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Sustainable gardens to be on display April 30 at the
third annual Mar Vista Green Garden Showcase
    Gardens are blooming, spring is   which will feature 84 gardens this   years ago and were hoping to          homeowner who was on the tour            “Robyn has a very nice
in the air and Mar Vista residents    year.                                establish a sustainable home when     last year, designed a new garden      collection of orchids and they are a
will be opening up their homes for       This year’s tour will highlight   they found a house on Marcasel        for Blaine and Robyn McNutt near      really interesting part of the
the third annual Green Garden         gardens that have a variety of       Avenue. They said they are thrilled   her home on Redwood Avenue.           garden,” Kulhmann said.
Showcase Saturday, April 30.          water capture features, composting   to be a part of the 2011 showcase.    While the McNutt home is not on          Kristina Shires says being part
    “Think of it as a giant eco-      techniques, drought resistant           “We learned so much about          the map of the showcase, it will be   of the tour has become a big part
festival comprised of block parties   landscaping and edible gardens.      how this was a very sustainable       part of the tour.                     of the Shires’ recent lives. “It’s
throughout Mar Vista,” Sherri            There will also be many new       community by going to the (Mar           “One of the most interesting       very exciting for us,” she said.
Akers, the co-chair of the Mar        additions to this year’s showcase.   Vista) farmers market,” said          features about their home is that
                                                                                                                                                          The American Solar Energy
Vista Community Council’s Green       Kristina Shires and her husband,     Kristina Shires.                      there are so many opportunities
                                                                                                                                                       Society’s National Solar Tour is
Committee, explains of the event,     Claude, moved to Mar Vista three        The Shires try to add a            where you can have privacy,” said
                                                                           sustainable feature to their home     Kulhmann, the proprietor of           also a part of the Mar Vista
                                                                           each year and have one of the         Comfort Zones Garden Design.          showcase of residences that have
                                                                           edible gardens on the tour. They         Kulhmann designed a custom-        recently gone solar.
                                                                           have added solar panels to their      made green house and recontoured         Information, www.
                                                                           home, their sprinklers are on         part of the back yard. She also       marvistagreengardenshowcase.
                                                                           timers and they monitor their         added Australian and South            blogspot.com. Maps of the tour
                                                                           water usage.                          African plants to go with some        can also be downloaded from the
                                                                              Marilee Kulhmann, a Mar Vista      drought resistant plants.             website.


                                                                           Art sale at TAG Gallery
                                                                           to benefit Japanese
                                                                           earthquake relief fund
                                                                               The Artists’ Gallery (TAG         the immediate relief and long-
                                                                           Gallery), a Santa Monica-based        term rebuilding of the Tohoku
                                                                           artists’ cooperative, will host an    region of Japan. One hundred
                                                                           art sale from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m.       percent of donations will go
                                                                           Saturday, April 23 to benefit the     directly to Japanese non-
                                                                           Japanese earthquake and tsunami       governmental organizations, and
                                                                           relief efforts.                       funds will only be used for
                                                                               A special reception for this      projects in Japan.
                                                                           fundraiser is open to the public         Visitors will have the
                                                                           and is scheduled from 4 to 6 p.m.     opportunity to view all available     icArus by Suki Kuss is one of
                                                                           at TAG Gallery, 2525 Michigan         works for sale, which include         the works for sale in the benefit
                                                                           Ave. D-3, Santa Monica.               paintings and mixed media pieces      event at TAG Gallery.
                                                                               Half of all proceeds from the     from artists Cynthia Alexander        through the purchase of local
                                                                           art sale will support the U.S.-       and Suki Kuss. The public is          contemporary art.
                                                                           Japan Council Earthquake Relief       encouraged to support sister             Information, (310) 829-9556,
                                                                           Fund, an organization supporting      coastal communities in Japan          or www.TagGallery.net.

ClAUDE AND KriSTiNA SHirE will open their sustainable garden
to the public for the Mar Vista Green Garden Showcase.
                                                                           Arena 1 Gallery in Santa Monica to
                                     (Argonaut photo by T.W. Brown)
                                                                           host Immanent Domain exhibit
The Happening Gallery                                                                                                                                  dent perspective, the change ar-

hosts exhibit of works
                                                                                                                                                       rives from without, the gallery
                                                                                                                                                       spokesperson said.
