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...with a few extras added by Yours Truly, Shawni G.
New Year's Day
(Hope yours was great!)
January 1, 2013
Tuesday

National Bird Day
January 5, 2013
Saturday

Martin Luther King Day
January 21, 2013
Monday

Belly Laugh Day
January 24, 2013
Thursday

Inspire Your Heart with Art Day
January 31, 2013
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February 2, 2013
Saturday

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February 4, 2013
Monday

Chinese New Year 2013 begins on February 10, 2013 and it is the year of the Snake.


Abraham Lincoln's Birthday
February 12, 2013
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February 12, 2013
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February 14, 2013
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February 14, 2013
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February 17, 2013
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March 11, 2013
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March 17, 2013
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March 26, 2013
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March 20, 7:02 A.M. EDT
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March 29, 2013
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November 28, 2013
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November 28, 2013
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December 7, 2013
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December 13, 2013
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December 26, 2013
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‘URBAN LEGENDS’ Celebrating Public Art

Contacts:
Paloma Belara - paloma@estria.org
415-992-1428
Shawni D. - UrbanArtPR@gmail.com
213-255-0059Full size image files available upon request

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Unprecedented Los Angeles Exhibition ‘URBAN LEGENDS’
“Celebrating 45 Years of Public Art Around the World”
Opening Friday, April 27th at Source LA, LA Mart Design Center.

An Exclusive Exhibition and Fine Art Auction Showcasing 45 Years of Global Public Art, Featuring Works by Judy Baca, Chaz Bojorquez, Kent Twitchell, Herakut, Mear One, and More; Presented by The Estria Foundation, L.A. Art Machine, The DoArT Foundation, and Honorary Partners, The Mural Conservancy of Los Angeles (MCLA), and Social and Public Art Resource Center (SPARC).

March 19, 2012 (Los Angeles, CA ) --  Oakland based arts organization, The Estria Foundation (TEF), known for their nationwide graffiti competition (The Estria Battle), and global #WaterWrites Mural project, is honored to announce ‘Urban Legends’, Celebrating 45 Years of Public Art Around the World, opening Friday, April 27th at the LA Mart Design Center, Downtown Los Angeles. This “first of its kind” exhibition with works for sale and auction, will showcase and celebrate 45 years of global public art, from the mid-1960’s; through today, including examples of how this movement is affecting and uplifting urban life through the vibrancy of color and large-scale sociopolitical works of art, inclusive of all global communities, highlighting artists from the U.S., Europe, Africa, Mexico, and more.

The legendary roster of more than 40 includes distinguished pioneers of the 60’s & 70’s revival of muralism in Los Angeles, Judy Baca (USA), Kent Twitchell (USA), and Master typographical graffiti writer Chaz Bojorquez (USA.) In addition are many prolific artists of the hip hop movement, as well as traditional muralists who began in the ‘80’s and ‘90’s, and are now today’s most sought after, collected and internationally known urban/street/graffiti artists including, among others, Vyal, Mear One, Kofie, RETNA (Los Angeles); Estria (Hawaii); Brett “Dizney” Cook (Berkeley), SANER (Mexico), and Vogue TDK (Oakland).

In addition to the above mentioned are, documentarians such as Martha Cooper (New York), and longtime Los Angeles heavies, photographer/film makers, Eriberto and Estevan Oriol; Yusef Davis (Atlanta); Jher (Colorado); TEWSR, Warren Heard (Costa Mesa, CA); Ckaweeks, Katch (Hawaii); ABCNT, Canlove, Codak, Cryptik, Erin Yoshi, Andrew Hem, Sand One, Woier, Shark Toof,  Alexander DC Smith & Hans Haveron,  Evan Mendleson,  John Park & Christina Angelina, Max Neutra, Van Saro, FOODONE (Los Angeles); Level (Miami); Cern, Doves, Mare 139, Meres (New York); BAM (Oakland); Chor Boogie, Pablo Cristi (San Francisco); EKLA (France); Herakut & MACLAIM (Germany); KIDGHE, LIBRE (Mexico); Aly Kouroma (Senegal); and Freddy Sam (South Africa.)

