Paper Doll Press Stephanie Mercado Fine Arts

"Land of Plenty" Recent Works, January 28 - March 10 @ SPACE

2012-01-28T23:52:00.000-08:00

"Land of Plenty" featured in Pasadena NOW

2012-01-15T13:27:00.000-08:00

http://pasadenanow.com/main/space-art-gallery-to-exhibit-land-of-plenty

Published: Saturday, January 14, 2012 | 1:18 PM

SPACE presents Land of Plenty, a new series of masterfully executed works by Los Angeles artist Stephanie Mercado. The exhibition includes luminous small gouache paintings on paper, intricately engraved dry point prints, and sensuous oil paintings. The work draws on Mercado’s love of the Romantic aesthetic of Eighteenth century imagery, and combines historical depictions of opulence with contemporary issues concerning displays of wealth and the pursuit of the American Dream. The works’ beauty and their masterful execution wittingly parallel the social injustices of today and those of centuries ago.

Mine is Forever, is one of two large oil paintings in the show, and a stunning homage to Elizabeth Vigee Lebrun’s 1779 portrait of Marie Antoinette. The monarch’s rosy, well-fed complexion glows as much as her blue satin dress. She stands with a golden ship in her elaborate headdress, and a bright red drawstring purse cleverly sporting the initials LXVI a-la Louis Vuitton. The pink rose in the queen’s hand in the original painting was replaced by a tiny golden house, and on the bush remains a single drooping specimen, foreshadowing her demise. The tree in the background has also been stripped of most of its foliage, and a little path leads beyond the horizon, further accentuating the bleak setting.

In one of the small gouaches on paper, Mercado has painted a map of the Americas a glowing gold, reminiscent of illuminated manuscripts. Spectral forms of conquistadors and their ghost ship float in the ocean waters all around. Did they lose their lives trying to reach the golden shores of the promised land, or – like King Midas- meet their doom wishing to have it all?

The variety of work demonstrates the range of Mercado’s artistic talents – both technical and conceptual. The humor and playfulness, which appear throughout her work, don’t dilute – but rather underscore the gravity of the issues she tackles. The social and economic inequities that span centuries, if not millennia; the greed and the pursuit of material goals and the price some of us are willing to pay for their attainment – all resonate with us particularly loudly today. And we are reminded that Art plays a pivotal role in bringing awareness to these issues, as well as rallying us to combat them.

The opening reception will be on January 28, 2012 from 6:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. The gallery is located at 1506 Mission Street, South Pasadena. For more information visit, www.spaceartscenter.com or call (626) 441-4788.

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#Draw365 project

2012-01-09T18:33:00.001-08:00

One drawing every day...

Upcoming and Ongoing exhibitions

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Paper Heart, 2012, oil and gold leaf on panel, 7 x10"

"De La Mano", Bakersfield Museum of Art : http://bmoa.org/delamano/ December 08, 2011 - March 18, 2012

"Land of Plenty", SPACE http://www.spaceartscenter.com/Landing_Page.html opens January 28

"Hearts and Flowers", The Folk Tree: http://www.folktree.com/hearts12press.html January 21 - February 18, 2012

"Hearts" Avenue 50 Studio: http://www.avenue50studio.com/index.shtml February 11 - March 3, 2012

New Prints ...

2011-12-26T18:48:00.000-08:00

Open Studio Fundraiser

2011-10-29T00:00:00.000-07:00

Suicide Cut "The Dreamer", 3 color linocut

2011-10-28T01:44:00.000-07:00

The Dreamer

linocut

6 x 6"

A suicide cut (also known as a reduction print) is a process in which all colors are printed from the same block. For each color pass the material is removed from the block. Each color is printed on top of the previous one. One must print the entire edition first, because the printable area of the single block is reduced with each pass. Once the block has been carved there is no going back, so accuracy is key.
For example, the first color printed in "The Dreamer" is the lightest color, or the shape of her face.
The second color is a royal blue. The third and final color is printed in black.

Arroyo Arts Collective Discovery Tour, November 20, 2011

2011-10-24T10:24:00.000-07:00

Open Studio, Fundraiser and Arroyo Arts Collective Tour

2011-10-13T01:05:00.000-07:00

Colonialism, The Collective Unconscious at William Grant Still Arts Center

2011-10-08T09:20:00.000-07:00

Colonialism: The Collective Unconscious

PRESS RELEASE

Media Contact: AMI MOTEVALLI, Director of William Grant Still Arts Center

Tel: (323) 734.1165 Email: ami.motevalli@lacity.org

THE WILLIAM GRANT STILL ARTS CENTER

A City of Los Angeles Department of Cultural Affairs Facility

2520 West View Street, Los Angeles, CA 90016

FALL ART EXHIBITION:

Colonialism: The Collective Unconscious

Curated by LILI BERNARD

LOS ANGELES, CA - Opening on Columbus Day weekend, this dynamic group show of fifteen emerging, established and legendary Los Angeles-based artists explores the impact of colonialism from Europe to Africa, Asia and the Americas.

SELECTED ARTISTS
BARBARA CARRASCO DORIT CYPIS HARRY GAMBOA JR. JOHN OUTTERBRIDGE LAVIALLE CAMPBELL LILI BERNARD MARK BROYARD RAKSHA PAREKH	RAUL PAULINO BALTAZAR ROGER GUENVEUR SMITH (live performance) STEPHANIE MERCADO STEVEN J. BROOKS WILLIE MIDDLEBROOK XILOMEN RIOS ZEAL HARRIS

Show Dates: October 8 - November 19, 2011

Gallery Hours: Tue - Sat, 12:00 pm - 5:00 pm

Location: THE WILLIAM GRANT STILL ARTS CENTER

2520 West View Street, Los Angeles, CA 90016 (near Adams & LaBrea)

Tel: (323) 734-1165 Email: ami.motevalli@lacity.org

Still frame from HARRY GAMBOA JR.'s video art, "Fire Ants for Nothing," text and performance by RUBEN GUEVARA

OPENING RECEPTION: Free Admission

Saturday, October 8, 2011

3:00 p.m. – 6:00 p.m.

OPENING RECEPTION features live performance at 4:00 pm by award-winning and critically acclaimed actor/writer/director ROGER GUENVEUR SMITH (left), performing “Christopher Columbus 1992,” and live music by jazz musician MARCUS MILLER (right) and his FREEDOM JAZZ MOVEMENT, including jazz musicians KAMASI WASHINGTON on Sax and LEON MOBLEY on percussion.

ARTISTS & CURATOR PANEL DISCUSSION: Free Admission

Saturday, October 22, 2011

2:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m.

Scroll down for artists' images.

