NELAart News Arts and Culture in the Northeast of Los Angeles Section b Section B
Volume 3 No.8
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November 2015
DISCOVERING ART IN NORTHEAST L.A.
23rd Annual Arroyo Arts Collective Discovery Tour Northeast Los Angeles has been, for more than a century, a home to artists. The natural beauty of the Arroyo Seco has provided inspiration, and working artists have found community here. For 26 years, the Arroyo Arts Collective has brought artists together, sustaining the longestablished artistic nature of the area. And once a year, over 100 members of the collective throw their doors open to the public, offering the extremely rare opportunity to view and purchase art in the environment in which it was created. The 23rd annual Arroyo Arts Collective Discovery Tour will take place Sunday, November 22. The tour is self-guided, with the help of a detailed map, and can be undertaken by car, foot, bike or even with the help of the Gold Line. Participating artists are spread throughout the communities of Highland Park, Garvanza, Mount Washington, Eagle Rock and Montecito Heights. Venues range from garage studios to the living rooms of historic Craftsman mansions. All manner of artistic expression is featured on the tour--from hand-painting on silk to blacksmithing, from traditional California Plein Air painting to eclectic mixed-media. The tour will begin, appropriately enough, at the Southwest Museum, At the home of Arroyo Arts Collective which was intentionally sited President Gwen Freeman at its location overlooking the beautiful Arroyo Seco, on the route between the population centers of Downtown Los Angeles and Pasadena, by its founder Charles Lummis over a century ago. To aid in the planning of one’s tour experience, a Preview Party featuring sample work from tour artists will be held Saturday, November 14, 7-10 p.m., at Avenue 50 Studio,131 N. Ave. 50, Highland Park, in conjunction with NELAart Gallery Night. Arroyo Arts Collective Discovery Tour Sunday, November 22 9:30 a.m.-5 p.m. Beginning at the Southwest Museum, 234 Museum Drive, Mount Washington Tickets, $15 at the museum or $10 in advance at www.arroyoartscollective.org; at Galco’s Old World Grocery, 5702 York Boulevard; or at Avenue 50 Studio, 131 North Avenue 50. Sergio Teran at the Southwest Museum
DIA DE LOS MUERTOS Angelenos remembered the 27 bicyclists who have lost their lives in Los Angeles County and the 74 bicyclists who have lost their lives in Southern California in the past year. At Grand Park, across the street from City Hall, Lore Productions and Marcus Pollitz constructed an ofrenda, a tribute to fallen bicyclists, featuring an 8-foot sculpture of a ghost bike rider. At the El Sereno Dia de Los Muertos Festival, The Eastside Bike Club set up a large altar in honor of cyclists killed while riding. In Highland Park, Figueroa for All activists gathered in front of City Councilmember Gilbert Cedillo’s office to remember those who have passed and to call for implementation of safety features on North Figueroa Street.
Lore Productions and Marcus Pollitz, Noche de Ofrenda, Grand Park
Eastside Bike Club, El Sereno Dia de los Muertos Festival
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