MFA graduates from CalArts will hold their culminating exhibition, Why Theory at the Spring Arts Tower in downtown Los Angeles.
The exhibition runs from Saturday, June 20 through Saturday, June 27, 2009. Gallery
hours are 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. There will be an opening reception on Saturday, June 20 from 7 p.m. to 10 p.m. Additionally, a screening of video work will take place at the Roy and Edna Disney/CalArts Theater (REDCAT) on Monday, June 29 at 8 p.m. Admission to all events is free.
Rita Gonzalez and Anat Ebgi will co-curate the show. Gonzalez is assistant curator of Contemporary Art at LACMA and co-curator of last year’s Phantom Sightings: Art after the Chicano Movement; Ebgi, a recent Master's graduate of the Center for Curatorial Studies at Bard College, co-founded Chinatown-based gallery The Company.
A student-organized publication, also titled Why Theory, will be released in conjunction with the exhibition. The primarily text-based catalog intends to capture formative conversations about the CalArts experience, and serve as an indexical resource with a life greater than a traditional record of the show. Each graduate student contributed a page of material, with content ranging from text-based drawings to email conversations and catalog-specific works. The publication includes contributions from faculty members Ellen Birrell, Sande Cohen, Leslie Dick and Charles Gaines (in conversation), Anoka Faruqee, Michael Ned Holte, Ashley Hunt and Michelle Dizon (in conversation) and CalArts School of Art Dean, Thomas Lawson.
Participants include Alison J Carr, Megan Cotts, Chanel Eddines, Dan Finsel, Robert Frashure, Alexa Gerrity, Alvaro Guillen, Monica Hicks, Ian James, Laura Kim, Calvin Lee, Nery Gabriel Lemus, Lakshmi Luthra, Meghann McCrory, Suzanne Mejean, Ignacio Perez Meruane, Lisa Miller, Joanne Mitchell, Christina Ondrus, Gala Porras-Kim, Ali Prosch, Maria Schriber, Elleni Sclavenitis, Brianna Sendziak, Matthew Siegle, Clarissa Tossin, April Totten, Biddy Tran, Ingrid von Sydow, Lorrie Waldie, Brica Wilcox, Michiko Yao and Nate Young.
The Spring Arts Tower is located at 453 South Spring Street, Los Angeles, 90013. The Roy and Edna Disney/CalArts Theater (REDCAT) is located at 631 West 2nd Street, Los Angeles,
Rita Gonzalez and Anat Ebgi will co-curate the show. Gonzalez is assistant curator of Contemporary Art at LACMA and co-curator of last year’s Phantom Sightings: Art after the Chicano Movement; Ebgi, a recent Master's graduate of the Center for Curatorial Studies at Bard College, co-founded Chinatown-based gallery The Company.
A student-organized publication, also titled Why Theory, will be released in conjunction with the exhibition. The primarily text-based catalog intends to capture formative conversations about the CalArts experience, and serve as an indexical resource with a life greater than a traditional record of the show. Each graduate student contributed a page of material, with content ranging from text-based drawings to email conversations and catalog-specific works. The publication includes contributions from faculty members Ellen Birrell, Sande Cohen, Leslie Dick and Charles Gaines (in conversation), Anoka Faruqee, Michael Ned Holte, Ashley Hunt and Michelle Dizon (in conversation) and CalArts School of Art Dean, Thomas Lawson.Participants include Alison J Carr, Megan Cotts, Chanel Eddines, Dan Finsel, Robert Frashure, Alexa Gerrity, Alvaro Guillen, Monica Hicks, Ian James, Laura Kim, Calvin Lee, Nery Gabriel Lemus, Lakshmi Luthra, Meghann McCrory, Suzanne Mejean, Ignacio Perez Meruane, Lisa Miller, Joanne Mitchell, Christina Ondrus, Gala Porras-Kim, Ali Prosch, Maria Schriber, Elleni Sclavenitis, Brianna Sendziak, Matthew Siegle, Clarissa Tossin, April Totten, Biddy Tran, Ingrid von Sydow, Lorrie Waldie, Brica Wilcox, Michiko Yao and Nate Young.
The Spring Arts Tower is located at 453 South Spring Street, Los Angeles, 90013. The Roy and Edna Disney/CalArts Theater (REDCAT) is located at 631 West 2nd Street, Los Angeles,
Hi Michael,
ReplyDeleteGood to see you Saturday. I posted this on the Alumni Assoc. Facebook page.
Nicole