The show will offer works for sale and auction, commissioned by The Estria Foundation, The DoArT Foundation, and L.A. Art Machine’s Vox Humana program, as well as showcasing on loan collections representing historical site specific installations from The Mural Conservancy of Los Angeles (MCLA), Social and Public Art Resource Center (SPARC) and Graffiti of War Project. A focal point of both the VIP and public openings will be, The MCLA’s inaugural slideshow screening of the Graffiti Visual Mural Tour, and an exclusive screening of SPARC FROM THE ARCHIVES: 36 Years of Community Mural Making. Select pieces from TEF’s Estria Battle, will be exhibited for the first time since the competition began five years ago, and will be included in the evening's live auction, and for sale.

The evening will conclude with the ‘Urban Legends’ Fine Art Live Auction, a first of its kind in Los Angeles, happening during the VIP opening. Included will be select works from past exhibitions, installations, and public art & music festivals, spanning decades, as individually curated by the contributing organizations - and auctioned under one roof the evening of Friday, April 27th.  

Details for both nights are listed below, and are ticketed events, benefiting all artists, presenting and honorary partner organizations. Tickets may be purchased in advance at:  www.publicartlegends.eventbrite.com; (or at the door unless sold out.) The Estria Foundation was founded in 2010 by graffiti artist Estria Miyashiro, and Jeremy LaTrasse, co-founder of Twitter.

Free admission to ‘Urban Legends’ will begin May 1st. This exhibition is open to the public on select days Tuesday, May 1 through the closing on Saturday, May 26, 2012 and also by appointment. For sponsorship opportunities, press credentials, and media interviews, please contact: Shawni D. at: UrbanArtPR[at]gmail[dot]com // 213-255-0059 or Paloma Belara at: paloma[at]estria[dot]org // 415-992-1428.

'URBAN LEGENDS' PUBLIC ART EXHIBITION AND FINE ART AUCTION

FRIDAY, APRIL 27
VIP Preview, Exhibition Opening and Auction:
Press and VIP Preview 6:00pm -7:30pm
Exhibition Opening 8:00pm-11:00pm

VIP Opening Night Highlights:
- Artist meet and greet
- Preview of all works for sale
- Hosted bar, hors d’oeuvres, live music performed by Mark D Clive Lowe Jazz Trio
- Multiple gallery spaces
- Fine Art Live Auction of select art works
- Recognition of a group or individual representing contributions made in the public art sector
- On loan collections representing historical site specific installations from MCLA, SPARC and Graffiti of War Project.

SATURDAY, APRIL 28  

PUBLIC Exhibition Opening: 

7:00pm - 10:00pm

Public Opening Night Highlights:
- Select artists in attendance
- All works for sale
- DJ’s
- Food trucks
- Multiple gallery spaces
- On loan collections representing historical site specific installations 

from MCLA, SPARC and Graffiti of War Project.

WHERE: LA Mart Design Center
Source LA 1933 South Broadway
12th Floor Suite #1240
LA, CA 90007

PRESENTED BY: 
The Estria Foundation
L.A. Art Machine
The DoArT Foundation

HONORARY PARTNERS: The Mural Conservancy of Los Angeles (MCLA)
Social and Public Art Resource Center (SPARC)

SOCIAL MEDIA:
Event Hashtag > #PublicArtLegends
@estriaorg
@themcla
@laartmachine
@doartfoundation

 ABOUT THE ORGANIZATIONS

The Estria Foundation - www.estria.org
The Do ArT Foundation - www.doartfoundation.org
L.A. Art Machine (LAAM) - www.laartmachine.com
The Mural Conservancy of Los Angeles (MCLA) - www.muralconservancy.org
Social & Public Art Resource Center (SPARC) - www.sparcmurals.org

