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Santa Monica Art Palette October 13, 2006
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Published on 10/13/2006
 
The Santa Monica Daily Press

 
It’s the weekend, but what to do? There’s contemporary dance with a generous dose of physical science at the Miles Playhouse. Or there’s paper-making at the Santa Monica Museum of Art, where you can also start your holiday shopping in the new Gracie gift store. Bergamot Station has so many outstanding exhibitions up right now that you could easily overdose on visual art while you’re there. And if you’re musically inclined and under 18, you can join the new youth orchestra. Or you could just stay at home and watch TV.  But you don’t want to stay at home and watch TV, do you? Face it, it’s 467 channels and nothing to watch. I’d suggest dance ... and Bergamot ... and shopping at Gracie ... and ...
October 13, 2006
It’s the weekend, but what to do? There’s contemporary dance with a generous dose of physical science at the Miles Playhouse. Or there’s paper-making at the Santa Monica Museum of Art, where you can also start your holiday shopping in the new Gracie gift store. Bergamot Station has so many outstanding exhibitions up right now that you could easily overdose on visual art while you’re there. And if you’re musically inclined and under 18, you can join the new youth orchestra. Or you could just stay at home and watch TV. But you don’t want to stay at home and watch TV, do you? Face it, it’s 467 channels and nothing to watch. I’d suggest dance ... and Bergamot ... and shopping at Gracie ... and ...


The Miles Playhouse will host the premiere performance of a work in progress, “Rage to Know,” an evening multi-media dance based on the leading theories in modern physics. This collaborative work between digital media artist Michael Masucci and choreographer Donna Sternberg explores the nature of reality according to current physics theories. Live action, computer animation and motion graphics alter notions of time and space, creating an environment where the unexpected can and does happen. Following the performance, Sternberg will lead a discussion on the interaction of art and science. Check the Donna Sternberg and Dancers web site for ticket information. This project is funded by the Santa Monica CO-ARTS Grant Program and the Santa Monica Arts Commission.

Rage to Know
Saturday, Oct. 14 at 8 p.m.
Sunday, Oct. 15 at 2:30 p.m.
Miles Playhouse
1130 Lincoln Boulevard
Park free at 808 Wilshire Boulevard


Cardboard at the Bobbie Greenfield Galley

The Bobbie Greenfield Gallery celebrates the 50th anniversary of the Charles and Ray Eames Chair and Ottoman with an all cardboard exhibition featuring legendary L.A. artists Robert Rauschenberg’s Cardbirds, Guy Dill’s The Last Supper Series, and the Easy Edges Furniture collection, a collaborative effort between Frank Gehry, Jack Brogan and Robert Irwin that utilized cardboard to create well designed, practical, and affordable furniture with a unique aesthetic appeal. A reception for CARDBOARD will be held at the gallery on Thursday, Oct. 12 from 5-8 p.m.

Bobbie Greenfield Gallery
2525 Michigan Avenue, B6
(310) 264-0640


Be sure to visit Bergamot when the Santa Monica Museum of Art will celebrate the official opening of GRACIE: Shop/Storage/Installation, a multifunctional exhibition, bookshop, storage and reception area. This extraordinary new element of the museum was conceived by Rome Prize-winning artist and architect Allan Wexler (who designed the Tables of Content public art project in Douglas Park with his wife Ellen), and is stocked with a unique array of artful books and extraordinary objects that will delight every visitor.

GRACIE
Friday, Sept. 13
Reception 7 p.m.; special program 8 p.m.
Santa Monica Museum of Art
Bergamot Station, G1
2525 Michigan Avenue


Also opening this weekend at Bergamot Station is Karla Klarin’s Orange Clash at the Susan Schomburg Gallery while ZeitHeist, a group exhibition of works by Nancy Baker, Kendell Carter, Jennifer Nehrbass and Klaus Wanker goes up at the Mark Moore Gallery, along with new works by Alistair Mackie. And be sure to check out one of the two Llyn Foulkes exhibitions on display simultaneously at Bergamot Station in Santa Monica. An alumni of Chouinard School of Art, his first one-man show was presented at Ferus Gallery in 1961 and he’s been a leading international artist ever since. Foulkes’ exhibitions are on view at the Craig Krull and Patricia Faure Galleries.


Bring the munchkins along with you to Bergamot on Saturday morning when the Santa Monica Museum of Art will offer an introductory papermaking class for students 8 years and up. In partnership with Hiromi Paper International, the leading importer of Washi, the traditional hand-made Japanese paper, young people will learn traditional methods creating Washi, but with lots of room for their own innovations.

Making the Papers
Saturday, Oct. 14
Santa Monica Museum of Art
Bergamot Station G1
2525 Michigan Ave.
(310) 586-6488
info@smmoa.org


Young instrumentalists, ages 8 to 18, are invited to attend an Open House and bring their instruments and music stands to a free introductory “play-in” sponsored by the newly forming Westside Community Youth Orchestra at the Cornerstone Music Conservatory.

Westside Community Youth Orchestra
Invitational Play-In
Thursday Oct. 12
6:30 p.m. to 7:45 p.m.
CORNERSTONE HALL
1237 Fourth Street
(310) 586-7403


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