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On the Cover: Michael Heizer, Levitated Mass, conceived 1969, realized 2012, made possible by gifts to Transformation: The LACMA Campaign from Jane and Terry Semel, Bobby Kotick, Carole Bayer Sager and Bob Daly, Beth and Joshua Friedman, Steve Tisch Family Founda-tion, Elaine Wynn, Linda, Bobby, and Brian Daly, Richard Merkin, MD, and the Mohn Family Foundation and dedicated by lacma to the memory of Nancy Daly. Transportation made possible by Hanjin Shipping Co., Ltd. Photo by Tom Vinetz, © Michael Heizer

Vol. 51, no. 4, Connect (issn 1551-0654) is published bimonthly by the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 5905 Wilshire Blvd., Los Angeles, ca 90036. Ten dollars of membership dues goes toward one year’s subscription to Connect. Periodicals postage paid at Los Angeles, ca. lacma is accredited by the American Association of Museums. © 2012 Museum Associates dba Los Angeles County Museum of Art. All rights reserved. Public programs photography, courtesy of Brant Brogan and Jennifer Huxta. Unless otherwise noted, all works lacma; all photographs © 2012 Museum Associates/lacma.

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Director’s Note

Michael Govanceo and Wallis Annenberg Director

After years of planning and months of construction on campus—plus eleven days and nights of well-publicized transportation—Michael Heizer’s Levitated Mass is open to the public. The artist himself was at lacma for four weeks this spring, practically living on campus in his beautiful Airstream trailer with his wife and collaborator, Mary, and their border collie, Tomato Rose. He was here to oversee the placement of the megalith atop the 456-foot-long slot outside of the Resnick Pavilion. I am incredibly happy to see all the work on this artwork completed—not only by the artist but also by the engineers, crews, and lacma staff who have put in so much time and effort. I am especially pleased to have the artwork dedicated by lacma to its former chair of the board of trustees, the late Nancy Daly.

Michael Heizer is one of the most influential artists of the last half century, even if many of his seminal artworks can’t possibly be displayed inside of an art museum. To give some context to his work, opening in conjunction with Levitated Mass is Michael Heizer: Actual Size, two large-scale installations in the Resnick Pavilion and bcam—a monumen-tal photograph projection whose subject is Heizer’s 1969 artwork Munich Depression, as well as massive photographs of rocks in their natural environment.

Actual Size is one more example of the growing presence of photography at lacma. Britt Salvesen, head of the Wallis Annenberg Photography Department, is co-curator, with Stephanie Barron, of Sharon Lockhart | Noa Eshkol, as well as curator of the soon-to-open The Sun and Other Stars: Katy Grannan and Charlie White. That is only a slice of the activity happening within our photography department in 2012. This year the museum also mounted exhibitions for Robert Adams and Daido Moriyama; in the fall, you’ll also get your first taste of the major Robert Mapplethorpe collection lacma jointly acquired last year with the Getty. For those with a passion for photography, there is always something to see here.

Summer is in full swing at lacma. I encourage you to bring your family soon to enjoy this beautiful museum in a park, whether you experience Levitated Mass, enjoy our many summer concert series—Jazz at lacma, Latin Sounds, and the new hip hop series Through the Mic—or step inside our galleries to see the incredible expressions of centuries past.

Collectors Committee Makes Seven Acquisitions

The annual Collectors Committee Weekend took place on April 20–21 and resulted in $2.8 million raised for seven acquisitions. Using a pool of funds contributed by members, the Collectors Committee voted to acquire Robert Rauschenberg’s sixty-foot-long print Currents (1970); a Louis Sullivan–designed elevator surround from the Chicago Stock Exchange Building; a twelfth-century Japanese Buddhist sculpture, Fudo Myoo: The Indomitable Foe of Evil; Albrecht Dürer’s Master Engraving Saint Jerome in His Study; and two paintings by the eighteenth-century New Spanish artist Nicolás Enríquez. lacma trustee Jamie McCourt also purchased Shirin Neshat’s Speechless for the museum, while Bruce Conner’s three-channel video Three Screen Ray was purchased with funds

provided by Brad and Colleen Bell, Victoria Jackson and Bill Guthy, Jane and Marc Nathanson, and Steve Tisch.

Piano, Pali to Design Film Museum

The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has named Renzo Piano and Zoltan Pali as architects for their proposed film museum, to be located on lacma’s campus in the former May Company building. Piano was also the architect for lacma’s recent expansion which included bcam, the Resnick Pavilion, and Ray’s and Stark Bar. Those additions were recently honored by the Los Angeles Business Council with the annual Los Angeles Architecture Award grand prize. Pali, of the Los Angeles–based firm Studio Pali Fekete Architects, had previously collaborated with lacma on plans to redesign the very same building prior lacma’s agreement with ampas to explore the creation of a film museum at Wilshire and Fairfax.

