Saturday, December 19, 2009
Monday, December 7, 2009
Racked LA: Big Event for Little Art at Happy in Los Feliz
Racked LA: Big Event for Little Art at Happy in Los Feliz
Big Event for Little Art at Happy in Los Feliz
Big Event for Little Art at Happy in Los Feliz
Monday, December 7, 2009, by Lisa Boosin
Happy really is one of the most appropriately-named stores we've ever visited—filled with stuff that's both whimsical and functional, and many things that smell nice, it's a definite mood-lifter. On Friday, they debuted a new little art exhibit, Plenty at Happy, that featured teeny, tiny works from about 58 local artists. Mainly paintings, but there were a few ceramic and mixed-media pieces, too. Everything was priced at $100, providing a thrifty and tempting entrée into the word of collecting (or an amazing gift). The show runs through January 24; at the rate that things were selling on Friday, you shouldn't wait around, or there will be nothing left for you to buy. Which wouldn't be very happy at all.
· Happy [Official Site]
Monday, November 30, 2009
Wednesday, November 25, 2009
Wednesday, November 18, 2009
Meet the Artist: Chelsea Dean
Artwork (or artist) that changed your life and why?
As an insanely neurotic drawer I was immediately attracted to Vija Celmins work. As it turned out, she had a retrospective at the Hammer Museum while I was working on what seemed to be the most challenging drawing of my life---a reflection in water. Standing in the presence of her effortless drawings made me short of breath. That day I gained a whole new respect for her artistic process and I was reminded that I wasn’t alone on my journey.
When did you first know you wanted to be an artist?
When I was very young! I have a picture hanging in my studio of me when I was 2½ years old painting outside in one of my father’s dress shirts. For me, it serves as a reminder that this is what I’m supposed to be doing.
What do you like about making art in Los Angeles?
I feel totally inspired by my friends and the spaces that surround me. Through my exploration of architecture here I’ve developed a taste for finding beauty in the decay. Lucky for me, there’s no shortage of that in this city.
What do you dislike about making art in Los Angeles?
The politics-- but you find that in any type of business.
Favorite book, film and food?
Shel Silverstein’s Where the Sidewalk Ends
'80s John Hughes movies
Vietnamese food
Favorite website?
Trust the process!!!
We trust you'll head over to Happy to see Vestiges of the Original Plan, on view until November 29.
Saturday, November 14, 2009
Chelsea Dean Vestiges of the Original Plan
Now showing at HAPPY until November 28, 2009,
Chelsea Dean's Vestiges of the Original Plan
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Chelsea Dean - Vestiges of the Original Plan
HAPPY is pleased to present “Vestiges of the Original Plan”, an exhibition of new work by Los Angeles artist Chelsea Dean. Dean offers drawings and photographic light boxes showcasing the mid-century modern architecture of Rudolph Schindler, Richard Neutra and John Lautner - three influential architects of the twentieth century whose most important work can be found in South California. Dean’s pristine drawings and photographs of selected Southern California structures honor and document these aging and, in some cases, deteriorating monuments. As the elements and years of neglect wreak havoc on these symbols of perfection, Dean comes to terms with her own artistic concerns by allowing the elements (rain, sun, pollution) to wreak havoc directly on her photographs. In addition, Dean’s painstakingly rendered drawings are further manipulated by the artist in an act of self-defiance that allows her to collect, re-create and ultimately let go. Dean’s celebration of these icons is cautionary and situates the artist as detective, conservator, historian, performer and martyr. “Vestiges of the Original Plan” is a memorial to passing perfection. Chelsea Dean was born and raised in Phoenix, Arizona and has a BA in Studio Art from the University of Puget Sound and an MFA in Drawing from Claremont Graduate University.
