tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-379460372024-03-06T21:22:22.402-08:00FarmlabSalons, Exhibitions, News, and Information about this Downtown Los Angeles Creative Environmental Think Tank, Art Production Studio, Salon Venue and More.<br>
<a href="http://farmlab.org/2006/12/more-information-coming-soon.html">Address & Hours</a> // <a href="http://farmlab.org/2007/01/2007-farmlab-salon-schedule-every.html">Programs Schedule</a>not a cornfield / under spring / farmlabhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11127413118751830180noreply@blogger.comBlogger452125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37946037.post-8658385594237644832010-12-01T11:50:00.000-08:002010-12-01T11:58:50.224-08:00Metabolic Studio Twain Tour: L.A. Creek Freak Historic Bridges Excursion<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLzoMLviL5oHwaboxJg48ZljdAqtDASvznH1aQit0O4quHl7m0Ysf4Tbt01Qhbo9hnXABPWHT-Vac_zyovzUQw4_lX5xsfEeixO_e6IQ_EBk0JrZoLX_lHSoA6H4w3F1b27-gZ/s1600/twainlg.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 206px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLzoMLviL5oHwaboxJg48ZljdAqtDASvznH1aQit0O4quHl7m0Ysf4Tbt01Qhbo9hnXABPWHT-Vac_zyovzUQw4_lX5xsfEeixO_e6IQ_EBk0JrZoLX_lHSoA6H4w3F1b27-gZ/s320/twainlg.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5545805327936836146" /></a><span><span style="font-size:12pt"><div><span><span style="font-size:12pt"><br /></span></span></div>This December, the Metabolic Studio teams up with L.A. Creek Freak for a new installment in its “The Twain” Trolley tours. The December tours will showcase a dozen of Los Angeles’ iconic historic downtown bridges. </span></span><div><span><span style="font-size:12pt"><br /></span></span></div><div><span><span style="font-size:12pt">These monumental City Beautiful bridges, over the Los Angeles River and in Downtown L.A., were built between 1906 and 1932 and represent a hopeful forward-looking moment in the city’s history of growth and expansion. Many of the beautiful concrete-arch spans are targeted for demolition; this tour will spur conversations on the bridges’ significance - past and future.<br /><br /><b> What:</b> Twain Trolley tours of the Downtown Los Angeles bridges<br /><b> When:</b> Fridays, December 3rd and 10th 2010<br />Trolley departs 1pm, returns 3:15pm<br /><b> Where:</b> The Metabolic Studio, 1745 North Spring Street, Unit 6, Los Angeles CA 90012</span></span><div><span><span style="font-size:12pt"><a href="http://maps.google.com/maps?oi=map&q=1745+N+Spring,+90012">See Google Map</a></span></span></div><div><span><span style="font-size:12pt"><br /><b> How much:</b> Tour is free, but space is limited; reservations are strongly recommended - please RSVP to <span><u><a href="http://www.blogger.com/lacreekfreak@gmail.com">lacreekfreak@gmail.com</a><br /></u></span><i>Note: tours include three short walking stops (approximately 5 minute walks) – wear comfortable walking shoes.</i><br /><br />All tours will include commentary by Joe Linton, author of <i>Down by the Los Angeles River</i> and contributor to the L.A. Creek Freak blog. Each trip also includes special guest conversationalists:</span></span></div><div><span><span style="font-size:12pt"><br /><b> Friday December 3rd:</b><br /> Mike Woo – L.A. City Planning Commissioner<br /> Eloy Torrez - artist</span></span></div><div><span><span style="font-size:12pt"><br /><b> Friday December 10th:</b><br /> Matt Coolidge – Center for Land Use Interpretation<br /> James Rojas – Latino Urban Forum</span></span> <!--EndFragment--> </div></div>not a cornfield / under spring / farmlabhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11127413118751830180noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37946037.post-90643095389520088572010-08-13T13:37:00.000-07:002010-08-30T12:55:15.027-07:00Metabolic Studio Public SalonJerri Allyn & Inez BushFriday, August 20, 2010 @ NoonFree Admission<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOocDn_ebEMnwaZGDZa8XTEcyJWUH_pcOrr8MkBM5tS_1VqFnG0tlZQJ9Bv4OO9u_d34-5b-nm5eNimvddM35WilG75Br4W0d2j_F0QmHGDZSiScMB9hge_49Jpi99KzAIjW4w/s1600/120510_Debate+Perf_MM_MV.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOocDn_ebEMnwaZGDZa8XTEcyJWUH_pcOrr8MkBM5tS_1VqFnG0tlZQJ9Bv4OO9u_d34-5b-nm5eNimvddM35WilG75Br4W0d2j_F0QmHGDZSiScMB9hge_49Jpi99KzAIjW4w/s400/120510_Debate+Perf_MM_MV.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5496106332429074914" /></a><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">Debating through the Arts / Presentation and Interactive Workshop</span></i><br /><P><br />Can you imagine including artists on the world stage at the UN, advocating for cultural participation in global affairs? This Salon will begin with a brief presentation by Bush and Allyn about a daylong theatrical event on Dec. 5, 2009, based on a Model United Nations paradigm. The performance included 4 teams of artists acting as UN Delegates, creatively debating the pros and cons of Freedom of Expression, and Gentrification and Cultural Equity.* The presenters will note how this model is evolving for Debate #2 on Sept. 26, 2010 at St. Elmo Village. <br /><P><br />After the introduction, Bush and Allyn will conduct an interactive workshop that provides a “taste of the Debates.” The two will begin by facilitating a 15 minute discussion with Salon participants that distinguishes two sides of the following question, and how it effects Metabolic Studio, their neighbors, and / or downtown LA:<br /><P><br />Gentrification and Cultural Equity: Can community members and local governments ensure cultural equity in the revitalization of their neighborhoods? How do we resolve the class war? Participants will then break into small groups to brainstorm “win / win” solutions – which can be as wild as one can imagine - for the issue debated. All will gather again to share the small group creative ideas, and to conclude the Salon workshop. The participating artists in Debate #1 included: Marjan Vayghan, Shana Nys Dambrot, Micol Hebron, Marissa Mercado, Michele Jaquis, Rosalyn Myles, Carol McDowell, Marcus Miceli, Juna Amano, Trinidad Ruiz, Beth Peterson; a socially-engaged lunch was provided by Portable City Projects with Jules Rochielle and Flora Kao.<br /><P><br />Jerri Allyn has an MA in Art and Community from Goddard College (VT). Allyn creates site-oriented, interactive installations and performance art events that become a part of public life. The Artist Educator often collaborates, working extensively with new art genres. Allyn is a co-founding member of The Waitresses and Sisters of Survival, public performance art groups. Internationally exhibited, she has received a Rockefeller Foundation Residency, Italy; an International Lila Wallace Readers Digest Fellowship, Mexico; NY State Council on the Arts, LA Department of Cultural Affairs, and National Endowment for the Arts grants, among others.<br /><P><br />Inez S. Bush, M.A. in Education, Leadership and Change, and BFA in Graphic Design, is an entrepreneur, creative director, graphic designer, trained facilitator and coach. Currently an Arts Consultant, she guides school districts in arts education implementation by developing and implementing integrated arts curricula, arts programs and professional development for educators. Ms. Bush is also co-founder, CEO and Creative Director of Gramercy Partners, Inc., an award-winning marketing, communications and design firm. Her thesis and lifework is focused on identifying the key to sustaining arts education and arts integrative methods in educational practices.not a cornfield / under spring / farmlabhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11127413118751830180noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37946037.post-79459347034771163422010-08-08T10:53:00.000-07:002010-08-08T20:23:15.576-07:00Metabolic Studio Public SalonGabriella SalomonFriday, August 13, 2010 @ NoonFree Admission<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipVEg5NW992KDdj-9BLXn0_s1P3VEr1kWZZ5cq9OuMSORnNUzOsCyRtZjJNDt7eZtO3NAg1n9i_xKfKIb_dGb-9KcOor7p7uqbLKPgdJlAG9EDGnB5xpX8K1L_2FLNpr-JK_wR/s1600/rawfood.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 237px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipVEg5NW992KDdj-9BLXn0_s1P3VEr1kWZZ5cq9OuMSORnNUzOsCyRtZjJNDt7eZtO3NAg1n9i_xKfKIb_dGb-9KcOor7p7uqbLKPgdJlAG9EDGnB5xpX8K1L_2FLNpr-JK_wR/s400/rawfood.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5500877790286363042" /></a><div style="text-align: left;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b>Intuitive Chefing; the art and science of simple salads</b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><br /></b></div><div style="text-align: left;">In this salon we will explore and learn about the art and science of making salads. We will begin with a brief overview of raw foods from a flexitarian perspective, including what ingredients, tools, and resources are essential for a healthy diet and lifestyle. Then I will share my secrets to making salads more creative and delicious, as well as demonstrate a recipe (or 2 if we have time) for a dressing that will bring new life into your salad bowl.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Gabriella Salomon, aka Raw Mama, is a certified Spiritual Live Foods Instructor, aspiring nutritionist, and a new member of the Metabolic Studio team. She trained at the Tree of Life Rejuevenation Center, one of the world’s leading spiritual, vegan, raw and live food healing centers. Gabriella began working out of her home in Santa Cruz, California, delivering raw lunches to local community members, and quickly made her way into the downtown farmers market through a unique and innovative business model for a food collective. Currently, she works for the Metabolic Studio as the kitchen manager of the Strawberry Flag Project at the West VA hospital. There she works with veterans to bring healthy food to the table and share alternative ways of creating community around healing nutrition.</div>not a cornfield / under spring / farmlabhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11127413118751830180noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37946037.post-26251050498625002492010-08-01T10:51:00.000-07:002010-08-02T11:05:42.047-07:00Metabolic Studio Public SalonLeslie GersicoffFriday, August 6, 2010 @ NoonFree Admission<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjt1T1PjutRKkS9W2duRn5AWyhMVGBxWy7FaQmErdt3zIe_UrSs30OOlJWxeld9TmDhrP5bouPaJa9_LrSbArZeu4OKmX1Ga9sxosWosVBt1koS3rQTC9sFfj0IkLHIbVHxtWcd/s1600/fair_trade_logo.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 143px; height: 196px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjt1T1PjutRKkS9W2duRn5AWyhMVGBxWy7FaQmErdt3zIe_UrSs30OOlJWxeld9TmDhrP5bouPaJa9_LrSbArZeu4OKmX1Ga9sxosWosVBt1koS3rQTC9sFfj0IkLHIbVHxtWcd/s400/fair_trade_logo.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5496096183378450610" /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><b>Fair Trade, Sweatfree Labor and What We Can All Do to Help End Slavery in Manufacturing</b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><br /></b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;">How slave labor is "employed"/procured and how to determine certified slave-free production chain - <i>Leslie Gersicoff</i></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal; "><b><div style="text-align: left; display: inline !important; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;">El Monte and the birth of the anti-slavery sweatfree movement in the U.S. - <i>Taja McKinney Zisler</i></span></div></b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal; "><b><div style="text-align: left; display: inline !important; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"></span></div></b></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal; "><b><div style="text-align: left; display: inline !important; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;">Current statistics about slave labor around the globe and at home in the U.S. - <i>Jerilyn Stapleton</i> </span></div></b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal; "><b><div style="text-align: left; display: inline !important; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"></span></div></b></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal; "><b><div style="text-align: left; display: inline !important; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;">More major sweatshop cases in the U.S. (eg. American Samoa) affecting all Americans - <i>Taja McKinney Zisler</i></span></div></b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal; "><b><div style="text-align: left; display: inline !important; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"></span></div></b></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal; "><b><div style="text-align: left; display: inline !important; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;">Los Angeles Sweatfree Commission/National Consortium and action post card campaign - <i>Floyd Glen-Lambert</i></span></div></b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal; "><b><div style="text-align: left; display: inline !important; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"></span></div></b></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal; "><b><div style="text-align: left; display: inline !important; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;">CA supply chain bill and and action each person can take - <i>Vanessa Lanza</i></span></div></b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal; "><b><div style="text-align: left; display: inline !important; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"></span></div></b></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal; "><b><div style="text-align: left; display: inline !important; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;">Resources on where to buy sweatfree products - <i>Taja McKinney Zisler</i></span></div></b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal; "><b><div style="text-align: left; display: inline !important; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><i><br /></i></span></div></b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: left; display: inline !important; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;">Leslie Gersicoff is the Executive Director of the Jewish Labor Committee, a social justice organization formed over 75 years ago to bring trade unionists and others out of Nazi Europe's threat of slave labor and death camps. Its current program of educating labor and the general community about the possible signs of human trafficking is aimed at reducing and eliminating slavery in American labor. Leslie chairs LANES, the Los Angeles Network to End Slavery, a coalition of outreach and service groups working to end slavery in Los Angeles County. LANES works closely with CAST, Coalition to Abolish Slavery and Trafficking, to find and restore victims of human trafficking to a healthy life. She holds a B.A. in English Literature and is working, proving there is some link between fiction and reality.