Exciting news from Hawaii, Jared Wickware, IAA-USA Regional Director:    The Hawaiian state legislature was poised to eliminate the 1% fee paid by developers of any new project to a state arts fund that distributed that considerable income to arts organizations, public art work, arts education, grants to individual artists, etc.  That money was key to supporting a state public arts program that could (and maybe should) be a model for the rest of the country. This was a HUGE save for arts organizations, arts non-profits, art galleries, public art museums and individual artists in Hawaii.  Jared was instrumental in making this happen.

Artist Edem Elesh was recently interviewed by Bold Journey Magazine. Catch up with him here

Member, Chitra Ramanathan, has had two recent exhibitions in Atlanta that ended this year, and her current exhibit is part of a juried online exhibit titled Cororium 2023, by Biafarin, a Canadian organization, featured at the following link.

https://www.gallerium.art/p/colorium-2023.html?name=chitra-ramanathan  Please find the selected piece titled "A Rapturous Acclamation", Acrylic on canvas, 48" X 36".

Edem Elesh "Now & Then" Cooper Design Space. March 4-May 26, 2023.

Excited to announce my solo exhibit at the Cooper Design Space in Downtown Los Angeles from March 4-May 26, 2023.
This exhibit was made possible by Petra Wright of Gloria Delson Contemporary Arts, and Margot Garcia of The Cooper, in conjunction with the IAA/USA.
A big shout out to them for this prestigious opportunity. The work on display is a cherry pick of my favorites, and most popular pieces, from 2016-2023. 

Link to video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kJC9R_AgPb0

M E KLESS

The Ardest Gallery

903 Honea Egypt Rd, Magnolia, TX

October 1st, 2022

KATY BISHOp

“INSPIRED" by the Long Beach Creative Group

2221 East Broadway, Long Beach

October 1-22, 2022

Katy's alcohol ink reverse painting on glass, BEYOND, will be one of the many gorgeous art works presented at “INSPIRED" by the Long Beach Creative Group.

TAMAZ KHARITONSHVILI

WESTFIELD World Trade Center group show

Digital presentation.

NOAH NORTH

Recent works.
“Sunset”

FATIMA FRANKS

"Beyond the Decorative"

Great Park Gallery

Irvine, California

ELIZABETH MCGHEE

"Amusing Still Life”

Gallery Henoch

555 W. 25th Street

New York, NY 10001

November 3-26, 2022

Member Qathryn Brehm reads from her book “Ramona Crimson, If You Ask Me”

Edem Elesh recently returned from a residency in Warsaw, and Sarbinowo, Poland.
This marks his return to, not only, international residency participation, but the gradual opening of international borders.
A cause for celebration indeed!
The 2 works, made up of numerous on-site studies he created there, can be viewed at: https://www.edem-art.com/current

Both pieces have been collected.

Brooke Harker: Destination Italy: Paintings by Brooke Harker

Opening Saturday May 7, 2022 - May 28
6-10pm

at

Michael Hayden Gallery
4413 B West Jefferson Blvd
Los Angeles, CA 90016

Darlyn Susan Yee: is pleased to announce that her artwork titled My Body My Choice will be on view in Made In California at Brea Gallery from April 30 through June 24, 2022.

Juried and awarded by a panel comprised of Brea Gallery Director, Heather Bowling, Curatorial Staff, and guest juror Juliana Rico, this annual exhibit showcases artwork from all over the state of California. This regional show features artwork from an extensive variety of mediums and explores creative movements happening in California.

Noah North:Australia has experienced the worst floods in hundreds of years. I have donated the attached pieces for flood relief victims amongst many other artists from around the area: below is one of the pieces donated.

Maureen Haldeman

Dear Friends,

In an attempt to help in some way, I am coordinating donations for the
Save The Children - Ukrainian Crisis Relief.
I'm offering a 10"x10" photograph on archival metallic paper of my Sunflowers image for a donation of $25 (or more!) made through my PayPal donation link :
https://www.paypal.com/donate/...
All proceeds are donated.
Its something I can do and I thank you for considering a donation ...
and also thank you for everything so many of you are doing.
Our collective efforts and prayers will make a difference.

