LOS ANGELES, Calif. /California Newswire/ — A nude pregnant sculpture of Kim Kardashian with her belly fully accessible for gallery-goers to rub for ‘good luck’ is set for L.A. exhibit. The statue joins the celebrity baby sculptures created recently by artist Daniel Edwards; celebrating the beauty of celebrity pregnancy. The work, part of the artist’s ‘Celebrity Baby Boomer’ series that began with the 2006 controversial sculpture ‘Monument to Pro-Life,’ which depicted a nude Britney Spears giving birth on a bearskin rug, will be revealed at LAB ART Gallery in Los Angeles.
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Daniel Edwards latest pop culture romp to feature Nude Pregnant Kim Kardashian ‘Fertility Statue’ to debut at LAB ART Gallery
Celebrity artist Daniel Edwards concludes artist’s Celebrity Baby Boomer series that began with 2006 controversial sculpture Monument to Pro-Life
LOS ANGELES, Calif. /California Newswire/ — Leaked 3D ultrasounds of Socialite Kim Kardashian and Duchess of Cambridge Catherine ‘Kate’ Middleton have been fabricated into works of art by pop-culture artist Daniel Edwards; concluding his ‘Celebrity Baby Boomer’ series that began with the 2006 controversial sculpture ‘Monument to Pro-Life,’ which depicted a nude Britney Spears giving birth on a bearskin rug, at select venues in the Los Angeles area this summer, announces Cory Allen Contemporary Art.
Downtown Burbank Announces 2013 Events Lineup including ARTS Festival, Car Classic, and Turkey Trot 5K/10K Run
BURBANK, Calif. /California Newswire/ — This week, the Downtown Burbank Partnership is pleased to announce the dates for five key events in 2013. A majority are free to attend, and all are family friendly. Downtown Burbank (Los Angeles) is a mixed-use urban neighborhood spanning 34-blocks and featuring more than 300 shops, restaurants and businesses. At [...]
Street Artist Takes MONOPOLY Money for Art, Paints Oscar Winner Adrien Brody’s Car as Game Piece
LOS ANGELES, Calif. /California Newswire/ — CACA (Cory Allen Contemporary Art) announces that L.A. street artist ‘ALEC Monopoly’ will bring the game of MONOPOLY to life at LAB ART Gallery in Los Angeles, where the artist plans to sell one of his popular pieces for MONOPOLY money and create a designer game piece with Actor Adrien Brody’s ’64 Pontiac Catalina.
Calumet Gallery announces ‘Edge of Thought,’ a thematic exhibition from fine art photographer James Maxwell
LOS ANGELES, Calif. /California Newswire/ — Calumet Gallery announces ‘Edge of Thought,’ a thematic exhibition from fine art photographer James Maxwell. A native of Tennessee now residing in Pismo Beach, Maxwell is an artist who works at several levels: sculptor; innovative architect; and as a photographer who is equally at home with digital printing as well as alternative photographic processes using a traditional wet darkroom.
Many Names Have Never Been Spoken Here: exhibit at the Desert Light Gallery in the Kelso Visitors Center of the Mojave National Preserve
LOS ANGELES, Calif. /California Newswire/ — Creating a fine art exhibit for Mojave National Preserve Artists in Residence program requires reflection, introspection, and then interpretation because artists have to develop a thematic from 1.6 million acres of visual communities and millenniums of history. Make it a Father and Son assignment that projects one voice, and the possibilities grow exponentially.
Celebrated artist John Waguespack returns home for art exhibition showcasing the Southeast’s preeminent artists
SAN FRANCISCO, Calif. /California Newswire/ — Atlanta-born John Waguespack will unveil three new art works – ‘Spring Forward,’ ‘Red Sea at Dawn’ and ‘Black Alaskan Waters’ – which beautifully illustrate his broad range of artistic styles at Spotlight on Art for Trinity School Feb. 4-9.
Maple Conservatory of Dance now accepting male and female applicants ages 7-17 for 2013 Charles A. Maple, Sr. Scholarship
IRVINE, Calif. /California Newswire/ — The Maple Conservatory of Dance is now accepting male and female applicants ages 7-17 for the 2013 Charles A. Maple, Sr. Scholarship. Auditions are scheduled on Saturday, March 2, 2013 at 1824 Kaiser Avenue in Irvine,
Calif. Gov. Brown Announces Appointments for Dec. 20, 2012 including California Subject Matter Project Advisory Board for Arts
SACRAMENTO, Calif. /Caliornia Newswire/ — Calif. Governor Edmund G. Brown Jr. today announced the following appointments: First, Alice Y. Hom, 45, of Los Angeles, has been appointed to the California Council for the Humanities. Hom is the director of the Queer Justice Fund at Asian Americans/Pacific Islanders in Philanthropy, where she was philanthropic advocacy manager from 2007 to 2010.