And in Happy's Project Space
Donald Krieger - A Garland for Walt Whitman
Donald Krieger - A Garland for Walt Whitman
In our project room Donald Krieger produces a site-specific installation entitled “A Garland for Walt Whitman”. Using a series of quotes and images pertaining to and taken directly from the life and work of the celebrated American poet Walt Whitman, Krieger honors the writer with a garland that will emerge from Happy’s closet and travel the span of the showroom. Krieger collaborates with Whitman creating intimate keepsakes with striking imagery that is political, subversive, cryptic and whimsical. Krieger takes the essence of Whitman’s work and gives us a fusion of writer and artist, mentor and messenger. Donald Krieger is a painter, performance artist, curator, graphic designer and musician born and raised in Albuquerque, New Mexico. He received his BFA from UC Irvine and an MFA from the California Institute of the Arts. He lives and works in Los Feliz.
Friday, October 30, 2009
Happy November 6th!
Happy's first anniversary party November 6th!
Come celebrate with us!
Come celebrate with us!
art, food, wine, friends!
happy welcomes you to our first anniversary party Nov. 6th, 6-10 pm.
Also opening at happy that evening
Chelsea Dean - Vestiges of the Original Plan and in happy's project space,
Donald Krieger - A Garland for Walt Whitman
happy welcomes you to our first anniversary party Nov. 6th, 6-10 pm.
Also opening at happy that evening
Chelsea Dean - Vestiges of the Original Plan and in happy's project space,
Donald Krieger - A Garland for Walt Whitman
Chelsea Dean - Vestiges of the Original Plan
HAPPY is pleased to present “Vestiges of the Original Plan”, an exhibition of new work by Los Angeles artist Chelsea Dean. Dean offers drawings and photographic light boxes showcasing the mid-century modern architecture of Rudolph Schindler, Richard Neutra and John Lautner - three influential architects of the twentieth century whose most important work can be found in South California. Dean’s pristine drawings and photographs of selected Southern California structures honor and document these aging and, in some cases, deteriorating monuments. As the elements and years of neglect wreak havoc on these symbols of perfection, Dean comes to terms with her own artistic concerns by allowing the elements (rain, sun, pollution) to wreak havoc directly on her photographs. In addition, Dean’s painstakingly rendered drawings are further manipulated by the artist in an act of self-defiance that allows her to collect, re-create and ultimately let go. Dean’s celebration of these icons is cautionary and situates the artist as detective, conservator, historian, performer and martyr. “Vestiges of the Original Plan” is a memorial to passing perfection. Chelsea Dean was born and raised in Phoenix, Arizona and has a BA in Studio Art from the University of Puget Sound and an MFA in Drawing from Claremont Graduate University.
Donald Krieger - A Garland for Walt Whitman
In our project room Donald Krieger produces a site-specific installation entitled “A Garland for Walt Whitman”. Using a series of quotes and images pertaining to and taken directly from the life and work of the celebrated American poet Walt Whitman, Krieger honors the writer with a garland that will emerge from Happy’s closet and travel the span of the showroom. Krieger collaborates with Whitman creating intimate keepsakes with striking imagery that is political, subversive, cryptic and whimsical. Krieger takes the essence of Whitman’s work and gives us a fusion of writer and artist, mentor and messenger. Donald Krieger is a painter, performance artist, curator, graphic designer and musician born and raised in Albuquerque, New Mexico. He received his BFA from UC Irvine and an MFA from the California Institute of the Arts. He lives and works in Los Feliz.
HAPPY, celebrating its one-year anniversary in November, stocks well designed home and lifestyle accessories, and features revolving art shows with local and international artists. Happy combines gift, garden and gallery to create a unique space, full of inspired gifts and thoughtful embellishments. Located in the newly designated Los Feliz Art & Design District on Hollywood Blvd. between Vermont and Hillhurst, Happy shares this stretch of road with over 50 artists and designers living, creating and working in Los Feliz.
Tuesday, October 20, 2009
May Jong and Echo Park Film Center 'til October 31!
If you've not seen our most recent show, now is a great time. May Jong's tender drawings of The Lone Cypress are charming the pants off Happy's clientele and if you take a look in our closet you'll see some great Super 8 films from the Echo Park Film Center. Both are on view 'til October 31.
Opening Friday, November 6 from 6-9pm we feature local artists Chelsea Dean and Donald Krieger. Happy will also be celebrating its first anniversary, so it promises to be a special night. Hope to see you all there.