Please be sure to email me your mailing address at:
email: sunflowers4ukraine@gmail.com
so I can send you the photograph as a token of support for Ukraine.
Maureen

Teri Dryden Art: will have work in the National Collage Society Small Format Exhibition. My collages will be on view at Summit Art Space in Akron, Ohio from April 8-June 25. I was awarded Signature Member status in 2021 having been juried into a minimum of three annual exhibitions.

From April 19-23, I will be traveling to see the Joan Mitchell Retrospective at the Baltimore Museum of Fine Art. I was thrilled to have been awarded a generous grant from the Great Meadows Foundation to fund this amazing opportunity.

I have been invited to be one of the guest artists in the upcoming exhibition “Artful Connections” at the Owensboro Museum of Fine Art in Ownsboro, KY. The show is curated by artist/educator, Bob Lockhart and opens May 14 through July 17.

I am happy to announce my upcoming solo exhibition at WheelHouse Art in Louisville, KY. “And We Floated On Home” will open May 20 through July 2.

I am now a member of Global Art Project. We are an international mixed media collaborative collective sharing ideas, creating art and supporting working artists.

I am also a new member of IAA/ USA, an NGO partner of the United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO). The objectives of the Association is to “stimulate and inspire U.S.A.- international artistic collaboration and advocacy, and to improve the economic and social standing of member artists”.

And.....I am working daily to make art!!

Lilli Muller: An Immersive Installation, works on paper and videos of the Mandala Project Series by Lilli Muller 

Location:Chiostro Madonna Dell/Orto Venezia /Italy

Opening Reception: Friday April 15, 5pm-8pm

Daily Operations:Monday – Sunday: 10am - 6pm, Closed Tuesdays

Dates:April 15 – July 15, 2022 – Closed for Private event May 1-8, 2022

Inspired by the Renaissance master Jacopo Tintoretto’s groundbreaking “Last Supper,” the Los Angeles, CA-based    international artist Lilli Mullerhas created this large-scale site-specific installation “The Global Supper”here in the cloister courtyard next to the Chiesa Madonna Dell’Orto, where Tintoretto is laid to rest.

As we are experiencing the most violent attack on democracy, humanity and freedom since WWII, the urgency demands for every country to take a seat at the table.

This exhibition serves as a contemplation to work together in solidarity to find workable solutions for peace, sustainability and healing of our planet, individually, globally, environmentally and economically. The inspiration for this piece is in response to wars, global diaspora, environmental disasters, hunger and an ever increasing refugee crisis, triggered by worldwide inequality, climate change and the accelerating speed of exploitation of people, land and the planet as a whole.

The dinner table:Inspired by “The Last Supper” groundbreaking painting by Italian Renaissance artist Jacopo Tintoretto, a master of his art, artist Lilli Muller is setting the stage in the magnificent Chiesa Madonna Dell’Orto’s three-sided courtyard with wide hallways flanked by brick and framed by beautiful arches, long dining tables draped in deep purple velvet are set with 195+ unique place-settings, each representing the countries in the world invited to attend. Place-settings consist of a dinner plate, a wine glass filled with red wine to the level referring to each country’s GDP.  The plate and wine glass sit on a hem-stitched white linen place mat with an emblem representing each country.

Humanity will be served on each plate in the form of a denim face mask stretched over the dinner plate (denim, representing the working class of each country) and randomly placed with its individual word describing Humanity embroidered onto them. A table card will contrast the countries by population, environment, hunger and other statistics.

The Walls:The surrounding ancient brick walls exhibit a series of drawings: hands, eyes, and 

masked faces - adding an emotional charge to the Global Supper installation.

Videos: Lilli will be presenting short documentaries of her past 5 Mandala Projects staged in Venice /Italy, Los Angeles, and the Desert at Joshua Tree National Monument. 

“I believe that environments activated by the arts by producing large-scale art projects with sensitivity and equitability that reflect the value of its citizens, create empowered people and communities.” 

