T n n O W C 3 . * W W CULTURAL AFFAIRS > V i = C 5 o —S r - 2. =r a* o ST > NEWS O = • 3 ^ 00 u > 0 0 r-, (/> o ^ W) o . >-» fD &> w r o 3 ? 3 o" 09 rj CP o IT. U1 C < a 0 m 7: </) 0 r~ c -< r- m c I X CO •"I Tl •-C r 0 0 r 7 3 z CO c IT <• 0 > ^0 c N N Tl r" NN O ?3 C/5 tyj H > z n H o Z ffl -3 o ^ o r- ffl H-i i;/5 hj - ' X i n o > N J ■> m r - Incorporating City Arts News and Folk Arts News Cultural Affairs Department 1st Quarter 1991 A Message from the General Manager This new format is an effort to keep our constituents better informed about the activities of the Cultural Affairs Department and to save money and postage. It replaces many of the mailings for the various Cultural Affairs facilities and programs and will be delivered quarterly. We'd appreciate your comments. Thank you for your interest in, and support for, the Cultural Affairs Department. We hope you continue to use and enjoy our facilities and programing. Have a terrific 1991! A/O d ADOLFO V. NODAL General Manager Cultural Affairs Department City of Los Angeles 433 South Spring Street, 10th Floor Los Angeles, CA 90013 (213) 485-2433 CULTURAL AFFAIRS DEPARTMENT FACILITIES Art-In-The-Park (A Junior Arts Center Satellite), Arroyo Seco Park, 5568 Via Marisol, Los Angeles (213) 259-0861 or (213) 485-4474. Barnsdall Arts Center, Barnsdall Art Park, 4800 Hollywood Blvd., Los Angeles (213) 485-2116. Hours: M-Th 9 a.m. to 9:30 p.m., Fri. 9 a.m. to 5:30 p.m.. Sat. 9:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. Closed Sunday. Hollyhock House, Barnsdall Art Park, 4808 Hollywood Blvd., Los Angeles (213) 485-4580 or recorded tour information (213) 662-7272. Tour Hours: T-Th 10, 11 a.m., 12 noon, 1 p.m. Saturday and first, second and third Sundays, 12 noon, 1, 2 and 3 p.m. Closed on the fourth Sunday of each month. Gallery Theatre, Barnsdall Art Park, 4800 Hollywood Blvd., Los Angeles (213) 485-2460. Office Hours: M-F 12 noon to 4 p.m. Junior Arts Center, Barnsdall Art Park, 4814 Hollywood Blvd., Los Angeles (213) 485-4474. Office Hours: M-F 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Gallery open T-Sun. 12:30 to 5 p.m. Lankershim Arts Center, 5108 Lankershim Blvd., North Hollywood (818) 989-8066. Hours: M-Sat. 9 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Closed Sunday. Los Angeles Photography Center, 412 S. Park View St., Los Angeles (213) 383-7342. Hours: T-F 3-10 p.m.. Sat. 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.. Sun. 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Encino Photography Center, 16953 Ventura Blvd., Encino (818) 784-7266. Hours: Wed. 2-10 p.m., Th-F 6-10 p.m.. Sat. 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. San Pedro Photography Center (Closed temporarily). Los Feliz Performing Arts Center, 3224 Riverside Drive, Los Angeles (213) 665-5148. McGroarty Arts Center, 7570 McGroarty Terrace, Tujunga (818) 352-5285. Hours: M-Sat. 9 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Closed Sunday. Incorporating FOLK ARTS News Municipal Art Gallery, Bamsdall Art Park, 4804 Hollywood Blvd., Los Angeles (213) 485-4581. Hours: Tu-Sun 12:30-5 p.m. El Dia de los Muertos is a period of joy and celebration; it is a time to remember or receive the visit of a person who is dead but no less loved. At the same time, the ofrenda represents Satellite Galleries: a source of comfort and optimism for the living still to face death because they know that one day an ofrenda will be made for them. Bridge Gallery, Los Angeles City Hall, 200 N. Spring Street They too will be remembered. For these reasons, an ofrenda is (213) 237-1373. Hours: M-F 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. simultaneously an act of culture, art and love. West Los Angeles City Hall Gallery, 1645 Corinth Ave., West Los Angeles (213) 237-1373. Hours: M-F 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. Published by the Cultural Affairs Department, City of Los Angeles 433 South Spring Street, Los Angeles, CA 90013, (213) 485-2433 Artspace Gallery, 21800 Oxnard Street., Woodland Hills (818) 716-2786. Hours: M-F 12 noon to 5 p.m. Adolfo V. Nodal, General Manager Ann Giagni, Assistant General Manager The Triforium, The Los Angeles Mall at the corner of Main and Rodney Punt, Assistant General Manager Temple Streets (downtown Los Angeles) (213) 485-2437. Office Jane Kolb, Public Relations Director Hours: M-F 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. Cultural Affairs Commission Watts Towers Arts Center, 1727 E. 107th Street, Los Angeles (213) David H. Simon, President 