Free Pics – the LACMA Digital Image Library is Here

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Periodically I come across an interesting resource that I just have to share with the Curating Los Angeles community. This definately counts as one of them.

Museum of Neon Art Has a New Home!

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The Museum of Neon Art (MONA) has been looking for a permanent home during the past several years. On March 22, it signed a lease agreement with the City of Glendale for a permanent space directly across Brand Boulevard from the Americana commercial center. This is exciting news for neon lovers everywhere and a very positive development for one of the LA area’s unique arts institutions.

Los Angeles “Water Writes” Mural Unveiling

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Anyone living in southern California knows that access to water has long been a central issue that has defined the region’s development. Recognizing the importance of water related issues to southern California in general and the greater LA area in particular, the Estria Foundation selected Los Angeles as the site for the first of 10 Water Writes murals.

William Leavitt: Theater Objects Opens at MOCA

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This weekend MOCA opens the first solo museum exhibition and retrospective of the work of Los Angeles-based artist William Leavitt (b. 1941, Washington, D.C.). The show will survey his 40-year career and include sculptural tableaux, paintings, works on paper, photographs, and performances drawn from the late ’60s to the present.

Fast Living at Gallery 825

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The Los Angeles Art Association (LAAA) is one of the city’s oldest art institutions. Founded in the 1920’s, its original mission was to bring together elite art interests with Hollywood collectors. After World War II, it became the center of Los Angeles modernism and today, LAAA continues to play a vital role in the region by providing opportunities, resources, services and exhibition venues for emerging Los Angeles artists.

This weekend, the Los Angeles Art Association opens its latest exhibition called Fast Living, an all-media exploration of self-indulgence juried by Elizabeth East, Director – LA Louver. In addition to Fast Living, artists Susan Arena, Linda Kunik and Dan Monteavaro will be featured in solo exhibitions.

A Conversation with Documentarian Jason Cohn on Charles and Ray Eames (Part 2)

Late last year I had the pleasure of speaking with Jason Cohn about his latest film project called Eames: The Architect and the Painter, which is set to air in Fall 2011 on the PBS show American Masters. A condensed version of the second half of our conversation is published below. If you missed the first half, which was published on February 15th, you can find it here.

I’ve known Jason for over 30 years and have followed his career with a lot of interest. When I started Curating Los Angeles (CLA) last Fall, I knew I would interview him at some point about his work, since as you’ll learn below, he is as fascinated by Los Angeles as I am and appreciates the many ways that the city has nurtured creative energies and impulses in a wide variety of fields.

A Conversation with Documentarian Jason Cohn on Charles and Ray Eames (Part 1)

Late last year I had the pleasure of speaking with Jason Cohn about his latest film project called Eames: The Architect and the Painter, which is set to air in Fall 2011 on the PBS show American Masters. A condensed version of the first half of our conversation is published below. You can find the second half here.

I’ve known Jason for over 30 years and have followed his career with a lot of interest. When I started Curating Los Angeles (CLA) last Fall, I knew I would interview him at some point about his work, since as you’ll learn below, he is as fascinated by Los Angeles as I am and appreciates the many ways that the city has nurtured creative energies and impulses in a wide variety of fields.