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Art Wall Opening Reception - Los de Abajo Printmaking Collective
The Opening of the Los de Abajo Printmaking Collective’s Behind Bars Art Exhibit will include an Artists Reception at 12:00 noon on September 7, 2014 at UU Santa Monica (the Unitarian Universalist Community Church of Santa Monica). Several of the artists will be hosting the reception. The show will run September 7-28. All works are for sale. It is open to the public Sunday mornings and on weekdays by appointment; Contact Nancy at assistant@uusm.org. A portion of the proceeds will benefit UU Santa Monica. Admission is free. The exhibit includes several major pieces by Kay Brown, Nguyen Ly, Poli Marichal, Don Newton and Marianne Sadowski denouncing the current state of the U.S. prison system. The pieces are part of a collection, curated by Laura Pomerantz, that was originally created at the Collective’s residency at the Social and Public Art Resource Center (SPARC), in Venice, CA during the fall of 2013. In May, 2014 the exhibition opened at the Taller Boricua Gallery in New York City. In 2015 the full exhibition will be presented at the El Camino College art gallery. The Los de Abajo Printmaking Collective is committed to promoting the print arts through collaborative projects, workshops and exhibitions. Artists are encouraged to push the boundaries of printmaking and participate in individual experimentation within the medium. This year is the collective’s 10th anniversary. Los de Abajo is part of the Consejo Gráfico network of independent print shops formed to advance the legacy of Latino printmaking in the United States. Consejo Gráfico strives to preserve the activist orientation that spearheaded Latino printmaking and bring this element to the forefront. Los de Abajo Printmaking Collective: Consejo Gráfico: History & Bios of Los de Abajo Printmaking Collective www.consejografico.com |
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Art Wall Opening Reception - Maija BeetonMaija Beeton: The CEL ART Project Artist Opening Reception: Sunday, October 5, 2014, 12 Noon to 1:30pm, UU Santa Monica (Unitarian Universalist Community Church of Santa Monica). The Art Wall show will run through Sunday, October 26 and is open to the public Sundays 9am – 1pm and on weekdays by appointment.
Please join us after the second service on Sunday, October 5, for the Artist’s Opening Reception with Emmy awarding winning artist Maija Beeton. The CEL ART Project explores the eerie world of built-in-obsolescence and CEL ART merchandising, wherein computer-generated images are remade as seemingly handmade, limited edition CELS, for sale. Beeton enjoys exploring the alleged distinctions between commercial art, fine art, entertainment and philosophy. Beeton utilizes painting, video, animation, theatre, music, text, and landscaping. Beeton’s CEL ART Project investigates whether the medium is, in fact, the message.
 Traditionally, CELS were sheets of clear acetate or nitrate that were then hand-painted with animators’ vinyl paint, placed against backgrounds, and then shot with an actual, physical camera. In the CEL ART Project, Beeton explores unusual subjects and environments for animation, and her cels are hand-inked and hand-painted with traditional CARTOON COLOUR cel vinyl. Even though a computer is involved in creating some of the aspects of the image, Beeton intentionally makes obvious signs of human markings, to draw attention to the loss of hand drawn 2D animation and its inherent quality of abstraction.
Contact Nancy at assistant@uusm.org, 310-829-5436 ext. 102 for info or appointments.
Contact Beverly Alison for info about exhibiting on the Art Wall at UU Santa Monica.
UU Santa Monica; 1260 18th Street (corner of 18th and Arizona); Santa Monica 90404
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Art Wall Opening Reception - Maija Beeton Maija Beeton’s painting series CITIZEN ARTIST | CITIZEN SCIENTIST presents new works inspired by, and derived from, community interplay. Exploring themes of biological patterns and scale, the presented works were created in Beeton’s studio and at Mark Twain Middle School, Hamilton High School and Santa Monica College.
UUCCSM member Maija Beeton is a fine artist who designs and produces media for emerging technologies, internet venues, video games and broadcast. Beeton is the recipient of a 2008 Emmy Award for outstanding achievement in graphic design and the winner of the 2015 WonderWomenTech Hackathon. She is a former American Film Institute Digital Media Filmmaker-In-Residence and is a graduate of the Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art.
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Art Wall Opening Reception - Mathilde Lombard
Mathilde Lombard has been curating art and creating her own works for many years. Lombard’s formal training was at the Beverly Hills Adult School and from mentors, including Keith Finch. Lombard uses watercolor, ink, acrylic and other media to make striking and memorable images.
