CADD FUND 2018 will be held Sunday, JUNE 10

Contemporary Art Dealers of Dallas will again celebrate creativity and community with a Sunday Soup Supper on June 10th at 3015 at Trinity Groves. CADD FUNd 2018 will be a fun, fast-paced evening of sharing innovative ideas about potential artistic projects. CADD FUNd 2018 will make possible a high-impact idea that needs the support of the DFW arts community.

The idea for the annual CADD FUNd was inspired by similar events throughout the United States such as Feast in Brooklyn, Incubate in Chicago and Spread in Santa Fe. Over the past several years, numerous organizations have taken the basic premise of a Sunday soup dinner - collect creative proposals, invite the public to pay, eat, and listen, and then democratically vote for a winner - and adapted it to their own local purposes.

This year's CADD FUNd will be awarded to a current or previous B.A, B.F.A., M.A. or M.F.A. graduate or candidate from an institution within 100 miles of Dallas. Six finalists will be selected from all of the applicants by three esteemed jurors; Amy Lewis Hofland, Director of the Crow Collection of Asian Art; Maggie Adler, Associate Curator of the Amon Carter Museum of American Art; and Phillip Collins, Curator, Scholar, and former Chief Curator at the African American Museum in Dallas.

During the event on June 10th, the finalists will present short proposals for original and yet-to-be-realized new projects. Members of the audience will have an opportunity to ask questions and then the audience participants will vote for their favorite project. Last year’s winner, Spencer Evans, will also give a short presentation during the event. After a short recess to tally the votes, the winner of CADD FUNd 2018 will be announced!

The CADD FUNd is $2500 - $7500 + and beyond. Funds are raised by ticket sales and will go to the winner chosen by the audience.

Tickets are $40 per person and will go on sale in April.

Tickets will not be available at the door. In an effort to make CADD FUNd 2018 as accessible as possible for the students and artists, $10 of each ticket sold will be applied to jurors’ fees and administrative costs in lieu of charging application fees.

While CADD FUNd is about raising much-needed cash, we hope that it will also be a forum to discuss the many other needs and resources that help make projects happen.

For more information about the event and sponsorship opportunities contact:

Cohndrennan@gmail.com

www.caddallas.net

CADD FUND 2018 SPONSORS

3015 Trinity Groves
Art+Culture Texas
Brooklyn Brewery
Empire Baking Company
Steven L. Green Esq.
Judy Vetter
Kessler Collins P.C.
Pogo’s Wine & Spirits


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Location:Dallas

AUSTIN CULTURAL ARTS DIVISION AND SXSW ANNOUNCE UNESCO MEDIA ARTS EXHIBITION

Partnership to support Austin’s UNESCO Media Arts Designation and
SXSW’s inaugural Cities Summit Program

AUSTIN, TX— January 29, 2018—The City of Austin Cultural Arts Division and SXSW announce the UNESCO Media Arts Showcase at SXSW. Hosted March 12-13, as an official part of SXSW’s art program and its new Cities Summit, the showcase comprises a mini-exhibition of media art installations and a companion panel discussion highlighting the global initiatives of the UNESCO (United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization) Creative Cities Network. The mission of the Cities Summit to “..foster collaboration between civic leaders and creative urbanists of all disciplines to learn, strategize, and form coalitions to transform the cities of tomorrow” aligns with the goals of Austin’s UNESCO designation, creating a natural partnership and perfect synergy for the City and SXSW.

“Austin, the only U.S. city with a UNESCO Media Arts designation, is globally celebrated for its innovative and collaborative community bridging the fields of art and technology,” said Cultural Arts Division manager Meghan Wells. “For years, SXSW has showcased the talent and innovation of interactive, music, and film industries and has served as an international hub for creative exchange. We are pleased to partner with them to spotlight Austin’s media arts initiatives through the lens of the esteemed UNESCO Creative Cities Network.”

“The Cities Summit at SXSW explores the future of cities by celebrating their creativity, culture, and technology,” adds Julie Yost, SXSW Conference Programmer for Design and Cities Summit. “There is no better city to host such a media arts exhibition than Austin, our city whose leadership in the arts, innovation and forward-thinking policies is an inspiration around the world. We’re thrilled to collaborate with the Cultural Arts Division and showcase local new media artists to the international audience of SXSW.”

Exhibition
The UNESCO Media Arts Showcase at SXSW, hosted at the Four Seasons Austin on March 12-13, will feature installations by local artists or artist teams whose work explores the intersection of art and technology:

· Modeled after Edison’s Kinetoscope, Forgotten Landscapes by James Hughes and Ha Na Lee connects viewers to the last known locations of missing persons via interactive, 360-degree virtual reality videos featuring Austin landscapes.

· Gathering, by Lisa Woods, is an interactive installation that invites participants to use their hands as a canvas for storytelling. The work explores group portraiture and participatory art, and celebrates how technology can help tell stories in new ways.

