Los Angeles, CA. “Immersive Van Gogh” is captivating the imagination of local art lovers. The imagery of Van Gogh’s art appears on the walls and floor and is multiplied in mirrored sculptures throughout three galleries. Visitors enter and tour the exhibit with others who are grouped in the same time period. It features a 40-minute video installation playing on a loop. Organizers say, “To ensure your safety, and based on guidance from the CDC and other government agencies, our walk-in exhibition will operate with enhanced safety measures including face coverings. Safety is our number one priority for all guests attending Immersive Van Gogh Los Angeles..”
Located at 6400 Sunset Boulevard in Hollywood, the 55,000 square-foot dubbed the Lighthouse is the former home of Amoeba Music. The building was transformed into an art experience featuring a 25,000 square foot exhibit space where the art of Vincent van Gogh comes to life. Vincent van Gogh was a Dutch post-impressionist painter born in 1853.
Created by Italian film producer and exhibition creator Massimiliano Siccardi, the video incorporates 400 animated Van Gogh images and mostly original music by Italian composer Luca Longobardi.
Award-winning designer David Korins, known for his set designs featured in numerous Broadway hits including ‘Hamilton’ and ‘Dear Evan Hansen’ helped define the space. It’s one of twenty Immersive Van Gogh exhibits currently on display in the U.S. and promotors say is the largest.
The installation includes the Mangeurs de pommes de terre (The Potato Eaters, 1885), the Nuit étoilée (Starry Night, 1889), Les Tournesols (Sunflowers, 1888), and La Chambre à coucher (The Bedroom, 1889), and more.
This exhibit is from the creators of the installation seen by over 2 million visitors in Paris and a sold-out run in Toronto, the Immersive Van Gogh Exhibit makes its mark in the heart of LA.
From Immersive Van Gogh:
Adult general admission for the show, co-produced by Lighthouse Immersive and Impact Museums, starts at $39. It runs through January but may be extended. Here’s a link to tickets.
Safety is our number one priority for all guests attending Immersive Van Gogh Los Angeles. With over 170,000 visitors in Toronto during COVID-19, and zero reported cases associated with the exhibition since opening, we’re proud to be operating an experience where it is safe to GOGH.
To ensure your safety, and based on guidance from the CDC and other government agencies, our walk-in exhibition will operate with enhanced safety measures including:
• Touchless hand sanitization stations placed throughout the venue
• Contactless payment encouraged throughout the venue
• Face coverings required for all staff and guests
• Social distancing circles projected throughout the entire exhibition gallery space
• Enhanced, regular cleaning throughout the day on each floor
We will continue to closely monitor the situation daily, and adjust our safety measures accordingly, in readiness for our opening.
Thanks for your patience and understanding during these challenging times.
Los Angeles, CA. On August 21, 2021 the Hammer Museum at UCLA opened two new exhibitions to the public. For their Houseguest exhibition, the museum invited Monica Majoli, a Los Angeles-based artist and professor of art at UC Irvine to create art out of works from the collections of the museum and the Grunwald Center for the Graphic Arts. Majoli’s exhibition is called ‘Shadows Fall Down’ and explores the human relationship with the body, in terms of both sensuality and sadness.
A multimedia collection called ‘The Histories (Old Black Joe)’ was revealed on the same day as the Hammer Projects exhibition. The collection looks at the effects that culture, geography and American history all have on each other. The collection’s creator, David Hartt, is an artist living in Philadelphia and working as an associate professor in the University of Pennsylvania’s Department of Fine Arts.
The Armand Hammer Collection, an art collection that showcases the tastes and interests of the Hammer Museum’s founder, will return to the museum on August 28, 2021. In light of the Covid-19 pandemic, the museum additionally continues to hold events online and more information about these events can be found on their website.
Untitled by Paul P., part of the Shadows Fall Down exhibition.
More about the Hammer Museum:
“The Hammer Museum at UCLA believes in the promise of art and ideas to illuminate our lives and build a more just world… A vibrant intellectual and creative nexus, the Hammer is fueled by dynamic exhibitions and programs—including lectures, symposia, film series, readings, and musical performances—that spark meaningful encounters with art and ideas. And through our unwavering commitment to free admission and free public programs, the Hammer is open for all and free for good.”
Culver City, CA. Each year, on the third Saturday of September, the Ballona Creek Renaissance contributes to Coastal Cleanup Day. The Culver City community, along with thousands of other communities around the world, do their part to reduce pollution in their neighborhoods. Volunteers for the Ballona Creek Renaissance focus on designated areas of the creek, removing trash on the banks, from the water, and the bike path or fencing.
