Venice is Art—a magical place where, on one weekend a year, artists open their studios, architects open their homes, and art lovers gather at one of the area’s largest silent art auctions, all to raise funds to help Venice Family Clinic provide free, quality health care to people in need. That weekend has arrived! And it’s bigger than ever, with five great events… An incredible new exhibition and silent auction of skate decks and surfboards reshaped and recreated by more than 60 local artists, musicians, and athletes—including Dogtown and Z-Boys alumni Stacy Peralta, Nathan Pratt and Allen Sarlo; pro skaters Lacey Baker and Daniel Espinoza; graffiti and street masters RISK, Smog City, Bleek, and Skegs; Napalm Records’ Brant Bjork; and tattoo artists Charly Reynoso, Big Boy, Justin Jackus, Alayna Magnan, Paul Deters, Tyoni Aragon, Jason Profant, and Ryan Murphy—at Track 16 at Bergamot Station. Art & Architecture Tour: West L.A.—Flats North of Olympic to the Hills North of Sunset Saturday, May 21, 2011, 11 am – 4 pm  Docent-led bus tour, featuring V.I.P. guides Keith Markovitz, Alison White, J.R. Roberts, and Chris Menrad$175 per person, includes ticket to the Venice Art Walk & Auctions on Sunday Traveling north-south through the flatlands of West L.A. to the mountainsides of Brentwood on this premium, docent-led bus tour, participants will experience a microcosm of L.A. lifestyles from dense urban living to hillside aeries looking out over the city. Note: This docent-led bus tour includes a box lunch and a presentation by architect and author Cory Buckner about A. Quincy Jones and the Mutual Housing Association development in Crestwood Hills, the only successful large-scale cooperative housing development in California. Planned originally to provide 500 houses and community facilities on a hillside site at the edge of the Santa Monica Mountains, Crestwood Hills is one of the few fully realized modernist projects in the state. Art & Architecture Tour: Appleton Way—One Amazing Block + Much More Saturday, May 21, 2011, noon – 4 pm  Self-guided tour$125 per person, includes ticket to the Venice Art Walk & Auctions on Sunday Discover a hidden architectural enclave—Appleton Way in Venice—where several spectacular homes have sprouted in just the past five years. Four of these homes—designed by Brooks + Scarpa, du Architects, Santiago Ortiz, and homeowners Sylvia Aroth & Jeff Cook—will be on this self-guided tour, along with the Carson/Bettauer Residence on the next block, and gardens designed by Suzanne McKevitt and Z Freedman Landscape Design. An added bonus just a few blocks away is the Cor-Ten clad Walnut Residence designed by Modal Design around an 80-year-old umbrella pine. The Main Event VENICE ART WALK & AUCTIONS Sunday, May 22, 2011  Register at Westminster School, 1010 Abbot Kinney Blvd., Venice $50 per person Studio Tour 11 am – 4 pm The centerpiece of the Venice Art Walk & Auctions! More than 50 artists’ studios and special exhibits including 16 never before on the tour—such as those of Alex André, Laurie Cozen-Geller, Jamie Dean, Stephen Glassman, Amir Magal, John Mooney, Jules Muck, Judy Nimtz, Sarah Stockstill, Michael Weber, and Jennifer Wolf—give the public a glimpse of what happens behind the scenes. Silent Art Auction 10 am – 5:30 pm Take home a piece of Venice. Hundreds of pieces—from paintings and sculptures to ceramics and photography—by established and emerging artists could be yours. Just bid! Note: free preview on Saturday, May 21, from 4:00 to 6:00 pm, at Westminster School. Select Auction 10 am – 5 pm A small group of works by some of Southern California’s most distinguished artists—including Peter Alexander, Laddie John Dill, Joe Goode, Kim McCarty and Judy Stabile—at Bigfoot Studios, 901 Abbot Kinney Blvd., a short walk north of the main auction site at Westminster School. Click here to pre-bid on Select Auction items. Art Within Reach 10 am – 6 pm Own a piece of the future at a price point anyone can afford! This new addition showcases works by 15 internationally recognized and emerging artists—including Delia Brown, Erin Cosgrove, Todd Gray, Dion Johnson, Mara Lonner, Renee Petropoulos, Fay Ray, Eddie Ruscha Jr., Analia Saban, Kim Schoenstadt, Samantha Thomas, Mungo Thompson, Kerry Tribe, Jennifer Wolf, and Bari Zipperstein—each of whom will create original, archival, digital inkjet prints in a signed and numbered edition of 20. Plus…the Artful Living auction of exquisite items for the home, a Food Fair of great local restaurants—including Acadie Crepes, Chaya Venice, The Counter, Hama Sushi, Jones Coffee Roasters, Sunny Blue, and Upstairs 2—and live music by The Raging Bulls and Masanga throughout the day. Art & Architecture Tour: Water and Tree-Lined Streets of Venice Sunday, May 22, 2011, 11 am – 2 pm  Self-guided tour$125 per person, includes ticket to the Venice Art Walk & Auctions on Sunday Sunday’s self-guided architecture tour features houses within easy walking or bicycling distance of Art Walk artists’ studios, giving tour-goers the opportunity for a day filled with art and architecture by C/ARC, GRAYmatter architecture, Marmol Radziner, and Bradley Johnson & Elise Gispan. Two of the houses are on Venice’s storied canals, and the others are on streets that were also part of Abbot Kinney’s original “Venice of America”—now some of Venice’s choicest addresses. Visit www.theveniceartwalk.org for more information, including photos and descriptions of homes on the Art & Architecture Tours; lists of participating artists in the Studio Tours, Silent Art Auction, Skate Surf Auction, and Art Within Reach; and more. Tickets for all events are available online at www.theveniceartwalk.org, by phone at 310.392.9255, or at registration on the days of the events. Volunteer opportunities are still available. Please contact Denise Downward at ddownward@mednet.ucla.edu. All proceeds from the Venice Art Walk & Auctions benefit Venice Family Clinic, providing free, quality health care to people in need. Venice Family Clinic is the largest free clinic in the country. More than 24,400 men, women, children, teens, and seniors are served annually by nearly 2,100 individuals – including more than 500 physicians – who donate their time, valued at $2 million annually. Ninety-seven percent are low-income and nearly three-quarters are uninsured. Venice Family Clinic provides more than 106,000 primary care, specialty care, mental health, dental, and health education visits annually. All services – including diagnosis, treatment, medications, follow-up care, and laboratory tests – are provided free of charge. Particular emphasis is placed on the needs of women, children, the homeless, and those with chronic diseases. Click here for more information about programs and services. Click here to download a fact sheet about Venice Family Clinic (PDF). Venice Family Clinic 604 Rose Avenue, Venice 90291 (310) 392-9255 |
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