San Diego Children’s Choir Honored as a 2012 Top-Rated Nonprofit
SAN DIEGO, Calif. /California Newswire/ — The San Diego Children’s Choir (SDCC) today announced that it has been honored with a prestigious 2012 Top-Rated Award by GreatNonprofits, the leading provider of user reviews about nonprofit organizations. “We are excited to be named a Top-Rated 2012 Nonprofit,” says Donna Icenhower, executive director.
San Diego Children’s Choir is looking for children who ‘love to sing’
SAN DIEGO, Calif. /California Newswire/ — San Diego Children’s Choir is holding auditions in December and January. The Choir offers children a chance to achieve artistic excellence, attain personal goals and perform service to the community. Short 5-10 minute auditions will be held on Dec. 12 and 13 as well as Jan. 9 and 12 for children in grades 3-12. No audition is required for grades 1-2. The Choir has five convenient sites in Del Mar, Mira Mesa, Hillcrest, Lake Murray and Rancho Bernardo.
OC Great Park Names Award-Winning Choreographer Jennifer Backhaus ‘Artist-in-Residence’
IRVINE, Calif. /California Newswire/ — The Orange County Great Park is proud to welcome Artist-in-Residence Jennifer Backhaus, an award-winning choreographer, who will invent and direct one-of-a-kind dance works at the Great Park. Visitors will see and experience dance performances developed by one of Orange County’s premier choreographers.
OC Great Park and Arts OC present ‘The Dig’ a new One-woman Play performed by Stacie Chaiken
IRVINE, Calif. /California Newswire/ — The Orange County Great Park and Arts Orange County are pleased to present a new Arts Happening featuring the premier of a new one-woman play: The Dig. Written by and starring Los Angeles-based actress Stacie Chaiken, The Dig recounts the dramatic tale of a world-renowned American archeologist who uncovers the identity of a remarkable find in the Middle East that has the potential for explosive consequences.
In O.C., Contemporary Artists Conceptualize the Year 1942 Exhibition Offers Artistic Complement to Farmers to Flyers Historical Perspective
IRVINE, Calif. /California Newswire/ — History and art collide to provide a unique interpretive experience at the Orange County Great Park’s Palm Court Arts Complex with a pair of exhibitions that contrast first-person story-telling and historical perspective with emotional interpretations of a time gone by.
Canessa Gallery announces the second annual ‘Nature in the City’ arts exhibit
SAN FRANCISCO, Calif. /California Newswire/ — The non-profit Canessa Gallery has announced the second annual “Nature in the City” exhibit, opening on September 3, 2012, with a mix of photography, painting, sculptures and other media from more than a dozen successful San Francisco Bay Area artists.
Orange County Great Park’s ‘The Spoken World’ – Arts Happening to Feature USA Rockefeller Fellow Marc Bamuthi Joseph
IRVINE, Calif. /California Newswire/ — The Great Park presents The Spoken World, the finale in a series of Palm Court Arts Happenings presented in collaboration with Arts Orange County. The Spoken World, the finale in a series of Palm Court Arts Happenings presented in collaboration with Arts Orange County.
Pinball Oddity: an Exhibition of Rare Pinball Machines and Oversized Pinball Art comes to Rhythmix Cultural Works K Gallery
ALAMEDA, Calif. /California Newswire/ — The Pacific Pinball Museum (PPM) proudly announces the opening of the ‘Pinball Oddity’ exhibit, featuring a collection of pinball rarities and giant mural reproductions of pinball art. The exhibit represents the first in a series of scalable exhibits the museum offers for lease to institutions nationwide.
Great Park Artisan Food and Arts Festival comes to The Orange County Great Park April 28, 2012
IRVINE, Calif. /California Newswire/ — Enjoy an all-day celebration of artisan food, sustainable gardening and creative art at the Great Park’s first ever Artisan Food and Arts Festival on Saturday, April 28 from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m at The Orange County Great Park. Local chefs and artisans will be on hand to demonstrate delicious fresh dishes from local foods, bread baking, jam, cheese and soda making, and refrigerator pickling.
