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Artists’ Books and Cookies II - Press Release

Image: Trixie Alina, Cuerpo, Espacio, Materia; Elisa Gutiérrez, Libro genealógico intervenido

  ForYourArt Announces Artists’ Books and Cookies

  Location: Ooga Booga #2 356 S. Mission Road Sunday, June 30, 2013 11am to 6pm  

Los Angeles – ForYourArt (FYA) announces the second iteration of Artists’ Books and Cookies, an event series devoted to artists' books and encouraging the collection of and community around the Alumnos47 library in Mexico City, Mexico. This one-day event on Sunday, June 30, 11am to 6pm features an exhibition of artists’ books at Ooga Booga #2 drawn from an open call of artists’ books in the greater Los Angeles area. Artists and publishers were invited to submit books for inclusion with a particular focus on artists working with rare materials or unusual techniques. In addition to the exhibition, participating artists are invited to sign up for meetings with curators from Mexico City and Los Angeles who will review their work. Located at 356 S. Mission Road in Boyle Heights, Ooga Booga is known as an epicenter of the art and independent publishing community. Artist’s Books and Cookies is honored to offer this platform to artists to present their work and invite the inquisitive to share a cookie and explore the practice of artists’ books.  Many of the artists have chosen to donate their books to Alumnos47 library in Mexico City following the exhibition. Alumnos47 seeks to help galvanize the ecosystem around artists’ book and independent publishing around the world and be a hub for locals and visitors in Mexico City. To accompany the exhibition, cookies by Sqirl will be available while supplies last. A special edition cookie will also be available for purchase. The event brings artistic talents and people simply curious about artists’ books together for formal and information exchanges. The first Artists’ Books and Cookies featured presentations by contemporary artists, historians, curators and critics related to the production, history and future of artists’ books. Cookies from across Los Angeles were presented to encourage mingling and dialogue. Through these conversations, Artists’ Books and Cookies series provides a platform to discuss the definition of an artist book and the medium of artists’ books within today's contemporary art landscape. About Biblioteca Alumnos47 Biblioteca Alumnos47 is a library conceived as a dynamic and active entity. It is focused on contemporary art and is devoted to stimulating academic research and creating new audiences for contemporary art. The organization is curating the very first public collection of artists’ books in Mexico, with a special emphasis on handmade books. Biblioteca Alumnos47 will be the centerpiece of a new, multi-functional space designed by Didier Faustino (Fall 2014) that will serve as a meeting point in San Miguel Chapultepec for Mexico City’s contemporary art community. The A47 Mobile Library, designed by Productora, currently operates in different communities in Mexico City: “a truck carrying over 1,200 volumes of visual art and culture... (it) travels the streets of Mexico City, providing the residents of various neighborhoods in the capital with access to its contents” (Domus). The A47 Mobile Library shares the Foundation’s growing book collection with the public and reflects the dynamism and flexibility of each of its projects. Alumnos47 Foundation is a civil association based in Mexico City that encourages dialogue through reflection and debate around contemporary art practices. The Foundation seeks to link diverse people through art and education. For more information, please visit www.alumnos47.org. About Ooga Booga Ooga Booga is an independent retailer specializing in artist books, music, clothing and art-things since 2004, in Chinatown, Los Angeles.  

About ForYourArt ForYourArt is a weekly email, workspace, and platform for information distribution and art activities. ForYourArt seeks to advance a spirit of patronage and a culture of dialogue by perceiving all media, sites, and relationships as potential for artistic transformation. By facilitating projects that engage social, civic, commercial, and non-profit realms, ForYourArt engages partners to translate ideas both on- and off-line. www.foryourart.com Press Contact: Justin Conner FITZ & CO 212-627-1455 x233 [email protected]

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ForYourArt announces NEW. ARTISANAL. NOW.

July 28, 2012

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

ForYourArt announces

NEW. ARTISANAL. NOW.

A One-day Food Biennial at its 6020 Wilshire Blvd. Activity Space

July 28, 2012, 12-6 p.m.

