California Desert Arts Incubator

Rancho Mirage Library Features Barones

“LET’S FACE IT”
Larger-than-life
Hyper-realistic cutout wood portraits
By Karen & Tony Barone

Rancho Mirage Library Exhibition
December 2007 through March 2008

The portraits in this exhibition were executed mostly in 2002. In these works the Barones have paid a return visit to classical portraiture using elements of Italian Renaissance drawing. Using variations of sienna and umber the Barones have created large- scale photo-realistic portraits of the head and face only. Because the Barones consider themselves primarily sculptors, they uniquely execute the portraits on one-inch thick maple veneered wood using the natural wood grain and coloration as the medium ground.

The Barones describe this photorealism style of portraiture as “…not portraits of the subject, but rather portraits of a photograph of the subject.” Keeping one foot in the “artist as craftsman” tradition of 15th century Europe, the Barones carve away the silhouette, freeing the subject from its rigid rectilinear material. The unique combination of materials and hyper-realist execution allows them to gently and carefully place the other foot solidly in the contemporary art world.

Modern Masters Photo Open Tomorrow Night Dec. 19th

PHOTO OPENING AT Modern Masters
December 19th
5-8:30 p.m.

Featuring artwork by:
David Blank
Christopher Cichocki
Sherri Breyer
Peter Gurnz
Tom Johnson
Kimberly Nichols
Yekaterina Yushmanova

73-200 El Paseo
Suite 3A
Palm Desert, CA.

Photo Opening In Conjunction With Film Festival

P E R S P E C T I V E S
Photo Open Featuring:
STEVEN ARNOLD
SUNNY McNAIR
JANUARY 12TH – FEBRUARY 9TH 2008
JANSSENARTSPACE

In conjunction with the Palm Springs Film Festival
Janssenartspace is proud to present the photographic work
of Steven Arnold and Sunny McNair in PERSPECTIVES, an exhibit where two
levels of existences, meet at a common plane.
Opening Reception will be held on January 12th 2008 6-9pm.

Regrettably, Steven Arnold passed away in 1994. His photographs can be seen
in several museums worldwide, including Museum of Modern Art in New York.
Private collections include Salvador Dali, Cher, Goldie Hawn, Lauren Hutton,
Yves. St. Laurent and many others. Born in Berkeley, California, Steven’s black
and white photographs are staged eroticism. He uses dramatic lighting, much
like we see in old film noir movies. Arnold uses a mixture of “pleasure-dome,
prop-house wonderland.” Inspired by friend Salvador Dali, the staged photograph
was a perfect opportunity for Steven Arnold to avoid the compromises one was
forced to make in commercial filmmaking. One of Steven’s models and friend,
Brett Kester, has accumulated several original, signed photographs of the
artist known as Steven Arnold, which will be exhibited at Janssenartspace
through February 9th.

On the other side of the spiritual universe we have Sunny McNair in her
first gallery exhibit. At a young age, she began with sketching, painting and
now photography. The technique behind her “morphography” was discovered
by accident, but she has since made some very purposeful contributions to the
world of monochromatic photography. The misshapen faces reflect her eccentric
upbringing, in all its many facets. In her work, she attempts to capture those
fleeting moments where a plane of existence is out of whack, where we cannot
decide between one or the other, where we love and hate at the same time,
and where our greatest discoveries are made. Gathering inspiration from the
wonderful randomness of it all, she takes picture after picture, looking for
the next rhapsody of expression.

JANSSENARTSPACE. 333 S. Indian Canyon Drive. Palm Springs, Ca. 92262
760.864.9922 . Stevenjanssen.com

A Chance to Buy Great Art!

ARTrageous Auction 2008 – A Contemporary Arts Auction at the Palm Springs Art Museum
Monday, January 28, 2008, 6:00 pm

Get ready for the eye-popping ARTrageous Auction 2008, sponsored by the Palm Springs Art Museum's Contemporary Art Council for the purpose of raising funds for acquisitions, programs and exhibitions. All who attend the evening will enjoy cocktails and hors d’oeuvres while viewing the museum-quality artwork. After a catered dinner the live auction will begin, conducted by noted auctioneer James G. Niven. The highly acclaimed artists in this auction include: Louise Bourgeois, Alex Katz, Jeff Koons, David Salle, Frank Stella and many others. Sharing the excitement of the heated bidding is part of the experience; it’s absolutely—ARTRAGEOUS! All works to be auctioned will be on exhibition in the Museum on January 25, 26 and 27.

The Auction is chaired by Myrna Kaplan and Audrey Strachan with Marilyn Loesberg for Art Acquisitions and Carol Frankel and Jeanne Levitt for Underwriting. For more information please call 760.322.4823.

