Local Art Roundup: Fall Back Into the Arts!
Fall Back Into the Arts! Glendale Library, Arts & Culture This Week (Sept. 25th to Oct. 2nd)
After far too long, the in-person arts have returned! 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 in Downtown Los Angeles and Leimert Park this weekend.
"The Happiness You Deserve" by Artist Renae Barnard
On view through Friday, October 1, 2021
LOCATION: Adams Square Mini Park Gas Station, 1020 E. Palmer Ave., Glendale, CA 91205
EVENT TYPE: Art Installation
Visit Glendale’s Adams Hill neighborhood for a series of temporary art installations in the historic, refurbished 1936 Streamline Modern gas station.
"The Happiness You Deserve" is a lightweight, abstract, suspended installation made from found and recycled materials such as paper, plastic, wire and string. This soft sculptural artwork was created especially for the Adams Square Mini Park Gas Station and is intended to uplift and inspire passersby during these challenging times. The artwork will be illuminated from its interior for evening viewing by solar-powered LED. Renae Barnard’s full portfolio of photography, sculpture, and public art can be viewed here.
Saturday, October 2, 2021, 4 PM (ongoing)
LOCATION: Artsakh Paseo, 127 N. Artsakh Ave. Glendale, CA 91206
Join us for eclectic live music series outside on the Artsakh Paseo on Saturdays at 4PM this October! Visitors are welcome to bring a chair and enjoy the music in Downtown Glendale. Performances run 60 minutes without intermission. Seating is not provided.
Learn more about Paris Chansons.
The first concert of the series will feature Paris Chansons, a French band with a global twist based in Los Angeles, performing original renditions of French favorites from Charles Aznavour, Joe Dassin, Edith Piaf, Enrico Macias, Salvatore Adamo, Dalida to contemporary artists like Zaz! PLUS some of the most beautiful Russian & Italian classics. You may recognize the music of Paris Chansons from their past concert at Brand Library’s Plaza Series.
The 49th Annual National Juried Exhibition of Works on Paper
On view through Friday, October 29, 2021
LOCATION: Brand Library & Art Center, 1601 W. Mountain St., Glendale, CA 91201
HOURS: Tuesday through Thursday, 11AM-8PM, Friday & Saturday, 10AM-5PM
EVENT TYPE: Art Exhibition
Brand Library & Art Center is proud to present the 49th Annual National Juried Exhibition of Works on Paper. Sponsored by the Brand Associates, this annual exhibition has become a prominent stage for artists from around the country who choose paper as their primary material. This year’s juror is Marvella Muro, Director of Artistic Programs and Education at Self Help Graphics and Art (SHG) in Los Angeles.
The extraordinary 125 works featured in the exhibition can be viewed, and purchase inquiries can made, on the website. Scroll to the bottom of the page to view this year’s award winners. The exhibition catalog is available for purchase here.
ReflectSpace Gallery Presents “You Can’t Arrest an Idea”
On view through Friday, November 5, 2021
LOCATION: 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.
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.
For public outdoor art within the City of Glendale, including Beyond the Box, murals, and sculpture, see our map.
This weekend in Los Angeles:
Saturday, September 25, 2021, 2-10PM
LOCATION: California Plaza, 350 South Grand Avenue, Los Angeles, CA, 90071
EVENT TYPE: Concert Series
Located in Los Angeles’ Bunker Hill district, California Plaza hosts Grand Performances, an outdoor summer concert series that concludes this weekend with a DJ party!
Per the Do-Over’s website: “Established in 2005 in Hollywood, The Do-Over has been supplying the best summer Sunday party options ever since. The magical tropical daytime get-down has built a following like no other, all thanks to the deep consistent vibe and hang loose attitude, curated by founders Chris Haycock, Jamie Strong, and Aloe Blacc.” All ages are welcome although there will be a bar area that is 21+ only. RSVP here.
ARTWALK - Leimert Park Village Live Experience
Sunday, September 26, 2021, 12-3PM
LOCATION: KAOS Network, 4343 Leimert Blvd., Los Angeles, CA
EVENT TYPE: Arts & Entertainment
The last Sunday of every month, Leimert Park Village hosts an all-ages, free artwalk! This Sunday, September 26, the focus is Afro Futurism at the Artwalk. Afro futurism fashion is encouraged, and the event will include guest speakers and music including an afro sonic drum circle with free bucket drums and sticks.