Article 27: Universal Declaration of Human Rights

1) Everyone has the right to participate in the cultural life of the community, to enjoy the arts and to share in scientific advancement and its benefits.
2) Everyone has the right to the protection of moral and material interests resulting from any scientific, literary or artistic production of which he is the author.

The Universal Declaration of Human rights was adopted and proclaimed by the General Assembly of the United nations in December, 1948.

Leora Lutz Go About: Christopher Russell at the Hammer Museum

I went to a Hammer Projects Artist Talk presented by the artist himself, Christopher Russell.

Curated by Darin Klein.
Until April 13th.

These are details of a couple of pieces in the show.
Go there to see it big and in person.

LA ARTS Month

January is LA Arts Month.
That's right. Arts "Month".
Reader, I don't need to tell you that art is 24/7, 365, 'til 80, 90...'til Death.
Just don't let it part.

LA Art SHOW
artip:$20 general admission during the weekend if you can't swing the $250 gala.

artLA
Opening Night to benefit MOCA!!! Buy tix now!!
artip: $50 for after 8:30pm time-slot if you can't wing the $150 earlier tix.

Personally I have been an artLA fan, because I tend to like contemporary art. But let's not forget where we all began folks. Besides, a friend of mine called me enthusiastically from the show last year and was floored that there were $80,000 to $500,000 paintings leaning on the floor, inches away, in a flurry of commerce and art appreciation for the instant, in a noisy place...not in the quiet of the museum.
But I digress.
Besides, LA Art Show is hosting Supersonic this year. MFA students from our fair city and beyond. Now that's some new art.

Support Moca

Time to support Moca.

Funny how it is natural for us to run to the aide of those in peril.
It is our nature and it is good.
And it reminds us that we should not take anything for granted.

You can buy a membership to Moca today and
sustain your peace of mind that LA is an art mecca.
Or better yet, upgrade...because the
Moca Contemporaries Membership Drive is coming!

Check out this list of deluxe happenings at“Upstairs at Rush Street”, the hot
location for the next Moca Contemporaries Membership Drive/Party!!

Happy hour drink specials.
Complimentary appetizers.
Access to Culver City’s only rooftop patio.
Goodie Bag from Sebastian Wella Hair-Care.

There is more...
Complimentary drink on Moca Contemporaries to the first 50 people to arrive.
++ DJ L Croskey from Bitterweet

And just to entice you more...
All attendees who sign up for a MOCA Contemporaries membership at the event will get a choice of a free admission to a Contemporaries Cornerstone event ($100 value) or a 10% membership discount.

Plus, welcome the special guests AIGA LOS ANGELES!!
They have teamed with Moca Contemporaries to help kick off the new year, new members and great new friends who love art, collecting, design and MOCA!!

PLEASE RSVP BY MONDAY, JANUARY 26, 2009
213.368.8878 or e-mail us
MOCAContemporaries2008@gmail.com

It's time to support the arts some more.

Good-bye Indie 103

I don't know what I am going to do in my car.
Last time I checked there is no computer in there.
That's right, Indie is off the airwaves.

*sigh*

I hate the fact that so many radio stations come and go and that
KROQ totally sucks now...Aah - the good ol' days when I ditched school to stand on their stairs in some weird parking lot in Old Town Pasadena to get Spandau Ballet to sign a paper plate.

I don't know where that paper plate is anymore.

Needless to say, I am listening to Indie online right now while blogging.

Go About: Monte Vista Projects

The other day - well, it was a little while ago* - we went to the fundraiser for Monte Vista Projects.

You bought a ticket, got a Bingo card, played Bingo. Random chance, luck or the philosophy of numbers resulted in prizes.

A bit into it I got a Bingo. I chose the lit'lest lightest box and opened it to find it was a box of stretch gauze.
"oh, this can't be it"...i pondered out loud.
then i noticed the blue tape that said "artwork" on it.

First pick: limited edition silkscreen by Shizu Saldamando from the Vexing show at Claremont Museum.

I love silly games.

*blog confessional:
late
time
last
blog
too
many
days
gone
by
catch
up
now.