My work explores the dynamics of the human condition, while addressing the motives behind our actions, emotions, movements and societal issues. Getting people engaged and experiencing the art physically offers a different awareness and a better understanding while mirroring their own life experiences. It’s no longer simply about the artwork itself, but the personal impact it has on each individual, and any further change it causes. This inspires me to continue making art with the people, for the people and about the people.”  WE ARE HUMANITY! 

www.LilliMuller.com

For any further information please contact: Lilli Muller –Lillim99@gmail.com - 213.247.8800

Seraphine Segal: New member Séraphine has 7 of her Fantastic Garden: Water Drop Series accepted into the April 2022 international invitational exhibition at the TOKYO METROPOLITAN MUSEUM OF ART. She is a Louisiana Cajun living in the greater Los Angeles area. Her first water drop painting was exhibited in the New Orleans Museum of Art in 1967 when it was called Delgado Museum. This is her third Japanese exhibition in three years but not her first international exhibit. www.longshadowstudio.com

Dan Fisher: The news is I am still working on a now 6 year project to create large scale landscapes of our amazing natural heritage. The paintings (from 6’x9’ to 7’x14’), are often drawn from National and State Parks, but can be from anywhere I find a dramatic and compelling composition. Sometimes even in my own back yard. I’ve completed 8 works of such places as Acadia, Teton, Big Sur and Zion. This adds to about 12 previous works completed over the past 48 years. All are constructed from a focus on an altered form of linear perspective that connects us to our reality as opposed disconnecting us, as conventional linear perspective does. Few people realize how important, historically, linear perspective was in establishing pure scientific investigation. It was the birth of the “objective viewpoint”. Obviously the “subjective” becomes suppressed. Not so for me. What I have experienced over the years is so connected that, at times, it became terrifying. But that was some time ago. More like exhilarating now. My next trip will be to LA to explore Big Sur again, Joshua Tree or the Bristlecone Pines in the White Mountains, the choice depending on the weather. Can’t wait!

Carl Patow’s solo exhibition at Artspace in Richmond, Virginia, features a flock of digital images of plastic pink flamingos. The exhibition, ending March 19, 2022, entices viewers with lyrical, vibrant “flamingos” on mono-pod legs, but challenges them to consider the effects of rising sea levels on migratory birds. The images’ brilliant color is accentuated by their being printed on aluminum panels. The plastic flamingo motif is repeated on draped cotton sateen, creating a rhythmic backdrop to the sculptural standing flamingos. The work is frequently described as having a musical quality, as if a movement from a symphony. All the 17 images in the show were derived from a handful of digital photographs of a wooden tub with nesting flamingo yard ornaments at a Richmond hardware store.

Join member Eloy Torrez in conversation with Ulysses Jenkins. Click here to register for event.

Congratulations to member Edem Elesh, click here to see the latest!

Congratulations to IAA/USA Board Members, Richard Bell and Kathe Madrigal, and IAA/USA Members, Karen Hansen, Suki Kuss, Teri Dryden, Linda Stelling & Cynthia Ann Swan, currently exhibiting at GDCA Gallery. 

Congratulations to IAA/USA Board Members, Richard Bell and Kathe Madrigal, and IAA/USA Members, Karen Hansen, Suki Kuss, Teri Dryden, Linda Stelling & Cynthia Ann Swan, currently exhibiting at GDCA Gallery. 

The group exhibition “CURRENT” includes painting and mixed media collage - figurative, abstract, bold, hidden, fearless, brave, timeless and still.

"TAPESTRIES” is the final installation of Cynthia Ann Swan's year-long residency at the Delson Lounge which offers a debut of her most personal, revealing and autobiographical work, combining the artist's poetry, images and woven metals in individual kiln-formed glass.

Both shows run through January 31, 2022.

Photos courtesy JASON RUSCIO / GDCA Gallery

You are invited…..IAA USA Interim President presents her exhibition “Story Tyme”, join the celebration on Friday December 3rd. Information below!

Edem Elesh and his band KinderCrowdControl hit number one on Tik Tok Viral! Check it out!

Congratulations to IAA Member, Linda Stelling, on her solo exhibition at The Gallery 825 on view by appointment through December 3, 2021.