</span></div></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: left; display: inline !important; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><br /></span></div></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: left; display: inline !important; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><div style="text-align: left;">Jerilyn Stapleton is the JLC WR Project Director to End Human Trafficking in American Labor. She is involved with the current creation of a Federal Department of Peace and is very active in NOW and coalitions to end Domestic Violence. Her other affiliations include <b><div style="text-align: left; display: inline !important; "><div style="text-align: left; display: inline !important; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><div style="text-align: left; display: inline !important; ">Screen Actors Guild (SAG) Women’s Committee, American Federation of Television and Radio Artist AFTRA Women’s Committee, Los Angeles County Federation of Labor Task Force for Universal Healthcare, Women in Film WIF, CLUW, NWPC.<b><div style="text-align: left; display: inline !important; "><div style="text-align: left; display: inline !important; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"></span></div></div></b></div></span></div></div></b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b><div style="text-align: left; display: inline !important; "><div style="text-align: left; display: inline !important; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><div style="text-align: left; display: inline !important; "><br /></div></span></div></div></b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b><div style="text-align: left; display: inline !important; "><div style="text-align: left; display: inline !important; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><div style="text-align: left; display: inline !important; "><div style="text-align: left;">As CAST’s Volunteer Coordinator Taja McKinney Zisler is responsible for recruiting and managing more than 50 active volunteers who assist with all areas of CAST’s mission. Taja also organizes and runs a 40-hour comprehensive trafficking training program for volunteers held three times per year. Volunteers at CAST answer our 24-hour hotline, assist survivors in our shelter and accompany clients to appointments, provide interpretation (in 16 languages), and provide administrative, outreach and legal support. Taja is also responsible for creating CAST student chapters at universities around the greater Los Angeles area and raising awareness about trafficking through outreach initiatives, community presentations and trainings. </div><div style="text-align: left;">Taja holds a Masters degree in International Social Development from University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia and a BA in International Studies from Boston College. Prior to joining CAST, Taja worked for 4 years in the field of humanitarian relief and development, as a high school teacher both in the United States and Bahamas.<br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">For more information, visit the <a href="http://www.castla.org/">CAST</a> website and <a href="http://www.jclwr.org/">JLC WR</a>.</div></div></span></div></div></b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div></span></div></div></b></div>not a cornfield / under spring / farmlabhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11127413118751830180noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37946037.post-10193347363240145722010-07-23T13:44:00.000-07:002010-07-23T17:13:01.672-07:00Metabolic Studio Public SalonLuis ItuarteFriday, July 30, 2010 @ NoonFree Admission<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7yc-0koaJ9JekVj8Gk_cQf256m4ECCZOLpgkGk-c_sUtLooajW3u0aD6YS_bfmUSYJlWo_XB8uHkrqqtOIw2XpcWV-MUo1SG8hBDkoFlO4LixTL7TXcPFnZR4tMB9ORXoGigW/s1600/image.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7yc-0koaJ9JekVj8Gk_cQf256m4ECCZOLpgkGk-c_sUtLooajW3u0aD6YS_bfmUSYJlWo_XB8uHkrqqtOIw2XpcWV-MUo1SG8hBDkoFlO4LixTL7TXcPFnZR4tMB9ORXoGigW/s400/image.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5492012538454885266" /></a><div style="text-align: left;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b>The Transformation of Tijuana Through the Arts</b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b>How artists and independent art centers are making a difference </b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b>The role of Southern California</b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b>Consequences in the rest of Mexico</b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: left;">A founding member of Canada’s Artists at City Hall and the street art coalition Alley Art, artist, designer and curator Luis Ituarte has been Director of Cultural Activities for The Olvera Street Merchants Association; art teacher at Plaza de la Raza, and The Junior Arts Center in Hollywood; Programs Coordinator and curator at the Lankershim Art Center and Director of Art in the Park with the City of Los Angeles Cultural Affairs Department (LACAD). </div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: left;">In addition to being a founding member of the Graffiti Arts Coalition and Urbanos L.A., he is a member of Tijuana Cultural Think Tank El Foro Cultural Ciudadano (FOCUC) and a member of San Diego-based arts organization Public Address. Now retired from LACAD, he consults with organizations on both sides of the border, Luis serves as President of <a href="http://www.cofac101.org/">COFAC Mexico</a> and Co-founder/Director of Tijuana’s <a href="http://www.lacadadeltunelartcenter.org/">La Casa del Tunel Art Center</a>.</div></div><div><br /></div>not a cornfield / under spring / farmlabhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11127413118751830180noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37946037.post-10049614015238756722010-07-16T13:14:00.000-07:002010-07-16T14:15:37.888-07:00Metabolic Studio Public SalonRick MillerFriday, July 23, 2010 @ NoonFree Admission<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-85A0a0EtkkJQxDBWey_t2pUIuZKK43ytrNzx1Fa9gg3LZggYAEmpaIklpdgwVRmVnCvTBqJZ_CHM7KR0G4FDxQXjBVRF0xjLMpVOHVCUOuAFjp7F396xOrcoHAhUP06iSVD-/s1600/pk+banner.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 101px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-85A0a0EtkkJQxDBWey_t2pUIuZKK43ytrNzx1Fa9gg3LZggYAEmpaIklpdgwVRmVnCvTBqJZ_CHM7KR0G4FDxQXjBVRF0xjLMpVOHVCUOuAFjp7F396xOrcoHAhUP06iSVD-/s400/pk+banner.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5493858992153781570" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><b>The LA Forum for Architecture and Urban Design: A Metabolic Pecha Kucha</b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><br /></b></div><div style="text-align: left;">The pecha kucha format (20 seconds per slide X 20 slides per presentation) tends toward a rapid-fire staccato of diverse ideas, interests, and projects. In our Metabolic Studio salon, we plan to retain the volume of new thoughts and concepts thrown before us, but to slow the pace at which they are digested by providing greater time and space in which audience and presenters can discuss the material. We are effectively blurring the line between presenter and audience as presenters are drawn from the long-standing audience of Metabolic salon attendees.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Rick Miller is a cultural geographer researching urban landscapes, both abroad, in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia as well as locally in Los Angeles. The <a href="http://www.laforum.org/">LA Forum for Architecture and Urban Design</a> has been operating pecha kucha events in LA since 2004.</div>not a cornfield / under spring / farmlabhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11127413118751830180noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37946037.post-19019008257657025562010-07-09T13:30:00.000-07:002010-07-09T13:37:17.905-07:00Metabolic Studio Public SalonFrances DinkelspielFriday, July 16, 2010 @ NoonFree Admission<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7x7_kEo0OJ5RC7SZL3kJSmFLy-g36VoC-zYJNZntOFajJbKpYmHXQbillUYUjoCY6thR9YOIMJEfJqwwlK9QsB9rwajtRN7iB9dFS8GW3TnxlXUZy2U5F-UzzNO49RggXCpPs/s1600/heller+4.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 274px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7x7_kEo0OJ5RC7SZL3kJSmFLy-g36VoC-zYJNZntOFajJbKpYmHXQbillUYUjoCY6thR9YOIMJEfJqwwlK9QsB9rwajtRN7iB9dFS8GW3TnxlXUZy2U5F-UzzNO49RggXCpPs/s400/heller+4.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5476088774801561906" /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><b><i>Towers of Gold: How One Jewish Immigrant Named Isaias Hellman Created California</i></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><i><br /></i></b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b><i><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;">When Isaias Hellman arrived in Los Angeles in 1859, it was more Mexican pueblo than American city. Hellman started as a dry goods clerk and rose to become Los Angeles's most successful banker and businessman. He lent Harrison Gray Otis the funds to gain control of the Los Angeles Times, Edward Doheny the money to find oil, and Henry Huntington the backing to build the region's extensive trolley service. Hellman donated the land for the founding of USC and controlled the city's private water company until 1901. By the first decade of the 2oth century he was president of Wells Fargo Bank and controlled more than $100 million in capital. Come hear the story of the man who indelibly shaped Los Angeles.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;">Frances Dinkelspiel is an award winning journalist who writes frequently for the New York Times. The Los Angeles Times called her bestselling book, Towers of Gold: How One Jewish Immigrant Named Isaias Hellman, "impressively researched and engagingly told."</span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;">Image: Isaias Hellman, courtesy of Frances Dinkelspiel</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;">More Information: </span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><a href="http://www.francesdinkelspiel.com/">www.francesdinkelspiel.com</a>, <a href="http://www.francesdinkelspiel.com/">www.towersofgold.com</a></span></span></div></i></b></div>not a cornfield / under spring / farmlabhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11127413118751830180noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37946037.post-6132783213307005702010-07-02T13:30:00.000-07:002010-07-02T13:49:32.949-07:00Metabolic Studio Public SalonMichael WilkenFriday, July 9, 2010 @ NoonFree Admission<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjEzAk7ApQlucC49b6zFY4CmhXxM87ioSXCgZfyZCFqQZXxrPtThEM8UA0814WqpjV_KceGP-E8nb2LNkFWH8f9eGeU3bGLlfBW2pZn4dgWdhu_f7dywQdG3urMlP4NmJfOpP0/s1600/pastedGraphic.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 260px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjEzAk7ApQlucC49b6zFY4CmhXxM87ioSXCgZfyZCFqQZXxrPtThEM8UA0814WqpjV_KceGP-E8nb2LNkFWH8f9eGeU3bGLlfBW2pZn4dgWdhu_f7dywQdG3urMlP4NmJfOpP0/s400/pastedGraphic.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5476067359519296898" /></a><div><br /></div><div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><i>Native Peoples of Baja California and the Creation of New Spaces for Cultural Revitalization</i></b></div><div><br /></div><div>Baja California, Mexico is a land of remote and rugged coasts, mountains, and deserts only a few hours from downtown Los Angeles. For thousands of years, native peoples have made their homes in the peninsula’s unique landscapes; hunting, gathering and fishing in annual cycles of movement. Through knowledge of the natural world passed on over generations, they have learned to interact with local plants, animals and natural habitats in ways that have provided them with food, medicine, tools and shelter. They have developed technologies for the production of basketry, pottery, bows and arrows, cordage and carrying nets, stone tools and housing.</div><div><br /></div><div>Today, Baja California’s artisans and environmental specialists are finding new value in the expertise inherited from previous generations, as they are invited to teach their skills at US reservations, museums, state parks and universities. Traditional arts, originally made for use in daily life, have evolved into valuable art objects and prized trade items that embody the region’s indigenous culture and history. This multi-media presentation uses photographs, music and lively narrative to show how Native Baja Californians are creating new spaces for the revitalization of the original cultures and languages of this land. Learn about how Mexican and US volunteers are collaborating in the creation of the Tecate Community Museum, an innovative new space for indigenous culture. </div><div><br /></div><div>Michael Wilken is an anthropologist specializing in indigenous peoples and the native environments of Baja California. He has documented traditional lifeways of the Kumiai and Paipai peoples, and has developed lifelong collaborative relationships with many indigenous artists and cultural authorities, helping to promote sustainable livelihoods and cultural revitalization. His writings have been published in both academic journals and popular magazines such as News from Native California. Wilken lectures in American Indian Studies at San Diego State University where he is also a student in the Masters program in Anthropology. He is currently collaborating with the non-profit organizations Corredor Histórico CAREM and Fundación La Puerta to create the Tecate Kumiai Museum, set to open in fall of 2010.