By Program Administrator, Dana H, on August 18th, 2010
WHEN:
Saturday, September 25th from 9AM-5PM
WHERE:
the International Printing Museum
315 Torrance Blvd. Carson, CA
WHY:
The fair supports the non-profit International Printing Museum and its educational mission and is suitable for all ages. Students, Educators, families, enthusiasts, collectors, typophiles, bibliophiles, graphic designers, artists and professionals will enjoy the varied demonstrations and array of vendors. Children are welcome but need to be accompanied by an adult at all times. Even if you’ve been to the Museum before, you’ll see new vendors and materials at the Fair.
For more details visit: www.printmuseum.org/printersfair
RSVP on Facebook by clicking here!
AGCC will be showcasing printed works and printmaking opportunities from our own Print Studio. Eva Vacca, our Master Printer, will be available throughout the day to answer any questions you may have!
Printers and other artists are welcome to rent our Print Studio to realize print-based works and other projects. . . . → Read More: AGCC at the 2010 Los Angeles Printer’s Fair
By Getty MUI Intern Bianca Carneiro, on August 17th, 2010
Imagine a group of 5 friends with skills ranging from web design to script writing with a passion for politics and art. What you get is the San Pedro-based artist collective Finishing School, a hard working group of guys we’re proud to call studio artists. After ten years, a few member changes and over thirty projects later, the FS crew is more active and more in demand that ever before. “We’ve actually had to say no to shows [in the past year],” says long time member Ed Giardina. “We’re exhausted.” And their studio at Angels Gate offers them the perfect getaway.
Tucked away in a worn 70+-year-old military outpost with an unobstructed ocean view, their secret hideout/art studio at Angels Gate Cultural Center is the marker for only the highest standards of professionalism. Their secret enclave in . . . → Read More: Studio Artist Interview Series: Finishing School
By Getty MUI Intern Bianca Carneiro, on August 13th, 2010
Celebrating its nearly 20 years in existence, Angels Gate sailed into the new millennium with full speed. New Executive Director Nathan Burnbaum and emerging Visual Arts Director Marshall Astor helped to usher in a new era of recognition with a host of popular exhibits throughout the decade.
Fresh off the development of the new Artists-In-Classrooms program in 1999, community involvement at The Center was at an all time high, and when it came time to petition the City of Los Angeles for a new 30-year lease, friends and neighbors throughout the Harbor area were more than eager to join the fight.
Successful growth at The Center for the first half of the decade caught the attention of prominent press organizations and, along with increased awareness and popularity of the Center’s programs, helped AGCC to receive a great number of prestigious grants with . . . → Read More: AGCC Press: The New Millenium
By Getty MUI Intern Bianca Carneiro, on August 12th, 2010
The 1990s was a pivotal decade for Angels Gate. Entering into its 10th year of existence, The Center sought to stake a claim not only among prominent Harbor Galleries, but throughout Los Angeles County. The Center fought to prove to its community members that the accomplishments of the previous decade were indicative of the longevity of the organization.
The Center received a great deal of praise for its Gallery shows, which attracted talent from all over the world.
There was also extensive coverage of our continued partnership with local Native American groups and the use of our property to host their annual events.
And although Angels Gate’s programs were a success with community members, their place at the Upper Reservation of Fort MacArthur was still uncertain. In 1998 there were several threats from the City of Los Angeles Recreation and Parks . . . → Read More: AGCC Press: The 1990s
By Marshall Astor, Visual Arts Director, on August 12th, 2010
Angels Gate Cultural Center is looking for more docents and attendants on weekends and during special events and programs. Position entails answering phones, providing general information about exhibitions and programs, tallying gallery/program attendance and generally making visitors feel at home and well informed when they visit AGCC. Candidates must be friendly and have good communication skills. Hours are primarily weekends (9:30-5:30) and evenings during special events. Must have own transportation. $10 per hour, on an as-needed basis.
Interested? Contact Visual Arts Director Marshall Astor or Program Administrator Dana Joy Helwick at 310-519-0936 or marshall@angelsgateart.org & . . . → Read More: Angels Gate Cultural Center is Seeking Gallery Docents/Attendants
By Getty MUI Intern Bianca Carneiro, on August 9th, 2010
You may have noticed while perusing our recent press uploads to our Flickr page that some articles may have no title, newspaper or exact date. I’ll be first to admit that our press archives are far from perfect and I’m putting a call out for help from ya’ll, our friends, fans and casual readers. If you can help place the date of an article or the specific newspaper it was printed in (or you can speak Korean), please comment on the images in our Flickr account. Your assistance is crucial to the past, present and future of AGCC’s archive system.
Here’s a couple (of many!) that could use your help:
Needs a date:
Title? . . . → Read More: Call to readers: Help with the AGCC press archives!
By Getty MUI Intern Bianca Carneiro, on August 6th, 2010
While still tackling the impressive task that is uploading over 300 press files, I ran across a few stories from the 1980s that deserve special broadcast. Enjoy!
“Cultural center opens,” News Pilot, 06/07/82Funsies! AGCC Luau party!
“Drama unfolds at S.P. cultural center,” News Pilot, 08/07/85Look at the colors on our main building! Definitely not historically accurate, but much appreciated. Also notice the ladder, which has since been removed, as well as the number “821″ under the bottom left window. While we still do maintain a numerical naming system for our buildings, we have since switched to a letter based system (This is now building A). And a really great logo, too!
“Bronze sculpture taken from San Pedro center,” News Pilot, 1985One of the greatest unsolved mysteries in the history of AGCC: how did they . . . → Read More: AGCC Press: Favorites from the ’80s
By Getty MUI Intern Bianca Carneiro, on August 5th, 2010
The close of the 1970s saw America’s political consciousness dramatically shifting. Public sentiment over the armed forces was still negative after involvement in Vietnam, the state of the economy was dismal (anyone other than Marshall remember the meat drought of the 1970s?), and unemployment was at an all time high. No greater place was in need of positive change than San Pedro, a harbor city in Los Angeles that was home not only to some of the most economically prosperous industries, but to several prominent naval and military outposts. One of those was Fort MacArthur, a military training and housing base building during the Inter-war period between World Wars I and II, and whose highly contended fate as surplus military land would be press fodder for the next 30 years.
1981: then California Governor Jerry Brown, in an attempt . . . → Read More: AGCC Press: The 1980s
By Getty MUI Intern Bianca Carneiro, on August 5th, 2010
As the summer intern, I’ve taken on the project of sorting through all our old press clippings in our archives and transforming them into digital form. Over the next few days, you’ll see over 300 articles added to our Flickr page and a series of blogs showcasing articles from each decade as well as some fun irrelevant ones I ran across along the way.
Enjoy and don’t forget to . . . → Read More: AGCC Press Archives
By Program Administrator, Dana H, on August 3rd, 2010
Last week, Angels Gate Cultural Center hosted the Virginia Avenue
Project’s theater workshop series for The Disobedient Sisters. Twelve adult actors and twelve Virginia Avenue Project Kids used Angels Gate Cultural Center’s facilities to turn an African Fable into a live play production. The story was of two sisters who were separated as children, due to disobeying their parents, but later reunited under very different
circumstances. For five days the Virginia Avenue Project actors and kids split up into four different groups to explore the story and characters through improvisation, theater exercises, music, and movement. On the last day, these four groups gave a short presentation of their creative efforts from the week. The group presentations varied from a multi-genre improv piece to a rhythmic fully choreographed dance piece. At the end of each piece, the Virginia Avenue Project adults and kids cheered . . . → Read More: The Virigina Avenue Project at Angels Gate Cultural Center
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