the WEEKEND ARTGUIDE for DECEMBER 15-17, 2006

the WEEKEND ARTGUIDE for DECEMBER 15-17, 2006
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FRIDAY DECEMBER 15, 2006

Black Maria Gallery 3137 Glendale Blvd., LA CA 90039)
Winter Holiday Bash – tons of artwork and crafts for sale
8:00pm to 12:00am
323-660-9393
http://www.blackmariagallery.com

Gallery Noir (2032 Stoner Avenue, LA CA 90025)
Small Works – a group show of work by over 25 artists all priced under $300
8:00pm to 2:00am
http://www.myspace.com/gallerynoir

Grand Loft (1354 South Grand Avenue, LA CA 90012)
Art show with work by The Street Phantom, Asylm, Amanda Kaay, Jessica Apac and Amy Drayer
7:00pm
562-299-3723

Mountain Bar (473 Gin Ling Way, LA CA 90012)
Knobturnal – a night of local art and music with work by Amanda Manners, Dead Dot, Sariah Ha, Jennie Ensunsa and more
8:00pm to 2:00am
213-625-7500
http://www.knobturnal.com

Project (8545 Washington Blvd., Culver City CA 90232)
Winter Wonderland – featuring an installation of hand painted ornaments for the holiday season by Alie Ward, Damion Silver, Drew Wood, Freddi C., Joe Ledbetter, Luke Chueh, Julie Rasmussen, Sally Sun, Poor Al, Sage Vaughn and more
6:00pm to 9:00pm
Exhibition runs through December 23, 2006
http://project.bz

truXtop (2876 Rowena Avenue, LA CA 90039)
Live painting party with Walt Hall and art sale
8:00pm
323-661-1665
http://www.myspace.com/truxtop



SATURDAY DECEMBER 16, 2006

Acuna-Hansen Gallery (427 Bernard Street, LA CA 90012)
Work by Elizabeth Saveri
6:00pm to 9:00pm
Exhibition runs through January 20, 2007
323-441-1624
http://www.ahgallery.com

Another Year in LA (2121 North San Fernando Road, LA CA 90065)
Gift Shop - curated by David E. Stone, is part exhibition, part museum bookstore, part installation and part sales opportunity to purchase rare historic and contemporary art work including prints & multiples, books, paintings, art objects, etc. by over 100 artists including Marcel Duchamp, Jasper Johns, Bruce Nauman, Stephen Kaltenbach, Claes Oldenburg and many, many more Los Angeles and New York artists.
7:00pm to 10:00pm
323-223-4000
http://www.anotheryearinla.com

Brand Library Art Galleries (1601 West Mountain Street, Glendale CA 91201)
Brand 35: Thirty-Fifth National Juried Exhibition, Works on Paper: Borders
5:00pm to7:00pm
Exhibition runs through January 1, 2007
818-548-2051

Cannibal Flower (Infusion Gallery, 719 South Spring Street, LA CA 90014)
Monthly group show and performance featuring artist ...And Everything Nice (groups show includes Erik Abel, Nathan Spoor, Daron Nefcy, Steven Brooks, Jessica Snow and more)
9:30pm to 2:00am
$7 admission ($5 as walking art)
http://www.cannibalflower.com

Drkrm Gallery (2121 North San Fernando Road, Suite 3, LA CA 90065)
Low Brow Xmas Show – work by over 30 artists including Coop, Dan Collins, Sid Mike, Mike Dorman, Nigel, Ric Frane and more
7:00pm to 11:00pm
Exhibition runs through January 6, 2007
323-223-6867
http://www.drkrm.com

Gallery 825 (825 North La Cienega Blvd., LA CA 90069)
Open Show - The Open Show is LAAA's annual exhibition at Gallery 825. in which all Southern California artists are invited to submit work. Artists in this exhibition include Billy Blake, heather Scholl, Larry Lytle, Paige Wery, Siri Kaur, Youngsook Kang and more
6:00pm to 9:00pm
Exhibition runs through January 19, 2007
310-652-8272
http://www.laaa.org

jFerrari Gallery (3015 Glendale Blvd, Atwater Village CA 90039)
I Was a Teenage Owl Bride – work by Caprice Ridgeway, Matthew O’Connell, Helen Lord
6:00pm to 10:00pm
Exhibition runs through December 30, 2006
http://www.jferrarigallery.com

Mauve (3305 Newport Blvd., Suite E, Newport Beach CA 92663) *worth the trek
The White Elephant Show – group show to benefit children’s hospital with work by Freddi C., Josh Clay, P Williams, Ver Mar, Scott Saw and more
4:00pm to 11:00pm
Guest required to bring toy donation that promotes or encourages art
http://www.ismquarterly.com

Phantom Galleries LA (680 Colorado Blvd., Pasadena CA 91101)
24/7 Public Art Galleries: temporary art installations in vacant storefront windows. Holiday rotation: Joshua Callaghan, Sue Chorpenning, Alex Couwenberg, Richard Godfrey, Michael Rosenfeld, and Rebecca Silva with ongoing exhibits by Barbara Kaleta, Anelia Lazaroff, Paris Patton, Ben Shaffer, and Sasha Vom Dorp.
7:00pm to 10:00pm
213-626-2854
http://www.phantomgalleriesla.com

Pharmaka Art (101 West 5th Street, LA CA 90013)
Small Wonders – a fundraiser raffle event with work by many artists
4:00pm to 7:00pm
213-689-7799
http://www.pharmaka-art.org

See Line (1812 Berkeley Street, Santa Monica CA 90404)
Work by Chris Oatey, Greg Santos and Ami Tallman
6:00pm to 9:00pm
Exhibition runs through January 27, 2007
310-829-1727
http://www.seelinegallery.com

Susanne Vielmetter (5795 West Washington Blvd,. Culver City CA 90232)
Drawings from the Explosion and the Randomized Text series - work by Charles Gaines
Work by Brenna Youngblood int he project space
6:00pm to 8:00pm
Exhibition runs through January 20, 2006
323-933-2117
http://www.vielmetter.com

Tropico de Nopal (1665 Beverly Blvd., LA CA 90026)
Holiday open house and Art Sale including work by Diane Gamboa, Maria Elena Castro, Daniel Gonzalez, Oscar Sanabria and more
12:00pm to 8:00pm
213-481-8112
http://tropicodenopal.com



SUNDAY DECEMBER 17, 2006

1001 East 1st Street, #8, LA CA 90012
Rush Varela retrospective – work by Edgar and Ernie Varela
7:00pm
213-494-7608

Avenue 50 Studio/Acorn Gallery (131-135 No Avenue 50, Highland Park CA 90042)
Last Minute Sale of Original and Affordable Art with work by Benito Campos, Frank Romero, Andres Montoya, Kevin Hass and more
12:00pm to 6:00pm
323-258-1435

Shooting Gallery (7403 Sunset Blvd., Hollywood CA 90046)
Happy Holiday party – Hollywood’s finest rock and roll photographs from Karl Larsen, Kevin Estrada, Richard Aaron, Jenny Lens and more
6:00pm to 10:00pm
323-882-8340