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In The Works

Coachella Valley Art Center gallery space

So I met up with fellow LGT!er Mike McLain in Indio yesterday to scope out Coachella Valley Art Center for a show in February.  The space is big, with lots of little areas that could be utilized for video work, installation, and even performance.  I was introduced to William Schinsky, “Bill” as he is known, who is the executive director of the the center.  Mike will be curating this show on behalf of LGT!  In fact, It is Mike who had the idea of doing the show, as he has his studio there in the art center.  The show will be a survey of emerging artists from Los Angeles, but we plan on having some events: panels, workshops, and open studios to create a dialog with the local artists of Palm Springs/Indio and the artists brought in from LA.  February is when the Palm Springs Art Fair happens, as well as Modernism week.  If you are traveling to the desert for either event, we hope you take a minute and stop by the art center too.  For more about the Coachella Valley Art Center check out their website: http://www.coachellavalleyartcenter.com
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curators

Jennifer Frias

Jennifer Frias was co-curator for LGT!’s YOU ARE HERE: Installations and Space Expanse show.  She is the associate curator at the Sweeney Art Gallery at UC Riverside’s ARTSblock. Her curatorial projects focus on contemporary art, video and photography with emphasis on identity, technology and pop culture.
She has organized exhibitions such as “Jesper Just: Sirens of Chrome,” “RENDER: New Construction in Video Art” with artist/curator, Jeff Cain, “Even Better Than the Real Thing: The Art of the Uncanny,” “Metadataphile: The Collapse of Visual Information” with Lilia Lamas, “JEFF&GORDON: Play Against, and Your Donations Do Our Work: Suzanne Lacy and Andrea Bowers” in which she was part of a curatorial team with Tyler Stallings and Shane Shukis. She is currently working on an exhibition that focuses on the influence of artistic styles and movements of the 1980s and its resurgence in contemporary art today. She is co-founder of the artists/curators collaborative Sixpack Projects where she and her team organizes events and exhibitions at phantom gallery venues in Los Angeles, Orange County and the Inland Empire.
Linked below is an article Jennifer has written about artist Patrick Quan who is also in the YOU ARE HERE show:
http://www.kcet.org/arts/artbound/counties/riverside/patrick-quan-ucr-artsblock.html
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You can find out more about Jennifer here:
http://www.ARTSblock.ucr.edu
http://www.sixpackprojects.com
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artists, tried to nap on a cloud but fell to the ground

Stephanie Meredith

Painter Stephanie Meredith had several works in LGT!’s show tried to nap on a cloud but fell to the ground.  The show explores the relationship between 3 painters’ paintings and their other studio practices.  In this case, Stephanie works with the abstraction of photography:  taking distorted photos of photos as a reflection of the abstraction of memory over time.

View more of her work at http://www.stephaniemeredith.blogspot.com/

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artists, tried to nap on a cloud but fell to the ground

Dan Taulapapa McMullin

Dan Taulapapa McMullin participated in one of our first LGT! shows: tried to nap on a cloud but fell to the ground.  During the opening he also read a poem from his newly published book Coconut Milk.

Dan’s work from that show is below, and you can see more of his work at his website: www.taulapapa.com

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artists, Nothing Heavy

Andrew K. Thompson

These are the works of Andrew K. Thompson who was one of several artists in LGT!’s show Nothing Heavy.

ThompsonAutomatic@gmail.com

http://www.AndrewKThompson.net

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artists, Nothing Heavy

Christy Roberts

Christy Roberts was an artist included in the show Nothing Heavy.  These are images from her performance, Atonement. 

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Atonement

2013

Performance

approximately 25 hours

 

Yom Kippur, the holiest day in the Jewish calendar, begins at sundown September 13th and ends and sundown September 14th. Traditionally, it is believed that God writes one’s fate for the year in the Book of Life and on Yom Kippur, that book is closed with God’s final verdict. Thus Jews spend the day confessing and atoning for their sins, in addition to refraining from eating, drinking, bathing, wearing leather, engaging in sexual relations, and anointing one’s self with fragrance or lotion. It is believed that by denying the body comfort, one denies the soul comfort and is truly able to understand pain and reflect on the pain caused to others.
After participating in the abstention rituals of Yom Kippur, I will confess my sins for the year and beg forgiveness for them from the universe. At sundown, I will purify myself in a homemade Mikveh (a body of “collected water” used in ritual purification) and break my fast with a traditional Jewish feast.
Christy Roberts

ChristyRobertsArt.com

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artists, Nothing Heavy

Lisa Talbot

Lisa Talbot’s photgraphs (shown here) were included in the show Nothing Heavy.

http://www.lisatalbotphoto.com

lisa@lisatalbotphoto.com

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