18th Street Arts Center celebrates 20 years at ArtNight

18th Street Arts Center celebrates 20 years at ArtNight
1639 18th Street, Santa Monica, CA 90404 | 310-453-3711 | http://18thstreet.org/artnight.html
Saturday, May 2, 6 - 10pm

John Malpede & LAPD All-Stars along with Henriette Brouwers, Dystopia, 2008
"CPR: a Public Training in Life Saving Skills",
developed and performed by members of Santa Monica's OPCC: Ocean Park Community Center and the LAPD All-Stars. Directed by John Malpede and Henriëtte Brouwers.
This FREE Event will be performed at Highways Performance Space
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LA 2019: Cults, Collectives, & Cocooning Curated by Ciara Ennis

photo courtesy of unarius.org
May 2 – June 26, 2009
Reception: Saturday, May 2, 6:00-10:00pm
Artists Include: Cathy Akers, Heather Cantrell, Fallen Fruit, Olga Koumoundouros, Jason Middlebrook, Bede Murphy with Unarius, Machine Project with Jim Fetterly, William Ransom, Stephanie Smith (Wanna Start A Commune?), Joel Tauber, and:
Nuttaphol Ma, 2009 Artist Fellow
Mr. Ma will transform part of the main gallery into a lemongrass tearoom made from the lemongrass planted in and around 18 Street Art Center. click here for more
CULTS GALLERY >>
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OPEN STUDIOS & 18TH STREET CONECT
Open Studios
New and recent works by 18th Street Artists-In-Residence:
Clayton Campbell, David McDonald, Electronic Cafe International, EZTV, Lita Albuqurque, Luciana Abait, Marina Day Forstmann, Markus Keiland-Nazario, Michael Barnard, Nadia Reed, Robin Adsit, Yvette Gellis, International artists: Paul Adair (Australia), Joaquin Segura (Mexico)
Otis College of Art and Design Graduate Public Practice Studio will be open, for more info click here
18th Street Connect
An opportunity to learn about Santa Monica based and greater Los Angeles organizations.
Organizations include: Santa Monica Cultural Affairs Division, Santa Monica Historical Society Museum, California Laywers for the Arts, Chrysalis, New Playwrights Foundation, Pico Youth and Family Center, S.P.A.R.C., and Citizen LA
RAUL BALTAZAR, It Takes More Than Balls, interactive multi media sculpture
Raul Baltazar inter active, mixed media sculpture, 2009, along with the Tens of Virginia Avenue Park
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PARKING LOT EVENTS
Markus Keiland-Nazario
presents The HIGH PERFORMANCE (C)ART
and
Graffiti painting demonstration with Teens of Virginia Avenue Park led by artist Alex Kizu
THE PASILLO'S
Suburban Legend
A selection of work from the Oxnard College Art Department
GUEST CURATOR: Heather Jeno Silva
Featured Artists:
Richard Arcia, Anna Carrillo, Aaron Dadacay, Yi Gao, Antonio Garcia, Olivia Jones-Hernandez, Pamela Lamas, Andrew Lepe, James Santistevan, Olguin Tapia Heredia, Maria Villote