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Dear Friends, Family, and Art Lovers: If you've been enjoying my newsletters since last autumn, you may find the painting in the header familiar. I first announced the creation of this piece and its debut at the SilverLake Art Collective Fall Exhibit last November. If you were able to view it at that installation, you might also remember that I had only temporarily mounted it, as the weather had not been hot enough for me to anneal the three paintings properly. Well, we had a brief but intensly hot period in Los Angeles this month, and I was able to finish the job of framing these paintings--which is very fortunate, as I am pleased to announce that Station Retablo will be exhibited to a wider audience in the 2010 Los Angeles Juried Exhibition, a biennial show, mounted by the City of Los Angeles Department of Cultural Affairs at the Los Angeles Municipal Art Gallery. Come see it in its finished state and under proper lighting! This significant exhibition was curated by Franklin Sirmans, Department Head-Curator of Contemporary Art-LACMA and Ali Subotnick, Curator with the Hammer Museum. They selected 83 art works from 1,183 submissions, and having seen some of the others when I installed my work last weekend, I am more than proud to be included among the chosen! Indeed, as many other artists submitted multiple works which were accepted, the actual number of artists involved is far less than 83--an even more exclusive club! I am confident that your efforts will be well rewarded if you can make it to BARNSDALL PARK during the run of this show, from August 13 till October 3. Hours are posted in the link above. I will be at the formal Artists' Reception on Sunday, August 15, from 2:00pm until 5:00. There are also going to be five "Conversations with the Artists" that you might find enjoyable: Friday, August 20, August 27, and September 3 at 7p.m., and Saturday, September 11, and September 25 at 2 p.m. I will be participating on August 27. There is another event associated with this exhibit that might interest you: LAMAGA SPECIAL MICRO BEER TASTING AND CONVERSATIONS. The 2010 Los Angeles Juried Exhibition Award Winners will be present, and the Jurors will speak about Art and Life on Saturday, September 11 at 2 pm. - Sunday, September 19 at 2pm. Admission is $20 per person – Please RSVP to 323-644-6269. I plan on attending one of these--care to join me and sharing a brew? As for other news, I have posted a new landscape on my website, and I hope to do several new works before my next personal appearance: KINGS MOUNTAIN ART FAIR in Woodside, CA, over Labor Day weekend. Maybe I'll see you in the Bay Area if I don't see you down here. As always, I enjoy hearing from you, so leave me a comment on my website, email me, or visit me on Facebook! And please consider forwarding this newsletter to your friends I'd love to meet them! Best wishes, FRED |