ABOUT THE LIVE AUCTION
‘Urban Legends’ Fine Art Auction - This first of its kind live auction, which will occur during the VIP opening, will include select works from past exhibitions, installations, and public art and music festivals, spanning decades.  The show is curated by the multiple contributing organizations and auctioned under one roof on the evening of Friday, April 27th. Works will consist of large scale murals; collages; rare, limited edition photographs; and more. This is an once-in-a-lifetime opportunity for the serious or beginning art collector to bid on and purchase rare works of art from an international roster of legendary, critically acclaimed muralists, graffiti writers, and contemporary urban artists.   Collectors will not want to miss the most exciting art auction happening in the city of Los Angeles. Tickets can be purchased here: www.publicartlegends.eventbrite.com. For more information, please contact: Shawni D., at (213) 255-0059 // UrbanArtPR[at]gmail[dot]com.

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MAJOR EXHIBITION CELEBRATING 45 YEARS OF GLOBAL PUBLIC ART

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

MAJOR URBAN ART EXHIBITION “SAVE THE DATE” PRESS ANNOUNCEMENT
VIP PREVIEW AND OPENING RECEPTION APRIL 27, AND PUBLIC OPENING APRIL 28, 2012 

Exclusive art exhibition showcasing 45 years of global public art, featuring works by Judy Baca, Kent Twitchell, Herakut, Mear One, Chaz Boroquez and more; Presented by Estria Foundation, L.A. Art Machine, DoArT Foundation, and Honorary Partners, The Mural Conservancy Los Angeles, and SPARC. 

February 21, 2012 (Los Angeles, CA)-- Oakland based, Estria Foundation (TEF), a non-profit organization working to create social change through the creation of art, is honored to announce a major public art exhibition, opening on Friday, April 27th will be taking place at the LA Mart Design Center, and hosted by L.A. Art Machine.

This “first of its kind” exclusive art exhibition will showcase 45 years of global public art, including works for sale by distinguished pioneers of the 60’s revival of muralism in Los Angeles, Judy Baca (USA), Kent Twitchell (USA), and Master typographical graffiti writer Chaz Boroquez (USA), and others in addition to today’s most sought after, collected and internationally known urban/street/graffiti artists such as Brett Cook Dizney (San Francisco) Herakut (Germany), Vyal One (Los Angeles), Freddy Sam (South Africa) Estria (Hawaii), Mear One (Los Angeles), Martha Cooper (New York) and other highly acclaimed artists who have made significant contributions to the world of global contemporary urban art. Included will be works for sale commissioned by The Estria Foundation, DoArT Foundation, L.A. Art Machine’s Vox Humana program, and showcasing on loan collections representing historical site specific installations from The Mural Conservancy Los Angeles, and SPARC. Many of the artists will be in attendance during the opening weekend.

There will be an invitation only VIP exclusive preview, followed by the VIP Opening Reception and Auction, all held on Friday, April 27th. This night offers an opportunity to meet and greet the artists and dignitaries, and includes a hosted bar, hor’s d oeuvres, live music performed by Mark de Clive Lowe, a preview of all works for sale and live auction. The following night the exhibition opens to the public. 

In addition to the VIP opening preview and live auction, a special award will be presented to a group or individual representing public art. All proceeds from the sale of works will benefit the Artists selected for this exhibition as well as the Presenting and Honorary Partner Organizations. Funds raised will allow them to increase programming and visibility locally in their communities and abroad.

The exhibition will be open to the public on select days Tuesday, May 1st through the closing on Saturday, May 26th and available to view works for sale by appointment. Seeking sponsors now.