Los Angeles (July 11, 2012)—Timed to coincide with Made in L.A. 2012– the

Hammer Museum’s first large-scale biennial survey of Los Angeles-based artists –

ForYourArt will present New. Artisanal. Now., a one-day food biennial, on July 28,

2012. The pop-up shop at 6020 Wilshire Blvd. will showcase some of the city's

finest food crafters selected by culinary insiders Krista Simmons (Top Chef

Masters/LAist) along with Shawna Dawson (Artisanal LA) and Michaele Musel

(The Secret Fork). The event will feature 12 local producers, listed below, who will

be selling and sampling their wares, libations presented by GreenBar Collective,

special edition tote bags to benefit local food charity Food Forward, a reading table

filled with artisanal food publications, and a DJ. Information about Made in

L.A 2012 and voting on the Mohn Award will also be available throughout the day.

From caramels and olives to drinking vinegars and ice cream, the curators made

their selections from hundreds of local purveyors throughout the city. Simmons

said of her selections:

"I wanted to select producers who embody what it means to be an

independent, entrepreneurial, creative spirit. Food crafters like

Edward Belden of Peddler's Creamery, whose ice creams are

churned on the back of his beach cruiser, and boutique shrub-maker

Susan Finesman, who applies age-old, colonial preservation

techniques to farm-fresh produce, really showcase that. Aside from

the deliciousness of it all, these products are incredibly beautiful

from an aesthetic standpoint. This will be a real showcase of food

porn, that's for sure."

See below for a full list of product selections:

Krista Simmons (Top Chef Masters/LAist)

• Susan Finesman @ S.H.R.U.B. Drinking Vinegars

• Crème Caramel LA

• De Vamore, bacon and date spread

• Peddler's Creamery, ice cream

Shawna Dawson (Artisanal LA)

• Le Bon Garçon Caramels

• Morning Glory Confections, brittles

• Z Confections, salted caramel and chocolate sauce

• Laura Ann's Jams

Michaele Musel (The Secret Fork)

• choc., gluten free, eco-friendly brownies

• Orgasmo de la Boca, smoked olives

• Grace & I, fruit presses and preserves

• Roma Chocolates

Krista Simmons is the Food Editor at LAist, and a judge on the upcoming season

of Top Chef Masters, which premieres on July 25.

Shawna Dawson heads up Sauce|LA and spearheads events like the LA Street

Food Fest and Artisanal LA.

  Michaele Musel, co-founder of The Secret Fork, has spent 16 years as a recipe

developer and tester as well as the food Coordinator for Eat Real LA,

the Patchwork Festival and as a Food Artisan herself.

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About ForYourArt | ForYourArt.com | @ForYourArt

  ForYourArt is provides a guide to engaging with art in Los Angeles and beyond.

ForYourArt produces PLAN ForYourArt, a weekly email newsletter, with curated

itineraries for Los Angeles and New York, and content focused on arts

engagement and patronage of exceptional arts organizations.

ForYourArt at 6020 Wilshire Blvd. is an open platform for short-term and

spontaneous activities in a storefront space across from LACMA. With the goal of

celebrating creativity and deepening understanding through engagement with art,

the space can function as a conference room, program venue, and is a

collaborative effort among ForYourArt, artists, writers, and curators.

ForYourArt is produced by Bettina Korek, Inc.

Founder Bettina Korek is a member of the Los Angeles County Arts Commission

and served on the Board of Governors of the Natural History Museum of Los

Angeles County from 2005 to 2009.

Press Contact:

Justin Conner

FITZ & CO

212-627-1455 x233

[email protected]

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Around the Clock: DONUTS & CLOCKS with Dawn Kasper By ForYourArt

April 20-21, 2013

In conjunction with the 24-hour screening of Christian Marclay’s The Clock at LACMA, ForYourArt presented a 24-hour durational performance installation with Los Angeles based artist Dawn Kasper. The event also featured artist-made donuts, karaoke, and an open call exhibition of 100 clocks for the entire 24-hour period.

Handmade donuts were provided by Eden's Herbals Saturday from 12-4pm and Sunday from 9am-12pm with Bob's Donuts served all day. Activities throughout the 24 hours included drawing and coloring, a musical performance by LA Fog, and YouYube video viewing. The event was broadcast and streamed live by KCHUNG, listen here.

