Thursday, February 18
Jocelyn Foye: Smashdown @ Laguna Art Museum. OC Roller Girls vs. Long Beach Roller Derby in a performance/action by Jocelyn Foye. I get to shoot this event tonight, so keep an eye out for photos. 7pm. RSVP to intern@lagunaartmuseum.com.
Ground Control @ UCI Art Gallery. MFA show from 2nd year students, including the excellent Adrian de la Pena. Reception is 6-9pm.
Friday, February 19
Ruby Ray: First Wave Punk Photography @ La Luz de Jesus. Lots of West Coast punk action here, for the Search & Destroy set. Reception is 8-11pm.
Saturday, February 20
Nicola Atkinson Does Fly @ Muncipal Art Gallery. Join Nicola in the Nadfly Fika Shop for cake and coffee. 2-4pm, $3.
Marketa Lazarova @ Cinefamily at the Silent Movie Theatre. “Repeatedly voted the best Czech film ever made.” A Dark Ages, clan vs. clan epic, filmed over three years in a forest by a near starving cast and crew. This will satisfy your secretly held fascination with the Society for Creative Anachronism. Excerpt at top. 7pm, $10.
Sunday, February 21
Oscene 2010 @ Laguna Art Museum. There’s a ticked gala the night before, but Sunday is the first day of action for this show. Lots of my Angels Gate and Long Beach people are represented here, artists to note include: Sierra Brown, Kendell Carter, Cheryl Ekstrom, Julie Easton, McLean Fahnestock, Jeff and Gordon, Jocelyn Foye, Gina Genis, Darren Hostetter, Virginia Katz and Fran Siegel. If it was just those folks it would be an important show, but there’s about 3 dozen more.
Michael Sheehan: CAIRN 2/10 @ Municipal Art Gallery. Part of Actions, Conversations and Intersections, you can help Michael Sheehan raise a 10 foot structure made of 520 wooden blocks with text. 1-4 pm.
Maslow’s Needs/My Needs @ Sea and Space Explorations. Workshop to make your own riff on Maslow’s hierarchy of needs. Need I say more? 1-4pm.
RITUAL/MUSIC: Part 1 @ Sea and Space Explorations. performances by Big Whup, Emily Lacy and Actaully Huizenga. Emily Lacy just finished an amazing residency at LACMA. 8pm – 2am.
