Downtown Los Angeles Art Walk

the PHIL STERN GALLERY presents:

dtaw — Tue, 21 Feb 2012 18:49:40 +0000

INSIDE HOLLYWOOD

Opening Reception Saturday, February 25th from 7p-11p

WHO: Legendary photographer, Phil Stern, recognized for his intimate photographs taken over the years of Hollywood luminaries such as James Dean, Marlon Brando, Marilyn Monroe, John Wayne, Frank Sinatra, and many more.

WHAT: In celebration of this year’s Academy Awards, we will be honoring four decades of filmmaking captured by the one and only Phil Stern aka Snapdragon. Phil photographed over one hundred feature film sets including THE ALAMO, WHATEVER HAPPENED TO BABY JANE, THE MAGNIFICENT AMBERSONS, 1941, & GUYS & DOLLS, to name a few.

Phil’s access on these sets allowed him to capture behind the scenes moments with legendary filmmakers such as Otto Preminger, Orson Welles, Alfred Hitchcock, Steven Spielberg and iconic movie stars such as Audrey Hepburn, Marlon Brando, John Wayne, & Judy Garland.

As the Academy Awards honor contemporary film accomplishments, we will be celebrating the filmmakers and icons that have made filmmaking what it is today. From a nail biting Otto Preminger on the set of PORGY AND BESS, to Rita Moreno rehearsing a dance routine for WESTSIDE STORY, to Marlon Brando celebrating with his Academy Award from ON THE WATERFRONT. All these extraordinary images and many more can be seen at INSIDE HOLLYWOOD — An intimate glimpse at the real behind the scenes as only Phil Stern’s lens could capture.

“Since the 1940′s, his pioneering techniques and uncanny gift for stripping the masks off his iconographic subjects-John Wayne, Marlon Brando, Humphrey Bogart, Marilyn Monroe, and Frank Sinatra, to name only a few – have established his legend. Phil helped to define the movie capital during its golden age; he brought America’s celebrity culture into focus, and into our homes.” Patricia Bosworth, A Life’s Work/powerHouse Books

WHEN: Saturday, February 25, 2012  7:00 pm – 11:00p PST

WHERE: 601 South Los Angeles Street, Los Angeles, CA 90014

MORE: Phil Stern will be in attendance and available for interviews. The exhibition will run from February 25, 2012 until April 21, 2012.

For more information, please visit www.philsterngallery.com

On Feb 20, 2012, at 2:39 PM, Joe Moller wrote:

Art Walk Playlist on Digster.fm

dtaw — Sat, 04 Feb 2012 00:14:34 +0000

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Fashion Gallery Block

dtaw — Thu, 12 Jan 2012 00:21:15 +0000

L.A. Fashion Gallery in the 700 block of South Los Angeles Street proves to be a destination for Art Walkers looking for fashion.

Martin Martin 713 S. Los Angeles St. Wearable avant-garde clothing–a revolt against glamour in the traditional sense, a redefinition of the word for a generation that does not relate to uptight, old-style elegance. The collection is predominantly wovens with some stretch accents, a decidedly relaxed approach conveyed through soft fabrications and architecturally inspired shapes. The clothing is quietly stylish.

Edition of 100 Photography 715 S. Los Angeles
Editions of 100 is a collection of original limited edition works featuring art, design & photography. Each work is available in an edition of 100.

The Cooper Store 723 S. Los Angeles St.
Since 2009, The Cooper Store has offered the downtown resident the fashion district’s renowned sample sale Friday pricing in a specialty store environment.

Style Gallery 725 S. Los Angeles St

Downtown’s newest women’s boutique, Style | Gallery offers designer clothes and accessories at 20-60% off retail prices. We promote L..A. – based labels with some designers who create and produce their clothing and accessories in the City of Angels.

White Gloss Gallery

dtaw — Wed, 16 Nov 2011 23:36:12 +0000

White Gloss #50 on the map!

White Gloss presents “Where You Least Expect It “, a solo show by Echo Park artist Hunter Nesbitt featuring graffiti and resin techniques done exclusively on found objects. The show opens this Saturday, December 3rd and runs through Christmas.

