Seven Beauties Exhibition @ Avenue 50 Studio, Highland Park

An eclectic mix of work by an amazing group of L.A. artists brought together by José Lozano

Untitled, silkscreen print — Stephanie Mercado

Kim Abeles, Leigh Salgado, Rochelle Botello, Poli Marichal, Stephanie Mercado, Linda Arreola and Lili Bernard

with

portraits of each artist by José Lozano

The Avenue 50 Studio is proud to present in the main gallery, “Seven Beauties”, organized by artist, curator José Lozano.  Seven Beauties will have it’s opening night reception on Saturday, May 11, 2013 from 7-10 pm.  

I had the phrase seven beauties in my mind for a while when I was approached by Avenue 50 Studio to curate a show.  I know seven beautiful female artists whose work is spiritually and intelligently beautiful, and whose work I really admire. These are disciplined artists producing very wonderful art.  My first choice was Kim Abeles who is my mentor.  She was the professor at Cal State Fullerton who directed me toward the artist I am today.  It’s an honor to have her in the show. This is not a feminist show. It’s just art done by women. Many different approaches and sensibilities run through this exhibition.  It shows where women artists are at today in the making art in Los Angeles. -- José Lozano

As a thank you to the artists, José Lozano will be exhibiting his small portraits of each artist.  

*During the course of this exhibition, Avenue 50 Studio will be screening the movie, Seven Beauties by Lina Wertmuller.  Participating artist, Poli Marchal, will lead a discussion on how the movie relates to feminism in today’s world.  More information on this screening will be forthcoming.

Opening Night Reception:  Saturday, May 11, 2013 from 7-10 pm

May 11 through June 2, 2013

Avenue 50 Studio, Inc.

a 501(c)(3) non-profit art gallery

131 North Avenue 50

Highland Park, CA  90042

323-258-1435

http://www.avenue50studio.org

Highland Park Arts News, Barras Salon to host ART exhibitions in 2013

Across the street from the Highland Park Theatre on Figueroa St. is a charming salon known as Barras Salon. This year, Barras Salon will be hosting a series of art shows beginning May 18th, 2013. Their participation and their contribution to the Arts in NELA  is another example of local organizations and small businesses working creatively together to create a sense of community. 

Please join the salon and the artists in celebrating Barras Salon's first art show by attending their opening reception:

date: Saturday, May 18: 7-10 pm

address: 5607 N. Figueroa St., Highland Park, LA 90042

for more info please visit their facebook page: http://www.facebook.com/pages/Barras-Salon/244994975540535

New Print Completed during my residency with Coronado Studios, Austin TX for the Serie Print Project XX

The print pictured above was completed through the generosity of Coronado Studios in Austin, TX. For the last twenty years Sam Coronado has been a pioneering voice for the arts community in Austin. Every year he selects a group of artists to create a work for the Serie Print Project, resulting in a diverse collection of prints that gives Latino, Latina, Chicano and Chicana artists a platform for their creative voice.  

Once the prints have been editioned and signed by the artists the suite of prints is displayed in an annual exhibition at the Mexic-Arte Museum in downtown Austin. The artists included in the 20th anniversary suite, or Serie Print Project XX are: 

Farley Bookout, Margarita Cabrera, Paul del Bosque, Ana Teresa Fernandez, Sandra C. Fernandez, Nahum Flores, Rigoberto A. Gonzalez, Salvador Lopez, Oscar Magallanes, Michael Marshall, Stephanie Mercado, Brian Phillips, Patricia Tinajero, George Yepes, and Ernesto Yerena Montejano

The print completed for this project is a continuation of the exploration of the pursuit of the American Dream. It depicts an imaginary landscape with an anthropomorphic mountain at its center. At the mountain's peak in-between the Earth and the sky, sits an iconic house surrounded by a colorful garden that serves to entice figures below, and to adorn the mythical mountain figure's head as a crown. The mountain's tangled lace-like structure is constructed of figures crawling up and down its face and all-knowing enigmatic eyes. The silhouettes below, travel the dark and mysterious forest. Their ghostly multi-colored ambiguity representing an archetypal individual in pursuit of their dreams. 