</div><div><br /></div><div><i>Image courtesy Michael Wilken</i></div></div>not a cornfield / under spring / farmlabhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11127413118751830180noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37946037.post-52609682897963695602010-07-02T00:30:00.000-07:002010-07-02T00:55:48.510-07:00Metabolic Studio Public SalonRobby Herbst & Katie BachlerFriday, July 2, 2010 @ NoonFree Admission<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDhlacwEnNDtzaNzfGxic17l1a3FfVPo4oeo9SPZXgrxopNfSi5cdSRGD9DXPTokY4xfQjHV-9T60dDOAQrO6BcnDbYj1fFDE-1PcdxPmDf9WP6U6WfdN_rhyf0irm2zApXclW/s1600/AnotherLaMa0Front.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDhlacwEnNDtzaNzfGxic17l1a3FfVPo4oeo9SPZXgrxopNfSi5cdSRGD9DXPTokY4xfQjHV-9T60dDOAQrO6BcnDbYj1fFDE-1PcdxPmDf9WP6U6WfdN_rhyf0irm2zApXclW/s400/AnotherLaMa0Front.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5476065623417261634" /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><b><i>A Map For An Other LA: Post-Politics or Otherwise</i></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><i><br /></i></b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b><i><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal;">This past winter the <a href="http://www.ldrg.wordpress.com/">Llano Del Rio Collective</a> released it’s first Guide, “A Map For An Other LA”. This guide highlights projects within Los Angeles that act as if they constitute an other possible city; one whose ethics are based on sharing, cooperation, creativity, land economic and food justice. Post-politics by some is described as the progression from party based, policy driven, activity towards action based autonomous action. This Salon will explore Llano Del Rio Collective map and the ideas which inspired the project, as well as the remaining questions concerning autonomy within public space.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal;"> </span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal;">Robby Herbst is an agent of the <a href="http://www.ldrg.wordpress.com/">Llano Del Rio Group</a> who recently produced A Map For An Other LA. This is the first guide published by the Llano Del Rio Group in what will be a series of provisional publications aiming to instigate the expansion of the social and political imaginations of Los Angeles. The next Llano Del Rio Guide will look at attempts by individuals to intervene in the functioning of the city through the creation of temporary or permanent “scores”. He is a recipient of a Warhol Foundation Artist Writers Grant. Currently his artwork can be seen in the Berlin at the NGBK in a group show, titled in German, Theater of Peace. He is an adjunct professor of New Genres Art at USC and a faculty member in Goddard College’s MFA in Interdisciplinary Art.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal;"> </span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal;">Katie Bachler drew the Map For An Other LA. She is an educator focused on the intricacies of nature and possibilities of alternative economies in Los Angeles. She recently co-curated a beet-in (celebration of the beet) at her studio space in Highland Park. She makes gardens, dances with Bodycity, and just received her Masters from USC's Art in the Public Sphere program.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal;"><b><i><div style="text-align: left; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal; ">Visit the <a href="http://www.ldrg.wordpress.com/">Llano Del Rio</a> website</span></span></div></i></b></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal;">Image: Another LA Map, courtesy Llano Del Rio Collective</span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal;"><br /></span></div></i></b></div>not a cornfield / under spring / farmlabhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11127413118751830180noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37946037.post-59324860646141093892010-06-18T14:45:00.000-07:002010-06-18T14:49:30.150-07:00Farmlab Public SalonPaul K. ChappellFriday, June 25, 2010 @ NoonFree Admission<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://farmlab.org/uploaded_images/TEOW-Cover-725450.jpg" style="text-decoration: none;"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 254px; height: 400px;" src="http://farmlab.org/uploaded_images/TEOW-Cover-725446.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a><!--StartFragment--> <p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt; text-align:center;mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace: none"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">Why World Peace is Possible and How We Can Achieve It</span></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;mso-pagination: none;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;">Like most Americans, I grew up thinking that peace was a naive dream. In this talk, I explain how I learned at West Point and in the military that peace is possible, and how we can take steps toward achieving it. I will also explain what waging peace means and how, in the nuclear age, waging peace is required to ensure the survival of humanity and protect our planet. We all can create positive change in the world, and now is the best time to begin. </span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;mso-pagination: none;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;">Some topics I will discuss include:</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;mso-pagination: none;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;">- Are human beings naturally violent?</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;mso-pagination: none;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;">- Why does war happen?</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;mso-pagination: none;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;">- Why do people join the military?</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;mso-pagination: none;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;">- How do armies make people fight?</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;mso-pagination: none;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;">- How is warfare changing in the 21st century?</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;mso-pagination: none;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;">- Why are the teachings of Gandhi and Martin Luther King Jr. more important than ever?</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;mso-pagination: none;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;">- What does waging peace mean?</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;mso-pagination: none;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;">- What can we all do to end war, save our planet, and make a difference?</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;mso-pagination: none;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none"><o:p><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;">Paul K. Chappell graduated from West Point in 2002. He served in the army for seven years, was deployed to Baghdad, and left active duty in November 2009 as a Captain. He is the author of </span></span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;">Will War Ever End?: A Soldier’s Vision of Peace for the 21st Century</span></span></i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;"> and </span></span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;">The End of War: How Waging Peace Can Save Humanity, Our Planet, and Our Future (May 2010).</span></span></i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;"> He lives in Santa Barbara, California, where he is serving as the Peace Leadership Director for the Nuclear Age Peace Foundation. He is working on his third book, </span></span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;">Peaceful Revolution</span></span></i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;">, and he speaks throughout the country to colleges, high schools, veterans groups, churches, and activist organizations.</span></span></o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><o:p><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;">Note on the cover image: The sculpture shown is </span></span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;">The Triumph of Napoleon in 1810</span></span></i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;"> by Jean-Pierre Cortot, part of L’Arc de Triomphe in Paris. The Romans used laurel wreaths to celebrate military conquest. This sculpture shows Napoleon being crowned with such a wreath at the height of his power. </span></span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;">Triumph</span></span></i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;"> depicts the glorification of war, the leaders who drag countries into war, and the celebration of death that disregards the soldiers and civilians killed during war.</span></span></o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;">Further Information: </span></span><u><span style="color: rgb(31, 80, 166); text-decoration: none; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;"><a href="http://www.blogger.com/www.paulkchappell.com"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#3366FF;">www.paulkchappell.co</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#3366FF;">m</span></a></span></span></span></u></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><u><span style="color: rgb(31, 80, 166); text-decoration: none; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;"><a href="http://www.paulkchappell.com/"></a></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;">Nuclear Age Peace Foundation:<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#3366FF;"> </span></span></span><u><span style="text-decoration: none; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;"><a href="http://www.wagingpeace.org/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#3366FF;">www.wagingpeace.org</span></a></span></span></span></u></span></span></u></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;">Image: Courtesy Paul K. Chappell</span></span><o:p></o:p></p> <!--EndFragment-->not a cornfield / under spring / farmlabhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11127413118751830180noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37946037.post-38440224131861074502010-06-11T09:57:00.000-07:002010-06-11T13:46:50.666-07:00Metabolic Studio Public SalonOrchid BlackFriday, June 18, 2010 @ NoonFree Admission<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAQE8PGAaKkJ_uZHemj0FBDe0P7R7GL9QQowEQYxLcRMEJKBHO9lthf-l_rYqM78XNdcjGQvMmKUSyOUWwcymwooRtIhNB9D0sZVWcVpkjDL-Kb2cQJ6TqFkL8clLtTc8BHCS2/s1600/acorn-5.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAQE8PGAaKkJ_uZHemj0FBDe0P7R7GL9QQowEQYxLcRMEJKBHO9lthf-l_rYqM78XNdcjGQvMmKUSyOUWwcymwooRtIhNB9D0sZVWcVpkjDL-Kb2cQJ6TqFkL8clLtTc8BHCS2/s400/acorn-5.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5470429084565512914" /></a><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><i>Oak our Mother, Acorns our Food: Preparing Acorns to Eat</i></b></div><div><br /></div><div>Acorns have long been a food staple of Northern Hemisphere peoples for whom gathering and preparing them was an important communal task. In that spirit of sharing work and wisdom, join native plant expert Orchid Black for her introduction to the history and culture of this highly nutritious food. In a hands-on workshop we will identify different oak species, leach and grind flour, and eat yummy acorn cornbread.</div><div><br /></div><div>Orchid is a garden designer and owner of Pitcher Sage Design, which offers native plant consulting, habitat creation and sustainable design services to the greater Los Angeles area. Orchid writes and lectures about native plants, water-saving strategies, and sustainable gardening, and is currently teaching Sustainable Garden Practice at UCLA Extension.</div><div><br /></div><div><b>PLEASE NOTE: Because this salon comprises a talk and workshop it will last longer than usual, ending around 2.30pm</b></div><div><br /></div><div>Image: Shelled Acorns in a Pine Needle Bowl Handmade By Jim Otterstrom, 2007. Courtesy Jim Otterstrom</div><div><br /></div><div>Further information: <a href="http://nativesanctuary.wordpress.com/">http://nativesanctuary.wordpress.com</a></div>not a cornfield / under spring / farmlabhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11127413118751830180noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37946037.post-55700828706356199352010-06-04T13:40:00.000-07:002010-06-04T13:46:32.834-07:00Metabolic Studio Public SalonDenny ZaneFriday, June 11, 2010 @ NoonFree Admission<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzT8qQqHqMZZz78YD7y0Blp25n4mWPt1vhxgEk9WRroufAwtNJjbPL35jZzLdAP2gcfHrA6_v44-D5bKDVfzC6purQ_5eGoRmvx2w7aSCNTMvRhkdImwxGfQnBgnthR9AR5VlI/s1600/MeasureR&BeyondJan2009color.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzT8qQqHqMZZz78YD7y0Blp25n4mWPt1vhxgEk9WRroufAwtNJjbPL35jZzLdAP2gcfHrA6_v44-D5bKDVfzC6purQ_5eGoRmvx2w7aSCNTMvRhkdImwxGfQnBgnthR9AR5VlI/s400/MeasureR&BeyondJan2009color.