San Francisco Poet Evelyn Posamentier Coming to the Art Museum

On Thursday December 20, 2007 noted San Francisco poet Evelyn Posamentier will read at the Palm Springs Art Museum as part of the Live Out Loud! Poetry Series. The reading will take place in ZONE 101 at 6 p.m. and is free to the public.

Evelyn Posamentier’s poems have appeared in The Diagram, Born Magazine, 3 am Magazine, The SoMa Literary Review, The Quarterly Journal of Ideology, Nthposition and Drunken Boat.

The Live Out Loud! Poetry Series continues this year with Featured Poets on Thursday’s Free community Evenings. The readings take place in ZONE 101 from 6-8 pm on the third Thursday of each month. This year the evenings will be split among Featured Poets for the first hour and an open mic session welcoming audience participating for the second hour.

Funding for the series is generously provided from Poets & Writers Magazine through a grant from the James Irvine Foundation.

New Gallery Opening in P.S.'s Backstreet Art District

“The figure has always been a source of inspiration for me. Its ever changing shapes, colors and lines have been a stimulus in my exploration process for 35 years. Figurative drawing and painting became my conduit to the beauty of sensuality, flow of spirit and the ties to earth.”

I.M.A.G.E.S. BY Gideon
Gallery Location:
Backstreet Art district
2680 Cherokee Way
Palm Spring, CA 92264
Phone: 760.250.1521
Email: info@ImagesByGideon.com
Website: www.ImagesByGideon.com
Opening Hours:
Wed. through Fri. 2:30-5:00 pm
Sat. 1:00-5:00 pm
Sun. 1:00-4:00 pm

The Grand Opening is being held Saturday, December 8, 2007 from 6 to 9 pm.

2009-2010 Palm Desert Sculpture Invitational

Calling all interested sculptors to submit! Deadline May 10, 2008!

1. The Public Art Department will facilitate the exhibition on behalf of the City of Palm Desert’s Art in Public Places Commission and the El Paseo Merchants Association.
2. All artists, galleries, museums/non-profit arts organizations, and private collectors are encouraged to participate in this event.
3. A maximum of two entries per artist. All forms of visuals will be accepted, ie. CD’s, jpegs, slides, color photographs, as long as they are of good quality and it’s easy to discern the material, scale, shape and color of the artwork.
4. All sculptures must be installed on one of the existing pads along the El Paseo median. Sixteen pads measure 84” x 84” with a usable corner-to-corner space of 67” x 67”. A horizontal base could use the maximum 84” length of the base if its width was within the 67” dimension. There is one pad that is only 48” x 48” and another one that measures 8’ x 25’, which could accommodate multiple pieces or pieces with much larger bases that would fit on the former pads.
5. All sculptures MUST be designed with tabs or other devices that can be utilized to secure the artwork to the concrete pads.
6. Artworks should be constructed of durable materials, able to withstand the harsh weather conditions of the desert.
7. The artist or artist representative MUST REMOVE all packing and crating materials prior to installation.
8. The exhibition period will not exceed two years.
9. Artists who have participated in the last exhibition, 2007/08, are not eligible for the 2009/2010 exhibition.
10. Artworks can be sold, but not removed for six months once installation is completed. If a sculpture from the exhibition is sold, the artist or representative must resubmit for approval of a replacement artwork. The replacement piece MUST be installed at the same time of the removal of the piece that was sold, NO EXCEPTIONS. The artist or representative is responsible for all installation/deinstallation costs associated with the replacement sculpture for the exhibition. One replacement per pad may be made during the exhibition period.
11. The City of Palm Desert will provide the following for the El Paseo exhibition:
• $2,500 honorarium for each selected artwork.
• Opening reception to coincide with the Citywide Art of Wine & Food event at a location to be determined.
• Selection of art by the approved curator.
• Installation and deinstallation of the artworks, the artist or artist’s representative MUST notify either Mr. Twedt, or Debbie Thompson at 568-5240 if a crane or forklift will be required to install the artwork by October 3, 2008. INSTALLATION WILL BE SCHEDULED STARTING OCTOBER 20, 2008.
• National, regional, and local advertising.
• Signage and Banners.
• Pads/lighting/maintenance.

For more information, visit the website.

December 7th Notes in the Desert

Friday, December 7th – ‘Notes in the Desert’ a FREE Musical Performance series at the Palm Springs Public Library.

This month features harpist Dr. Vanessa Sheldon. Doors open at 6:00 p.m. when Jennifer’s Catering and Wild For The Vine will present light appetizers and wine tastings; with the concert beginning at 6:30 p.m. The Palm Springs Public Library is located at 300 S. Sunrise Way, on the corner of Baristo and Sunrise in Palm Springs. 760-322-READ, www.palmspringslibrary.org