Tea & Talk with LA Art Critic Peter FrankSaturday, Mar 08, 2014 Saturday, March 8, 2014 | 2-4 pmResonating Images III is the third part of an exhibition series detailing representational artistic endeavor from 1900 until today. This segment features contemporary, living artists. This Tea and Talk will feature a lecture by renowned Los Angeles art critic Peter Frank on the works in the exhibition and the state of contemporary art, followed by a reception. Frank has contributed essays for all three installments of the Resonating Images exhibition series. He is associate editor of Fabrik magazine and art critic for the Huffington Post. He served previously as senior curator at the Riverside Art Museum and as an art critic for Angeleno magazine and LA Weekly. Note: This event was previously advertised as taking place on March 15, but was changed due to a scheduling conflict. We apologize for any inconvenience. Admission is free, but please RSVP using the contact information below. | |
Tea & Talk with Collector Mike KaplanSaturday, Feb 01, 2014 Lundring Events Center | Saturday, Feb. 1, 2014 | 2-4 pmFilm producer, poster design director, and collector Mike Kaplan will discuss the vintage movie posters on display in Gotta Dance! The Art of the Dance Movie Poster from the Mike Kaplan Collection. In his career as a producer (The Whales of August, I’ll Sleep When I’m Dead), director and distributor, Kaplan has collaborated on poster campaigns with artists including David Hockney, Don Bachardy, Allen Jones, John Van Hamersveld, and André Carrilho. He frequently worked with British airbrush artist Philip Castle, including on a poster for Stanley Kubrick’s A Clockwork Orange that was voted the All-Time Best Film Poster by patrons of England’s Odeon Cinema Circuit. The lecture will begin at 2 pm in the Lundring Events Center (directly across from the William Rolland Gallery). Following the presentation, guests will be invited to join Kaplan on a guided tour of the exhibit and refreshments will be served. Admission is free, no reservations required. |