The Long List The Long List: December 12–18 ( Dec 12, 2019 )

Thursday, December 12

Openings and Events in Santa Monica

Jimena Sarno: Score for the Near Future, 18th Street Arts Center, 7pm.

Openings and Events in Westwood

MoMA Contenders 2019: Marriage Story, with Laura Dern & Adam Driver, Hammer Museum, 7:30pm.

Openings and Events on Miracle Mile

The Art of Looking—Betye Saar: Call and Response, LACMA, 12:30–1:30pm.

Openings and Events in Hollywood

LIGHT IN SACRED SPACE: LITA ALBUQUERQUE, Bridge Projects, 5:30–8pm.

Openings and Events in Los Feliz

JP MUNRO, The Finley.

Openings and Events in Leimert Park

Artist Talk: Kenturah Davis, Art + Practice, 7pm.

Openings and Events Downtown

Book Signing: Jonas Wood, The Geffen Contemporary at MOCA, 6–8pm.

Exhibition Walkthrough: Bennett Simpson on The Foundation of the Museum, The Geffen Contemporary at MOCA, 7pm.

Premiere: Cal State LA Community Impact Media Documentaries, Hauser & Wirth, 7:30pm.

Snap to Grid, LACDA, 7–9pm.

Openings and Events in Frogtown

FeM Synth Lab, Women’s Center for Creative Work, 7:30pm.

Openings and Events in Highland Park

Light Garden, Now Instant Image Hall, 8pm.

Openings and Events in San Marino

Be Bold! Designing with Native Plants, The Huntington, 2:30pm.

Openings and Events in Pasadena

Fall Graduate Art Open Studios, ArtCenter Graduate Art Studios, 7–10pm.

Friday, December 13

Openings and Events in Mid-City

Holiday Book Sale, David Kordansky, 10am–6pm. Continues December 14.

Markus Oehlen: CELTIC FUNK ETCETERA, Karma International, 6–8pm.

Ron Athey and David Harrow, ltd los angeles, 7pm.

Openings and Events in Hollywood

KUAMEN, Visual Artists Group, 6–9pm.

Openings and Events Downtown

A Conversation with Michael Eric Dyson, California African American Museum, 7pm.

Reanimating Ancient Worlds: The Short Films of David Lebrun, REDCAT, 8:30pm. $6–12.

Openings and Events in Chinatown

Skylar Haskard: RECESS 2019, Human Resources, 6–10pm.

Sparkleblob's NUTCRACKER SWEET: Something Completely Else, Automata, 8pm. $17–20. Through December 22.

Openings and Events in San Marino

Conference: John Ruskin: 19th-Century Visionary, 21st-Century Inspiration, The Huntington, 8:30am.

Saturday, December 14

Openings and Events in Venice

Women who Submit: A Writing Workshop with Ashaki Jackson, Beyond Baroque, 11am–3pm.

Pacific Coast Poetry Series Book Launch: Lost and Local by Carol Ellis, Beyond Baroque, 8pm.

Openings and Events in Santa Monica

Purveyors of Fine Goods, ROSEGALLERY, 10am–6pm.

Openings and Events in Culver City

Joe Rudko artist talk and mimosas, Von Lintel, 2pm.

Artist Talk: Hugo Crosthwaite, Luis De Jesus Los Angeles, 2pm.

MELBA LEVICK + RUBEN G. MENDOZA: MISSION SAN MIGUEL, Arcana: Books on the Arts, 4–6pm.

FLOW, Bruce Lurie Gallery, 6–9pm.

Openings and Events in Century City

Exploring Mindful Living Through Public Art, Annenberg Space for Photography, 7pm.

Openings and Events on Miracle Mile

The Artist is in: Art Advice for the 21st Century Artist by Kristine Schomaker, TAG Gallery, 11am–1pm.

Honey I Blew up the Weavings: A Giant Weaving Workshop with Mimi Haddon, Craft Contemporary, 1–4pm. $150–160.

STEVE VAI: An Earth Dweller’s Return, FATHOM Gallery.

Openings and Events in Mid-City

Informal Exhibition Walkthrough with artist SEK, Chimento Contemporary, 2–4pm.

The 39th Annual Black Doll Show: PSYCHEDOLLIA, The William Grant Still Arts Center, 3–6pm.

Artist walkthrough: MASZKIEWICZ WOOLSEY | ZAPPAS Y ‘M P L N T, Ochi Projects, 4pm.

Wishlist 7.5, Gabba Gallery, 7–11pm.

Openings and Events in Hollywood

10 COLUMNS: ARTIST TALK AND BOOK PARTY, Bridge Projects, 3–6pm.

Christopher Myers: DRAPETOMANIA, Fort Gansevoort Los Angeles, 6–8pm.

Sète-Los Angeles, SHOW, 6–9pm.

Nostos, Matthew Brown Los Angeles, 7–9pm.

Openings and Events Downtown

Devendra Banhart: Other Flowers, Hauser & Wirth, 11am–6pm. Continues December 15.

Open Studios / Art Party, 3400 Fowler Street, 12–7pm.

Holiday Marketplace and BUENO, BONITO Y BARATO' HOLIDAY POP-UP EXHIBITION, Self Help Graphics and Art, 12–5pm.

Docent-Led Tour of Dust My Broom: Southern Vernacular from the Permanent Collection, California African American Museum, 1pm.

Slouching Towards Los Angeles (On Fire, a reading and discussion), Wilding Cran, 2–4pm.

ARTIST LED TOUR with KATY ANN GILMORE and EPHRAIM PUUSEMP, DENK Gallery, 2–4pm.

MOVE: Dance '90s with Myshell Tabu, California African American Museum, 3pm.

