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THE COLLABORATIVE: A PROJECT OF THE ARTS COUNCIL FOR LONG BEACH AND THE MUSEUM OF LATIN AMERICAN ART

April 30 - July 24, 2011

This exhibition, co-curated by MOLAA Curator Idurre Alonso and Slanguage Founders Mario Ybarra Jr. and Karla Diaz, focuses on representing current strategies for artistic production derived and influenced by urban and street art including graffiti, stencil and stickers. The exhibition is comprised of two multi-mixed media installations by artists aka, Acamonchi from Tijuana, Mexico, and Los Angeles-based artist aka, Perl from the graffiti female collective FDS (From the Streets). Both of the invited artists share a similar concern for utilizing artistic tactics of research-based projects, documentation and investigation. The exhibition redefines the traditional approach to street art/graffiti as a practice that is meant to be singled-out from its place and context, exclusive to an insider audience, and breaks the conception of urban art as a male dominated art form that rarely addresses gender issues on its content. Perl researches and documents any kind of historical building, streets, neighborhoods, old signs, landmarks, alleys, or abandoned buildings for her artistic practice. She uses the research to develop blog posts, photos, walking tours, among other forms of cultural production. On the other hand Acamonchi, who launched the first Mexican Mail Art website in 1995 and became known for his downloadable stencils, has been using street installation and graffiti as a critical forum. Acamonchi was heavily influenced by images in old magazines, fanzines and the skateboard-punk countercultures; his work usually addresses gender issues including a critical view of the notion of “the ideal woman” commonly promoted by the media.

Exhibition Opening, April 30, 7:00 - 10:00pm
(Free onsite parking for the opening)

The Collaborative is located at 421 W. Broadway Ave., Long Beach, CA 90802
Hours: 11:00am - 5:00pm, Wed. - Sun.

Don’t forget to check out LAGG artwork this weekend!
Opening Reception is Friday, March 18, 8 – 11pm.

Cella Satellite Galleries is pleased to present Scaling the Wall. Curated by Trina Calderón and Miah Jeffra, the exhibition features graffiti and graffiti-influenced works by a diverse group of writers and artists in California.

Scaling the Wall comprises large-scale bombs by four of Southern California’s best female writers, and a white-wall display featuring six artists straddling the worlds of street and gallery institution, through various media.

Inspired by the groundbreaking MOCA street art retrospective, Art in the Streets, opening later this year, Scaling the Wall attempts to act as complement to Art in the Streets’ largely male roster of artists, while also discussing the complex and evolving relationship between street art and the arts institution.

Artists featured are [LA Graffiti Girls interviewees PERL FDS, JERK, OPIA, KUTA ONE HEM BWS] as well as ROOTSYSTM, ogdarthvader, LOVER ONE, C.1, Proto and Alberto Aviles Molina. 

The bombs, thrown up on bifurcated wood panels, will be auctioned on opening night, then divided at the close of the exhibition.  Proceeds will benefit ArtStorm, an aerosol art non-profit organization that provides self-sustaining world-class Urban Art and LifeSkill programs for at-risk youth in Los Angeles.  Aerosol paint for the bombs is provided by Montana Store Los Angeles, in Echo Park.

The evening will feature live painting by Collective Aesthetics.  Sound equipment to be provided by Looport and DJ Mixter Ed will spin records for the opening event.

EXHIBITION AND GALLERY EVENTS ARE FREE AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC

Here’s a sneak peek of the artwork to be featured in the exhibit:

Perl

Jerk

(Photos courtesy of Trina Calderón)

Cella Satellite Galleries is located at 10816 Burbank Boulevard, North Hollywood. Gallery viewings are by appointment after Friday.

For more information, please contact Shannon Currie Holmes at 213.291.7908 or info@cellagallery.com.

In honor of International Women’s Day, Revolution Books has planned, for this Sunday, March 6th from 2-6pm, “A day of Defiance & Celebration: For the Liberation of Women and the Emancipation of All Humanity.”

The event will start out with an international potluck and will be followed by a program of speakers and presenting political reflections and multilingual cultural performances, full of meaning and humor, seriousness and imagination of a new and better world. 

$10 donation at the door; special price for families

This Tuesday, March 8th, will mark the centenary of International Women’s Day, a revolutionary holiday, by not just celebrating the role that women have played in society, but also raising awareness of the struggles of women on a worldwide level. 

Revolution Books (Libros Revolucion) is a non-profit bookstore, run by an all-volunteer staff, which specializes in books carrying books that seek to change the world. 

For more information, contact Revolution Books:
5726 Hollywood Blvd, west of Wilton, Los Angeles, CA. 90028 
(323) 463 3500
revolutionbooksla@gmail.com