569-8181. Hours: Tu-Sat 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Julie A. Sgarzi, Vice President Michael C.F. Chan, A.IA. William Grant Still Arts Center, 2520 West View St., Los Angeles (213) 734-1164. Hours: Tu-Sat. 11 a.m. to 4 p.m.. Sun. 12 noon to Bette Cox 4 p.m. Linda Griego Elyse S. Grinstein Harry L. Usher BARNSDALL ART PARK Deeded to the city in 1927 by oil heiress Aline Barnsdall Cultural Heritage Commission for use as a cultural center, the eleven-acre park has five city arts Dr. Amarjit S. Marwah, President facilities: the Bamsdall Arts Center, the Junior Arts Center, the Takashi Shida, A.I.A., Vice President Municipal Art Gallery, Frank Lloyd Wright's Hollyhock House and the Gallery Theatre. Harold G. Becks Helen Madrid-Worthen Dr. Reynaldo R. Landero B a m s d a l l A r t s C e n t e r The Barnsdall Arts Center, designed by Frank Lloyd Wright, was originally designated as the Director's House. The arts program at the Center offers a variety of adult classes, including jewelry- making, ceramics and drawing. Incorporating FOLK ARTS News Events Continuing: Winter classes {through March 25). My father used to tell me of how on November 2 some of his relatives in Mexico created colorful ofrendas at home. These The "Helen Poschin Memorial Exhibition." were veritable banquet tables laden with mouth-watering foods such as mole and tamales in beautiful arrangements of candles, marigolds, sugar skulls. Day of the Dead bread, and various March 30 Registration for Spring classes are scheduled for seasonal fruits such as lemons, oranges, and sugar cane. 8 a.m. - 1 p.m. For information, call (213) 485-2116. The unique offerings were constructed with loving and March 30 Printmaking exhibition featuring artist Julie meticulous care for a deceased loved one who returned for a family visit to partake in the essence of a favorite meal. On occasion, Nordquist. a small trail of marigold petals was strewn from the doorstep to the table so that the visiting soul found its way easily. In addition, a miniature chair as well as a glass of water and a small bowl Junior Arts Center of salt were placed on the banquet table so that the spiritual visitor The Junior Arts Center, part of the could rest comfortably after a long journey and take nourishment. Barnsdall Art Park Complex, was founded in 1967 as a joint project of the Department During the mid-seventies, as a professor of Chicano Studies teaching Mexican culture, I started to create ofrendas with the of Cultural Affairs (then the Municipal Art help of my father, every year adding more and more detail. 1 now Department) and the League of Women build two ofrendas; a private one at home for my children and Voters. The Center introduced an another one at Cal State University Dominguez Hills for the public. innovative concept using well-known As a participant observer regarding this folk art, 1 was able to gifted artists to teach and work with gain valuable insights as to the significance of an ofrenda. children. Children and art still come An ofrenda, as a welcome back dinner, implies the belief together in such popular programs as that a familia is not solely nuclear, but also extended and extensive, "Sunday Open Sunday," The Children's Art Festival and a series of classes that offer stretching out into the realm of the departed. Family members instruction in a variety of mediums to kids may be dead but not forgotten. Death does not diminish love. Consequently, an ofrenda is a polychromatic and multifaceted ranging in age from tots to teens. aesthetic creation that attracts rather than scares away. El Dia de los Muertos is not a Mexican Halloween! Events The making of ofrendas also has very important socio- Continuing: Winter/Spring classes. For information about cultural ramifications. Since they are put together to honor a registration and scholarships, call (213) 485-4474. deceased relative or friend, the living generations are reminded constantly where they come from or who they are. In this manner, ofrendas foster group or ethnic identity. Secondly, when ofrendas are taken down, the neighbors may interchange the food, candy, and fruit of their respective offerings. Accordingly, relationships are strengthened through acts of reciprocity, in this case ofrendas function as a source of social cohesion. Incorporating FOLK ARTS News February 17 Sunday Open Sunday, a free family workshop. LA OFRENDA: THE ART OF LOVE The Art of Bolivian Dolls. by February 19 Exhibition: "MUTE," an installation by Barbara Miguel Dominguez, Ph.D.