Calif. Governor Brown Appoints California Poet Laureate: Juan Felipe Herrera
SACRAMENTO, Calif. /California Newswire/ — Governor Edmund G. Brown Jr. today appointed Juan Felipe Herrera to the position of California Poet Laureate. Mr. Herrera, 63, is the author of twenty-eight books and currently serves as the Tomas Rivera Endowed Chair in the Department of Creative Writing at the University of California, Riverside.
San Francisco Launches Innovative Muni History Exhibit to Celebrate 100 Years
SAN FRANCISCO, Calif. /California Newswire/ — On Tuesday, Mayor Edwin M. Lee, San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency (SFMTA) and partners Market Street Railway (MSR) and Historypin announced the launch of ‘Treasures from the Muni Archive,’ a new exhibit of photographs from Muni’s extensive archive celebrating the last 100 years.
Arts in the California 2010 Governor’s Race
SACRAMENTO, Calif. /California Newswire/ — The steering committee for the Arts in the California Governor’s Race is proud to announce that the campaign has gotten off to a powerful start. The establishment of five satellite committees around the state that are developing a local voice for the arts in this gubernatorial race and beyond is [...]
Campaign Launches to Inform 2010 Calif. Governor’s Race about Creative Industries
SACRAMENTO, Calif. /California Newswire/ — A committee of arts advocates, leaders of non-profit arts organizations, creative business owners, and concerned individuals this week announced a non-partisan campaign, called Arts in the California Governor’s Race, to raise public awareness and inform the 2010 gubernatorial candidates about the significance of California’s creative industries in fueling the world’s [...]
Four Visions: A traveling exhibit of infrared photography by four brilliantly talented women
HOLLYWOOD, Calif. /California Newswire/ — The Gallery at the Creative Center for Photography Proudly Presents “FOUR VISIONS” – A traveling exhibit of infrared photography by four brilliantly talented women: Theresa Airey, Susan Bloom, Jill Enfield and Elizabeth Opalenik; September 16 – October 13, 2010. Highlighting the 100th anniversary of infrared photography, four photographers have joined [...]
Third Annual Freestyle Employee Exhibition of Fine-Art Photography
HOLLYWOOD, Calif. /California Newswire/ — The Gallery at the Creative Center for Photography proudly presents Freestyle Exposed III… Unconventionally Traditional! Dedicated to the 150 year old art form using film and traditional products, Freestyle employees demonstrate the importance of analog in the creation of contemporary works. Runs June 24th – September 1st, 2010. Since 1946, [...]
Hollywood execs clamor over new novel, The Unbearable Sadness of Zilch
LOS ANGELES /California Newswire/ — Our eyes of flesh see only noir! Even before its official release, a new novel was making the rounds among the cognoscenti of the movie business. Not since The Day of the Locust and The Love of the Last Tycoon has Hollywood and the motion picture industry been shown in [...]
Second Annual Freestyle Employee Exhibition of Fine-art Photography
HOLLYWOOD, Calif. /California Newswire/ — The Gallery at the Creative Center for Photography Proudly Presents…”FREESTYLE EXPOSED… THE TRADITION CONTINUES!” For over six decades, Freestyle Photographic Supplies has been devoted to supporting black & white photography. It has been renowned for excellence in customer service, providing the best photo materials money can buy and featuring the [...]
Art Book Combines Chaos, God and Sex with Digital Imaging – ‘Fractopia’ by Christopher L. Simmons
TORRANCE, Calif. /California Newswire/ — Christopher Simmons’ “Fractopia” (ISBN: 978-0-9710555-0-6, hardcover – limited edition, Neotrope Press), collects the best of Simmons’ abstract images created by combining fractal imagery with photographic effects, textures and hand-applied layers. This special edition includes a video DVD with slide show of all images found in the book. Some of the [...]
Neotrope Press Announces Publication of ‘Fractopia’ – a Fractal Art Book by Christopher Simmons
REDONDO BEACH, Calif. /California Newswire/ — Neotrope(R) Press announced today the publication of the limited edition of “Fractopia” (ISBN: 978-0-9710555-0-6, hardcover), by digital artist Christopher Laird Simmons. The book collects the best of Simmons’ abstract images created by combining fractal imagery with photographic effects, textures and hand-applied layers. This special edition includes a video DVD [...]
L.A. Artist, Xvala: Pitt-Jolie Inspire Domestic Bliss in Fractured Housing Market
LOS ANGELES, Calif. /California Newswire/ — Just a few minutes drive from Brad Pitt’s hometown, a new home currently under construction is using the inspiration of Brad Pitt and his love interest Angelina Jolie to help create its “inner curb appeal” in order to be competitive in the tough housing market. Named “The Brangelina,” the [...]
