The third annual Mar Vista Green Garden Showcase will take place on April 30th, featuring 84 sustainable gardens in the Mar Vista neighborhood that showcase techniques like water capture, composting, and drought-resistant landscaping. The event aims to be an "eco-festival" where neighborhood gardens will be open to the public. One new addition this year are the gardens of Kristina and Claude Shires, who have added solar panels, use timers for sprinklers, and monitor water usage at their sustainable home. Additionally, an art sale will be held on April 23rd at the TAG Gallery to benefit earthquake relief efforts in Japan, featuring paintings and works that will be half-price, with proceeds going to non-
Argonaut Article on Mar Vista Green Garden Showcase April 21
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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-