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| Calendar of All Events |
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| Now through September 1, 9:30 am - 5 pm Mon. - Fri., 10 am - 5 pm Sat. & Sun. |
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Pavilion of Wings, Living Exhibition
Enter a world of free flying butterflies and stroll through a beautifully landscaped temporary exhibit housed at the Museum's South Lawn. See a giant swallowtail, monarch, American painted Lady or even a California dogface - California's state butterfly. Over the summer, thirty different butterfly and moth species will call the pavilion home. Discover how butterflies interact with the plants and gain a new understanding of various environmental issues.
Natural History Museum, 900 Exposition Blvd., LA
Phone: (213) 763-DINO
Visit the website: http://www.nhm.org/
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| June 13 (weekly for 8 weeks), Basic: 11:30 am - 1:30 pm; Advanced: 9:30 am - 11:30 am |
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Extreme Ikebana (Japanese Flower Arranging), Classes
Learn about Japanese cultural traditions in this workshop with Reiko Kawamura while practicing the techniques of Moribana, Heika, and landscape arrangements. Individual instruction is given to beginning through advanced students. Bring a 10" to 12" shallow container, clippers, and a needle holder (frog) to the first class. Reservations needed.
Los Angeles Arboretum & Botanic Garden, 301 N. Baldwin Ave., Arcadia
Phone: (626) 821-4623
Visit the website: http://www.arboretum.org
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| June 14 - July 19, Tues. - Sat., 11 am - 6 pm |
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H.K. Zamani: Shelter from the Storm, Exhibition
H.K. (Habib Kheradyar) Zamani’s new paintings, sculpture and video continue the artist’s investigations of material, substance, form and function that began with his Fabric and Armature paintings and objects from 1993 through 2003. Shelter from the Storm will include several new paintings that use as their subject a geodesic dome surrounded by planetary eclipses, densely painted with a mirror-like silver chrome surface.
Solway Jones Gallery, 5377 Wilshire Blvd., LA
Phone: (323) 937-7354
Visit the website: http://www.solwayjonesgallery.com/
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| Now through September 14 |
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Kori Newkirk: 1997 - 2007, Exhibition
Los Angeles-based Kori Newkirk is a multimedia artist whose practice transforms everyday materials into loaded signifiers, making viewers think not only about concepts of African-American culture and beauty, but also about new and ever-changing ways of making art. This exhibition covers the last ten years of his career, illuminating how the varied but interrelated strands of his practice have converged and developed over time.
Pasadena Museum of California Art,
Phone: (626) 568-3665
Visit the website: http://www.pmcaonline.org
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| Tuesdays, July 8 - 29, or Wednesdays, July 9 - 30, 12:30 - 2:30 pm |
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Backpacking Through Asia, Summer Classes
You’ve heard of the Seven Wonders of the World? Explore four wonders of Asia together. Climb to the top of Mount Fuji and relax in the Hanging Gardens. Learn answers to questions like, what are the terra cotta warriors? Why are they so interesting? And just how long is the Great Wall of China? Bring your passport as well as your imaginations, and join Bowers' staff on a grand adventure of the imagination!
The Bowers Kidseum, 2002 N. Main St., Santa Ana
Phone: (714) 480-1521
Visit the website: http://www.bowers.org/visit/kidseum.jsp
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| Weekly from June 30 - August 25, check website for times |
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Armory School-Age Art Studio Learning, Classes
Summer children’s classes focus on introducing a variety of materials, concepts and techniques. Classes for preschool and beginning students are filled with challenging, playful and imaginative activities. Classes for older children are designed to enhance skills, broaden concepts, and provide an expanded creative experience.
Armory Center for the Arts, 145 N. Raymond Ave., Pasadena
Phone: (626) 792-5101 x121
Visit the website: http://www.armoryarts.org
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| July 12 - September 13, Mon. - Fri., 10 am - 6 pm |
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Citizen Artists Making Emphatic Arguments, Exhibition
For the third installment of “Future of Nations,” 18th Street’s yearlong examination of issues related to the 2008 presidential campaign, “Citizen Artists Making Emphatic Arguments” is curated by Adolfo V. Nodal and includes works by Ala Plastica, Lauren Bon, BULBO, CoLabART (Lynn Small + Dennis Paul), Echo Park Film Center, Fallen Fruit, Invisible 5, Natalie Jeremijenko, Newton & Helen Mayer Harrison, Tom Reddock, Shannon Spanhake, Kim Stringfellow, and Robert Tannen, as well as an installation in the project room by Los Animistas. The guest curator is Alfonso Nodal.
18th Street Arts Center, 1639 18th St., Santa Monica
Phone: (310) 453-3711
Visit the website: http://www.18thstreet.org/
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| Now through October 31, Mon. - Fri. 8:30 am - 5:30 pm |
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Immigration: Transfusion for the Body Politic, Exhibition
Immigration: A Transfusion to the Body Politic explores the tension between the individual's urge for self-affirmation and the longing to establish connection with the universe. The art and panels probe underlying values and principles regarding immigration. They will explore the relationship of the individual to the group since the beginnings of recorded history and at the same time look at reasons for immigration, current federal immigration policy, and the impact of immigration in American society. Featuring artworks by Barbara Strasen and Luis Moreno.
USC Campus, Clinical Sciences Building, Institute for Genetic Medicine, 2nd fl., LA
Phone: (213) 705-7489
Visit the website: http://web-app.usc.edu
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| Now through October 12, |
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Between Earth and Heaven: The Architecture of John Lautner, Exhibition
Between Earth and Heaven features newly crafted large-scale models that give a sense of the internal spaces and scale of key projects and digital animations reveal architect John Lautner’s construction processes. Short color films convey the sensation of movement through these buildings and their sites, helping the visitor to feel the “vitality within repose” that Lautner sought to create. Surrounding this dramatic core is a wealth of archival materials, including never-before-seen drawings, architectural renderings, study models and construction photographs which offer visitors insight into how the structures and spaces unfolded in Lautner’s mind and emerged physically in their settings.
UCLA Hammer Museum, 10899 Wilshire Blvd., LA
Phone: (310) 443-7000
Visit the website: http://www.hammer.ucla.edu
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| Now through September 22, see website for hours |
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Marlene Dumas: Measuring Your Own Grave, Exhibition
The first mid-career survey of the work of Marlene Dumas (b. 1953, Cape Town, lives in Amsterdam) to be organized by an American institution. Dumas’s rigorous investigation of the human condition is manifested through portraiture, figuration, and her ongoing, painterly exploration of the body. The exhibition includes over 100 paintings and drawings and is organized according to specific subjects Dumas has examined throughout her 30-year career, including children, pregnant women, the dead, and the female nude.
MoCA, 250 S. Grand Ave., LA
Phone: (213) 621-2766
Visit the website: http://www.moca.org/
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