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5470427149435372898" /></a><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><i>It’s Time to Move LA</i></b></div><div><br /></div><div>Denny Zane, founder and executive director of Move LA, will provide a presentation and lead a discussion regarding the creation of the business, labor, environmental coalition that led to the successful Measure R campaign of November, 2008, and the subsequent development the “30/10 Plan.” </div><div><br /></div><div>Measure R, a ½ cent sales tax increase to fund transportation improvements was approved by 68% of Los Angeles County voters. It will raise nearly $40 billion over the next 30 years and enable Los Angeles County to develop a modern public transit system. The “30/10 Plan” is a proposal led by mayor of Los Angeles Antonio Villaraigosa and Move LA, which seeks federal loans to enable our community to accelerate that development to 10 years. </div><div><br /></div><div>When LA County voters approved Measure R by nearly 68% it began an historic transformation for our community. Because nearly 70% of Measure R funds will be invested in public transit projects and services, including the Wilshire Blvd. “subway to the sea,” it will enable a transformation of Los Angeles County from an entirely auto-centered community to a community with real transportation choices, including subway, light rail, expanded bus service, as well as bicycle and pedestrian facilities. </div><div><br /></div><div>The “30/10 Plan” will see that transformation accelerated from 30 years to 10 years. The concept began not long after the passage of Measure R. Since that time Mayor Villaraigosa and Move LA have conducted a coordinated effort to build support among local constituencies and in the federal government to facilitate low cost loans that will enable these projects to be developed on an accelerated basis. This “30/10 Plan” has gained widespread support in Washington, DC, and has found a champion in Senator Barbara Boxer in addition to the support of virtually the entire Los Angeles County Congressional delegation.</div><div><br /></div><div>What will the Measure R transformation mean for Los Angeles County? What are the prospects for a successful “30/10 plan”? What do we have to do to keep it on track? These and other questions will be the topic of this presentation and discussion.</div><div><br /></div><div>More about <a href="http://www.farmlab.org/2008/05/more-about-denny-zane.html">Denny Zane</a></div><div>(Image: LA County Measure R maps)</div><div>Further information: <a href="http://www.movela.org/">www.movela.org</a></div><div><b> Facebook</b>: search for Move LA</div>not a cornfield / under spring / farmlabhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11127413118751830180noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37946037.post-42822110729944896582010-05-28T13:00:00.000-07:002010-05-28T13:50:47.618-07:00Metabolic Studio Public Salon:M.A. GreensteinFriday, June 4, 2010 @ NoonFree Admission<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-G2St-aRCIEk2ADegH02un-Tm4XFQigHBe0UJi6UVu1SN2L9ZAh4tQaJEuoYWQZuxOCU3fxUa64JpacWuVT88sxHeYfcEvo-D6INiXxKsOAPjnRoPowk2kcS2oQoXXsBCx7Lb/s1600/brain.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 258px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-G2St-aRCIEk2ADegH02un-Tm4XFQigHBe0UJi6UVu1SN2L9ZAh4tQaJEuoYWQZuxOCU3fxUa64JpacWuVT88sxHeYfcEvo-D6INiXxKsOAPjnRoPowk2kcS2oQoXXsBCx7Lb/s400/brain.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5468658198336879138" /></a><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt; text-align:center;mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace: none"><i><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#333333;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">Beautiful! Sticky! Plastic! </span></span></b></span></span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt; text-align:center;mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace: none"><i><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#333333;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">(Why putting your brain/mind back into your body matters now more than ever before!)</span></span></b></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;"> </span></span></span></span></span></i></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;mso-pagination: none;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none"><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;">Immersive, connective, regenerative, the embodied brain/mind is a beautiful thing: It lights up like a Christmas tree when we feel most alive, engaged and active in the world; it's lights go out when we die. In this salon, publisher, researcher, somatic tracker and arts advocate M. A. Greenstein discusses the neuroscience research that has long inspired her to set up an 21st century, whole-brain learning and consulting institute dedicated to improving lives with embodied, "brain-aware” thinking and creative inquiry. The goal of the institute? To insure the future practice of more vivid, sustainable and open source design thinking and problem solving in facing the challenges of day-to-day urban life. </span></span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;mso-pagination: none;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none"><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;">M. A. Greenstein, an internationally recognized commentator, researcher, educator and coach on best and future practices for "opening the doors of perception." Based in L. A. with networked alliances throughout the Asia Pacific region, she founded </span></span></span><a href="http://www.greensteingroup.com/"><span style="text-decoration:none;text-underline:none"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;">The George Greenstein Institute</span></span></span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;"> and the future-focused e-zine </span></span></span><a href="http://bodiesinspace.com/"><span style="text-decoration: none;text-underline:none"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;">BODIES IN SPACE</span></span></span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;"> to advance high level strategy in designing and adapting creative and holistic learning systems as well as to encourage progressive leadership in related issues of neurotech innovation and designing sustainable lifestyles. Dedicated to BIG THINKING energized by visionary "sci-art" and anchored by S.I.T. (Somatic Intelligence Training), Dr. G is a whole-brain systems generator who privileges "interoception" as a search engine for catapulting & mapping best design images and ideas. An Adjunct Associate Professor at Art Center College of Design, Dr. G. is also member of TED, Mindshare.la, The Neuroleadership Institute and in alliance with the Society for Neuroscience and the Neurotechnology Industry Organization. Dr. G. online: </span></span></span><a href="mailto:DrG@Twitter.com"><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;">DrG@Twitter.com</span></span></span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;">.</span></span></span></span><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></span></p> <!--StartFragment--> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;mso-pagination: none;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none"><a href="http://bodiesinspace.com/"><u><span style="text-underline:#1F50A6;text-decoration:none;text-underline:none"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;">http://bodiesinspace.com</span></span></span></u></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;mso-pagination: none;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none"><a href="http://greensteingroup.com/"><u><span style="text-underline:#1F50A6;text-decoration:none;text-underline:none"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;">http://greensteingroup.com</span></span></span></u></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;mso-pagination: none;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none"><a href="http://greensteininstitute.com/"><u><span style="text-underline:#1F50A6;text-decoration:none;text-underline:none"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;">http://greensteininstitute.com</span></span></span></u></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p> <!--EndFragment--> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;mso-pagination: none;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;">Photo courtesy: Van J. Wedeen, MD: </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;"><a href="http://www.nmr.mgh.harvard.edu/martinos/people/showPerson.php?people_id=196">www.nmr.mgh.harvard.edu/martinos/people/showPerson.php?people_id=196</a></span></span></span></span></span></p> <!--EndFragment-->not a cornfield / under spring / farmlabhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11127413118751830180noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37946037.post-20493697452731006142010-05-21T18:20:00.000-07:002010-05-27T14:29:20.875-07:00Metabolic Studio Public SalonLinda DukeFriday, May 28, 2010 @ NoonFree Admission<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfOGHB9Dnlyy81e-jaZe6wkQn91zirzxozvt1IYaDy9IR2F21bsDcyL1Capei59GaYXMeycqLBUWh8P2I6dylmMBebFLPSHZptBNfVMouKWSqC_TzzSoRxo-sF9x0t8cpWC9HH/s1600/754px-Musei_Wormiani_Historia.jpg" style="text-decoration: none;"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 318px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfOGHB9Dnlyy81e-jaZe6wkQn91zirzxozvt1IYaDy9IR2F21bsDcyL1Capei59GaYXMeycqLBUWh8P2I6dylmMBebFLPSHZptBNfVMouKWSqC_TzzSoRxo-sF9x0t8cpWC9HH/s400/754px-Musei_Wormiani_Historia.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5462766856195913666" /></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:Helvetica;font-size:medium;"><div class="Section1"><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-top: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-family:'Times New Roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Arial, serif;"><b><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><br /></span></span></i></b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-top: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-family:'Times New Roman';"><span style="font-family:Arial;"><span style="font-family:Arial;"><b><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">The </span></span></i></b><st1:place st="on"><st1:placetype st="on"><b><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">Museum</span></span></i></b></st1:placetype><b><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"> of </span></span></i></b><st1:placename st="on"><b><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">Wonder</span></span></i></b></st1:placename></st1:place></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-top: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-family:'Times New Roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-top: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-family:'Times New Roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Arial, serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><br /></span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-top: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-family:'Times New Roman';"><span style="font-family:Arial;"><span style="font-family:Arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">This program explores the idea of museums, especially art museums, as places to have extraordinary experiences. More and more, museums are measuring their success in terms of facts or information remembered by people after a gallery visit. Are there other take-aways that, while harder to measure, hold more value for people or even empower them? Could schools learn something from these less-recognized museum take-aways and be inspired to enlarge definitions of “learning”? </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Helvetica;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">What value lies in attempts to find words for the ineffable or for what, at least at first, seems to lie beyond language? </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">We will look at images, listen to visitor voices, and share perspectives as we consider wondering as a positive experience, far from the right-answer paradigm.</span></span></span></span><span><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#333333;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-top: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-family:'Times New Roman';"><span style="font-family:Arial;"><span style="font-family:Arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#333333;"> </span></span></span></span><span><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#333333;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-top: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-family:'Times New Roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Helvetica, serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><br /></span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-top: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-family:'Times New Roman';"><st1:personname st="on"><span style="font-family:Arial;"><span style="font-family:Arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">Linda Duke</span></span></span></span></st1:personname><span style="font-family:Arial;"><span style="font-family:Arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"> studied and taught Asian art history before art museum education became the locus of her work. She has led education and public program efforts at </span></span><st1:placename st="on"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">Krannert</span></span></st1:placename><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"> </span></span><st1:placetype st="on"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">Art Museum</span></span></st1:placetype><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"> at the </span></span><st1:placetype st="on"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">University</span></span></st1:placetype><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"> of </span></span><st1:placename st="on"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">Illinois</span></span></st1:placename><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">, the </span></span><st1:place st="on"><st1:placename st="on"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">UCLA</span></span></st1:placename><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"> </span></span><st1:placename st="on"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">Hammer</span></span></st1:placename><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"> </span></span><st1:placetype st="on"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">Museum</span></span></st1:placetype></st1:place><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">, and the Indianapolis Museum of Art. She is especially interested in different learning, including what is sometimes called learning disability, and the relationship between visual experience and language.