EXHIBIT DISCRIPTION - The exhibit includes Asco co-founder HARRY GAMBOA JR.'s avant garde video “Fire Ants for Nothing,” where a man (text and performance by RUBEN GUEVARA) tries without success to affirm that he is not an ant, before extinguishing himself.

Chicana artist BARBARA CARRASCO offers her comic strip interpretation of colonialism via ”Undiscover 500 Years (Columbus 1492-1992),” while 3D glasses are available to view the sarcastic cartoonish commentary of half Native American/half African-American artist STEVEN J. BROOKS on the conqueror’s coiffeur via the artist's Conkaline’s Glam-O-Rama. Contrastingly, the African American collective psyche opposed to assimilation as expressed through natural hair styles is vividly explored in the sculpture, "Throne," by LAVIALLE CAMPBELL, the great-granddaughter of a slave who came to the New World from Africa through the Middle Passage. WILLIE MIDDLEBROOK reveals the impact of colonialism on his slave ancestors through his digital photographic collages.

New Orleans native MARK BROYARD takes us back to Katrina in his assemblage series which he composed of objects found in the wake of the hurricane, while JOHN OUTTERBRIDGE ink drawings of the Watts Towers evoke memory of when the City of Los Angeles attempted to demolish the vernacular assemblage architecture built by Italian immigrant Simon Rodia.

Tel Aviv-born DORIT CYPIS uncovers a “self-knowledge that better recognizes otherness within” through a very personal conceptualization of colonialism in her native Palestine, while XILOMEN RIOS explores her Jewish-Latino identity through collage.

Zimbabwe native RAKSHA PAREKH uses sugar and cotton to conceptualize the historical impact of those trade industries upon her native Africa and her East Indian ancestors, while Cuban native LILI BERNARD flips Eugene Delacroix’s Liberty Leading the People painting to tell the true story of a Cuban slave revolt lead by the African slave woman, Carlota, of the Triumvirato sugar plantation. ZEAL HARRIS tells the story of the Congolese woman, Kimpa Vita, who lead a peaceful rebellion on the continent of Africa, when she attempted to Africanize and reform Catholicism, around 1704 AD.

Finally, Chicano artist RAUL PAULINO BALTAZAR offers a photographic contemporary reenactment of the Mexican Revolution while first-generation American-born-Mexican artist STEPHANIE MERCADO uses maps, real-estate, ships and classical European high-fashion to explore the affects of colonialism from a historical perspective.

SELECTED ARTISTS: To visit the artists' work online, please click on their images below.


BARBARA CARRASCO	DORIT CYPIS	HARRY GAMBOA JR.

JOHN OUTTERBRIDGE	LAVIALLE CAMPBELL	LILI BERNARD

MARK BROYARD	RAKSHA PAREKH	RAUL PAULINO BALTAZAR

ROGER GUENVEUR SMITH	STEPHANIE MERCADO	STEVEN J. BROOKS

WILLIE MIDDLEBROOK	XILOMEN RIOS	ZEAL HARRIS

JAZZ MUSICIANS, PERFORMING LIVE AT OPENING RECEPTION

FREEDOM JAZZ MOVEMENT

(Left to Right) MARCUS MILLER, KAMASI WASHINGTON, LEON MOBLEY

The Sea

2011-09-22T22:11:00.000-07:00

Untitled, acrylic, india ink, and carbon pencil on board, 9-1/2 x 10"

Doors and Passages Fundraiser at Loretta Howard Gallery, NY, NY

2011-09-21T00:37:00.000-07:00

Tel-Art-Phone Video

2011-06-06T15:45:00.000-07:00

Above is a video documenting the TEL-ART-PHONE exhibit by filmmaker Eric Minh Swenson
Here is a recent LA WEEKLY art review by Gabriel Cifarelli discussing the TEL-ART-PHONE show at the Beacon Arts Building and the coincidentally named Telephone art show at the Torrance Art Museum. THe LA WEEKLY has been kind to Mat Gleason and Max Presneill as their exhibits also got listed in the magazine’s preview in a promo by Shana Nys Dambrot, the writer who took over for Doug Harvey at the Weekly. In the pleasant type of coincidence that is revealed by the TEL-ART-PHONE exhibit, Doug Harvey is in TEL-ART-PHONE and performed live during the opening (some of which is captured in the above spectacular video).

Tel-Art-Phone Show opening

2011-05-30T11:50:00.000-07:00

Tel-Art-Phone show...

2011-05-13T10:17:00.001-07:00

Beacon Arts Presents
TEL-ART-PHONE
An 80+ Artist Exhibition
Based on the Classic Game "Telephone"
Curated by Mat Gleason
Saturday, May 28 - Sunday, July 3, 2011
LOS ANGELES, CA - Beacon Arts continues its Critics-as-Curators series with TEL-ART-PHONE, a unique art exhibition that investigates the creative process by mimicking the classic children's game of "Telephone," opening Saturday, May 28, 2011. Curated by Coagula Founder Mat Gleason, TEL-ART-PHONE, kicks-off with an opening reception featuring live painting and catering by Literati Bar & Grill from 6:00 to 10:00pm on May 28. Among the 80+ artists contributing works to the show are Ray Beldner, Tim Biskup, Coop, Sean Duffy, Carlee Fernandez, Gronk, George Herms, Rosalind McGary, Dave Naz, and Robert Williams. The exhibit runs for five weeks closing on Sunday, July 3, 2011 with a Critics-as-Curators panel discussion and brunch reception from 1:00 to 4:00pm. Artist panel discussions will also be held on three consecutive Sundays: June 12, June 19, and June 26 at 2:00pm. Beacon Arts is located at 808 N. La Brea Ave., Inglewood, CA 90302. For additional information please call (310) 621-5416 or visit www.beaconartsbuilding.com

TEL-ART-PHONE Curator's Statement -
Over eighty contemporary artists have been assembled for TEL-ART-PHONE, a unique art exhibition that investigates the creative process. Mimicking the classic children's game of "Telephone," the work of one artist was lent to another artist to inspire a new artwork. The resulting piece was then passed on to another artist who had no idea what the first artwork looked like. Down the line, this was repeated and the results will be displayed, in order, in the show.