Lombard has been featured in many galleries in Southern California and has won a number of awards. She is a member of Women Painters West and the National Watercolor Society. From 1992 to 2006 she was represented by the Art Rental and Sales Gallery of the Los Angeles County Museum of Art. Her work has also appeared in a number of publications including “Faces” by Jack Selleck, “The Art of Collage” by Gerald Brommer and “The Best of Watercolor, Volume 3, Selected by Serge Hollerbach and Betty Lou Schlemm.” The show will run through Sunday, June 28th, and is free and open to the public on Sundays from 9am – 1pm and on weekdays by appointment. Follow the signs to free parking at the parking structure just south of Arizona and 16th. Handicapped parking is available behind the church.
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. |
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Art Wall Opening Reception - Michael Giliberti
Michael Giliberti is a unique multi-dimensional artist who works in wide variety of mediums from acrylics and watercolors to crayons, oils, ink and silkscreen. His style ranges from abstract realism to traditional--depending upon the subject matter and his inspiration for each piece. His works are characterized by vivid color and powerful composition. Giliberti often begins his artistic process by taking a series of photographs of his subject matter from different angles. A rough layout of the piece is then sketched in pencil, and later filled in by multiple layers of acrylics. Most paintings combine aspects of several different photos; the color and lighting are modified in the final result, but the photos are used to reference the subject matter’s texture and detail. Giliberti states, "I paint subjects that I hope people will identify with, maybe a place they’ve visited, a memory from their past, or possibly somewhere they’d like to go."
Contact Beverly at balison@aol.com, for further info about the artist or about exhibiting on the Art Wall at UU Santa Monica. |
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Art Wall Opening Reception - Michael Rohde Opening Reception for Artist Michael Rohde Exhibit Schedule:
About the work:
 The medium in which I choose to work is fiber, primarily flat woven pieces, but lately including vessel forms. I’ve picked this less than common medium, having been drawn to the possibilities of relationships between subliminal texture and the interaction of light and color. Having taken this route, the weavings can become an embodiment of the freedom to explore how colors relate to each other and to the surface properties of the fibers used. Pure color and specific color combinations of color have the power to speak to each of us, often producing differing responses in each person. By limiting the vocabulary to color and woven texture, the works are better able to stimulate reactions and emotions that these raw color and spatial relationships can have on the viewer.  Recent pieces of work over the last several years have addressed the impact of human and natural causes on the homes and lives of people. These include houses that disappear into the sands of war, are filled with rising flood waters, or simply vanish as the natural consequence of time. Yet, without the foreknowledge of what is behind the creation of these images, the works stand as objects of quiet beauty: begun with white yarns of wool, silk, linen and other fibers, I add my own dyes to achieve a range of colors and contrast not available in commercially dyed materials. Like a painter, I mix my own colors to create something new.
About the artist:
 After pursuing dual careers in biochemistry and weaving, I left behind a job as director of a biotechnology research lab in 1998 to devote full time to this work. Weaving has been a fervent activity since 1973. Formal training in drawing, color, and design came from the Alfred Glassel School of the Houston Museum of Fine Arts. Over the years, activities included lectures, workshop teaching, juror, show organizer, and exhibitor in many local, national and international juried and invited shows.
Recently work has been included in the United States Department of State Art in Embassies Program, exhibits at the Textile Museum in Washington, DC, the American Craft Museum in New York, the invitational Triennial of Tapestry in Lodz, Poland, from Lausanne to Beijing (twice), Houses for Nomads (a solo exhibit at the Janina Monkute-Marks Museum in Lithuania), an exhibition at the Mingei International Museum in Balboa Park in San Diego, and the permanent collections of the Mingei, the San Jose Museum of Quilts and Textiles, the Ventura County Museum of Art, and The Art Institute of Chicago.
— Michael F. Rohde
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Art Wall Opening Reception - Paintings by Katya, an art exhibit by Katya Kompaneyets Join us in welcoming the accomplished artist, Katya Kompanesyets, our first featured Artist of 2016. The Opening Reception for Paintings by Katya, will be held on Sunday, January 3, 2016, 12 Noon to 1:30 pm, at UU Santa Monica.
The show is free and will run through Sunday, January 31st. It is open to the public on Sundays from 9am – 1pm and on weekdays by appointment. All works are for sale.
We are pleased to welcome Kompaneyets whose deep artistic roots reach back to the 1960s in Moscow, where she graduated from the Moscow Fine Arts School in 1964 and from the Moscow Textile University in 1969 with a Masters Degree in Design and Decorative Arts. Before leaving Russia for Southern California over 30 years ago, some of her costume designs were banned in Russia. Her active career in California includes: designing and painting large murals in homes throughout southern California, teaching art in her studio and at many different venues, helping people expand their art collections, designing and creating sets and costumes for schools, consulting for USC concerning period costumes from Tolstoy’s time, publishing articles about art, creating book covers, painting, and showings of her work in galleries.
