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POMONA - Patrons of the arts will have
an opportunity to view eight award-winning murals by Pomona
Unified high school students tonight at the Cal Poly Pomona
Downtown Center, 300 W. Second St., in the Arts Colony.
About 50 high school students from Pomona, Ganesha, Garey,
Village Academy and the School of Arts and Enterprise
submitted watercolor paintings as bases for the murals
depicting citrus labels.
From these outstanding entries, eight winning, eight semifinalist
and eight honorable mention paintings were selected for
awards by the city Cultural Arts Commission.
The Cultural Arts Commission has conducted the High School
Mural Arts Project for the past nine years. However, this
is the first time the murals have been done on porcelain
tile.
The students were aided by resident artists and commissioners
Cindy Moore and Joy McAllister in the creation of the
31⁄2-by-5-foot painted porcelain tiled murals.
The winning, semifinalist and honorable mention artists
will receive awards during a ceremony and reception at
6 p.m. today as part of the Second Saturday Art Walk at
the Cal Poly Pomona Downtown Center.
After the exhibit, the murals will be displayed throughout
Pomona in parks and civic buildings.
Announcing the arrival of a new gallery, Steve and Cori
Ruiz have opened The Blue Core Gallery on the west end of
the Arts Colony with the their debut show, "Falling
Down," featuring the works of J. Cheryl Bookout. Bookout's
paintings provide the complex elements of finely detailed
subjects while juxtaposing them in cool fields of color
with structured segments. The result is a subtle quietness
within the conflict; therefore a strange peacefulness prevails.
The Blue Core Gallery is at 558-A W. Second St.
"Multiple Originals 2009," at Gallery 57
Underground, is an exhibit of exceptional printmakers curated
by Jeanne Andersen and Barbara McLaughlin.
Of the 14 artists displaying their works, 10 are Cal State
Fullerton MFA graduates, demonstrating a mastery of printmaking
technique and style rarely seen in one venue.
Among the treats of this exhibit are not only the range
of printmaking (etchings, woodcuts, collagraphs, linotype,
viscosity prints, etc.), but the actual plates from which
the prints were pulled will be on view.
57 Underground is at 300-C S. Thomas St.
The dba 256 gallery will present a group photography show
curated by Sally Egan and Amy Bystedt called "Safety
in Numbers."
In this exhibit Egan and Bystedt assembled some like-minded
photographers to join in on the fun, including Anthony Acosta,
Cherie Savoie, Melaney Schmidt, Joe Toreno and Genevieve
Wolff.
What is unique about this group of photographers is their
use of highly saturated hues and brilliant candy-colored
elements, making them to the eye, absolutely delicious.
The dba256 Gallery is at 256 S. Main St.
"Natural
Connections" is the new ceramics show at Armstrong's,
featuring Shane Keena, Susan Clusener, Eileen Braun and
Damien Jones, in which the artists investigate their relationship
with nature.
Each artist brings a splendid interpretation of the world's
plentiful life forms, from the symbolic to surreal.
Make sure to check out Kenna's massive ceramic sea urchin
piece with a superb metallic glaze - simply unbelievable.
Armstrong's is at 150 E. Third St.
This month the Bunny Gunner Gallery presents Cathy Garcia
and David Flury in an exhibit called "Mosaics and Paintings."
Garcia is well-known for exploring the boundaries of mosaic
sculpture. Her work transcends the traditional 2-D surface
with the application of tile pieces to 3-D busts, animal
sculptures, pots and other found structures. Garcia also
goes beyond the normal colored tile fragments by using broken
dishes, teapots, china figures and glass.
Flury is a Los Angeles artist whose paintings are full of
kinetic brush strokes and line work that electrify the canvas.
His subject matter is traditionally Chicano, including "Cholos,"
"low riders" and East L.A. scenes represented
in a very loose, semi-Expressionistic style.
The Bunny Gunner Gallery is at 266 W. Second St.
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