When the city of Culver City joins the California Arts Council in celebrating the eighth annual California Arts Day on Friday, Oct. 3, more than 20 art galleries will fling open their doors to welcome first-time visitors.
Complete List of Exhibitions and Performances in Culver City on Oct. 3:
Visual Arts
Bandini Art
Elizabeth Turk, Traces
Ms. Turk’s sculptures and drawings conjure a sensual lost world where water-splashed remnants are preserved in marble, frozen in time, and sinuous vines weave through semi-translucent vellum.
2635 S. Fairfax Ave., Culver City 90232
www.bandiniart.com
310.837.6230
Gallery hours, 11 to 5
Billy Shire Fine Arts
Chris Mars New Paintings
5790 Washington Blvd.,, Culver City 90232
www.billyshirefinearts.com
323.297.0600
Gallery hours, 12 noon to 6
d.e.n. contemporary art
Kristi Lippire: Paradox, Levity, Mergers and Sigmund
Richly infused with humor as well as mustery, Los Angeles-based artist Kristi Lippire creates a wondrous environment with sculpture and work on paper, in which the work straddles the line between the imagined and the familiar.
6023 Washington Blvd., Culver City 90232
www.dencontemporaryart.com
310.559.3023
Gallery hours, 11 to 5:30
Fresh Paint Art Advisors
Expansion: a group show
New work from new artists
9355 Culver Blvd., Suite B, Culver City 90232
www.freshpaintart.com
310.558.9355
Gallery hours, 8 to 12noon
Kinkead Contemporary
Alexander Lee: Recitations from the Great Fish Changing Skies
Lee transforms the gallery into a space that invites the viewer to witness the epic and macabre myth of the creation of Tahiti.
6029 Washington Blvd., Culver City 90232
www.kinkeadcontemporary.com
310.838.7400
Gallery hours, 11 to 6
Koplin Del Rio
Kerry James Marshall
New paintings
6031 Washington Blvd., Culver City 90232
www.koplindelrio.com
310.836.9055
Gallery hours, 10 to 5:30
MODAA Gallery
Liquid Light-an intimate look at California’s new generation of light & space artists
Work from Gregg Renfrow, Lita Albuquerque, Suzan Woodruff, Dawn Arrowsmith, Jimi Gleason, Andy Moses, Sharon Weiner, Roland Reiss, Michel Tabori and Alexander Couwenberg
SPF:a Gallery at MODAA
8609 Washington Blvd., Culver City 90232
www.modaagallery.com
310.558.0902
Gallery hours, 9 to 6
SUSANNE VIELMETTER LOS ANGELES PROJECTS
Edgar Arceneaux
Multi-media installation, including drawings, sculpture and video
5795 Washington Blvd.,Culver City 90232
www.vielmetter.com
323.933.2117
Gallery hours, 11 to 6
Western Project
Tanya Batura: Monochroma, New Works
Hand crafted ceramic sculpture
3830 Main St., Culver City 90232
www.westernproject.com
310.838.0609
Gallery hours, 11 to 6
Wonderful World Art Gallery
Culver City’s secret spot to discover really rare original illustration art of Calvin and Hobbs, Dr. Seuss, and Charles Schulz’s Peanuts as well as some of the world’s most notable vinyl toy artists.
9517 Culver Blvd., Culver City 90232
www.WWAgallery.com
310.836.4992
Gallery hours 11 to 7
Performing Arts
Jazz Bakery
Hiromi’s Supergroup, Sonicbloom
Ms. Hiromi shatters the formula with her music that includes elements of classical music, rock and jazz.
3233 Helms Ave., Los Angeles, 90034
www.jazzbakery.com
310.271.9039
Performance times: 8 p.m. and 9:30
Centre Theatre Group / Kirk Douglas Theatre
This Beautiful City
A new play with music, developed by the acclaimed theatre troupe The Civilians , that details the explosion of America’s evangelical Christian movement.
Kirk Douglas Theatre
9820 Washington Blvd., Culver City 90232
www.centertheatregroup.org
213.628.2772
Performance time: 8 p.m.
Other Performances in Culver City during National Arts and Humanities Month:
The Actors’ Gang
“I am not a racist, but…”
A workshop production of an original work currently in development at The Actors’ Gang.
Ivy Substation, 9070 Venice Blvd., Culver City 90232
www.theactorsgang.com
310.838.4264
Performances start Saturday, Oct. 18, at 8
Boulevard Music
Boulevard Music is an intimate concert venue where some of the finest acoustic musicians and performers in the world are presented.
4316 Sepulveda Blvd., Culver City 90230
www.boulevardmusic.com
310.398.2583
Weekend performances
Culver City Symphony Orchestra
New Worlds – New Perspectives
Season premiere, featuring music by Tchaikovsky, Elgar and Dvorak. Vets Auditorium,
4117 Overland Ave., Culver City 90230
www.culvercitysymphony.org
310.837.5757
Performance time: Saturday, Oct. 25, at 8
Lion’s Pounce Dance Theatre
Adventure In Wonderland
A free dance concert for the whole family capturing
the humor and magic of Wonderland through dance.
Culver City Park – the basketball court, 9800 Jefferson Blvd., Culver City 90232
www.wcbartsfoundation.com
310.396.7324
Performance times: Saturday, Oct. 18, at 2, and Sunday, Oct. 19, at 2
We Tell Stories
We Tell Scary Stories
Storytelling Theatre for Young Hearts
Julian Dixon Library
4975 Overland Ave., Culver City 90230
www.wetellstories.org
323.256.2336
Performance time: Friday, Oct. 31, at 4