Exhibiting Artists - “Unmasked?” A Discussion. - Elizabeth Decker; Jane Marshall; Ousama Bounouara; Pam Douglas; Richard Bell; Alex Alimohammadi; Edem Elesh; Carol Nagan; Carol Cirillo Stanley; Michele Castagnetti; Rebecca Mate; Mohammed Dabdi; Ezra Bejar; Qathryn Brehm; Barbara Nathanson; Karen Hansen; Sara De Christopher; Beth Changstrom

Edem Elesh in Vie D’Acqua! Los Angeles based artist Edem Elesh has been selected to participate in an on going exhibition concerning the global water crisis and awareness raising, Vie D’ Acqua. His artwork includes music, video, and painting. This exhibition is curated by Lamberto Correggiari.

Congratulations to Edem Elesh, IAA Board Member, and his music/video/art project KinderCrowdControl which is being featured on numerous playlists and interviews.
KinderCrowdControl is a collaboration featuring Edem Elesh, his life-long friend Brett Smith, and celebrated Croatian artist and wordsmith Sandra Ban.

Their music and videos can be seen at kindercrowdcontrol.bandcamp.com

Interviews and playlists:
Brand New Hits: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/674V2Isai3dPHpFMptCeY9
Exclusive Tracks:https://thehollywooddigest.com/exclusive-interview-with-kindercrowdcoltrol/

Daily Dose Reports: https://dailydosereport.com/2021/07/28/interview-with-kindercrowdcontrol/
The Hollywood Digest: https://thehollywooddigest.com/exclusive-interview-with-kindercrowdcoltrol/
Melody Maker Magazine: https://melodymakermagazine.com/2021/08/05/exclusive-interview-with-kindercrowdcontrol/

Congratulations to member Cynthia Ann Swan for her solo show, “Deja Vu” at the Gloria Delson Contemporary Arts Gallery. See below for details. Gallery open Saturday May 22 from 6-8 for in person viewing!

Congratulations to IAA Member and Co- President Anthony Caldwell, and Member Susanne Belcher, for their participation in “Resonance” at the Gloria Delson Contemporary Arts Gallery in Los Angeles - 727 S. Spring Street, Los Angeles, Parking across the street. Doors will open on Saturday, May 22nd from 6-8PM for an IN PERSON reception!

Congratulations to member Hillary Steel, for receiving an Excellence Award for her piece titled "EMBRACE" in an international show in Beijing, China, “From Lausanne to Beijing” International Fiber Art Biennale online exhibition.The exhibit and all award info is posted on FB @ LB Fiberarts or through this site, https://lbfiberart.ad.tsinghua.edu.cn/ LB Fiberart. Also Ms. Steel’s piece “Loss” was included in the Sculptor’s Alliance virtual exhibition “On Being” which closed February 27th.

Congratulations to board member Edem Elesh, for his recent interview in “VoyageLA”. Click here to read the article which is both a tribute to and education about Edem’s work! Kudos to Edem!

Congratulations to IAA/USA members, Susanne Belcher, Richard Bell, Karen Hansen, Jonathan Jerald, Jane Marshall, and Carol Cirillo Stanley for their participation in “Sapphire”, a group exhibition at the Gloria Delson Contemporary Arts Gallery in Los Angeles. Click here for information about the upcoming virtual reception on Saturday, February 20th. The show runs through February 28, 2021.

Congratulations to IAA/USA member and Board Member, Edem Elesh. Edem’s work was selected to be part of the Chitra Santhe 2021 Art Festival out of India. Additionally his work was featured in the first PHOTOSPARKS article reviewing the festival. You can read about Edem and his work here:
https://yourstory.com/2021/01/chitra-santhe-art-festival-creativity

Congratulations to IAA/USA member, Elizabeth Decker, for being a featured artist in the pop-up exhibition “The Femme Abstract” in Austin, Texas. Decker’s large scale visages...cancel and complement corporate culture all at once...” Click here for more information!

Extended by popular demand…..at the Gloria Delson Contemporary Arts Gallery, Los Angeles….. Cheryl Hrudka’s retrospective exhibition with her creative partner Stan Johnson, entitled "Where We Were” - featuring photography and new 3-dimensional digital works on aluminum by the creative team. Extended through January 31, 2021.

Congratulations to IAA /USA members Edem Elesh and Cheryl Hrudka on their current exhibitions at GDCA Gallery in Los Angeles: "Promise" & Cheryl Hrudka / Stan Johnson: "Where We Were".