DAVID FLORES X PHIL STERN

dtaw — Wed, 16 Nov 2011 22:46:33 +0000

THE BEGINNING OF AN ERA

DAVID FLORES X PHIL STERN

The collaboration of iconic Hollywood Photographer, Phil Stern, and renowned urban artist, David Flores, kicked off in a big way last Thursday, November 10th at Downtown Art Walk. Ninety-two year old Phil Stern was lifted 20 feet in the air to spray paint his signature on David Flores’ stunning James Dean mural on 3rd St. between Main St. and Los Angeles St. outside Suede Studios. Stern’s mesmerizing 1955 image of James Dean was given the Flores treatment and according to Stern, “It ain’t all that bad.”

These two prolific artists will be culminating their collaboration with an exhibition featuring never before seen, one-of-a-kind, works of art at The Phil Stern Gallery opening on December 8th. This exhibition will feature Flores’ unique style and touch to Stern’s prints of Hollywood icons such as Marilyn Monroe, Marlon Brando, Frank Sinatra, James Dean, and many more.

David Flores X Phil Stern

Opening Reception with Phil Stern & David Flores December 8th, 7p-11p

Running December 8th, 2011 – February 4th, 2012

Location: Phil Stern Gallery – 601 S. Los Angeles St., Los Angeles, CA 90014

For more information:

philsterngallery.com

info@philsterngallery.com

213.488.0138

Blue Canvas X Launch Event

dtaw — Tue, 11 Oct 2011 23:14:24 +0000

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Mural Ordinance Update

dtaw — Fri, 07 Oct 2011 23:34:09 +0000

Greetings:

As you may already know, the City has not allowed the painting of murals on private property for several years now while the Sign Ordinance was being drafted. Planning recently completed this draft, in August, and presented it to City Council’s Planning and Land Use Management (PLUM) committee. Planning has now begun to address issues not covered in the draft ordinance — murals are one of them.

Councilmember Huizar introduced several Motions in the past few years to protect existing murals and to provide for their renovation and conservation. Now that the draft is complete, the City Council is taking up the issue of murals again.

On Wednesday October 12th a joint meeting of PLUM and the Arts, Parks, & Neighborhoods committees are going to consider all pending mural Motions and a report from Planning and the Department of Cultural Affairs, to begin to move forward on this issue so that murals can once again be permitted on private property in Los Angeles.

Ordinance follows:

