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Exhibits around SoCal spotlight photography - Orange County Register Posted: 05 Feb 2010 03:07 PM PST Message from fivefilters.org: If you can, please donate to the full-text RSS service so we can continue developing it. Art photography is back with a vengeance. This month, a number of photo exhibitions are opening or continuing at museums and art institutions throughout Orange County and Los Angeles. Photo exhibits in O.C. and L.A. "Urban Panoramas: Opie, Liao, Kim," Getty Center, through June 6; 310-440-7300; getty.edu "A Record of Emotion: The Photographs of Frederick H. Evans," Getty Center, through June 6; 310-440-7300; getty.edu "Changing the Focus: Latin American Photography (1990-2005)," Museum of Latin American Art, Feb. 14-May 2; 562-437-1689; molaa.org "BC Space: Mything in Action," Grand Central Art Center, Saturday through April 11; 714-567-7233; grandcentralartcenter.com "Armchair Arteologist: Photographic Retrospective by Mark Chamberlain," Soka University, through May 14; 949-480-4237; soka.edu "Photographers' Xchange" and "Vintage Rock & Roll Photography by Edward Finnell," Irvine Fine Arts Center, Feb. 19-March 27; 949-724-6880; irvinefinearts.org "Kurt Weston: Seasons in the Prayer Garden," Muckenthaler Cultural Center, through March 28; 714-738-6595; themuck.org "Where Masks Still Dance: New Guinea," Bowers Museum, through June 6; 714-567-3600; bowers.org Up in L.A., the Getty Center just opened "Urban Panoramas: Opie, Liao, Kim," featuring images by Catherine Opie, Jeff Chien-Hsing Liao and Soo Kim through June 6. The group show coincides with "A Record of Emotion: The Photographs of Frederick H. Evans," highlighting portraiture, landscapes and architectural work by the turn-of-the-20th-century British photographer. The Museum of Latin American Art in Long Beach is getting ready to open "Changing the Focus: Latin American Photography (1990-2005)" on Feb. 13. The museum says it's the first survey exhibition of contemporary Latin American photography and photo-based art to be presented in the Los Angeles area. In Orange County, the retrospective "BC Space: Mything in Action" opens Saturday at the Grand Central Art Center in Santa Ana and runs through April 11. The related show, "Armchair Arteologist: Photographic Retrospective by Mark Chamberlain," featuring works by the owner of BC Space, opened Jan. 21 at Soka University in Aliso Viejo and runs through May 14. At the Irvine Fine Arts Center, "Photographers' Xchange" and "Vintage Rock & Roll Photography by Edward Finnell" open Feb. 19 and run through March 27. In Fullerton, a show by legally blind photographer Kurt Weston opened Thursday at the Muckenthaler Cultural Center, running through March 28. And an illuminating show of black and white images of New Guinea continues at the Bowers Museum through June 6. So what's with this trend of photo shows? "Photography since the beginning has been a medium that has captured the attention of people," said Idurre Alonso, curator of MoLAA's Latin American photography exhibit. "In today's world, we're surrounded by images all the time. Everybody takes photographs today. That could be a reason why people relate more to photography than to painting or sculpture." The Latin American show offers a look at experimental photography, digital and conceptual work and photo-based art. The time period coincides with a breakthrough decade for Latin American photography, when photographers south of the U.S. became a big part of the international art scene. More than 80 works by 37 photographers are featured in "Changing the Focus." At the Getty, which is known for its historic and growing photography collection, "Urban Panoramas" provides perspectives on three different cities: Los Angeles, New York and Reykjavik, Iceland. The exhibit includes text, audio by each photographer and maps of each city, allowing viewers to navigate the metropolises as if on a visit. "We are showing work that I think will surprise some people," said Virginia Heckert, curator of the show and associate curator of photographs at the Getty. "All of the work has been acquired in the last 18 months. We are beginning to develop contemporary holdings that allow us to really show off the collection." Heckert surmises that photography is a popular medium because it's something a general audience can relate to easily. "It's something that people can relate to very well, and perhaps broaden their knowledge of the medium," she said. Heckert added that all of these current shows are "a great opportunity to broaden our vision and expand our horizon, whether it's Latin America or New Guinea," or understanding the materials that are available to different photographers. BC SPACE – MORE THAN JUST A GALLERY Here in Orange County, the Grand Central Art Center is opening a retrospective on BC Space, the Laguna Beach gallery founded 37 years ago on Forest Avenue. By all accounts, it's the oldest continuously operating gallery in Orange County. The "BC" represents the initials of founders Jerry Burchfield, who