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8/3/2008

Two exhibitions

Laguna Art Museum, Laguna Beach

Las Vegas Diaspora: The Emergence of Contemporary Art from the Neon Homeland (March 9 – June 1, 2008) travels to Laguna Art Museum from its recent premiere at the Las Vegas Art Museum. Organized by the well-respected art critic and curator Dave Hickey, this exhibition celebrates the work of twenty-six artists who received their degrees from the University of Las Vegas, Nevada (UNLV). All of the featured artists studied with Hickey between 1990 and 2001, when Hickey taught art theory and criticism in the Department of Art at UNLV.

“When I joined the Department of Art at UNLV in 1990, I knew that students who chose Las Vegas to study art would have to be a special breed,” says Hickey, “and they were. At that time, the city of Las Vegas could hardly have been considered the art destination that it is today. But it was then, as it is now, an extremely self-selecting venue. It attracts a certain kind of person, so I wasn’t surprised that the kids who came here were adventuresome, cosmopolitan, self-sufficient, and indifferent to parental oversight. As a result of their industry and courage, some things that happen in Vegas don’t stay in Vegas. They go out and change the world.”

Since their graduation from the University, the featured artists have gone on to establish successful careers, most having been launched by Los Angeles galleries such as the Shoshana Wayne Gallery, Western Project, Suzanne Vielmetter, L.A. Louver, Mark Moore Gallery, and the Richard Heller Gallery.

Bolton Colburn, Director of Laguna Art Museum comments “Hickey, who frequently curates shows and writes essays for museums and galleries in southern California, has had a significant effect on the arts here and, as shown in Las Vegas Diaspora, he has been instrumental in building a new outpost for contemporary art on the eastern parameter of the West Coast in the unlikeliest of all places, Las Vegas.”

The exhibition is accompanied by a catalog published by The Las Vegas Art Museum and BrightCity Books. The catalog features an essay by Dave Hickey with color reproductions of some of the choice work in the exhibition.

Major support for this exhibition has been provided by the Murray and Ruth Gribin Trust, June Lee’s Contemporary Art, The Mark Moore Gallery, Santa Monica and the Mark and Hilarie Moore Family Trust, and Sheridan Brown.

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Young Artists Society Gallery

Curated by Victoria Murphy.

PACIFIC REGION JURIED ANNUAL ART EXHIBITION FROM THE BOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF AMERICA

This special collaboration with the Boys and Girls Clubs of Laguna Beach features an exhibition of the top 37 pieces chosen from the Pacific Regional Fine Arts Competition of the Boys & Girls Clubs of America. The art is separated by groups of 9 and under, 10 -12, 13-15, and 16-18 years of age. These talented young people have expressed themselves through the mediums of monochromatic drawing, multi-colored drawing, pastel, watercolor, acrylic, print making, mixed media, collage, sculpture, and group projects.

The art for the exhibition was created in the Fine Arts Club—a year- round class held once a week that encourages participants to explore a wide variety of art mediums and techniques. The art classes are based on the process as opposed to the product; providing an opportunity to develop technique and creative exploration. The activities encourage creative interpretation, creative problem solving, and character development through personal expression.

The exhibition will be on display in the Young Artists Society at Laguna Art Museum from March 9th through the 22nd.

Laguna Art Museum
307 Cliff Dr. 208 - Laguna Beach

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