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Desert Forest: Life with Joshua Trees
The Lancaster Museum of Art and History presents Desert Forest: Life with Joshua Trees, as part of the Getty PST ART: Art & Science Collide initiative. The exhibition sheds light on the threatened Joshua tree and the fragile Mojave Desert ecosystem that sustains it.
SCIART25 25th Anniversary Exhibition
SCIART25 explores the rich creative community which has enabled Studio Channel Islands to flourish over the last quarter century. The exhibition is a celebration of a selection of the internationally renowned artists whose work has been presented at Studio Channel Islands and a reflection upon the role that artists have played in shaping the organization over the past twenty-five years.
Whiplash: Art in the Ever-Changing Now
Santa Monica Cultural Affairs, in collaboration with Art at the Airport, is proud to announce the opening of WHIPLASH: Art In The Ever-Changing Now, a groundbreaking exhibition that explores the profound and dynamic shifts shaping our world today. Curated by Rebecca Youssef, Alexandra Dillon, and April Banks, this exhibition offers a reflective exploration of our times, showcasing the ways contemporary artists interpret and respond to the rapid transformations that affect societal norms, cultural identities, environmental crises, and political divisions.
Measure Twice Cut Once
Over 50 artists fill the walls and floors of the gallery with fun and unusual works. Our curation aimed to stretch the public’s understanding of collage as something beyond busy compositions that look like conspiracy boards that are only missing red string. The artists exhibiting approach collage with the same finesse and intention all pop surrealists do.
KEYSTONE OPEN STUDIOS
Keystone Art Space Open Studios is a unique experience for art lovers and collectors of all levels to engage and connect with emerging and established artists in Los Angeles. Keystone artists welcome visitors into their workspaces to get a behind-the-scenes look into the creative process and purchase works directly from the artist.
FALL TEXTILE SLAM: Strut Your Stuff
Join Textile Arts LA for our next Textile Slam! Strut Your Stuff
Join us for an exhilarating afternoon at our Fall Textile Slam as we celebrate creativity and innovation in the world of textile arts. Our talented team members will be presenting their current projects and we invite you to experience a fun fashion show showcasing members' wearable works.
Fabric Collage Workshop with Connie Rohman
Discover the art of fabric collage with teaching artist Connie Rohman. Using hand-dyed and vintage fabrics, you will design and stitch an original artwork while exploring composition, texture and color theory.
ARTISANS & FRIENDS Boutique
Come join a gathering of eight friends who are collectors & creators to show, sell or trade creations and items with each other and our guests. We convene in Judy’s back yard. Judy's home is in historic Country Club Park in Mid City LA, near Arlington & Olympic with easy free street parking so come & bring your friends!
Lea Feinstein: chrysalis
TALA member Lea Feinstein pushes the sculptural potential of Tyvek --cutting, sewing, pleating, and weaving new and recycled works.
She transforms them into vibrant new forms.
The exhibition is curated by Lorraine Heitzman.
Opening reception:
Saturday, September 28, 5-9 pm
During the reception at 6pm, a live performance will feature twenty enthusiastic models walking the runway in unique sculptural garments.
Gallery Hours:
Daily, Noon - 5pm
The Other Art Fair LA
The Other Art Fair: we combine affordable and original artworks by 140 independent artists with immersive installations, performances, DJs – and a fully stocked bar.
Elements of Weaving: Pattern
Create a blended warp where color and texture are supporting players to pattern. Learn weave notation, explore a variety of woven structures, and weave your favorites in a scarf, table runner or wall hanging. Taught by Cameron Taylor-Brown on Wolf Pup floor looms in her fully equipped Los Angeles weaving studio.
Ann Weber: Let the Sunshine In
Palos Verdes Art Center / Beverly G. Alpay Center for Arts Education is pleased to announce Ann Weber: Let the Sunshine In, a solo exhibition of monumental, sensuous, and anthropomorphic sculpture – made from discarded cardboard boxes. On view will be works from the last 15 years, including new standing and wall sculptures making enthusiastic color choices.
Barbara Belle Sloan
Artist and TALA member Barbara Belle Sloan is having an exhibit of her recent woodblock prints, off-loom weavings, and textile collages.
Soft Art
Join us for an extraordinary texture, color, and creativity exploration at our unique exhibition focusing on art made from textiles, yarns, and various fibers – a celebration of the tactile and visually captivating world of textile art!
Silk Scarf Painting Workshop with Beth Abaravich
Now you can learn how to make beautiful permanent designs on silk fabric with TALA member Beth Abaravich. Utilizing the time honored technique of gutta resist and silk dyes, students will create unique pieces of wearable art.
Elements of Weaving: Color
Explore color - hue, value and intensity – and how color interacts with yarns and woven structures. In this three day session, dive into color theory (using yarns, not paint! ) create several color palettes and weave your favorite palette in a scarf, table runner or wall hanging. Taught by Cameron Taylor-Brown on Wolf Pup floor looms in her fully equipped Los Angeles weaving studio.
Iroquois Embroidery & Raised Beadwork with Brittany Kiertzner
Delve into the rich traditions of Iroquois symbols through embroidery and raised beadwork techniques. Participants will be introduced to the cultural significance and history behind traditional intricate motifs and learn how to incorporate them into their creations. Kiertzner’s expertise and passion for preserving and sharing these artistic practices will provide students with a deep appreciation for the artistry and heritage of the Iroquois people.
Liberty Worth - Nuances
“All of the materials for this body of work were intercepted as an alternative to landfill - the base fabrics, fabric swatch samples, discarded face masks (which I retrieved and sterilized), old clothing even the thread is “expired” and was headed for the trash.