· Yuliya Lanina's Herstory, a motion-activated sculpture featuring a miniaturized and distorted replica of the artist, embodies humor, compassion, and silent sorrow— an examination of the human condition. An accompanying fiddler bunny in a golden dress plays original music by Yevgeniy Sharlat.

· Luke Savinsky’s Passage (Variation) conjures cinematic memory and perceptual illusion via a three dimensional, virtual passageway made of flickering multi-layered white light, emanating from multiple vintage 16mm projectors.

· Visitors to the Media Arts Showcase will also have an opportunity to discover two cutting-edge art installations on view in Austin: Wander, recently launched by artists Chris Gannon, Chadwick Wood and Brockett Davidson, is an interactive, choose-your-own adventure installation featuring a sculptural beacon and mobile-optimized web app that takes visitors throughout downtown Austin. Jonathan Chomko and Matthew Rosier’s Shadowing a public art installation that utilizes city streetlights to capture and project shadows of passersby, will be on view in select locations around the city during the SXSW festival.

Panel Discussion
In tandem with the exhibition, a panel discussion be held March 12 at 2PM at the Four Seasons. The session will explore the role of the UNESCO Creative Cities Network and the individual and joint initiatives of its members to promote creativity and cultural industries, strengthen participation in cultural life, and assure the integration of culture into urban development plans.

Participating panelists will include:

· Meghan Wells, Manager, Austin Cultural Arts Division (UNESCO City of Media Arts- Austin)

· Patrick Bartos, CEO, Creative Region, Linz & Upper Austria (UNESCO City of Media Arts-Linz)

· Kevin Reilly, Creative Software and Hardware Engineer, Founding Partner of the new media arts vûrv collective; With vûrv collective, Reilly represented Austin at the 2017 Gwangju Cultural Foundation Meeting and Artist Exchange Exhibition

The Media Arts Exhibition and accompanying panel are part of SXSW convergence programming and will be open to Music, Film, Interactive and Platinum badge holders of SXSW Conference and festivals.

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About the City of Austin Cultural Arts Division
The Cultural Arts Division of the Economic Development Department provides leadership and management for the City’s cultural arts programs and for the development of arts and cultural industries. The Cultural Arts Division is responsible for the Cultural Arts Funding Programs, Art in Public Places Program, community-based arts development, and programs to assist the development of film and creative industries in Austin. More at austincreates.com.

About SXSW
SXSW dedicates itself to helping creative people achieve their goals. Founded in 1987 in Austin, Texas, SXSW is best known for its conference and festivals that celebrate the convergence of the interactive, film and music industries. The event, an essential destination for global professionals, features sessions, showcases, screenings, exhibitions, and a variety of networking opportunities. SXSW proves that the most unexpected discoveries happen when diverse topics and people come together. More at SXSW.com.

About the UNESCO Creative Cities Network
The UNESCO Creative Cities Network (UCCN) was created in 2004 to promote cooperation with and among cities that have identified creativity as a strategic factor for sustainable urban development. The 180 cities which currently make up this network work together towards a common objective: placing creativity and cultural industries at the heart of their development plans at the local level and cooperating actively at the international level.




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Location:Austin

Austin Cultural Arts Division Presents "Shadowing," a Public Art Installation Utilizing City Streetlights

The City of Austin Cultural Arts Division, part of the Economic Development Department, presents Shadowing, a public art installation that utilizes city streetlights to capture and project shadows of passersby. Supported in part by an Art Works grant from the National Endowment for the Arts, the installation will catalyze communal interaction and play, and create connections – person to person and person to city. Integrating art and technology, Shadowing underscores Austin’s reputation as a hub for innovation. Launching February 5, the installation will run for six weeks, through the close of the SXSW Festival on March 18.

“As the only U.S. city with a UNESCO Media Arts designation, Austin is a perfect fit for this unique project,” remarked Meghan Wells, Manager of the Cultural Arts Division. “Shadowing embodies our City’s love of quirky and unexpected experiences, and reflects our commitment to fostering innovation.”

Created by artists Jonathan Chomko and Matthew Rosier, Shadowing gives memory to city street lights, enabling them to record and play back the shadows of those who pass underneath them. As the sun sets, and street lights come on, traces of those who have passed below will be captured and projected on the pavement. As one walks under the lights, the shadow of a previous visitor will walk, hop, or dance beside them, and then their own movements will be captured and displayed to the next passerby.

Shadowing street lights will be positioned throughout downtown Austin at: South Congress Avenue, West Monroe Street, Rosewood Avenue, Navasota Street and East 11th Street. A map with detailed locations may be viewed here.
The project is part of Playable City Austin. Developed by UK-based Watershed, the Playable City framework encourages citizens to think differently about their city (and how to solve its issues) by generating social dialogue and shared experiences through creative play.

the National Endowment for the Arts.

