Shannon

Artist: Shannon Spanhake

Saturday, July 12 , 2008

Opening Event: 6 –9:00pm

Free:

CITIZEN ARTISTS MAKING EMPHATIC ARGUMENTS

Curated by Adolfo V. Nodal

Regarding the complete body of work, Adolfo Nodal states, “Together they represent a great mix of ideas and approaches that are becoming a critical mass of activism and capturing the imagination of the world.… They all serve as emphatic arguments in the development of the discourse on the future of the planet.”


Artists include: Ala Plastica, Lauren Bon, BULBO, CoLabART (Lynn Small + Dennis Paul), Echo Park Film Center, Fallen Fruit, Newton & Helen Mayer Harrison, Invisible 5, NAtalie Jeremijenko, Tom Reddock, Shannon Spanhake, Kim Stringfellow, Robert Tannen, and

LOS ANIMISTAS

An Installation by Los Animistas, 2008 Artist Fellow
@ 1629 18th Street Studio #2


Open Studios for International Artists
Michael Arcega (Visions from the New California Recipient), Peter Atkins (Australia), and Hui-Yu Su (Taiwan)

Bar Hosted by HPNOTIQ and IZZE sparkling juice

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Yasuko

April 12 , 2008

Opening Event: 6 –9:00pm

Free dance & music performances:

100% OTHER: ARTISTS AND PSYCHO-DEMOGRAPHIC TRANSITIONS

Curated by Tyler Stallings

An art exhibition that tracks the connections and separations between our changing cultural landscape and our oftentimes lagging civic outcomes.


Artists include: Matthew Bryant, Cheryl Gilge, Perry Vasquez, Reggie Woolery, Yasuko, and

RICH

An Installation by Kyungmi Shin, 2008 Artist Fellow
@ 1629 18th Street Studio #2

World Stage Outdoor Stage, 6:15-8:30

A multi-media performance group

LA's African American poetic and musical ensemble comes to Santa Monica hosted by

Michael Datcher with spoken word by Mr. Foster, jazz performer Hillard Street, and neo-soul/jazz by Nailah.


Open Studios for International and local Artists
Barbara Drucker, Bernadette Fox, California Lawyers for the Arts, Clayton Campbell, Continuum Studio, Diane Meyer, Electronic Cafe, Highways, Ian Haig (Australia), Ichiro Irie, Judith Margolis (Israel), Lita Albuquerque, Marko Tadik (Croatia), Marcos Castro (Mexico), Michael Barnard, Otis College of Art & Design(MFA Public Practice Program)

Marketing Corner
Come out and learn about our neighboring organizations that are doing some amazing things as well:
Organizations include:
Artillery Magazine, Tu Ciudad Magazine, Music Angelica, New Playwrights Foundation, SPARC, Virginia Avenue Park, and others TBA

Bar Hosted by HPNOTIQ and IZZE sparkling juice

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Patriot Acts

January 26 , 2008

Opening Event: 6 –9:00pm

Free dance & music performances:

PATRIOT ACTS

Curated by Linda Pollack
Artists include: Irina Contreras, Zeal Harris, Sara Hendren, Vincent Johnson, Hillary Mushkin, Meena Nanji + Tommy Gear, Adam Overton, Rebecca Ripple, Susan Silton, Pam Strugar, and Shirley Tse.

+ The Habeas Lounge

Conceived by Linda Pollack
@ 1629 18th Street Studio #2

Open Studios for International Artists

Eric Siu (China)
Jee Un Park (Korea)
Kieran Boland (Australia)

 

 

 

 

Incognegro

September 29, 2007

Opening Event: 5-8:30pm

 


 

Free dance & music performance

California Choro Collective

A gathering of some of Southern California 's best Brazilian Choro musicians.

 

and Bobby Matos Afro-Cuban Jazz

One of LA's most popular Latin jazz bands returns to 18th Street.

 

Mark Greenfield: Incognegro

Curated by Julie Joyce
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Guatemalan Forced Migration

Photos by Manuel Gil
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July 14, 2007

Opening Event: 6:30-8pm

 


Oguri & Adam Rudolph

Free dance & music performance
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Nature (Interrupted)

Curated by Pam Posey
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Republic of China, without People!

New painting by Ming Hsu
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