</span></span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-top: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-family:'Times New Roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Arial, serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><br /></span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-top: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-family:'Times New Roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Arial, serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">Above: </span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">Ole Worm's Cabinet of Curiosities</span></i></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Helvetica, serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"> from </span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">Museum Wormianum</span></i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">, 1655</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">. Smithsonian Museum.</span></span></span></span></p></div></span>not a cornfield / under spring / farmlabhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11127413118751830180noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37946037.post-3203578357923710502010-05-14T09:41:00.000-07:002010-05-20T10:24:41.659-07:00Metabolic Studio Public Salon: Karen Atkinson Friday, May 21, 2010 @ Noon Free Admission<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQ1KHUKbM_cViQNpRVwm26hKzKkDX2ZBOFGGkRkrbirP1UMRGhWZaMR-juRqdUZK7_gOIzxexJVAP1eHaTJuS1gJp9MrH9igNmtkRH3Qpno9mEKb6NoLYAOjmZFNH-Mt5n-Uqe/s1600/GYST-logo+copy.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 120px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQ1KHUKbM_cViQNpRVwm26hKzKkDX2ZBOFGGkRkrbirP1UMRGhWZaMR-juRqdUZK7_gOIzxexJVAP1eHaTJuS1gJp9MrH9igNmtkRH3Qpno9mEKb6NoLYAOjmZFNH-Mt5n-Uqe/s400/GYST-logo+copy.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5470425700585839874" /></a><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><b>10 Steps to Getting Your Sh*t Together</b></i></div><div><br /></div><div>Karen Atkinson will present various steps every artist should know in order to have their sh*t together, using the software she created for her artist run company. As a follow up to the presentation, Karen will hang around to answer any questions.</div><div><br /></div><div>Karen Atkinson is an artist with a wide variety of experience that includes curating and exhibiting in multiple countries, guest editing publications, producing independent projects and public art. She has taught for 30 years, 22 at CalArts. Karen’s company Getting Your Sh*t Together has a professional practices blog, tons of free information on the website, an Artist Manual publication and a Teaching Manual for teaching the business of art. She has spoken at numerous conferences and events.</div><div><br /></div><div>Further information: <a href="http://www.gyst-ink.com/">www.gyst-ink.com</a></div>not a cornfield / under spring / farmlabhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11127413118751830180noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37946037.post-42028866805087519672010-05-07T17:22:00.000-07:002010-05-20T10:20:07.769-07:00Metabolic Studio Public Salon:Lev ManovichFriday, May 14, 2010 @ NoonFree Admission<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbYPgmWeBWAiM4ACby18T258IvJk5eoIhg86fKttO16cSW1yeG6IDdhdlOON10uJpijTWi6Xs9DjL2En9J65ZXu456iSu1h1u9snyu0ViDqmx0odLjOSrwt7MkMwYN08uPOkpH/s1600/4505029070_1786e67c74_o.jpg" style="text-decoration: none;"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 250px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbYPgmWeBWAiM4ACby18T258IvJk5eoIhg86fKttO16cSW1yeG6IDdhdlOON10uJpijTWi6Xs9DjL2En9J65ZXu456iSu1h1u9snyu0ViDqmx0odLjOSrwt7MkMwYN08uPOkpH/s400/4505029070_1786e67c74_o.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5460927917028835506" /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial, serif;"><b><i><br /></i></b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">How to read 1000000 Manga pages?</span></span></i></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">Visualizing patterns in art, cinema, TV, animation, games, comics, user-generated content and mass media</span></span></i></b></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><br /></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">Over the last 20 years, information visualization has become a common tool in science and also a growing presence in the arts and culture at large. However, the use of visualization in humanities is still in its infancy. In 2007 we established a new lab (softwarestudies.com) at the University of California, San Diego (UCSD) and California Institute for Telecommunication and Information (Calit2) to focus on the analysis and visualization of patterns in large sets of visual data - art, photography, film, animation, motion graphics, video games, magazines, web sites, and other visual media.<br /><br />I will show how use of visualization allows us to ask new kinds of questions about cultural evolution and history and will show a number of current research projects - including the analysis and visualization of patterns across 1,074,790 Manga pages (912 titles).<br /><br />Cultural Analytics: </span></span><a href="http://lab.softwarestudies.com/2008/09/cultural-analytics.html"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#3366FF;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">http://lab.softwarestudies.com/2008/09/cultural-analytics.html</span></span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><br />Software studies initiative: </span></span><a href="http://www.softwarestudies.com/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#3366FF;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">softwarestudies.com</span></span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><br />Visualizations: </span></span><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/culturevis/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#3366FF;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">flickr.com/photos/culturevis/</span></span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><br /><br />Lev Manovich's books include Software Takes Command (released under CC license, 2008), Soft Cinema: Navigating the Database (The MIT Press, 2005), and The Language of New Media (The MIT Press, 2001) which is hailed as "the most suggestive and broad ranging media history since Marshall McLuhan." He has written 100 articles which have been reprinted over 400 times in many languages. Manovich is a Professor in Visual Arts Department, University of California - San Diego, a Director of the Software Studies Initiative at California Institute for Telecommunications and Information Technology (Calit2), a Professor at European Graduate School, and a Visiting Research Professor at De Montfort University (UK).</span></span>not a cornfield / under spring / farmlabhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11127413118751830180noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37946037.post-45646520376870779962010-04-30T12:30:00.000-07:002010-05-20T10:20:32.039-07:00Metabolic Studio Public Salon:Flora Gil Krisiloff, Mary Marx, Libby BoyceFriday, May 7, 2010 @ NoonFree Admission<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGq1yYo8lh6tyE-IZ8hIFbv_UYxDPYMMNIN3IHl4Igb0UCt0MtGo7QkyAeCDFi8AcJDHFaypYQeKErT_ESaHOGkAIhq1AT_Doshznxqb-H3QRGLkOYJ_5LaA5XfNz7-_leINHz/s1600/skid+row.jpg" style="text-decoration: none;"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 313px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGq1yYo8lh6tyE-IZ8hIFbv_UYxDPYMMNIN3IHl4Igb0UCt0MtGo7QkyAeCDFi8AcJDHFaypYQeKErT_ESaHOGkAIhq1AT_Doshznxqb-H3QRGLkOYJ_5LaA5XfNz7-_leINHz/s400/skid+row.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5463404290112372770" /></a><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align: center;"><b><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#660000;">Project 50 and Growing:</span></span></span></i></b><b><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#660000;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></i></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align: center;"><b><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#660000;">Housing the Most Vulnerable Chronically Homeless Persons in Skid Row</span></span></span></i></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;"> </span></span></span><!--StartFragment--></b></p><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Arial, serif;font-size:100%;"><b><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;">Los Angeles has long been known for its large number of homeless persons living on Skid Row. Within this group, the County of Los Angeles identified the most vulnerable, chronically homeless individuals, both veteran and non-veteran. In order to best address this problem, </span></span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;">PROJECT 50</span></span></i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;"> was created. Traditionally, services are available for the homeless from an assortment of agencies on or servicing the Skid Row area. Each, however, with their own intake forms and procedures often times further disenfranchising the homeless.</span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;">The purpose of </span></span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;">Project 50</span></span></i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;"> was to identify, then rapidly place into permanent supportive housing, the 50 most vulnerable of the chronically homeless people who have been sleeping on the streets of Skid Row the longest. These are the people practically everyone said were “service resistant” and would never get off the streets. An extensive collaboration, including the County and City of Los Angeles, Common Ground of New York, Los Angeles County Sheriff, Los Angeles Police Dept., Probation, Public Counsel, Housing Authority of the City of Los Angeles, Los Angeles Homeless Services Authority, Skid Row Housing Trust, non profits and the VA was formed. </span></span></span></p> <span style="font-family:Arial;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-mso-ansi-language:EN-US;mso-fareast-language:EN-USfont-family:Arial;font-size:9.0pt;"><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;">Under the direction and with the spearheading of Los Angeles County Supervisor Zev Yaroslavsky, 24 agencies/ organizations/ offices joined together to demonstrate that vulnerable chronically homeless persons are willing to and can rapidly move from the “Streets to Home.” An extensive multi-agency collaboration, utilizing a housing first approach coupled with an Integrated Supportive Services Team was implemented. The project’s initial phase included the creation of a registry according to mortality risk and length of homelessness. The innovative Vulnerability Index Survey tool developed by Common Ground was administered. Frequent characteristics of the vulnerable chronically homeless clients of </span></span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;">Project 50</span></span></i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;"> included higher utilization of emergency rooms and hospitals, as well as multiple arrests leading to incarceration in the LA County jails. Nine out of the 50 clients were identified as Veterans.</span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" font-weight: normal; font-family:arial, serif;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;">Project 50</span></i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;"> Background, Outcomes, Implications and References </span><b><a href="http://www.farmlab.org/2007/04/project-50-further-information.html"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#3366FF;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;">HERE</span></span></a></b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;">Further information about the salon presenters </span><b><a href="http://www.farmlab.org/2007/04/project-50-presenters.html"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#3366FF;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;">HERE</span></span></a><br /></b></span></span></span></div><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p> <!--EndFragment--> </span></b></span><p></p> <!--EndFragment-->not a cornfield / under spring / farmlabhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11127413118751830180noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37946037.post-29157984080451849652010-04-26T11:00:00.000-07:002010-05-20T10:22:11.464-07:00Metabolic Studio Public Salon:Jeanine Centuori, Paulette Singley & Woodbury University StudentsFriday, April 30, 2010 @ NoonFree Admission<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://farmlab.org/uploaded_images/guerillaaction1+2-787549.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 259px;" src="http://farmlab.org/uploaded_images/guerillaaction1+2-787105.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; "><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">Guerilla Urbanism</span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#333333;"> </span></span></span></i></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;mso-pagination: none;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#333333;">W<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;">oodbury University architecture students present their “Guerilla Actions” from this spring’s studio “Guerilla Urbanism.”