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Arroyo Arts Collective Recovery Discovery Tour November 22: Edem Elesh

2009-11-20T06:14:10Z

What is the Recovery Discovery Tour?: "The Recovery Discovery Tour," is a self-guided auto tour of artists' homes and studios in Highland Park, Eagle Rock, Mount Washington, organized by the Arroyo Arts Collective.
Where: Starts at the Lummis Home, 200 E. Avenue 43, Highland Park, CA 90031
When: November 22, 9:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.

As part of the Recovery Discovery Tour, artist Edem Elesh will open his home studio in Mount Angelus, a hilltop neighborhood in Highland Park.

From an absolutearts.com review:

The work of Los Angeles based painter, Edem Elesh, finds itself in the murky waters of the viewer's unconscious.Fantastical, dream-like and dystopian, Elesh's imagery is set in our postmodern time, at an intersection where the subject matter of various sorts has been cut loose from it's origins and dropped onto the foreign occupied space of the canvas.With an irreverence and narrative approach to working, each subject has been abandoned and ultimately left to stake its claim in a new and unfamiliar territory.When asked about the conception and drive of an individual painting, Elesh straightforwardly replies that, "Everyday situations of existence" are always where his subject matter remains fertile.

Edem Elesh website

Google Wave: How to reply

2009-11-17T06:01:19Z

There are two simple ways to Reply to comments when having a conversation in Google Wave.

You can insert a Reply to anywhere in the conversation.

1. Find the comment to which you want to Reply. Or just place your Reply after the most recent comment in the conversation.

2. Hover your mouse over the bottom border of the comment, and a double blue line will appear. Click on the double blue line.

Clicking on the double blue line will open up a message box. Type or paste in your Reply and click Done.

ALTERNATE METHOD: you can click on the drop down arrow in the upper right corner of any comment.

Using the drop down menu will give you a few more choices: You can make a private reply that does not show up in the general conversation, you can copy the comment to a new wave. You can even edit or delete another person's comment (which could be dangerous.)

ARROYO ARTS COLLECTIVE RECOVERY DISCOVERY NOVEMBER 22: STEVEN ANDERSON IS BACK!

2009-11-16T06:34:39Z

Steven Anderson last opened his home studio on the Arroyo Arts Collective Discovery tour in 2003. After a five year hiatus, Steven's home studio high in the hills of Eagle Rock will again be a featured destination on the tour.

From the artist's web site

Steven L. Anderson was born in Ann Arbor, Michigan in 1971, and raised by a family of creative environmentalists. He achieved the rank of Eagle Scout in 1988 and the following year attended the University of Michigan with the plans of being a "renaissance man." It was here that he began to make small collages using an approach of appropriation and re-contextualization that would serve as a basis for his creative process.

A post-graduate slacker/LSD experience in the newly split Czech Republic convinced Steven to follow a path through the arts, leading him to the Art Institute of Chicago to train as a painter, printmaker and graphic designer. It was here that he met and fell in love with his wife Liz (Department of Graphic Sciences), his life-long love and inspiration. Agnes Anderson joined the family in 2007.

Steven's career as an artist has been a cycle of collaborative and individual production, focusing on the nature of power and the power of nature. In 1998 he joined Cakewalk Magazine as co-publisher; designing, editing and raising money for issues 2-6. Steven has also been a driving force in 2004's October Surprise curatorial project in Northeast Los Angeles. Other fruitful collaborations have included Fat Farmer Bob and His Colourful Crazy Beard (2008-), Fuz Fon (1999-2001) and Chicago's Free the Real World Coalition (2001). Steven has art-directed and designed for In These Times (1998-2001) and WhiteWalls (1999-2003) magazines in Chicago, and the Center for the Study of Political Graphics (2003-04) and 1105 Media inc. (2003-current) in Los Angeles, among others.

The Andersons currently reside in Northeast Los Angeles with cats Big D. and Kittenhead Jenkins.

