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Plant the Perimeter Fruit Tree Giveaway
Sunday, February 7 | 12:00 pm
Artist collective Fallen Fruit kicks off a yearlong project, EATLACMA, with a fruit tree giveaway. Come pick up a free fruit tree along with planting instructions for your garden. This is the first in a series of events, which will include an exhibition, opening in June, and a series of food-related events throughout the year. EATLACMA is a year-long investigation into food, art, culture and politics. EATLACMA's projects consider food as a common ground that explores the social role of art and ritual in community and human relationships. EATLACMA unfolds seasonally, with artist's gardens planted and harvested on the museum campus, hands-on public events, and a concurrent exhibition, Fallen Fruit Presents The Fruit of LACMA (June 27-November 7, 2010). EATLACMA is curated by Fallen Fruit—David Burns, Matias Viegener and Austin Young-and LACMA curator Michele Urton.
BP Grand Entrance | Free, no reservations | Limited quantity, please plan to arrive early. The event will end by 3 pm or when all trees have been given away.
EATLACMA was organized by the Los Angeles County Museum of Art and made possible by a Museum and Community Connections Grant from MetLife Foundation. Additional support was provided by the Ralph M. Parsons Fund.
LACMA tree distribution sponsored by Paramount Citrus, the world's largest grower of California Cuties.
Image courtesy of Fallen Fruit
Decorative Arts and Design Council Lecture—A Case for Wine: From King Tut to Today
Thursday, February 11 | 7:00 pm
Christopher Monkhouse, Eloise W. Martin Curator and Chairman, Department of European Decorative Arts, the Art Institute of Chicago, will discuss his recent exhibition, A Case for Wine: From King Tut to Today. A Case for Wine explores the cultivation of the grape and its transformation into wine, followed by its storage in barrels, bottles, and even cardboard boxes. In addition to placing wine consumption in context, both its sacred and secular settings will also be considered. Together with works of art by modern and contemporary artists, sculptors, and photographers, the lecture will discuss the historical and geographical range of wine production and consumption, suggesting that wine still serves as a stimulus and source of inspiration for artistic endeavors.
Brown Auditorium | $20 General Admission, $15 LACMA members, free for Decorative Arts and Design Council members and students with ID | Tickets: 323 857-6528 or email decartscouncil@lacma.org
This lecture was made possible by the Elsie de Wolfe Foundation.
Image: LACMA, 50.8.21 Red-Figured Amphora (Storage Jar) Terra-cotta Attributed to the Deepdene Painter (his name vase) Athens, c. 470-460 BCE William Randolph Hearst Collection. Athena fills a wine cup for Herakles, using a wine cup favored by Dionysos, the wine god.
Lecture: Late Renoir and the Eternal Feminine
Sunday, February 14 | 2:00 pm
Jim Herbert, Professor of Art History and Visual Studies, UC Irvine, will discuss how the great French impressionist devoted the latter years of his career to creating paintings, drawings, and sculpture that were both traditional and modern. While he revived older motifs, such as the classical nude, he did so with an eye to modernity, inspiring artists from Picasso, Matisse, and Bonnard to Maillol.
Bing Theater | Free, no reservations
This lecture was made possible in part through the Brotman Foundation Special Exhibitions Lecture Fund.
Image: Pierre-Auguste Renoir (France, Limoges, 1841 - 1919) Two Girls Reading, circa 1890-1891 Painting, Oil on canvas, 22 5/16 x 19 in. (56.52 x 48.26 cm) Frances and Armand Hammer Purchase Fund (M.68.46.1)
Lecture: Art of the Pacific: Exploring LACMA's New Treasures
Saturday, March 6 | 2:00 pm
Over 50 works of exceptional Pacific art are now on view in a new LACMA gallery installation. A lecture by Christina Hellmich, Curator of Oceanic Art and the Jolika Collection of New Guinea Art at the deYoung Museum and advisor to the exhibition project, will explore the interesting histories, cultural context and mastery of these artworks.
Brown Auditorium | Free, no reservations
Image: Easter Island (Rapa Nui), Dance Paddle (rapa), circa 1800, Wood
33 1/2 x 7 x 3/4 in. (85.09 x 17.78 x 1.91 cm), M.2008.66.4, Purchased with funds provided by the Eli and Edythe Broad Foundation with additional funding by Jane and Terry Semel, the David Bohnett Foundation, Camilla Chandler Frost, Gayle and Edward P. Roski and The Ahmanson Foundation
Lecture: Reading American Stories
Sunday, March 7 | 2:00 pm
Bruce Robertson, professor of Art History at UC Santa Barbara and consulting curator for American Stories, Paintings of Everyday Life, 1765-1915, presents a provocative look at American narrative paintings. While the exhibition's paintings include icons of their time, he shows how a closer look reveals issues and substance still relevant today.
Bing Theater | Free, no reservations
This lecture was made possible in part through the Brotman Foundation Special Exhibition Lecture Fund.
Image: John Singleton Copley, Watson and the Shark, 1778, Oil on canvas, 71 3/4 x 90 1/2 in. (182.2 x 229.9 cm), National Gallery of Art, X.2365.34
Conversations on Experimental Film in a Museum Context: DURATION
Tuesday, March 9 | 7:00 pm
This is the second discussion in a three-part series that addresses contemporary issues and questions posed by the exhibition of time-based works and projected media in art institutions. DURATION addresses the conditions of the contemporary viewing experience of time-based media in art institutions and will consider issues such as distraction, attention, and boredom. Participants include Stan Douglas, artist, Sharon Lockhart, artist, and Vivian Sobchack, media theorist and will be moderated by Rita Gonzalez, Assistant Curator, Contemporary Art Department and Alex Klein, Ralph M. Parsons Curatorial Fellow, Wallis Annenberg Photography Department.
