Artful Amphora

Women Around Town, July 2023 It appears that there is lots to see this month. IN THE GALLERIES First up is Brand 51, the 51st  Annual Juried Exhibition of Works on Paper that opens July 8 at the Brand Library.  This year’s juror is a local resident, Ara Oshagan, who has selected close to 100 […]

Women Around Town, June 2023  My column this month includes the exhibitions that I feel are “don’t misses” for June.                IN THE GALLERIES An exhibition of ceramic sculptures produced between 1990 and 2013 by Betty Woodman is now on view at David Kordansky Gallery.  “Woodman (1930–2018) was a […]

Women Around Town, May 2023 Here are the gallery and museum exhibitions that I am recommending this month. IN THE GALLERIES Roberts Projects presents  Tidal Wave of Colour, a new body of work by Wangari Mathenge.  This series is composed of nine paintings that range from the intimate to the immersive. “The title takes its inspiration […]

Women Around Town, April 2023. Spring has apparently sprung???? IN THE GALLERIES   La Plaza Cultura y Artes is a wonderful So. Calif. locale. Currently, a retrospective of local artist, Margaret Garcia is on view. Here is a description from their website: “Garcia is the fifth of seven generations of Americans whose Mexican, Indigenous, and Chicana/o […]

Women Around Town Go out and “march” around this city and enjoy! IN THE GALLERIES Recently, I had the good fortune to see the current exhibit  Alison Saar: Uproot at L.A. Louver Gallery. Saar never disappoints. She culls from history representing women carving, stitching, and cobbling. One piece, Shear’d (2023), called for the hammering of 1,000 […]

Women Around Town, January 2023. Sending artful wishes for a wonderful new year. IN THE  GALLEIRES Moorpark College Art Gallery is featuring a comprehensive exhibit of works by Joanne Julian. Julian is well-known for mixed-media drawings that combine realistic natural elements with flowing abstractions of line, shape and color. The exhibit features a wide range […]

Women Around Town, November 2022 Congratulations to SCWCA member Mary Sherwood Brock, exhibitions chair for the outstanding 22nd  annual exhibition for the L.A. Printmaking Society at Mixografia where the honorees were Betye Saar and Alison Saar.  I went to the opening of this exhibit and was delighted by such a varied selection of outstanding works […]

Women Around Town, a blog by Karen Schifman, October 2022 Don’t miss the opening reception for the 22nd National Los Angeles Printmaking Society exhibit. This year Betye and Alison Saar are the Honorees. October 15, 2022.  2:00pm to 5:00pm. Venue: Mixografia, 1419 E Adams Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90011.     IN THE GALLERIES   […]

Looking forward to many compelling exhibitions this Fall. Note that the Bergamot Station Fall Open is Saturday, September 10, 11 am.-9 p.m.   IN THE GALLERIES Vielmetter Los Angeles is featuring Mary Kelly: Corpus, an exhibition of Kelly’s ambitious 1984-85 installation, originally made as the first part of a larger project titled Interim. Interim Part I: […]