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Santa Monica Fine Arts Studios’ Open Studio and Silent Auction
Tue, Nov 24th 2009 – 0:04 | No Comment
Santa Monica Fine Arts Studios’ Open Studio and Silent Auction

by Carolyn Blais
Photos by Nikki DeVries

No matter what your artistic taste or preference, there was something for everyone to enjoy on Saturday, November 14th and Sunday, November 15th at the Santa Monica Fine Arts Studios. Once a year the studio opens its doors to the public for an open exhibit and silent auction, and this year Forth was lucky enough to be there and take part in the action. Read the whole story »

Velvet Elvis & The Sunset Junkies, by Marco Mannone
Mon, Nov 23rd 2009 – 23:53 | One Comment
Velvet Elvis & The Sunset Junkies, by Marco Mannone

It’s been a while since I’ve lost my mind in Venice Beach, but even longer since I had ridden along the entirety of the bike-path. Six years, to be exact. Back in those days, I was crashing at my brother’s boardwalk pad — a glaringly pink building in the dirty heart of it all. We were writing a screenplay about getting lost in Italy that never came to fruition – like so many other hopes and dreams before and since. Read the whole story »

“He’s Come Full Circle” Interview with Chuck Connelly, by Sheila Williams
Mon, Nov 23rd 2009 – 23:43 | One Comment
“He’s Come Full Circle” Interview with Chuck Connelly, by Sheila Williams

After the success of the 2008 HBO Emmy award-winning documentary, “The Art of Failure: Chuck Connelly Not for Sale”, (which documented his slow and shaky rise back to the top of the art world) Connelly is being honored with a retrospective of his work.
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Len Aaron Artist Exhibit (Former President & CEO of Aaron Brothers)
Fri, Nov 20th 2009 – 14:43 | No Comment
Len Aaron Artist Exhibit (Former President & CEO of Aaron Brothers)

by Nancy Accomando

I was walking down Main Street on the night of the November 12th Downtown LA Artwalk and came upon this show. The exhibit was at the Arty Gallery, 634 S. Main St. The artist featured was the Co-founder, former President and CEO of Aaron Brothers Art-Marts, Len Aaron. He usually sells his work between $500 and $5,000. This evening he was having a “Recession Sale,” some selling for as low as $50! He calls his paintings “primitive abstract mixed-media” paintings (oil, water-based, and acrylic paints) by pouring colors from atop a jungle gym ladder onto canvases below. Read the whole story »

What Are You Based On? by Julia Ingalls
Fri, Nov 20th 2009 – 1:30 | One Comment

In 1890, William Jennings Bryan pontificated his way into historical relevance by proposing a monetary standard based on silver. Experts roundly condemned Bryan’s choice in precious metal as ridiculous, and further derided his selection of pocket-watches. “Brings out his stomach roll,” said one oft-quoted but rarely cited Yale scholar. Eighty years later, Richard “Tricky Dick” Nixon decided he’d had it with gold, and promptly sent the treasury off into the vaguely mystical land of arbitrary value. Things seemed okay for a while. Read the whole story »