May 2010 Archives
I'll let you in on a little Doo Dah denizen secret-- 1st Friday Art Night is the place to be! And if your calendar has room, make plans to spend your entire weekend at McGinty's Gallery at the End of the World because there's plenty to see, lots of new friends to make and even more adventure to be had that you'd ever expect. Here's the info:
McGinty's Gallery at the End of the World
2475 N Lake Ave Altadena CA 91001
626.794.8779
www.galleryattheendoftheworld.com
GROUP SHOW
June 3-6, Open daily 12-6pm
Thursday: artist reception 6-9pm
Friday: 1st Friday Art Club Opening 7pm-1am, $5 cover
Saturday: potluck bbq
Sunday: brunch
Featured Artist: Deborah Blanco
Artists include: Molly Tierney, Sharon Garrett, Cho Paquet, Patrick Gothard, Cathy Tharp, Karen Sachs, Carl Heinz, Nina Ehlig, Roderick Smith, Ross Anthony, Kathleen Swaydan, Lynn Heinz, Maria Teresia Wide, Nancy Armitage, Carolyn Jean, Warner R. Trayham, Autumn Webb Johnathon Killen, Eve Kessler, Bonnie S. Callahan, Richard Davies, Anita Finnegan, Mary Gothard, Georgia DeBeers, Elizabeth Wallace, Heather Morrow, Lisa George, Jaime Sabatte, Kevin Dalton, Casey Figueroa, Elizabeth Jewell Butterfield, Deborah Hobbs, Nancy A. Jones, Michael R. Gibson, Armondo Gonzalez, Gardner Andrew Belluche, Brian Dario, Matt Foote, Kris "Blaze" Carly, Ngene Mwaura, Dave Lovejoy, Johnny Fox, Ben Mcginty
Performances by: MMMKay (thursday), The Sundowners and Nocturra & Ric (friday night), The Invention (saturday), and HB3 (sunday)
Expressing Feelings Through Art
2010 EFTA Exhibition and Reception
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EFTA: Expressing Feelings Through Art EFTA is an exhibition and scholarship program held throughout Los Angeles County high schools. EFTA honors artistic and literary excellence in the art of self-expression and offers matching awards to students and their teachers. EFTA is produced by the Light Bringer Project and Mental Health America of Los Angeles, and is funded in part by the W. M. Keck Foundation. EXHIBITION & RECEPTION WHAT: Dozens of artworks created by Los Angeles County high school students. Light refreshments will be served. |
First Place: "Color Me Joy." Dominique Labat, 10th Grade. Teacher, Kathy Charvat. Millikan High School. |
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WHEN: Sunday, May 23, 2010, 2:00 - 4:00 p.m. The awards ceremony will be at 3:00 p.m. WHERE: Art Center College of Design (South Campus), 950 S. Raymond Ave., Pasadena, CA 91105 (Click here for an interactive map). Free parking in lot and on street. 1/3 mile south of Gold Line's Fillmore Station. |
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For more information, please contact Patricia Hurley, Managing Director, Light Bringer Project, at 626-590-1134. |
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2010 EFTA HONOREES First Place "Color Me Joy" Dominique Labat, 10th Grade Teacher, Kathy Charvat Millikan High School Second Place "Diana" Israel Juarez, 11th Grade Teacher, Elizabeth Kim Fairfax High School (Comprehensive) Third Place "The Tragedy of Unfolding Beauty" Alake Shilling, 11th Grade Teacher, Carol Kawaoka Fairfax High School (Comprehensive) Fourth Place "Outside the Box" Kendall Coyer, 10th Grade Teacher, E. Dominick Black San Dimas High School Saturday High Scholarship from The Art Center College of Design "Bottled Up" Jason Nguyen, 11th Grade Teacher, Charlotte Nelson Sierra Vista High School Honorable Mentions "Unlike" |
MORE ABOUT EFTA Founded by the Department of Mental Health over 25 years ago, this prevention program is delivered by Light Bringer Project in partnership with Mental Health America of Los Angeles. EFTA serves senior high school students across L.A. County who are challenged to develop visual and written forms of personal expression that address their key concerns and life ambitions. The program culminates in an annual public exhibition and scholarship awards ceremony honoring outstanding student achievements. LIGHT BRINGER PROJECT Light Bringer Project is a nonprofit, Pasadena-based arts organization founded in 1990 by residents who were exploring the historic contributions that artists, architects, and craftsmen made to the local environment. Inspired by these achievements, its founders imagined ways to bring more of today's artists and their creative resources into the mainstream of community life. In keeping with its mission "to build community through the power of the arts," Light Bringer Project has delivered a range of unique cultural arts programs and special events that utilize high-degrees of collaboration, volunteerism, and communitywide support. For its arts and learning efforts, the organization has received the California League of Cities' Helen Putnam Award of Excellence in Public-Private Partnership. As an arts community participant, the organization was given the Gold Crown Award from the Pasadena Arts Council and has received an award of Outstanding Service from the City of Pasadena Arts Commission.
