Please join us after the second service on Sunday, October 5, for the artist’s opening reception for the CEL ART PROJECT with Emmy-awarding winning artist Maija Beeton. The show will run through Sunday, October 26 and is open to the public Sundays, 9 a.m. – 1 p.m., and on weekdays by appointment. Beeton enjoys exploring the alleged distinctions between commercial art, fine art, entertainment and philosophy. Her media include painting, video, animation, theatre, music, text, and landscaping.The CEL ART PROJECT is an homage to 2D Cartoons and a meditation on the loss of the individual human mark in contemporary industrial strength computer generated

animation. The majority of Beeton’s CEL ART pieces employ the traditional 2D animation technique of hand painted cel vinyl on clear media.

 

The cel vinyl paint is manufactured by Cartoon Colour in Culver City, a company that has supplied American animators for over 50 years. Acetate sheets are used for the clear media.

 

These painted graphics are then layered over abstract expressionist backgrounds which have been reproduced from original paintings as digital prints. The two large works in the show combine abstract expressionist painting, representational drawing and 3D digital modelling.

 

Please contact Nancy at assistant@uusm.org, (310) 829-5436 ext. 102 for appointments to view Art Wall during the week. Contact UU Santa Monica Art Director Beverly Alison for information about exhibiting on the Art Wall.

 

— Jackie Schwab