Angels Gate Cultural Center
November 2020
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Angels Gate Cultural Center provides space for artists to work and engages community through arts education, exhibitions of contemporary art, and cultural events.
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Studio Artist Lowell Nickel along with Tim Maxiener will be headed up to the desert to continue with Lowell’s geocaching project “Faux Stone Collection”.
The “Faux Stone” art objects have been sited into the Southern California desert landscape. Lowell uniquely designs each object to gently fit into the terra firma to be located with the use of a Global Positioning System (GPS). The coordinates are available.
The project was created in the spring of 1999 and continues each year.
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Studio Artist Henry Krusoe has just finished construction on a small lantern made with custom panels with four sides with photos looking out his studio window at Angels Gate Cultural Center.
Henry has title the piece Four views from AG and the materials he has used are image transfer on plexiglass, pressed paper and found lantern.
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Studio Artist Elyse Pignolet’s presentation, Boys will be Boys, is at the Catherine Clark Gallery in San Francisco from now until December 23rd.
A series of ceramics sculptures and watercolor painting Boys Will Be Boys contrasts traditional porcelain decoration with text referencing unsettling and demeaning comments on women, sexual assault and the everyday experience of street harassment and gendered stereotypes.
The exhibition can be viewed on the gallery website and the opening day talk with Elyse is available here via instagram.
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Studio Artist Da Aie Park joins artist David Eddington in an exhibition dialogue at the Shatto Gallery called BEING: two metaphors until December 20th. The work draws from their formal art education in Korea and England respectively, with strong ties with the cultures and histories of these two countries.
The exhibition is beautifully captured in this video and can be viewed by appointment with the Shatto Gallery. |
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Gallery Conversations: Raised as Roosters
Thursday, November 12th, 6:30 – 7:30pm
Gallery Conversations will feature the artists and curator of Raised as Roosters: Relief prints and drawings by Abel Alejandre and Guerra.This live webinar will include an open Q&A and discuss the artists’ processes and themes of Xicano identity and traditional Mexican visual motifs in Raised as Roosters.
This event is free but registration is required
An interview with the artists and curator is now available online. Learn more about the exhibition, the artists and their practice. Watch Now.
Raised as Roosters is on view virtually at https://www.angelsgateart.org/otw_pm…/raised-as-roosters/
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Now on view as a virtual tour.
Opens virtually with in-person appointments to be determined at a later date.
Made Onsite explores the rich body of work developed by the artists of our community classes. These classes have been ongoing for the past twenty years with the goal of bringing together artists of different backgrounds, ages, and practices. Ranging in media from ceramics, collage, painting, and drawing, this exhibition showcases the breadth of art developed through both instructor-led classes and workshops.
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Artist-Teachers: Visual Arts, Dance, & Creative Writing
Part-time Staff Position
Length of Teaching Residency: 12 weeks per Fall/Spring semester, as assigned
Schedule: Beginning January 2021, weekly schedule determined by AGCC in alignment with school site
Reports To: Director of Arts Education
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Meet Our Artist-Teachers
Angels Gate Cultural Center’s education program, Artists-in-Classroom (AIC), places professional Artist-Teachers into public schools throughout the Harbor Region to provide enriching arts experiences to students K-12. These teachers bring their own process and artistic expression into the classroom, and provide interdisciplinary education in the visual and performing arts.
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Desiree Kannel is a writer and educator from Long Beach, California. Desiree enjoys being active in the literary community and is the Long Beach co-chapter lead of Women Who Submit, and a founding board member of the Long Beach Literary Arts Center.
She has an MFA from Antioch University and leads creative writing workshops for adults and teens through her organization, Rose Writers Workshops. Her novel, Lucky John, was published by Black Rose Writing. @RWWrites on Instagram and Twitter.
Photo by Tanya Flores
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Saturday, November 21, 2020
3:00pm – 5:00pm PST
Have you ever been curious about the large world of small puppets? Join us this month to create your own hand and rod puppet! Together we will create a character, practice pantomime, and explore our unique voices. From the grounded to the absurd, all folks are welcome!
Supplies needed:
Paper
Scrap Cloth (handkerchief or old t-shirts you are willing to cut up, etc.)
Card Stock (or thick paper – old cereal box recommended!)
Scissors
Tape
Drawing Utensils (markers, colored pencils, pens, etc.)
A long stick (wood grill skewers recommended)
Sign up today! Register on eventbrite, and you will receive the Zoom link and a list of supplies prior to the event.
Inscribese en el sitio de eventbrite y le recibirá enlace web de Zoom y una lista de materiales para la lección.
Children must be accompanied by an adult at all times. / Infantes deben estar acompañados por un adulto todo el tiempo.
Questions? Email colleen@angelsgateart.org/ Para más información consulte colleen@angelsgateart.org
This event is brought to you through support from the California Arts Council.
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Studio Soup
Tuesday, December 1st, 6:30 – 8pm
Join the virtual conversation with guest artists Maggie Lowe Tennesen, Marie Thibeault and Ann Weber. Peggy Reavey hosts this closer look at the unique ways artists move from original impulse to finished piece – how their work comes to be, in the third quarterly installment of Studio Soup.
Register Today!
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SITE UNSEEN
Tuesday, November 24th
SITE UNSEEN is a virtual tour of the installation sites in which soundpedro artists could not exhibit because of COVID-19. The interactive map features artists and artifacts (video, sound, etc.) dedicated to Pauline Oliveros. The final chapter of SITE UNSEEN goes live November 24th at soundpedro.org
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UnSightly
Experience sound poems and performances ranging from classic recitation to speecherly encryption by soundpedro2020 artists: audipoeta, Costantino Rizzuti, Flamboyant Hag, Jamie Mc, Karena Massengill, Martin Espino, Michael Mersereau, nusik + MANSPLAINERTAINER, Wild Don Lewis, The Silver Duckling, wtchcvlt, and Yuri Bruscky.
UnSightly is now available online at soundpedro.org
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Welcome New Board Member
Kapil Shukla is a technology leader and philanthropist. Kapil has a degree in chemical engineering, a research background, and pursuing his MBA from USC.
He has worked with several large and small companies and taken them through a technology transforming journey and been instrumental with several enterprise technologies, AT&T Broadband design and DirecTV satellite and online TV delivery.
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Support Angels Gate Cultural Center today!
Our generous supporters help to make Angels Gate Cultural Center a vibrant arts hub within the Los Angeles Harbor Region. Our work would not be possible without this community of contributors. Angels Gate Cultural Center’s gallery exhibitions and cultural events serve students each academic year. However you choose to give, know that your contribution is critical to the ongoing success and excellence of our programs, both onsite at AGCC and in the community.
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Thank you to our generous supporters.
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Angels Gate Cultural Center
3601 S. Gaffey St., San Pedro, CA 90731
310.519.0936
angelsgateart.org
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