</span></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;mso-pagination: none;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;">The phrase “guerilla urbanism” carries with it certain inherent contradictions regarding the ability to produce a guerilla act—improvisational and unsanctioned by its very nature—as urban design—a protracted and planned process requiring the consent of myriad stakeholders. These two unnatural partners nonetheless offer a useful pairing, expanding upon and mitigating each others strengths and weaknesses--immediacy as opposed to long-term planning, action versus contemplation, individual agency in opposition to compromising with public agencies. Both forms of public intervention, though nearly adversarial in their processes, proffer an idealistic promise to positively transform public space. To what extent can we take lessons from guerilla activities in the formation of an urban design proposal? In our era of sustainable consciousness and the danger of green washing undermining this utopian agenda, examining the potential of activating our engagement with the environment emerges as a key factor in transforming the planet.</span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;mso-pagination: none;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;">Jeanine Centuori is a Professor and Director of the Center for Community Research and Design in the School of Architecture at Woodbury University. A current outreach project examines alternative ADA solutions for educational facilities. This work is funded by the National Endowment for the Arts. Past projects have received national awards including a PA Award and a Best of Category for Environments from ID Magazine. Jeanine is also principal of UrbanRock Design (located at the Brewery Arts Complex), a practice involving public art, environments, and housing projects. The practice has completed public art projects in museums, public facilities, and parks around the country. They recently received a CA AIA Award for “Conditional Reflections,” a public art project in Denver, CO.</span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt;mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align: none;text-autospace:none"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;">Paulette Singley is a Professor in the School of Architecture at Woodbury University in Los Angeles, California. She co-edited </span></span></span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;">Eating Architecture </span></span></span></i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;">and </span></span></span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;">Architecture: In Fashion</span></span></span></i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;"> and has been published in </span></span></span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;">Log</span></span></span></i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;">, </span></span></span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;">ANY</span></span></span></i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;">, </span></span></span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;">Assemblage</span></span></span></i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;"> and several critical architectural anthologies. She received a Ph.D in architectural history and theory from Princeton University, an M.A. in the history of architecture and urbanism from Cornell University, and a B.Arch from the University of Southern California.</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt;mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align: none;text-autospace:none"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;">Woodbury University Students:</span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;"> Vanessa Banos, Monica Bello, Stephanie Byrd, Brando Cohen, Oscar Corletto, Wilson Diaz, Hiep Do, Cody Glen</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;">, </span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;">Edgar Gonzalez, Liliana Gonzalez, Alma Jauregui, Pablo Martinez, Kevin Montgomery, Fidelina Ramirez, Andriena Raventos, Danielle Reimer, Giovanni Salas, Mayra Sanchez, Sara Shakib, Jason Tosatto</span></span></span><o:p></o:p></p> <!--EndFragment-->not a cornfield / under spring / farmlabhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11127413118751830180noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37946037.post-78078021591245637942010-04-16T13:41:00.000-07:002010-05-20T10:22:26.740-07:00Metabolic Studio Public Salon:David WilsonFriday, April 23, 2010 @ NoonFree Admission<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://farmlab.org/uploaded_images/Seipa-gazenko-w-belka-and-strelka-719237.jpg" style="text-decoration: none;"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 359px;" src="http://farmlab.org/uploaded_images/Seipa-gazenko-w-belka-and-strelka-718953.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana, serif;"><b><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#333333;"><br /></span></span></i></b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" font-style: italic; font-weight: bold; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">Nikolai Federov, Konstantine Tsiolkovsky and Dogs in Space - The Roots of the Soviet Space Effort</span></span></span></span></div><div><b><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><br /></span></span></span></i></b></div><div><b><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; "><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; "><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;">A telling of the tale of the </span></span></span></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; "><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;">deep </span></span></span></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; "><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;">origins of the Russian/Soviet Space Program through motion picture and images including the rarely seen notebooks of Konstantin Eduardovich Tsiolkovsky.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><br /></span></span></span><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; "><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;"></span></span></span></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; "><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;"></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1267581676_0" style="border-bottom-width: 1px; border-bottom-style: dashed; border-bottom-color: rgb(0, 102, 204); background-image: none; background-repeat: repeat; background-attachment: scroll; -webkit-background-clip: initial; -webkit-background-origin: initial; background- cursor: pointer; background-position: 0% 0%; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><br /></span></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;">David Wilson is the founding director of the </span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;">Museum of Jurassic Technology. He received his MFA from </span></span></span><span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1267581676_2"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;">California Institute of the Arts</span></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"> in 1974 and opened The </span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;">Museum of Jurassic Technology in 1988 at its current Culver City, California location. Since its inception, the Museum has expanded both in terms of its public offerings, through exhibitions and associated programs, as well as in its public recognition and reputation. The MJT has exhibited internationally and Mr. Wilson has lectured throughout North America and Europe. In addition, Mr. Wilson has produced seven independent films, most recently under the auspices of MJT in conjunction with Kabinet, an arts based </span></span></span><span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1267581676_4" style="background-image: none; background-repeat: repeat; background-attachment: scroll; -webkit-background-clip: initial; -webkit-background-origin: initial; background- cursor: pointer; background-position: 0% 0%; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;">cultural institution</span></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"> located in </span></span></span><span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1267581676_5"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;">St. Petersburg, Russia</span></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"> . The latest of their collaborative efforts is entitled </span></span></span><i><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;">Bol’shoe Sovietskoe Zatmenie - The Great Soviet Eclipse</span></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;">. </span></span></span></i><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"> </span></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;">Over the past decade, the Museum and Mr. Wilson have been honored through numerous grants and awards. In 2001 the </span></span></span><span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1267581676_6"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;">MacArthur Foundation</span></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"> granted him a Fellowship in recognition of his accomplishments at The Museum of Jurassic Technology.</span></span></span><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"> </span></span></span></span><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; "><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><br /></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></i></b></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; "><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;">Image: </span></span></span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;">Gregor Garzenko with Belka and Strelka</span></span></span></i></span></span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;">, August, 1960</span></span></span></i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"> </span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;">Image Courtesy: Museum of Jurassic Technology</span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;">Further Information: </span></span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><a href="http://www.blogger.com/www.mjt.org"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#3366FF;">www.mjt.org</span></a></span></span></div>not a cornfield / under spring / farmlabhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11127413118751830180noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37946037.post-5010585357189952382010-04-09T13:01:00.000-07:002010-05-20T10:22:41.377-07:00Metabolic Studio Public Salon:Sue Bell YankFriday, April 16, 2010 @ NoonFree Admission<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://farmlab.org/uploaded_images/arts-graphics-2005_1158438a-704615.jpg" style="text-decoration: none;"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 325px; height: 240px;" src="http://farmlab.org/uploaded_images/arts-graphics-2005_1158438a-704613.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://farmlab.org/uploaded_images/arts-graphics-2005_1158438a-704615.jpg" style="text-decoration: none;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#333333;">From Sculpture to Practice:</span></b></span></span></span></a></div><div><div class="gmail_quote"><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#333333;">Tracing the Development of the Social through Joseph Beuys</span></b></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana, serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#333333;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold; "></span>Joseph Beuys was a well-known albeit controversial historical figure who was able to encapsulate his paradigm-shifting work in a few useful phrases - most notably, the phrase “social sculpture,” which illustrates Beuys’ idea that activities which structure and shape society are a form of art no longer confined to a material object or artifact. From this radical notion (and buttressed by decades of expanded, non-object based conceptual practice) arose a variety of practices engaged in social and spatial issues through participatory, research-based, and collaborative processes. Using Beuys as a jumping-off point, this salon will survey the notion of "social practice" or "participatory artwork" from its historical roots to its diverse contemporary forms.</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#333333;"><br /></span></span></span></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left-width: 1px; border-left-style: solid; border-left-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); margin-top: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex; "><div style="word-wrap: break-word; "><div><div><blockquote type="cite"><div><div class="gmail_quote"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left-width: 1px; border-left-style: solid; border-left-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex; "><div style="word-wrap: break-word; "><div><div><div><div><div><blockquote type="cite"><div style="word-wrap: break-word; "><div><blockquote type="cite"><div><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#333333;"><span></span></span></span></span></blockquote></blockquote></div></blockquote></div></div></blockquote></div></div></div></div></div></div></blockquote></div></div></blockquote></div></div></div></blockquote><div><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#333333;">Sue Bell Yank is the Assistant Director of Academic Programs at the Hammer Museum, and was intimately involved in the formation and conceptualization of the Watts House Project. She writes frequently about social practice on her blog</span></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#333333;"> and has published in the Journal of Aesthetics and Protest and Mammut Magazine. Yank graduated from the USC Masters of Public Art Studies program in 2008</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#333333;">.