ARTS, PARKS, AND NEIGHBORHOODS and PLANNING AND LAND USE MANAGEMENT COMMITTEES- SPECIAL JOINT MEETING WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 12, 2011 ROOM 350, CITY HALL – 3:00 PM* 200 NORTH SPRING STREET, LOS ANGELES, CA 90012 *Items 1 and 2 will be considered at 3:00 PM; the remainder will be considered at 3:30 PM ARTS, PARKS, HEALTH AND AGING COMMITTEE
MEMBERS:
COUNCILMEMBER PAUL KREKORIAN, CHAIR
COUNCILMEMBER HERB J. WESSON, JR. COUNCILMEMBER ED P. REYES
PLANNING AND LAND USE MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE
MEMBERS:
COUNCILMEMBER ED P. REYES, CHAIR
COUNCILMEMBER JOSE HUIZAR
COUNCILMEMBER PAUL KREKORIAN
(Adam Lid – Legislative Assistant – 213-978-1071; e-mail adam.lid@lacity.org)
Click here for agenda packet Note: For information regarding the Committee and its operations, please contact the Committee Legislative Assistant at the phone number and/or email address listed above. Upon 72-hour advance notice, assistive listening devices, and other accommodations, such as sign language interpretation and translation services are available at the meeting. Contact the Legislative Assistant listed above for the needed services. FILE NO. SUBJECT ITEM NOS. 1 AND 2 WILL ONLY BE CONSIDERED BY THE ARTS, PARKS, AND NEIGHBORHOODS COMMITTEE (1)
11-1586 CD 14 City Administrative Officer report relative to proposed concession agreement between El Pueblo de Los Angeles and Soto-Alvarez, LLC for a Mexican-themes specialty retail and photo business located in the Hammel Building at 634 North Main Street. Fiscal Impact Statement Submitted: Yes Community Impact Statement Submitted: No TIME LIMIT FILE – NOVEMBER 28, 2011 (LAST DAY FOR COUNCIL ACTION – NOVEMBER 23, 2011)
FILE NO. SUBJECT
Arts, Parks, and Neighborhoods and
Planning and Land Use Management Committees- Special Joint Meeting
Wednesday, October 12, 2011
(2)
11-0689-S1 CD 14 Motion (Huizar – Parks – LaBonge – Garcetti) relative to review of proposed cooperative agreement between the City and the United Methodist Ministries Los Angeles District. Community Impact Statement Submitted: No ITEM NOS. 3 – 8 WILL ONLY BE CONSIDERED BY BOTH THE ARTS, PARKS, AND NEIGHBORHOODS AND PLANNING AND LAND USE MANAGEMENT COMMITTEES AT 3:30 (3)
08-0530-S1 CONTINUED FROM JUNE 1, 2010, AND JULY 13, 2010 Departments of City Planning (City Planning) and Cultural Affairs (DCA) reports in response to Motion (Huizar – LaBonge) relative to requesting that the Department of Building and Safety and Department of City Planning cease issuing citations or notices to comply for mural signs ordinances until the City has established a permitting process for fine art murals on private property. Fiscal Impact Statement Submitted: No Community Impact Statement Submitted: No (4)
08-0530 CONTINUED FROM MAY 27, 2008, JUNE 1, 2010, AND JULY 13, 2010 City Planning and DCA reports in response to Motion (Huizar – LaBonge) relative to instructing the Department of Building and Safety (DBS) and the Planning Department to notify the DCA and the appropriate Council Office when a property owner has been cited for a violation and is being requested to remove a mural from private property. Fiscal Impact Statement Submitted: No Community Impact Statement Submitted: No
FILE NO. SUBJECT
Arts, Parks, and Neighborhoods and
Planning and Land Use Management Committees- Special Joint Meeting
Wednesday, October 12, 2011
(5)
08-1233-S1 Motion (Huizar – LaBonge – Krekorian) relative to declaring a moratorium on the issuance of notices to remove murals that property owners have evidence were completed prior to April 2002; and the creation of a working group to investigate how the City can restore funding for a program to convince building owners to maintain murals located on their properties for a set number of years. (6)
08-1233 CONTINUED FROM MAY 27, 2008, JUNE 1, 2010, AND JULY 13, 2010 City Planning and DCA reports in response to Motion (Huizar – LaBonge) relative to requesting that City Planning, with the assistance of the DCA, DBS, City Attorney, and the Chief Legislative Analyst (CLA), first define what a fine art mural is and to draft an Ordinance that addresses the City’s need to facilitate new and preserve existing murals. Fiscal Impact Statement Submitted: No Community Impact Statement Submitted: No (7)
08-0515 CONTINUED FROM APRIL 16, 2008, MAY 27, 2008 , JUNE 1, 2010, AND JULY 13, 2010 City Planning and DCA reports in response to Motion (LaBonge – Huizar) relative to directing the Planning Department, with the assistance of the DCA, DBS, CLA, and the City Attorney to report with recommendations relative to the feasibility of establishing a process which would permit the installation of fine art murals on private property. Community Impact Statement Submitted: Yes General Comments: Studio City Neighborhood Council
FILE NO. SUBJECT
Arts, Parks, and Neighborhoods and
Planning and Land Use Management Committees- Special Joint Meeting
Wednesday, October 12, 2011
(8)
11-0923 Motion (Rosendahl – Reyes) relative to instructing City Planning, with the assistance of the DCA and the DBS, and in consultation with the City Attorney, to prepare and present an Ordinance to define murals as something other than signs and establish a Citywide program for permitting murals. Community Impact Statement Submitted: No COMMENTS FROM THE PUBLIC ON ITEMS OF PUBLIC INTEREST WITHIN THE COMMITTEE’S SUBJECT MATTER JURISDICTION Materials related to an item on this Agenda submitted to the Committee after distribution of the agenda packet are available for public inspection in the City Clerk’s Office at 200 North Spring Street, Room 395, City Hall, Los Angeles, CA 90012 during normal business hours. ap101211sp

As the Fourteenth District is home to the largest collection of murals in Los Angeles, Councilmember Huizar wants to ensure that the muralists within our district are aware of and have a voice in any new legislation.

