ARLIS/SC Fall Event November 3, 2006, at Balboa Park, San Diego

Come gather in beautiful Balboa Park in San Diego for ARLIS/SC's fall meeting.  We'll be given library tours of three of the top museums in San Diego - the San Diego Museum of Art (SDMA), the Mingei Museum , and the Museum of Photographic Arts (MOPA). In addition we'll have lunch at the award winning Prado Restaurant, followed by a chapter meeting in which we'll discuss and vote on the Chapter Affiliation Agreement.  As this is a very important meeting in which the outcome of the vote will determine the future of the chapter, it is hoped all members can come.

ARLIS Southern California to visit Cerritos Library 3/29/2006

Please join the ARLIS Southern California Chapter for our first business meeting and tour of the year:
Where? The Cerritos Library
When? Wednesday, March 29 starting at 10:30 a.m.
What? 10:30-11:30, business meeting with coffee and pastries
1:00-2:30, Stanley Strauss will give us a first look at the Library's new Web-based access to their Artists' Book Collection and give us a tour of the library with a discussion of the unique architecture.
Why? It will be fun, educational, and we have a lot of new business!

The Cerritos Library is located at
18025 Bloomfield Ave
Cerritos, CA 90703

For directions visit: http://www.ci.cerritos.ca.us/library/library_map.html
Any questions or to RSVP contact Kathleen Svetlik at library@ca.aada.org or phone 818-522-9790.

If you have not had a chance to renew your Southern California Chapter membership or if you would like to join, you can bring the check with you to the meeting.

Culver City Galleries Tour
Friday, September 9th of 2005, ARLIS-SC held its fall event in Culver City, CA where some of the Los Angeles-area contemporary art galleries were putting their best foot forward for the new season. Culver City has an interesting history as the home of MGM studios which produced such classics as Gone With the Wind and Wizard of Oz but is also a neighborhood that since the 1990s has been having a revival as evidenced by its many restaurants, shopping areas and somewhat underground gallery scene. According to the Wikipedia, <www.wikipedia.org>, an influx of multiple art galleries to this area, “prompted the New York Times in 2005 to praise the new art scene and call Culver City a nascent Chelsea."

The beautifully restored Culver Hotel served as our meeting point, where ARLIS-SC members and friends sipped drinks and sampled gourmet cheeses. A 1924 landmark pie slice-shaped hotel in downtown, the hotel gained notoriety when the Munchkin cast of The Wizard of Oz stayed here during filming of the movie in 1939. Formerly owned by John Wayne, the hotel has housed many Hollywood stars including Clark Gable, Greta Garbo, Joan Crawford, Red Skelton, Buster Keaton and Ronald Reagan.

From there, attendees carpooled over to a nearby neighborhood just off La Cienega and Washington Boulevards. The neighborhood was an interesting mix of muffler shops, taquerías, and art galleries all within an easy stroll of one another. It was a lively scene as evidenced by the diversity of ages, including surprising abundance of babies and children, and a wide representation of art from more traditional paintings to multimedia works composed of video, audio, electronics, plastic, rubber and paper. The end of the evening brought tired feet but stimulated emotions.
-- Trish Rose, ARLIS/SC Vice Chair

ARLIS/SC 30th Anniversary Party
For more information and photos, please go here.

On Saturday, October 30th, 2004, ARLIS Southern California members, both past and present gathered in Santa Monica at the art-filled home of Joan Benedetti to celebrate its 30-something anniversary and to recognize its founder—and long-time Southern California resident--Judith A. Hoffberg by naming the travel award in her honor.