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Art Wall Opening Reception - Bonnie Lambert
Artist Bonnie Lambert presents California Street Scenes, a solo show of her Expressionist style, oil paintings. Inspired by the aurora borealis sky-dances of her Wisconsin childhood, Lambert uses similar vibrant and contrasting colors to create engaging scenes from around the Los Angeles area: Hollywood, Long Beach, Pasadena, South Central, Burbank, and many other So. Cal locales. Lambert first moved to Los Angeles in 1989, after almost two decades of professional acting; it was here that she transitioned into visual arts. Lambert took classes at the Art Center School of Design in Pasadena and studied with artists such as David Limrite, Ray Turner and Mark Strickland. Later, Bonnie took classes with museum-collected Chicana artist Margaret Garcia, who mentored Lambert and provided space for a solo show at the Garcia Studio.
Contact Nancy at assistant@uusm.org, 310-829-5436 ext. 102 for info or appointments. Contact Beverly at balison@aol.com, for further info about the artist or about exhibiting on the Art Wall at UU Santa Monica. UU Santa Monica; 1260 18th Street (corner of 18th and Arizona); Santa Monica 90404 map On Sundays look for signs to free parking at 1311 16th Street, the UCLA Hospital structure just south Arizona. Handicapped parking is available behind the church. |
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Art Wall Opening Reception - Congregation |
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Art Wall Opening Reception - Faith in Action |
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Art Wall Opening Reception - Isabel Martinez UU Santa Monica’s November art exhibit, The Inner World of Isabel Martinez, features Martinez’s crosses, mixed media works, and oil paintings representing, in part, the spiritual side of her journey as a Latina immigrant. Meet the artist at the Opening Reception on Sunday, November 1 from 12:00 noon – 1:30pm. This event is free and open to the public from 9:00 am – 1:30 pm on Sundays through November 29 and on weekdays by appointment.
Martinez was born in a rural community in Mexico, studied at San Carlos Academy, and immigrated to Los Angeles in 1986. The works on display are from her ‘Vigin Series’ about which she says. “I am representing everyday people; and the idea behind of this series is that everybody has divinity inside. In the crosses, I began representing Aztec gods and goddesses. I am using the cross, because it is a universal symbol that represents human beings, where the vertical part represents spirituality and the horizontal part represents the material side… I convey my feelings, my inspiration and my soul to metaphorically represent my love of people and places where I felt loved and secure. I left my rural community when I was very little, but my community never left me.”
Martinez works have been in national and international exhibitions and in these books: Chicana and Chicano Art, Chicano Art for Our Millennium, Triumph of Our Communities, Painting the Towns, and from the University of Notre Dame, Caras Vemos, Corazones No Sabemos (Faces Seen, Hearts Unknown).
UU Santa Monica; 1260 18th Street (corner of 18th and Arizona); Santa Monica 90404 map
On Sundays look for signs to free parking at 1311 16th Street, the UCLA Hospital structure just south Arizona. Handicapped parking is available behind the church.
Contact Nancy at assistant@uusm.org, 310-829-5436 ext. 102 for information.
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Art Wall Opening Reception - JoAnn Damron-Rodriguez
Joann Damron-Rodriguez recently retired as a university professor, and has moved into the artistic world to help convey her feelings and experiences of the dream world. A self-taught artist, JoAnn communicates her feelings and expressions about dreams by combining pen, painting and textured acrylic mixtures with photographs, appropriated art, words, and objects.
JoAnn is at the beginning of her artistic career after retiring from an illustrious career in education. She was an Adjunct Professor of Social Welfare at UCLA, and received the 2006 Distinguished Teaching Award and the Lifetime Achievement Award from the California Council on Gerontology (CCGG). She has over twenty years of experience in health, mental health, and hospice care. She has serves on multiple editorial boards and scientific review committees and published extensively on geriatric education, diversity in aging, and elder care. For information about exhibiting at UU Santa Monica or other questions about the Art Wall contact our Art Director Beverly Alison. |
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Art Wall Opening Reception - John Christensen Full of Life John Christensen grew-up in the city of Santa Monica and now lives in Venice. He often paints local scenarios or just the stranger, funnier, or more meaningful everyday doings of man and animal. Many of the subjects will be familiar to residents of Santa Monica and Venice. Christensen describes his paintings as American primitive art. He is particularly interested in the world’s penumbras and in-betweens and in the places where differences of all kinds meet. Some of his favorite things are road-trips, early morning coffee and just walking around. Faith, humor, wonder and the fun of discovery motivate his work.
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Admission is free, all works are for sale Unitarian Universalist Community Church of Santa Monica Full of Life, December Art Wall Exhibit at the UU Church |
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Art Wall Opening Reception - Joyce Lieberman Wall of Steals and Deals, an art exhibit by Joyce Lieberman
After receiving her BFA from the University of Michigan, Lieberman spent five years at the University of Texas in Austin where she taught art, exhibited art, and earned a Master’s Degree in Art. Lieberman came to Los Angeles in 1983, settled in Venice and began working with designers and art consultants that placed her paintings and collages in hotels, corporate residences, and galleries throughout the country.