We are holding a meeting on Tuesday, October 11th to give you a brief history of recent mural policy, to discuss what’s being heard at Wednesday’s Committee meeting, and to gather your thoughts on this issue.

Please join us on Tuesday at:

Los Angeles City Hall
200 N. Spring Street
4th Floor Media Room
Los Angeles, CA 90012

(213) 473-7014

Please RSVP to tricia.robbins@lacity.org

Macy’s Artists

dtaw — Wed, 14 Sep 2011 19:03:53 +0000

Macy’s hosted the September’s Art Walk Lounge located at 634 S. Spring Street. The gallery will featured live art painting by Harayo Sawada, Andreanna Iakovidis, Debi Cable, and Erica Friend

THE WENDE MUSEUM

dtaw — Wed, 10 Aug 2011 21:11:20 +0000

THE WENDE MUSEUM

THE WENDE MUSEUM COMMEMORATES 50TH ANNIVERSARY OF BUILDING OF BERLIN WALL WITH DOWNTOWN LOS ANGELES ART WALK EXHIBITION OF SOVIET PORTRAITS
In response to the 50th anniversary of the building of the Berlin Wall on August 13, The Wende Museum announces the launch of ACROSS THE WALL at the Downtown Los Angeles Art Walk.

Sixteen portraits reproduced from the Museum’s collection of Soviet paintings were installed on an exterior building wall in the Old Bank District at Main Street and Winston in Downtown Los Angeles to coincide with Downtown Los Angeles Art Walk, which attracts 30,000 people to Gallery Row in the Historic Core on the 2nd Thursday of every month.

The Berlin Wall divided Europe into East and West and pitted the United States against the Soviet Union. But behind the scenes, and beyond the politics, both countries contained diverse peoples with myriad human desires and dreams. Even in modern times does the same sense of adversarial conditions facing people all over the world remind us that we are all friend or foe, we are all Human.

The Old Bank District in conjunction with the Downtown Los Angeles Art Walk are proud to bring these 16 expressive portraits and museum quality experience to the streets of Downtown Los Angeles and local community. The mission of the Art Walk is to create a museum without walls experience, and the 16 works from the Wende Museum installed on Main St, bring that concept to life. Pedestrians, cyclists, commuters, visitors and locals alike will now all have an opportunity to experience as part of their normal daily lives. “The Downtown Art Walk is many people’s first cultural experience with the arts.

The works from the Wende collection and the generosity of Old Bank District will add value to the experience for all who attend. The emotion of these portraits reflects life from over 50 years ago, which is not that different from the issues we contend with today. We hope this experience makes appreciating museum quality works more accessible to the community. These pieces reminded us that we are all citizens of the same planet.” said Joe Moller, Executive Director of the Downtown Los Angeles Art Walk.

Tom Gilmore from the Old Bank District, a long time patron of the arts and supporter of Art Walk said “Art has always had a home and audience in Downtown Los Angeles. These works represent individuals dealing with life, something we can all relate too and appreciate.”

—– Justinian Jampol Founder/Executive Director The Wende Museum 5741 Buckingham Parkway, Suite E Culver City, California 90230 ph. 310.216.1600 ext. 302 fax. 310.216.1609 www.wendemuseum.org

Text to Win

dtaw — Mon, 08 Aug 2011 23:06:07 +0000

‘Text to WIN’ for a chance to win-

-$50 WSS Gift Certificate
-Cupcakes from Big Man Bakes
-Dinner for 2 @ Pete’s Cafe
-Art Walk T-Shirt
-Digster Vinyl and CD’s
-Blue Canvas Subscription
The Downtown Art Walk is excited to announce our 3rd month of “Text to Win” contest.
For more information click here.