Artists from diverse mediums are in the show -- from abstract painter Michael Salerno to the master of lowbrow realism Robert Williams. Mid-century master George Herms shares the walls with assemblage artist Sean Duffy. A drawing by Lisa Adams is transformed by painter Yolanda Gonzalez. Will painter Andy Moses rise to the occasion when he inherits a sculpture by Maura Bendett, itself based on work inspired by both a paper drawing by Leigh Salgado and a painting by Suzanne Williams? Can illustration legend Coop improve upon a Dave Naz nude? Can pop surrealist Anthony Ausgang actually influence the political leanings in the art of Amitis Motevalli? These and other dichotomous combinations are assembled in TEL-ART-PHONE. Curator Mat Gleason has brought together the closest thing to an illustration of the creative process that can be experienced short of actually going inside a leading artist's brain. Established art stars and emerging forces all show up and interact. From Tim Biskup and Ray Beldner to Rosalind McGary and Pierre Picot, artists have been turning out pictures for this show every two weeks since January. Come see 80 contemporary masterpieces each based on the one created before it.
-Mat Gleason

TEL-ART-PHONE Participating Artists - Lisa Adams, Suzanne Adelman, Anthony Ausgang, Vicki Barkley, Ray Beldner, Sharon Bell, Maura Bendett, Lynne Berman, Lili Bernard, Tim Biskup, Ilana Bloch, Justin Bower, Mark Brandvik, Bill Brewer, Wini Brewer, Sky Bruchard, Rude Calderon, Gary Callahan, Lavialle Campbell, Coop, Alex Couwenberg, Sean Duffy, Martin Durazo, Val Echavarria, Carol Es, Ruben Esparza, Roni Feldman, Carlee Fernandez, Barbara Fritsche, Yolanda Gonzalez, Gronk, Doug Harvey, George Herms, Anneke Hiatt, Iva Hladis, Virginia Katz, Barbara Kerwin, Richard Kessler, Mark Kostabi, Catherine Leach, Laura London, Vito LoRusso, Stevie Love, Leora Lutz, Michael Maas, Kara Maria, Gregory Martin, Rosalind McGary, Antonio Mendoza, STEPHANIE MERCADO, Rick Monzon, Andy Moses, Amitis Motevalli, Dave Naz, Jonas Olsson, Joe O'Neill, Claudia Parducci, Christopher Pate, Josh Petker, Pierre Picot, William Rabe, Stu Rappeport, Michael Salerno, Leigh Salgado, Alex Schaefer, Joan Sebastian, Veronica Soto, Laurie Steelink, Gina Stepaniuk, Audrey Stommes, Mike Street, Sharon Suhovy, Adam Teraoka, Lava Thomas, Juan Thorp, Mike Vegas, Robert Williams, Suzanne Williams, Lisa Worksman, and Tim Youd.

Mat Gleason, Critic-as-Curator - Mat Gleason is the founder of Coagula Art Journal, contributes to the Huffington Post, and is a well-established personality in the Los Angeles art scene.

Co-Curators -
Maria Bjorkdahl, Charity Burnett, Lavialle Campbell, Victoria Corradi, Lester P. Grant, Neil Gitnick, Shizuko Greenblatt, Virginia Katz, Dominic Quagliozzi, and Anita Ray.

Critics-as-Curators Series -
Critics-as-Curators is the inaugural art exhibition series at Beacon Arts. In recognition of the gallery's first year, esteemed art critics and writers -- recognized locally, nationally and internationally -- have been invited to conceive and curate shows of their choosing at the Beacon Arts Building in conjunction with discussions, lectures, catalogues, or other ways to reveal the thought process behind why exhibition works are chosen with insight into their importance to the curator. The individual expertise and personal taste developed by the curators' world-view will be on exhibit throughout Beacon Arts' first year. Critics-as-Curators strives to enrich appreciation of contemporary fine art by critically engaging in art. This series of shows provides a wonderful opportunity for artists and art audiences to learn what individual critics look for, how they think about the art they choose to focus on, and what catches their eye. The series kicked off in October 2010 with Ghost Stories: Happenings, Hauntings, & Curiosities curated by art writer Shana Nys Dambrot, followed by Peter Frank's exhibition, Densities: Line Becoming Shape, Shape Becoming Object in December/January, and David Pagel's Pieceable Kingdom in February/March.

Numbered sequentially, three artists play "telephone" in Mat Gleason's TEL-ART-PHONE exhibition:
1st artist in this particular series: Rick Monzon (left)
2nd artist in this series: Gregory Martin (middle)
3rd artist in this series: Mark Brandvik (right)

My studio needs a sign...

2011-05-06T01:58:00.000-07:00

Icebergs

2011-05-03T20:20:00.000-07:00

gouache on paper

8 x 8"

Maidens of the Sea

2011-04-28T20:08:00.000-07:00

gouache and acrylic on paper

8 x 8"

detail

I like maps:

2011-04-25T11:59:00.000-07:00

gouache and acrylic on paper

8 x 8"

Victorian Vignettes

2011-04-24T13:26:00.000-07:00

gouache on paper

6 x 6"

gouache on paper

6 x 6"

Memory Drift ...

2011-04-23T12:25:00.000-07:00

gouache on paper

6 x 6"

brushstrokes that dazzle

2011-04-22T11:32:00.000-07:00

Swimming Horse

gouache on paper

8 x 8"

detail

A carousel horse floats in the sea. The water is created using a multitude of brushstrokes of solid colors, creating a color field that dazzles the eye.

Jolie

2011-04-21T12:21:00.000-07:00

Jolie

gouache and acrylic on paper

6 x 6"

Jolie (detail)

Loose Lips...

2011-04-19T17:23:00.000-07:00

acrylic and gouache on paper

6 x 6"

Sometimes the most rewarding small works are the ones that begin without a clear sense of direction. The work above began as a doodle and transformed into a complex little painting. It took hours to develop and to complete.

Silverscape...

2011-04-18T14:37:00.000-07:00

acrylic and graphite on paper

3 x 4-1/4"

The Light Within...

2011-04-17T15:21:00.000-07:00

graphite and acrylic on paper

6 x 6"

Meet Julien...

2011-04-16T11:48:00.000-07:00

Julien

acrylic and gouache on paper

6 x 6"

Julien is a small french clown who is only 2" tall. Posing in his white clown suit, he displays the gold flowers on his shoes with pride.

While I wait...

