Open Studios Day Fall 2024

Angels Gate Cultural Center presents our Fall 2024 Open Studios Day, November 16th! Over 50 local artists will open their doors to the public for a peek into their art practice. The free event includes Community Class demonstrations, artist activations and METHOD on view in the galleries, an All-Ages Chromatology Workshop, an art furniture sale, and Peruvian food truck Mikhuna. 

Open Studios Day is a free, all-ages event that provides the public a glimpse into the process, art, and lives of local artists who create at the Center. AGCC hosts one of the largest studio artist programs in the region with a diverse range of artistic disciplines including ceramics, photography, printmaking, writing, sculpture, videography, music, and painting. This self-guided tour of artist studios provides a unique opportunity to interact with the artists and purchase contemporary works of art.

Learn about AGCC’s Community Classes and watch a live Raku ceramics demonstration at 3:30pm with Studio Artists Perry Okimoto and Delora Bertsch.

Artist-Teacher Julie Greenberg will be teaching a drop-in All-Ages Chromatography Workshop in Building G. Participants will experiment with the properties of markers when they connect with water. All attendants will leave with a sun-catcher inspired by our current exhibition, METHOD.

METHOD will be on view in the AGCC galleries with artist activations throughout the day. METHOD is a group exhibition guest juried by SUPERCOLLIDER SciArt Ambassador and interdisciplinary artist, Kira Xonorika. METHOD explores art in which experimentation, technology, or other scientific fields, are central to the work and artist’s practice. These explorations connect seemingly divergent ecosystems, expanding their meaning. METHOD will be on view in the gallery through December 6th.

Gallery Schedule
12pm – 1:50pm: activation of faro by Edua Mercedes
2pm – 2:15pm: activation of Worm Bath, Alter Piece by Ashton S. Phillips
2:30pm – 2:45pm: For aspiring to experienced art collectors: El Cordonazo, a performance by Edua Mercedes

AGCC Studio Artists include Ann Weber, Anna Erneholm, Ashton S. Phillips, Beth Elliott, Candice Gawne, Catherine Burce, Da Aie Park, Daniel Porras, Deborah Wright, Delora Bertsch, Dennis Keeley, Elizabeth Casuga, Elyse Pignolet, Emma Rault, Frank Rodriguez, Gil Mares, Henry Krusoe, Jesse Small, Jon Nakamura, Karla Diaz, Leah Shane Dixon, Lowell Nickel, Marco Schindelmann, Melodie Reay, Nancy Voegeli-Curran, Perry Okimoto, Phoebe Barnum, Rene LaRue, Robert Alexander, Scott Anger, Soft Chick, Syracuse residency students (Jason Goodfriend, Sanjana Sharma, Yala Zhou), Taylor Crisp, Tianlu Chen, Vanessa Madrid, W.S. Milner, Yoon Jin Kim, Yozmit The DogStar, and Yuichiro Roy Kunisaki.

This event is generously supported by Department of Cultural Affairs City of Los Angeles, California Natural Resources Agency for the Museum Grant Program under the California Cultural and Historical Endowment, LA County Department of Arts and Culture, National Endowment for the Arts, Ralph M. Parsons Foundation, and Perenchio Foundation.