going on now..........

Visions & Voices: Shelf Life: A Big Day for Small Press
today/now!
12:00 PM - 4:00 PM
University Park Campus
Harris Hall

hey, i hear you kids like art these days

The second annual LOS ANGELES ART WEEKEND, taking place April 2 through April 5, 2009 is a four-day event highlighting the city's foremost in cultural offerings and the vast array of creative talent working in art, architecture, design and performance.

all the info you could ever want, including schedule, HERE

looking for a disguise, 55 bucks or a rich friend

THE MOCA CONTEMPORARIES ART PANEL SERIES

TICKETS $55/PERSON (EACH EVENT); $125/PERSON (SERIES)

Art Panel Series #1
CONVERGENCE: ART + ECONOMY
TUESDAY, MARCH 10, 6:30PM
As the art world becomes immersed in the global economic crunch, what do artists, museums, and galleries need to do to survive? How can contemporary art thrive in an economic downturn? Our panel of "Art + Economy" experts offer inside perspective on art in today's challenging financial climate.

MODERATOR:
Bennett Simpson, MOCA assistant curator
PANELISTS:
Andrea Fraser, artist
Paul Johnson, co-director, Sotheby’s Los Angeles
Stephen G. Rhodes, artist
Richard Telles, owner and director, Richard Telles Fine Art

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Too bad.........looks like I will go to the free ALOUD LA library lecture instead.

I wonder if they will solve this caper?

6pm Critiquing the Critic: Is Criticism Still Relevant
Panel Discussion, Sponsored by THE Magazine

I hope the conversation turns into what is art. But be sure to sneak in, (wear your smart glasses) otherwise pay 15 bucks to see the Los Angeles Art Show, not to be confused with ART LA.

SUPERSONIC is also at the Los Angeles Convention Center and am waiting to see if you have to pay or not.....?

ALOUD lecture tonight: Denis Dutton

Don't miss tonight, 7pm at the Central Library downtown LA:

Denis Dutton
The Art Instinct: Beauty, Pleasure, & Human Evolution
In conversation with Michael Shermer, The Skeptic Society
"Combining two fascinating and contentious disciplines -- art and evolutionary science -- a philosopher, professor and founder/editor of the popular Arts & Letter Daily, argues that human tastes in art are shaped by Darwinian selection."

get your butt in gear: Little Pharma Drug Run

Little Pharma Drug Run

THURSDAY, NOV 6, 7–10pm
MOCA Grand Avenue
Sculpture Plaza
7pm Meet at MOCA for costume-making and screening of Big Bucks, Big Pharma: Marketing Disease & Pushing Drugs

8:30pm Ride leaves from MOCA (route TBA at event)

10pm Reception at Fringe Exhibitions (504 Chung King Court, Chinatown)

Starting at MOCA, participants will first meet for a costume-making workshop and other activities. Dressed as their favorite pharmaceuticals, they will then embark on a group tour of the late-night drugstores of downtown Los Angeles. The event will culminate at Fringe Exhibitions in Chinatown, which will be hosting an incarnation of Finishing School’s Little Pharma, an interdisciplinary project investigating alternative medicines and lifestyles as viable antidotes to some of the drug industry’s pathologies. Little Pharma is on view at Fringe Exhibitions from October 11 through November 8.

today (sorry about short notice)

No Dancing at the Mandrake: Round 2
Sunday, October 26 at 5:30pm
Join us for a Free informal screening of dance media hosted by the Mandrake. Featuring local artists presenting new work or work in progress.

Participate in Round 2 of "NO Dancing at the Mandrake". Share your new work or work in progress with other local dancers, filmmakers and friends, and engage in optional Q & A after each work. Work should be no longer than 10 minutes. DVD format for screening. No entry fee but pre-registration is required.

Mandrake Bar in Culver City
2692 S La Cienega Blvd
Los Angeles, CA 90034
(310) 837-3297