2011-04-15T18:24:00.000-07:00

graphite, gouache and acrylic on paper

6 x 6"

I had to undergo surgery recently and I am now in a stage of recovery. I am getting plenty of rest and working on small works while I wait. Please stay tuned for additional works to come.

original small gouache paintings

2011-02-07T01:44:00.000-08:00

Below is a series of small paintings on paper. Enjoy!

exploring color, shape and dimensionality

2011-01-05T23:33:00.000-08:00

fun with gouache

2011-01-02T11:14:00.000-08:00

I love painting and gouache gives me instant gratification. It has a nice matte quality and I love the pigment saturation of gouache paint. Making small gouache paintings is a fun way to produce work and explore ideas for larger works. Here are some samples of some new small works:

New Works

2010-12-11T23:27:00.000-08:00

Untitled, 2010, oil on canvas, 9 x 7" framed

Untitled, 2010, gouache on board

Untitled, 2010, gouache on paper

Untitled, 2010, cut paper and gouache on Arches

Closing Reception

2010-11-11T23:20:00.000-08:00

Open Studio Tour, November 21, 2010

2010-11-11T23:14:00.000-08:00

Art Sale, December 18 & 19

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small works group show, December 11, 2010 - January 29, 2011

2010-11-11T20:00:00.000-08:00

Lora Schlesinger Gallery

Bergamot Station

2525 Michigan Ave. T-3

Santa Monica, CA 90404

December 11, 2010 - January 29, 2011

opening reception Dec. 11, 5 - 7 pm

Huffington Post, Haiku Review

2010-10-21T19:50:00.000-07:00

HAIKU REVIEW: STEPHANIE MERCADO.

Finding your voice while
still in your twenties never
happens except here
- Mat Gleason

Haiku Reviews: From 'Broad Daylight' To 'Dark Matters' (PHOTOS)

First Posted: 10-21-10 08:53 PM | Updated: 10-22-10 01:00 PM

Read More:

HuffPost Arts' Haiku Reviews is a new weekly feature where invited critics review exhibitions and performances in short form. Some will be in the traditional Haiku form of 5x7x5 syllables, others might be a sonnet or a string of words together. This week, Marina Cashdan, James Scarborough, George Heymont, Dorothy Spears, and Mat Gleason give quick takes on performing and visual art from LA to London. Is there a show or performance that you think people should know about? Write a Haiku with a link and shine a light on something you think is noteworthy too.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/10/21/haiku-reviews-from-broad-_n_772187.html#s162651

Coagula Art Journal's Weekend Bender...

2010-10-19T19:40:00.000-07:00

Coagula Art Journal features "All This, and Heaven Too"

http://coagula.com/2010/10/coagula-weekend-bender-october-16/#more-4401

All This, and Heaven Too covered in The Examiner

2010-10-16T02:49:00.000-07:00

click here to read the write up on my latest exhibition.

written by Meagan Boyd

Rococo Triangle: Stephanie Mercado, Eye for the Sensual, and Fashioning Fashion

October 15th, 2010 11:11 pm PT

Since the very beginning of time, the universe has continuously presented an infinite saga of strange coincidences. At the moment, Los Angeles is graced with a triangle of art exhibitions that communicate to each other through the centuries, both revealing aspects of aristocratic societies. One of the two exhibitions taking place at LACMA in the Resnick Pavilion is entitled Eye for the Sensual, a collection of about 85 European paintings and sculptures from the Stewart and Lynda Resnick collection which will be on view until January 2, 2011. These works include the infamous Portrait of Marie Antoinette, Our Queen of France by Élisabeth-Louise Vigée-Le Brun, along with the vibrant pastel colors of the paintings from the whimsical Rococo period. These paintings were made primarily for the wealthy aristocratic families and royalty of the era. The Yin to this yang, if you will, is Stephanie Mercado’s exhibition, All This and Heaven Too, that is taking place in a part of town with a lot less schmooze, Echo Park California, at the Underground Gallery. The opening night is Saturday, October 16th at 7pm, and will run until November 20th. Her work explores the ideas of the American Dream, which gives everyone the impression that we can all be wealthy, or at least appear that way. Mimicking the paintings of the Rococo period, specifically the Marie Antoinette paintings by Élisabeth-Louise Vigée-Le Brun, she strategically places modern day status symbols in her work such as in Mine is Forever, oil on canvas, 2010, in which she places a Louis Vuitton purse in one hand, and a tiny suburban track home in her other hand. She paints with the same skill of the Neoclassical painters of the 1700’s, with vibrant colors and well rendered subject matter. Many of her paintings include imagery of houses, which she attributes to her and her families feelings upon getting wrongfully evicted from their home a few years ago. Stephanie is quite grounded and speaks about her work with ease. She understands hard work, and puts that into everything she does. She works full time at an art gallery in Santa Monica, and as soon as she leaves work, she is off to her studio where she paints until the crack of dawn, comes home for a few hours of sleep and wakes up in the morning to do the whole thing over again. Her austere approach to the artwork is very obvious in her technical skill, but there is still this feathery softness to her feminine images and manages to produce strong conceptual undertones. Her use of the Marie Antoinette figure is very relatable to women of today. She represents a material girl, a diva who is willing to be fabulous at all costs. Her work is a surrealistic, symbolic commentary on the lusty desires American society has for material possession. The interesting thing about the original paintings of the Rococo period, such as the work that can be seen at the LACMA, is it was made without the intent of commentary. There is no message in them that is mocking or provoking the way we see ourselves. They in fact, depict the way the rich wanted the rest of the world to view them, fantastic and dazzling in beautiful evening attire. The paintings themselves say something that is somewhat pretentious. It gives the illusion that the life of the rich should be regarded as iconic. Stephanie’s work challenges the European paintings that have inspired her, and she does so with strength and elegance.
Stephanie not only paints, but also designs dresses that resemble the extravagant evening attire worn by European women of the mid-eighteenth century, which provides another parallel for the current fashion exhibition, Fashioning Fashion: European Dress in Detail, 1700-1915, at the Resnick Pavillion at the LACMA, right across from the Eye for the Sensual show. The collection of antique clothing on view is one of those shows that is simply breath-taking. Each piece is spectacularly preserved, and modeled on mannequins with the most exquisite accessories of the era from which they are dressed. One section of this exhibition even explores the undergarments worn ages ago, including the often fetishised corsets and boots that constrained women so severely, that removing these contraptions became an experience of orgasmic release. The intricate beauty of this collection of clothing is absolutely delicious for anyone with a sweet tooth for fashion and history.
After taking a look at Stephanie’s multi-faceted gradient of work, it is such a delightful treat to stop by the LACMA, which is free from 5pm to 8pm on weeknights, and $15 during the daytime to check out Eye for the Sensual and Fashioning Fashion. These three shows together form a trine harmony of visual stimulation.

All This, and Heaven Too...

