Public Art and the Venice Art Walls – Cultural Affairs Commission, June 4th 1:30PM

Stash Maleski to Present to the City of Los Angeles Cultural Affairs Commission on Public Art and the Venice Art Walls – June 4, 2009 1:30 PM

 

I would like to invite you to attend the City of Los Angeles Cultural Affairs Commission meeting on Thursday, June 4, 2009 at 1:30 PM.  My presentation will explore creative ways the City might help provide space for murals on public property in light of the current ban on fine art murals on private property.  I will focus the discussion on the Venice Art Walls program as a model of how public/private partnerships can provide artists with valuable cultural services and resources during difficult financial times.

 

We will be discussing other innovative ideas and programs that use art to beautify the city while promoting artistic expression, civic engagement and a sense of civic pride and responsibility. While no new permits are being issued for fine art murals on private property, it is still possible to get a per mit to paint a mural on city, state or federal property.  It makes sense that while the private property issues are being resolved, that public space be opened up to artists.  How can we encourage this?  

 

I welcome your support at this meeting as well as your feedback and creative ideas.  There will be a short discussion, and guests will be invited to comment on the presentation.  

 

New Plan for Resolving Permit Issues for Mural on Private Property

Also at this meeting, I believe Al Nodal, President of the Cultural Affairs Commission, will be discussing a new plan to address the issue of legalizing fine art murals on private property in the City of Los Angeles.  

 

Meeting Location:

Department of Cultural Affairs

Boardroom (14^th Floor)

201 North Figueroa Street, Suite 1400 (between W. 1^st Street and W. Temple Street)

Los Angeles, CA 90012 (213) 202-5500

1:30 PM

 

There is relatively expensive pay parking available in the building's ground floor parking lot. There is less expensive pay parking lot on the NE corner of Figueroa and W. Temple St.

The meeting starts at 1:30PM.  You can check on the City of LA web site for the actual agenda (under CAD) when it is posted at the following link to see when the presentation will happen. < a href="http://lacity.org/lacity/SubMenu/CityMeetingsAgendas/index.htm">http://lacity.org/lacity/SubMenu/CityMeetingsAgendas/index.htm

 

For more information about the Venice Art Walls, go to:

www.VeniceArtWalls.com.

 

For info on ICU Art, please go to www.ICUArt.com

 

On separate but related notes, a few other events:

 

Mural Tour of East Los Angeles

Led by Willie Heron and Carlos Callejo

The Cityhood for East Los Angeles no n-profit organization would like to invite people to take part in a mural tour of East Los Angeles guided by muralists Willie Heron and Carlos Callejo on Saturday May 30, 2009.

 

WHO: Cityhood supporters, community members, artists, educators -- all are welcome!


WHERE: Tour begins at City Terrace Park, 1126 N Hazard Ave, East Los Angeles, 90063


WHEN: Saturday May 30th, starting at 9:30a, City Terrace Park in East LA, taking our bus to each mural stop, ending at 12 noon with a free reception at City Terrace Park. If you can't make the tour, you are welcome to come to the reception.  (reception is free – mural tour is $30)  

 

For more info, e-mail info@CityhoodForEastLA.org or go to:

http://www.cityhoodforeastla.org/East_LA_Mural_Tour

 

Venice Art Walls Benefit Art Auction

July 2009 6-9PM (date TBD)

Location: TBD

Artists or volunteers who wish to contribute with artwork, products or time can notify jeanna@icuart.com

For information and photos from last year's auction go to http://www.veniceartwalls.com/events/venice-auction-08/

 

Stash Maleski

Director

ICU Art - In Creative Unity

icuart@aol.com

www.icuart.com

(310) 309-7756 cell

 

Curator

Venice Art Walls

www.veniceartwalls.com

 

If you would like t be removed from this e-mail list, please respond with the word remove in the subject heading to icuart@aol.com. We are sorry for the inconvenience.  

