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Reading material for you on the head of the Mural Arts Program

Hello all you mural-obsessed people out there! Feed your mural obsession further by reading the very nice article on Jane Golden, head of the Mural Arts Program, by Melissa Dribben in Sunday’s Inquirer. And for yet more mural stuff, check out the MAP‘s staff exhibition, Creative Capital, at the Eakins House. Here’s one of the pieces from that show… Lindsay GrowTree60×40″

Paul Santoleri’s clubhouse for Mural Arts gets a party

Paul Santoleri strikes a pose atop his new installation at the Thomas Eakins House The installation of Paul Santoleri‘s fantasy surround-space mural, floor-al and ceiling-al at The Mural Arts Program HQ called for a celebration. And there was one, Wednesday evening. People filtered in and out of the first floor front of the Thomas Eakins House, examining what Santoleri hath wrought. Mural artist Delia King at the celebration. I talked briefly to Mural Arts leader Jane Golden while I was there. She was saying that she really wished Mural Arts had control over the way the city spends money on ... More » »

Another art world looks–similar

The galleries in L.A. show blind eyes to the street, look forbidding and closed, look not much like galleries. This is part of a row of galleries in Culver City along La Cienega Blvd. I almost didn’t find it, having mistakenly turned onto La Cienega Ave. But artist Carol Es pointed me in the right direction–told me where to see some art in L.A., and when I was lost, set me straight. The stuff inside the galleries, like stuff at galleries everywhere, ranged from great to huh? I started out at Es’ gallery, George Billis, which also has a New ... More » »