HAPPENINGS for the weekend of 03/08/13

Hey RISD/LA, have you heard all about the proposed LACMA/MOCA merger yet?  What do you think about it?  Will it benefit the LA Art Scene or are we putting all our eggs in one big basket?

In other news, its Daylight Savings Time again!  Time to Spring Forward (ugh) or as some put it, "lose" an hour, so set all your clocks forward on Saturday night so you're not late to any of rest of the fun things happening this weekend.  Let us know what you did and Happy Arting!

SUNDAY

Get your charcoals, oils and turp out and head to the Gallery Girls Art Brunch, a salon-style open drawing and painting studio, with 2 professional live art models in (4 hr) long poses.  
10:30am to 2:30pm
COST: $25 Paid in Advance
$30 at the door, photography is $10 extra per model
INCLUDES FOOD & DRINKS
Click here to PAY IN ADVANCE
www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_s-xclick&hosted_button_id=M25AVEKXGB6U8
RSVP: (818)535-5761
or jenfabpat2@yahoo.com
The Kline Academy
3264 Motor Ave,
Los Angeles (Culver City), CA 90034
www.klineacademy.com
(310) 927-2436
For complete details and more weekend events from the Gallery Girls, check out http://gallerygirls.org/sunday-art-brunch-kline-academy-3313/

Its the second Sunday of the month so that means the Rose Bowl Flea Market, of course!
Regular admission starts at 9am for $8.00 per person, children under 12 are admitted free
Express admission from 8:00am - 9:00am at $10.00 per person
Early admission from 7:00am - 8:00am at $15.00 per person, 
Special Preview VIP admission from 5:00am - 7:00am at $20.00 per person
Rose Bowl Stadium

1001 Rose Bowl Dr 

Pasadena, CA 

(626) 577-3100  

rosebowlstadium.com 

For more info on the Flea Market and a complete list of vendors, check out http://rgcshows.com/rosebowl.aspx

After a day of figure painting, and flea marketing, see some professionals get in the (other kind of) paint at the Clippers / Pistons game.  The Brown SoCal Alumni Organization has scored a group deal $36 / ticket.  But hurry!  These tickets sell fast
Contact: Lenny Kirschen, lkirschen@gmail.com
4:00 PM - 9:00 PM
1111 South Figueroa Street
Los Angeles, CA
To get tickets and for full information check out http://www.brownsocal.org/events/2013/clippers-vs-pistons. 


Image via LA Times, Three of eight Mark Rothko paintings and Jackson Pollock's 1949 "Number 1" are in MOCA's permanent collection

HAPPENINGS for the weekend of 02/08/13

Kung Hei Fat Choi RISD LA Alums! Welcome the Year of the Snake this weekend and later this week check out the Late Night Date Night at LACMA for Valentine's Day and Alumni Blue McRight's show at the Samuel Freeman Gallery. May all your wishes be fulfilled! Stay safe, dry and Happy Arting! 

SATURDAY

Head to Chinatown for the Chinese New Year's Midnight Ceremony Friday 2/9, and all next weekend check out the 114th Annual Golden Dragon Parade and other fun cultural events. All info can be found below and many events are FREE!
Saturday, February 9, 2013
10pm - 1am
Chuan Thien Hau (Cam Au) Temple
750-756 N. Yale Street
Los Angeles, CA 90012
http://www.chinatownla.com/

THURSDAY  

LACMA is hosting a Late Night Date Night for Lovers of Art and Lovers of Love 2/14 from 6 pm - 9 pm. There is a special romantic menu as well as other dinner specials. Make a date of it!
LACMA
5905 Wilshire Blvd.  
Los Angeles, CA 90036
http://lacma.wordpress.com/2013/02/07/valentines-at-lacma/

CONTINUING

LA based RISD Alumni Blue McRight's show "Quench" continues at the Samuel Freeman Gallery through Feb 16th, read more about her work in the LA Times.
Jan 12 - Feb 16, 2013
2639 South La Cienega Blvd
Los Angeles, CA 90034
+1 310-499-1479
+1 310-425-8601
www.samuelfreeman.com 

 

Image via LACMA © 2013 Mark Flores, photo © 2013 Museum Associates/ LACMA, by Steve Cohn.

HAPPENINGS for the weekend of 01/18/13

Hi RISD/LA Alums!  Here's your (incomplete) guide to what's happening in the art world this weekend.  If YOU would like to be included in next weeks "HAPPENINGS" or know of something coming up, please let us know via the Facebook RISD/LA Alumni Group or the comments sections below!  Happy Art-ing!

HAPPENINGS

SATURDAY

Catch RISD/Alum Kelly Berg '08 (http://kellyberg.net/home.html) in a Group Exhibition benefiting Women's Voices Now: Women's Art Now

Opening Reception on January 19th, 4-7pm

January 19th - February 18th, 2013

Leslie Sacks Fine Art

11640 San Vicente Boulevard
Los Angeles, California 90049
T: (310) 820-9448

http://www.lesliesacks.com

RISD/LA Alum Mathew McNamara FAV '12 assisted in the production of the feature film, Toy's House premiering at Sundance Film Festival this weekend.
Directed by "Funny or Die" director Jordan Vogt-Roberts, and featuring Nick Offerman, Megan Mullally, Alison Brie and Mary Lynn Rajskub
http://filmguide.sundance.org/film/13114/toys_house
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2179116/

COMING SOON 

FREE MUSEUM WEEKEND!   

From museumsla.org "In a joint effort to present the arts and culture to the diverse and myriad communities in Southern California, the Museum Marketing Roundtable announces the eighth annual ‘Museums Free-For-All’"
Saturday and Sunday 1/26 and 1//27
A list of participating museums can be found at:
http://www.museumsla.org/news.asp

Workshop: How To Run A Kickstarter Project
LA Makerspace 
Wednesday, January 30, 2013 from 7:00 PM to 10:00 PM (PST)
1933 S. Broadway, #1138
Los Angeles, CA 90007
Register at:
http://kickstarterla-eorg.eventbrite.com/#

Liz Lanphear (neé Hostetler) FAV 04 and Marisa Murrow PT 00