Steven L. Anderson's web site

Recovery Discovery Tour Its Not Too Late - Save the Date November 22

2009-11-16T05:32:56Z

ARROYO ARTS COLLECTIVE RECOVERY DISCOVERY TOUR ADVANCE TICKETS STILL AVAILABLE

Recovery Discovery Tour tickets are $10 in advance and $15 on the day of the Tour. Advance tickets are still available at Galco's Soda Pop Stop, 5702 York Boulevard in Highland Park or on-line at www.arroyoartscollective.org. Hurry!

You may think, "Wow, 17 years! Hmmm, 17 years? There's always next year." Well, maybe not. You never know when there will be another chance to visit any of this years' 100 artists' homes and studios. What wonderful treasures might you miss? For example, new to the Tour this year are Margaret Alarcon, Kraig Blue, Molly Cleator, Carol Es, Matthew Freeth, Betty Phoenix Wan Hamada, David Reed James, Stephen James, Rebecca Janes, Susan Loraine Kromka, Irma LaPointe, Antionette Miller, Earl Parson, Michelle Perone, Rebecca Quesada, Darren Ragle, Gigi Scully, Richard Scully, Warner Traynham and Mark Verrillo. 2003 was the last time Steven Anderson was on the Tour. Now he's back. What's he been up to? Or you might want to see what Linda Lyke, Raoul De la Sota, Margaret Garcia, Michael Arata and J. Michael Walker, to name a few, have been up to this year.

You can walk, bike, take your car or leave the driving to us. Let the Arroyo Arts Collective plan your itinerary with one of our shuttle routes.

And have you heard about the Arroyo Bucks? What's up with that? Because this is the Recovery Discovery Tour we're offering a little financial stimulus package of our own. When you spend $100 or more on the work of any one artist your Arroyo Buck will give you a $10 discount.That's the Tour for free. What a deal!

WHO:     The Arroyo Arts Collective
WHAT:    17th Annual Recovery Discovery Tour
WHEN:    Sunday, November 22, 2009, 9:30am to 5pm
WHERE: Lummis Home, 200 E. Avenue 43, Los Angeles 90031

NELA Art Second Saturday Gallery Night, November 14

2009-11-14T05:54:19Z

Tonight, November 14, NELAart presents: SECOND SATURDAY GALLERY NIGHT

WHEN: Every Second Saturday 7:00-10:00p.m.
WHERE: Highland Park and surrounding neighborhoods.

NELAart Second Saturday Gallery Night is a free self-guided tour of the galleries, non-profits and artist run project spaces located in Northeast Los Angeles (NELA).

NELA has a tradition in the arts that dates back to the early 1900s.

The tradition continues with new spaces opening regularly. NELA is now one of L.A.'s most exciting destinations to view contemporary art.

Individual gallery hours may vary:

Avenue 50 Studios, 121 North Avenue 50

Bike Oven, 3706 North Figueroa Street

Cactus, 5434 Eagle Rock Boulevard

Cafe de Leche, 5000 York Boulevard

Drkrm, 2121 San Fernando Road

Future Studio, 5558 North Figueroa Street

hi tree, 131 North Avenue 50 (behind Avenue 50 Studio)

Jose Vera Fina Art, 2012 Colorado Boulevard

Judson Studios, 200 South Avenue 66

Kristi Engle Gallery, 5002 York Boulevard

The Land of Odd Gallery, 4690 Eagle Rock Boulevard

La Tierra de la Culebra, 240 North Avenue 57

MorYork Gallery, 4959 York Boulevard

New Puppy, 2808 Elm Street, Unit 1

New Stone Age Mosiacs, 4532 1/2 Eagle Rock Boulevard

Outpost for Contemporary Art, 1268 North Avenue 50

Sea and Space Explorations, 4755 York Boulevard

She Rides The Lion, 133 North Avenue 50 (behind Avenue 50 Studio)

Southwest Museum, 234 Museum Drive

Toros Pottery, 4962 Eagle Rock Boulevard

Two Track Art Studio, 135 North Avenue 50 (next to Avenue 50 Studio)

Verbre Studio and Gallery, 4540 Eagle Rock Boulevard

Countdown to Arroyo Arts Collective Recovery Discovery Tour November 22: Meet Artist Carol Es

2009-11-12T06:23:26Z

On Sunday, November 22, artists' homes and studios throughout the Northeast Los Angeles Communities of Highland Park, Eagle Rock, Mount Washington will open their doors during "The Recovery Discovery Tour," the Arroyo Arts Collective's 17th annual self-guided auto tour.

