On November 4th, just in time for the Presidential Election, Exchange Rate: 2008 will be presenting a night of performances and live election coverage at Remy’s on Temple, 2126 W. Temple St. Los Angeles, CA  from 7-10pm.

The project involves thirty-eight artists from sixteen different countries who are creating, exchanging and interpreting performance directions in response to the 2008 US presidential election.  These performances are taking place in cities all over the globe including Los Angeles, New York City, Quito and Seoul to name a few.  Audiences everywhere can experience these projects via the website. Check it out at www.exchangerate2008.com.
This project is created by artist Elana Mann and sponsored by Trade&Row.

Imagining America: Artists and Scholars in Public Life is a consortium of colleges and universities focused on strengthening the public role and democratic functions of the humanities, arts, and design.

Their annual national conference takes place next week in Los Angeles at the USC’s Center for Diversity and Democracy.

This year’s conference theme is, Layers of Place, Movements of People: Public Engagement in a Diverse America. The keynote address will be given by Judy Baca co-founder of the Social and Public Art Resource Center and driving force behind Los Angeles’s amazing mural art scene.

Imagining America
October 2-4, 2008 in Los Angeles, CA

Image: World Wall – A Vision of the Future Without Fear, a project of SPARC

Paved Streets, January 18, 2008

Renowned 1960’s anti-war artist Ed Kienholz met his future wife Nancy Reddin in 1972 and from that point on they worked as artistic collaborators.  Ed Kienhholz died in 1994 but Nancy forged on with new works based in the distinctive assemblage style they pioneered together.

Redden’s new exhibition in Los Angeles features politically charged themes using lenticular printing, a process in which images appear to shift when viewed from different angles.

“There are some issues - such as those relating to wars and religion - that just make me crazy. I want to put a lens - literally and figuratively - over the choices we make, and what it means to make these choices.”
L.A. Louver
45 North Venice Boulevard
Venice, CA 90291
Telephone 310-822-4955

The Future of Nations has been this year’s program theme at the 18th Street Art Center in Santa Monica.  Their latest effort is War as a Way of Life, curated by Clayton Campbell and featuring artists Susan Crile, Binh Danh, Barry Frydlender, Hometown Baghdad, Marty Horowitz, Cindy Kane, Ronald Lopez, Christina Mcphee, Catherine Opie, Stacy Peralta, David Reeb, Sinan Leong Revell, Daniel Ruanova, Larry Scarpa, Mark Spencer, and Amitis Motevalli.

War as a Way of Life: September 27 - December 19  Reception: Saturday, September 27, 6:00-9pm