Organizers say, “We discover lots of other items which somehow make their way into the creek. Previous cleanups have yielded toys, balls, shopping carts, carpeting, signs, mattresses, dead animals, and drugs and medical equipment. We ask the City to remove dangerous items. After the cleanup is complete, the City or County will dispose of all the trash collected. In truth, the cleanup is symbolic, representing just a tiny fraction of the trash in the creek, but it raises awareness.”
Below is a video about the program:
Ballona Creek is a flood-controlled channel that is approximately nine miles long. During the dry heat, the creek flows with urban runoff, which contains pollutants from the city. Coastal Cleanup Day is hosted just before Southern California’s rainy season. The volunteers, made up of adults, students, and young children alike, typically spend two to three hours at the creek during the Ballona Creek Renaissance’s advertised cleanups.
For more information on Coastal Cleanup Day, and Coastal Cleanup Month, visit its founding organization Heal The Bay. To learn more about the Ballona Creek Renaissance and its upcoming projects, click here.
Los Angeles, CA. The City of Los Angeles Department of Cultural Affairs (DCA) recently announced its Cultural Grants Program for non-profit organizations in Los Angeles. The grant aims to benefit those organizations planning to hold arts events, activities, and/or projects for the public between July 1, 2022 and June 20, 2023. These events are selected based on whether they uphold the DCA’s community values as they provide to or perform for the LA public.
The application process is rigorous. The DCA has four eligibility criteria for the non-profits, along with the criteria of specific categories. This year, the DCA encourages applicants to enter events for these particular categories: culture/history presentations, literature or publishing projects, media activities or presentations, design/visual art exhibitions or museum projects, or traditional/folk arts activities/presentations. The DCA has provided an educational introduction and online instructions for applicants, and actively encourage them to attend webinars or workshops that will allow to them to better prepare for the application.
DCA Cultural Grants Program guideline poster.
The announced deadline for applications for this up to $80,000 grant is August 27th, 2021 at 11:59pm.
“DCA advances the social and economic impact of arts and culture through grantmaking, public art, community arts, performing arts, and strategic marketing, development, design, and digital research. DCA creates and supports arts programming, maximizing relationships with other city agencies, artists, and arts and cultural nonprofit organizations to provide excellent service in neighborhoods throughout Los Angeles.”
Los Angeles, CA. The Los Angeles LGBT Center is one of the primary support systems for LGBT individuals and families; it offers programs, services, and advocacy for the LGBTQ+ community within Los Angeles and beyond. Last Saturday, the Center partnered with KTLA to host a virtual telethon called Love in Action. The show collected donations for the nonprofit’s most vital programs and services.
The two-hour event, presented by The Ariadne Getty Foundation and Glamazon L.A., featured appearances from many household names, including Jane Lynch, Adam Lambert, Lily Tomlin, Jane Fonda, RuPaul, among others. For those of you who were not able to attend the event live, KTLA uploaded it to YouTube.
From the Los Angeles LGBT Center:
Since 1969 the Los Angeles LGBT Center has cared for, championed, and celebrated LGBT individuals and families in Los Angeles and beyond. Today the Center’s nearly 800 employees provide services for more LGBT people than any other organization in the world, offering programs, services, and global advocacy that span four broad categories: Health, Social Services and Housing, Culture and Education, Leadership and Advocacy. We are an unstoppable force in the fight against bigotry and the struggle to build a better world; a world in which LGBT people thrive as healthy, equal, and complete members of society.
To find out more about the Los Angeles LGBT Center, including future events, programs, and services, learn more here.
Los Angeles, CA. Free Arts LA was founded with the goal of helping children in the foster system who had suffered from trauma or abuse by teaching them to express themselves and rebuild their self-esteem through art and craft. Today, the organization helps over 22,000 children across Los Angeles by pairing children with adult mentors and volunteers who guide the children through the artistic process of painting, drawing, writing, or other arts, serving as positive influences while the children find and improve themselves after their difficult experiences. Due to the pandemic, however, volunteers who wish to work directly with children must undergo their two-day training course over Zoom.
Free Arts LA volunteers taking a fun break while undergoing their online training course.
Free Arts LA offers several programs through its partners, namely an 8-week long Mentorship program, their Court program where children are encouraged to engage in arts to provide them with a safe space before appearing and testifying at the Edmund D. Edelman Children’s Courthouse, and Free Arts Day, a fun one-day event held across LA county that helps children have fun and builds their sense of community.
Art Swagger LA, an art and design fundraiser held annually, has partnered with Free Arts this year and all proceeds from the event will go directly to the organization, helping to further develop its programs. The fundraiser will include a virtual panel, a silent auction, and – if Covid-19 conditions improve – an in person event on September 30th, 2021.