The Moppet Studio of Carol Es will be one of the featured destinations on the Arroyo Arts Collective Recovery Discovery Tour.

Carol Es is a visionary mixed-media fine artist and writer with curatorial experience, as well as a musician and recording artist, and a web designer skilled in PHP and MySQL databases, DHTML and Java scripting.

Carol's Blog

Es Art Website

Carol Es on LinkedIn

Google Wave - Which Blip Have I Read?

2009-11-10T09:15:47Z

As more and more people join a public wave on Google Wave, adding their comments at different spots within the wave, it might become difficult to determine which comments or "blips" you have already read, and which you haven't.

Here's how. Unread blips have a bold, vertical left border, like this:

After you click on the blip or tap your space bar, the vertical border will disappear, like this:

And yes, Wave was built so that tapping the spacebar really is the easiiest way to surf through all the blips in a wave.

California State Board of Equalization Use Tax

2009-11-08T14:49:33Z

Did anyone else in the State of California receive a letter about registering to pay use tax on out of state purchases?

The letter gave a link to the BOE web site, here's a link to the FAQ on the BOE web site:

http://www.boe.ca.gov/sutax/useTaxRegFAQ.htm

Interesting?

How To Tag Waves In Google Wave

2009-11-08T06:25:10Z

I've been waving now for almost a month. And just now, today, this morning, I learned how to TAG WAVES.

Open the wave you want to tag. Keep in mind that wave so created as a collaboration tool; so you don't need to be the person who created the wave, in order to add tags to the wave.

Look down at the bottom of the screen in the footer area. In the footer area of the wave column, you'll see a button labelled "Tag". Click the Tag button.

A small dialog box will open. Type in your tag keywords and hit enter

The keyword tags will show up the the wave column footer, and will be searchable in a wave tag search.

What is a wave tag search?

Type a search into the wave search box using this format:

with:public tag:real estate

No space between "with:" and "public"; no space between "tag:" and "real estate"; or whatever keyword you want to search on. Click the search icon at the right .

Google Wave: Step One Is Add Some Contacts

2009-11-07T08:08:46Z

If you received a Google wave invitation, and just created your account, here's the first thing to do: Add some contacts!

Look down at the lower portion of the left panel, and you'll see the Contact Box. Click on the + sign, to the right of "Manage Contacts" to add a new contact.

You will need to ask your friends and family for their googlewave addresses, the same way you have to ask people for their email addresses when you first get acquainted.

Type in the person's googlewave address, and click Submit.

Now the person shows up in your Contact List.

Click on the person's photo or avatar to bring up a dialog box. Click on "Ping" to send the person a message.

Type something in the message box and click "Done."

The ping becomes a new wave that will show up in the center column when the person goes to Google Wave. The person will not get a separate email notice, so you need to count on your friends to check their waves daily, just like you count on them to check their email messages. You could send the person an email saying "Hey I waved at you, check your waves."

The wave is private between you and that person, unless you decide to make in public. Here is how you make it public.

You can also keep the wave private, but add other participants. To add another participant, click the + button in the left column, above the wave content.

Your contact list will pop-up. Just click any name in the contact list that you want to include in the wave.

Do you ever have email conversations with groups of people? Maybe your team, office staff, and assistants? Or maybe you send emails to a group of family members, and everyone chats back and forth via group email.

If you think in terms of using Wave in those group email situations, you will have made the basic Wave Paradigm Shift.