Brown Auditorium | Free, tickets required-Available one hour before the program
Image: Courtesy of the artist and Blum & Poe, Los Angeles © Josh White
Conversations with Artists: Robin Rhode and Leslie Jones
Thursday, March 11 | 7:00 pm
Join LACMA curator Leslie Jones in conversation with artist Robin Rhode. Rhode will speak in conjunction with the exhibition Contemporary Projects 12: Robin Rhode, on view from March 11th to June 6th, 2010. Rhode will talk about his experience growing up in South Africa, recent work, and the site-specific performance created at LACMA for the exhibition.
Brown Auditorium | Free, tickets required-Available one hour prior to the program
Image courtesy of the artist, Perry Rubenstein Gallery, New York and Tucci Russo. Studio per l'Arte Contemporanea, Torre Pellice © Robin Rhode
NowRuz Celebration
Sunday, March 14 | 11:00 am
Celebrate the arrival of spring with a full day of activities throughout LACMA's campus, including dramatic performances by the Translation Project, a musical performance by the Hamed Nikpay Ensemble, and a traditional NowRuz display, "Haft Sîn".
Story Telling from The Shahnama "Book of Kings" of Ferdowsi and Persian Calligraphy Demonstration
11 am–3:30 pm | Director's Roundtable Garden | Free, no reservations
The Translation Project
12:30 pm | Bing Theater | Free, tickets required-Available one hour before the program
Hamed Nikpay Ensemble
3 pm | BP Grand Entrance | Free, no reservations
This program was made possible by the Art of the Middle East Council and Farhang Foundation.
Image: Courtesy of Farhang Foundation
Lecture: The Creation and Ritual Usages of Bronze Icons in the South Indian Temple Town Kumbakonam
Thursday, March 18 | 7:00 pm
Art historian David T. Sanford examines the techniques and procedures used by traditional South Indian sthapati artists to make bronze icons and the rituals involved such as the eye-opening ceremony that brings them to life. He also discusses several festivals in which icons are presented for public display and devotional worship, including Navaratri, a Hindu festival of the Goddess.
Brown Auditorium | Free, no reservations
Sponsored by the Southern Asian Art Council
Image: Krishna Rajamannar with His Wives, Rukmini and Satyabhama, and His Mount, Garuda, India, Tamil Nadu, late 12th-13th century,
copper alloy, gift of Mr. and Mrs. Hal B. Wallis.
Adult Art Course—The Art of Wine: Sensuous Wines from Renoir's France
Saturday, March 20 | 7:00 pm
After a viewing of the special exhibition Renoir in the 20th Century, wine historian Barbara Baxter of Planet Wine will introduce a variety of wines from the area near Renoir's home in the South of France, and from his wife's home region, Provence. Tasting notes will be provided, and a selection of cheese and bread will be paired with the wines.
LACMA West, 5th floor | Tickets: $50 members; $55 nonmembers | Reservations: 323 857-6010
Image: Pierre-Auguste Renoir,Terrace at Cagnes, c.1905-06, Oil on canvas, 18 x 21 7/8 in. (46.3 x 55 cm), Bridgestone Museum of Art, Ishibashi Foundation, Tokyo, © akg-images/Erich Lessing
Decorative Arts & Design Council Lecture—A New Look at Old Rooms: The Renovation of the American Period Rooms at the Metropolitan Museum of Art
Tuesday, March 23 | 7:00 pm
In 2009, the Metropolitan Museum of Art unveiled its newly renovated American period rooms, the product of many years of new research. Amelia Peck, curator, Department of American Decorative Arts, at the Metropolitan, will describe the history of these rooms, which, in 1924, were the first installed in the context of an art museum and became the model for American period rooms throughout the country. She will also discuss how the museum employed the latest scholarship and interpretive methods in the new display.
Brown Auditorium | $20 General Admission, $15 LACMA members, free for Decorative Arts and Design Council members and students with ID | Tickets: 323 857-6528 or email decartscouncil@lacma.org
Adult Art Course: American Stories
Saturday, March 27 | 9:00 am
LACMA educator Mary Lenihan will offer a private look at this special exhibition after an introductory lecture. Included will be a look at paintings not on view at the Metropolitan Museum of Art's presentation of this exhibition.
Brown Auditorium | Members $30, nonmembers $40 (refreshments and parking fees included.) Reservations: 323 857-6010.
Image: George Bellows, Cliff Dwellers, 1913, Oil on canvas, 40 ¼ x 42 1/8 in. (102.1 x 106.8 cm), Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles County Fund. Photo © Museum Associates/LACMA
Please visit the Public Programs page for current programming. The Art of Looking and Art Chat listings provide detailed information about facilitated gallery discussions. Music and Film programming as well as Adult Studio Courses are offered throughout the year.
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Education programs at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art are supported in part by the City of Los Angeles Department of Cultural Affairs and the William Randolph Hearst Endowment Fund for Arts Education, and Rx for Reading.
For more information on education programs, please contact the Education Department at 323 857-6512 or educate@lacma.org (English and Spanish).
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