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'50s alumni
Ruth C. Snyder
Ruth C Snyder ('58 Fine Arts) Exhibitions: American Jewish University, April 19. 30th Venice Art Walk, 1212 Abbot Kinney, Suite C, Venice, CA, May 17. www.venicefamilyclinic.org/
'60s alumni
Larry Le Brane , Let the Good Times Roll
Larry Le Brane ('65 MFA Fine Arts) Exhibition: "The Perfect Fit: Walk This Way," !ROMP Fine Italian Shoes, San Luis Obispo, CA, through May 30. www.rompshoes.com
Maash Pascal, A Really Wet Day
Maash Pascal ('63 MFA Fine Arts) Exhibition: "Ink and Clay," Kellogg Art Gallery, Cal Poly, Pomona, CA, March 19 - May 2. www.csupomona.edu/~kellogg_gallery/
Leah Vasquez, Steel Sculpture
Leah Vasquez, Bench
Leah Vasquez ('63 Fine Arts) Installation: Pasadena Showcase. www.leahsart.com
James C. Muhs ('66 MFA Fine Arts) Exhibition: "A Father/Daughter Art Show: James C.Muhs and Johannah Muhs Bradley," Claremont Forum Gallery, Claremont, CA, May 8 - 10. www.claremontforum.org
Pat Barrett ('71 MFA Fine Arts) Solo Exhibition: "Pat Barrett," Gallery 114, Portland, OR, May 6 - 30, reception May 7, 6-9 pm. www.gallery115.org
Edward Meyers ('71 Fine Arts)
Published: Hollywood Taxi: True Confessions of a Kiss and Tell Driver. spaces.msn.com/captflash
Alonzo Davis
Alonzo Davis ('73 MFA Fine Arts)
Exhibitions: "Pattern Paintings & Bamboo Constructions," Montpelier Arts Center, Laurel, MD, May 1 - 25; "Series of Seven & Power Poles," Sande Webster Gallery, Philadelphia, PN, May 7 - June 1; "Between East and West," Millennium Arts Salon, Washington, DC, through May 30; "Power Poles," Private Showing in home of Sandy Jabril, Washington, DC, June 7th. www.alonzodavis.com
Mark Bryan, When My Ship Comes
Mark Bryan ('74 MFA Fine Arts) Fine Artist.
Judithe Hernandez , Ni Una Mas!
Judithe Hernandez ('74 MFA Fine Arts) Award: "12th International Open Exhibition," Woman Made Gallery, Chicago, IL. First prize awarded for Ni Una Mas! www.jhnartestudio.com
Clark Walding
Clark Walding ('75 MFA Fine Arts) Solo Exhibition: "Rift Series," Charlotte Jackson Fine Art, Santa Fe, NM, March 6 - 31. www.charlottejackson.com
Jules Le Melle ('77 MFA Fine Arts) Exhibition: Pam's Patio Kitchen, 11826 Wurzbach, San Antonio, TX. Through May.
Joe Potts ('77 Fine Arts) Performance: "Telethon," Otis College of Art and Design. Includes Tom Recchion ('79) and Liz Young ('84). Video: www.otis.edu/telethon
Kent Twitchell ('77 MFA Fine Arts) Press: "The King of Pop Meets the King of Cool: Exploring the Lost Works of Kent Twitchell," Look Gallery, L.A. Read
Bruce Kalberg (aka Bruce Caen) ('78 Fine Arts) Exhibit: "A Big Day for Small Press," University of Southern California. Panel Discussion: "Shelf Life", April 18.
Tom Recchion ('79 Fine Arts) Performance: "Telethon," Otis College of Art and Design. Includes Joe Pots ('77) and Liz Young ('84). Video www.otis.edu/telethon
Jeffrey Vallance ('81 MFA Fine Arts) Exhibitions: "Reading Standing Up," Margo Leavin Gallery, L.A, February 7 - March 4. "High Strangeness," Center for the Arts, Eagle Rock, CA, March 14 - April 28. Includes Dana Duff, Professor, and Dorit Cypis, Mentor, Otis College of Art and Design.
Peter Zokosky
Peter Zokosky, Small Graces
Peter Zokosky ('81 MFA Fine Arts) Solo Exhibitions: "Artist in Residence," Masterworks Museum, Bermuda, through April 2. www.royalgazette.com "Kingdon Animalia: Episodes from Natural History," Koplin Del Rio, owned by Eleana Del Rio ('89), Culver City, April 18 - May 23. www.koplindelrio.comPodcast Interview
Brad Wilson and Pamela Holmes, Pliny Table 16" dia.
Detail
Brad Wilson ('83 MFA Fine Arts)
Sculptural Tables: Since 1995, sold throughout the country and on www.holmeswilson.com, in collaboration with Pamela Holmes ('83).
Liz Young , Telethon
Liz Young ('84 Fine Arts) Award: Arts Teacher Fellowship through SURDNA Foundation as a faculty member with L.A. County High School for the Arts. Performance: "Telethon," Otis College of Art and Design. Includes Tom Recchion ('79) and Joe Potts ('77) www.otis.edu/telethon
Margot Anderson ('85 MFA Fine Arts) Founder and President, Camp Laurel Foundation for children with AIDS. In operation since 1992. www.camplaurel.org/
Annetta Kapon ('85 Fine Arts) Exhibition: "Insight/Inside LA," Jose Drudis-Biada Gallery, Mt. Saint Mary College, through March. www.msmc.la.edu/pages/1897.asp "Laundry," Numismatic Museum of Athens, Greece, May 19 - June 21. Curator: "The Edges of the West," Artower Gallery, Athens, Greece.
Maryrose Mendoza ('85 Fine Arts) Exhibition: "You Make Me Laugh," S1f Gallery, owned by Byoung Ok Koh ('98) L.A., May 2 - 30. www.s1fgallery.net. Includes Tucker Neel ('07), John Weston ('07), Eric Medine ('06) and Michelle Andrade ('07).
Lucas Reiner ('85 Fine Arts) Curator: Hearts of Los Angeles (HOLA) and El Corason, L.A., Prints from The Workshop, through March.
Elisabeth Condon ('86 fine Arts) Exhibition: "The Land Was Made for You and Me," Grantpirrie, Australia, March 5 - 28.