Google Wave Reference Links

2009-11-05T05:47:32Z

In anticipation of the day when I can get my entire office staff waving, I am collecting the reference materials I will need:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p6pgxLaDdQw

http://g4tv.com/videos/41821/Google-Wave-Makes-Waves/

http://completewaveguide.com/guide/The_Complete_Guide_to_Google_Wave

The only hesitation on my part right now: DoctorWave has not yet fixed the image insertion bug in Internet Explorer. The answer is, of course, using Firefox. But I'd really rather introduce Wave without having to open up the "better browser" issue. :-)

Twitter Lists

2009-11-03T07:35:29Z

I agree that Twitter Lists are a very Good Thing.

But it seems to me that one thing is missing: The function to search for existing public lists. A list search tool could fit right up there in the nav bar beside "find people". Or it could be part of the right side column of the home page.

Anyone else think this is a good idea? Have you found any tricks to search for existing lists?

Meanwhile, there is:

Listorious

TweetMeme Twitter Lists

Or, from Mashable:

When you visit the profile page of anyone on Twitter, you'll be able to see any of the public lists they have created, or any of the lists they follow. (NOTE: you may have to click "View all" to see every list if the person has created or is following a large number of lists.) You can also see any of the lists that person appears on. Checking out the lists that your friends have created, follow, or appear on, is a great way to locate lists you might be interested in.

Avenue 50 Studio Art Opening November 14: 365 and Counting

2009-11-02T07:46:15Z

365 . . . and Counting

"Cracks In The System" - Chukes

Opening Night Reception: Saturday, November 14, 2009 from 7-10 pm
Alex Alferov, Yrneh Brown, Nancy Buchanan, Chukes, Carol Colin, Kathi Flood, Sophia Gasparian, Graham Goddard, Miguel Angel Murillo, CCH Pounder, Suzanne Siegel, Joseph Sims, Charles Swenson, Richard Turner, Mark Vallen, Ted Waltz

The year 2008 was historic in the fact that a Black American became our 44th President. We have asked our artists to demonstrate how they perceive the first year, the honeymoon period, of the Barack Obama Administration. He has taken office facing high expectations and immense challenges. Some questions we ask our "365" artists to consider are: Does race affect political choices, or is it more a class question? Have opportunities for minorities advanced? What about health care, the turmoil in the Middle East, the economy? Obama has declared a new spirit of engagement with the UN to confront global challenges, from climate change to nuclear proliferation. But is his foreign policy decisions an extension of Bush administration policy known for its political and international aggression? Our "365" artists tackle these challenging questions with works that are aesthetically profound and timely.

November 14 through December 6, 2009

And Our Annex Presents:

The Writing On The Wall
A typo-active installation by Kay Brown, Poli Marichal and Marianne Sadowski

"A baited banker thus desponds,
From his own hand foresees his fall,
They have his soul, who have his bonds;
'Tis like the writing on the wall."

Jonathan Swift (Anglo-Irish satirist, essayist, poet 1667-1745)

Taking the idiom, "the writing on the wall" (a portent of doom or misfortune, first used in the Book of Daniel), as a point of departure, artists Kay Brown, Poli Marichal and Marianne Sadowski have printed a series of flyers and other works on paper using phrases, slogans and idiomatic plays on words that address current issues concerning politics, ecology and ethics in a visually suggestive manner.

The artists intention is to create a space for thought and meditation in order to promote a call for pro-active action and grass roots militancy and a return to common sense and self-sufficiency.

Brown, Marichal and Sadowski were inspired by the oeuvre of artists such as Barbara Kruger, Ellen Rothenberg and Jenny Holzer, among others, who use type to inform, provoke, agitate and confront the viewer.

The works were printed using a Laguna etching press owned by Sadowski and a Reprex letterpress proof printer owned by Marichal. Many of the phrases were created using vintage wood letterpress fonts and/or stamped fonts owned by Brown over monotyped abstract backgrounds.