 

 

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SUZY WILLIAMS May 29 Jazz

 

Hello,

Please consider a feature article on this May 29 show of SUZY WILLIAMS ("LA's Diva Deluxe" and "the songbird of Venice"). Her stills  http://www.puddingbench.com/suzy.htm are all press ready hi-res 300 dpi, Thanks for your consideration.

for immediate release
contact: Gerry Fialka 310-306-7330 pfsuzy@aol.com
 laughtears.com (scroll to end for details on more shows)

SUZY WILLIAMS and HER SOLID SENDERS play LIVE SWING JAZZ and JUMP BLUES on Friday, May 29 from 7-10pm at The Talking Stick, 1411 Lincoln Blvd, Venuice, CA 90291, 310-450-6052, $10 admission, 
More info:310-306-7330 pfsuzy@aol.com Visit: http://www.puddingbench.com/suzy.htm & http://anw.com/rk/pfsuzy && nbsp;http://www.muralista.org/suzy
Bring your dancing shoes for the hottest ticket in town.

"Suzy and Her Solid Senders teach old standards (Billie Holiday, Louis Jordan, Duke Ellington, Anita O'Day, Fats Waller)new tricks, but it's their originals that will bring you back for more." - Jazz critic Rex Butters 

"Suzy's voice is vibrant and lusty...great gusto and bold emotion." - Nat Hentoff.

"If a 1940s swing-jump blues band fell into a time warp and came out in 2008, they might sound like the Solid Senders. This band has the sense of humor to make that adjustment, plus they have the chops, including an out of sight horn section, a solid rhythm section, a bandleader who also plays vibes, and an extraordinary vocalist in the person of Suzy Williams, the humorous, sensuous, song-writing local treasure that she is. Be there or be much too square." - Lynne Bronstein,=2 0SM Mirror
http://www.smmirror.com/MainPages/DisplayArc hiveArticle.asp?eid=7873

Read why Jay Levin's new magazine praises
Suzy Williams: Local Music Herohttp://www.realtalkla.com/articles/show/265-Suzy-Williams-Local-Music-Hero

Joel Okida's rave in Folkworks http://www.folkworks.org/content/view/35513/106/
0A
"Suzy Williams, whom I once called "L.A.'s Diva Deluxe" in the L.A. Weekly because of her unsurpassable position on the top shelf of red hot mamas, continues to belt standards, the blues and her originals - 24 new ones in the last year alone!  I'd also add that she's funny as hell and a heart-melting gorgeous dame." -Michael Simmons, Huffington Post, 5-08 and http:// www.laweekly.com/2008-10-30/music/music-picks-o rphics-roky-erickson-madonna/3 

"Suzy is too cool. Not only does she cover music from bygone years with gusto, but she breathes new life into an aging genre with a flair few can match." - Daniel Archuleta, Santa Monica Daily Press

"What makes Suzy Williams so remarkable is her loyalty to the lyric and musical sensiblities of an age she cou ldn't be old enough to remember. She executes her ecclectic originals and incendiary interpretation s of standards recalling the 1950s Central Avenue juk e joint, jump tune, dark bar blues b ites with stylish aplomb and high octane lyrical deliverance." - Poet Michael C Ford.

New SM Mirror article http://www.smmir ror.com/MainPages/DisplayArticleDetails.asp?eid=6706

Here's the link to a press ready 300dpi hi-res beautiful photo of Suzy William s b y Tim Roller
http://www.puddingbench.com/suzy/by_tim_roper.jpg

Check out the marvelous new photos of SUZY (in pink) by Alice Hawkins, UK fashion photographer at the end of the website http://www.muralista.org/suzy

The SENDERS include: Kahlil Sabbagh (bandleader and vibes), Brad Kay (piano), Dave Jones (bass), Nick Scarmack (drums), Danny Moynahan (sax), Dan Heffernan (sax), Dave Weinstein (trombone) and Corey Gemme (trumpet).

Suzy Williams has p layed Carnegie Hall with Stormin' Norman Zamcheck, performed with Moses Pendleton's Pilobolus dance troupe, and has wo rked with Van Dyke Parks, Buster Poindexter, Marc Shaiman, Nicholas Ray among many others. Bette Midler, Horace Silver,=2 0Roosevelt Sykes, Ann Magnuson, Eubie Blake , Odetta and Hadda Brooks have praised her passionate singing and vibrant energy.