Save The Date: Friday December 4 - PLENTY, Happy's first annual small works show. Small, affordable, fun!
Opening Friday, November 6 from 6-9pm we feature local artists Chelsea Dean and Donald Krieger. Happy will also be celebrating its first anniversary, so it promises to be a special night. Hope to see you all there.
Save The Date: Friday December 4 - PLENTY, Happy's first annual small works show. Small, affordable, fun!
Tuesday, October 6, 2009
Happy in the TKDANewsletter #36: HAPPY Los Angeles
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HAPPY Los Angeles
Meet our friend Heather Arndt who used to get HAPPY by designing skate shoes for DC, Vans and World Industries. Now she gets happy with HAPPY – her newly opened Los Angeles shop that combines gift, garden and gallery to create a unique space, full of inspired gifts and thoughtful embellishments that “just make us HAPPY” Oh and her daily AM hike to the top of Mt. Hollywood helps, too.
Why did you create this company?
I love design, I love art and I love to shop. I created Happy so I could indulge in these things regularly.
What makes you HAPPY?
A thoughtful design, and inspired piece of art, a job well done, a day well spent, my daughters laugh and when all else fails, cupcakes.
What products help HAPPY to continue smooth business operations?
An accurate level with measurements, a cordless drill and a good broom. My iPhone is pretty key as well. I really don’t know how I ever functioned with out it. Remember in the early 90’s when cell phones were rare…crazy how much that has changed..
What inspired the idea?
I don’t know if there was one inspired moment. I was searching for a way to bring the elements of my life together. I do freelance product design, I finished graduate school for painting, and I have a lot of artists friends who are making great work but don’t have a lot of opportunity to show it, and a lot of designer friends who are trying to create their paths in design. Happy was born from the desire to have a space to showcase, discover, and promote the people and creations that I have come to know and love, and the ones I’ve yet to meet.
What is the best thing about starting your own gig?
You know there is the whole freedom aspect, but really, it’s the adventure of it. Everyday is a new challenge or opportunity. I wake up excited to come in and start my day, hopeful to see what new people, things, ideas will come across my path.
What is the worst thing about starting your own gig?
There’s not any real worst thing. You know, they call it work for a reason, some days; I just call a cookie a cookie and take a day off with my daughter.
What product is a must-have for you from your store?
I use my kleen kanteen and envirosax bag every day. So I think they must be my must have, however, the dining table Ping Pong kit is pretty indispensable at home.
Who visits your store?
We have every kind of patron from actors to moms from my daughters preschool, artists to city council reps. We have such a great and diverse community of customers and fans, its really heartwarming to see everyone come together at our events. I genuinely love the people who come in, they are becoming like a family.
What is HAPPY doing for the green movement?
Our team tends to lean toward companies that are environmentally conscious. Production, packaging and impact are a big determining factor when I’m looking at someone’s line.
What do you hope readers will take with them after visiting your store?
I hope they will feel like they found a new special spot to come check out art, find a unique gift, and most of all, feel HAPPY!
How long did it take you to set up the store? From signing the lease to opening our doors it was about 4 months. I think it will always be a work in progress. We get new ideas and change things up. Create new windows, displays, art shows…
What inspires products sold within your store?
Basically the product has to inspire me. I stick to what makes me feel excited, and that works.
Where do you shop?
The Village here in Los Feliz has lots of great shops, Skylight Books,
Ozzie dots or Apartment 3 for vintage, Fresh Pressed. I love a good day of thrift store shopping.
Upcoming Events to recommend?
Our year anniversary is in November so we have an event in the works for that. In December we have “Plenty” which is our first annual small works show. Small affordable art for the holidays.
Our upcoming art openings are:
Nov. 2009: Los Angeles artist Chelsea Dean will offer delicate graphite drawings in Happy’s main space; Los Feliz Renaissance man Donald Krieger’s visual homage to Walt Whitman (project room).
Dec. 2009 – Jan. 2010: PLENTY – Happy’s first annual small works exhibition. Over 100 artists – small, affordable and fun!
Feb/March 2010: Recent paintings by Chicago’s iconic artist William Conger, Project Room TBD.
