Pomona Arts Colony features
old Tibet
By:
A. S. Ashley, Correspondent |
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Pomona’s Arts Colony will feature two new exhibits starting
on Second Saturday that will transport audiences to a time long
ago. Starting with “Tibet 1905 to 1928” at the dA
Center for the Arts, Jacqueline Darakjy returns to Pomona, this
time with a collection of 70 photographs of Tibet. At the center
of this exhibit are 59 photos by J.C. Ogden, a missionary chronicling
the time he and his wife spent in Tibet in the early 1900’s.
“This is not a tourist’s view” speaking of
Ogden and the Tibetan people, “but a record of the deep
bond…of the love and acceptance that they shared for over
twenty years.”
Darakjy spent 10 years restoring the negatives, some of which
were badly water damaged and could not be saved. A talk with
Jacqueline Darakjy on the recovery and restoration of the exhibit
will be announced.
As many of you know, Tibet’s struggle is far from over,
and in the spirit of that struggle, Darakjy is donating a portion
of sale proceeds to The Tibetan Children’s Fund.
The dA Center for the Arts is at, 252 S. Main St. Information:
www.dacenter.org, or contact
Terry Castillo 909-868-8217
The other passport to the past is far more contemporary in form
and discipline when you go to the SCA gallery to see the works
of Nancy K. Turner. Her use of mid-19th and early 20th century
books, Civil War era family photographs, stamps, personal letters,
pulp magazines and vintage 1920's era children's puzzles, evoke
haunting mental windows of tenuous nostalgic longings. Turner's
exhibit, "Paper Trail Redux," will pull you in to
your own sense of personal and psychic frailty.
The SCA will also feature the works of: Brian Baltzer, “Lost,
Found,” who juxtaposes odd materials, applying them in
seemingly commonplace environments; and Meeson Pae Yang, “Interconnected”
whose materials and mechanisms are anything but organic, pushes
them to graceful forms of nature and biological function.
SCA Project Gallery is at 281 S. Thomas St. Information: www.scagallery.com
Among the dozen new art shows in the Arts Colony, Cal Poly Pomona
Downtown Center’s new exhibit, “Dreams of Oaxaca”
(Suenos de Oaxaca), of paintings, watercolors and prints are
on loan from the “MAW” collection. Nine artists
who live and work in Oaxaca, Mexico, will display the great
regional art and culture of the area.
Cal Poly Pomona Downtown Center is at 300 W. Second St. Information:
www.class.csupomona.edu/downtowncenter
Bunny Gunner brings our own pop princess, Amy Maloof, back to
the Colony in “Shirtless with Leather Pants”, a
solo exhibit revealing Maloof’s keen eye for iconic America
with an incredible range of mediums. Amy’s paintings,
fabric pieces, collage, and sculptures will twist your sensibilities
and hammer at your funny bone.
Bunny Gunner is at 266 W. Second St. Information: www.bunnygunner.com
For more information about these shows and all the currently
running exhibits during Second Saturday, the month of October,
maps and future show listings in Pomona's Arts Colony, go to:
www.pomonaartscolony.com
and www.metropomona.com
A.S. Ashley is a Pomona Arts Colony artist and advocate