Community. Caring. Loads of love and sharp, social commentary art. Conceived and curated by Torrance Art Museum director Max Presneill, this was one special evening at TAM, radiating with a sense of support and jubilant joy even in the face of uncertain (at best) times. LaLena Lewark-Presneill DJ’d; Jorin Bossen and Mark Fisher assisted; docent Katherine Orlin manned the desk.
While art on the wall might suggest “the end” times “…and scene,” this was the start of a really big scene of terrific art – over 300 artworks in all, from sculptures to paintings, photography, mixed media, and everything in between – and phenomenal art loving support with between 700 and 800 attendees. In three short, super fun hours on a very lucky Friday the 13th for all who came, a feast of art and happiness was on the table.
I didn’t get to say hi to all of you – and I missed some works – but here is somewhat of a compilation of terrific art.
If you were there, relive the glorious experience; if you were not, now you can pretend you were.
And share this story! We have no pay wall – so spread the love on and around.
- Genie Davis; photos, Genie Davis
Beautiful words, as always.
Thanks for covering Genie, as I could not attend this year. I feel like I was there (in spirit anyway.) LOL
<3 it was a great evening - was delighted to see you and your work at Ace Tiger the same weekend!
Thank you so much for including my work, “Dominion” (cheetah)! It was a fantastic event and did just what it had intended – I connected with a ton of new artist friends and truly felt a fantastic sense of community!
Delighted to hear all of this. Dominion is a fabulous work
Incredible coverage and lovely description of what this evening was all about!! Thank you Genie for being out of the mold and totally extra extraordinary in all you do to bring fellowship and community together through your wisdom and writing.
Xoxo
Grateful
Jodi Bonassi
You’re a love 🙂