What music makes you HAPPY?
Phoenix, Yeah yeah yeahs, and the Rolling Stones are in heavy rotation right now. We listen to music all day at the store, so “Pandora” is a lifesaver. I put it on “the cars” station and it plays the best 80’s mix ever. Our employees can also put in their tastes and get a mix they like AND I got my ipod back.
What product makes your mom HAPPY?
She likes all the kids’ items. She buys them for my daughter and won’t let me give her a discount. It cracks me up.
Tell us something funny about the process of creating your store.
My 3-year-old daughter Colette is my jr. merchandiser, from the beginning when she is in the shop, she’ll follow behind me rearranging everything that can be reached from 3 ft tall. Sometimes it looks better than the way I had it to begin with.
HAPPY Los Angeles
Meet our friend Heather Arndt who used to get HAPPY by designing skate shoes for DC, Vans and World Industries. Now she gets happy with HAPPY – her newly opened Los Angeles shop that combines gift, garden and gallery to create a unique space, full of inspired gifts and thoughtful embellishments that “just make us HAPPY” Oh and her daily AM hike to the top of Mt. Hollywood helps, too.
Why did you create this company?
I love design, I love art and I love to shop. I created Happy so I could indulge in these things regularly.
What makes you HAPPY?
A thoughtful design, and inspired piece of art, a job well done, a day well spent, my daughters laugh and when all else fails, cupcakes.
What products help HAPPY to continue smooth business operations?
An accurate level with measurements, a cordless drill and a good broom. My iPhone is pretty key as well. I really don’t know how I ever functioned with out it. Remember in the early 90’s when cell phones were rare…crazy how much that has changed..
What inspired the idea?
I don’t know if there was one inspired moment. I was searching for a way to bring the elements of my life together. I do freelance product design, I finished graduate school for painting, and I have a lot of artists friends who are making great work but don’t have a lot of opportunity to show it, and a lot of designer friends who are trying to create their paths in design. Happy was born from the desire to have a space to showcase, discover, and promote the people and creations that I have come to know and love, and the ones I’ve yet to meet.
What is the best thing about starting your own gig?
You know there is the whole freedom aspect, but really, it’s the adventure of it. Everyday is a new challenge or opportunity. I wake up excited to come in and start my day, hopeful to see what new people, things, ideas will come across my path.
What is the worst thing about starting your own gig?
There’s not any real worst thing. You know, they call it work for a reason, some days; I just call a cookie a cookie and take a day off with my daughter.
What product is a must-have for you from your store?
I use my kleen kanteen and envirosax bag every day. So I think they must be my must have, however, the dining table Ping Pong kit is pretty indispensable at home.
Who visits your store?
We have every kind of patron from actors to moms from my daughters preschool, artists to city council reps. We have such a great and diverse community of customers and fans, its really heartwarming to see everyone come together at our events. I genuinely love the people who come in, they are becoming like a family.
What is HAPPY doing for the green movement?
Our team tends to lean toward companies that are environmentally conscious. Production, packaging and impact are a big determining factor when I’m looking at someone’s line.
What do you hope readers will take with them after visiting your store?
I hope they will feel like they found a new special spot to come check out art, find a unique gift, and most of all, feel HAPPY!
How long did it take you to set up the store?
From signing the lease to opening our doors it was about 4 months. I think it will always be a work in progress. We get new ideas and change things up. Create new windows, displays, art shows…
What inspires products sold within your store?
Basically the product has to inspire me. I stick to what makes me feel excited, and that works.
Where do you shop?
The Village here in Los Feliz has lots of great shops, Skylight Books,
Ozzie dots or Apartment 3 for vintage, Fresh Pressed. I love a good day of thrift store shopping.
Upcoming Events to recommend?
Our year anniversary is in November so we have an event in the works for that. In December we have “Plenty” which is our first annual small works show. Small affordable art for the holidays.
Our upcoming art openings are:
Nov. 2009: Los Angeles artist Chelsea Dean will offer delicate graphite drawings in Happy’s main space; Los Feliz Renaissance man Donald Krieger’s visual homage to Walt Whitman (project room).
