2011 Inglewood Open Studios Celebrates Its Fifth Year With Tour and Group Show!
Tour: Saturday, November 12 – Sunday, November 13, 2011
Group Show: Saturday, November 12 – Saturday, November 26, 2011
Fine Artists in Inglewood will open their studios to the public the weekend of November 12-13, 2011 from 1:00pm to 6:00pm during the fifth annual Inglewood Open Studios tour. The event, hosted by Inglewood artists and nonprofit Inglewood Cultural Arts (ICA), will allow visitors to personally tour the studios of established and emerging artists working in drawing, painting, sculpture, mixed-media, photography, installation, and performance.
Two historic public artworks in the City of Inglewood will be stops on the tour; The History of Transportation Mural by Helen Lundeberg and The Written Word Intaglio Tower by Tom Van Sant, both of which are located at the Civic Center in Inglewood on Manchester Blvd.
In addition to the tour, Inglewood Open Studios also features a group show, which includes work by all participating tour artists, at the gallery within the Beacon Arts Building from Saturday, November 12 through Saturday, November 26, 2011 with an opening reception for the exhibit on November 12, 7:00-10:00pm. The group show will be on view for 2 weeks during normal business hours: Thursday to Saturday 1:00pm to 6:00pm and Sunday 1:00-4:00pm. Beacon Arts Building is located at 808 N. La Brea Ave., Inglewood, CA 90302.
For more information: www.beaconartsbuilding.com or call 310-419-4077
The City of Inglewood will provide free shuttle bus service, which will run in a continuous loop, to the attending public on both Open Studios tour days. Printed maps with Open Studios location details are available online and will be at each artist’s studio and at the gallery on both tour days.
For additional information including the printable tour map: www.inglewoodopenstudios.com.
Participating Artists in the 2011 Inglewood Open Studios are: Gwinn Alderson, Brian Biedul, Alexis Bolter, Donald Bustraan, Marylene Camacho, Ericka Chapman, Renée A. Fox, GeoVanna Gonzalez, Morgan Gehris, Scott Greiger, Winter Jenssen, Ellina Kevorkian, Deborah Lambert, Sharon Levy, Michael Maas, Michael Massenburg, Elizabeth Mauceli, Chris Mercier, Kenneth H. Ober, David Peters, Jhoiey Ramirez, Joan Robey, Stan Smith, Dustin Shuler, Holly Tempo, Shirley Tse, Ginger Van Hook, Luke Van Hook, MonaLisa Whitaker, Pola Wickham.
Participants include professional artists, art educators, self-taught artists, and a significant number of art graduates from nearby Otis College of Art and Design. Participating artists are listed in alphabetical order.
Sponsors of the 5th Annual Inglewood Open Studios Tour: Fine Artists of Inglewood,Inglewood Cultural Arts (ICA), The City of Inglewood www.cityofinglewood.org,
Otis College of Art and Design www.otis.edu,
Beacon Arts Building (BAB) www.beaconartsbuilding.com,
1019 WEST Art Studios and fer Studios www.ferstudio.com