Latin American Exhibitions to Travel

Two major exhibitions organized by lacma’s Latin American art curators are opening at additional venues this month. Contested Visions in the Spanish Colonial World, previously on view at lacma last fall, opens at the Museo Nacional de Historia del Castillo de Chapultepec on July 12. Children of the Plumed Serpent: The Legacy of Quetzalcoatl in Ancient Mexico, which closes at lacma on July 1, heads to the Dallas Art Museum for its next run, July 29–November 25.

aamc Honors lacma Publications

The Association of Art Museum Curators (aamc) recently announced its annual Awards for Excellence in 2011, and two lacma exhibitions were honored. Gifts of the Sultan: The Arts of Giving at the Islamic Courts, curated by Linda Komaroff, received top honors for Outstanding Exhibition Catalogue. Runner-up in the same category was Contested Visions in the Spanish Colonial World, curated by Ilona Katzew. Contested Visions received additional recognition as one of the top five Outstanding Thematic Exhibitions.

New Coffee and Shake Bar

Opening in late July at lacma is a new coffee and shake bar, C+M (Coffee & Milk). Managed by Patina Restaurant Group, which also runs Ray’s and Stark Bar, C+M features artisan pastries and fair-trade coffee and espresso drinks ground to order. The menu also includes organic hand-shaken milkshakes and sorbet sandwiched between freshly baked cookies. C+M is located on the Los Angeles Times Central Court, in close proximity to the Boone Children’s Gallery, Bing Theater, and many permanent collection galleries.

Visit lacma.org for opening updates.

Museum Stores Get a Makeover

Located near the Chinese and Korean art galleries and the Boone Children’s Gallery in the Hammer Building, the lacma store has recently relaunched with a new look and a thoughtfully curated selection of items, many inspired by works in lacma’s collections and exhibitions, as well as a newsstand featuring art publications from around the world. Additionally, the Art Catalogues store in the Ahmanson Building has also been renovated to include a new glass wall that opens into the David Bohnett Foundation Atrium, providing easier access to the popular special events in that space.

kjazz Broadcasts Jazz at lacma

Airing every Sunday at 7–9 pm, KJazz Radio 88.1 fmnow broadcasts the Jazz at lacma concert series. The taped broadcasts highlight recent performances at the museum’s popular free Friday night summer concerts, adding interview segments with the musicians. For more information on upcoming concerts, turn to page 7. The Jazz at lacma broadcast series is supported by KJazz Radio 88.1 fm and made possible through the support of the office of Los Angeles County Supervisor Zev Yaroslavsky.

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Shirin Neshat, Speechless, from the series Women of Allah, 1996, purchased with funds provided by Jamie McCourt through the 2012 Collectors Committee, © 2012 Shirin Neshat, courtesy Gladstone Gallery, New York and Brussels


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July 22–October 14, 2012 | BCAMMember Preview Days July 19–21The Sun and Other Stars: Katy Grannan and Charlie White brings together two photographers whose bodies of work, together, map the fragility and resilience of individuality in contempo-rary Western culture. Grannan’s unflinching portraits along sun-struck boulevards elevate her subjects from obscurity, while White’s series of blonde teen girls frames the popular and tyrannical appetite for celebrity with an unsentimental lens. Through nearly seventy-five photos, as well as a three-channel video installation by Grannan and White’s video animation, this exhibition examines the complexity of the human condition and the effects of desire and aspiration.

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Levitated Mass by Michael Heizer is composed of a 456-foot-long slot constructed on lacma’s campus, over which is placed a 340-ton granite megalith. Heizer conceived of the artwork in 1969 but discovered an appropriate boulder only decades later in Riverside County, California. Earlier this year, all of Los Angeles watched as the boulder was transported 105 miles from its quarry to lacma. Since the boulder’s arrival, Heizer has overseen the creation of this incredible artwork, now open to the public. Taken whole, Levitated Mass speaks to the expanse of art history—from ancient traditions of creating artworks from megalithic stone to modern forms of abstract geometries and cutting-edge feats of engineering. Also on view is Michael Heizer: Actual Size—large-scale photographic works by the artist. In the Resnick Pavilion, and shown for the first time in more than three decades, Actual Size: Munich Rotary (1971) uses six custom film projectors to exhibit six spliced images at the original actual size of the artist’s 1969 negative sculpture, Munich Depression, built in the outskirts of Munich, Germany—a depression measuring one hundred feet in diameter and sixteen feet deep that displaced 1,000 tons of rock and earth. Installed in bcam is a series of fifteen individual photographic prints from 1970 of actual size monolithic rocks. Michael Heizer: Actual Size is on view through September 9.

