pm to celebrate their 2nd anniversary and the November edition of Paper Trail. Happy welcomes artists Amanda Church, Amparo Jelsma, Carl Smith and Devon Tsuno to their highly successful revolving group show of artists’ works on paper.
Treats from Cake Pop LA and lots of friends will be on hand for the fun!
www.happyonlinestore.blogspot.com
4675 Hollywood Blvd
La Luz de Jesus Gallery Reception This Friday
Laurie Lipton’s “Machine Punk” and Jessica Joslin’s “Hybrids” open at La Luz de Jesus Gallery Friday, November 5th (8-11pm). The exhibition runs November 5 – 28, 2010.
La Luz de Jesus Gallery, 4633 Hollywood Blvd.
Ennis House
The Ennis House, located in the hills of Los Feliz, is the magnificent creation of world- famous architect Frank Lloyd Wright. It is one of the most outstanding residential structures existing in the United States. The house was built for Mabel and Charles Ennis in 1924.