Identity in Los Angeles - On View June 13 - November 6
IDENTITY in LOS ANGELES showcases artworks created by the students of Art Division led by founder, Dan McCleary and instructors Luis Serrano and Fabian Cereijido, PhD. Students were asked to explore their identities through utilizing an array of media including sculpture, photography, video, painting, and drawing. This project was also coupled with investigating the term "identity" through the study of short stories, lectures, films, poems, and visiting other exhibitions concerning immigration, gender, race, and stereotype. This exhibition is a product of this research. Participating artists include: Alfredo Alvarado, Javier Carrillo, Jessica Cuautle, Emanuel Galvez, Alex "Otiswoods" Gonzalez, Luis Hernandez, Luis Mateo, Robert Ortiz, Yuya Parker, Guillermo Perez, Victor Reyes, & Art Division Film Collective.
GALLERY CLOSING RECEPTION AND FILM SCREENING:
Saturday October 28 at 3:00pm
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Please note: During fall, winter and spring, hours are subject to change with short notice.
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About the Gallery:
As part of the City’s ongoing commitment to provide cultural programming, a rotating exhibition program has been created to showcase the work of local artists, artist groups, photographers and curators—both emerging and established. Exhibitions are programmed a year in advance through an open call for group exhibitions issued each year in early summer. For information about this and other artist opportunities, check here and join the "Artist Opportunities" email list. For more information about the gallery, please contact Laura Becker at laura.becker@smgov.net or (310) 458-8350.
Fall 2017 Writer-in-Residence Sakae Manning. During her tenure, Manning is working on an untitled novella and Kimono Blues, a novel narrated in turn by two women who share a bond as family truth seekers. As their search unfolds, they discover what survival and sacrifice means when seeking refuge and opportunity in a new land.
Manning is onsite working from an office in the Marion Davies Guest House, October 10 through December 12 of this year. The public is invited to chat with her about her work and the residency during her office hours Saturdays from 11am-2pm. Her public programs champion women of color telling their stories, and take place 10/24, 11/14 and 12/5. From mid-October you can follow her progress on the Beach House Artist-in-Residence blog at beachhouseair.blogspot.com.
Sakae Manning views storytelling as a means to forge alliances between women of color. Her work explores the intersectionality amongst women of color claiming their individual journeys around race, ethnicity, and class. A graduate of Mills College, Manning's poem, Okasan/Mother, was published in Making Waves: An Anthology of Asian-American Women Writers. Her flash fiction, Sammy's Shitkickers was published in The Salt River Review. Manning is currently working on a novel, Kimono Blues.
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