A formal, full press announcement with the confirmed list of artists will be distributed Tuesday, March 13th, along with press credential criteria. The Estria Foundation was founded by Estria Miyashiro and Jeremy LaTrasse in 2010. For more information, please visit: www.estria.org. For sponsorship opportunities and media interviews, please contact: Shawni D. at: shawni.d@gmail.com //  or Paloma Belara at: paloma@estria.org.

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WHEN: Friday, April 27- Saturday, May 26, 2012
VIP Preview/Exhibition Opening and Auction: 
Friday, April 27, 2012 Exclusive Preview 6pm - 7:30pm
VIP Exhibition Opening: 7:30 - 11pm
AUCTION 9:00pm
PUBLIC Exhibition Opening: 
Saturday, April 28, 2012 7:00 – 10:00pm
WHERE: LA Mart and Design Center
Source LA 1933 S Broadway, 12th Floor Suite #1240
LA, CA 90007
PRESENTED BY: Estria Foundation, L.A. Art Machine, DoArT Foundation, and honorary partners The Mural Conservancy Los Angeles (MCLA) and Social and Public Art Resource Center (SPARC).

LUCENT DOSSIER EXPERIENCE AND HERAKUT

“INTO THE UNKNOWING ~ WHEN LUCENT FOUND HERAKUT”

LUCENT DOSSIER EXPERIENCE 

RETURNS TO THE DOWNTOWN PALACE THEATRE, 

LOS ANGELES

FOR A TWO-NIGHT RUN, 

FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 17 AND SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 18 WITH WORLD-RENOWNED STREET ARTISTS 

HERAKUT

February 10, 2012 (Los Angeles, CA) -- The team behind LUCENT DOSSIER is excited to announce critically acclaimed German street artist duo HERAKUT will be joining world-renowned avant-garde performance troupe LUCENT DOSSIER EXPERIENCE, for a two-night run on Friday, February 17th and Saturday, February 18th. They will unite surreal creative forces, on stage at the Palace Theatre in Downtown Los Angeles for a 90-minute show combining live painting with Lucent’s unique stage presence.  HERAKUT will add their signature style of art to the set, walls, and performer costuming while the show unfolds.  With a combination of live and prerecorded imagery LUCENT DOSSIER and HERAKUT will be constructing a living installation that will grow from one night to the next. This is HERAKUT’s first-ever, live performance on a theatre stage in front of a seated audience.

(Photo Courtesy of Elenora Barna)
These are characters that are being created in the minds
of the Lucent Dossier performers and built in the hands of Herakut.

Last year, the July 28, 2011 sold-out LUCENT DOSSIER EXPERIENCE officially unveiled the newly restored Palace Theatre on its 100th birthday followed by a successful weekend run October 21 and 22, 2011. This new 2012, unprecendented collaboration of LUCENT DOSSIER EXPERIENCE and Herakut promises something never experienced before.

(Photo Courtesy of Elenora Barna)

A Sketched Herakut Character Comes to Life

The overwhelming excitement for this collaboration is sending ripples through the art world. After two successful runs at the Palace, Artistic Director and Lucent performer Dream Rockwell shares this feeling saying: “This collaboration with the amazing HERAKUT has transported us into a whole new dimension, beyond our imagination.  Through our meetings together and performance rehearsals, we have sparked a unique stage vision and costuming direction beyond our expectations. I feel like I’ve been sucked into a playground of dolls and forest creatures that are both opening and breaking my heart. I have been so moved by this process. This is an amazing way to launch into 2012. As human’s I think we are always searching for those deep experiences that make us feel something. This is for sure one of them.”

(Photo Courtesy of Elenora Barna)

Dream Rockwell founder and visionary of Lucent Dossier Experience,
being fitted by Artist Jasmine of Herakut

HERAKUT themselves add: "The most exciting part for us about working with the crazy Lucent performers is to have our Herakut-characters come to life! Working on each costume is like creating a 3-D artwork, but then have the dancers breather life into our creations, and actually move around and even interact with us - that is probably a dream-come-true for every painter! ...we have never painted and performed on a theatre stage in front of a seated audience. Usually our audience and walls are outside on the streets and our performance co-workers aren't quite as crazy as the Lucent bunch! They don't spit fire or dangle from the ceiling or anything like that!

