Artful Amphora

Women Around Town, August  2022 Well…a long hot summer with Covid still looming..artists prevail. Enjoy! IN THE GALLERIES As usual, group shows abound. For example, a very “hot” topic is addressed in the current exhibition at Lois Lambert Gallery, Reflections on our Warming Planet. This exhibition includes works by 24 artists who join with scientists […]

Women Around Town, June 2022. I want to encourage you to submit your artwork to the upcoming SCWCA sponsored upcoming exhibition, What’s Next! at the Betsy Leuke Creative Arts Center in Burbank. August 10-25, 2022. This is open to all women artists (not just SCWCA members) and will be a juried show. See all of […]

In my column from July 2019 I wrote about the wonderful Hotel Figueroa. So, I was especially delighted to see the April 21st article in LA Weekly by Shan Nys Dambrot about the hotel’s amazing art program focused on women artists. You can enjoy the article here. IN THE GALLERIES: Betty Brown has curated a […]

Women Around Town, April 2022 by Karen Schifman Happy Spring! I do want to recommend the current exhibit at the Santa Barbara Museum of Art, Through Vincent’s Eyes: Van Gogh and His Sources. My recollection is that there were no women artists in the exhibit, however as an art historian I truly enjoyed a look […]

IN THE GALLERIES There has been a lot of talk about the current exhibit at Anat Egbi’s Holllywood Gallery celebrating the 50th anniversary of Womanhouse. Unfortunately I missed the opening which many of the original artists attended, and there were resurrected performances as well. The exhibit not only celebrates but also expands upon narratives surrounding the […]

I would love to hear from my readers. Are you out there viewing art? How has your experience changed since the Pandemic? Just a reminder that most venues are still requiring advance reservations or appointments.                 IN THE GALLERIES: Armory Center for the Arts presents how we are […]

Wishing you an artful holiday season!   IN THE GALLERIES  BG Gallery presents Ellen Schinderman, “What I Did Last Summer”.  Schinderman is a feminist and her art practice involves an abundance of stitched works. This exhibit focuses on works she created during the pandemic here in Los Angeles. Thru December 18, 2021. The current exhibition […]

What’s happening? Where to begin?  Some say it is a bit safer out there. Come to think of it, the best way to enjoy art is in an empty gallery and so that is what you will mostly find. Happy Fall! IN THE  GALLERIES California State University, Northridge Art Gallery presents a memorial exhibition: Weaving […]

With fall right around the corner, the gallery scene is buzzing despite the current climate.  Keep in mind that most venues require advance reservations. This past weekend I was fortunate to visit The Sensorio light installation by Bruce Munro in Paso Robles, CA.  It was quite spectacular featuring nearly 60,000 bright, morphing lights spread across […]