"Williams is an enormously amusing, endearing presence...with tough, belting authority." - John Rockwell, NY Times.
"Suzy Williams is a very talented singer with a wide range who k nows how to put on an entertaining and witty show. She can sing anything from 1920's jazz and swing to blues, rock & roll and folk music. Williams' highly expressive vocals are always worth hearing." - Scott Yanow, LA Jazz Scene, April '07

"Williams' energy must be seen to be believed...a natural performer." - Robert Palmer, New York Times.

The LA Weekly deems Suzy Williams "LA's Diva Deluxe" 

LA City Beat declares "local joy Suzy Williams"  

Please check out Suzy Williams on youtube.com
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v =rADpTDcq98Y Suzy' s new years s ong
http://www.youtube.com/watch ?v=DZ-GrEQsEKA  Suzy & Her Solid Senders
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f2O5cMz6ThE  
and all the Stormin Norman amd Suzy videos, too

Celebrate being alive with Suzy& nbsp;and her swinging 8-piece band, and the release of Suzy & The JTones new ten inch record/cd (jtonerec ords.com).

Check the new featurearticle on SUZY WILLIAMS. Scroll to the Oct 26 issue, then scroll to page 12
http://www.smdp.com/article/categories/%26quot%3 BE%26quot%3Bdition/Archives-2007/10%7B4 7%7D2007/  
 
L.A. WEEKLY: 10-29-08 MUSIC PICKS
http://www.laweekly.com/2008-10-30/music/music-picks-orphics-roky-erickson-madonna/3 
Suzy Williams & Her Solid Senders at the Derby
Now that every yuppie with chin spinach is called a hipster, what does “hip” mean anymore? The definition of hip is a lot like the definition of art, and Suzy Williams remains the hippest dame on any block she’s struttin’. Steeped in swing and jump blues, she’s got pipes that blow straight from her heart — and elsewhere when she’s feelin’ randy (and I bet Randy don’t mind!). The Queen of Kinetic onstage, it appears as if she’s going to spontaneously combust in infinite directions at any moment. Her Solid Senders — tonight an octet including four horns — consist of L.A.’s finest, not of the oink-oink variety, but musicians with chops and edge. Special nods go to bandleader and vibraphonist Kah lil Sabbagh and Brad Kay on the 88s. Reme mber that the Derby has a dance floor, so if you’re in the mood to jitterbug out George and bump-bounce boogie in Barack, don’t forget your feet. (Michael Simmons)

Hi Music Lovers, ALSO check out SUZY WILLIAMS (more info 310-306-7330) free shows:

First Fridays 7-10pm-ish at Just Tantau, 1353 abbot kiney blvd, venice, 310-392-4646 w/Brad Kay

Second Thursdays from 730-1030 at dannys in venice, 23 windward & speedway

ALSO mark your calendar:
SAT, july 18 at beyondbaroque.org for SUZY's legendary 4th ANNUAL LIT SHOW -
SUZY WILLIAMS - THE LIT SHOW In her fourth annual celebration of song and literature, LA's Diva Deluxe SUZY WILLIAMS performs songs based on words by Kurt Vonnegut, Dorothy Parker, Raymond Chandler, Truman Capote, Vladimir Nabokov, Frank Conroy & Baudelaire. With special musical guests. You've read the book, now hear the song. Nat Hentoff praised Suzy: "Vibrant and lusty...great gusto and bold emotion." Admission $10.

 

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FW: Stefani V & Friends @Talking Stick this Sat 7P

 

Stefani Valadez & Friends, Folk & World Fusion
Sat. May 30th, 7-10P  @ The Talking Stick
         
I am thrilled to present my dear friend Bonnie Tamblyn singing her original songs.
 And then Stef, Steve Moos w/members of SVE will continue
this delightful evening of Americana, Ethnic Folk, Klezmer, & Original Blues.
Please come and groove with the positive vibes, good food & drinks and cozy casual atmosphere at Talking Stick. $10 donation.

