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'50s alumni
Billy Al Benston
Billy Al Bengston, (’56 Fine Arts) Exhibitions: "Three Legged Table," Samuel Freeman Gallery, Santa Monica, December 12 - January 23. Includes Scott Grieger (Otis Faculty), Masami Teraoka ('68) and Michelle Wiener ('08). “A Re-creation of the Ferus Space (Not Exactly But Close To Scale), Billy 50 Years Later," Samuel Freeman Gallery, Santa Monica, Feb. 16 - March 20. www.samuelfreeman.com
'60s alumni
Malcolm Lubliner
Malcolm Lubliner (’62 MFA Fine Arts) Exhibition: "The Garden of Arbitrary Volition," Togonon Gallery, San Francisco.
January 7 – February 13. www.togonongallery.com
Richard Pettibone ('62 MFA Fine Arts) "No Laughing Matter," Los Angeles Valley College Art Gallery, Valley Glen, CA, February 25 - April 15. Reception February 24, 7 pm. Includes Walter Gabrielson ('65), Masami Teraoka ('68) and Jeffrey Vallance ('81). www.lavc.edu/arts/artgallery.html
Bas Jan Ader , In Search of the Miraculous
Bas Jan Ader ('65 Fine Arts) Deceased Exhibition: “In Search of the Miraculous,” Patrick Painter, Santa Monica, January 16 - February 13.
Walter Gabrielson ('65 MFA Fine Arts) Deceased "No Laughing Matter," Los Angeles Valley College Art Gallery, Valley Glen, CA, February 25 - April 15. Reception February 24, 7 pm. Includes Richard Pettibone ('62), Masami Teraoka ('68) and Jeffrey Vallance ('81). www.lavc.edu/arts/artgallery.html
Masami Teraoka
Masami Teraoka ('68 MFA Fine Arts) Exhibitions: “Rubbers: The Life, History & Struggle of Condom,” The Museum of Sex, Feb. 4 – March 4, New York, NY www.museumofsex.com/exhibit/rubbers Exhibition: "Three Legged Table," Samuel Freeman Gallery, Santa Monica, December 12 - January 23. Includes Scott Grieger (Otis Faculty), Billy Al Bengston ('56) and Michelle Wiener ('08). www.samuelfreemangallery.com "No Laughing Matter," Los Angeles Valley College Art Gallery, Valley Glen, CA, February 25 - April 15. Reception February 24, 7 pm. www.lavc.edu/arts/artgallery.html
'70s alumni
Sally Warner , Excellent Emma
Sally Warner ('71 MFA Fine Arts) Book Release: Excellent Emma, Viking Children's Books, 2009. This is the fifth book in the Emma series and twenty-third novel for children. She also writes for adults. www.sallywarner.com
Bill Porteous (’72 MFA Fine Arts) Solo Exhibition: “Bill Porteous Paintings: New Works, Generation Series,” Studio Gallery 2960A, Victoria B.C., Canada, December 11 - 20. Press
Judithe Hernandez , cover for Tunaluna
Judithe Hernandez (’74 MFA Fine Arts) Exhibition: "Body Language," Avenue 50 Studio L.A., February 13 - March 7. www.avenue50studio.com/index.shtml Cover: Tunaluna, poetry by Alurista, Aztlan Libre Press, San Antonio, TX, 2010.
Barry Scharf (’75 Fine Arts) Exhibition:“National Parks of the West High Dynamic Range Photographs,” Art Institute of Seattle, Spring 2010. scharf62.blogspot.com
Franklyn Liegel ('77 MFA Fine Arts) Exhibition: "Mind Game III," Andrew Shire Gallery, L.A., April 15 - May 22. www.andrewshiregallery.com
Dorothy Faison (’79 MFA Fine Arts) Launch: “The Lawnboat Chronicles,” www.lawnboats.com