“Promise”- features mixed media paintings by IAA/ USA member Edem Elesh, as well as artists Bill Sherwood & Trisha van Cleef.

Also on display is IAA/USA member Cheryl Hrudka’s retrospective exhibition with her creative partner Stan Johnson, entitled "Where We Were” - featuring photography and new 3-dimensional digital works on aluminum by the creative team. Extended through January 31, 2021.

GDCA Gallery is hosting a Virtual Reception for both exhibitions on Saturday, December 19th at 5-7pm (PST)

To register, please click or copy and paste this link into your browser - https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_gmM4kuICQ3SWKunHtZ6wcA

Once registered, you will be sent a link to attend the event!

Congratulations to member Eloy Torrez for his recent release: Excited to let you know that I have finally released my first song, titled "Wednesday's Hope". One of ten songs that were recorded in 2005 after the completion of a mural at Hollywood High. Decided to debut this  song first as it references art school days and the surreal adventures we encounter with the passing of time. I selected five from the ten and will release one every couple of months. I hope you will give it a listen and the song takes you to a pleasant place and brings you a moment of joy, if it does please share with your family, friends etc, and help spread the vibe.

The song is available now on all streaming platforms.

Congratulations to member Maureen J. Haldeman for her solo exhibition, “Defining Shadows”.

Happy Holidays from Edem Elesh Fine Art and GDCA!

In lieu of the Annual Arroyo Arts Collective Artwalk this year, GDCA and I are having a Holiday Sale! We are offering original mixed media on aluminum, oil pastels (both framed and unframed), mixed media on wood, and more! With social distancing enforcements in place, and galleries suffering as a result, this is a perfect time to collect art- virtually. Please consider collecting and supporting my fine art and, in turn, Gloria Delson Contemporary Arts. Doing this is easy: visit https://www.edem-art.com, and make an offer on anything you may see. We are offering art at AAC Artwalk prices! All offers will be considered! There are some beautiful on-site outdoor oil pastels on archival canvas card for sale that would make wonderful holiday gifts in this time of curfew, physical distancing, and limited access to public spaces.
Many of my mixed on aluminum works have taken on a new relevance and resonance in these times of travel ban. So, check it out, and we look forward to you adding stunning original art to your holiday celebrations and collections! Free shipping/delivery on everything.

Edem Elesh Fine Art
https://www.edem-art.com

Petra Wright, GDCA Representation
pwright@gdcagallery.com

Congratulations to Cheryl Hrudka, IAA/USA member and her creative partner Stanley Johnson for their solo show “Who We Were” at the Gloria Delson Contemporary Arts Gallery in Los Angeles. The show runs from November 7 - December 31st. 727 S. Spring Street, Los Angeles, California.

IAA/USA artists Qathryn Brehm, Ezra Bejar, Julianne Backmann's and Eloy Torrez participated on the First Community Tzompantli Mural organized by the Mexican Artistic Heritage and Culture (MAHC). 

IAA/USA artists were invited to participate in a multidisciplinary project with artist members of the Binational (Mexico-US) Artists Group 2019, to which IAA/USA board member Ezra Bejar belongs. The project was conceived and coordinated by Claudia Montero from Reflexión Artística and Fernanda Alva Ruiz Cabañas, MAHC Director. 

The picture collage above shows the mural as initially displayed in the Mexican Consulate in Austin, Texas on the Day of the Deadcelebration (November 2, 2020). It includes IAA/USA president Qathryn’s Brehm’s Covid-19 Resurrection (top right), Ezra Bejar’s Cocolixtle (middle right) and Below the Surface (bottom right) a collaborative piece of IAA/USA artists Julianne Backmann's and Eloy Torrez. 

A multidisciplinary video, with original music and poetry, as well as a copy of the mural with all integrated images; in the form of a skull abacus, is being promoted by the Mexican government in social media. Also a copy of the Tzompantli is shown at the gallery of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Mexico City.

Congratulations to IAA/USA artists! 

Congratulations to IAA/USA board member, Edem Elesh for his invitation into the IVCE#3 International Cultural Exchange Virtual Exhibition, invited by Jazuli Moenib, and sponsored by Faculty of Art & Design, UNS, Indonesia. Edem is the only American out of 140 Indonesian and International artists! Additionally Edem is an invited artist in the 1st Lydia Takeshita Legacy Exhibition at LA Artcore through the end of November!