The Talking Stick has a cool vibe. It’s relaxed, intimate and allows for
spontaneity.  Try a gourmet coffee, Chai Latte, smoothie, or a dessert & if
you come hungry there are great reasonably priced salads, sandwiches, and
hummus & pita to snack on.
The Talking Stick is located at 1411 Lincoln Blvd, Venice, CA 90291
 (in the Pollo Loco Shopping Center at California across the street from Ross)
310.450.6052        www.thetalkingstick.net




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FW: Oakwood Park Advisory Board Needs You!

Subject: Oakwood Park Advisory Board Needs You!

Hi folks,

This is a wonderful opportunity to nominate yourself or someone you
know to be a part of the Oakwood Park Advisory Board (PAB). Here is
your chance to be a part of the City of Los Angeles' Recreation & Parks
Department's Park Advisory Board that provides recommendations for how a
park can be improved and/or enhanced.

These are volunteer positions but your involvement with the PAB
provides for an opportunity to take part in changes that will impact the
community for several years. Should you have questions and/or are
interested, feel free to reach out to the Park Director, Lizka Mendoza
at:

Lizka.Mendoza@lacity.org

or feel free to visit the Oakwood Park office.

Sincerely,

Arturo Piña
Office of Councilmember Bill Rosendahl
Office (310) 568-8772 - Fax (310) 410-3946
arturo.pina@lacity.org
www.councilmanrosendahl.com

MoZaic Celebrates The Talking Stick's 6th Anniversary on Monday 6-1-9

 

     This Monday June 1st from 7pm on MoZaic will be hosting The Talking Stick Coffee Lounge's 6th Anniversary Party at 1411 Lincoln Blvd. Venice 90291. The date just happened to land on MoZaic's Open Mic Monday, which always falls on the 1st Monday of the month. So anyone out there who has had "The Stick" touch their lives, this is a great opportunity to come on out and participate in the festivities. The mic is always open, and the environment is always inviting. Hope to see you and all of your loved ones next Monday! Peace Nickie 

 

Way to go Carlos Callejo!

Carlos is a great muralist and worked at SPARC

COMMEMORATIVE PROJECT. (East Los Angeles, California) On May 29, at 8 AM at Tamayo's Restaurant, 5300 Olympic Blvd, Los Angeles 90022, on what would have been his 91st birthday, Bert Corona's lifelong commitment to inspire Mexican Americans and Mexicans to become part of the American fabric will be commemorated with the dedication of a project that will immortalize his memory and his work. The Mexican American Political Association (MAPA) will announce that they, together with La Hermandad Latinoamericano and the Long Beach League of United Latin American Citizens (LULAC) will establish the Bert Corona Commemorative Works Project. The first phase of this three phase project will be to raise $1,000,000 for a series of murals to be painted throughout cities in California, including San Francisco, Oakland, Fresno, Los Angeles and San Diego. Long a champion of civil rights, Bert Corona was among those who spearheaded the political struggle of Mexican Americans and Mexicans for cultural recognition and political and economic justice in the United States during the last century. It was the hard work and dedication of Mr. Corona and other dedicated men and women that would ultimately result in the election of representatives who speak and represent Mexican Americans and Mexicans in this country. Together they transformed the political landscape by their dedication and will to organize in the face of widespread racial discrimination and opposition, which resulted in the emergence of the Chicano Movement beginning in the 1960's. The project committee has commissioned Carlos Callejo, a distinguished artist who is renowned throughout the West and Southwest for his large intricate works, to paint the first of the murals in East Los Angeles. To kickoff this project, David Lizarraga, President of TELACU, will host the breakfast at Tamayo's. Other speakers will include, State Senator Gil Cedillo, Maria Elena Durazo, Executive Secretary- Treasurer of the Los Angeles Federation of Labor, AFL-CIO, Former State Senator Richard Polanco, Former California State Assemblyman and Los Angeles City Councilman Richard Alatorre, and Soledad Alatorre, Co-Director, Hermandad Mexicana Nacional. Phase two will be the recognition of other Mexican American and Mexican heroes whose struggle made it possible for the political victories of the current generation. Phase three will be the construction of an art center in East Los Angeles. The art center will house music, painting, dance, sculptor, and writing classes that will promote the artistic and cultural development of children residing in Greater East Los Angeles. Keep Breathing ISela Laca