                                                                                                                                                          “In terms of painting, then, an
by 11 artists                                                                                                                                          immanent perspective deals with
                                                                                                                                                       the painting as an object, as a
    Parisian sculptor Marie-Pierre                                                                                                                     thing in itself and a space from
Philippe-Lohézic is one of 11                                                                                                                          which can be wrested form and
artists exhibiting works in the                                                                                                                        change; it creates of the canvas a
Spring Fever show at The                                                                                                                               stage on which an artist performs
Happening Gallery in Marina del                                                                                                                        or is at least aware of his or her-
Rey through May 1.                                                                                                                                     self as both performer and audi-
    The exhibit opened to the                                                                                                                          ence,” the spokesperson said.
public April 8 at The Happening                                                                                                                           Artists included in the exhibit
Gallery, 4047 Lincoln Blvd.,                                                                                                                           are Joshua Aster, Benjamin Brit-
Marina del Rey.                                                                                                                                        ton, Mara De Luca, Spencer
    Philippe-Lohézic is a French                                                                                                                       Lewis, Anne McCaddon, Allison
artist who will have nine bronze                                                                                                                       Miller, Bill Saylor and Tyler Vla-
sculptures on display in Spring                                                                                                                        hovich.
Fever.                                                                                                                                                    Tombello is an artist, designer
    Born in Paris, Philippe-                                                                                                                           and curator living and working in
Lohézic studied at l’École des                                                                                                                         Los Angeles. He has had exhibi-
Beaux-Arts and went on to                                                  PAPEr HAT by artist Allison Miller is among the paintings on dis-
                                                                           play in the immanent Domain exhibit at Arena 1 Gallery.                     tions in Los Angeles and New
become profoundly versatile in                                                                                                                         York and is currently represented
her mediums, achieving mastery        FrENCH SCUlpTOr Marie-                  Immanent Domain, a group ex-       of Deleuze and Guattari in which      by Carl Berg Gallery.
in painting, printmaking, and         pierre philippe-lohézic is ex-       hibition of works by eight paint-     “immanence and transcendence             Arena 1 is an exhibition space
sculpture.                            hibiting works such as this          ers, will be presented at the Arena   are discussed in terms of a bound-    founded by Santa Monica Art Stu-
    Her sculpture pieces include      (above) at Happening Gallery.        1 Gallery in Santa Monica begin-      ed field whipped by wind,” a gal-     dios directors Yossi Govrin and
bronze casting and stone and          identity in the realm of fine art    ning Saturday, April 23 through       lery spokesperson says.               Sherry Frumkin, and based in an
wood carving. The figurative          sculpture, a gallery spokeswoman     May 28.                                   A brief twister moves across      historic hangar at the Santa Moni-
works now on exhibit showcase         says.                                   An opening reception is sched-     the field, rippling the grass and     ca Airport.
Philippe-Lohézic’s cubist                The Happening Gallery is open     uled from 5 to 8 p.m. April 23 at     voiding the trees of leaves, then        Gallery hours are noon to 6
inspiration and although her          11 a.m. to 6 p.m. Wednesdays         the gallery, 3026 Airport Ave.,       dissipating. From the immanent        p.m. Wednesdays through Satur-
admiration for modern artists such    through Saturdays and noon to        Santa Monica.                         perspective, the change that oc-      days.
as Picasso, Rodin, and                5 p.m. Sundays.                         Curated by Allen Tombello, the     curred in the constitution of the        Information, (310) 397-7456,
Archipenko is evident, her own           Information (310) 305-2787, or    exhibition is inspired by Andrew      field comes from within the           www.santamonicaartstudios.com.
unique style has forged her own       www.thehappeninggallery.com.         Ballantyne’s essay on the writing     bounded field; from the transcen-

