Historical Perspectives on the Furniture We Make, a lecture by Alf Sharp, will be hosted at MorYork Gallery. The lecture will be followed by a trip to the Getty Center (transportation included).There will be a $50 fee for transportation and lecture (open to Furniture Society members).

Please see website for details.

What are the collisions and intersections between visual language and the public sphere? How does visual language operate within community and layered histories? What are the rich and vibrant manifestations of this in the multi-layered fabric of Los Angeles?This panel will feature leading designers, community artists, publishers, and historians in exploring and defining some of these key questions dealing with design, history, identity, and community.

Panelists to be announced.

Big City Forum is an interdisciplinary project that encourages cross-disciplinary explorations and exchanges between various creative disciplines. Through symposiums, forums, exhibitions, and special events it provides access to forward-thinking creative projects that are situated at the intersection of creative knowledge making and social engagement. It promotes the arts, design, architecture, and urbanism as powerful tools for community and civic transformation by bringing together creative visionaries that are actively engaged in social change and engagement. Big City Forum aims to build a platform for collaboration and partnership that brings together the creative community around a shared sense of cultural vitality and transformation.

Cocktail reception and more. Stay tuned for more information!

Cocktail reception and more! Stay tuned for more information!

ABOUT THE GUEST

The Guest is an ongoing project which invites cutting-edge artists from around the world to create a distinctive personality for an original porcelain character conceived by Jaime Hayon for Lladró Atelier. With this exciting and fascinating concept the Spanish brand is going for the most ground-breaking design. The Guest becomes a kind of platform where artists from various different disciplines work alongside the world’s leading brand in the creation and commercialization of art porcelain, which puts all its potential at the service of creativity. The first pieces in this collection were launched in 2012 at Maison et Objet, three Guests each one in two sizes, the large in a limited edition of 250 units and the small in a numbered series. Six spectacular creations reflecting the personal universe of each collaborating artist: Jaime Hayon, the American Tim Biskup and the Japanese Studio Devilrobots.

ABOUT GARY BASEMAN

Gary Baseman (Los Angeles, 1960) crosses many lines of art as a painter, illustrator, video and performance artist, animador, TV/movie producer, curator and toy designer. His work has been Published in The New Yorker, The Atlantic Monthly, Time and Rolling Stone; and he designed the best-selling game “Cranium”. He created also the three-time Emma and BAFTA award-winning animation series, “Teacher’s Pet”, earning him credit as one of the Most Creative People named by Entertainment Weekly Magazine. The Los Angeles Times has described his art as “adorably perverse”, humorously playful and dark, childlike but often with adult themes. His fine art has been displayed in galleries and museums in Brazil, Germany, Israel, Italy, Russia and all over the United States.

Part food event, part summer party, Chinatown Summer Nights presents an exciting hot spot for Angelenos this August. Taste the many culinary offerings of Chinatown and LA’s gourmet food trucks; sample the neighborhood’s wares; watch Chinese chefs perform cooking demonstrations; experience large-scale, outdoor video projections; take part in hands-on, Chinese cultural activities presented by local organizations and museums; sip on Chinese beer and dance in Central Plaza with 89.9 KCRW’s DJ’s!Presented by the Chinatown Business Improvement District, Community Arts Resources (CARS) and KCRW, in association with Los Angeles Chinatown Corporation, and the ChungKing Plaza Association.

Untitled: Variations in Design Practice hosted by MFA Graphic DesignThis 2nd annual symposium includes a party and Swap Up Shop immediately following at 5pm. Students and design studio Jan en Randoald will produce all effects related to the symposium in the week preceding. Stay tuned for fresh and exciting outcomes!Presenters:
Ludovic Balland, Basel / http://www.ludovic-balland.ch/
Hugo Puttaert of vision and factory, Brussels / http://www.visionandfactory.com/index.php/Home
James Goggin of Practise, Chicago/ UK / http://www.practise.co.uk/
Hanjse van Halem, Amsterdam/ http://hansje.net/
Boy Vereecken, Brussels/ http://www.boyvereecken.com/
Peter Bil’ak, The Hague / http://www.peterbilak.com/
Jan en Randoald, Ardooie; Gent / http://www.janenrandoald.be/

Space is limited to 100 seats. Reserve at bedison@otis.edu (first-come, first-served)
For more information: Email hmandujano@otis.edu or bedison@otis.edu
The symposium was made possible in part by a generous grant from The Consulate General of the Netherlands.

Join Sonya for a discussion of the exhibition and her development as an artist.RSVP requested to rsvp@cafam.org

SMOG (1962 35mm, 88 min)Laconic and moody, this little-known film from director Franco Rossi presents a compelling outsider’s perspective as he tracks Italian attorney Vittorio Ciocchetti (Enrico Maria Salerno) through two days in the City of Angels. Stumbling upon several ex-pats from his homeland, Ciochetti is shown the vast and enigmatic city through their eyes, from LAX airport and Pierre Koenig’s Stahl house (both newly-built) to the oil wells of Culver City. Through his encounters, the stark contrast between the liberated lifestyle of mid-century Los Angeles and post-war Italy become evident.

Cast: Enrico Maria Salerno, Annie Girardot, Renato Salvatori. Soundtrack by Piero Ulmani with Chet Baker. Presented in Italian dialogue with English subtitles.

Introduction by Rani Singh, Senior Research Associate Getty Research Institute and co-curator of Overdrive: LA Constructs the Future 1940 – 1990

Harold M. Williams Auditorium. Free and open to the public. Reservations required.

John Tain, assistant curator, the Getty Research Institute, leads a gallery talk on the exhibition In Focus: Ed Ruscha. Meet under the stairs in the Museum Entrance Hall. Free and open to the public.

Christopher Alexander, assistant curator in the Department of Architecture and Contemporary Art, the Getty Research Institute, leads a gallery talk on the exhibition Overdrive: L.A. Constructs the Future, 1940–1990. Meet under the stairs in the Museum Entrance Hall. Free and open to the public.