“Kasper reminds audiences that art should never be safe and, to be truly transformative, it must endeavor to take real risks.” Read this entire profile on Kasper from Interview Magazine here.

View the postcard designed for the event here.

Learn about the first Around the Clock: 24 Hour Donut City and Around the Clock: 24 Hour Donut City II.

See more event photos here.

View all of the artist-made clocks:

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Artists’ Books and Cookies By ForYourArt

October 27th, 2012

ForYourArt and Mexico City-based Biblioteca Alumnos47 hosted Artists’ Books and Cookies, a one-day event devoted to artists’ books featuring presentations by contemporary artists, historians, curators, and critics that related to the production of artists’ books, their history, and their future.

To accompany the discussions, Top Chef Masters Judge and LAist Food Editor Krista Simmons selected cookies from across Los Angeles to present throughout the day. The event brought academic minds, artistic talents, and people simply curious to know more about artists’ books together for these informal and formal exchanges. All of the presentations can be downloaded online thanks to KCHUNG radio. 

Artists’ Books and Cookies kicked-off with a lecture by scholar Johanna Drucker, author of the groundbreaking study The Century of Artists’ Books (Granary Books, 1995), a professor at UCLA, and a book artist herself.

The event continued with a series of presentations by artists, each invited by a member of the Los Angeles art community to speak about recent book projects. Through these conversations, Artists’ Books and Cookies provided a platform to discuss the definition of an artist book and the medium of artists’ books within today’s contemporary art landscape. 

Participants included Mark Allen (Machine Project), Lisa Anne Auerbach (artist), Andrew Berardini (The Art Book Review), Dagny Corcoran (Art Catalogues at LACMA), Akina Cox (artist), Johanna Drucker (UCLA), Morgan Fisher (artist), Emi Fontana (West of Rome Public Art), Cesar Garcia (independent curator), Rita Gonzalez (LACMA), Bettina Hubby (artist), William E. Jones (artist), Brian Kennon (2nd Cannons), Chris Lipomi (artist), Aram Moshayedi (REDCAT; P & Co.), Carter Mull (artist), Laura Owens (artist), Brian Roettinger (graphic designer), Christopher Russell (artist), Ed Schad (I call it ORANGES), Mary Weatherford (artist), Jesse Willenbring (artist), and Sarah Williams (The Art Book Review).

Thanks to our sponsors The Coffee Bean and Tea Leaf and The Standard, Hollywood. 

Read more about Artists' Books and Cookies on LAist and ArtInfo.

View the postcards created by ForYourArt for the event.

See more photos here.

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New. Artisanal. Now. By ForYourArt

July 28, 2012

Coinciding with Made in L.A. 2012, ForYourArt presented New. Artisanal. Now., a one-day food biennial. Made in L.A. is the Hammer Museum’s first large-scale biennial survey of Los Angeles artists. The exhibition is spread out over different neighborhoods and venues and highlights artists at various stages in their careers. New. Artisanal. Now. followed a similar vein in bringing together a number of L.A. food experiences.

The ForYourArt pop-up shop at 6020 Wilshire Blvd. showcased some of the city’s finest food crafters selected by culinary insiders Krista Simmons (Top Chef Masters/LAist), Shawna Dawson (Artisanal LA) and Michaele Musel (The Secret Fork). The event featured 12 local producers, listed below, who sold and sampled their wares, everything from caramels and ice cream to olives and drinking vinegars.

Libations were presented by GreenBar Collective. Other features of the event included special edition tote bags sold to benefit local food charity Food Forward, a reading table filled with artisanal food publications, and a DJ. Information about Made in L.A 2012 and voting on the Mohn Award, an award given to one of the exhibition’s 60 artists, was available throughout the day.

Simmons said of her choices:

“I wanted to select producers who embody what it means to be an independent, entrepreneurial, creative spirit. Food crafters like Edward Belden of Peddler’s Creamery, whose ice creams are churned on the back of his beach cruiser, and boutique shrub-maker Susan Finesman, who applies age-old, colonial preservation techniques to farm-fresh produce, really showcase that. Aside from the deliciousness of it all, these products are incredibly beautiful from an aesthetic standpoint. This will be a real showcase of food porn, that’s for sure.”