I am intrigued by the purpose and beauty that can be found in things that were discarded. In the nuance of the spaces between usefulness and waste.” - Liberty Worth
‘Soliloquy’ Open Call Exhibition
The Bridge Arts Foundation proudly announces the third edition of its Open Call Exhibition Program, which is designed to provide support for emerging artists. In its 3rd edition, the Soliloquy Open Call Exhibition features 19 talented artists.
Displacing Structures
Traditional fiber techniques are expanded upon in this exhibit to reveal and embrace the borderlands, queer bodies, and the tensions between structure and aberration.
Curation
Fafnir Adamites
Works by
Fafnir Adamites, Molly Haynes, Jeanne Medina Le, José Santiago Perez, Jade Yumang
PUSH and PULL
The inaugural exhibition of Share-A-Wall, titled PUSH AND PULL, showcases three visual artists who share commonalities and differences in their practices. These artists—Elana Kundell, Janet Neuwalder, and Carol Shaw-Sutton—have supported each other's work throughout the years and have developed an ongoing conversation.
Mary Little Open Studio
Textile Arts member Mary Little has an open studio. Studio 824.
Mary Little Open Studio
Textile Arts member Mary Little has an open studio. Studio 824.
Encaustic Wax Image Transfer Workshop with artist Michelle Robinson
Textile Arts LA is pleased to have Michelle Robinson lead this unique workshop in the process of transferring photos onto cloth and paper using encaustic wax methods. Image transfers are a fun and compelling way to create one-of-a-kind images and mixed media pieces from your photography. Using encaustic wax as the transfer medium, you will learn how to quickly make transfers on a variety of surfaces and explore ways of enhancing your work with other media.
Elements of Weaving: Fiber
Explore the rich diversity of fibers and their properties as you weave with cotton, linen, wool, mohair, alpaca, silk and more! You'll mix wools and cotton in one textile to create your own version of Nuno BORO cloth "from riches to rags and back again." Taught by Cameron Taylor-Brown on Wolf Pup floor looms in her fully equipped Los Angeles weaving studio.
Open Home Studio Visit with Debby Weiss
Come spend a fun afternoon with artist Debby Weiss and connect with other Textile Arts LA members. Come see what Debby has been making in her studio, enjoy a treat, and learn to make rope! You are also invited to bring your work.
Beginning Twining with Carrie Burckle
In this workshop with TALA director Carrie Burckle, participants will explore a variety of basketry beginning and finishing techniques, as well as constructing and shaping sculptural form through methods of adding and subtracting.
IMPROVISATIONAL SCREEN PRINTING ON FABRIC
Join TALA president Carrie Burckle in this 2-day screen printing class. Students will learn the basic language and structures of textile design using tracing paper, cut out stencils and textile inks to explore shape, color and pattern designs on fabric. The method of printing, of layering colorful shapes with textile inks is improvisational. It is a meaningful way to explore the possibilities of pattern design using shape and color. Students will be inspired by the playful aesthetics of the art and designs of mid-century modern artists.
Textile Slam!
Textile Slam! is Textile Arts LA’s semi-regular opportunity for casual, friendly conversation and networking featuring a rotating slate of presenters, each of whom will deliver an informal six-minute pecha kucha-stvle presentation. The Slam! is a variation on a member-meeting, but open to non-member friends and guests to add a spark of the unexpected.
Crocheted Waterproof Jewelry with Debra Weiss
Learn to make a delicate but strong waterproof necklace by crocheting two strands of colored fishing line together. Participants will customize with beads and fabric details as embellishment and learn how to finish off the necklace with a sliding knot closure.
Stitched Portraits with Connie Rohman
Learn how to stitch portraits of loved ones, both humans or animals, in this 3-week embroidery workshop with textile arts teaching artist Connie Rohman. Come join us for this engaging community workshop!
March Second Saturday Studio Tour in Ojai
TALA member Carol Shaw-Sutton is opening her studio during the ‘Bite-sized’ Second Saturday studio tours in the Ojai Oak View/ West End part of Ojai. Unlike OSA’s main October event, in which all 70+ Ojai Studio Artists (OSA) artists open their spaces in a single weekend, Second Saturdays focus on a specific neighborhood, offering visitors a more manageable list of studios to visit.
Brittany Kiertzner: I Am Alive, a Breath, a Trail
"I Am Alive, a Breath, a Trail" an exhibition by Indigenous artist and TALA member Brittany Kiertzner, delves into the profound exploration of the artist's quest to forge connections within the realms of loss and insecurity. It unravels the intrinsic vulnerability encapsulated within the dichotomy of life and death, particularly focusing on the subsequent generations of Indigenous women. The narrative navigates through the artist's endeavor to embody the inevitable social pressures that catalyze disintegration and impermanence.
In this body of work, the color red emerges as a potent symbol, signifying the prevailing silence and indifference that shrouds Indigenous women. A significant number of these women find themselves ensnared in the shadows, either missing or succumbing to violence. Kiertzner looks to these boundaries, by manifesting abstract figurative depictions within her sculptural works. These bodies serve as both a commemoration of those who have been lost, capturing the essence of their absence, while also portraying the resilience of those who persist, navigating the tumultuous currents of dysphoric conditions. Her installation “Sometimes/ Sewakie:ren”, looks to immortalize the stories that might otherwise be forgotten. Her woven panels are a discourse on the interconnectedness of our lives. Through symbols of circles/ portals/ faces, Kiertzner offers symbolic commentary on those who survive amidst adversity, reflecting the tenacity required to persist in the face of systemic challenges
Reception:
Sunday, March 17, 2-4pm
Pomona Art Walk:
Saturday March 9, 4-9pm
Hours:
Fri -Sun 1-4pm