Chelsea Dean, Lummis Home and Highland Park

contributed by Paul Evans

Hello Happy visitors! If you need something to do later this week, check out Happy artist Chelsea Dean and Janice Gomez's collaborative piece at the landmark Charles F. Lummis home. If you've not been to the Lummis home (which he designed and built himself) this group exhibition called Bringing the Past to Light is a good reason to get yourself over to Highland Park. Scattered around the home and garden are different art installations that honor Lummis and bring Los Angeles' past to the present.

Chelsea Dean's work will be on display at Happy later this year. Bringing the Past to Light will be on view until June 14:

http://www.arroyoartscollective.org/projects/bringing-the-past-to-light.html

Celebrate LOS FELIZ this Wednesday!

Heather and Rob at HAPPY would like to invite you to join the LOS FELIZ IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT members in Celebrating Los Feliz tomorrow at the VISTA theatre.
Come meet your local business owners and neighbors at the Los Feliz BID Mixer this Wednesday May 20th 6:30 - 9pm.

Art by northeast: avocados, soda pop and water

contributed by Paul Evans


Saturday night, heading north on one of my favorite streets in Los Angeles, York Blvd. led me to Figueroa Produce (www.figueroaproduce.com) in Highland Park for avocados. Not just any avocados, but 3 organic avocados for 99¢! Following that healthy find, it seemed natural to visit the infamous Galco’s Soda Pop Stop (www.sodapopstop.com) a few blocks north on York.
Sadly, I arrived 5 minutes after closing, but I was able to get a sweet shot of their signage.

Onward on York for a little art at Sea and Space Explorations; a great space doing very different and thought provoking projects sandwiched between Occidental College and a greasy burger joint. Opening that night was Through the Looking Glass: The Los Angeles Aqueduct, an installation by Nicole Antebi & May Jong.

Through the Looking Glass is a multi-media piece that tells the manipulated history of the Los Angeles Aquaduct. Can’t wait to return to find out how little I know about a very important subject in a city that often ignores what’s right in front of them. Or in this case, what’s brought to them.

May Jong will be the featured artist in Happy’s September exhibit. In the meantime, check out Through the Looking Glass: The Los Angeles Aqueduct through May 30 at Sea and Space Explorations. They’re at:

4755 York Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90042
www.seaandspace.org
Gallery is open Sundays 1-5 PM and by appointment.
(323) 445-4015.

Happy in the Los Angeles Times today!

GARDEN

greenPots are eco-friendly and eco-chic

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Photo courtesy of Happy

Ecosource Home & Garden compostable pots

They're made from renewable rice hulls and come in cool 1970s colors.

May 9, 2009

Ecosource Home & Garden's greenPots have more than save-the-planet appeal. Sure, they're constructed from renewable rice hulls, will last at least five years indoors or out, and can be composted after that. But they also make a design statement, referencing 1950s shapes in earthy 1970s kitchen colors. At the new home accessories boutique Happy, the pots come in a variety of sizes, each already planted with succulents or other flora. Price: $18 apiece. 4675 Hollywood Blvd., Los Angeles; (323) 661-2200; www.happylosangeles.com.

http://www.latimes.com/features/home/la-hm-scoutpots9-2009may09,0,3014837.story