Local Art Roundup: November - January
Visit Glendale Library, Arts & Culture This Winter!
(Our November to January Arts Calendar)
For our art lovers—we have installations and exhibits you can still enjoy (quickly) before they close this week, but we are also excited for our upcoming openings at Glendale Central Library and Brand Library & Art Center. An interactive digital installation by NOTA BENE Visual will be on display at Central Library’s ReflectSpace Gallery. If you would still like to view Sheila Pinkel’s “You Can’t Arrest an Idea” at ReflectSpace, which has been on display since September, it has been extended to November 15th. Last but certainly not least, Brand Library & Art Center welcomes Women Painters West’s “A Century of California Women Artists” with an opening reception this month. There are plenty of free events courtesy of Glendale’s Arts & Culture Commission to help celebrate the visual and performing arts this week. If you feel like venturing beyond our neighborhood, check out events around town.
Diversity Tree by Dillan Garcia
Closing Friday, November 12, 2021
LOCATION: Adams Square Mini Park Gas Station, 1020 E. Palmer Ave., Glendale, CA 91205
EVENT TYPE: Art Exhibit
"Diversity Tree" is a mixed media installation, inspired by the materials and art process developed in the Oaxacan experimental art gallery. Materials such as colored rope, copper wire, velcro straps, reflective paint, green LED light strips, sandpaper, fish line, fish hooks, tea bags, clear gorilla glue, and plywood board. The tree is a symbol for L.A County’s diverse population and the drooping tree branches with leaves represent the ethnic communities within, capturing a feeling of cultural unity.
Learn more about Dillan Garcia’s current work and view his gallery here.
Lightwave by LightRiders and 11:11 A Creative Collective
On view through Saturday, November 13, 2021
LOCATION: Central Park Paseo, 216 S. Brand Blvd., Glendale, CA 91204
EVENT TYPE: Art Exhibit
“Lightwave" by LightRiders and 11:11 Creative Collective, is an interactive light-art installation that reflects our new collective reality in function and form with two beautiful and elegant side by side waves of colorfully flowing LED tube lights. The installation described on 11:11 A Creative Collective’s website:
“The upheaval of our social and physical world due to the COVID-19 pandemic has caused us all to reassess the ways in which we interact, both physically and emotionally. We have been forced to find new ways to connect, to care, love, grow, and appreciate art. LightWave promotes a physically distanced but socially connected interactive experience that provides a modern creative outlet for people to work and play together at a time when health depends on personal space.”
For more information about LightRiders’s other LED-based light installations and visual experiences, click here.
Women's Painters West - A Century of California Women Artists
On view through Saturday, November 13, 2021 - January 8, 2022
LOCATION: Brand Library & Art Center 1601 W Mountain Street, Glendale, CA 91201
HOURS: Tuesday through Thursday, 11AM-8PM, Friday & Saturday, 10AM-5PM
EVENT TYPE: Art Exhibit
Brand Library & Art Center is proud to present “A Century of California Women Artists” which commemorates the heritage, challenges and accomplishments by members of Women Painters West over the last 100 years.
Join us after-hours for the free, public opening reception celebrating this historic centennial exhibition on Saturday, November 13, 2021 from 6-9pm at Brand Library & Art Center. The exhibition will be on view during Brand Library & Art Center’s regular hours until Saturday, January 8, 2022.
Women Painters West is the oldest organization of its kind recognizing contemporary women artists and their historical sisters. Since its inception in 1921, many members have achieved great success and acclaim both nationally and internationally, including Mabel Alvarez, Kathryn Woodman Leighton, and Elsie Palmer Payne. Today, Women Painters West is a diverse multi-generational group of 200 women artists that awards scholarships to art students in southern California, assists community art programs and enriches and enhances members’ professional opportunities. The exhibition features 100 new, contemporary works by current Women Painters West members inspired by past member artists, as well as showcasing 25 original paintings by past members on loan from Southern California museums and private collections, many of which will be on display for the first time. To learn more about the Women Painters West artists and view their current online exhibition, click here.
ReflectSpace Gallery Presents “You Can’t Arrest an Idea”
Extended viewing through Monday, November 15th, 2021
LOCATION: ReflectSpace Gallery in the Glendale Central Library, 222 E Harvard St, Glendale, CA 91205
HOURS: Monday through Thursday, 9AM-9PM, Friday & Saturday, 9AM-6PM
EVENT TYPE: Art Exhibition
ReflectSpace Gallery presents “You Can’t Arrest an Idea,” an exhibition by Sheila Pinkel that features an important selection of the artist’s social and political work never before shown together. This exhibit was previously scheduled to close on November 5, 2021 but has been extended until November 15th!
