In West Hollywood…

Start early at 10:00 am…enjoy Sun-Mar-29-LeicaCoffee, Cameras, and Conversation at Leica Gallery Los Angeles.

The informal art talk features 3 amazing music photographers who will be discussing their careers, their inspirations, and get an inside look into their experiences on and off stage.

Speaking: Andrew Stuart (Clients: The Foo Fighter’s & Fleetwood Mac), Rob Hoffman (Clients: Beyonce & Jay-Z) and Julian Wasser Veteran Photographer. You must RSVP to info@leicastorela.com

What: Artist reception
Where: Leica Gallery Los Angeles is located at 8783 Beverly Blvd. West Hollywood
When: 10:00 am – 12:00 pm
Phone: 424.777.0341
Website: http://www.leicagalleryla.com/

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Or head to Inglewood…for another an art talk

Sun-Mar29-BeaconArtsTalk1Uncertain Language of a Certain Age” is a dialogue about art, identity and language.

This is the first in a series of talks that will examine the language of living as a [fill in the blank] woman and being a woman artist – without language, we are invisible.

Hosted by: Snezana Saraswati Petrovic and Deborah Lambert.

Panelists include: Moderated by art historian, critic and curator, Betty Ann Brown; artist and curator Cheryl Bookout; art historian and writer Karen Schifman; new media artist and art historian Kristine Schomaker; and academic, curator and artists Snezana Saraswati Petrovic and Deborah Lambert.

Where: Beacon Arts Building, 808 N. La Brea Ave, Inglewood, CA 90302
When: 1:00 pm – 3:00 pm
Phone: 661-317-1069
Website: http://www.extantwomen.com/

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In Pasadena…

Offramp Gallery invites you to the closing reception and curator’s walk-thru of Sampled today from 2-5pm.

CuSun-Feb22-Offramprator Anita Bunn will lead a walk-thru of the exhibition beginning at 3pm.

“Sampled” is an exhibition of works by 10 artists working in a variety of media including sculpture, drawing, collage, photography and painting. Fashioned from a diversity of materials ranging from deconstructed cloth, bark, rope and thread to yarn, paper and found objects, all integrate sewing, embroidery and/or knitting into their work.

Artists include: Melanie Ciccone, Raul de la Torre, Clifford Eberly, Susan Feldman Tucker, Nicholette Kominos, Meg Madison, Thinh Nguyen, Echiko Ohira, Andrew K. Thompson and Joan Weinzettle.

On view: February 22 – March 29

What: Opening reception
Where: Offramp Gallery, 1702 Lincoln Ave., Pasadena, 91103
When: 2:00 pm – 5:00 pm; Walk thru at 3pm
Phone: 626-298-6931
Website: http://www.offrampgallery.com


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In Venice…

De Soto Gallery is pleased to present an exhibition by Connie Samaras, “Last Contact: Spaceport America and Edge of Twilight.” Culled from two recent bodies of work, these photographs spawn a nuanced view of each other.

Sun-Mar29-DeSoto-ConnieSamaras-Left-EdgeofTwilightNo-5-Right-Fire RescueSee image: Left: Edge of Twilight No. 5, 2011-13, archival pigment print, 24 x 30 in., edition of 5. Right: Fire Rescue Facility (Eyelash), 2010, archival pigment print, 24 x 30 in., edition of 5.

Spaceport America (2010-11) portrays the quixotically futuristic and simultaneously boarded-up structures of the world’s first commercial space station. Located in the artist’s home state of New Mexico—between towns with names that seem destined for fiction, Truth or Consequences and Las Cruces—Samaras’ images of this hub are framed to underscore the everyday present in this future imaginary. In contrast, the works from Edge of Twilight (2010-present) seem to pulsate with an otherworldliness.

On view: March 29 – April 26

What: Opening reception
Where: De Soto Gallery,
1350 Abbot Kinney Blvd. Venice, Ca 90291
When: 4:00 pm – 7:00 pm
Phone: 323.253.2255
Website: http://www.desotogallery.com/

Ok kids…that’s all for now! See ya in the galleries!