Levitated Mass was made possible by gifts to Transformation: The LACMA Campaign from Jane and Terry Semel, Bobby Kotick, Carole Bayer Sager and Bob Daly, Beth and Joshua Friedman, Steve Tisch Family Foundation, Elaine Wynn, Linda, Bobby, and Brian Daly, Richard Merkin, MD, and the Mohn Family Foundation, and is dedicated by lacma to the memory of Nancy Daly.

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Actual Size: Munich Rotary was organized by the Los Angeles County Museum of Art and the Whitney Museum of American Art. It was made possible through a generous grant from The Horace W. Goldsmith Foundation.

Now on view | Resnick Pavilion North Lawn

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above: Daido Moriyama, Untitled, printed 2011, courtesy of the artist, © 2012 Daido Moriyama

below: Noa Eshkol, Celebrating Circle (Wedding) (detail), 1980s, Noa Eshkol Foundation for Movement Notation, Holon, Israel


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Sharon Lockhart | Noa Eshkol Artist WalkthroughJuly 10 | 7 pmArtist Sharon Lockhart walks through the exhibition Sharon Lockhart | Noa Eshkol with curators Stephanie Barron and Britt Salvesen.

BCAM | Free, no reservations | More info: lacma.org

Encore–Washi and Youshi: Japanese and Western PaperJuly 17 | 6:30 pmYona Warmin of Hiromi Paper Inc. and lacma conserva-tor Soko Furuhata introduce the world of papermaking by discussing and comparing the histories and methods of handmade paper in Japan and the Western world, including collaborations between Hiromi Paper Inc. and contemporary artists, such as Richard Serra, and the role of Japanese paper in the field of Western art conservation.Brown Auditorium | Free, tickets required | Tickets and info: lacma.org or 323-857-6010

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GALLERY TOURS, DISCUSSIONS, AND COURSESGallery ConversationsJuly | 1–4 pmJoin gallery educators in the modern and contemporary art galleries for informative and informal conversations about works of art.Saturdays and Sundays | bcam and Ahmanson Building | Free, no reservations

Point-of-View Gallery Talk: European ArtJuly 5 | 12:30 pmMuseum educator Mary Lenihan discusses changes in the museum’s galleries, specifically works in the European art collection that have not been previously displayed.BP Grand Entrance | Free, no reservations

Gallery Discussion: The Art of LookingJuly 12 and August 9 | 12:30 pmMuseum educators offer one-hour facilitated gallery discussions looking in depth at the permanent collection. In July, museum educator Kristin Bengtson explores Japanese art. The figure in contemporary photography is the focus in August with museum educator Elizabeth Gerber. BP Grand Entrance | Free, no reservations

Gallery Course: Art of the Middle AgesAugust 18 | 8:30 amLearn about the changes in technique and subject matter in art from the Middle Ages—from Roman marbles to the early Renaissance—that help to explain this often puzzling era of art history.Brown Auditorium | $35 general admission, $30 members | Tickets: 323 857-6010

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FILM INDEPENDENT AT LACMA. . . Is James Bond: Celebrating 50 Years of a Film Legend In conjunction with . . . Is James Bond, Film Independent at lacma celebrates fifty years of the legendary secret agent by screening five iconic Bond films in July— spanning from the original 007, Sean Connery, to George Lazenby’s brief turn. Seven more Bond films, starring Pierce Brosnan, Timothy Dalton, and Daniel Craig, will screen in September.

French Film FridaysFridays in July | See calendar for showtimesFilm Independent at lacma celebrates France’s rich cinematic history throughout July by showcasing films both classic and rare every Friday.

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. . . Is James BondThrough September 9 | Art of the Americas BuildingFrom Soviet agents to Caribbean drug lords, Kissy Suzuki to Octopussy, Sean Connery to Daniel Craig— in the fifty years since the first James Bond film, villains, Bond girls, and the actors who have played 007 have changed to reflect a society in flux. Over the course of twenty-two films, one element has remained constant: Maurice Binder’s unmistakable opening credit sequences. Organized with Loyola Marymount Univer-sity’s School of Film and Television, . . . Is James Bond is an installation of all twenty-two opening sequences, which explores them as unique and groundbreaking cinema—filmmaking that is as daring as 007 himself.

This exhibition was co-organized by the Los Angeles County Museum of Art and Loyola Marymount University’s School of Film and Television. The organizers are grateful for the special collaboration of Danjaq LLC and Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios.