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2010 EXHIBITING ARTISTS in alphabetical order ... |
| "Warmth" Yoo-jiu An, 12th Grade Elizabeth Kim Fairfax High School (Comprehensive) "Dream" Sonny James Arceo, 11th Grade Teacher, Karena Massengill Cabrillo High School "Bianca" Manuella Arias, 12th Grade Teacher, Marty Wolin Sierra Vista High School "Uncertainty" Lara Elaine Balajadia, 12th Grade Teacher, Christine Godfrey Cabrillo High School "Gilded Emotions" Jeannette Cardona, 11th Grade Teacher, Carol Kawaoka Fairfax High School (Comprehensive) "The Calm" Miranda Casarez, 12th Grade Teacher, E. Dominick Black San Dimas High School "Life is Crazy" Lindzee Castro, 10th Grade Teacher, Kathy Charvat Millikan High School "Untitled" Walter Chacon, 12th Grade Elizabeth Kim Fairfax High School (Comprehensive) "Unlike" Nola Christie, 12th Grade Teacher, Dorothy Lee John Marshal High School "Don't Let Go" Karin Chuang, 11th Grade Teacher, Diane Chang Ho Temple City High School "Phobia" Michele Coryell, 12th Grade Teacher, Chris Lovett Millikan High School "Outside the Box" Kendall Coyer, 10th Grade Teacher, Dominick Black San Dimas High School "Exile" Rosamaria Diaz, 12th Grade Teacher, Sadie Phillips Pomona High School "There's Someone Out There" Tiffany Diep, 9th Grade Teacher, Rouzanna Berberian South Pasadena High School "Imagine Art" Jackeline Dixon, 9th Grade Teacher, Alice Bolstad Cabrillo High School "Stubborn" Nicole Ellis, 11th Grade Teacher, E. Dominick Black San Dimas High School "Too Soon" Lizbeth Farrera, 12th Grade Teacher, Marvin Inouye Oka Schurr High School "The Wild Things" Shine Fu, 12th Grade Teacher, Diane Chang Ho Temple City High School "Depression" Isaac Gower, 12th Grade Teacher, Aimee Levie South Pasadena High School "Behind the Masks" Garfield Hang, 10th Grade Teacher, Diane Chang Ho Temple City High School "Untitled" Connie Ho, 10th Grade Teacher, Jeff Levie Alhambra High School "Michael's Smile" Wendy Huerta, 12th Grade Teacher, Marty Wolin Sierra Vista High School "Enchnalab" Celene Jimenez, 12th Grade Teacher, Mark Gilstrap Pomona High School "Sacrifice" Yi Jin, 11th Grade Teacher, Elizabeth Kim Fairfax High School (Comprehensive) "Reflection of Me" Juliet Johnson, 11th Grade Teacher, Roberta Patterson Millikan High School "Diana" Israel Juarez, 11th Grade Teacher, Elizabeth Kim Fairfax High School (Comprehensive) "A Thousands Winds" Richard Kam, 12th Grade Teacher, Dorothy Lee John Marshall High School "Self-Portrait in Charcoal" Amira Ket, 12th Grade Teacher, Roberta Patterson Millikan High School "Mortal Apathy" Gene Kumagai, 11th Grade Teacher, Ami Nishiyama California Academy of Mathematics & Science "Color Me Joy" Dominique Labat, 10th Grade Teacher, Kathy Charvat Millikan High School Untitled Ashley Langarica, 12th Grade Teacher, Marvin Inouye Oka Schurr High School "The Light Within a Family" Helen Lee, 10th Grade Teacher, Aimee Levie South Pasadena High School |
"Expressions" |
I just love fan mail! And around Doo Dah time is when I seem to get the most. I'd like to share a couple more missives with you:
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Doo Dah Paradeers! To all our friends~! To the entries! You all did a fantastic thing, and we really appreciate it... 1st parade in that area, and it had a great energy and feel--you made it happen. We spoke to someone who said "People were absolutely fantastic, I couldn't even dream about that..." It really felt awesome out there. Thanks for your creativity, imaginariums, and sense of nonsense, we all needed it this year! I have at the end of this message a bunch of links to photographers and bloggers and websites--so you can see yourselves! I'll keep you posted on more too. Thanks for all your kind messages. And see you next time, be well, Paddy Hurley & Tom Coston at LBP, all of our devoted volunteers, Maria and Clara, also Queen Kavita, Queen Sue Behrens and Steve Vargas, Gary Barbudo, Queen Skittles, Queen Mickie, Brian Biery, Jesselynn, Doug Larner, Corky and Queen Erica Valentine! you entries most of all, and the audience tooJ ...the Parade can be found here, http://www.ustream.tv/recorded/6604702 a live stream I use for the Newspaper. Dean Lee ...I posted my Doo Dah photos on my Kristin's List Facebook Fan Page. Even if you are not registered on Facebook you can see all my photos. Here is the link: http://www.facebook.com/pages/Kristins-List/30782292713 Thanks again for such a fun and memorable day! Best, Kristin ...That's right folks - it's a 3-ring circus with Steve Vargas playing two gigs* this week, and then capping things off with 45 NIGHT @ THE BUC on Wed. 5/19 for his 45th Birthday. Don't be left out! Good seats are still available!!! SierraMadreSue (Behrens) and speaking of circuses - check out this link to some awesome DOO DAH photos by Terry Miller. it was a gas!!! http://pasadenaindependent.com/featured/doo-dah-parade-images-2010/ I (Queen Mickie) have been blogging here and there about the parade with updates coming as the days go by at my Diary of a Doo Dah Queen blog, Also photos can be seen at the Rose magazine blog, www.insidesocal.com/doodah and there is an online gallery at I haven't yet placed my photos on the site, but will hopefully soon! It is www.brianbiery.com The doo dah entries can see lots of Chalk photos in the meantime. -Brian Biery Have a spectacular summer Patricia Hurley Managing Director
Light Bringer Project
626.590.1134 office
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I now return you to your regularly scheduled programming.
Carry on, as you were,
Queen Mickie |
If you missed the 2010 Occasional Pasadena Doo Dah Parade you missed a great time, but don't fret, as you can see reruns online. And if you were there, relive the fun (or see what you missed if you were marching)...
You can watch the parade in full at www.doodahlive.com
(click on the small player in the corner).
Here's a few photos by Sir Terry Miller to get you in the mood!
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I receive some of the most interesting e-mails and phone calls from my fans!
I would like to share one of the more unique missives I received after my jaunt down the route of the Occasional Pasadena Doo Dah Parade last Saturday. It is from a long-time friend, who is a veterinarian in San Jose:
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Hi Michelle!
Well, I got to see you again, at least. I tuned into the DooDah webcast in time to catch the in-your-face interview with you riding in the Corvette. Got to see you in your elaborate peacock costume. Why did I have the overwhelming urge to grab a syringe and vaccinate you for Pacheco's disease and avian pox? Also caught a quick glimpse of you alongside the picture frame float (they kind of panned by that one pretty quickly). Looks like you really had a fantastic time! I'll have to scan youtube and see if anyone's posted any more footage of the parade.
Congratulations on another DooDah success!
Russ
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I'm still laughing and I hope I made your day too!
Now, carry on, as you were,
Queen Mickie