Image: Shadowing by Farrows Creative © Watershed


City of Austin Cultural Arts Division
The Cultural Arts Division of the Economic Development Department provides leadership and management for the City’s cultural arts programs and for the development of arts and cultural industries. The Cultural Arts Division is responsible for the Cultural Arts Funding Programs, Art in Public Places Program, community-based arts development, and programs to assist the development of film and creative industries in Austin.

Watershed
Watershed (Bristol, UK) is a social enterprise and creator of the Playable Cities concept. They develop cultural engagement, imagination, and talent, in the belief that the route to better futures is open, disruptive and co-produced. As the leading film culture and digital media center in the UK, the group advances education, skills, appreciation and understanding of the arts with a particular focus on film, media and digital technologies.

National Endowment for the Arts
Established by Congress in 1965, the NEA is the independent federal agency whose funding and support gives Americans the opportunity to participate in the arts, exercise their imaginations, and develop their creative capacities. Through partnerships with state arts agencies, local leaders, other federal agencies, and the philanthropic sector, the NEA supports arts learning, affirms and celebrates America’s rich and diverse cultural heritage, and extends its work to promote equal access to the arts in every community across America. To find out more about how National Endowment for the Arts grants impact individuals and communities, visit www.arts.gov.







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Location:Austin

apexart International Open Call | February 1 - March 1

From February 1 - March 1, 2018 apexart is accepting proposals for its International Open Call for exhibitions. Three winning proposals will be presented as part of apexart’s 2018-19 exhibition season, and can take place anywhere in the world, except for New York City. Curators, artists, writers, and creative individuals, regardless of experience level or location, are invited to submit proposals online.

• The Submission Process
Proposals should describe focused, idea-driven, original group exhibitions. No biographical information, CVs, links, or images may be included within the application - just describe the exhibition you want to create and why. Submissions cannot exceed 500 words and must be submitted in English, and submitters must have visited the proposed exhibition location previously. This year’s submission form also requires the listing of three potential artists, though this list will not be reviewed by the jury. Proposals are judged only by their content and the organizer’s ability to communicate, rather than by familiar names or past accomplishments.

• The Selection Process
An international jury, composed of more than 150 individuals from a wide variety of professional backgrounds, rates the proposals. Rather than convene a small panel to review hundreds of ideas, apexart’s crowd-sourced voting system allows many jurors to individually review a subset of proposals. Submissions are made anonymous and randomized for juror review, and apexart does not influence the results of the jury. The organizers of the three highest-ranked proposals each receive an honorarium and funding for the selected exhibition proposal, and work closely with the apexart team to turn their idea into an apexart exhibition.

To submit an exhibition proposal, visit apexart.org/opencalls.php by March 1, 2018.


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Call for Artists: January 23 - February 23, 2018 Austin West

Call for Artists: January 23 - February 23, 2018

Tour dates: May 12 - 13 & 19 - 20, 2018

Boundaries: West of I-35, East of Mopac, South of HWY 183, North of William Cannon

Fee: $175

WEST is a free, annual, art event spanning two weekends in May, providing artists with an opportunity to engage with the public in the unique spaces where Austin’s art is made and exhibited. Artists are invited to share their creative process, materials, tools, techniques and inspirations with a broad and diverse audience.

New in 2018, all WEST artists now fall into two main categories: Artists and Exhibitions. Artists identifies individual creatives and collaboratives, while Exhibitions includes all other participants, including group shows and time based experiences.This shift is intended to put the focus on the artists involved and with this change, all participants that do not fit in the artist category will be more heavily curated.

To participate in WEST, artists may apply here between January 23 and February 23. Please review the guidelines before applying. Artists may also attend Coffee Chats on January 25 at 8:30am to ask any questions about the guidelines or application. RSVP.

Guidelines

To participate in WEST, artists may apply here between January 23 and February 16. Please review the guidelines before applying.

Guidelines

How should you apply?

Artists apply here

An Individual artist or a collaborative
Open both weekends of WEST: May 12 - 13 & 19 - 20 from 11am - 6pm
Opening your own studio
Showing as a guest at a studio
A featured artist at a gallery
Showing in a pop up or temporary space
Artist Application

Exhibitions

An event, performance, or art related activity during or after the tour hours
Demonstrations, workshops, artist talks, panel discusssions
Gallery exhibition featuring multiple artists
Pop up or temporary exhibition featuring multiple artists
Exhibition Application

Fellowship Program

Big Medium also provides opportunities to participate through our fellowship program. Big Medium awards scholarships based on artistic merit and financial limitations. WEST applicants may apply to receive partial or full financial support to cover the participation fee.

