Yeah it’s superbowl Sunday…but let’s get real kids – this is an art site…yeah food events too.

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It’s the 2nd day of the 2nd Annual LA Cookie Con and Sweets Show, the West Coast’s largest baking and sweets expo, has returned for its second year February 6 & 7, 2016. After a sold out event in 2015, the show is expanding to the Los Angeles Convention Center to make room for even more attendees and vendors. With over 10,000 guests expected, sweets-enthusiasts can enjoy free samples from over 125 local shops and national brands, meet their favorite TV stars and watch baking demonstrations, and participate in hands-on workshops in cookie and cake decorating.

100% of the proceeds from the sugar art and baking competitions will benefit Children’s Hospital Los Angeles. Last year’s event raised $5,000 for CHLA.

This year’s celebrity lineup includes Sunday’s headliner, Rosanna Pansino, New York Times Best Selling Author and creator of the show ‘Nerdy Nummies,’ which airs on her YouTube channel RosannaPansino, garnering more than 5 million subscribers and 1 billion video views.

Be sure to check out the Upcoming Events Page for all the details about this YUMMY event!

Cost: $21/adult and $10/child for a one-day pass OR $35/adult and $15/child for a 2-day pass. Guests can purchase their tickets at www.lacookiecon.com. 100% of the proceeds from the sugar art and baking competitions will benefit Children’s Hospital Los Angeles. Last year’s event raised $5,000 for CHLA.

What: LA Cookie Con and Sweets Show
Where: Los Angeles Convention Center – 1201 S. Figueroa St.
When: Sunday, February 7, 11:00am – 4:00pm
Website: http://www.lacookiecon.com/

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Also downtown…

As part of its International Exchange Program that sends artists from Los Angeles to one of its partnering countries in Asia and Europe, L.A. Artcore invites the public to group exhibitionat  Artcore’s Brewery Annex space.

Here, its Korean counterparts have curated a group of nine Seoul-based artists to travel to Los Angeles and exhibit their works spanning a range of media including drawing, painting, printmaking, video, installation, sculpture and photography.

Today’s opening will give the publice the opportunity to meet the artists, listen to them talk about their works at 2 p.m. and gain insight into the world of contemporary art in Korea.

What: Opening reception
Where: LA Artcore Brewery Annex, 650A South Ave 21, LA 90031
When: 1:00pm – 3:00pm – Sunday February 7, 2016
Phone: 323-276-9320
Website: http://www.laartcore.org

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In Los Feliz…

Department of Cultural Affairs’ Los Angeles Municipal Art Gallery (LAMAG) is pleased to present a trailblazing exhibition SKIN, which will take place at the famed Los Angeles Municipal Art Gallery (4800 Hollywood Blvd.) from February 7 to April 17, 2016.  

See image: Audrey Chan Center of the Universe, Ahma (detail), 2013 / 2015 Inkjet on paper 25 x 50.5 inches

The timely, topical and thought-provoking presentation examines the work of 36 contemporary artists—from established to emerging—who are expanding the ongoing dialogue about race and identity, while challenging the very definition of skin color. With works by notable artists such as Kara Walker, Nery Gabriel Lemus and Ken Gonzalez Day, the show promises to be a visual feast with its size and scale, mixed media artworks and powerful content designed to build a greater understanding of racial relations and breakdown negative stereotypes.

For more information on the exhibition and robust roster of related events, please visit www.lamag.org

On view: February 7 – April 17

What: Opening reception
Where: Los Angeles Municipal Art Gallery, Barnsdall, 4800 Hollywood Blvd., LA 90027
When: 12:00pm  – 5:00 pm
Phone: (323) 644-6269
Website: http://lamag.org

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Offramp Gallery offers a closing reception and artist’s talk for Minoru Ohira: Iki and Yabo on Sunday, February 7 from 2-5pm. The artist’s talk will begin at 3pm. FYI this gallery is closing its doors afer 8 years…so sad. 1702 Lincoln Ave., Pasadena, CA 91103.

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And at LA Artcorre’s other location…

L.A. Artcore invites the public to California artist Bruce Barton’s solo exhibit in Artcore’s Little Tokyo, Downtown L.A. gallery space where the artist will exhibit over fifty digital photographic prints in a series that has been three years in the making.

Barton’s work imaginatively questions the relationship between nature and culture by digitally collaging appropriated domestic and wildlife imagery and composing his subjects into deadpan mise-en-scènes. Barton amplifies this artistic intent through stark juxtapositions of subject matter and attention to detail to produce lively and thought-provoking interactions between his subjects, whose very existence is predicated upon folly and chance. Barton’s exacting methodology and painterly technique reveals the way the collage medium has drastically evolved with the use of digital tools such as Photoshop and Adobe Illustrator to bring about a new consistency of contemporary image-making.

Conversation With the Artist Series at 4pm.

For more information and images, please visit the artist’s website at: http://www.brucebarton.org/index.html

On view: February 7 – February 7

What: Reception
Where: LA Artcore Union Center for the Arts, 120 Judge John Aiso St. LA 90012

When: 3:00 pm – 5:00 pm – Sunday February 7, 2016
Phone: 323.276.9320

Website: http://www.laartcore.org/

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Ok Kids…get out there and enjoy the ART!!!