 

Carnivale Venice Beach June 6

Coming June 6, 2009 ~ Noon to 9:00 p.m.
at Windward Ave. and Speedway in Venice

FREE ADMISSION     FREE ADMISSION

MUSIC OFF   Over 225 Photos     56kbs • 350kbs    MUSIC OFF

The colorful costumed festival, inspired by the famed Italian Carnevale,
 and promoting cultural and artistic diversity in Venice Beach,
returns in 2009 bigger and better than ever!

 

Venice Earthquake Preparedness Expo 5/31

 

Venice Art Walk & Auctions to be held May 16th & 17th

 

Venice Art Walk & Auctions Saturday & Sunday, May 16 & 17, 2009 Venice Family Clinic 310.392.9255 E-mail, vfcinfo@mednet.ucla.edu Web site, http://www.veniceartwalk.info Please direct e-mail inquiries to the address (above); DO NOT use "Reply" button, it will send to ArtScene. To view this announcement online: http://artscenecal.com/0509/VeniceArtWalk0509.html You've probably been to other "art walks" in LA, but you probably didn't know the Venice Art Walk & Auctions is the original, and this is its 30th anniversary. And here's something else you might not have known: it benefits Venice Family Clinic, the largest free clinic in the country. That's right, it's a fundraiser, and a huge one at that, with more than 60 artists' studios to tour, ten spectacular homes to visit, and 400 original works to bid on. So put on your most comfortable shoes and put to rest what you think you know about art walks. This is the quintessential Southern California art event...and it helps more than 23,500 people get the health care they need. Explore four ticketed events:   Art & Architecture Tour: New Wave of Venice Architecture http://www.venicefamilyclinic.org/index.php?view=thirty_vawa_new_wave, Saturday, May 16, noon to 4:00 pm - Explore new and contemporary architecture in this self-guided walking tour of Venice, highlighting the work of award-winning and cutting-edge architects. - Tickets: $100 per person http://store.venicefamilyclinic.org/ViewProduct.asp?ModelNumber=AWArchVeniceTix2009, includes private cocktail reception Dogtown Station Lofts following the tour. - Registration: Westminster School, 1010 Abbot Kinney Blvd., Venice, 11:30 am to 2:00 pm   Art & Architecture Tour: A Stroll Down Architects' Alley: A Historic Walking Tour of Rustic Canyon http://www.venicefamilyclinic.org/index.php?view=thirty_vawa_rustic_canyon, Saturday, May 16, noon to 4:00 pm - Curated and led by Marmol Radziner and Associates, this tour will begin with a lunch and presentation by Leo Marmol, FAIA, and Tony Merchell, architectural historian, at the historic Rustic Canyon Community Center. Groups will be led on an informative walking tour of this architecturally bountiful neighborhood, past projects by renowned architects, stopping to tour selected houses representing the old and new. - Tickets: $175 per person http://store.venicefamilyclinic.org/ViewProduct.asp?ModelNumber=AWArchRusticCanyonTix2009, includes lunch, as well as private cocktail reception at Dogtown Station Lofts following the tour. Tickets extremely limited and must be purchased in advance.   Art & Architecture Tour: Eclectic Homes on the Venice Canals http://www.venicefamilyclinic.org/index.php?view=thirty_vawa_venice_canals , Sunday, May 17, noon to 4:00 pm - There's something for everyone on this self-guided walking tour of the Canals, visiting new modern residences, art collections and artists' homes. - Tickets: $100 per person http://store.venicefamilyclinic.org/ViewProduct.asp?ModelNumber=AWArchVeniceCanalTix2009, includes admission to the Sunday, May 17, Venice Art Walk & Auctions (a $50 value). - Registration: 2202 Dell http://www.mapquest.com/maps?address=2202+Dell&zipcode=90291(Glass Condominiums), 11:45 am to 2:00 pm   Venice Art Walk & Auctions http://www.venicefamilyclinic.org/index.php?view=thirty_vawa_art_walk, Sunday, May 17 - Artists' Studio Tours and Special Exhibits: More than you could dream of covering in one day - 60 private artists' studios, homes and special exhibits! Begin at Westminster School. Free shuttle buses run continuously throughout the day to help you cover more ground and see more art. (Click here http://www.venicefamilyclinic.org/index.php?view=thirty_vawa_art_walk  for a list of participating artists.) 11:30 am to 4:30 pm. Just Added! Greenfield Sacks Gallery Presents An Exhibition of Venice Beach Artists at Dogtown Station: Works by Peter Alexander, Chuck Arnoldi, Larry Bell, Guy Dill, Charles Christopher Hill, Ed Moses, John Okulick, and Ed Ruscha. - Silent Art Auction: Art collectors - don't miss this opportunity to browse and bid on more than 400 original and limited-edition works of art including paintings, sculpture, graphics, photography, ceramics, cartoons and furniture donated by Los Angeles-area and Venice Art Walk artists. (Click here http://www.venicefamilyclinic.org/index.php?view=thirty_vawa_art_walk  for a list of participating artists.) New hours! Lower floor: 11:30 am to 5:30 pm; upper floor: 11:30 am to 5:45 pm. Note: Free Silent Art Auction Preview, Saturday, May 16, from 4:00 to 6:00 pm. - Plus: A Food Faire of great Westside restaurants, Cocktail Lounges on the Venice Art Walk trail, an Artful Living silent auction of fun and functional lifestyle items, live music, and your chance to win an original Tony Berlant sculpture! - Tickets: $50 per person <http://store.venicefamilyclinic.org/ViewProduct.asp?ModelNumber=AWTix2009>  (children under 12 free), includes a Venice Art Walk & Auctions Catalog and Event Guide.   For a summary of what's new in 2009, visit http://www.venicefamilyclinic.org/2009_vawa/eblasts/vaw09-reminder-eblast1.html Visit http://www.veniceartwalk.info for more information, including photos of homes on the Art & Architecture Tours, lists of participating artists, previews of works in the Silent Art Auction, details of free parking and public transportation, and more.   All proceeds benefit Venice Family Clinic - the largest free clinic in the country - providing a medical home to more than 23,500 low-income and uninsured patients annually through eight sites on the Westside of Los Angeles County.