Dec. 2009 – Jan. 2010: PLENTY – Happy’s first annual small works exhibition. Over 100 artists – small, affordable and fun!
Feb/March 2010: Recent paintings by Chicago’s iconic artist William Conger, Project Room TBD.
What music makes you HAPPY?
Phoenix, Yeah yeah yeahs, and the Rolling Stones are in heavy rotation right now. We listen to music all day at the store, so “Pandora” is a lifesaver. I put it on “the cars” station and it plays the best 80’s mix ever. Our employees can also put in their tastes and get a mix they like AND I got my ipod back.
What product makes your mom HAPPY?
She likes all the kids’ items. She buys them for my daughter and won’t let me give her a discount. It cracks me up.
Tell us something funny about the process of creating your store.
My 3-year-old daughter Colette is my jr. merchandiser, from the beginning when she is in the shop, she’ll follow behind me rearranging everything that can be reached from 3 ft tall. Sometimes it looks better than the way I had it to begin with.
Shop on line: happylosangeles.com
Shop in store: 4675 Hollywood Blvd Los Angeles, CA 90027
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Thursday, September 17, 2009
September Art Things to Do
Closet Cases artists Donald Krieger and Nuttaphol Ma can be seen this month in the following exhibitions. Hope you can make it to these shows and support art making in Los Angeles:
Donald Krieger: Relatively Recent Paintings and a Suite of Watercolors, Seemingly About Natural and Unnatural Phenomena
September 19 - October 17, 2009
State Farm Insurance, 132 N. Larchmont Blvd. Larchmont Village, Los Angeles
Reception: Saturday September 19, 3:00pm-5:00pm
Save the Date: Donald will take over Happy's closet on Friday, November 6 for a site specific installation honoring the poet Walt Whitman. Artist Chelsea Dean will feature artwork in our main space.
Nuttaphol Ma - This Land Is Your Land
September 24 – November 20, 2009
Reception, Thurday September 24 from 5:00pm-8:00pm
In the third installment of Pitzer’s Emerging Artist Series, Thai-born, Los Angeles based artist Nuttaphol Ma combines references to Manzanar—an abandoned Japanese relocation camp at the base of California’s Sierra Nevada mountain range—with Woody Guthrie’s missing lyrics from This Land Is Your Land. Ma’s site-specific installation explores issues of displacement, migration and survival and asks whether This Land Is Your Land is still relevant to today’s new immigrants.
This Land is Your Land is co-organized with the 18th Street Arts Center, Santa Monica.
Pitzer Art Galleries/Pitzer College
Atherton Hall
1050 North Mills Ave. Claremont, CA 91711
Hours: Tue – Fri noon-5:00pm
(909) 607-3143
http://www.pitzer.edu/artgalleries/
Donald Krieger: Relatively Recent Paintings and a Suite of Watercolors, Seemingly About Natural and Unnatural Phenomena
September 19 - October 17, 2009
State Farm Insurance, 132 N. Larchmont Blvd. Larchmont Village, Los Angeles
Reception: Saturday September 19, 3:00pm-5:00pm
Save the Date: Donald will take over Happy's closet on Friday, November 6 for a site specific installation honoring the poet Walt Whitman. Artist Chelsea Dean will feature artwork in our main space.
Nuttaphol Ma - This Land Is Your Land
September 24 – November 20, 2009
Reception, Thurday September 24 from 5:00pm-8:00pm
In the third installment of Pitzer’s Emerging Artist Series, Thai-born, Los Angeles based artist Nuttaphol Ma combines references to Manzanar—an abandoned Japanese relocation camp at the base of California’s Sierra Nevada mountain range—with Woody Guthrie’s missing lyrics from This Land Is Your Land. Ma’s site-specific installation explores issues of displacement, migration and survival and asks whether This Land Is Your Land is still relevant to today’s new immigrants.
This Land is Your Land is co-organized with the 18th Street Arts Center, Santa Monica.