Fellowship Application




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Location:Austin

Austin Art in Public Places Announces TEMPO 2018; Solicits Artist Proposals

AUSTIN, TX—January 23, 2018

Continuing its commitment to foster the next generation of public artists, Art in Public Places (AIPP), a program of the City of Austin’s Cultural Arts Division, announces a call for proposals for TEMPO, its annual temporary public art exhibition. Now in its sixth year, TEMPO offers paid opportunities for artists interested in the field of public art, and a platform for them to explore a range of materials and themes suitable for the outdoor environment. The resulting exhibition provides the community a deeper appreciation of public art through thought-provoking installations that impact and enhance city-owned sites across Austin.

TEMPO 2018
AIPP seeks to commission ten temporary public artworks for the 2018 cycle of the TEMPO program. Professional visual artists or artists teams who live and work in Williamson, Travis, Bastrop, Caldwell, Hays, Burnet, and Blanco counties are eligible to apply. The artwork budget for each of the ten commissions is a maximum of $10,000.

One commission each will be awarded in ten of the City’s ten Council Districts. Artists may select from a list of City-owned sites in each district, including parkland, recreation centers and libraries, but must be flexible, as some works may be relocated to a different site within their chosen district, or to a different district altogether.

Artworks will be exhibited at sites across Austin during September, October and November. Artists will then reinstall the artworks at Edward Rendon Sr. Park in District 3 for a public presentation of all the TEMPO 2018 artworks, as a registered group exhibition during the East Austin Studio Tour in November 2018.

Proposals must be submitted by Thursday March 15, 2018 at 5 PM CST through www.PublicArtist.org, an online application system. To view the complete Request for Proposals, visit www.tinyurl.com/AustinAIPP.

ARTIST INFORMATION MEETINGS
January 31, 6:30-7:30PM
Dougherty Arts Center Artist Resource Center, 1110 Barton Springs Rd, Austin, TX 78704

February 15, 6-7PM
Georgetown Art Center, 816 S Main St, Georgetown, TX 78626

February 21, 5:30-6:30PM
Big Medium Gallery at Canopy, 916 Springdale Rd Bldg 2, Austin, TX 78702

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City of Austin Cultural Arts Division
The Cultural Arts Division of the Economic Development Department provides leadership and management for the City’s cultural arts programs and for the development of arts and cultural industries. The Cultural Arts Division is responsible for the Cultural Arts Funding Programs, Art in Public Places Program, community-based arts development, and programs to assist the development of film and creative industries in Austin.

Founded in 1985, the Art in Public Places (AIPP) program acquires and maintains works of art for City facilities and parks through commissions, donations, and loans for the cultural enrichment of Austin’s community. By City ordinance, AIPP allocates 2% of eligible capital improvement project funding to the acquisition of site-specific public artwork. 2015 marks the 30th Anniversary of the AIPP program in Austin, the first municipality in Texas to make a commitment to include works of art in construction projects.

For more information, visit www.austincreates.com.


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Location:Austin

Call for Art - Texas Photographic Society Juried Exhibition at the Bath House

Texas Photographic Society

TPS 27 Juried Exhibition


Entries Deadline: February 26, 2018




Texas Photographic Society is thrilled to announce that TPS 27: The International Competition will be juried by Kate Breakey, renowned visual artist based in Arizona. This call is open-themed, and submissions from artists of all levels are encouraged.

The exhibition will be presented at the Bath House Cultural Center from May 5 to June 2, 2018.

TPS 27: The International Competition is open to artists of all levels internationally. All photographic based work is encouraged including digital, silver and alternative processes. You do not need to be a member of the Texas Photographic Society to enter this competition. However, you may join TPS and enter this show at the same time.

For more details, visit the website of the Texas Photographic Society at http://www.texasphoto.org/current-call-for-entry


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Location:Dallas

Announcing 10th Annual Art of Painting in the 21st Century Conference

10th Annual Art of Painting in the 21st Century Conference

Friday March 30-31st

Featuring

Chester Arnold || Alex Gross|| Peri Schwartz

The Art of Painting in the 21st Century is an annual conference being held at the John Natsoulas Gallery (521 First Street, Davis, CA). It is geared towards nurturing dialog on contemporary painting and the shared ideas that define current trends in the field. Many painters work alone, an isolated process that deprives the artist of thriving debate until the work is shown. This year’s conference will feature some of the most talented and well known painters working today. We are proud to be featuring world renown painters Chester Arnold, Alex Gross and Peri Schwartz.

Students who register online are free if sign up through eventbrite and non-students must purchase ticketshttps://goo.gl/tzUPGX . The prices will increase after March 14, 2018.