Lieberman’s art rapidly became well known. She often works with series of pieces. Her UNStill Life series features painted works on paper and canvas displaying flower-filled vases in luscious colors with colliding and overlapping patterns. For her Personal Archaeology series, she used collage to incorporate pattern, organization of shapes and color, and subtle references to correspondence. These works have been widely collected by many individuals and institutions including the University of Wisconsin, Merrill Lynch, Merv Griffin’s Beverly Hills Hilton and Blue Moon hotel in Miami. They have appeared in many Hollywood films. She has been the solo exhibitionist in dozens of shows throughout the L.A. area, including 10 solo shows at the iconic Seidman Gallery on Main Street. She continues to create new, intriguing pieces. For this exhibit, Lieberman has created a salon style show of samples of her works from 1991 to the present. Works include florals, abstractions, and many other styles. Contact Nancy at assistant@uusm.org, 310-829-5436 ext. 102 for info or appointments. Contact Beverly at balison@aol.com, for further info about the artist or about exhibiting on the Art Wall at UU Santa Monica. UU Santa Monica On Sundays look for signs to free parking at 1311 16th Street, the UCLA Hospital structure just south Arizona. Handicapped parking is available behind the church. |
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Art Wall Opening Reception - Karen Redding & Carol Ring
Photographer Karen Redding is showing selected works from Travels Through Time, her social documentary of indigenous people she has met in many parts of the world. UUCCSM member Carol Ring is showing works created by combing three evocative photos with a brief, superimposed “loving-kindness” phrase. Karen became a professional photographer in 2008. She has worked as a clinical psychologist and psychoanalyst with a private practice and runs a mindfulness meditation practice. This background, combined with her passion for travel, inspires her relationship to her subjects and how she interprets what she sees. The work embraces the human landscape of diversity while highlighting what it means to be human: our need for connection; a quest for safety and a sense of belonging; our innate desire to be seen and accepted deeply. Karen sees her growing body of photographic work, Travels Through Humanity, as a social documentary focusing on indigenous people. This work has received attention in several art exhibitions in Southern California. Read more about Karen’s work at www.karenkredding.com. Carol always carries her camera, often stopping to shoot whatever captures her eye: reflections, clouds, graffiti, land and cityscapes, or just interesting abstractions of shapes and colors. She recently retired from a career as a graphic artist, and is becoming an ardent meditator and student of Buddhism. Each piece in this show comprises of one photo that serves as a visual frame for two other images and a mindfulness or loving-kindness phrase, or metta, superimposed. The works are meant to “re-mind” the viewer to be more present, to relax more deeply into a felt-sense of our true nature. These prints are made by infusing dyes onto coated brushed aluminum. Read more on Carol’s work at http://www.yessy.com/carolring. Admission is free, all works are for sale Unitarian Universalist Community Church of Santa Monica |
We are pleased to welcome back Southern California visual artist Bonnie Lambert. Artist Opening Reception: Sunday, March 1st, 2015, 12 Noon to 1:30pm, UU Santa Monica, Forbes Hall. The show will run through Sunday, March 29th and is open to the public on Sundays from 9am – 1pm and on weekdays by appointment.
Concerning her style, Lambert mentions: “The colossal scale of this city with its fluid light, contrasting landscapes, and passionate mix of cultures moved me to become a visual artist…I strive to capture an essence of Southern California -- light, earth and people -- mirrored by this transcendent city.” Lambert has shown her work in over two dozen local exhibitions and galleries, including many solo shows. UU Santa Monica is proud to have her return to the Art Wall at the church for March, 2015.
Please join us for the opening of a special exhibit by artist JoAnn Damron-Rodriguez as she presents her debut show, 
JoAnn notes that the many different types of media, vivid color palettes, and subsequent layers allow her to more fully represent the depths, disjunctures, and fragments that shape many of our dreams. Through her art, she hopes to help convey an understanding of how the feelings expressed by dreams relate to conscious life.
Wall of Steals and Deals, which features paintings and collages by Joyce Lieberman, will grace our Art Wall for the month of August. UU Santa Monica’s Beverly Alison has persuaded Lieberman to create a show of pieces with prices that are ready to sell! Come meet the artist at a Gala Artist Opening Reception on Sunday, August 2, 2015, 11am to 1pm at the Unitarian Universalist Community Church of Santa Monica (UU Santa Monica). The show will run through Sunday, August 30th. The show is free and open to the public on Sundays from 9:30am until 12:30pm and on weekdays by appointment.
Our February Art Wall exhibit, Two Photographers Inspired by Buddhist Teachings, opens with a reception at 1pm on Sunday, February 2 and runs through the 27th. All the works are for sale, with part of the proceeds benefiting UUCCSM.