2010-09-10T23:11:00.000-07:00

Mine is Forever, 2010

Oil on Canvas

48 x 36"

based on Vigée-Lebrun's portrait of Marie Antoinette 1783

Solo Exhibition

October 16, 2010

Underground Gallery

http://www.undergroundgallery.org/

Review in Artillery Magazine

2010-09-04T10:34:00.000-07:00

http://www.artillerymag.com/mini-reviews/

New Inspiration: Tulip Fever

2010-08-08T23:06:00.000-07:00

In addition to working on art, I am constantly looking, reading and most of all... looking.
There is a great amount of research, notes and ideas scribbled in my sketchbooks about history, paintings and primarily... historical paintings. Since I have been working with themes concerning economics, the housing market, real-estate, colonialism, displays of wealth, etc. ... I have come across some intriguing finds. Among those finds is tulip fever, a frenzy that took place in the Netherlands in the 17th Century. Tulips became luxuries and were sold for thousands of florins, or up to three to four times as much as a working class merchant or skilled tradesman would make in one year's salary. The tulip market bubbled and then collapsed leading many working class people caught up in the frenzy to misfortune and bankruptcy, and the Dutch economy in shambles.

Big Black:

2010-07-12T23:39:00.000-07:00

Big Black, 2010
Lace and tulle

with model

gold plated ship

11' x 3'

Merging fashion design with fine art.

On view at Ave. 50 Studio thru August 8, 2010.

me...

2010-07-12T23:27:00.000-07:00

Posing next to "Big Black" a work in progress.

This is the second dress I have ever made. The first was the black and pink dress I made in dedication to my grandfather for the Calavera Fashion show in 2009. My educational background is in drawing and painting, and not in apparel construction. I create these garments intuitively often thinking about their shape and form for weeks before cutting and sewing away.

This dress mimics the language found in the drypoint prints. It will have a train made of black lace that drapes from the wall, creating a wallpaper effect like the detailed wallpapers found in my prints. It is constructed with layers of tulle and lace, some of which have land forms sewn onto them creating a wearable map. Inside the head-dress will be a gold plated model ship, tying the theme of the dress into the larger body of work.

Interview on Art with Enyart...

2010-07-06T23:18:00.000-07:00

Please click the link to view the video:
Stephanie Mercado on Art with Enyart - LAartstream

WOMEN ON THE VERGE...

2010-06-27T20:13:00.000-07:00

Avenue 50 Studio in Highland Park presents, Women on the Verge featuring new works by Stephanie Mercado and Alpha Lubicz.

The exhibition will include dry point prints, carefully scratched to create a rich tonal range and intricately detailed imagery. It will also include Mercado's latest sculptural installation, modeled after 17th century French Fashion. Both the prints and the dress interpret and deconstruct the American Dream, and our consumerist culture. The result is a body of work that merges fashion with works on paper and combines historical images with contemporary socio-economic issues to redraw and reinterpret imagery that has shaped our ideas of prosperity for generations.

Alpha Lubicz is a collage artist who uses vintage imagery to create a new visual language, merging her own drawings with imagery appropriated from aged books. Through stream of consciousness she developes layered images rich with pattern and a sense of nostalgia.

Working at the Self Help Graphics Studio:

2010-06-14T14:42:00.000-07:00

"News Flash"

2010-05-29T09:22:00.000-07:00

Life has been extremely busy, but I am happy to have plenty to do.
In addition to making art daily, I am working as an Assistant
Director to a gallery at Bergamot station, so every day I am surrounded by art. I have been working endlessly toward the upcoming exhibitions I have this year.
I have a two-person show in July at Ave. 50 Studio in Highland Park featuring 10 - 15 works on paper by myself, and works on paper by Los Angeles artist Alpha Lubicz.
This week I worked with Self Help Graphics on a new Serigraph titled "The Golden Tree" which will be on exhibit for my show at Ave. 50 Studio in July. I will be signing the edition within a couple of days, and I am eager to share this new work with you.
Stay tuned...

2010-05-01T23:58:00.000-07:00

"All I Have Ever Wanted is Everything..."

Oil on Canvas

24" x 36"

Fun with Chine-collé... and Sea Monsters

2010-04-13T23:47:00.000-07:00

Inspired by Carta Marina and the very first map of the Americas, this limited edition drypoint print depicts old and new monsters and whimsical curiosities.

"Fall" Limited Edition Drypoint

2010-03-25T07:11:00.000-07:00

A miniature house is stumbled upon by an anthropomorphic tree among a pile of dead leaves.

A Little Update...

2010-02-20T19:51:00.000-08:00

I am looking forward to working with everything from SKELETON COUTURE, Installation, Painting, Printmaking and more...

2010 is going to be a really busy year for me and I am looking forward to creating as much EPIC work as possible.

Due to the success of my Dress in last year's Calavera Fashion Show at Tropico De Nopal I was inspired to create a new body of work that fuses Fashion with Painting and Sculpture. I am slowly venturing into Couture Fashion and Costume Design. I am already beginning to design the pieces for both my Solo Show in October and this year's Fashion Show in November. I hope the end result steals your breath away!

You can have a sneak peek at the direction of the new body of work with a show I have coming up in July at Ave. 50 Studio in the annex room. In addition to the exhibition in July I have also confirmed with Self Help Graphics on creating a special Serigraph Edition at their Studio. Among other printmaking exhibitions I will also be working with The Dirty Printmakers of America who will be curating several printmaking exhibitions at various Universities and Galleries across the Nation. I have a full agenda ahead of me and I am eager to see the end results. I will be looking forwar to sharing the tidbits with you as the year progresses! Thank You for your time and THANK YOU for reading!

100 for 1000 " Tomorrow's Legendary Art Priced for Today" @ LOOK GALLERY

2010-02-11T19:36:00.000-08:00

LOOK GALLERY in the Los Angeles Mart invites you to One Hundred for One Thousand, Tomorrow's Legendary art by emerging artists, priced for today.

Artists include:
Ann Arden, Sally Peterson, Gregg Chadwick, Eric Poppleton, Cathy Charles, Jeff Robinson, Ghislaine Fenmore, Ronald Santos, Jerri Levi, Bruna Stude, Mike Lohr, Artie Twitchell, Ramon Lopez, Kent Twitchell, Stephanie Mercado, Mike Vegas, Chris Naylor, Adam Wolpert and Walt Peregoy

I will have 8-10 Paintings of various sizes in this exhibition. For more information please visit...

http://www.lookartists.net/

LOOK Gallery
1933 S. Broadway, Suite 111
Los Angeles, CA 90007
(213)748-1113
OPENING RECEPTION FEBRUARY 18 6-9PM

www.lookartists.net

Pieces from the Collections: A Group Show at UNDERGROUND GALLERY

2010-01-19T18:44:00.000-08:00

January 31 - February 28, 2010
Opening Reception: Sunday January 31, 2010 6:00 to 11:00PM
(Immediately following the Alternative Space Driving Tour from 2:00-6:00PM)

Underground Gallery, Silver Lake

This year Underground Gallery, has changed direction and will now focus only on work that exists somewhere between art and fashion. The work will be presented as a Collection, rather than as an exhibition, and will correspond with the seasons. For January's exhibit, Underground has organized a group show of the artists scheduled for the coming year: Rebbecca Lowery, Stephanie Mercado, Ismael de Anda III, Anne Martens and the collective known as S.A.S.S. This collection of works represents the new direction of the space as well as being a preview of the exciting work to come throughout the year.