</span></span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#333333;"><br /></span></span></span></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left-width: 1px; border-left-style: solid; border-left-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); margin-top: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex; "><div style="word-wrap: break-word; "><div><div><blockquote type="cite"><div><div class="gmail_quote"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left-width: 1px; border-left-style: solid; border-left-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex; "><div style="word-wrap: break-word; "><div><div><div><div><div><blockquote type="cite"><div style="word-wrap: break-word; "><div><blockquote type="cite"><div><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#333333;"><span></span></span></span></span></blockquote></blockquote></div></blockquote></div></div></blockquote></div></div></div></div></div></div></blockquote></div></div></blockquote></div></div></div></blockquote><div><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#333333;">Image: Joseph Beuys, Joseph Beuys's Action Piece, 26-6 February 1972; presented as part of seven exhibitions held at the Tate Gallery 24 Feburary - 23 March 1972 © Tate Archive Photographic Collection</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#333333;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#333333;"><br /></span></span></span></span></b></div></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#333333;">Further information:</span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#333333;"> </span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;"><a href="http://www.blogger.com/www.suebellyank.com"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#333333;">www.suebellyank.com</span></a></span></span></div>not a cornfield / under spring / farmlabhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11127413118751830180noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37946037.post-2294101147177087752010-04-05T09:47:00.000-07:002010-05-20T10:23:48.171-07:00Metabolic Studio Public Salon:Greg Horos & Melissa RosenFriday, April 9, 2010, NoonFree Admission<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://farmlab.org/uploaded_images/locali-los-angeles-franklin-village-797575.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://farmlab.org/uploaded_images/locali-los-angeles-franklin-village-797571.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial, serif;color:#333333;"><b><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></i></b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic; white-space: pre-wrap; "><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"></span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal; white-space: normal; "><i><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">The Aesthetics of Sustainable Retail</span></span></span></b></i><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"> </span></span></span></b></span></span></div><!--StartFragment--> <p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt;text-align:center; mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;">(</span></span></span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;">Or: How to Fit a Full Service Organic Deli, a Wine and Beer Shop and a Natural Grocery in Under 500 Square Feet of Retail Space</span></span></span></i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;">)</span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align: left;margin-bottom: 12pt; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-style: italic; white-space: pre-wrap; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;">How do small retailers address the desires of the individual and the needs of the community through limited means? What resources can budding entrepreneurs use </span></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;">to take their sustainable vision into brick and mortar reality? </span></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;">How can a full service organic deli, a wine and beer shop and a natural grocery fit in less than 500 square feet of retail space?</span></span></span></span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align: left;margin-bottom: 12pt; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-style: italic; white-space: pre-wrap; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-style: italic; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;">Greg Horos and Melissa Rosen, the founders and co-owners of eco-convenience store </span></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;">Locali</span></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;">, will address these questions while exploring the crucial role of small business in the "greening" of Los Angeles.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align: left;margin-bottom: 12pt; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-style: italic; white-space: pre-wrap; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-style: italic; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-style: italic; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;">Located in the Franklin Village section of Hollywood, </span></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;">Locali</span></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;"> offers natural and organic alternatives to </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-style: italic; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;">conventional convenience store fare in addition to a full service deli. Coming upon its first anniversary, </span></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;">Locali </span></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;">has experienced a multitude of triumphs and tribulations doing business in Los Angeles. With the goals of providing loving customer service, mouthwatering healthy food, and education about the power of the citizen’s purchase dollar, </span></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;">Locali </span></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;">buys organic and from its neighbors.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align: left;margin-bottom: 12pt; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-style: italic; white-space: pre-wrap; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-style: italic; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-style: italic; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-style: italic; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;">Greg Horos and Melissa Rosen, are a husband and wife team equally passionate about food, wellness and sustainability issues. Greg Horos' background includes careers in business development and marketing along with years in radio as a creative services director and on-air personality. Melissa Rosen is a writer, restaurateur and health counselor with a nutrition consulting practice, Libra Nutrition & Wellness. Together, they came up with the idea for a convenience store experience that fits 21st century concerns. They opened Locali with the desire to make healthy and planet friendly purchases easily accessible to their community. Their hope is to encourage other small businesses and entrepreneurs to put social responsibility and environmental stewardship above the bottom line. </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align: left;margin-bottom: 12pt; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic; white-space: pre-wrap; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;">Further Information</span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;">:</span></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;"> </span></span><b><a href="http://www.localiyours.com/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#3366FF;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;">Locali</span></span></span></a></b></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal;"><b><a href="http://www.localiyours.com/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#3366FF;"></span></span></span></a></b></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align: left;margin-bottom: 12pt; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="white-space: pre-wrap; "><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;">Image: </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;">Locali, courtesy</span></span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;"> Melissa Rosen</span></span></span></span></p><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" white-space: pre-wrap; font-family:'Lucida Grande';font-size:11px;"><div><div><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana, serif;"><b><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"></span></span></i></b></span></p><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana, serif;"><b><i><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt;text-align:center; mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none"></p><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> </span></span><br /></span></span></div><p></p></i></b></span><p></p><b><!--EndFragment--></b></div></div></span>not a cornfield / under spring / farmlabhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11127413118751830180noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37946037.post-37742323468377021492010-03-29T11:09:00.000-07:002010-05-20T10:22:51.599-07:00Metabolic Studio Public Salon:Sam EastersonFriday, April 2, 2010 @ NoonFree Admission<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://farmlab.org/uploaded_images/BurrowingOwlInBurrow-715883.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 225px;" src="http://farmlab.org/uploaded_images/BurrowingOwlInBurrow-715732.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" border-collapse: collapse; font-family:arial, sans-serif;font-size:13px;"><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 12pt; margin-left: 0px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"> The Museum of Animal Perspectives: Crowdsourcing Remotely Sensed Wildlife Imagery</span></b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 12pt; margin-left: 0px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;">This presentation will focus on the history and future of the Museum of Animal Perspectives (MAP). </span></span><span style="border-collapse: separate; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;">The Museum of Animal Perspectives collects and displays wildlife imagery that has been captured using remote sensing cameras. Through the presentation and interpretation of this imagery, the MAP endeavors to expand the public's capacity to empathize with animals and plants.</span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 12pt; margin-left: 0px; "><span style="border-collapse: separate; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;">MAP founder Sam Easterson is a video naturalist. Included among the museums that have exhibited his work are the Whitney Museum of American Art (Biennial), the Walker Art Center, the New Museum and the International Center of Photography. In addition to working as a video naturalist, Sam Easterson</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;">has also held staff positions at the</span></span><span style="border-collapse: collapse; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;"> </span></span></span></span><span style="border-collapse: separate; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;">Minneapolis Institute of Arts, the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles and at the</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;"> </span></span><span style="border-collapse: separate; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;">Te Tapa Tongarewa National Museum of New Zealand. Most recently, Easterson worked </span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;"> </span></span><span style="border-collapse: separate; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;">as a Senior Producer at the Royal Ontario Museum, where he developed video content for the </span></span></span><span style="border-collapse: separate; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;">ROM’s new permanent Schad Gallery of Biodiversity. </span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;"><span style="border-collapse: separate; "></span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 12pt; margin-left: 0px; "><span style="border-collapse: separate; "><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal;">Above: </span>Burrowing Owl In Burrow</span></span></i></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 12pt; margin-left: 0px; "><span style="border-collapse: separate; "><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;">Courtesy<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal; ">: Sam Easterson/Museum of Animal Perspectives</span></span></span></i></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 12pt; margin-left: 0px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; font-size:x-small;"><b>Further Information</b></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 12pt; margin-left: 0px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; font-size:x-small;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" font-weight: normal; border-collapse: collapse; font-family:arial, sans-serif;font-size:13px;"><span style="border-collapse: separate; font-size:small;"><a href="http://www.sciencefriday.com/videos/watch/10249"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#3366FF;">Science Friday</span></a></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#3366FF;"><br /></span><span style="border-collapse: separate; font-size:small;"><a href="http://lens.