Pitzer Art Galleries/Pitzer College
Atherton Hall
1050 North Mills Ave. Claremont, CA 91711
Hours: Tue – Fri noon-5:00pm
(909) 607-3143
http://www.pitzer.edu/artgalleries/
Monday, September 14, 2009
Meet the Artist: May Jong
Artwork (or artist) that changed your life and why?
Andy Warhol influenced my life in many ways. Through his work, as a young artist I saw that I could make work about anything - celebrities, current affairs, fashion, the everyday and it didn't have to look "realistic."
When did you first know you wanted to be an artist?
This is a tricky question because my definition of what an artist is changes. When I was very young I knew I wanted to be a painter. Later, I realized that art encompassed my interest in philosophy, anthropology, sociology, science and literature.
What do you like about making art in Los Angeles?
I like certain aspects of art in LA which revolves around the artists themselves, people and places that are open to challenges and ideas.
Replacement Cypress (detail)ink on paper
What do you dislike about making art in Los Angeles?
What I dislike about making art in LA is the careerism and professionalization of art. I am more interested in ideas, making and doing than who is showing where or the art scene.
Favorite book, film and food?
I can't narrow it down to much right now, but I am enjoying writer Alain de Botton, classic Hollywood films and growing my own food.
Favorite website?
What I dislike about making art in LA is the careerism and professionalization of art. I am more interested in ideas, making and doing than who is showing where or the art scene.
Favorite book, film and food?
I can't narrow it down to much right now, but I am enjoying writer Alain de Botton, classic Hollywood films and growing my own food.
Favorite website?
Probably www.nytimes.com
Best art advice?
Get real world experience in the arts away from academia and see if you like it.
Best art advice?
Get real world experience in the arts away from academia and see if you like it.
Come see May's work at Happy, on view until October 31. We promise you will like it!
Friday, August 28, 2009
Come to Happy on September 4! You know you want to.
Opening at Happy on Friday, September 4th from 6:00-9:00PM
"registered", new drawings by May Jong.
HAPPY is pleased to present "registered", an exhibition of new drawings by May Jong. Jong investigates ownership of and intellectual rights over nature in her presentation of drawings of the The Lone Cypress®. The Lone Cypress® is the corporate logo of the Pebble Beach Company, a gated community in Central California who retain all legal rights to the tree. A consummate observer with a deft hand, Jong's drawings simply and beautifully portray the ridiculousness of the company's mission by use of her classical, pen and ink style. The viewer is invited into Jong's "personal" vision of what was once simple and free but is now simply co-opted. Jong was born in Hong Kong and raised in Los Angeles and has a BA from UC Berkeley and an MFA from Claremont Graduate University. She was co-founder and co-director of Me and You Variety Candy, an alternative art space showing emerging artists and has exhibited her work throughout Los Angeles and the United States.
Also opening, and screening in Happy's project space are selections from the Echo Park Film Center's Youth Documentary Film Class project, This is the LA River. Featuring 21 neighborhood youth between the ages of 14 and 19, each student was given a Super 8 camera to document his or her impressions of the river over one weekend. Part of the class's larger 16mm documentary film project, these personal shorts present the mysterious and sometimes forgotten LA landmark as funny, freakish, reflective, problematic, beautiful, political and ultimately a reminder of the power of the river as interpreted by these young visionaries. Contributing students: Daisy Aquino, Kaymen Barber, Cord Brooks, Niki Cornejo, Sandra Fregozo, Daniel Garcia, Ismael Antonio Garcia, Brenda Gordiano, Nalani Hernandez-Melo, Ava Hess, Spencer Jezewski, Tatiana Luboviski-Acosta, Alice Poteriaiko, Steven Ramos, Jose Santos, Rachel Syms, Mateo Tate-Contreras, Luc Unruh, Vincent Uribe, Emily Van Cise and Woodrow White.
Monday, August 24, 2009
Hello September!
