Hollyhock House Tours - Barnsdale Art Park

If you should venture forth to the opening of the 20th LAPS National this Sunday, 11/1 @ the Barnsdale Art Park (4800 Hollywood Blvd.) - do take the time to also tour Frank Lloyd Wright's fabulous Hollyhock House, located just across the way from the gallery. Wright, who died in 1959, built this home for iconoclast Aline Barnsdale, & due to its sharp angular planes, it looks rather like a Mayan temple. Tours for this structural wonder take place on Sundays @ 12:30, 1:30, 2:30 & 3:30 PM. The cost is $7.00 for adults, but well worth the price of admission. I recently did just that (see the "squinty" photo above) & had the good fortune to speak with an elderly woman on the tour, who had stayed in Wright's Imperial Hotel in Tokyo (sadly since demolished to rubble). Wright was often quoted as saying that he "...came to realize that the reality of a building was not the container but the space within." However, I think in all of Wright's dwellings I've had the good fortune to visit, both are equally exquisite, save for the kitchens...not so much.

Having also made the pilgrimage to Taliesin in Wisconsin, I was fascinated to read the back story on it recently in T. Coraghessan Boyle's book - "The Women." Boyle lives in a Frank Lloyd Wright home near Santa Barbara, & is the author of many other engaging books ("Drop City," "Talk Talk" & "The Inner Circle") that are consistently wonderful. As far as I am concerned, the man has yet to take a literary misstep.

Call for Entries - Images of the Virgin of Guadalupe

The MEXICAN CULTURAL INSTITUTE

::: presents the 2009 VIRGEN DE GUADALUPE ART EXHIBITION :::

IF YOU ARE INTERESTED IN SUBMITTING WORK,
PLEASE SEND THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION ASAP TO:
JENNLACA@GMAIL.COM

1) jpeg images of work and/or description of piece if in progress

2) dimesions of work submitting

3) date, medium, and title of work submitting


*** ALL WORK WILL NEED TO BE DELIVERED NO LATER THAN SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 28, 2009 ***
Thank you - we are looking forward to this year's celebration!
If you have any further questions please feel free to contact me @ 310.678.7403

BE WELL,
jennifer gutierrez morgan

This Weekend: Shows At Home and Abroad

The LAPS 20th National Printmaking Exhibition opens to the public on November 1st, from 2 till 5pm. If you come early at 1, you can attend a tour of the Robert Blackburn show. Camilla Taylor (i.e. author of this post) has a collagraph in this show, along with many other local and national printmakers.



Gretchen Jankowski, a printmaking graduate student, is having her MFA show on the 1st in the Gatov gallery on the CSULB campus.



Paul Kaloper, a printmaking undergrad, is having his thesis show as well in the Werby. Reception hours are from 5pm till 7pm.

If you can't make it to the reception, the gallery hours for the CSULB galleries as well as the schedule for the rest of the semester can be found here.

Study study study

Brian B's studying setup for the midterm:

Kitty Gal (She's So Cute)

Please put this one in your appt. book (old school) or on your Blackberry...I-Phone? Jenny Schmid is coming as the Visiting Artist for the Printmaking Area this Weds., 10/21. Her lecture starts at 5:00 PM in the University Theatre, & she'll be selling a brand new book about her work following the talk. I'll lay odds she'd be more than happy to autograph one for you!

As for this linoleum-cut print, to quote the Masters of Reality: "Don't she have class, don't she have style?" Titled "Kitty Gal (She's So Cute)" it measures 18 x 24" in size, & was being sold through Cannonball Press. Sadly, it's now SOLD OUT, but Cannonball does have other equally great images by Jenny on their web-site.

Corpse

Corpse drawing from history of prints and drawing

Corita: Serigraphs and Watercolors

Up until April 10th, the "Sister Corita Kent Retrospective" promises to deliver visual excitement & ideas for those of you who lean towards graphic design. Added bonus? It's in LA's own Catholic Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angels - so you can expiate your sins (if you are so inclined). The location is to be found at 555 West Temple Street, 213/680-5200. While there, be sure to see the tapestries (based on actual people) depicting saints of various ethnic backgrounds & ages, designed by John Nava & the sculpture above the entrance by Robert Graham. You can see from the photo why this 3rd largest Cathedral in the world is also called "Our Lady of the 101." It is walking distance from here to MOCA, & easy to get to via the Blue Line, should you eschew the somewhat questionable pleasures of driving on the freeways.