Street photography from Mexico City at ArtNight in Pasadena
by I went to the spring 2017 ArtNight in Pasadena last Friday and at the Armory Center for the Arts discovered a photographer, Federico Gama, whose …
Category: Art in Los Angeles
Mayan censors, German angels and sandcastles at LACMA
The ‘Big Attraction Show’ for 2016 holiday tourists at Los Angeles Country Museum of Art is the Diego Rivera-Pablo Picasso exhibition. The common ground between …
See the Scharf garage at the Pasadena Museum of California Art
If you are visiting Pasadena for the Rose Parade, take a few minutes to see the Pasadena Museum of California Art. Or more specifically the …
Learn Curling, go ice skating, take an “angel” photo at Pershing Square in DTLA
(Note: This was originally published in 2017) Perhaps it is too early in December, but there were almost no Christmas decorations, no jolly Santa Claus, …
The Jackalope art fair had more than the usual suspects
Yes, all the usuals (soap, candles and jewelry) were on display at the Jackalope art fair in Pasadena. There were some other things, like the …
Dozens of angels now stand in Grand Park downtown Los Angeles
What a lovely discovery! I went to downtown L.A. to photograph the skaters in Pershing Square, then became distracted by all the anti-Trump demonstrators’ signs …
Beautiful Day of the Dead altars in Grand Park, Los Angeles
This year a group called Lore Productions “curated” some of the large altars for Grand Park. Their altars were large and professional in appearance, like …
Art and music and it was free at the All Access day in downtown L.A.
After photographing the Dia de los Muertos altars in Grand Park and viewing ‘Nimbus’ at Disney Hall, a lunch break was in order before I …
See the Nimbus performance at Disney Hall with clouds, lightning, bell ringers
As part of the free All Access event at the cultural venues along Grand Avenue, at Disney Hall The Industry experimental opera company performed ‘Nimbus’ …
Food for the dead on the altars in Grand Park Los Angeles 2018
In the ancient Mayan/Mexican tradition, favorite foods and flowers are left for the dead on their graves in the cemetery. In Los Angeles today, foods …