Free Arts programs inspire hope in the lives of children from ages 5-18 who have experienced abuse, neglect, poverty and homelessness through innovative creative arts programs and positive interactions with caring adult volunteers. Free Arts LA is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization.
Los Angeles, CA. AIDS Walk Los Angeles will observe the halfway mark of its fundraising on August 16. Recognized as one of the world’s first walks to take up the cause against HIV and AIDS, AWLA has raised nearly $90 million for APLA Health’s various programs that focus on care and advocacy for over 18,000 affected individuals in the Los Angeles County. Due to Covid-19, there is no official in-person walking event and most of the AIDS Walk will be held online, with three outdoor challenges that take place during checkpoint dates of the Walk.
To keep supporters motivated and updated on the progress of fundraising, The Walk Show began on July 7 – the same time as the AIDS Walk fundraising began. The show releases new episodes every week, with each week focusing on a particular location in Los Angeles County helped by the work of APLA Health. The Walk Show is hosted by popular drag queen Ongina who walks viewers through fundraising tips and fun challenges. A big highlight of the show is the weekly story of a patient from one of APLA Health’s programs or clinics. Episodes of The Walk Show can be found here: https://aidswalkla.org/the-walk-show/.
The Trans Connections program, featured in Episode 2 of The Walk Show.
“APLA Health was founded in 1983 as AIDS Project Los Angeles with the goal of ending the AIDS epidemic in Los Angeles County. Today, we provide services in four key areas: 1) primary medical care, dental, behavioral health and HIV specialty care, 2) Critical HIV Support Services, 3) HIV Prevention, and 4) Advocacy.” APLA Health & Wellness is a 501(c)(3) charitable organization doing business as APLA Health.
Los Angeles, CA. The Broad, a contemporary art museum in Downtown Los Angeles, is known for being one of the world’s largest modern art collections. The museum has hosted many family oriented events; most recently, it partnered with the Los Angeles Public Library to host summer art school classes. The online format not only allowed for promoting social distancing, but made the classes more accessible for children and their families.
From The Broad:
In July, families with kids are invited for four live one-hour virtual drawing sessions. Facilitated by The Broad’s Visitor Experience Lead David Candelaria, participants will create a drawing inspired by works on view in the museum, while learning words used in contemporary art.
Each workshop includes a live in-gallery segment showcasing the artwork that inspired the activity. Families will have time to share their creations at the end of the session.
All sessions are free to attend and held over Zoom. Sessions will be translated live into Spanish.
The four pieces of artwork used as inspiration: Jean-Michel Basquiat’s Untitled (1981), Roy Lichtenstein’s Still Life with Green Vase (1972), Julie Mehretu’s Six Bardos: Transmigration (2018), and Nathaniel Mary Quinn’s C’mo’ and Walk With Me (2019).
The classes were hosted every week throughout the month of July, each one having a different theme based off of a piece at the Broad. The themes were Portraiture, Still Life, Color and Abstraction, and Collage respectively. At the end of the session, participants get the opportunity to share their creations with each other.
For more information on future events, or to learn more about museum visitation, make sure to visit The Broad.
Brentwood, CA. The Getty Center in Brentwood reopened to the public in May after a 14-month closure due to COVID-19. “We are delighted to welcome visitors back to the iconic Getty Center, one of Los Angeles’ most visited cultural destinations,” said Timothy Potts, director of the J. Paul Getty Museum. Admission is free, but visitors need to register for a date and time.
Visitors and staff will be required to wear face coverings and maintain social distance, and all visitors will have their temperatures checked upon arrival. Anyone displaying symptoms such as coughing, sneezing or fever will be denied admittance.
According to Getty officials, in addition to “Lucretia,” other new exhibitions on display include “Photo Flux: Unshuttering LA”; “Power, Justice and Tyranny in the Middle Ages”; “Artist as Collectors”; and “Silk & Swan Feathers: A Luxurious 18th-Century Armchair.”
The museum, perched high above the 405 Freeway in West Los Angeles, has been closed for more than a year due to the coronavirus pandemic.
Admission to the Getty Center is free, but a limited number of reservations will be available for each day and must be made in advance. Much of the museum, grounds, store and some food service options will be open, but the Getty Library will remain closed, along with the Family Room and galleries that are too small to accommodate social distancing.
From Getty Center:
There are some new rules for visitors:
Keeping Everyone Safe
We are following LA County Department of Public Health orders as they are updated. Currently, we are maintaining the safety measures described below.
Face Masks Required Indoors
All visitors over the age of two must wear a face mask over nose and mouth when inside buildings, including parking structures, and when boarding and riding the Getty Center tram.
Visitors may remove their masks when outdoors.