We are also very excited to have been asked to participate in the Alternative Space Driving Tour as part of the last day of events for the Art Los Angeles Contemporary @ Pacific Design Center.

Alternative Space Driving Tour * 2–6pm, Sunday Jan. 31

In a nod to the alternative art space the fair has arranged an open house self-guided driving tour. This past year a number of new spaces opened and existing alternative institutions expanded their programming. These spaces are dotted all across the city, allowing the visitor to explore the different neighborhoods of Los Angeles.

A list of the spaces and addresses will be made available on the programming section of our website.
http://artlosangelesfair.com/programming/sunday

Thank you!

http://undergroundgallery.org

Featured Artist Interview on Printsy...

2010-01-19T18:40:00.000-08:00

Printsy Interview - Stephanie Mercado

Brief Bio:

I am an artist born and raised in Boyle Heights, east of Downtown Los Angeles. I am a creator of things, whether it be painting, printing or sewing. I come from a family of tradesmen, musicians, and creative types. Although I did not have access to art in my youth, I was encouraged by my mother to draw, by my grandfather to sew, and by my grandmother to knit.

I stumbled upon painting when I saw an instructional video on PBS at the age of 15, and decided to pursue art ever since. I received my Bachelor of Fine Arts Degree through California University Long Beach ten years later, and I am currently making art full-time.

How did you get started in printmaking?

I started printmaking by accident. While I was at school pursuing my bachelor's degree one of my classes was canceled and the only class available was a printmaking survey class. Since I needed a certain number of units, I decided to stay enrolled in the class and instantly fell in love with the medium, the diversity and the range of work one can create with printmaking.

After having exhibited a series of prints I created at school, a patron became interested in my art and donated a press she was no longer using to me. I am very fortunate to have made such a good and generous friend.

Describe where you work.

When I received the Press I did not have a studio and I worked from home. I recently got a studio in Downtown Los Angeles, but due to it's weight my press is still in my bedroom and I think I prefer to keep it there. The area where I print takes up a quarter of my living space, but it does not bother me because it reminds me that I have to keep busy, and that I have to keep making things. I became accustomed to working with portability and ingenuity in small spaces, and having a place to work away from home in addition to a place to work while I am home, allows me to make art all of the time.

Therefor, the studio in downtown is primarily my painting and sewing studio, and my bedroom at home is my printmaking studio. One day I would like to have a large space where I can live, work and exhibit all at once.

What's your favorite printmaking process?

At the moment, my favorite printmaking process is Dry-point because of its portability of process and unpredictable printing quality. I really enjoy the immediate mark making and the variation in line and tone one can obtain through those marks, in addition to the level of detail one can achieve. Dry-point prints also have a line quality that is similar to ink drawings and may at times be appear a little deceiving and ambiguous at first glance.

What's your creative process for any given print? (eg. sketch first? Pre-planned or free-form?)

My creative process primarily revolves around reading and research. When I am working on a body of work, I am constantly thinking about elements and ways to convey particular ideas. When I have an idea, I usually sketch what I am thinking, and the sketch determines whether or not I will make a painting or a print. Sometimes, I make a painting from a print, and sometimes I make a print from a painting. Although the themes are similar, or one idea is used in two different mediums, the image is never the same.

What do you enjoy most about printmaking?

The most enjoyable aspects of printmaking for me are the process and the range one can achieve using various mediums within printmaking. I like carving blocks, scratching Plexi-glass, cutting paper, inking plates, and watching a series of prints hanging to dry. I also like seeing the diversity within each print, and contributing to the variation by watercoloring, drawing, or silkscreening over some of the prints. I like to make ideas come into fruition, to see prints formed and to see them change.

What's your least favorite part of the process?

Aside from cleanup, I'd have to say that framing is my least favorite part of completing the printing process. Seeing the work framed is rewarding, but taking the time to frame the work always seems more daunting than making the work itself.

What are your inspirations (other artists, people, places, events, etc.)?

My inspiration is society. I see everything around me, and I question everything.. I wonder why things are the way they are, and whether or not they will ever change. From those thoughts and emotions I turn to art, music, film and literature. Artist, musicians, films and writers are secondary sources of inspiration that help my thoughts and creativity to grow. For example I am currently making art focused on socio-economic issues and the housing market, and researching Bruegel's work, the history of Wallpaper, and Doll Houses.

How has your work changed and evolved since you started?

I have become more care-free with my work since I started. I used to waste a lot of time wondering whether or not an idea was worth pursuing. Now I just make the work and I have fun with it.

How do you get past creative slumps?

I usually get past creative slumps by flipping through old sketch books, going to the museum or by going to the library. Sometimes I take a couple of days off and do nothing for a couple of days. Not working for a couple of days usually does the trick and I am eager to get back to work the following day. My hands need to be constantly working on something, for my mind to be at peace.

How do you promote your work?

I try any means necessary to get the work out there. I am on a few social networking sites in addition to my own website. I also have promotional postcards that I leave everywhere I go. I enjoy going out and meeting people, and any time they ask for a business card, I always have one handy.

Any other comments or advice for others who want to try making hand-pulled prints?

Appreciate them for what they are and don't worry about making them too perfect. Imperfections give them depth and personality. Oh, and... good luck!

Website: www.stephaniemercado.com

Etsy: www.stephaniexristine.etsy.com
Blog: paperdollsteph.blogspot.com
Flickr: www.flickr.com/stephaniemercado

New Inspirations...

2010-01-02T20:42:00.000-08:00

I am preparing for my upcoming solo exhibition which will take place in the Fall of 2010. The show will be a mixture of painting, printmaking, sculpture and Fashion. Here is a sneak peek at one of my new sources of inspiration:

Printmaking Workshop

2009-12-08T13:23:00.000-08:00

Would you like to learn a NEW skill?!
Learn the art of printmaking!

I am considering teaching a few workshops sometime in the near future.
I have an abundance of plexiglass that can be used for both monoprints and drypoint prints. If you are interested in taking a workshop please
email me directly: stephaniexristine@yahoo.com and title the subject line "Workshop."
I am looking to see how many people would be interested so that I could invest in the necessary supplies, such as paper, etching scribes and ink etc.
Also, if you know any one whom may be interested please forward them my information.
I am also looking to invest in the necessary furniture needed to assure successful use of space. If you know of any drying racks or flat files being sold at reasonable prices, please let me know. Thank You!
I hope to work with you soon!