November 14 through December 6, 2009

Avenue 50 Studio, Inc., a 501(c)(3) non-profit art gallery 131 North Avenue 50 Highland Park, CA 90042 (323-258-1435)

Highland Park Heritage Trust Meeting Monday November 9

2009-10-31T08:14:31Z

Highland Park Heritage Trust
Agenda for Monday, November 9, 2009, 6:30 to 8:30 PM
Ramona Hall, 4850 N. Figueroa Street
Los Angeles, CA 90065

6:30PM Refreshments and gathering
6:45PM Announcements
7:00PM Program

How to Avoid Having to Trash Your Stuck, Leaky Windows
Presentation by Ed and Batya Sanchez of Window Restoration and Repair, Inc.
The Highland Park Heritage Trust is sponsoring a talk by Ed Sanchez of Window Restoration and Repair. This event is a must for anyone considering the replacement of windows, especially on older homes with original wood or steel windows. Mr. Sanchez will talk about how to successfully preserve and repair wood and steel windows. The approach is proven to help retain the value of a house, maintain its architectural features, and save money.

7:30PM Annual Election Meeting
Election committee will present a suggested list of Board of Directors for the 2010 Fiscal Year. Nominations are welcome from the floor. All members in good standing are eligible to run for the Board of Directors and to vote.

8:30PM Adjournment

About the speaker: Ed Sanchez originally began working in the window replacement business in 1983, and opened his own window replacement company in 1986. He lost faith in replacement windows because they didn't last as long as the originals and he decided to follow his inclination toward historic preservation. Ed and his long time friend, Scott Goldfarb, started the new company Window Restoration and Repair in 2000. The unusual offering of this company has led to articles in many local papers such as the Glendale News Press, Pasadena Star News, Larchmont Chronicle, and Press Telegram and recommendations in the Daily Variety and Cottages and Bungalows. Many of the articles can be read in their entirety in the press section of the company website: www.window-restoration-repair.com Window Restoration and Repair has done restoration work for the Bembridge House, the Hotel Laguna, the historic building that houses the Cheesecake Factory in Pasadena on Fair Oaks and Colorado, the original country club for the Country Club Park district in Los Angeles and many other designated historic buildings.

Create a specially tailored blog post to share links to older blogs

2009-10-29T10:41:53Z

Like most agents who have been in the business any length of time, in the course of our business, we often get inquiries from old friends and previous clients needing help or advice about a particular real estate issue.

And like most agents, we have compiled a pretty impressive collection of links to help answers the most frequently answered questions. These days the collection very likely includes articles I have written myself for one of our blogs.

If an old friend or previous client asks some of those frequently asked questions, we can quickly respond with an email containing the appropriate links.

How about this idea?

Instead of sending an email containing all those links, create a blog post containing the same links. A blog post specifically tailored for that old friend or previous client in response to his or her questions.

A blog post created to answer a previous clients about Los Angeles City Rent Control, for example, might look like this: Los Angeles Rent Control

Now I can simply email the previous client just one link, the link to that blog post. Or, even better, to borrow Bob Stewart's idea: I can post a link to the blog post on the person's FaceBook wall!

What are the advantages?

It is easy for the client to bookmark the page for reference, and it is easy for the client to share it with others, or to add it to any of the social bookmarking services.

It encourages the client to further explore our blog.

Other folks with similar questions might find it, and might even contact us to discuss some issues further. (Double ditto that for the FaceBook wall idea.)

It makes the information easier for me to find again.

A blog post full of links for new clients moving to the Highland Park area might look like this: Welcome to Highland Park, Northeast Los Angeles, California, USA

Welcome to Highland Park, Northeast Los Angeles, California, USA

2009-10-29T10:29:10Z

Hi Amy and Tom,

We are thrilled to introduce to our community, and we are looking forward to spending some time with you next month.

Here are just a few links to help you find your way around Highland Park, and learn about its history and character. (The operative idea here is "just a few".)

I've complied this list of links into a blog post so that you'll be able to bookmark it and find it again easily; And who knows? Maybe someone else who is looking for information about Highland Park will find also it useful.

A few of our neighborhoods:

A few points of interest:

A few of our Organizations:

Arroyo Arts Collective

Highland Park Heritage Trust

Historic Highland Park Neighborhood Council

A few of our Local Bloggers:

waltarrrrr: 90042

El Chavo: CHANFLES

Montecito Heights: Above the City

L A Eastside

The Eastsider L A

NELALive

A few of our Events

Second Saturday Art Gallery Night

Lummis Day - The Festival of Northeast Los Angeles

Lummis Day Videos

This is just a tiny taste of what life is like in the community of Highland Park in Northeast Los Angeles.