Sheila Pinkel is an American visual artist, activist and educator who has been creating engaged political and socially conscious art for four decades. Her topics of inquiry are as varied as her techniques and approaches. A research-based artist, she employs data visualization, digital and medical technologies, photography, and Xerox machine works to make critical and ethical inquiries into often invisible but pressing issues of our times. Casting a wide net across multiple subject matters—from the military-industrial complex, nuclear industry, consumption, incarceration, environment, and others—Sheila Pinkel’s work is as ambitious as it is outspoken. “You Can’t Arrest an Idea” weaves many of these threads together to present a decades-long and unrelenting vision of an artist attempting to make the invisible visible in nature and in culture.
You can view several past exhibits from the ReflectSpace Gallery on the website.
On view from Thursday, November 18, 2021 - Saturday, January 8, 2022
LOCATION: ReflectSpace Gallery in the Glendale Central Library, 222 E Harvard St, Glendale, CA 91205
HOURS: Monday through Thursday, 9AM-9PM, Friday & Saturday, 9AM-6PM
EVENT TYPE: Art Exhibition
Glendale Library, Arts & Culture and ReflectSpace Gallery is proud to present “In Order to Control” by NOTA BENE Visual: an interactive typographic installation that encourages conversations about ethics and violence.
“In Order to Control” is a multi-media installation that uses typography and digital technology to engage the audience. The installation takes place in dark space where text is projected onto the floor in block paragraph form. The text is about a variety of topics like violence, imprisonment, ethics, law, societal norms, and other social justice issues. Using kinetics and interactive projection, the audience is able to interact with the text as they move through the space. This interaction and movement create a space in which conversations about the topics in the projected text can take place.
NOTA BENE Visual is a multi-disciplinary studio based in Istanbul, specialized in digital experiences with the newest technology for global brands & artistic platforms by focusing on video projection mapping, interactive experiences and installations.
To learn more about ReflectSpace Gallery, visit www.reflectspace.org. To learn more about NOTA BENE Visual and this installation on their website, click here.
Mural Ordinance: Community Input Meeting
Wednesday, November 17, 2021 (6:30 p.m. - 8:00 p.m.)
LOCATION: Online Event | Zoom
HOURS: 6:30PM - 8PM
EVENT TYPE: Community Input Meeting
Join us in shaping the future of Glendale's mural ordinance on November 17, 2021 at 6:30pm! There will be a short presentation on the current mural review and approval processes, followed by a facilitated discussion on the development of Glendale's mural ordinance.
Art on Orange - Storefront Art Program
Opening Reception Friday December 10, 2021, Art on view through January 29, 2022.
LOCATION: 250 N. Orange St. Glendale, CA 91203
GALLERY HOURS: Wednesday 2PM - 5:30PM, Thursday 2pm-5:30PM
EVENT TYPE: Art Exhibition
Join us for the opening reception of Art on Orange! Enjoy an evening of incredible artwork installed by local artists, delicious desserts, and a special musical performance. Friday, December 10, 2021 from 6:00PM - 8:00PM. RSVP here! The goal of Glendale's Storefront Art Program is to create professional quality art installations celebrating the surrounding community, thereby increasing the interest of passerby, enriching Glendale's cultural environment, and creating a strong community identity. Stay tuned for information on our Closing Reception on Saturday, January 29 2022.
Black Souls
On view from Monday, January 17 - February 26, 2022
LOCATION: Adams Square Mini Park Gas Station, 1020 E. Palmer Ave. Glendale, CA 91205
EVENT TYPE: Art Exhibition
"Black Souls" is a tribute of artwork, in memory of the Africans that lost their life on the American soil alone and far from their land. There will be about 20-25 African masks lined up with wood bars lined up to each other to represent the American flag, floating in 2/3 of the mini gas station. which will express a 3D flag. Artist: Martial Yapo
Beyond the Box: Utility Box Mural Art Program
LOCATION: Various locations throughout Glendale, cross streets listed below
EVENT TYPE: Public Art Murals
In July of this year, a “Call for Artists” was made to local and regional applicants for Beyond the Box, a mural project supported by the City of Glendale and the Glendale Arts & Culture Commission with funding from the Urban Art Program. The program goal is to bring beauty to unexpected places such as public infrastructure, in this case utility boxes. There are currently over 100 painted utility box murals in Glendale. This year, seven artists were selected to paint murals over the weekend of October 22-24, 2021. The theme this year was “Celebrating Mental Health Awareness,” a crucial topic as life begins to normalize following the global COVID-19 pandemic.
UTILITY BOX LOCATIONS
Jackson Ave. & Glenoaks Blvd.
Orange Ave. & California Ave.
Colorado St. & Columbus St.
Colorado St. between Glendale Ave & Everett St.
Louise Ave. & Wilson St.
New York Ave. & Foothill Blvd.
Colorado St. & Galleria Way
The Glendale Arts & Culture Commission has an art map to guide you to all of our Beyond the Box murals.
For public outdoor art within the City of Glendale, including Beyond the Box, murals, and sculpture, see our map.