Elegant Monoprints New on Etsy!

2009-12-08T13:21:00.000-08:00

I recently discovered the art of painting directly onto a surface using traditional printmaking methods and the results are as shown above. I enjoy being able to create one of a kind prints rich in color and texture. This direct method of printing has proved to be unpredictable, which makes these pieces unique and impossible to duplicate.

One of a kind gifts...

2009-12-02T00:05:00.000-08:00

Please join me at MAS Art Studios on December 12, 2009 in celebration of the Holiday Season. An intimate group of artists will be showcasing their work, and will have unique one of a kind Fine Art gifts for sale at fabulously affordable prices. The best gifts are those which remind friends and loved ones that they are special, so let us help you help them make their walls sing through the gift of art.

Saturday, December 12,2009
11 am - 6 pm
2020 N. Main St. Studio 101
Los Angeles, CA 90031

@ The Brewery Arts Colony

Tepeyac Apparitions: La Virgen Revealed

2009-12-01T23:40:00.000-08:00

TEPEYAC APPARITIONS: La Virgen Revealed

An exhibition in honor of the Virgen of Guadalupe

Join us for the opening reception of TEPEYAC APPARITIONS: La Virgen Revealed, an art exhibition honoring the feast of La Virgen de Guadalupe on SATURDAY. DECEMBER 5. 7-11P.M. Various established and emerging Los Angeles-based artists will be presenting their interpretations of La Virgen de Guadalupe through mediums ranging from printmaking, photography, painting, mixed media collage, and more.

*** This event is FREE to the PUBLIC ***
*ALL AGES WELCOME*
~ LIVE MUSIC and DRINKS ~

La Virgen represents a famous Marian apparition. According to the traditional account, the image appeared miraculously on the front of a peasant's (Juan Diego) cloak. The image still exists; it is on display in the Basilica of Guadalupe in Mexico City. It is perhaps Mexico's most popular religious and cultural image, and the focus of an extensive pilgrimage.

The feast day of Our Lady of Guadalupe is December 12. She is said to have appeared to Saint Juan Diego on the hill of Tepeyac near Mexico City between December 9 and December 12, 1531. The Virgin of Guadalupe is a symbol of significant importance to Mexican Catholics. The Virgin Mary in this aspect has been given the title: "Patroness of the Americas and the Philippine Islands".
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PARTICIPATING ARTISTS:
J Michael Walker, Abel Alejandre, Yolanda Gonzalez, Emilia Garcia, George Yepes, Kathy Mas-Gallegos,
Artemio Rodriguez, Stephanie Mercado, Daniel Gonzalez, Jennifer Gutierrez Morgan, and more!

Saturday, December 5, 2009

Time: 7:00pm - 11:00pm
Location: Mexican Cultural Institute. Los Angeles
Street: 125 Paseo De La Plaza
City/Town: Los Angeles, CA

December Holiday Sale at Dreamluxe

2009-11-16T16:06:00.000-08:00

If you are interested in buying special gifts for friends and loved ones...
Please visit us at Dreamluxe's first Annual Holiday Sale at the Brewery Arts Colony in Los Angeles.

I am happy to participate in this event and I will be selling a variety of goods ranging from small paintings, to hand made vinyl purses, in addition to a large number of prints.
Support your local artists by visiting us this Holiday Season at Dreamluxe.

Just for fun...

2009-11-16T15:54:00.000-08:00

I like to make vinyl purses from recycled materials and scraps discarded by my
family's custom upholstery business.
There are no preliminary designs, which make them unique. I usually grab which ever scraps are available and sew the bags intuitively on the spot.
Here are a couple of examples:

Calavera Fashion Show 2009

2009-11-08T16:50:00.000-08:00

Calavera Fashion Show

2009-11-08T16:45:00.000-08:00

I am happy with the end result of my piece for the Calavera Fashion Show held annually at Galeria Tropico de Nopal in Los Angeles. I was eager to try and make my very first dress and my Fashion Debut was well received. Twenty One Artists were invited to honor loved ones, heroes or social causes by creating a wearable altar and the description of mine is as follows:

Title: "A Stitch in Time"

The dress is dedicated to my grandfather whom sewed all his life in the custom upholstery business and to all the working class individuals whom have gone blind overseeing stitches and threading needles, whom suffer arthritis from overuse of their hands and whom have slaved over sewing machines to make a living.
It is also in dedication to all whom have perished while working in sewing factories such as the Triangle Shirtwaist Fire in New York in 1911, and the sweatshop collapse in Bangladesh in 2005.

To view more photos please visit my Flickr Account: Stephanie Mercado Flickr

Awaiting Transformation, a Celebration of Day of the Dead at the Mexican Cultural Institute

2009-10-09T00:19:00.000-07:00

Join us for an evening of ART, LIVE MUSIC and MORE as we honor the dead and celebrate Dia de Los Muertos. The works in this exhibition are a variation of both traditional and non-traditional interpretations of death
and range from printmaking, to photography, drawing, painting and more!

PARTICIPATING ARTISTS include:

Jose Lozano.Reyes Rodriguez.Poli Marachal.Stephanie Mercado.Jennifer Gutierrez Morgan...and many more!

Host: The Mexican Cultural Institute Los Angeles
Type: Music/Arts - Exhibit
Date: Friday, October 23, 2009
Time: 7:00pm - 11:00pm
Location: The Mexican Cultural Institute Los Angeles, Olvera St. Village
(Lower Level, BISCAILUZ Building)
Street: 125 Paseo De La Plaza
Los Angeles, CA

***FREE***OPEN TO THE PUBLIC**** ALL AGES***

New Prints!