 

The print is a limited edition serigraph, printed on archival paper. It is a 10 color print measuring 30 x 22" - paper size. The image size is 22 x 16".

For purchase inquiries, please email: stephaniexristine@yahoo.com

or visit my Etsy store: https://www.etsy.com/shop/stephaniexristine

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Coagula Curatorial's Salon Style Saturday

FEATURING 30 LOS ANGELES ARTISTS Curated by Mat Gleason Abel Alejandre, Vicki Barkley, Sharon Bell, Lili Bernard, Wini Brewer, Mike Vegas Dommermuth, Val Echavarria, Carol Es, Ruben Esparza, Roni Feldman, Yolanda Gonzalez, Jerk, Karen Karlsson, Vito Lorusso, Stevie Love, Michael Maas, Rosalind McGary, Antonio Mendoza, Stephanie Mercado, Joe O'Neill, Joshua Petker, Stuart Rapeport, Leigh Salgado, Joan Sebastian, Gina Stepaniuk, Audrey Stommes, Mike Street, Sharon Suhovy, Tim Youd Celebrating the 1 year anniversary of Coagula Curatorial's opening on Chung King Road, Chinatown. . Coagula Curatorial is part of the Chung King Road Gallery Row located in historic Chinatown in downtown Los Angeles at 977 Chung King Road.

Salon Style Saturday Featuring 30 L.A. Artists Opening Reception: Saturday, APRIL 20 7PM - 11PM COAGULA CURATORIAL 977 Chung King Rd. LA, CA  90012

Serie Project’s 20th Anniversary in East Austin with New Residents and a Call for Grassroots Support

Detail from Michael Menchaca’s print, Imperial Construction, 2012

Founded in 1993 by Austin artist Sam Coronado, the Serie Project is a nonprofit organization that offers free printmaking facilities, training and housing for 8 to 15 artists per year through a one-week Artist In Residence program. During the residency, each artist produces an edition of 50 prints in a collaborative workshop setting with a Master Printer.

Serie Project has fostered over 250 artists to produce a collection of serigraphs. The artists participating in the 2013 Serie XX Artist in Residence Program include Farley Bookout, Margarita Cabrera, Paul del Bosque, Ana Teresa Fernandez, Sandra C. Fernandez, Nahum Flores, Rigoberto A. Gonzalez, Salvador Lopez, Oscar Magallanes, Michael Marshall, Stephanie Mercado, Brian Phillips, Patricia Tinajero, George Yepes, and Ernesto Yerena. The first artist begins printing the last week of January, and the residencies will continue through July.

Sam Coronado, founder of Serie Project

Coronado established the Serie Project in East Austin with the hope to create a place where established and emerging artists of all ethnic and socio-economic backgrounds felt welcome. He envisioned a supportive environment where artists could learn the serigraphy technique through a one-on-one apprenticeship, and where affordable printmaking services and fine art prints could be made available to the community. Last November, the Austin Visual Arts Association recognized Coronado with a Lifetime Achievement Award.

Since its founding, Serie Project has relied on city grants for a majority of its funding, but, with cuts in arts funding, is looking for more grassroots support, launching a new membership program this month that will allow members of the community to become financial supporters of the Serie Project’s work directly.

published by Glasstire, Austin, TX: 
http://glasstire.com/2013/02/15/serie-projects-20th-anniversary-in-east-austin-with-new-residents-and-a-call-for-grassroots-support/

Photo of me in Texas, by Scott David Gordon

Scott David Gordon, a great photographer living and working in Austin, TX compiled this panoramic photo of me during my artist's residency with the Serie Print Project, hosted by Coronado Studio. The project has been made possible through the generosity of a community of artists in Texas and founder Sam Coronado, a pioneering voice in the arts community in Austin. Please visit Scott's website to see additional photographs and to get a glimpse of his Panorama 365  project: 

http://www.panorama365.com/photo.php?day=172

Serie Print Project, Artist's Residency, Austin, TX

I've been on an artist's residency in Texas making a new limited edition 

serigraph through the generosity of the Serie Print Project, in Austin. 

Above are some photos of the work  in production and a detail of the

image to come. Please visit their website to see additional works 

printed by them: http://serieproject.org