Monthly Archives: October 2009

Dia de Los Muertos Event at San Juan Capistrano Library

Posted on October 24, 2009 by | Leave a comment

dia de los muertosThe library at San Juan Capistrano celebrates its fifth ‘Day of the Dead’ event, tomorrow Sunday, October 25th.  This event will feature arts and crafts for the children, great music and dance on the outside stage and indigenous food for a dining experience. Inside the library’s gallery will be various artwork  inspired by Dias de los Muertos on display, as well as several altars, which are a major tradition for that special day.

An installation from George Newman’s “Casa de Calaveras – House of Skeletons”, featured at the Bower’s Museum in Santa Ana and the Museum of Latin American Art in Long Beach will be part of this year’s art exhibit as well as Mr. Newman’s life-sized muerto showcase, “Fiesta Mexicana.”

The ‘Mariachia Capistrano’ will be featured on the courtyard stage at 12:30 & 2pm, San Juan’s own Ballet Folklorico will dance at about 2:30 pm , and the Aztec dance troupe ’Huehueteotl’ will make the glamorous end at 3:30 pm.

The whole event promises to be a fantastic experience that shouldn’t be missed. Entrance is FREE! For more information call 949-493-1752 or visit www.ocpl.org!

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More Art Happenings In and Around L.A.

Posted on October 16, 2009 by | 1 Comment

This weekend seems to be full of opportunities to dive into all kinds of art experiences in and around Los Angeles.

The Miracle Mile Artwalk will be held on Wilshire Blvd on Saturday, October 17th, from 4pm to 10pm. Visit more than 40 participating galleries and attend free Artists Talks. Entrance to LACMA, CAFAM & MAK Center will be FREE on that day.

Santa Monica Art Studios will host its 5th Anniversary Open Studios. Indulge in contemporary art with more than 30 painters, printmakers, photographers, sculptors and mixed media artists having their studios open for the event. October 17, 6-9PM & October 19th, 1-5PM

In the mood for buying some  great original art at reasonable prices? There are two auctions going on this weekend:

The Museum of Latin American Art , MOLAA, in Long Beach will host its Auction 09 on October 17, 2009 This is a significant auction of modern and contemporary Latin American art . More than 120 museum quality works of art will be featured including paintings, sculptures, works on paper and prints by renowned and emerging artists from Mexico, Central and South America and the Spanish speaking Caribbean.

Santa Monica Auctions will have the Fall Live Public Fine Art Auction at the  Bergamot Station Art Center on Sunday, October 18th at 1PM, featuring Original Advertising, Urban & Illustration work in addition to Modern & Contemporary Photography, Paintings, Sculptures, Drawings, Mulitples and Prints.                     Location: Building I (Writer’s Boot Camp) @ Bergamot Station Arts Center.

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Fernando Botero at the Bowers Museum

Posted on October 11, 2009 by | Leave a comment

Hooked on Botero

My first introduction to Fernando Botero was in Tuscany many, many years ago. Traveling Tuscany with my Italian friends in my twenties we stopped at a medieval castle in the middle of the soft Tuscan hills. There nestled within this magical medieval scenery were Botero’s impressive sculptures and sensual paintings of his voluminous figures he is so famously known for.  This first impression of Botero never left me and I still have a vivid memory of this day.Fernando Botero

Many years later, in fact about six years ago, my husband, son and I were visiting Venice and while touring the canals on one of the ‘Taxi” boats, I was realizing these enormous parts of some big sculpture on a passing boat.  Taken by surprise I was trying to get a closer look at them and realized with joy and excitement that these had to be part of a Botero sculpture. Shortly after we found out that Venice in fact was getting ready for a huge show of Botero sculptures throughout the city. This show with Venice as a fantastic backdrop left unforgetable memories.

Fernando Botero

How thrilled was I to find out that the Bowers Museum is presenting a major retrospective of this Latin American artist right now. The show opened on September 12 and will run through December 06, 2009. Many of the 100 paintings , sculptures and drawings on view have never been seen in public. It’s a great exhibit, well put together and giving an overview from Botero’s very early works to his recent ones. I will defenitely go and visit again.  

Tickets are $12 for adults. Free Entrance is offered on every first Sunday of the month!

Latin American Art Lovers can enjoy another exhibit at the Bowers as well: “Latitude” shows works by Frieda Kahlo, Diego Rivera, Roberto Matta, Jesus Soto, Rufino Tamayo and many more. 

BOWERS MUSEUM
2002 N.MAIN STREET
SANTA ANA, CA 92706

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