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Saturday, June 11, NELAart presents: SECOND SATURDAY GALLERY NIGHT

WHEN: The Second Saturday of Every Month 7:00-10:00p.m.
WHERE: Highland Park and surrounding neighborhoods.

NELAart Second Saturday Gallery Night is a free self-guided tour of the galleries, non-profits and artist run project spaces located in Northeast Los Angeles (NELA).

NELA has a tradition in the arts that dates back to the early 1900s.

The tradition continues with new spaces opening regularly. NELA is now one of L.A.’s most exciting destinations to view contemporary art.

Featured image:  Todos Somos Flor – Felicia Montes

Presented by the Southern California Women’s Caucus for Art

Opening Night Reception:  Saturday, June 11, 2011 from 7-10 pm

 
Opening at The Avenue 50 Studio is proud:  Democracy and Art, a visual conversation of the role of art in a democracy.  Thirty works were selected by curator, activist and art historian Carol A. Wells, who also serves as the founder and executive director of the Center for Study of Political Graphics.  Chosen artists address the shifting meanings of freedom and equality, censorship and civil liberties.  Using art as a vehicle for the discussion of political issues has a rich history, at times shrouded in censorship.  Please join us as 23 artists converse on questions of democracy.

 
Presented by:  The Southern California Women’s Caucus for Art (SCWCA), one of 27 chapters of the Women’s Caucus for Art, the leading national organization for women actively engaged in the visual arts. professions and an affiliated society of the College Art Association.

(Individual gallery hours may vary)

1215 Projects, 1215 Cypress Avenue

Avenue 50 Studios, 121 North Avenue 50

Bike Oven, 3706 North Figueroa Street

Cactus, 4534 Eagle Rock Boulevard

Cafe de Leche, 5000 York Boulevard

Curve Line Space, 1577 Colorado Boulevard

Jose Vera Fine Art, 2012 Colorado Boulevard

La tierra de la Cuebra, 240 South Avenue 57

La Vida La Galeria, 5050 York Boulevard

Leanna Lin’s Wonderland, 5024 Eagle Rock Boulevard

Matters of Space

MorYork Gallery, 4959 York Boulevard

New Puppy, Unit 1, 2808 Elm Street

Outpost for Contemporary Art, 1268 North Avenue 50,

Platform, 5027 York Boulevard

Space 2710, 2710 West Avenue 34

The Glass Studio, 5052 York Boulevard

Toros Pottery, 4962 Eagle Rock Boulevard

2 Tracks Art Studio, 135 North Avenue 50 (Next to Avenue 50 Studio)

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While it is highly unlikely that I will be invited to give a commencement address at any institiution of higher learning, I figured it would be a good idea to draft out an address, just on the off-hand chance that I am asked to stand in for Mrs. Obama somewhere.

My Address to the Graduating Class of 2011:

Choose a simple life. Travel light. Just say NO to baggage.

Complexity is insidious. It creeps up on you slowly, gradually over many years. And at some point you look back and say “How the hell did life become so FREAKING complicated?”

This earthly existence is beautiful, mysterious, immense, joyful and glorious. Be very slow to place your faith in anyone who would have you believe otherwise.

Peace and love. ☮

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Music, dance and poetry representing a colorful patchwork of traditions will enliven the sixth annual Lummis Day Festival, Sunday, June 5, the free all-day arts festival that has become the signature cultural event of the Northeast L.A. neighborhoods. The Festival runs from 10:30am-7:00pm, at two locations: Lummis Home and Heritage Square Museum.

http://www.lummisday.org/

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