Learn a little more about our company, and the process of buying a home here.

Los Angeles Rent Control

2009-10-29T08:40:23Z

Multi-unit properties (2 units and up) in the City of Los Angeles, built before October 1978, are covered by the City of Los Angeles Rent Stabilization Ordinance.

Here are links to information you need to know when buying a property covered by the RSO:

Entire City of Los Angeles Landlord-Tenant Handbook

Evicting a tenant for occupancy by property owner

Tenant relocation assistance

August 2009 UPDATE; Changes for "Mom-and-Pop" Units

Declaration of Intent form

The Declaration of Intent form must be filed with the City of Los Angeles, approved by the City, AND returned to the property owner BEFORE the 60 Day Notice of Termination can be served upon the tenant.

Impact of foreclosure in a property covered by L A City Rent Control

Arroyo Arts Collective Recovery Discovery Tour November 22

2009-10-28T06:49:35Z

ARROYO ARTS COLLECTIVE RECOVERY DISCOVERY TOUR

SAVE THE DATE: NOVEMBER 22, 2009!!

On Sunday, November 22, artists' homes and studios will open to share the wealth during "The Recovery Discovery Tour," the Arroyo Arts Collective's 17th annual self-guided auto tour in Highland Park, Eagle Rock and Mount Washington.

Who: The Arroyo Arts Collective
What: "The Recovery Discovery Tour," a self-guided auto tour of artists' homes and studios in Highland Park, Eagle Rock, Mount Washington
Where: Starts at the Lummis Home, 200 E. Avenue 43, Highland Park, CA 90031
When: November 22, 9:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
Special Preview Party: Saturday, November 14, 7 to 9 pm Future Studio, 5558 North Figueroa Street, Highland Park. Samples of tour artists' work will be on display

This year Tourgoers will also receive a $10 Arroyo Bucks coupon good toward a single purchase of art worth $100 (or more) on the day of the Tour. To plan your trip to the Tour via public transportation please visit the Metro trip planner at www.metro.net or call 1-(800) COMMUTE. Tour-goers who arrive by Metro will receive 2 coupons (worth $20) by showing their Metro ticket, day pass, or monthly pass.

Tickets: $10 (plus $1 handling) advance on-line purchase. Tickets will be held at will call at the Lummis Home on the day of the tour. Deadline for advance purchase is 10pm Friday, November 20, 2009. Tickets can also be purchased for $15 at the Lummis Home on the day of the Tour.

Watch a Video About The Tour IF YOU LOVE THE ARTS, WATCH THIS VIDEO! DON'T MISS IT!!

Link to Press Release

Index of Member Sites

Buy Tickets

Don't Forget - HAUNTED HARVEST FESTIVAL TODAY AT FARMER'S MARKET

2009-10-27T09:06:57Z

WE TELL STORIES 4th annual HAUNTED HARVEST FESTIVAL
AT HIGHLAND PARK's OLD LA FARMERS MARKET

Featuring performances by the Grammy Award winning Mariachi Divas, We Tell Stories children's theatre company, Taiko drummers, Folklorico dancers and more.

On Tuesday, October 27, 2009 We Tell Stories, LA's multi-ethnic children's storytelling theatre company-presents The 4th Annual Haunted Harvest Storytelling Festival at the Old LA Farmer's Market at Ave. 58 and N. Figueroa Blvd. in Highland Park, California (LA 90042). Hours are from 3:00 pm - 8:00 pm. Admission is Free.

We Tell Stories, performing since 1981, is known for bringing myths, legends, and literature from all Cultures and times to extemporaneous life. The Haunted Harvest storytelling whirlwind includes Aesop's fables and folktales from Japanese, Mexican and American Indian traditions. From their seats or on the stage in costume, audience members are an integral part of the performance.