 Kampaneyets will be bring to the show her framed oil paintings and some water colors in sleeves. She has focused her paintings on still lifes, portraitures, nudes, and landscapes. Her water colors are well executed. They all have good composition and seem sure of themselves. Her paintings are in many private collections in Los Angeles, Santa Barbara, Still Life 1 Carmel, San Francisco, New York and Boston. Her work includes commissioned paintings as well as helping clients to build art collections, with an emphasis on collecting works of historical and contemporary California artists.
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
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 - Pola Lopez
Our June Art Wall exhibit, pola lopez visual artist,opens with the Artist’s Reception from 12:30 to 2pm on Sunday, June 1 and runs through the 27th All the works are for sale, with part of the proceeds benefiting UUSantaMonica. Admission is free. Open to the public every Sunday morning in June and weekdays by appointment. Call Nancy for details: 310-829-5436 ext. 102. Pola Lopez’s art is an eclectic collection of images drawn from her mixed cultural heritage, which is rich in tradition, infused with a spiritual vision, and fueled by her belief in the power of color to provoke. Her vibrant canvases are immersed in her indigenous, feminine perspective of symbols of the Mesizo culture that encompasses European and native influences. Born in New Mexico and raised by a father who was a poet and a dreamer, she was encouraged her to follow her heart--which lead her to a successful career as an artist. Lopez has been featured in several publications and film documentaries. Her paintings are collected by private patrons throughout the United States and Porto Rico, and are in permanent collections in Southwestern museums and foundations. With an extensive exhibition list, she has always represented herself; she has a desire to create her own place in the art world without compromising her artistic and creative inspiration. http://www.polalopez.com/statement.htm UUSantaMonica; 1260 18th Street (corner of 18th and Arizona); Santa Monica 90404 map Contact Nancy at assistant@uusm.org, 310-829-5436 ext. 102 for info or appointments. Contact Beverly at balison@aol.com, 323-295-2306 for info about exhibiting at UUSantaMonica. |
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Art Wall Opening Reception - Renee AmitaiWe are pleased to present our February Art Wall exhibit: Renee Amitai: Paintings, Etchings, Sculpture. An Opening Reception will be held for the artist on Sunday, February 7, from 12:00 noon – 1:30 pm at UU Santa Monica. The show is free and open to the public on Sundays from 9am – 1pm and on weekdays by appointment. It will run through Sunday, February 28th. All works are for sale.
Amitai is a seasoned artist trained in painting, sculpture, architecture and printmaking. She began at l’Ecole des Beaux Arts de in Paris; went on to gain professional experience in Fine Art and architecture in France, Israel, and Italy before moving to the United States in 1984.
Much of the Amitai’s current artistic influence has to do with a focus on her inner, core self, accessed by spiritual and literal ways through eyes. Of her artistic influences Amitai says, “Trained as an architect, my paintings evolve from geometric abstraction in bold and strong colors to abstract architectonic figurations reinforcing The Square--window to the soul.” Amitai further explains her career as follows:
 “My artistic interest has evolved through the years from printmaking to paintings, back and forth, making my living through my art, in design and architecture. My images went from symbolism to abstract metaphysic landscapes to structural shapes. My paintings are my spiritual odyssey, a search for mystical meanings, translated by light breaking through a slit, a door, a window, an eye.”
Since the mid-1990s, Amitai has exhibited her works in France, China, Japan, Korea, the United States, Germany, Russia and many other countries. State-side, Amitai is affiliated with the Los Angeles Printmaking Society; in Paris she is part of the association Les Seize Anges and Gallerie Gavart, as well as Gallerie Mu and Las Artists Independents du Grand Palais Gallerie.
Always exploring and always creating, she looks forward to further adventures into her artistic soul, and to reaching out to others.
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Contact Nancy for more info or weekday appointments at assistant@uusm.org or 310-829-5436.
Contact Our Art Director, Beverly Alison, for further info about the artist or about exhibiting on our Art Wall.
Address & Directions
1260 18th Street (corner of 18th and Arizona); Santa Monica 90404. 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.
About UU Santa Monica
The Unitarian Universalist Community Church of Santa Monica was founded in 1927 and is affiliated with the national Unitarian Universalist Association. The UU Santa Monica community embraces many beliefs and many backgrounds. UUs celebrate unity in diversity, affirming the supreme worth of all persons, held together through live and the spark of divinity that resides in us all. The community is also a Welcoming Congregation, welcoming all persons and families regardless of sexual orientation. With one of the largest UU Religious Education programs in Southern California, UU Santa Monica supports both youth and adults in their search for understanding, insight and inspiration. The church is an active center for social justice, peace and sustainability. For a full calendar of events visit www.uusm.org or connect with the community on Facebook or twitter @UUSantaMonica.
Contact Our Art Director, Beverly Alison, for further info about the artist or about exhibiting on our Art Wall.