PHILIPP KREMER – WITH LOVERS, Nicodim, 4–7pm.

Emily Barker, Murmurs, 4pm.

Exhibition walkthrough with curator Chiara Giovando, The Box, 4pm.

Conversation: April Street and William J. Simmons, Vielmetter Los Angeles, 4pm.

THE CONSPIRACY OF ART: PART II, Château Shatto, 6–9pm.

Art Collector Starter Kit VI, Lauren Marx, Bao Pham, kelogsloops, Sasha Ira, and Josh Tiessen, Corey Helford Gallery, 7–11pm.

Jonathan Edelhuber: LEAVING THE GARDEN, These Days, 7–9pm.

Holiday Fundraiser and Party, Tiger Strikes Asteroid Los Angeles and Monte Vista Projects, 7–10pm.

Openings and Events in Frogtown

Creative Teaching For The Teaching Artist, Women’s Center for Creative Work, 11am–3pm.

Tin Flats Flea, Redling Fine Art, 11am–6pm. Continues December 15.

Openings and Events in Lincoln Heights

It looked like Something, but it was really Nothing- the exploded Star guiding us is a Ghost at best, but a Beacon is a Beacon all the same. So while it could prove Nothing, I would like to believe it was truly Something.: Gregory Barnett, Pieter, 8:30pm.

Openings and Events in Highland Park

Dia de Guadalupe Exhibition, Avenue 50 Studio, 7–10pm.

Openings and Events in Pasadena

Drag Queen Storytime, Armory Center for the Arts, 12–4pm.

Openings and Events in San Marino

Family Drop-In Program - Garden Party, The Huntington, 10:30am.

Openings and Events in Altadena

David Muenzer: Sylvan Plug, Jan Weenix, 3–7pm.

Openings and Events Beyond Los Angeles

All Wrapped Up: The Art of Giving, Santa Barbara Museum of Art (Santa Barbara), 9am–3pm.

DO YOU LOVE ME? B L U E W A V E L u t z B a c h e r closing event, UCI Claire Trevor School of the Arts (Irvine), 9:30am–9:30pm.

Arpilleras Holiday Workshop, MOLAA (Long Beach), 10am–1pm. $35.

Holiday Arpilleras Workshop, Museum of Latin American Art (Long Beach), 10am–1pm.

Artist-Led Plein Air Painting Workshop, Long Beach Museum of Art (Long Beach), 11:30am–4:30pm. $75.

Create: Crochet with Jasmine Nyende, ESMoA (El Segundo), 1–4pm.

Book signing: Double Vision: The Photography of George Rodriguez, Vincent Price Art Museum (Monterey Park), 2–4pm.

Ojai Studio Artists Special Event and Raffle, Porch Gallery (Ojai), 4–6:30pm.

Family ArtLAB > Sculptural Pop-up Holiday Cards, MCASD (San Diego), 5–8pm.

Sunday, December 15

Openings and Events on Miracle Mile

Fiji: Art and Life in the Pacific, LACMA, 12pm.

Gallery Talk—Steven Hooper and Katrina Talei Igglesden on Fiji: Art & Life in the Pacific, LACMA, 2pm.

Openings and Events in Mid-City

Holiday Gathering, Matter Studio Gallery, 1–4pm.

Openings and Events in West Hollywood

WILD UP PRESENTS ODEYA NINI, Craft in America, 7pm.

Openings and Events Downtown

CAAM Makers Fest, California African American Museum, 1pm.

LACMDS presents SLIGHTLY GUIDED DANCE PARTY: WINTER WONDERLAND EDITION, The Geffen Contemporary at MOCA, 6–8pm.

Openings and Events in Lincoln Heights

GROUP SHOW CLOSING and SMALL WORKS HOLIDAY SALE, Keystone Art Space, 12–4pm.

Openings and Events in Glassell Park

Jen Bruce: Flatlands, Elephant, 6–9pm.

Openings and Events in Highland Park

A STORE SHOW - Exhibition closing and Holidays Party, ODD ARK • LA, 4–6pm.

Openings and Events in Pasadena

Trudie Strobel: A Life in Tapestry, Armory Center for the Arts, 3–5pm.

Openings and Events Beyond Los Angeles

Artist-Led Plein Air Painting Workshop, Long Beach Museum of Art (Long Beach), 11:30am–4:30pm. $75.

Haus of Sages: Olfactive Listening - Incense as a Meditative Muse, with Persephenie, Palm Springs Art Museum (Palm Springs), 1pm.

PUMP SUCK LISTENING PARTY, POTTS (Alhambra), 4–6pm.

Monday, December 16

Openings and Events in Westwood

MoMA Contenders 2019: Judy, with Renée Zellweger, Hammer Museum, 7:30pm.

Openings and Events Beyond Los Angeles

Folk Art, Palm Springs Art Museum (Palm Springs), 1–3pm. $15–20.

Tuesday, December 17

Openings and Events in Brentwood

Unseen: 35 Years of Collecting Photographs, Getty Center, 10am–5:30pm.

Openings and Events in Westwood

MoMA Contenders 2019: Monos, with director Alejandro Landes, Hammer Museum, 7:30pm.

Openings and Events on Miracle Mile

Gallery Talk: Personal Connections, LACMA, 1–2pm.

Wednesday, December 18

Openings and Events Downtown

Animate Space: Syncopated Ladies, California African American Museum, 7pm.

MEND: Screening, conversation, and performance with Chris Emile and Jackson Kroopf, moderated by Jheanelle Brown, ICA LA, 7–9pm.

Openings and Events Beyond Los Angeles

Lunchtime Lecture: Landscape Painting Now, Laguna Art Museum (Laguna Beach), 1pm.

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