In an intimate setting, interact with top artists in a way not possible elsewhere. UC Davis, home to artist Roy de Forest, Roland Peterson, Wayne Thiebaud, and Robert Arneson, was instrumental in defining a new direction for a uniquely West Coast style. Nowhere else in the country will the participant be able to interact and discuss the purity of painting in one place. Meet face-to- face with distinguished artists you might only otherwise read about. This year, a collegiate exhibition of the top 20 young college student painters will be on display. Many awards will be given to these young artists because they are the future painting. Peri Schwartz is from New York and works with abstraction from carefully curated still lifes. Chester Arnold spent his formative years in Germany which influenced his art making tocenter around ideas of perspective. Finally, Alex Gross; “His respect for the past, his intelligent sympathy for the alien, and his manifest love for his craft have made him very much an artist of our time”-Bruce Sterling, Los Angeles Times. Alex Gross is from New York and iscurrently in L.A. but is heavily influenced by the history of Japanese art. These three artists have unique perspectives and approaches to their professional work. The conferences goal is to provide these varying perspectives and allow interaction between young students and
professionals in the field, fostering the strong tradition of painting and culture in the Northern California region through exposure and discussion.

The 10th Annual Art of Painting in the 21st Century Conference was funded in part by a grant from the City of Davis.

March 30th

CHESTER ARNOLD HANDS ON DEMONSTRATION: 1 p.m.- 5 p.m.
AWARDS CEREMONY: 7 p.m. – 9 p.m.
March 31st

FEATURED SPEAKERS: 10a.m.-12p.m. Gamblin Oil Paint Presentation with Tom Colcord

1p.m. – Alex Gross world renowned painter “LA”

2:30 p.m. – Peri Schwartz Top female contemporary painter “NY”

PANEL DISCUSSION: March 31st, 3:30 p.m. – 5 p.m.
OPENING RECEPTION: March 31st, 7 p.m. – 9 p.m.
John Natsoulas Gallery

521 First Street, Davis CA 95618
art@natsoulas.com

www.natsoulas.com





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Location:California

Kristine Schomaker examines body image in "Plus" at Ark Gallery and Studios January 21st through March 18th

Ark Gallery and Studios
2599 Fair Oaks Ave.
Altadena, CA 91001
http://www.ark-arts.com/

January 21 - March 18, 2018
Reception: Saturday, January 21, 2018, 4-7pm

(Los Angeles) - Ark Gallery and Studios is pleased to present a solo exhibition of new photographic work by Kristine Schomaker. The exhibition opens January 21, 2018, with a reception from 4-7 pm and runs until March 18, 2018. Schomaker will present an artist talk on February 11, from 3-5pm. There will also be a closing reception on March 18, from 2-5pm.

The photographs that comprise Kristine Schomaker’s new body of work entitled “Plus” continue her explorations of body image. In the past, Schomaker has investigated notions of beauty by transforming her appearance to conform to an avatar she created, physically embodying an invented Second Life persona. She has also created works that track her struggles with an eating disorder. Using herself as subject, Schomaker examines notions of body image and concepts of beauty.

In “Plus” Schomaker presents an installation of large-scale photographs. Some are hung directly on the wall while others are printed onto transparencies and suspended from the ceiling so that viewers must walk around them directly interacting with and confronting her body. The photographs were taken in a hotel room one early morning as Schomaker contemplated the presence of the figure, the theatricality of the space and public and private notions of voyeurism.

In each of the images, Schomaker captures her naked body pressed against the translucent surface in different poses—some suggesting dance, others suggesting imprisonment. Schomaker is unabashed at presenting the folds of her skin. While she has spoken about her conflicted relationship to her body, in these works she celebrates the silhouettes created in a private performance that captured the curves and shapes of her body, hazily seen behind the glass. She states, “This new body of work is about: confrontation, weight, shape, excess, history, voyeurism, objectification, control, confinement, containment, self-esteem, confidence, bravery, revealing and concealing, authenticity.”

In “Plus,” Schomaker engages in a dialogue with other female/feminist artists who have become empowered by exposing their vulnerabilities in front of the camera – Laura Aguilar, Hanna Wilke, Eleanor Antin, Jenny Saville, Ana Mendieta. She succeeds in overcoming inhibitions by celebrating her physical form.

Kristine Schomaker is a Los Angeles based multidisciplinary artist and art historian. She received her BA in Art History and an MA in Studio Art from California State University Northridge. In addition to being a practicing artist, Schomaker is the founder of Shoebox PR, oversees and curates a residency space for Shoebox Projects at the Brewery in Los Angeles in addition to being the editor of the online contemporary art magazine Art and Cake. Schomaker has been exhibiting her work since the early 2000s and has been featured in numerous exhibitions including most recently, group shows at POST, Brainworks Gallery, BLAM, MuseuMM (Los Angeles, 2017); Torrance Art Museum, I-5 Gallery, Angel City Brewery (2016) and these solo exhibitions: “Mirror, Mirror!” Gallery H Phantom Galleries LA, Hawthorne, California (2015), “A Comfortable Skin,” Kerckhoff Hall Art Gallery UCLA, presented by UCLA Cultural Arts Commission, Los Angeles, California (2014) and “Ce n’est pas une peinture,” TRACTIONARTS, Los Angeles, California (2013).