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/02/26/must-38/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#3366FF;">New York Times Lens</span></a></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#3366FF;"><br /></span><span style="border-collapse: separate; font-size:small;"><a href="http://www.sameasterson.com/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#3366FF;">MAP Site</span></a></span></span></b></span></span></p></span>not a cornfield / under spring / farmlabhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11127413118751830180noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37946037.post-91217290883367955542010-03-19T13:41:00.000-07:002010-05-20T10:23:13.160-07:00Metabolic Studio Public Salon:Juliano BrotmanFriday, March 26, 2010 @ NoonFree Admission<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://farmlab.org/uploaded_images/Untitled-2-769385.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 180px;" src="http://farmlab.org/uploaded_images/Untitled-2-769342.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a><br /><!--StartFragment--> <p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt; text-align:center;mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace: none"><i><span><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">New Perfect Food is Here: </span></span></b></span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt; text-align:center;mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace: none"><i><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><b></b></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal; "><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">A way to finally do something about all that green talk!</span></span></b></span></span></i></p> <p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt; text-align:center;mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace: none"><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;"> </span></span></span><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt;text-align:justify;mso-pagination: none;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none"><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;">Juliano Brotman began working alongside his father, a chef, at the age of eight. By ten years old he was cooking at full gourmet status, able to make any of his father’s one-of-a-kind creations. Although constantly cooking dishes of butter, oil and flesh, even at a young age he realized that flesh and fat were just the medium; it was all about the spices – “edible alchemy!”</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt;text-align:justify;mso-pagination: none;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none"><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;">After wilderness encounters in Palm Springs at the age of fifteen, Brotman became a strict vegan. Health food chains wouldn’t be around for years to come however and, as he explains: “there was nothing! I was a raw fooder and I didn’t even know it until I started having to explain. </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt;text-align:justify;mso-pagination: none;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none"><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;">At 18 Brotman moved to Chicago where he found some raw fooders eating simple whole foods. There was, he says “only wheatgrass, fruitarians and salad-tarians. Even before I was a vegetarian and vegan, I followed in my father’s footsteps of not simply cooking, but creating. I always made wonderful new creations that blew people’s minds! When I turned RAW these amazing recipes continued! Everyone is genius at something!” In the years that followed, the RAW chef saw a shift in health consciousness – organic food became more accessible, vegetarian food became a menu option – and he moved to San Francisco. Here he found the city’s raw food group and attended their first raw potluck party. “It was a large, eclectic crowd, all interested in what raw food could do for them. But the potluck spread consisted of wheatgrass, fruit, fruit salads, many salads, bowls of dried fruits, nuts and seeds, and rejuvelac.” In contrast when Juliano’s food showed up – pizzas in 3 flavors, burritos, ice cream and chocolate avocado pudding – everyone went crazy!</span></span></span><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;mso-pagination: none;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none"><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;">In August 1994, Juliano opened RAW in San Francisco – the world’s first raw cuisine restaurant – and in 1999 he published </span></span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;">RAW, the UNcook BOOK, </span></span></i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;">the world’s first raw food cookbook of ‘Decadent Foods’. “Juliano”, he says, “has changed the world!” </span></span><o:p><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;">"There have never been so many flavors going into my mouth at one sitting", says the Vegetarian Times. </span></span></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;mso-pagination: none;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana, serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial, serif;"><a href="http://planetraw.com/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#3366FF;">Click for more information</span></a></span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;mso-pagination: none;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial, serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;">Above: Raw dishes at <i>Planet Raw, i<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal; ">mages courtesy of Juliano Brotman</span></i></span></span></p> <!--EndFragment-->not a cornfield / under spring / farmlabhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11127413118751830180noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37946037.post-85648895923244638752010-03-14T14:47:00.000-07:002010-03-13T20:08:52.166-08:00Farmlab Public SalonVan Zan FraterFriday, March 19, 2010 @ NoonFree Admission<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://farmlab.org/uploaded_images/IMAGE3-FOR-WEB-793747.jpg" style="text-decoration: none;"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 278px;" src="http://farmlab.org/uploaded_images/IMAGE3-FOR-WEB-793697.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#333333;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"></span></span></b></span></p><div><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#333333;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">Jesus is my Homeboy - the real story</span></span></b></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align: left;margin-top: 3pt; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 12pt; margin-left: 0in; line-height: 140%; "><span class="apple-style-span"><span lang="EN" style=" line-height: 140%; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;">You may think you know Jesus is my Homeboy. It's the image you've seen on tee-shirts, hats and badges. It's the iconic design worn by celebrities too numerous to mention. It’s that shirt you’re wearing right now – but there is much more to Jesus is my Homeboy than just an image.</span></span></span></span></span><span lang="EN"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align: left;margin-top: 3pt; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 12pt; margin-left: 0in; line-height: 140%; "><span class="apple-style-span"><span lang="EN" style=" line-height: 140%; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;">Jesus is my Homeboy was not developed to make a fashion concern motivated by cashing in on a trend. It is not a calculated ploy to make money; it was born of inspiration gained from life experience. It is now time to tell the real story behind the success of Jesus is my Homeboy.</span></span></span></span></span><span lang="EN"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align: left;margin-top: 3pt; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 12pt; margin-left: 0in; line-height: 140%; "><span class="apple-style-span"><span lang="EN" style=" line-height: 140%; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;">Van Zan, President and CEO of the Jesus is my Homeboy Foundation Inc.,</span></span></span><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;"> </span></span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;">served in the Navy during the Viet Nam War Era. He is an actor, a singer, and has performed with his family music group, “The Fraters”, at, among other places, the Brentwood and Wadsworth Theaters. For 14 years he was a union AFGE local 1061 representative, serving as a Steward, Vice President and Executive Vice President consecutively until 2002. He established the Jesus is my Homeboy Foundation Inc. a non-profit human services organization in 2007 to provide assistance with burial expenses and grief counseling for innocent victims of gang violence. The founder, a victim of gang violence himself, Van Zan has a deep commitment to assisting families and individuals in this sudden and unexpected time of crisis. Other services to be provided in the future.</span></span></span></span></span><span lang="EN" style="color:#555555;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align: left;margin-top: 3pt; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 12pt; margin-left: 0in; line-height: 140%; "><span class="apple-style-span"><b><span lang="EN" style="line-height: 140%;mso-ansi-language:ENcolor:#555555;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;">Further Information: </span></span></span></b></span><span class="apple-style-span"><b><span lang="EN" style="line-height:140%; mso-ansi-language:ENcolor:#3366FF;"><a href="http://www.blogger.com/www.jesusismyhomeboy.org"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;">www.jesusismyhomeboy.org</span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;"> </span></span></span><span lang="EN" style=" line-height: 140%; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#666666;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;">or</span></span></span></span></span><span lang="EN" style="line-height:140%; mso-ansi-language:ENcolor:#3366FF;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;"> </span></span></span></b></span><span class="apple-style-span"><span lang="EN" style="line-height:140%; mso-ansi-language:ENcolor:#555555;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" line-height: 22px; font-weight: bold; "><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="line-height:140%; mso-bidi-font-weight:bold;text-decoration: none;text-underline:nonecolor:#3366FF;"><a href="http://www.blogger.com/www.jesusismyhomeboy.com"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;">www.jesusismyhomeboy.com</span></span></a></span></span></span></span></span></p> <!--EndFragment--> <!--EndFragment--></div>not a cornfield / under spring / farmlabhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11127413118751830180noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37946037.post-15440998065186334682010-03-05T08:43:00.000-08:002010-03-05T14:31:15.057-08:00Farmlab Public SalonRobert BirchardFriday, March 12, 2010 @ NoonFree Admission<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://farmlab.org/uploaded_images/RSB-MS-014-Stolen-Magicsmall-762952.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 297px;" src="http://farmlab.org/uploaded_images/RSB-MS-014-Stolen-Magicsmall-762891.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a><br /><!--StartFragment--> <p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt; text-align:center;mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace: none"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#333333;">HOORAY FOR EDENDALE!</span></span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#333333;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;mso-pagination: none;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#333333;"> </span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#333333;">A celebration of the birth and early growth of the movie industry in Los Angeles. Award winning film editor, writer and film industry historian Robert S. Bichard presents over 100 images exploring the first movie studios in L.A--which were established a century ago. The Selig Polyscope, Keystone, Pathe, Mixville and Norbig studios constituted L.A.</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#333333;">’</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#333333;">s first </span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#333333;">“</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#333333;">Studio Row</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#333333;">”</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#333333;"> in the 1910’s, and </span></span></span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#333333;">Hooray For Edendale! </span></span></span></i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#333333;">will take you inside the gates of these long-vanished pioneer film factories. This is a must attend event for anyone interested in the history of Los Angeles and the movies. This program was recently presented at the Hollywood Heritage Museum and the Los Angeles as Subject Archives Bazaar.</span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;mso-pagination: none;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#333333;"><b>Image:</b> </span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#333333;">Mack Sennett directing "Stolen Magic" (Keystone, 1915), Hans Koenekamp is the cameraman. Courtesy: Robert Birchard</span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;mso-pagination: none;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana, serif;color:#333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;"><b>Further information: <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal; "><a href="http://www.rsbirchard.com/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#3366FF;">http://www.rsbirchard.com</span></a></span></b></span></span></p> <!--EndFragment-->not a cornfield / under spring / farmlabhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11127413118751830180noreply@blogger.com0