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  • 1. April 21, 2011 THE ArGONAUT pAGE 13 Sustainable gardens to be on display April 30 at the third annual Mar Vista Green Garden Showcase Gardens are blooming, spring is which will feature 84 gardens this years ago and were hoping to homeowner who was on the tour “Robyn has a very nice in the air and Mar Vista residents year. establish a sustainable home when last year, designed a new garden collection of orchids and they are a will be opening up their homes for This year’s tour will highlight they found a house on Marcasel for Blaine and Robyn McNutt near really interesting part of the the third annual Green Garden gardens that have a variety of Avenue. They said they are thrilled her home on Redwood Avenue. garden,” Kulhmann said. Showcase Saturday, April 30. water capture features, composting to be a part of the 2011 showcase. While the McNutt home is not on Kristina Shires says being part “Think of it as a giant eco- techniques, drought resistant “We learned so much about the map of the showcase, it will be of the tour has become a big part festival comprised of block parties landscaping and edible gardens. how this was a very sustainable part of the tour. of the Shires’ recent lives. “It’s throughout Mar Vista,” Sherri There will also be many new community by going to the (Mar “One of the most interesting very exciting for us,” she said. Akers, the co-chair of the Mar additions to this year’s showcase. Vista) farmers market,” said features about their home is that The American Solar Energy Vista Community Council’s Green Kristina Shires and her husband, Kristina Shires. there are so many opportunities Society’s National Solar Tour is Committee, explains of the event, Claude, moved to Mar Vista three The Shires try to add a where you can have privacy,” said sustainable feature to their home Kulhmann, the proprietor of also a part of the Mar Vista each year and have one of the Comfort Zones Garden Design. showcase of residences that have edible gardens on the tour. They Kulhmann designed a custom- recently gone solar. have added solar panels to their made green house and recontoured Information, www. home, their sprinklers are on part of the back yard. She also marvistagreengardenshowcase. timers and they monitor their added Australian and South blogspot.com. Maps of the tour water usage. African plants to go with some can also be downloaded from the Marilee Kulhmann, a Mar Vista drought resistant plants. website. Art sale at TAG Gallery to benefit Japanese earthquake relief fund The Artists’ Gallery (TAG the immediate relief and long- Gallery), a Santa Monica-based term rebuilding of the Tohoku artists’ cooperative, will host an region of Japan. One hundred art sale from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. percent of donations will go Saturday, April 23 to benefit the directly to Japanese non- Japanese earthquake and tsunami governmental organizations, and relief efforts. funds will only be used for A special reception for this projects in Japan. fundraiser is open to the public Visitors will have the and is scheduled from 4 to 6 p.m. opportunity to view all available icArus by Suki Kuss is one of at TAG Gallery, 2525 Michigan works for sale, which include the works for sale in the benefit Ave. D-3, Santa Monica. paintings and mixed media pieces event at TAG Gallery. Half of all proceeds from the from artists Cynthia Alexander through the purchase of local art sale will support the U.S.- and Suki Kuss. The public is contemporary art. Japan Council Earthquake Relief encouraged to support sister Information, (310) 829-9556, Fund, an organization supporting coastal communities in Japan or www.TagGallery.net. ClAUDE AND KriSTiNA SHirE will open their sustainable garden to the public for the Mar Vista Green Garden Showcase. Arena 1 Gallery in Santa Monica to (Argonaut photo by T.W. Brown) host Immanent Domain exhibit The Happening Gallery dent perspective, the change ar- hosts exhibit of works rives from without, the gallery spokesperson said. “In terms of painting, then, an by 11 artists immanent perspective deals with the painting as an object, as a Parisian sculptor Marie-Pierre thing in itself and a space from Philippe-Lohézic is one of 11 which can be wrested form and artists exhibiting works in the change; it creates of the canvas a Spring Fever show at The stage on which an artist performs Happening Gallery in Marina del or is at least aware of his or her- Rey through May 1. self as both performer and audi- The exhibit opened to the ence,” the spokesperson said. public April 8 at The Happening Artists included in the exhibit Gallery, 4047 Lincoln Blvd., are Joshua Aster, Benjamin Brit- Marina del Rey. ton, Mara De Luca, Spencer Philippe-Lohézic is a French Lewis, Anne McCaddon, Allison artist who will have nine bronze Miller, Bill Saylor and Tyler Vla- sculptures on display in Spring hovich. Fever. Tombello is an artist, designer Born in Paris, Philippe- and curator living and working in Lohézic studied at l’École des Los Angeles. He has had exhibi- Beaux-Arts and went on to PAPEr HAT by artist Allison Miller is among the paintings on dis- play in the immanent Domain exhibit at Arena 1 Gallery. tions in Los Angeles and New become profoundly versatile in York and is currently represented her mediums, achieving mastery FrENCH SCUlpTOr Marie- Immanent Domain, a group ex- of Deleuze and Guattari in which by Carl Berg Gallery. in painting, printmaking, and pierre philippe-lohézic is ex- hibition of works by eight paint- “immanence and transcendence Arena 1 is an exhibition space sculpture. hibiting works such as this ers, will be presented at the Arena are discussed in terms of a bound- founded by Santa Monica Art Stu- Her sculpture pieces include (above) at Happening Gallery. 1 Gallery in Santa Monica begin- ed field whipped by wind,” a gal- dios directors Yossi Govrin and bronze casting and stone and identity in the realm of fine art ning Saturday, April 23 through lery spokesperson says. Sherry Frumkin, and based in an wood carving. The figurative sculpture, a gallery spokeswoman May 28. A brief twister moves across historic hangar at the Santa Moni- works now on exhibit showcase says. An opening reception is sched- the field, rippling the grass and ca Airport. Philippe-Lohézic’s cubist The Happening Gallery is open uled from 5 to 8 p.m. April 23 at voiding the trees of leaves, then Gallery hours are noon to 6 inspiration and although her 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. Wednesdays the gallery, 3026 Airport Ave., dissipating. From the immanent p.m. Wednesdays through Satur- admiration for modern artists such through Saturdays and noon to Santa Monica. perspective, the change that oc- days. as Picasso, Rodin, and 5 p.m. Sundays. Curated by Allen Tombello, the curred in the constitution of the Information, (310) 397-7456, Archipenko is evident, her own Information (310) 305-2787, or exhibition is inspired by Andrew field comes from within the www.santamonicaartstudios.com. unique style has forged her own www.thehappeninggallery.com. Ballantyne’s essay on the writing bounded field; from the transcen-