For more information on Kristine Shomaker please visit: https://www.kristineschomaker.net/
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Location:California

Diane Williams | Cerritos College Gallery

Diane Williams | Cerritos College Gallery
“Beautiful Creatures”
A solo show exhibition as part of the Window Dressing Series at Cerritos College Gallery

11110 Alondra Blvd.
Norwalk, California 90650

Opening Reception
February 12, 2018
4pm - 6pm
On view through February 16, 2018

Cerritos College Art Gallery is pleased to present Beautiful Creatures, a solo show exhibition by Los Angeles artist, Diane Williams as part of the Window Dressing Series.

Diane Williams is a multidisciplinary artist whose work stems from the political and social landscape that surrounds her—specifically the ethnically diverse neighborhoods of Los Angeles. She uses art as a call to arms, creating works that explore issues about immigrants and gender to encourage cultural and social understanding.

Williams’ installation, “Beautiful Creatures”, will mimic the stereotypical presentation of commercial storefront displays, but with a surreal twist. The featured objects on display will be pulled from her “Monsters & Aliens” series, which involved the creation of abstract masks, monstrous (self) portraits, made out of shredded paintings and other discarded materials. The masks will be placed on mannequins and custom-made stands, combined with shredded acrylic paintings scattered on the floor and cut-up gel rolls hanging from the ceiling. These materials are semi-translucent, diffusing light in a pleasant aesthetic amalgamation, and obscuring the masked female object, subverting the way we are conditioned to see the unfamiliar as only-ever the frightening ‘Other’ - the outsider, the monster, the alien – replaced instead by fascinating, beautiful creatures.


About Diane Williams
Williams earned her BFA degree from California State University, Long Beach in 2013. Her work has been featured in select publications and exhibited in solo shows and several group exhibitions including With Liberty and Justice for Some at Walter Maciel, Culver City, Personal Narrative at the Annenberg Beach House Gallery, Santa Monica (2017), My America, a community activation at Museum of Art and History, MOAH in 2017, Countenance Divine, at Gallery 825, Los Angeles, with works in both private and public collections including the National Immigration Law Center, Los Angeles and Washington DC (2016) and Azusa Pacific University (2017). She’s currently working on a solo show in March of 2018 at Gallery 825 in Los Angeles, Ca.

www.dianewilliamsartist.com

About Cerritos College
The mission of the Cerritos College Art Gallery is to serve as an educational, social and culture enhancement for the Cerritos academic population as well as the immediate surrounding communities.

The Cerritos College Art Gallery presents rotating exhibitions highlighting the work of emerging and mid-career artists. A special emphasis is placed on works that confront challenging and pressing issues in contemporary art and culture. In support of exhibitions, the Cerritos College Art Gallery also regularly hosts workshops, lectures, and performances.

Images are available in google drive:
https://drive.google.com/open?id=1V4oGeGqiWB8mh20k7NEnDoLKSqOn7R7a



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Congratulations to the 2018 Publication Intensive Los Angeles participants

We are pleased to announce the participants in Triple Canopy’s fifth Publication Intensive, a free, two-week program in the history and contemporary practice of publication, which, for the first time, will be held in Los Angeles. The selected artists, writers, designers, technologists, and publishers were chosen from more than 100 applicants.

During the Publication Intensive, held January 10–19, Triple Canopy editors and invited artists, writers, and technologists will lead discussions and workshops with twelve participating students, who will research, analyze, and enact an approach to publication that hinges on today’s networked forms of production and circulation but also mines the history of print culture and artistic practice. The program will take place in various sites throughout Los Angeles, including seminar conversations hosted at the Underground Museum, and visits to studios of artists and designers, archives, and cultural institutions.

Layan Attari is a designer and photographer living in the United Arab Emirates.

Andrea Carrillo Iglesias is a multidisciplinary artist and designer from Tijuana. Her work focuses on the relationship between image, power, and knowledge, and its effects on the ways our reality is socially and aesthetically produced.

Nikita Gale is an artist living and working in Los Angeles. Her work uses ubiquitous consumer technologies as frameworks for considering how individuals potentially reproduce their physical and behavioral relationships to objects within their relationships to psychic space and political, social, and economic systems.

Sarah Hamerman is an art librarian, researcher, and arts organizer based in Brooklyn. She currently works at the libraries of MoMA and the Whitney Museum. Her recent projects have focused on artist-run library spaces and the intersection between artists’ publications and online and offline social networks.

Alexander Jusdanis is a writer wondering about media networks, technical knowledge, and power. He was an editor at Morocco World News, and before that he was a Fulbright researcher in Essaouira, Morocco, studying religious and technological change in the Gnawa brotherhood.

Juliana Leite is a writer and researcher based in Rio de Janeiro. She explores languages in search for female identities in literature, focusing on representations of the body, family, and affection. As a coeditor, Juliana is developing a digital magazine along with a group of Brazilian female artists, bonding art, feminism, and intermedial experiences as a platform for dialogue, networking, and the enhancing role of art produced by women in Brazil and Latin America.

