Art

Coinciding with the Downtown Art Walk The Downtown Art Center (DAC) Gallery presents the final exhibition in its current location. Titled “Horizon Lines”, this group exhibition features artworks from ECF Art Centers, a nonprofit organization mentoring and representing adult artists with special needs. Horizon Lines showcases the work of approximately 100 artists and pushes the potential of a variety of mediums, begging the question: “What does contemporary art look like?”

Notions of contemporary painting are questioned by the act of juxtaposing dissimilar works. Representational oil paintings hang with equal consideration next to brightly colored abstractions.

The ceramic work in Horizon Lines reveals a range of techniques from experimental to traditional. The exhibition also embraces a variety of printmaking techniques – both old and new – as seen through intaglio etchings, laser-jet lithographs, and a multitude of mixed media processes.

The unique exhibition design features a salon style installation. Artwork wraps around the gallery, hung above and below an invisible horizon.

Horizon Lines is the last exhibition in the DAC Gallery’s current location before its upcoming move to 431 S. Broadway, Los Angeles, CA 90013.

ECF Art Centers is an adult program of the Exceptional Children’s Foundation (ECF), a nonprofit organization founded in 1946 to help children, students and adults with special needs reach their greatest potential. The artists of ECF Art Centers are making an important contribution to the emerging contemporary art scene in Los Angeles. In addition to exhibiting their work throughout the region, they have extensive resumes, some having shown at the Smithsonian Institution and the Kennedy Center in Washington D.C., the Armory in New York City, the Los Angeles Art Show, and numerous galleries throughout Southern California. All artwork sales directly benefit the artists and provide funds for studio space, materials, and professional art instruction.

This exhibition is open to the public and free to attend. 

EVENT PARKING:
Metered parking and several pay lots are available in the immediate area. Please note that DAC Gallery does not validate parking.

Individual portraits of Los Angeles’s new elected officials interpreted by Los Angeles artists

Opening Saturday, July 13, 2013 • 7 to 10 pm
(Second Saturday Gallery Night, Northeast LA)
The exhibit will be on view to Sept. 13
Open Saturdays noon to 5 pm, and by appointment (323-254-4565)

Our new city government is sworn into office July 1, 2013, and we’re pretty sure they’ll be all fired up and ready to go! We are taking this opportunity to congratulate them and  to remind them of the importance of art in the city’s cultural landscape, personality, and sensibility, not to mention its economy. There’s so much to love about Los Angeles, but we all know things could be so much better.

Artists:
Noel Alumit • Judith Amdur • Byrd Bettis • David Brown • Mona Shafer Edwards • Beth Elliott • Margaret Garcia • Cidne Hart • David Leonard • Gary Leonard • Jose Lozano • Brian Mallman • Barry Markowitz • Sybil McMiller • Ted Meyer • Colette Miller • Stuart Rapeport • Peter Shire • Anna Stump

We are excited to partner with Room & Board for an exhibition showcasing the work of ECF Art Center’s professional artists. This exciting event will feature dozens of ECF Art Center pieces that have been hand selected to compliment Room & Board Culver City’s showrooms. The evening will include wine tasting provided by Cameron Hughes and plenty of appetizers. All of the art is available for purchase and 10 percent of the wine sales goes to ECF. Space is limited so please RSVP.

ECF Art Centers

The Art Centers, founded in 1968, currently mentor and represent over 150 adult artists with developmental disabilities. The Art Centers operate four studios Los Angeles County and are part of the larger ECF nonprofit organization.

Room & Board

Established over 30 years ago in Minnesota, Room & Board offers beautiful and thoughtful designs for home furnishing. Natural materials are shaped, welded and woven by dedicated craftspeople across the United States.

Cameron Hughes

Established by Cameron Hughes and Jessica Kogan, Cameron Hughes wines partners with the finest growers and wineries in the world and delivers consistently high quality wine.

The opening event of Puppets Retake Northeast Los Angeles, A puppetry festival hosted by the Arroyo Arts Collective

Puppetry requires that the puppeteer create and perform not just the puppet characters, but all the objects, clothes, and furniture that fill the puppet’s world. The Arroyo Arts Collective wondered what treasures might lurk in the attics and storage units of puppeteers. The Lost World will feature set pieces, costumes, and other memorabilia from puppetry in Los Angeles.

Gallery and Chicken Boy Shop (inside the gallery) open Saturdays noon to 5 pm. The Lost World will be on display to April 13.

Instructor: longtime professional costume maker and LAVA member A. Laura Brody, currently working with Nickelodeon and Disney XDTV. Ask Laura about class details at www.dreamsbymachine.com or at laurabrody@verizon.net.

Staple draping is a fun but practical technique for creating clothing, slipcovers, sculpture, car covers- anything made from fabric. No special skills are needed to start and the tools are easy to use. We’ll use our fellow students to create art right on the body. You will come away from the class with a real-world skill you’ll use again and again. Staple draping isn’t permanent. That’s why we’ll take your staple draping and turn it into a pattern to use with any fabric you like. In the last class, we’ll staple drape furniture.

CLASS SCHEDULE:
Saturdays, March 30th- April 20th
Saturdays, May 4th- May 25th
TIME: 12 PM- 3 PM
COST: $45 (due at registration) plus $20 materials fee for scissors, fabrics, ruler, staples and a stapler.
AGES: 16 years and olderREGISTER ONLINE/by PHONE/ in PERSON at www.cityofpasadena.net/reserve or (626) 744-7500