CONGRATULATIONS TO IAA/USA MEMBERS…..FOR PARTICIPATION IN THE GROUP EXHIBITION “SUSTAIN” - SUSANNE BELCHER, CAROL CIRILLO STANLEY, BROOKE HARKER, JANE MARSHAL, BARBARA NATHANSON!

aND TO KAREN HANSEN, SOLO SHOW EXHIBITION, “sTILL. tOGETHER” AT THE gLORIA dELSON cONTEMPORARY ARTS GALLERY, LOS ANGELES.

Congratulations to IAA USA board member Ezra Bejar who has been featured today on JaamZIN Creative Magazine in Singapore: Jaamzinand! Click here to read the feature!

Congratulations to Members Susanne Belcher, Edem Elesh, Kathe Madrigal and Linda Stelling for their participation in the group show “Blush” at the Gloria Delson Contemporary Arts Gallery in Los Angeles. Click here for hours and more information.

Congratulations to Member Carol Cirillo Stanley for her solo exhibition “Still Life” of black and white photography currently being shown at the Gloria Delson Contemporary Arts Gallery in Los Angeles. More information? Click here!

We send our CONGRATULATIONS to members, Elizabeth Decker, Edem Elesh, Karen Hansen, Cheryl Hrudka, and Linda Stelling for their participation in the group show “Spark” at the Gloria Delson Contemporary Art Gallery in Los Angeles! Click here for more information.

Yancy Villa-Calvo: We are thrilled to send CONGRATULATIONS to Member Yancy Villa-Calvo, whose work “Intertwining” has been selected for display in Concourse B at the Memphis International Airport. Click here to find more information!

Just released! A new book by President Qathryn Brehm, “If You Ask Me: Ramona Crimson”, click here to purchase!

Congratulations to member Robbin Ami Silverberg! Click here for more information on this exciting exhibit!READ ME. LIKE A BOOK.

Congratulations to our President, and artist, Qathryn Brehm who will be exhibiting her work at the historic Fine Arts Building in Los Angeles, 811 West 7th Street, Los Angeles, 90017. “Story Tyme, Tales of Toys and Legends” will open during the Downtown Art Walk on March 12th with a reception from 6-8PM with live jazz. The exhibit runs from March 12 - May 10, 2020. Lobby is open to the public daily from 8am-8pm. For additional information contact: Lisa Ames lisa@artmeetsarachitecture.com

Congratulations to our youngest member, 9-year-old artist Aria Luna, who was selected by the Aquarium of the Bay in San Francisco as one of 30 artists to paint 30 6-foot-tall sea lion statues for the 30th anniversary celebration of the sea lions staying at Pier 39. The exhibit is a year-long public works program, now on display at Pier 39 and along the Embarcadero. The painting took place in the fall of 2019, after an age-blind competitive selection. Aria Luna is by far the youngest of the 30 artists.

Congratulations to Ezra Bejar, IAA/USA Member! San Diego-based artist Ezra Bejar was selected by IME, a branch of  the Mexican Ministry of Foreign Affairs, to participate in official meetings and to exhibit his paintings at the First Artist Binational Encounter in Mexico City, December 4-6, 2019. https://ezrabejarart.com/blog/f/ezra-bejar-is-selected-by-mexican-ministry-of-foreign-affairs-ime

Congratulations to Member, Andre Miripolsky, a world renowned Los Angeles artist who pushes the limits in painting, sculpture, mobiles, graphics, sets and costumes, will be featured on the February Downtown Art Walk Map! Born in Paris, he has been called “Maestro of his kingdom of color and the Cole Porter of Pop.

Congratulations to IAA/USA Member and Board member Jonathan Jerald on his upcoming exhibit featuring his photo collage work, at the Choo - Choo Lounge located inside the Warrior, 8909 Sunset Blvd. Be sure and stop by on Saturday, February 1st from 9-10 PM. Cocktails will be served. Hosted by In Heroes We Trust.

Another CONGRATULATIONS to San Diego member, Ezra Bejar! Click here to hear his interview with KPCW radio in Utah. He speaks of art and science and the making of his “discoveries”paintings.