Getting Tray Chic
By: Stacy Davies
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While eating cafeteria-style food is not one of those dining
experiences we ever intentionally seek out (you’ve been
on the road three hours, you’re starving, and there’s
a Sizzler—what you gonna do?), we do have our radar scoped
out for people who get all creative with mundane, functional
items and make them kitschier than they already were. In fact,
we live for it.
Lucky for us, the dA Center is holding a fundraiser for itself
this weekend, and doing exactly that—offering up cafeteria
trays transformed by local artists such as Michael Woodcock,
Dan Van Klapp, Fr. Bill Moore, Dee Marcellus Cole and more,
and peddling them at a silent auction to keep the dA thriving.
Funkiness for a good cause? We’ll take two helpings, please.
The event takes place at the closing reception of the dA’s
current exhibition, Popztlan a “truly sensory adventure”
that among other things features a bridge that was once installed
over the LA River. There’ll also be hors d'oeuvres, wine
tasting, and a jazz band to keep you greased and groovy. So
unhinge your wallet and check out this worthwhile event—remember,
you have holiday shopping to do, and nothing says “I love
you” more than molded sheets of plastic and fiberglass
embellished with a Venusian pin-up girl with missile-tipped
ta tas. I can now check grammy off my list. (Stacy Davies)
Tray Chic fundraiser at dA Center for the Arts, 252 S. Main
St., Pomona Arts Colony, (909) 397-9716; www.dacenter.org.
Sat., Nov. 22, 6PM–10PM