NEWS
By Kirk Silsbee | April 14, 2014
Regardless of size, a good art show can transport an audience outside of its everyday reality and into another space of consciousness, however briefly. If a small-scale exhibition does this, the possibility of a meaningful emotional connection between a viewer and the artist increases exponentially. Intimacy has tremendous potential for transformative experience in a way that a blockbuster show (where people shuffle through like so much cattle) seldom does. That's what is happening at the moment in the Norton Simon's new "Face It: The Photographic Portrait.
NEWS
By Kelly Corrigan, kelly.corrigan@latimes.com | August 20, 2013
Filming projects and photo shoots that took place at four Glendale schools last year brought in more than $10,600 for Glendale Unified and the district could receive thousands more this year for production work. Glendale school officials recently extended the district's contract with FilmL.A. Inc., a nonprofit organization that works with movie, television and commercial production companies to coordinate with property owners and secure filming locations and permits. For the past few years, Glendale Unified has worked with the organization to line up schools that serve as backdrops for television shows , movies and photo shoots, providing the schools with welcome funds.
ENTERTAINMENT
By Steve Appleford, steve.appleford@latimes.com | March 23, 2013
Back in 1977, Dennis Reed read something that intrigued him: There once had been a vibrant society of Japanese American photographers, including first-rate modernists, but with the advent of World War II and U.S. internment camps, all of their work had been lost. “Nothing survived,” the photography educator and historian remembers reading in that article. He wondered about that. Reed spent the next few years researching the subject. He found that not only was there evidence of the work in books and surviving prints, but the work was exceptional.
COMMUNITY
June 7, 2012
Gaspar (G.J.) Liotta Gaspar (G.J.) Liotta of Glendale, California passed away peacefully on June 2nd with his family by his side. He was born on October 22, 1920, in Santa Monica, California, to Antonio and Provendza (Liotta) Liotta. G.J. and his younger brother, Victor, were raised in Venice. After graduating from Venice High School as the Senior Class President and Valedictorian in the Winter Class of 1939, he attended Cal State Berkeley and U.C.L.A., earning a Bachelors Degree in Biological Sciences in 1944.
ENTERTAINMENT
By Joyce Rudolph | November 12, 2008
Ken Goldman was only 13 the first time he picked up a 2-by-4 rasp, a very coarse type of wood, and filed it until it resembled an airplane. “I’ve been hooked since then,” said the 61-year-old La Crescenta resident, who is showing his wood sculptures and photography this month at Whites Art Framing & Restoration in Montrose. All of his sculptures are unique, and every single one tells a different story, store owner Miguel Perez said. “It’s best for people to come and see them and enjoy,” he said.
LOCAL
By David Gottwald | September 6, 2008
Recently I visited Rick Caruso’s newly opened Americana at Brand. I am a graduate student from San Francisco conducting research for my MFA thesis on thematic design; as such, the stunning architecture of Americana was a must-see. After being on the premises for a couple of minutes, I began snapping a few pictures for my research, and was immediately accosted by an albeit friendly security guard who informed me that all student, commercial, industry and entertainment photography must be pre-approved.
ENTERTAINMENT
By Joyce Rudolph | June 14, 2008
Shoppers in the market for one-of-a-kind, handmade artwork, and families looking for daytime entertainment could satisfy both desires at the Burbank Fine Arts Festival next weekend. The two-day, open-air marketplace on June 21 and 22 will feature more than 100 artists showing their works, which will range from sculpture, photography and oil paintings to handicrafts like jewelry and accessories along San Fernando Boulevard from Magnolia Boulevard to Olive Avenue in Downtown Burbank.
ENTERTAINMENT
By Joyce Rudolph | April 9, 2008
Burbank Philharmonic Orchestra officials are hoping to create a harmonious blend of the visual and performing arts at the free classical music concert on Saturday. Local high school students will display photographic illustrations they’ve created, and all ages can try out musical instruments before the concert in the Hall of Liberty at Forest Lawn Hollywood Hills. John Burroughs High School’s advanced photography class has created the illustrations of composer Nicolai Rimsky-Korsakov’s “Scheherazade,” said Lynda Willner, of Glendale, who is president of the philharmonic’s board of directors.
NEWS
By Susan Stefun | March 21, 2008
The digital perspective of three local students garnered them top awards in the recent California Streaming Digital Photography Contest sponsored by the California County Educational Technology Consortium along with K-12 High Speed Network. The theme for the first annual competition was Natural Landforms. The photographs of Shawn Hansen, a 12th-grader at Crescenta Valley High; Nitesh Anandan, a 12th-grader at Clark Magnet High; and Trevor Bruce Fonda, a 6th-grader at Valley View Elementary were chosen from among 63 entries statewide.
ENTERTAINMENT
By Dan Killam | March 14, 2008
Taking a picture is not nearly as complicated as it used to be. A digital sensor captures an image, which is saved as a digital file and then printed out with little fanfare. The digital revolution has brought complete control over photography to consumers, but has also dehumanized the actual process of making a picture. Ron Dietel, a local old-fashioned photography enthusiast, is resisting this trend in the most extreme way possible. His day job is at UCLA, in the Education Research department, but in his free time, Dietel takes photographs using old-fashioned cameras, and develops the film himself to create his own prints.