Head Downtown…

For the fifth year in a row, Grand Park and Ryman Arts team up to present the flagship event for The Big Draw LA – Make Your Mark in the Park.

This free fun-filled, public drawing celebration Oct1-2016-Grandpark-livedrawbrings together families, seniors and art lovers, as well as people who like to draw along with those who think they cannot, to participate in an array of hands-on, collaborative drawing activities of every level.

Grand Park will be transformed into a giant experimental drawing studio with activities that explore traditional and alternative mark-making. Guests can experiment with colored tape to create giant geometric patterns along the sidewalks and collaborate to create and share comics, masks and banners. All art materials are provided free of charge.

What: LIve Draw at Grand Park
Where: Grand Park
When: 11:00am – 4:00pm
Website: http://www.grandparkla.org

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In Pasadena ….

Sun-Oct2-2016-PasadenaArmoryThe Armory Center for the Arts presents “Carmen Argote: Workbook/Notebook,” a two-part exhibition of installation and sculpture that will be on view at the Armory’s La Casita through the fall of 2017.

Workbook is an installation situated throughout the exterior garden atArmory La Casita, the Armory’s community learning annex in Northwest Pasadena, where Argote will arrange over fifty white plastic signs that feature a series of handwritten verse.

The presentation is inspired by the writings on the whiteboard inside La Casita, used predominantly by ESL learners, and extracted written text from her grandmother’s English grammar workbooks. Workbook/Notebook communicates the complexity of routine pedagogical exercises that reveal the inner process of second language learners.

On view: October 2 –  January 8, 2017

What: Opening reception
Where: La Casita, 805 North Madison, Pasadena CA 91103
When: 2:00pm – 4:00pm – Sunday, October 2, 2016
Website: http://www.armoryarts.org/

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Eyes on Main hosts an art show featuring the work of Elizabeth Tracy from 5-7pm. Eyes on Main, 3101 Main Street, Santa Monica 90405; Check out the artist website at http://www.elizabethtracyart.com/

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In Highland Park…Avenue 50 Studio presents “Chicano Steel.” The group exhibition is curated by Raoul de la Sota, Jo Valiulis and Kathy Gallegos, Consuelo Velasco Montoya, Nathalie Sanchez, Sergio Teran; Reception: 7-10 pm; Avenue 50 Studio, 131 N. Avenue 50, Highland Park, 90042;

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Get out there and enjoy! Till next week – I’ll catch you in the galleries!