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Art Wall Opening Reception - Robert Soffian
UU Santa Monica is proud to welcome artist Robert Soffian. He was born into a family that encouraged self-expression and personal artistic journeys. His journey has given him a rich a varied background--he spent part of his youth attending a radical art camp called Lincoln Farm, he went on to expand his personal and artistic horizons by travel throughout the world, and found work in Amsterdam as a government supported artist.
Soffian says this about his work, “I wish to paint things we all know or dream…very often I am first motivated by the excitement of the materials I am using…obviously I enjoy vibrant colors, and the texture of the physical body of the paint…for some reason, I have felt I needed to express something….what is the nature of that need and what it is compels me to keep doing this work is the subject of my life.” 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
About UU Santa Monica The Unitarian Universalist Community Church of Santa Monica was founded in 1927 and is affiliated with the national Unitarian Universalist Association. The UU Santa Monica community embraces many beliefs and many backgrounds. UUs celebrate unity in diversity, affirming the supreme worth of all persons, held together through live and the spark of divinity that resides in us all. The community is also a Welcoming Congregation, welcoming all persons and families regardless of sexual orientation. With one of the largest UU Religious Education programs in Southern California, UU Santa Monica supports both youth and adults in their search for understanding, insight and inspiration. The church is an active center for social justice, peace and sustainability. For a full calendar of events visit www.uusm.org or connect with the community on Facebook or twitter @UUSantaMonica. |
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Art Wall Opening Reception - Sarah Hage Sarah Hage brings her special vision of the world to our January Art Wall. Displaying a mixture of oil on canvas, pastel portraits, mixed media masks and sculptures, charcoals and acrylics, Hage presents her “functional and dysfunctional art [to] capture a sense of joy that casts some dark shadows, often with political undertones.”
Start the New Year right, meet Sarah at the Artist’s opening reception on Sunday, January 4, 2015 after the second service. The show will run through Sunday January 25.
Upon graduating from Boston College summa cum laude with a double major in English and History, Sarah Hage has spent over a decade creating art that is inspired by the natural world – often in unexpected ways. She states that her papier-mâché in particular, “evolves organically, and the process is as important as the end result. It is thrilling to create something from almost nothing…from flour, water, and newspaper…my patio is my studio, the LA Weekly my clay, the Southern California sun my kiln. Life doesn’t get any better than this.”
 Sarah Hage began her artistic journey in Boston, but has been exhibiting under the warm sun of Los Angeles for the last four years. She plans to continue for many more years finding new ways to express herself on both the canvas and in the 3D world.
Contact Nancy at assistant@uusm.org, (310) 829-5436 x102 for info/weekday appointments.
Contact Beverly Alison for further info about the artist or about an artist you would recommend for an exhibit on our Art Wall.
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Please join us as we welcome multi-media artist Mathilde Lombard as our June Artist, featuring her acrylic paintings on paper and canvas for her show, Number of Years. Lombard curated our Art Wall for 20 years and passed the job on to Beverly Alison about 20 years ago. We welcome back her fine art and friendship! The congregation and the public are invited to a Gala Artist Opening Reception for Mathilde Lombard on Sunday, June 7th, 2015, 12 Noon to 2:00pm, UU Santa Monica, Forbes Hall.
Lombard explains her passion, “I believe that each of us has creativity within expressed in many different ways. The question is whether or not one is moved to explore it. Visual art has been a major force in my life… I work intuitively, without preconceived notions and allow the painting to lead me. Truly, art is a never ending exploration -- rich and exciting, frustrating and joyful!”
Please join us for a stimulating exhibit featuring selected works of Michael Giliberti from 2012 to 2015. Come meet the artist! A Gala Artist Opening Reception for Michael Giliberti will be on Sunday, September 6, 2015 from 11am to 1pm in Forbes Hall. The show will run through Sunday, September 27th.
Michael Giliberti majored in Illustration at Parsons School of design in New York City. He studied printmaking at Otis College of Art in Los Angeles, California. Prior to committing full time to his painting and printmaking, Giliberti enjoyed a successful career as a creative director in corporate advertising. His work is currently on exhibit in corporate and private collections in California, New York and abroad.
(Santa Monica, CA, January 20, 2015) Artist Opening Reception: Sunday, February 1, 2015, 12 Noon to 1:30pm, Unitarian Universalist Church of Santa Monica (UU Santa Monica). The show will run through Sunday, February 22nd and is open to the public Sundays 9am – 1pm and on weekdays by appointment.
He eventually settled in to a 30 year career at Shasta College in Redding, CA as a professor of theater, directing and lighting countless productions. He has curated dozens of exhibitions and is credited with discovering the Violent Femmes. During the last ten years, Soffian ventured from the public world of the theater to the private world of painting.
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.