 

 

FW: Family Tree Exhibit Opening Reception

 

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	Family Trees Opening Reception Family Trees Opening Reception Sunday, June 7th 3-5 pm  Exhibit viewing June 7th-10th 11:00—5:00 We are very pleased to announce our first exhibition of art created by families who have survived domestic violence.  Cal State University of Northridge West Gallery Art and Design Center, Rm 201 18111 Nordhoff St. Northridge, CA  91330-8299 (818) 677-2156 Please RSVP by June 1 to info@awbw.org or 310-396-0317 ext 208 To preview the exhibit and add your comments go to awbw.org/exhibits   A very special thank you to the courageous families who participated in this project, all the Program Leaders, Lynn Fischer, Project Coordinator and Exhibit Curator, and Kim Abeles, Installation Designer. This exhibition is funded in part by grants from the City of Los Angeles, Department of Cultural Affairs, the Dwight Stuart Youth Foundation, the Gary Saltz Foundation, the Green Foundation, the John Gogian Foundation, and the Peter Norton Family Foundation   The Releasing Tree Rose Curtis & Siblings Still the past has a hold Over us, under us, around us The violence affects Everything we do... Even when we deny it happened Even when we think We are over it Even when we are      My Leaf of Hope Veronica Mendez My picture represents the freedom I’ve longed for.  The leaf on the almost dead tree represents the hope that kept me going.  I had two children with me that needed me.  I couldn’t be a sad tree.  I never thought I could ever be the person I wanted to be, and that I had to obey to survive and  give my children a “family.” I still fear many things, but I know now that my hope for a brighter future shines more than ever.  We are a real family now, and although many wounds still need healing, we are building wonderful, happy memories.