September is nearly upon us and that means more stuff will be happening in the Los Feliz Art and Design District. Happy’s current exhibition of stitchings by Jim Gentry in our main space and Leia Jervert’s site specific installation (in our closet) will end on Sunday August 30. Please come by and see for yourself what these two unique artists are doing. Check out our features in these fine publications:
http://www.citizenla.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=680
http://flavorpill.com/losangeles/events/2009/7/3/jim-gentry-and-leia-jervert
http://losapples.blogspot.com/2009/08/shop-and-art.html
http://la.racked.com/archives/2009/07/02/rackedwire_printing_party_at_feeding_birds_interactive_pruning_at_happy.php
Fresh Pressed:
Those lucky enough to attend our neighbor Fresh Pressed’s one night exhibition of polaramas by Gal Harpaz on August 7 were not just enamored with Fresh Pressed’s inspiring DIY haven for wearable expression, but got a glimpse of Harpaz’s personal polaroid panorama world. Fresh Pressed’s next show on Sept. 4 will feature work by Michael C. Hsiung. Hsiung’s charming and hilarious illustrations are a perfect fit for Fresh Pressed and the Los Feliz Art and Design District. The artist will be on hand that night to demonstrate screenprinting of selected works.
michael c. hsiung
That night, Happy will feature drawings by Los Angeles artist May Jong and the Echo Park Film Center in our project room. It promises to be a great night on Hollywood Blvd.
Art Jaunt:
Closet Cases artist Karen Frimkess Wolff is featured in Flights of Fancy at the American Jewish University in Bel Air. The show, on view until October 14, includes collaborative sculpture by Los Angeles artists Karen and Dori Atlantis, as well as work by Ruth Lercher Bornstein and Anita Segalman. Going to the Getty and Skirball Center? Make it a day of art and culture along the 405! More info at http://www.ajula.edu/
frimkess wolff/atlantis
Monday, August 10, 2009
Friday Fun & Friends in the Los Feliz Art and Design District
Thanks to all for coming out on Friday for Happy's Summer Scoops Sale! Tai Kim of Scoops generously donated peach/red wine sorbet and raspberry/balsamic ice cream for everyone to enjoy while checking out Happy's goods and art by Jim Gentry and Leia Jervert. The ice cream was flying and smiles were abound.
If you've not seen Jim Gentry's spider, you can still catch it and his other animal/insect menagerie on view in Happy's main space until August 30!
Jim Gentry
This week's art thing:
Catch Carlos Ulloa (with Eder Cetina) this Thursday, August 13 during their infamous ARTstrike. Carlos and Eder will do their one night, unofficial, unsanctioned, unexpected and underhanded art exhibition on wheels, infiltrating the Downtown Art Walk. Carlos and Eder's work will on view on the corner of 4th and Maine, from 6-11pm. Look for a big truck and enter from behind.
Carlos' dynamic work will also be seen at Happy in 2010. In the meantime, do make it to 4th and Maine and say hi to Carlos and Eder.
Tuesday, August 4, 2009
Scoops Ice Cream, Great Art and Summer Sale - oh my!
Join us this Friday, Happy will be open late in conjunction with the Los Feliz Art Walk.
Our featured artist is Jim Gentry and showing in the project room is Leia Jervert. If you haven't had a chance to see the shows, Friday is a great night to stop in.
We will be having complimentary ice cream from Scoops!
Also, starting Thursday, is Happy's Summer Sale with up to 50% off items storewide, all weekend long.
We hope you can come join us for some art, yummy ice cream, and great deals at HAPPY!
Our featured artist is Jim Gentry and showing in the project room is Leia Jervert. If you haven't had a chance to see the shows, Friday is a great night to stop in.
We will be having complimentary ice cream from Scoops!
Also, starting Thursday, is Happy's Summer Sale with up to 50% off items storewide, all weekend long.
We hope you can come join us for some art, yummy ice cream, and great deals at HAPPY!
Save the date, coming in September at Happy:
May Jong, "registered"
opening reception Friday September 4, 6-9pm
exhibition September 4 - October 31, 2009
Project Room:
Echo Park Film Center’s Youth Documentary Film Class
Selections from This is the LA River.
May Jong, "registered"
opening reception Friday September 4, 6-9pm
exhibition September 4 - October 31, 2009
Project Room:
Echo Park Film Center’s Youth Documentary Film Class
Selections from This is the LA River.
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