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'80s alumni
Alison Saar, Swing Low, Harriet Tubman
Alison Saar ('81 MFA Fine Arts) Dedication of Harriet Tubman statue: Ruth Chandler Williamson Gallery, Scripps College, Claremont, March 10, 3:30 - 5 pm. scrippscollege.edu/williamson-gallery/
Jeffrey Vallance, Blinky's Coffin, 1989
Jeffrey Vallance ('82 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 Richard Pettibone ('62). www.lavc.edu/arts/artgallery.html
Mari Andrews
Mari Andrews (’82 Fine Arts) Solo Exhibition: “Effloresce,” Brian Gross Fine Art, San Francisco, January 11 – March 26. www.briangrossfineart.com
Sarah Perry
Sarah Perry ('83 Fine Arts) Solo Exhibition: "Weight of the Moon," Lora Schlesinger Gallery, Santa Monica, October 17 - November 14, 2009 www.loraschlesinger.com
Susan Willen (’83 Fine Arts) Exhibition: "Contemporary Quilts," The Muckenthaler Cultural Center, Fullerton, October 11 - December 31, 2009. www.themuck.org
Hunter Reynolds (’84 Fine Arts) Exhibition: “Pulse Contemporary Art Fair,” Miami, FL, December 3 – 6, 2009 www.pulse-art.com
Liz Young ('84 Fine Arts) Exhibition: “Cherry Pie,” Western Projects, L.A., January16- February 20 www.western-project.com
Rebecca Chamlee (’85 Communication Arts and Otis Faculty) Exhibition: “The Page: An Interactive Exhibition of Artists’ Books,” Chapman University, Guggenheim Gallery, Orange, Feb. 1 – March 12. www.chapman.edu/art/guggenheim.asp
Annetta Kapon (’85 Fine Arts and MFA Otis Faculty) Exhibitions: "A Restless Country," Selections from the Permanent Collection of Pomona
College Museum of Art, October 31 - December 20, 2009. "Langue Froide Cold Language/Tongue," Dietzschold Gallery in Sydney, Australia, November 14 – December 12, 2009. SFC - SHOAH Film Collection, which will be released in Germany on occasion of the 65th anniversary of the Liberation of the Concentration Camp of Auschwitz on January 27. www.nmartproject.net "Shells, Prisms," Glendale College Gallery, Glendale, March 6 - April 24. Reception March 6, 4-7 pm. www.glendale.edu/artgallery
Lucas Reiner (’85 Fine Arts) Curator: “Our Together Works,” Washington Adams at the Pacific Design Center, L.A., March 1, 2010- March 31. Includes Elizabeth Mauceli (‘09) Michelle Johnson (’09) and Claire Cregan (’09). Exhibition: “1 IMAGE 1 MINUTE Angelenos Present Significant Photographs,” Silver Screen Theatre at the Pacific Design Center, L.A., January 30
Mark Dean Veca , Revenge of Phantasmagoria
Mark Dean Veca (’85 Fine Arts) Exhibitions: "Revenge of Phantasmagoria," Cabanas Institute, Book Fair, Guadalajara, MX. November, 2009. “Cherry Pie,” Western Projects, L.A., January 16- February 20. www.western-project.com
Elisabeth Condon , Walkabout
Elisabeth Condon (’86 Fine Arts) Exhibitions: "L'Arabesque," Bleu Acier Inc., Tampa, FL, February 12 - March 27. "Ocketopia," Lesley Heller Workspace, NY, March 10 - April 18. Dorsch Gallery, Miami, FL, March 13 - April 3. Residency: Fountainhead Residency, January 15 - March 20. www.elisabethcondon.com
Joanne Tarlin , Sparks by the Riverwall
Joanne Tarlin ('86 Communication Arts) Exhibition: "National Association of Women Artists, New Membership Show," New York, October 29 - November 23, 2009. "Sparks by the River Wall," Amazing Things Art Center Gallery, Framingham, MA, November 14 - December 1, 2009. www.joannesgallery.com
Robbie Cavolina , Anita O'Day The Life of a Jazz Singer
Robbie Cavolina (’87 Fine Arts) Grammy Nomination: Best Long Form Music Video, direction and production,
Anita O’Day – The Life of a Jazz Singer, AOD Productions.
Miguel Angel Reyes (’87 Communications Arts) Exhibitions: “Beauties and Beasts,” Blue 7 Gallery, L.A., December 2009.
Marcelo Vignali ('87 Communication Arts) Exhibition: "Snowball Fight," The Nomad Gallery, December 5, 2009 www.themightynomad.com
Cynthia Vincent (’88 Fashion Design) Specialty Boutique: "Pink Mascara" now carries her Twelfth Street Label. www.pinkmascara.com
Darren Waterston
Darren Waterston ('88 Communication Arts) Panel Discussion: "Printmaking at the Heart of the Creative Process," San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco, February 23 at 12:00. For reservations call 415 618-3263 or mac@sfmoma.org. gallery16.blogspot.com
Warren Keating , Getty Center Sandal Girl
Warren Keating (’89 Communication Arts) Exhibition: "SCORE VIII," VIVA Gallery, Sherman Oaks, January 10 – 30. www.vivagallery.org, Lecture: Women Painters West, April. www.womenpainterswest.org See him on youtube.
Eduardo Lucero (’89 Fashion Design and Otis Faculty member) Collection Exhibition: “LA Fashion Week,” Geffen Contemporary, MOCA, Runway show and designer installations, L.A., October 13 – 16, 2009