 (Photo Credit: Bruno O'Hara)
LUCENT DOSSIER EXPERIENCE 2011

Downtown Palace Theatre, Los Angeles CA

Following each performance is the legendary Lucent after-party. Dream hints that there will “…still be several elements in the show that everyone knows and loves, but the new stuff is really, really epic”. She also shares, “Our after party side alleys will still be activated with secret surprise stations and performance elements long into the night, so you can dance the night away to Lowriderz on Friday and Imagika Om on Saturday during the after party…or go explore, the choice is yours! Just know that Herakut is going to be an AMAZING addition!!”  

The Downtown Palace Theatre was meant to house LUCENT DOSSIER EXPERIENCE, it’s a perfect match. The Downtown Palace Theatre is located at 630 S. Broadway, Los Angeles CA 90014 -- TICKETS FOR BOTH DATES ARE ON-SALE NOW AT BETICKETING.COM. For media interviews, press credentials or more information please contact Carmen Zella 310-406-5055 Carmen@lucentdossier.com

(Photo Courtesy of Elenora Barna)

Jasmine Siddiqui, Artist "Hera" of Herakut

"INTO THE UNKNOWING

WHEN LUCENT FOUND HERAKUT"

LUCENT DOSSIER EXPERIENCE AND HERAKUT

PERFORMING LIVE TOGETHER FOR THE FIRST TIME

DATES:
Friday February, 17th (After-party features, Lowriderz)

Saturday February, 18^th (After-party features, Imagika Om)

TIME:

Doors @ 7:30pm

Performance @ 9pm

TICKETS:

ALL-AGES

RESERVED SEATS: $30-$80

VIP: $120

The Downtown Palace Theatre is located at 630 S. Broadway, Los Angeles CA 90014

TICKETS FOR BOTH DATES ARE ON-SALE NOW! To purchase tickets and select seats in advance, visit:   AT BETICKETING.COM Tickets for each 90-minute interactive performance and after-party are currently on-sale, ranging from $30 to $120.

ABOUT THE PALACE THEATRE, DOWNTOWN LOS ANGELES 

Built in 1911 as the third Los Angeles home of the Orpheum Vaudeville circuit, it is the oldest remaining Orpheum theatre in the country.  Every major vaudeville star on the Orpheum circuit performed in this theatre.

The Delijani Family has worked to restore the venue and to revive its timeless essence. The intimate scale of the Palace Theatre in concert with its elegant French details compares to a 17th-century European opera house. With garland-draped columns, a color scheme of pale pastels, wall murals depicting pastoral scenes, and ceiling murals of whimsical girls, this 1911 theatre offers an unusually charming and graceful setting.

More about LUCENT DOSSIER EXPERIENCE:

Lucent Dossier Experience is the world-renowned, critically acclaimed live performance experience birthed in the heart of the LA underground art and music scene. From their explosive beginnings to performing and touring with icons such as the Black Eyed Peas, Justin Beiber, Motley Crue, Panic! at the Disco, The Flaming Lips, KT Tunstall, Cindy Lauper, Infected Mushroom, Bassnectar, David Guetta, The Crystal Method, Christina Aguilera and more. Lucent Dossier Experience is recognized as the pioneer of an artistic revolution sweeping the globe. 

 (Photo Courtesy of Elenora Barna)
SPRAY CANS AND INSPIRATION

Their unique fashion and their wild, completely innovative style of performance can be seen woven in the hip cultural landscape that is now enchanting the mainstream of America and the world. Lucent Dossier's spellbinding performances, Haute Couture costuming, and avant-garde concepts have won them praise for their shows at Coachella (5 consecutive years), the Grammy Celebration (3 years) and Electric Picnic Festival in Ireland (5 years). Their year long, sold-out weekly residency in LA brought them an almost cult like following with fans lining up around the block to experience the ground breaking event.  