Please note that the following are not permitted to be worn instead of a face mask: gaiters, bandanas, scarves, ski masks, balaclavas, or masks with an exhalation valve. Face shields are also not allowed instead of a mask, but may be worn over one.
Cleaning
High-touch surfaces such as door handles and handrails are being cleaned regularly. So are tables, counters, and chairs in the cafes. Restrooms are being cleaned four times a day. The Center Tram is being cleaned before opening, hourly during operating hours, and after closing.
Hand Sanitizer
Find hand sanitizer near doors and other high-touch areas.
Admission and Parking
Admission and Reservations
Admission is free, and requires a timed-entry reservation. Each person in your party over the age of 2 needs a reservation.
New entry times are released daily.
If you can’t visit at the time you reserved, please cancel your reservation so we can release the time for others. To cancel, email [email protected] or call (310) 440-7300.
Hollywood, CA. Rachmaninoff and Tchaikovsky were brought to life on July 22nd by the exuberant Enluis Montes Olivar and Los Angeles Philharmonic. Billed as “Swooning Russian Romanticism,” the concert included Tchaikovsky’s tribute to Ukraine and Rachmaninoff’s rapturous Second Concerto with pianist Lukáš Vondráček. The evening was part of the Thursday Classical Music series which, as with all of the concerts, has resumed after a year off due to the Covid-19 pandemic. The outdoor Hollywood Bowl has safety measures but doesn’t require masks for vaccinated individuals, so the concert feels just as it used to.
From world premieres and orchestral favorites with Gustavo and the LA Phil to epic movie nights, pop, jazz, Bowl traditions, and a lineup of top international acts, there is a special night out for all tastes,” a news release said.
The lineup of artists scheduled to perform at the venue this summer includes Christina Aguilera, Ziggy Marley, H.E.R., James Blake and more. Check out the full season calendar online.
The venue served as a food distribution site during the height of the pandemic last year.
“After the many challenges of this past year, we all feel a profound sense of joy and gratitude to be able to once again share music with you, and especially to be able to offer these opening concerts to our heroes on the front lines, who have given their all to keep us safe this past year,” Dudamel said in a statement.
Audience members can still bring their picnic baskets and bottles of wine.
We’ll see about 50 different musical artists or groups back in the Hollywood Bowl half-shell this summer.
From Hollywood Bowl:
The health and safety of our audiences, artists, and staff is our top priority. We are committed to ensuring that you have an exceptional Bowl experience, with confidence in the policies and procedures designed for a safe environment for all. Our policies and procedures are created to align with the Los Angeles County Department of Public Health’s protocols.
Increased Capacity
Based on new guidance, from Los Angeles County and the State of California, the Hollywood Bowl concerts will increase to 100% available capacity for concerts starting in July.
We encourage all attendees who can to get vaccinated, and according to a survey conducted in May 2021, 94% of Bowl audiences were already partially or fully vaccinated and 98% plan on being fully vaccinated.
Account Credits/Refunds
With these significant changes to our concert procedures, we are allowing anyone who has already made a purchase for the 2021 season the opportunity to receive a credit on their account or full refund of their purchase.
Guest Requirements
In addition to House Rules, the following protocols are required for all visitors:
Masks are required indoors and recommended at all times when not in your seat. Please bring a mask to the concert.
The Los Angeles County Department of Public Health strongly recommends that all guests wear a mask at all times when not in their ticketed seat. It also requires that all guests two years and older, and regardless of vaccination status, wear masks in indoor public settings unless they are actively eating and drinking or are otherwise exempt from wearing a mask due to a disability, as defined by the Americans with Disabilities Act (42 U.S.C. 12101 et seq.).
Wear a mask with two or more layers. Wear the mask over your nose and mouth and under your chin. The following are prohibited: Masks with exhalation valves; masks made of loosely woven fabrics; scarves, buffs, bandanas, gaiters, and face shields alone (inadequate protection). Masks will be available upon request.
Stay at home if you are ill.
Stay home if you are sick or have COVID-19 symptoms, have been in contact with someone known to be or suspected to have been infected with COVID-19 within the last 10 days, or if you are subject to a quarantine or isolation order. For ticket return options, please contact Audience Services.
Sanitize your hands frequently.
Wash your hands with soap and water for at least 20 seconds.
Enhanced Health and Safety Measures
In alignment with the Los Angeles County Department of Public Health’s guidelines, the Hollywood Bowl has implemented the following policies and procedures to provide a safe environment for our audiences, artists, and staff:
Hourly cleaning
Across high-touch locations and surfaces
Hand sanitization stations
Positioned throughout the Bowl
Reduced contact ticketing
Digital tickets are able to be scanned directly from your mobile device. Learn more here.
Mobile ordering
Download our app and order food or merchandise for pick-up without missing a beat. Learn more here.
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