661Arts.com hosted the photo booth at the City’s Concert in the Park on Saturday. As the Skinny Little Twits rocked the stage, the kids in the crowd rocked the booth. You can see the full set by clicking here, or to see a selection of the madness, click through by following the link below:
On October 3 and 4, 2009, the Santa Clarita Festival of the Arts, sponsored by Lockheed Federal Credit Union, will highlight a spectrum of artistic talent in Old Town Newhall. This exciting free outdoor festival will be located along Main Street between Lyons Avenue and 5th Street. All weekend long patrons can watch street painters, visual, digital, and multimedia artists create works of art, from a beginning conception to the final masterpiece.
The Festival of the Arts seeks to commission ten artworks for the Art Stop Project, an Art in Public Places program. In the month of September, the chosen artworks will be featured in ten transit bus shelters throughout the City of Santa Clarita, as well as, be included in the advertising efforts of the upcoming Festival of the Arts.
Artists using a variety of medium including photography, paint, multimedia, etc. are encouraged to submit existing or new works based on the theme, “Watch Art! Create Art! Live Art!” Artists may submit no more than two (2) existing or new artworks for consideration. Download an application at http://www.scfestivalofthearts.com/project.asp.
The City of Santa Clarita has big bucks to spend on a public art project at the entrance to Canyon Country Park. Arts and Events office staff are hoping to take an unsightly, boring plot and make it just slightly more sightly through the commission of a $30,000 piece of art. The proposed site sits next to a very plain stretch of Soledad Canyon Road, which parallels Highway 14, and while the work would be fairly visible to passing motorists, it would rarely be viewed up close by the public.
Artists must use the funds to design, fabricate, transport and install the work. Spread the word – the application deadline is March 16th. Find the PDF here.
Oh my god, so like I was talking to Becky who just heard from Kendra that Jerrod’s brother’s girlfriend’s best friend Mackenzie totally saw robots being quarantined near the food court at the Mall? Ok so like that is just SO wrong because there are totally towns in like the Iraq, and such as, that don’t even have Malls, or robots, or like, whatever, anyways. I was like ‘no way,’ and then she was all ‘totally,’ so I was totally like ’shut. up.’ So I went to Pinkberry for lunch today, and on my way back to A&F, I checked it out and it’s totally TRUE. The Mall cops must have totally shut them down and, like, disincapacitated them cuz they were not even moving. I know, you’re like ‘pics or it didn’t happen,’ so…
EDIT: So, apparently this is actually Public Art, condoned by Westfield Valencia Town Center and instigated by the City of Santa Clarita. The show is titled “Torched Whimsical Welding” and the artist is local sculptor Dianne Foderaro, who is the first to show work in the newly designated Town Center Art Space. The exibit will run through March 8th. Totally. Click to see photos.
Not arts – maybe performance, but anyone interested in participating in a filming of an episode of Rob Dyrdek’s new show “Fantasy Factory” on MTV is invited to come on by the WalMart in Canyon Country on Saturday, Jan 31st from 1-3pm to be part of the show, and generally enjoy the “rediculousness.” See you there, see flyer below.
Weavers worked today in the College of the Canyons Art Gallery during the last day of the exhibition “The Fine Art of Weaving,” featuring the work of many local fiber artists. Bold color and heavy texture transformed many of the designs from simple patterns into abstract works that made the viewer think ‘art’ instead of ‘craft.’ To mark the end of the show, artist Lisa Skura delighted a group of patrons as she created a weaving before their eyes using a traditional Navajo tapestry loom. The show is over, but if you would like to take a peek at the work, check out the gallery of photos below.
UPDATE: Show extended until February 2nd!
That was really very confusing. I’m talking about the Santa Clarita City Council meeting tonight, not the headline of this post which is also somewhat confusing if you haven’t been paying attention to what has been going on between the City and Colllege of the Canyons regarding the Performing Arts Center Memorandum of Understanding. What the dickens went wrong? The City Manager and the folks at COC had a little talk a while back, and even though Ken Pulskamp had already basically changed the city’s relationship status to ’single,’ apparently the COC Board of Trustees does not feel like breaking up just yet. So for now, lets just say ‘it’s complicated.’
The City Council decided to delay the decision to end the MOU so that the City Manager and COC can resume negotiations and come to an agreement. Stay tuned.
On the agenda for Tuesday’s City Council meeting is an item that is worrying many of the performing arts groups in the valley. The council will consider ending the Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) that the City of Santa Clarita (COSC) has with College of the Canyons (COC) regarding the Performing Arts Center (PAC). The current MOU guarantees the City and community arts groups 32% of weekend days, which is great for local performing artists who pay a lower use rate, but does not allow the college to book as many acts at the higher market rate. COC would naturally like to be able to earn more money to support the facility, and is having trouble under the current arrangement. The City spent 2.4 million in the year 2000 to bring the number of seats in the space from 450 to 950, and while the current percentage of community use is laid out in the MOU, there is nothing to legally bind COC to those terms. The question is – would the community benefit more from continued exposure to local performing arts groups, or from exposure to small outside acts like those in the PAC’s current lineup. If you have something to say about the issue, show up on Tuesday and speak your mind. You can find the agenda item here, along with the MOU.
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