Superstars such as Johnny Depp, Scarlett Johansson, Ringo Starr, Lindsay Lohan, Calvin Klein, Paris Hilton, Jessica Biel and more arrived on a weekly basis. They have been featured on networks including BRAVO, VH1, MTV and hired by Warner Brothers and Universal Studios. They have been photographed by Steven Meisel for VOGUE and praised in SPIN, KERRANG!, Washington Post, Los Angeles Times and more. They have captured the hearts and minds of thousands worldwide over the past 6 years and are gearing up to launch their own traveling dome show spring 2012 called the Forbidden OM. This will create the first opportunity for them to bring their unique, fully immersive experience to the world.

Contact: Carmen Zella 310-406-5055 Carmen@lucentdossier.com

(Media Interviews, Press Credentials and General Information)

LUCENT DOSSIER

On the Web: 

www.lucentdossier.com

Social Media:

http://www.facebook.com/LuCentdoSsieR

http://twitter.com/#!/LucentDossier

HERAKUT

On the Web:

www.herakut.de/

Critical praise from LUCENT DOSSIER EXPERIENCE’s October 21^st and 22nd shows:

“The Lucent Dossier Experience is a sensual juxtaposition of performing artists, dancers and musicians that will alter your reality and your senses with a psychedelic array of color, sound and light.”

--Paty Elias, LA.COM, 12/26/2011

“The Lucent Dossier Experience is unlike any other night of entertainment. It is very much theatre, but also part concert, acrobats, circus, dance performance, and opera. It’s a blend of all these things, but a truly unique experience. The music is hot, the costumes are elaborate, and the energy is electric.  Imagine a lower budget Cirque de Soleil that retains the creativity but ups the freak factor. If Madonna tried to reinvent herself as a dubstep artist on an arena tour, this is the group she’d want on stage with her.”

Nick Wilson, LAIST.COM, 11/2/2011

(Photo Credit: Susanica Tam)

LUCENT DOSSIER EXPERIENCE

With a cast of fulltime clowns and freaks that work overtime as musicians, vocalists, dancers, aerialists, and fire artists, LDE is quite simply one of the most uniquely entertaining shows you can experience. We’ve all watched plays or musicals, seen fire spinners, aerialists, dancers, live bands, and singers, but the culmination of all these performance arts meshed together into one product (with a dash of creepycrawly) is seriously just perplexing and amazing. 

Tim Wut, LA MUSIC BLOG, 10/28/2011

Los Angeles' favorite mad-cap vaudeville troupe invites you to experience their whimsical "velvet underworld" at downtown's historic Palace theatre. The group's two night run (which begins on Friday) will feature Lucent's ever-stunning displays of creative theatrics, dance, aerial ballet and live music.

Katie Bain, HUFFINGTON POST, 10/21/2011 

 (Photo credit: Bruno O'Hara)

LUCENT DOSSIER 2011

You could try and pigeonhole Lucent Dossier as a mix of aerial acrobatics, steampunk showmanship and thumping dubstep back beats. But the immense avante-garde spectacle at the Palace Theatre on Fri-Sat., Oct. 21-22, brings new meaning to Kierkegaard’s assertion “once you label me you negate me.” Witnessing this glowing testament to freedom of expression and movement makes you feel like you’re doing something naughty, even if you’re only sitting and watching. The theater is filled with surprises: Scantily costumed performers wander about and the pure energy of flames and rhythm coming from the stage is overwhelming. Do yourself a favor and don’t ask too many questions. Just snag a ticket and experience this treasure of the Los Angeles underground.

