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Santa Monica Airport Art Walk

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(1) Santa Monica College  Teacher Assistants (TA) Jeff Crum and Sheryl Tompkins throw clay during the Second Annual Santa Monica Airport Art Walk on Saturday, March 29, 2008. (2) Teresa Amanfu (SMC volunteer) works on her slab clay formation. (3) SMC ceramic student Stephanie Matthias, 24, removes her egg shapped sculpture from the Raku Kiln. (4) SMC Art Students Javonte Gray, 27 (left) works on his oil painting while Dondi Aguirre, 22, builds his sculpture. (5) SMC Art Students Stephany Price (left) and Natalia Valle work on their art pieces. (6) Actors form Ruskin Group perform a "10 Minute Cafe Play" during the artwalk. (7) SMC art student 'Vida' shows her artwork from her laptop computer to Virginia Ball during the artwalk. (8) Art enthusiasts walk through the hall at Santa Monica Art Studios. (9) Ceramics stored at SMC.

Posted on Monday, March 31, 2008 at 01:48AM by Registered CommenterFabian Lewkowicz in , , | CommentsPost a Comment | EmailEmail | PrintPrint

Lady in the cloads

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Kathleen Greer's  sculpture of a woman's body made from wire hangs on display  on Saturday, March 15, 2008 at Santa Monica College.
Posted on Saturday, March 29, 2008 at 01:29AM by Registered CommenterFabian Lewkowicz in , , | CommentsPost a Comment | EmailEmail | PrintPrint

Coloring eggs

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(ABOVE) Karina Schneider, 10, (left) and her younger sister Sasha, 9, (right) color Easter eggs at Santa Monica Police Activities League  on Wednesday, March 19, 2008. (TOP) Sixth-grader Angie Davin. 11, dips her egg in paint at PAL.

Posted on Friday, March 21, 2008 at 09:43PM by Registered CommenterFabian Lewkowicz in , , , | CommentsPost a Comment | EmailEmail | PrintPrint

Eco-Art Exhibits

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(1) Big Blue Bus General Manager Stephanie Negriff, introduces students from The Art Institute of California-Los Angeles who created four environmental exhibits  during a dedication ceremony at the Big Blue Bus Transit Store on Wednesday, March 19, 2008. (2) Laura Moyer (interior design student), Sara Paras (interior design student), Amanda Rios (graphic design student) Stephanie Negriff (Big Blue Bus General Manager) and Daniela Gill (graphic design student) pose in front of the artwork during the dedication ceremony on Wednesday. (3) Exhibit One: Periodic Table of "How To Be Green" (Educational theme to show that most objects we use on a daily basis can either be recycled or reused) (4) Exhibit Two: Toy Cars vs. Big Blue Bus (Public transportation saves more than 855 million gallons of gasoline each year. Each toy car represents one million gallons of gasoline) (5) Exhibit Three: Vintage Big Blue (Each blue thumbtack represents one million gallons of gasoline saved by public transit) (6) Exhibit Four: How To Be Green - Elements of Recycling (All object used in art piece were collected at local recycling centers. Artwork was painted in yellow and blue because when combined makes green)
Posted on Thursday, March 20, 2008 at 05:11AM by Registered CommenterFabian Lewkowicz in , , | CommentsPost a Comment | EmailEmail | PrintPrint

Bridging the Past to the Future

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(top) Virginia Fields, LACMA curator, gives a PowerPoint presentation during the community art forum, 'Bridging the Past to the Future,' at the Santa Monica Library on Saturday, March 15, 2008. (above) left to right - Yvonne Szafran, Getty Museum Conservator; Virginia Fields, LACMA Curator, Ho Nguen, Santa Monica Historical Society Museum and Dr. Richard Baum, African art collector, discussed how to protect works of art, photographs, letters and other family memorabilia during the public art forum. The art forum was presented by the www.seniorartsfoundation.org.  

Posted on Tuesday, March 18, 2008 at 04:08AM by Registered CommenterFabian Lewkowicz in , | CommentsPost a Comment | EmailEmail | PrintPrint

Proposition to Fly

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A temporary art installation, "Proposition to Fly" by Valerie Tymoczko, seen here on Saturday, March 8, 2008, at Santa Monica Airport, will continue its temporary installation until July 25. Airport Park is located at 3201 Airport Avenue, next to Santa Monica Airport. 

Posted on Thursday, March 13, 2008 at 06:07AM by Registered CommenterFabian Lewkowicz in , , , | CommentsPost a Comment | EmailEmail | PrintPrint

Sculpture one

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(top) Santa Monica College Art Professor Don Hartman assists his student Manzi Deyoung, 19, with her sculpture of a cowboy boot on Thursday, February 28, 2008. (center) Professor Hartman helps Staphanie Suarez, 18  sculpt a Converse basketball shoe. (above) Art Students Gilda Boodale, 19, (right) sculpts a purse while Dorsa Beroukhim, 19, sculps a yarmaka  during class on Thursday.
Posted on Saturday, March 1, 2008 at 12:33AM by Registered CommenterFabian Lewkowicz in , , | CommentsPost a Comment | EmailEmail | PrintPrint

Work in progress

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Sandra Robbins works on her cardboard and string sculpture at Santa Monica College  on Thursday, February 28, 2008.
Posted on Friday, February 29, 2008 at 04:02PM by Registered CommenterFabian Lewkowicz in , , | CommentsPost a Comment | EmailEmail | PrintPrint