This years guest stars are the Mariachi Divas, the multi-cultural all-female Latin band and winners of a 2008 Grammy award for their CD, "Canciones De Amor." In addition, Japanese Festival Sounds will feature the ancient art form of Taiko (Japanese drumming). Young performers from Ballet Folklorico Maria Felix from Ramona Hall Community Center in Highland Park preserve Mexican culture through dance. The troupe has performed at the LA County Fair and downtown LA's Olvera Street.

The ever popular Costume Contest is open to all ages. Participants are also encouraged to enter their already-carved pumpkins in the Carved Pumpkin Contest. The Festival's additional attractions include face painting, an arts and crafts table, fresh Farmer's Market produce and prepared foods, trick-or-treating and more.

The 4th Annual Haunted Harvest Storytelling Festival is located at the Old L.A. Farmer's Market at Avenue 58 and N. Figueroa Blvd, Highland Park, CA 90042, adjacent to the Metro Highland Park Station, accessible from the Gold Line. To plan the route that's best for you, use the Metro Trip Planner at www.metro.net or call 1.800. commute. Metro riders can show their metro ticket stubs and get a free One-Dollar Farmer's Market Bill to spend at the farmers market. To park enter the lot at Ave. 57. Street parking is also available.

For more information, call We Tell Stories at 323-256-2336 or visit http://www.wetellstories.org.

Bryce Mohan 1975 - 2009

2009-10-26T05:59:26Z

Members who were active in the Photography Group back in the early days will remember Bryce.

Bryce also created the Photography, Advanced group here on AR.

Bryce's wife Kirsten posted on his facebook profile yesterday that Bryce had passed away. He was only 34.

"On October 25th, Bryce lost his on-going battle with depression. While he seemed fine and much improved lately, we will never know what ultimately caused us to lose such an amazing human being, husband, and father so early in life.

There will be a memorial this week and we will update you all from here. It will likely take place at SPACEbin Greenwood towards the end of the week, but we"ll keep this up to date.

To those of you who've asked what you can do - there will be a bryce mohan memorial fund set up tomorrow at Bank of America. Please donate to this in lieu of flowers to help his stuggling family maintain his legacy and bid him the farewell such a beautiful being deserved.

love to you all...

kirsten"

Bryce was an incredibily talented photographer, and an endearing personality. I am beyond stunned.

Halloween Mourning Tours at Heritage Square

2009-10-24T05:45:26Z

Saturday and Sunday, October 24 and 25
12 to 4 pm.

Enjoy creepy happenings at Heritage Square Museum at its Sixth Annual Halloween and Mourning Tours©. Learn all about death and mourning etiquette during the Victorian era and participate in a funeral inside one of our historic homes. Find out about Victorian Spiritualism - what it was, who followed it and why, and perhaps have your future foretold by a medium. See how other cultures celebrate and remember their loved ones as we look at the Mexican traditions and customs of El Dia de los Muertos, or Day of the Dead. Finally, discover how even the intricate details of clothing played a role how Victorians showed their loss of a loved one.

On Sunday, (Oct 25), the Halloween and Mourning Tours program is more family friendly. Children ages 2 to 12 may come play period games, make 19^th century harvest crafts, choose a pumpkin from the pumpkin patch (while supplies last), and listen to spooky stories in the Ford House by the San Gabriel Valley Storytellers.

Admission prices are $10.00 for Adults, $8.00 for Seniors over 65,
$5.00 for Children 6 to 12 years, and Free for Children under 6 and Museum members

Halloween and Mourning Movie Night
Saturday, October 24, gates open at 7 pm.

Guests are invited to bring a picnic, blankets, chairs, and candy while enjoying classic scary movies at Heritage Square... if they dare. The scheduled features include "The Unknown", a silent horror movie made in 1927 starring Lon Chaney and Joan Crawford, and "Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein" a comedy directed by Charles Barton, starring Lon Chaney Jr., Bela Lugosi and Glenn Strange. Guests are encouraged to wear warm clothing. Beverages and popcorn will be available for purchase.

