Thursday and Friday, April 4-5 2024 Art Parties are happening all over LA. Here are a few LAArtParty staff picks!
April 4-5 2024 Art Parties
Our new format lists events each day of the weekend…except for this one which includes Thursday as well as Friday events!
Thursday April 4, 2024 in Santa Monica
Bergamot Station…BBAX holds its community initiative LAB at 1:30pm. The multilingual community gathering LAB features monthly gatherings to artists, creatives as well as art practitioners. All are welcome. LAB offers a casual, access-centered creative space for artists, creative community members, and art practitioners to connect, share work, share ideas, and also meet. LAB began in February 2023. Due to community response BBAX then created workshops in addition to events, organized in July and August 2022.
Event: 1:30pm; Building Bridges Art Exchange, Bergamot Station Arts Center, 2525 Michigan Ave., F2, Santa Monica, 90404; RSVP at buildingbridgesax@gmail.com; https://www.buildingbridgesartexchange.org/
Downtown
Los Angeles Center of Photography (LACP) presents a group exhibition titled Expand and Contract: Photography and Mixed Media. Artists include: Asiya al-Sharabi, Maurizio Anzeri, Pamela Beck, David Horvitz, Diane Meyer, Victor J. Quintana Ramos, Sarah Hood Salomon, Krista Svalbonas, Andrew K. Thompson, Brian Van Camerik, and also Sinta Werner. CLICK HERE to RSVP to attend the free event Art Party: 6-8pm; LACP, 252 S. Los Angeles St, LA, 90012; https://lacphoto.org
In Hollywood…also on Thursday
Zephyr Theatre presents DINNER WITH FRIENDS, the 2000 Pulitzer Prize-winning play by Donald Margulies. Click Here for run dates and more info. Event runs; 8:00pm; Zephyr Theatre, 7456 Melrose Ave, LA, 90046; https://www.zephyrtheatre.com
Friday, April 5, 2024
In Silver Lake…La Luz de Jesus Gallery unveils Lost and Found, an exhibition celebrating the medium of found objects. Over 60 artists fill the walls and floors of the gallery with unusual sculptures. Some artworks are political, while some are kooky as well as some being down right creepy. Therefore all of the artworks give a second life to discarded and also forgotten objects.
Philip Graffham, Sidekick
Free admission to the public. Art Party: 7pm – 10pm; La Luz de Jesus Gallery. 4633 Hollywood Blvd, LA, 90027; https://laluzdejesus.com
West Hollywood & Hollywood on Friday
Jeffrey Deitch Los Angeles presents See Saw by Ella Kruglyanskaya. Art Party: 5-7pm; Jeffrey Deitch Los Angeles, 7000 Santa Monica Blvd., West Hollywood, 90038; https://deitch.com/
Also in West Hollywood, Jetpack Comedy is LA’s best Friday stand-up comedy showcase. Comics from HBO, Netflix, SNL cast members, all drop-in for a night of laughter. Headliners and surprise drop-ins have included: Sarah Silverman, Kevin Nealon, Fred Armisen, Bob Odenkirk, Pete Holmes, Hannibal Buress, Kumail Nanjiani, Maria Bamford, Hasan Minhaj, Jeff Garlin, Ali Wong, Demetri Martin, and many more.
Admission starts at $20; CLICK HERE to RSVP for events (multiple dates); FB Page; Bar Lubitsch, 7702 Santa Monica Boulevard, West Hollywood, 90046; https://jetpackcomedy.com/
One more on Friday…in Hollywood
Rooftop Movies at The Montalbán kicks off tonight and runs through November 2,2024. Doors open at 6pm; Screening at 8pm; Montalbán Theater, 1619 Vine, LA, https://www.themontalban.com/rooftopmovies
CLICK HERE for additional upcoming art exhibitions, performances as well as culinary events.