Apronology is a Special Publication that Focuses on Artfully-made Aprons
LAGUNA HILLS, Calif. /California Newswire/ — Since the launch of Belle Armoire magazine in 2001, art and crafting publisher Stampington & Company has been at the forefront of emerging trends in wearable art. Through special publications, such as Altered Couture, Haute Handbags and Belle Armoire Jewelry, they have continued to explore artistic movements within the [...]
Eye Haiku: Visual Poetry Highlights FookMovie Videos
LOS ANGELES, Calif. — With images inside of images and a nod to such masters of visual communication as surrealist Salvador Dali, the music videos of FookMovie (fookmovie.com) bring together poetry, painting, and performance art. A Los Angeles-based collective of artists, musicians and videographers, FookMovie has completed 43 videos since opening in April of 2008. [...]
Composer Sam Sorensen Announces: Beowulf – The First, The Original Scary Story, Audio CD
PALOS VERDES, Calif. — Halloween is just around the corner, and parents are looking for ways to make the season festive, without all the usual horrific images. “Beowulf” (recently released on audio CD) composer Sam Sorensen suggests another fun way to help get the family in the mood for Halloween. Audio books. “Liven up that [...]
Guy Hepner Los Angeles and Artist Neal Spector Announce Opening Date for ‘Labels’
LOS ANGELES, Calif. — Guy Hepner Los Angeles and Los Angeles based artist Neal Spector announce October 23, 2008 as the formal opening of Labels. Los Angeles based, Detroit native Neal Spector is no stranger to the limelight. Before commencing work as an artist, Spector was one of the founding creatives behind one of Hollywood’s [...]
Distinguished Animators from Kazakhstan Visit Los Angeles
LOS ANGELES, Calif. — Four leading animators from the Zhebe Studio in Kazakhstan will be in Los Angeles July 14 – 21 as part of an effort to revive the production of cartoons in their country. While in Los Angeles these distinguished International Visitors will meet with their professional counterparts to gain first-hand knowledge of [...]
Publishers Newswire Announced Today its Latest List of Books ‘Worth a Look’
REDONDO BEACH, Calif. — Publishers Newswire, an online resource for small publishers and first-time book authors, has announced its latest quarterly “Books to Bookmark” list, for Q2/2008. This list is a roundup of new and interesting books which are often missed due to their nature of not originating from “big name” authors, or major publishing [...]
Museum of Robots in Second Life Announces Competition Winners at Event on July 19, 2008
SAN FRANCISCO, Calif. — Museum of Robots in Second Life will announce the winners of its first annual “Build-a-Robot” Competition at an event on July 19, 2008 at 9:30 a.m. PDT. A Linden dollars prize will be awarded to 10 winners and all entrants receive a merchandise prize. Winners will be selected by a panel [...]
Music and Social Networking Get Redefined in New Interactive Site from BETA Records
LOS ANGELES, Calif. — Giving musicians and music lovers more power and flexibility than ever before, BETA Records (betarecords.com) has launched a newly expanded site combining search-and-match music selection, virtual commerce, and social interaction. Technology partners took part in a global 2-year effort to transform BETA Records into a music ecosystem to accommodate the way [...]
Museum of Robots in Second Life Announces Build-A-Robot Competition
SAN FRANCISCO, Calif. — Museum of Robots (www.MuseumofRobots.com) in Second Life announces the “Build-a-Robot” Competition, and invites all Second Life residents to participate. According to the organizers, “Our goal is to explore what a robot is, how it can be expressed within the parameters of Second Life, and to encourage creativity and originality. Our definition [...]
San Diego Author Jim Musgrave Featured on New On-Line Publisher Offering DRM-free Digital Audio Short Stories
SAN DIEGO, Calif. — Local author Jim Musgrave is featured on Sniplits’ beta test site. Anyone with a digital music player, smart phone or laptop understands the hunger for new content. Now, with the launch of Sniplits.com, there’s a new source for entertainment on the Internet. Sniplits(SM) is publishing audio short stories, packaged as DRM-free [...]
Life-Changing Coaching Launches New Book and Revamped Web Portal
CLAREMONT, Calif. — Life-Changing Coaching, a professional life coaching firm established in 2001, announced today a new and improved web site to enhance usability and to complement a book series launch – the first of which is titled, “Moving Forward: Turning Good Intentions into Great Results by Discovering Yourself, Your Place, and Your Path” (ISBN: 978-143-434-2836, hardcover).