Admission to the Third Annual Halloween and Mourning Movie Night © is
Free for Museum members and $10.00 for the general public.
The gates will open at 7 p.m. for picnics with the show starting at dusk.

Google Wave: How to create a new wave and make it public

2009-10-23T08:16:19Z

Google Wave: How to create a new wave and make it public.

Creating a new wave and making it public is easy, but not exactly intuitive at least for the first few days.

To start a new wave, click "New Wave".

A message box will appear in the right Panel. Type the name for your new wave in the message box. (You can also type in some content, but so far, for no particular reason, I have been leaving the title as its own message box). Click Done.

In order to make the wave public, you will need to add either easypublic@appspot.com or public@a.gwave.com to your contacts.

So, first look down to the lower portion of the left panel, and click the + button beside Manage Contacts.

Add easypublic@appspot.com, click submit. The advantage with easypublic seems to be that it will remain in your contact list. public@a.gwave seems to drift in and out (one of those early beta bugs).

Now look back at your new wave in the right panel. Click the + button to add participants. Click on easypublic@appspot.com; and that's it, your wave is now public and can be viewed by anyone, anywhere with a google wave account.

Google Wave Collaboration

2009-10-20T06:44:41Z

Here's a link to an post on Integral Web Solutions

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that does a good job of explaining what can be done with Wave.

Then, on the other hand, if you'd prefer a video demonstration, there is this:

(Warning: Keep in mind this Pulp Fiction satirical video features "adult language" and is not exactly "safe for work" (SFW) )

Google Wave Update October 19

2009-10-19T08:27:19Z

I received a Google Wave Invitation on October 9, 2009. Just 10 days ago.

I'm really liking Google Wave. But in order to put Wave to use in my business, I need invitations that I can share with my associates, office staff, and closest confidants.

So, I check Wave each morning for an invitation wave.. but so far I am still unable to invite others. Google says they are scrambling to increase capacity.

So, I continue to eagerly monitor news of Google Wave developments on Twitter.

In order to facilitate the "monitoring", I built a simple little web site, which is nothing more than an aggregation of twitter feeds from a few core members of the Google Wave crew.

Papel Picado Workshop At the Avenue 50 Studio

2009-10-16T08:25:46Z

Papel Picado Workshop
With papal picador artist Margaret Sosa

Papel picado (perforated paper) is the Mexican art of paper cutting. Using sharp chisels and a hammer, elaborate designs are cut into a stack of tissue paper creating decorative banners, which typically are used to decorate for festive events such as weddings and quinceañeras, and on altars. Papel picado can also be made by folding the tissue paper and cutting with small, sharp scissors.

3 sessions Thursdays October 15, October 22, and October 29; 7 p.m. to 9 p.m.

Workshop overview: In this 3 day workshop, you will learn a brief history of papel picado; how to cut traditional papel picado on tissue paper using only scissors; how to design and draw a pattern which you will then cut using a more advanced technique which employs hammer, chisels and craft knife.

Session one: Brief history of papel picado. Examples of paper cutting in other countries. Create papel picado using scissors. Begin to draw your own pattern in preparation for chisel work.

Session two: Complete drawings. We will be using hammer, chisels, and craft knives to cut your original design or use provided pre-drawn patterns.

Session three: complete projects or begin new ones. How to string the paper. Explore other types of paper and other uses for paper cutting such as making cards and flags.

Margaret Sosa has been creating papel picado for over 25 years. She learned the art form from master paper cutter Olga Ponce Furginson in Los Angeles. Margaret has received countless commissions for her work and her work has been exhibited in galleries and museums as far away as Glasgow, Scotland. She has taught papel picado to children and adults at various schools, museums, and galleries. Margaret has a BA degree in studio art from Cal State L.A. She lives in the Mt. Washington area of Los Angeles.

$60 for all three sessions (checks payable to "Avenue 50 Studio")

All supplies will be provided.

(Please mail your check in early as there are only 15 spaces available.)

Avenue 50 Studio, Inc.
a 501(c)(3) non-profit art gallery
131 North Avenue 50
Highland Park, CA 90042
323-258-1435
http://www.avenue50studio.com