2009-09-06T13:43:00.001-07:00

I recently uploaded a series of prints using Chine Colle methods on Etsy.
The images were printed in small editions and are reasonably priced.
To see the latest work please visit:

Etsy
Buy Handmade
stephaniexristine

Calavera Fashion Show, Walking Altars

2009-09-06T13:05:00.000-07:00

Tropico De Nopal will be hosting its sixth annual Calavera Fashion Show, Wearable Altars and celebrating it's 10yr Anniversary on Saturday, November 7, 2009

I have been invited to participate and I will be creating a piece that integrates historical painting, and personal relationships. Although I would like to keep the design a surprise... It is no surprise that it will be dedicated to my grandfather whom recently passed earlier this year.
My grandfather was a skilled tradesman who worked in the car and furniture upholstery industry for more than 50 years. He sewed all of his life, and I was fortunate enough to acquire his talent. I am my grandfather's legacy... and I hope to make him proud this November at the fashion show.

for more information please visit: www.tropicodenopal.com

Calavera Fashion Show Walking Altars
Location: Tropico de Nopal Gallery Art-Space
Street: 1665 Beverly Blvd
Los Angeles, CA

NOVEMBER 7TH, 2009

Kimberlee's Bikes For Kids Art Spectacular

2009-09-06T12:53:00.000-07:00

Please Join me and other artists in assisting the KBK Foundation:
On November 7th Kimberlee’s Bikes for Kids Bike Art Spectacular will launch in San Diego. The event will take place from 6-9 pm at the Quilt Art Vision Gallery at San Diego’s hottest new venue, Liberty Station, located just outside the city’s downtown. All monies raised will benefit Kimberlee’s Bikes for Kids, a 501(c)(3) non-profit foundation that buys new bikes, helmets and locks for underprivileged children.
“We are very ..excited.. to be debuting Kimberlee’s Bikes for Kids Bike Art Spectacular at the Quilt Art Vision Gallery,” says Dan Gindling, president of Kimberlee’s Bikes for Kids, which honors Kimberlee Caledonia, a talented and avid cyclist who died of brain cancer in March 2008. “The gallery is brand new, features professional lighting, and has an open and airy feel to it."
The Bike Art Spectacular will feature bicycle-themed art from all over the world, ..including.. England, Australia, Canada, and, of course, the U.S. The art will be displayed and sold at the reception on November 7th. In addition, the reception will ..include.. a silent auction, door prizes, drinks and appetizers. Remaining art not sold at the reception will be featured in a special eBay auction from November 9-16.
“The support from the art community has been unbelievable,” says Gindling. “We have artists creating one-of-a-kind pieces for the event, plus, in the next few weeks we will be announcing major contributions by a couple of world-renowned artists.”
The donated art will feature original paintings, limited-edition prints, hand-embellished giclee’s, sculptures, photographs, recycled art, T-shirts, jewelry and cards which carry retail values from $5 to $5,000. For more ..information.. on the 501(c)(3) foundation, go to www.kimsbikes.org.

Fun With Paper Dolls

2009-08-18T19:36:00.000-07:00

I made this piece while preparing for a relief printing workshop.

The goal was to create a marionette or a puppet with moveable parts.

I printed the template multiple times, and used the extra scraps to create a collage.

The result reminds me of Alice in Wonderland.

Avenue 50 Studio's Annual Art Auction and Fundraiser

2009-08-18T19:03:00.000-07:00

Ricardo Muñoz, Raoul De la Sota, Lara Medina, David Stowe, J. Michael Walker, Vanessa Acosta, Ulises Diaz, Poli Marichal, Kathy Mas-Gallegos

The Board of the Avenue 50 Studio
Cordially invites you to...
4th Semi-Annual Tardeada and Art Auction Fundraiser.
As we journey through our ninth year in the Northeast neighborhood of Highland Park, we ask you to join us in celebration of art, friendship and community

August 22, 2009, 2 - 6 p.m.
At the home of Ricardo and Maria Teresa Muñoz
284 St. Albans Ave., So. Pasadena, CA 91030

Tickets: $25/per person or $40/couple
(Please make check payable to "Avenue 50 Studio, Inc.")
Tax ID No. 54-2088575
Poetry, live music, great food, tequila tasting, and most importantly: wonderful affordable art by some of the best artists Los Angeles has to offer

(Selected artists as of 7/7/09):

Lalo Alcaraz, Abel Alejandre, Michael Amescua, Esau Andrade, Linda Arreola, Armando Baeza, Sam Baray, Fernando Barragan, Lili Bernard, David Botello, Joseph Botello, Joe Bravo, Armando Brito, Yrneh Brown, Barbara Carrasco, Camilo Cruz, Mita Cuaron, Raoul De la Sota, Beau Daignault, Victoria Delgadillo, Roberto Delgado, Ruth DeNicola, Val Echavarria, Kikki Eder, Ofelia Esparza, Donald Ferguson, Kathi Flood, Emilia Garcia, Margaret Garcia, Germs, Pat Gomez, Yolanda Gonzalez, Mark Steven Greenfield, Tina Gulotta, Roberto Gutierrez, Gerardo Hacer, Cidne Hart, Kevin Hass, Brandy Healy, Wayne Healy, Peter Hess, Carlye Hild, Heather Hoggan, Amy Inouye, Luis Ituarte, Patricia Lazalde, Leo Limon, Ronald J. Llanos, Pola Lopez, Jose Lozano, Heriberto Luna, Maja, Poli Marichal, Daniel Martinez, Isabel Martinez, Stephanie Mercado, Andres E. Montoya, Toti O'Brien, Angela Penaredondo, Beth Peterson, Ramon Ramirez, Stuart Rapeport, Tina Rodas, Nancy Romero, Sonia Romero, Peri Shefik, Juan G. Solis, Kevin Spitze, Cindy Suriyani, Howard Swerdloff, John Urquiza, John Valadez, Richard Valdes, Sergio Vasquez, J. Michael Walker, Wendell Wiggins, Nan Wollman

Honorary Board:

Chon A. Noriega

Director and ProfessorUCLA Chicano Studies Research Center

Gregorio Luke

Writer and Art Lecturer

Mark Steven Greenfield

DirectorLA Municipal Art Gallery

Ed P. Reyes

Councilmember, First District

Laurie Arroyo

Co-President Arroyo Arts Collective

Gilberto Cardenas

Assistant Provost and DirectorUniversity of Notre Dame
CCH PounderActress, Gallery OwnerPounder-Kone Gallery

Nicole Possert

Friends of the Southwest Museum

Pam Hannah

Director of Operations Autry National Center of the American West

Eliot Sekuler

Art Collector

Howard Swerdloff

Owner and Curator Howeeduzzit Gallery, Alhambra

Karen Mary Davalos

Art Historian and Assistant Professor of Chicana/o Studies Loyola Marymount University

Dr. Richard and Rebecca Zapanta

Friends of the Avenue 50 Studio

Carrie Adrian

Art Collector and Supporter of the Arts

Dorothy HerbstDirector

Grand Performances

and more...

*****FOR MORE INFORMATION PLEASE VISIT WWW.AVENUE50STUDIO.COM *****

or call 323.258.1435

Welcome Bienvenue Benvenuto Bienvenidos Välkommen

2009-08-01T21:28:00.000-07:00

Hello and Welcome to my first blog post.
It's Saturday night and I am preparing for a printmaking class I will be teaching in Pasadena next week. I am thinking about teaching the participants how to make paper dolls. I can't wait to see the results!