Krista Simmons (Food Editor at LAist and a judge on the current season of Top Chef Masters, which premiered on July 25.):

Susan Finesman @ S.H.R.U.B. Drinking Vinegars

Crème Caramel LA

De Vamore, bacon and date spread

Peddler’s Creamery, ice cream

Shawna Dawson (heads up Sauce|LA and spearheads events like the LA Street Food Fest and Artisanal LA.):

Le Bon Garçon Caramels

Morning Glory Confections, brittles

Z Confections, salted caramel and chocolate sauce

Laura Ann’s Jams

Michaele Musel (co-founder of The Secret Fork, has spent 16 years as a recipe developer and tester as well as the food Coordinator for Eat Real LA, the Patchwork Festival and as a Food Artisan herself.)

choc., gluten free, eco-friendly brownies

Orgasmo de la Boca, smoked olives

Grace & I, fruit presses and preserves

Roma Chocolates

Read more from the Los Angeles Times, LA Weekly, and LAist.

Download the New. Artisanal. Now. zine here. 

Learn more about ForYourArt for Made in L.A.

See more photos here.

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Artwalk aMUSEment Hunt By ForYourArt

June 16, 2012

Coinciding with LACMA's Muse ArtWalk, the ForYourArt aMUSEment Hunt was a one-day activity that encouraged families, neighbors, artists, and art lovers to visit all of the participating Miracle Mile destinations. Admission to LACMA, the Craft and Folk Art Museum, and the Architecture + Design Museum were free and over twenty galleries and businesses in the area participated as well.

Walkers received a sticker for their ArtWalk maps at each location they visited. Later, participants came to ForYourArt at 6020 Wilshire Blvd. to trade in their maps and stickers for prizes of original prints, catalogues, tote bags, foot massage gift certificates, museum admission tickets, and memberships to Miracle Mile galleries and museums. 

aMUSEment Hunt welcomed visitors who filled up their maps with stickers. Two of our grand-prize winners went to all of the 20 museums and galleries on Fairfax, Wilshire, and La Brea.

The Pop-Hop Pop-up Shop was also open at 6020 Wilshire Blvd. during aMUSEment Hunt. Learn more here.

Learn about ForYourArt At Muse ArtWalk.

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Pick up the Mic By ForYourArt

May 18, 2012

Pick Up the Mic: A Night of Feminist + Gender Queer Hip-Hop, Film + Music

Timed to coincide with the new LACMA concert series, Through the Mic, ForYourArt hosted an inaugural musical performance with local members of the underground ‘homohop’/feminist musician community. The event encompassed a screening of Alex Hinton’s 2006 award-winning documentary, Pick up the Mic, and performances by spoken word artist Cihuatl- Ce (formerly of Cihuatl Tonali) and DJ B-Girl.

Hinton’s film features over a dozen of the queer hip-hop scene’s most significant players. Adding to the mixed-media dialogue was Cihuatl- Ce (formerly of Cihuatl Tonali), once a runaway, now a youth advocate/outreach worker who uses music to express the widespread effects of colonization, misogyny and anti-gay rhetoric. DJ B-Girl (of B-Girl Media/Project Blowed) closed the evening with her own performance. Since entering the music scene in 1995 as a self-taught hip-hop electronic dj and producer, DJ B-Girl has been actively involved in the hip-hop community as a teaching artist.

The goal with LACMA’s series, which runs through October, is to bring to light the diverse culture LA hip hop and hip hop artists. Focusing on diversity as well, Pick Up the Mic allowed performers to express themselves while exploring various issues, such as homophobia in the music industry.

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Yoga for Artists By ForYourArt

Ongoing (Every other Tuesday for a limited time)

Yoga for Artists is taught bi-weekly by teacher Tiffany Russo at ForYourArt. The classes are creatively-focused sessions intended for artists everywhere and the artists in everyone.

Teacher Tiffany Russo practices and teaches yoga as a peaceful balance to LA’s chaos. Yoga Alliance registered, Tiffany’s classes are challenging yet playful with an emphasis on physical alignment to create a single point of focus driven by the breath.

To join our FREE practice, please bring a mat and wear comfortable clothing.

Read more on LAist and LA I'm Yours.