Tyler Patterson is a writer and filmmaker based in Boston. He is the editorial assistant at Film Notes, a cooperative series of periodic film commentaries from the Brattle Theatre, and a research assistant for the Emerson College Prison Initiative.

KR Pipkin is a drawing and language artist from Bee Caves, Texas, whose work follows landscape as complicated by the advent of digital space. They produce printed material as books, chapbooks, and zines, as well as digital work in software, bots, and games. They also make drawings by hand, on paper. The are an MFA candidate at Carnegie Mellon University and have shown nationally and internationally at the Design Museum of London, the Texas Biennial, XXI Triennale of Milan, the Victoria & Albert Museum, and others.

Rodrigo Téllez Repetto is an artist and book publisher from Mexico City, and founder of Ediciones Hungría. He is interested in building networks and developing strategies that provide sustainability to independent publishing projects.

Naomi Riddle is a writer based in Sydney. She is the founding editor of Running Dog, an online arts platform that publishes weekly content on exhibitions taking place in Sydney and regional New South Wales. Naomi also holds a PhD in Australian literature from the University of New South Wales.

Magnus Elias Rosengarten is a writer and artist from Germany, currently living in Los Angeles. He explores bodies and stories—through text, performance, moving images, and the seductive potential of human voices—that move and float throughout the larger African diasporas.

Alfonso Santiago is a Mexican visual artist and designer. His work explores different relations between exhibitions and art books. Currently he is in charge of editorial projects at ESPAC, a nonprofit arts organization based in Mexico City.


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Location:Los Angeles

2018 People’s Gallery Exhibition Highlights Abundance of Local Talent Fourteenth Annual Exhibition opens February 23; Features Over 125 Artworks

2018 People’s Gallery Exhibition Highlights Abundance of Local Talent
Fourteenth Annual Exhibition opens February 23; Features Over 125 Artworks


AUSTIN, TX—January 5, 2018—The City of Austin Cultural Arts Division, part of the Economic Development Department, announces the opening of the 14th annual People’s Gallery exhibition at Austin City Hall. The presentation will feature a wide array of painting, sculpture, drawing and other media by 102 artists from across the Austin area. The public is invited to an opening reception Friday, February 23, 6 to 9 p.m., to view artworks throughout City Hall, meet the participating artists, and to enjoy light refreshments and live music by the Austin Community Steelband. Remarks by Austin Mayor Steve Adler and others will begin at 6:30 p.m.. Limited parking is available in the City Hall garage and will be validated; however, visitors are encouraged to walk, bike, or use public transportation.

The People’s Gallery 2018 Opening Reception
When: Friday, February 23, 6-9 p.m.
Where: Austin City Hall, 301 W. 2nd Street
Free and open to the public

The People’s Gallery is designed to showcase the work of regional artists and to encourage public dialogue, understanding, and enjoyment of visual art. Each year, the Cultural Arts Division issues a call for artworks to Austin-area artists, galleries, museums, and arts organizations. This year, approximately 1,300 entries were submitted by more than 320 local artists.

The 2018 selection panelists were arts educator and artist Teruko Nimura; artist and Preparator (Blanton Museum of Art, University of Texas at Austin) John Sager; and artist and Professor of Art, St. Edward's University Tammie Rubin.
Each year, the public is invited to vote for their favorite artwork in the exhibition, and a “People’s Choice” is selected from among the top-voted artworks to be purchased and added to the City’s permanent collection. Ballots for the 2018 People’s Choice will be available during the opening reception on February 23, and during normal exhibition hours through October 26, 2018. The People’s Choice award for the 2017 recipient will be presented at the opening reception at 6:30 p.m.

Visitors to City Hall can view the People’s Gallery during regular building hours, from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m., Monday – Friday. Admission is always free. The 2018 exhibition will remain on display through January 1, 2019.

For more information about The People’s Gallery, visit www.austintexas.gov/peoplesgallery

City of Austin Cultural Arts Division
The Cultural Arts Division of the Economic Development Department provides leadership and management for the City’s cultural arts programs and for the development of arts and cultural industries. The Cultural Arts Division is responsible for the Cultural Arts Funding Programs, Art in Public Places Program, community-based arts development, and programs to assist the development of film and creative industries in Austin. For more information, visit www.austincreates.com.
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Images: (left to right) Dave McClinton, Monica Mohnot, Rachelle Diaz, B Shawn Cox


Kathleen Brady Stimpert
Public Relations and Marketing Specialist
Economic Development Department | Cultural Arts Division
201 E. 2nd Street |Austin, TX 78701
512.974.7875


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CREATIVE ARTS CENTER AWARDED MAJOR GRANT FOR FACILITY IMPROVMENTS

CREATIVE ARTS CENTER AWARDED MAJOR GRANT FOR FACILITY IMPROVMENTS
City of Dallas Office of Cultural Affairs Awards CAC $200,000

DALLAS - January 2, 2018 - Creative Arts Center of Dallas (CAC) has been awarded a $200,000 grant from the City of Dallas Office of Cultural Affairs for facility improvements. CAC was one of two organizations awarded the competitive grant as a part of the Cultural Facilities Program supporting the funding and investment in long-term improvement, renovation or major repairs of cultural facilities which are owned and operated by organizations with annual operating budgets of less than $5 million.