LOS ANGELES DOWNTOWN NEWS, 10/17/2011

www.lucentdossier.com

Chinese New Year of the Dragon, Los Angeles Chinatown Style!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Respect and Gratitude for the Blessings of the Almighty Dragon
I send respect to all living creatures, for this New Year to provide good fortune and blessings that the Dragon will bring. (I am a Dragon too:)

 

 

 

 

 This man, will forever be known to me as

"The Busking Chinese Violin Player with a Heart Full of Joy and Happiness that You Hear in His Melody." He let me take his photo, and I had a dollar and gladly gave it to him with a thank you.
In return he gave me so much joy in his gratitude, and a beautiful Bodhi Meditation scroll.
He had so much happiness and sincere love coming from him that I wanted to stay and keep saying thank you, truly a blessed moment :)

 

 Chinatown Los Angeles

HAPPY NEW YEAR FROM THE MIRACLE MILE ART WALK AND GALLERIES!!

Happy New Year!! Announcing a few of the Artist Talks, Opening Receptions, On-Going, Closing and Upcoming Exhibitions happening throughout the Miracle Mile and Mid City West Arts District over the first two weekends in January! If you are a gallery in the MID CITY WESTsection of Los Angeles, and have exhibition information, we thank you for adding to this ~ Happy New Year everybody!!


OPENING RECEPTIONS - Saturday, January 7th, 2012

ACME Gallery Los Angeles - 6150 Wilshire Blvd.
6-8pm
'Someone Puts a Pineapple Together'
Gregory Edwards, Caitlin Lonegan, William J. O'Brien & Mariah Robertson

Steve Turner Contemporary - 6026 Wilshire Blvd.
6-8pm
'Whispering'
Antonio Vega Macotela
&
'Molting Exercises'
Michael Henry Hayden

Merry Karnowsky Gallery - 170 S. La Brea Ave. (In the Art 170 Bldg.)
Vivian Meier 'A Life Discovered'
Photographs from the Maloof Collection
8-11pm

ON-GOING EXHIBITIONS
Friday, January 6th
The Loft at Liz's - 453 S. La Brea
"A Toast to the New Year" 7-10pm

Thomas Paul Fine Art - 7270 Beverly Blvd.
2011 Winter Group Exhibition
11am-6pm
Thru January 10th

Fahey/Klein Gallery - 148 N. La Brea Ave.
Bob Gruen
'Rock Scene'
&
'Backstage Pass'
Faces in Music II
10am-6pm
Thru January 14th

Jack Rutberg Fine Arts - 357 N. La Brea Ave.
HANS BURKHARDT
WITHIN & BEYOND THE MAINSTREAM
10am-5pm
Through January 31, 2012

CLOSING EXHIBITIONS
Couturier Gallery - 166 N. La Brea Ave.
'Form and Glaze'
Gertrud & Otto Natzler
11am-5pm

Stephen Cohen Gallery - 7358 Beverly Blvd.
'Yea Big' Small Works
11am-6pm

CAFAM Exhibitions close Sunday, January 8th -
5814 Wilshire Blvd.

LABART - 217 S. La Brea Ave.
'Everything Popular is Wrong'
The Artwork of DD$
Sunday, January 8th
11am-6pm

UPCOMING EXHIBITIONS
Korean Cultural Center - 5505 Wilshire Blvd.
'A Story of Volunteerism'
Americans in Korea, Koreans in the World
Opening Reception, Friday, January 13th
6:30pm

Tobey C. Moss Gallery - 7321 Beverly Blvd.
LEONARD EDMONDSON
&
JUNE WAYNE
TWO TITANS OF PRINTMAKING
Opening Reception Saturday, January 14th 5-7pm

Bleicher Gallery - 355 N. La Brea Ave.
'Critics, Collectors, Curators and Grapefruit'
Stuart Rapeport
Saturday, January 14th
7-10pm

Edward Cella Art+Architecture
'Refraction'
George Legrady
Saturday, January 14th
(Please contact the gallery for more information)

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