died Sept. 11, 2009, and Mark Chamberlain, a longtime Laguna photographer and art activist. In addition to showcasing local photography for the past four decades, BC Space has been a performance hall, a public meeting place and headquarters for community involvement and social activism. In fact, the Laguna Canyon Project, which helped save Laguna Canyon from major development, and the Legacy Project, which has been documenting the transformation of El Toro Marine Corps Air Station into the Great Park, emanated from BC Space and its participants. "BC Space is as much a state of mind as much as a physical space," said Mike McGee, gallery director at Cal State Fullerton and co-curator of "Mything in Action." The ideas generated at BC Space "go beyond the physical gallery," he said. McGee postulates that the achievements of BC Space over the years have helped position photography squarely alongside its fine-art relatives – painting, sculpture and installation – especially here in Southern California. The rise in popularity of photography in Southern California coincides with the ascendance of Los Angeles as an international art center, argues Doug McCulloh, an L.A.-based photographer and independent curator. "New York, Paris and London have been photo-heavy for the last 10 years, for sure," McCulloh said. "Los Angeles is just catching up now. It's coming into its own. And photography has taken on a bigger and bigger role." McCulloh also paraphrases Susan Sontag in calling photography "the meta-art that devours the other arts." "Photography takes as its subject everything else, including the other arts," he said. "The territory that photography takes as its subject has so dramatically expanded, if you go back 50 years ago. There's no comparison." The ubiquity of photo shows in Southern California is just further evidence of the medium's power and appeal. Contact the writer: 714-796-6026 or rchang@ocregister.com Five Filters featured article: Chilcot Inquiry. 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Arts, crafts, music, food on tap at Lake Placid fair - Highlands Today Posted: 05 Feb 2010 09:38 AM PST Message from fivefilters.org: If you can, please donate to the full-text RSS service so we can continue developing it. Highlands Today staff report Published: February 5, 2010 LAKE PLACID - A local country fair is celebrating its 44th anniversary through a weekend of entertainment, arts, crafts and food offerings. The Lake Placid Arts and Crafts Country Fair will go on from 9 a.m. until 4 p.m. on Saturday and Sunday in DeVane Park, downtown Lake Placid. The festival's Park Chairwoman Carol Mills explained there are two parts to the fair. On one hand, vendors selling arts, crafts and food, and the music will be in DeVane Park. Organizers are expecting more than 165 booths. The second part comprises judged exhibits by local artists, who will display their entries at Lake Placid Elementary School during fair hours. Amateur and professional entries will be accepted in each division with prizes awarded accordingly. A student classification brochure is available for elementary, middle school and high school students. All students are encouraged to enter. The entries will be displayed and judged with prizes awarded. The classification listings for the judging can be obtained from the Country Fair Office, located in the rear of the Caladium Co-op, at 132 E. Interlake Blvd., Lake Placid. Divisions include arts, photography, porcelain, woodcrafts, crafts, needlecrafts, stitchery and fabric crafts, yarn and cord crafts, foods and poetry. Entries for all, except poems, will be accepted between 3 to 5 p.m. today at the elementary school. Admission to both parts of the fair is free. Visitors can park at Lake Placid Elementary School, Lake Placid High School or Lake Placid Town Hall and a free shuttle service will take them to and from DeVane Park. Live music by a variety of area musicians will entertain the crowds on Saturday and Sunday at the Main Stage in DeVane Park. For information, call the office at 863-465-3963. ENTERTAINMENT SCHEDULE SATURDAY 9:15 a.m. - Bagpipe music by Mark Manley 10 - Caladium Country Cloggers 10:30 - Oldies but goodies by The Stardusters Noon - Country Bluegrass Music by the Front Porch Pickers 12:30 p.m. - Mountain Dew Cloggers 1 - Grace Harmony Gospel Music by Mike and Sue Filisky 2 - The Woodhaven Music Makers German band 3 - Country Fair awards - adults SUNDAY 9 a.m. - Gary Filip and Friends, featuring the American Heritage Private School 10:45 - The Bridge Bunch ladies quartet from Covered Bridge 11 - Attitude Dance Studio Competition Team 11:30 - The Action Revival Family Worship Center Choir 12:30 p.m. - Marti Capodiferro, inspirational performance artist 1:30 - Rebekah Faith, singer/song writer/ recording artist 2 - Country Fair awards - children and People's Choice 2:30 - More from Rebekah Faith and Gary Filip Five Filters featured article: Chilcot Inquiry. Available tools: PDF Newspaper, Full Text RSS, Term Extraction.

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