The opening reception for Gettin' Off the Ground's three new exhibitions will take place on September 14th, 2014 from 3:00pm-5:00pm. Gallery walkthrough at 3:30pm.
Angels Gate Cultural Center (AGCC) is thrilled to invite you to the launch of a new round of exhibitions that continue to explore how stories within the community shape the collective consciousness in San Pedro and the South Bay area. The 2013-2015 exhibition year is titled: Gettin' Off the Ground: Contemporary Stories from an American Community and is dedicated to exhibiting work that acts as a catalyst for the exchange of dialogue, experiences, culture, and community. This current iteration of the Gettin' off the Ground series focuses on presenting work by AGCC studio artists, regional/national artists, and members of the community in partnership with Los Angeles Alliance for a New Economy (LAANE) to show the work that engages the current conversation on community.
On October 4th from 1-3pm the gallery will bring artists, organizations and labor activists together for a conversation titled "Art as Action: Art is Action". The conversation will explore how art is used within different sectors to better understand the human condition.
MAIN GALLERY II: Roundtable IV features artists: Alexandra Grant, Audrey Chan, Nuttaphol Ma, Sergio Teran, and Wura-Natasha Ogunji.
COMMUNITY GALLERY: Solitude to Solidarity: A Journey of Our Collective Consciousness - is in partnership with LAANE and combines the inspiring work of Beatriz Rios-Nava with residents from the South Bay/Los Angeles Harbor region.
COMMUNITY ROOM: letting it happen features work by select AGCC Studio Artists. The exhibit is organized by LACAC intern Shelby Roberts.
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Solitude to Solidarity: A Journey of Our Collective Consciousness
AGCC and LAANE have partnered with Beatriz Rios-Nava to share the stories of people who work in the Port of Los Angeles. Solitude to Solidarity is a community art project that aims to unify the community through art and the sharing of their own dreams and inspirations. Beatriz Rios-Nava, 57, has been driving trucks for 10 years. Since starting with a company at the port in Long Beach, she has passed the long hours of waiting in shipping yard queues by taking phone-camera snapshots of her environment: her morning coffee and bread nestled on the dashboard of her truck, and her co-workers picketing for unionization outside of their company. Her story along with the stories of residents from the South Bay/Los Angeles Harbor region will be featured in Community Gallery.
Roundtable IV
Audrey Chan, Alexandra Grant, Nuttaphol Ma, Wura-Natasha Ogunji, and
Sergio Teran
Main Gallery II features artwork that explores coming to terms with concepts such as love, loss, growth, light and dark that are part of our collective narrative and human condition.
letting it happen
Scott Anger, Valerie Bechtol, Annette Ciketic, W.S. Milner and Yayoi Ailene Shibata
The Community Room will feature work by AGCC studio artists selected by the LACAC intern, Shelby Roberts. This show explores the different ways that artists struggle with letting go of control in the creative act of making work. For each artist the process of letting go is different with the final results being unexpected and unpredictable.
Continuing Exhibitions:
Supporting Structures: A Community Arts Project
Fausto Fernandez in partnership with members of the Southwest Regional Council of Carpenters and the Pile Drivers, Bridge, Dock and Wharf Builders Local Union 2375
Featured in Main Gallery I, this project marked the beginning of a yearlong partnership with the Union. Together we will explore the story of their members and families, the history of the labor movement in San Pedro and how this impacts the community at large.
The Family Room
The Project Space features the work of Angels Gate Cultural Center's Studio Artists: Andrea Lien, Anna Erneholm, Jesse Small, Joyce Weiss, Patrick Tierney, Phoebe Barnum, Sarah Elise Abramson, and Stuart Hamilton
For more information, please visit www.angelsgateart.org.