According to John Paul Batiste, Chairman of the Cultural Affairs Commission, the City set aside $400,000 last year for projects having a public purpose, a measurable community impact as well as addressing at least one of the identified five priority areas. "Those areas were: urgent-need remodeling; improvements to a historic building, the opportunity for significant organizational growth; ADA-compliance and parking expansion." CAC's proposal was the only one that addressed all five priority areas," said Batiste. "That, combined with the organization's strong community impact and public purpose, was the reason for its selection."

The grant will allow CAC to remodel and expand existing office space, construct two ADA-compliant bathrooms in the main building, renovate the staff and student breakroom as well as redirect the front entry of the WPA-built school with a more inviting and accessible entrance in three phases with construction beginning in the spring of 2018. The grant has been leveraged with other funders, and so far the Hillcrest Foundation and the Thomas Charitable Lead Annuity Trust have donated another $36,000. CAC is actively raising the remaining $64,000 from other foundations and individuals.

"To say that we are thrilled to have the support of the Office of Cultural Affairs is an understatement,' said Diana Pollak, CAC's Executive Director. "This was such a vote of confidence on the part of the City of Dallas that we are humbled. It's the largest grant we have ever received over our 50-year history."

The 10-person facility committee who helped make the strong presentation it was consists of five architects and one interior designer with two of those members serving on the board. Both architecture firms, Corgan and Gensler, leant their expertise on the project, and Corgan will serve as the lead once construction begins. One of the facility committee members, Charles Eisemann, who also serves on the CAC Advisory Board said this is a game-changer for CAC. "I am a long-time student at the Center who has witnessed the need for critical facility improvements for a number of years," said Eisemann. "CAC is a treasure to the community of artists it serves and this investment will advance the mission of the Creative Arts Center for years to come."

According to Pollak, the business community is also taking note of the significance of this project with the award of the Business Council of the Arts' 2017 Obelisk Award for medium-size companies given to Corgan in November for its on-going support of CAC and other arts organizations in North Texas.

ABOUT CAC: Not only is CAC a 50-year-old visual arts school, it is a thriving arts community for a diverse range of students from teens to seniors. Located on a two-acre campus four miles east of downtown Dallas, the nonprofit community arts organization is geared to beginning, emerging and working artists. Offering more than 500 classes and workshops per year in such disciplines as ceramics, clay sculpture, creative writing, drawing, fiber, glass, jewelry, metal arts, mosaic, painting, photography, printmaking and stone carving, CAC also offers free arts programming to underserved children through programs, such as Art as a Second Language, Camp MetalHead and unseenamerica. CAC recently launched ArtAbility, a new program for people with developmental and intellectual disabilities.

ABOUT THE OFFICE OF CULTURAL AFFAIRS: The City of Dallas Office of Cultural Affairs (OCA), a division of the City Manager's Office, fosters support, partnerships, and opportunities for Dallas citizens, visitors, artists, and arts and cultural organizations. Led by Jennifer Scripps, the OCA is responsible for the implementation of the City's cultural policy and programs and works to enhance the vitality of the City and the quality of life for all Dallas citizens by creating an environment wherein arts and cultural organizations thrive and people of all ages enjoy opportunities for creative expression and the celebration of our community's multicultural heritage.


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City of Dallas Office of Cultural Affairs Awards CAC $200,000 for Facility Improvements

City of Dallas Office of Cultural Affairs Awards CAC $200,000 for Facility Improvements

We are thrilled to be starting the New Year with the announcement that CAC has been awarded a $200,000 grant from the City of Dallas Office of Cultural Affairs for facility improvements. The grant will allow CAC to remodel and expand existing office space, construct two ADA-compliant bathrooms in the main building, renovate the staff and student breakroom as well as redirect the front entry of the WPA-built school with a more inviting and accessible entrance in three phases with construction beginning in the spring of 2018. Staff offices have been relocated to Building C effective Jan 2.

The grant has been leveraged with other funders, and so far the Hillcrest Foundation and the Thomas Charitable Lead Annuity Trust have donated another $36,000. CAC is actively raising the remaining $64,000 from other foundations and individuals. It's the largest grant we have ever received over our 50-year history. Many thanks to both architecture firms, Corgan and Gensler, which leant their expertise on the project. Corgan will serve as the lead once construction begins. The business community is also taking note of the significance of this project with the award of the Business Council of the Arts' 2017 Obelisk Award for medium-size companies given to Corgan in November for its on-going support of CAC.


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