GoldenEye (still), © 1995 Danjaq, LLC. and United Artists Corporation. All rights reserved. Courtesy of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios and Eon Productions

above: Sharon Lockhart, production still from Five Dances and Nine Wall Carpets by Noa Eshkol (detail), 2011, five-channel film installation (35mm film transferred to HD, sound), ©2012 Sharon Lockhart

Ai Weiwei: Never SorryJuly 16 | 7:30 pm Ai Weiwei is China’s most celebrated contemporary artist and its most outspoken domestic critic. First-time director Alison Klayman gained unprecedented access to the charismatic artist, with cameras rolling as govern-ment authorities shut down the artist’s blog, beat him up, bulldozed his studio, and held him in secret deten-tion. This compelling documentary is the inside story of a passionate dissident for the digital age who blurs the boundaries of art and politics.

MargaretJuly 17 | 7:30 pm Anna Paquin stars as a teenager who witnesses—and maybe causes—the death of a pedestrian hit by a bus on a busy Manhattan intersection in Kenneth Lonergan’s long-awaited follow up to his Academy Award–nominated debut, You Can Count on Me.Extended director’s cut | In person: writer/director Kenneth Lonergan

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Bing Theater | All films, unless otherwise noted: $10 general admission, $7 for lacma members, seniors (62+), and students with valid id; $5 for Film Independent, lacma Film Club, and New York Times Film Club members | For details, tickets, and additional listings, visit lacma.org or call 323 857-6010.

Outdoor FilmsAnimation August!Fridays in August | 8–10 pmWe’re screening free animated films under the stars in Hancock Park, just north of the Hammer Building. Hancock Park | Free, no reservations

Films presented in partnership with the Los Angeles International Children’s Film Festival

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lacma.org/programs MUSICMongoramaAugust 11 | 5 pmGrammy-nominated Mongorama is a nine-piece Latin-jazz ensemble created by KJazz radio personality Jose Rizo (host of Jazz on the Latin Side) that explores the early Mongo Santamaria charanga-jazz material of the 1950s and early 1960s. Mongorama celebrates this legendary music by preserving the “old-school” element while reinterpreting it with a modern twist.Hancock Park | Free, no reservations

Grant Geissman and the Cool Man Cool Band August 17 | 6 pm With fifteen critically acclaimed solo albums, guitarist/composer Grant Geissman works with special guests Larry Carlton, Albert Lee, Russell Ferrante, Mike Finnigan, and Van Dyke Parks on his latest project. As a studio guitarist, he has recorded with the likes of Quincy Jones, Burt Bacharach and Elvis Costello, Chuck Mangione, Julio Iglesias, and many more.BP Grand Entrance | Free, no reservations

through the mic: LACMA x hip hopAll concerts: 8 pm | BP Grand Entrance

July 19: People Under The Stairs, Skeme, VerBS

Aug. 16: Freestyle Fellowship and Breakestra$10 members, $15 general admission | Tickets and info: lacma.org or 323 857-6010

Fridays: Jazz at LACMAAll concerts: 6 pm | BP Grand Entrance | Free

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July 20: Katisse

July 27: Bill Cantos

Aug. 3: Nick Mancini Collective

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Aug. 31: Carol Welsman Broadcasting Jazz at LACMA on KKJZ 88.1 is made possible through the support of the Office of Los Angeles County Supervisor Zev Yaroslavsky.

Saturdays: Latin SoundsAll concerts: 5 pm | Hancock Park | Free

July 7: Orquesta Tabaco Y Ron

July 14: Ciro Hurtado

July 21: Afro-Cuban Jazz Project

July 28: Cecilia Noël & The Wild Clams

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July 15: Phillip Levy

July 22: iPalpiti Soloists

July 29: iPalpiti Artists with Pavel Šporcl and Svetlana Smolina

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Aug. 19: Pamela Vliek Martchev, Stuart Clark, Joel Cohen, and Victoria Kirsch

Aug. 26: L.A. Symphonic Winds, Steven Piazza, Conductor

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Andell Family Sundays Join NexGen for artist-led workshops, sketching in galleries, and interactive bilingual tours. All events: 12:30–3:30 pm | Free | Children 12 and younger plus family

Levitated MassJuly 1, 8, 15, 22, 29What began as the arduous journey of a 340-ton mega-lith more than a hundred miles (at night!) to get to lacma has now become Michael Heizer’s monumental artwork Levitated Mass! Be among the first to experience lacma’s newest outdoor, awe-inspiring sculpture. In workshops, dance and make your own awesome art.

SPECIAL EventsCur-ATEJuly 9 and 10 | 6:30 pmlacma and critically acclaimed Ray’s & Stark Bar are bridging the gap between culinary arts and fine art. With Maite Gomez-Rejón, founder of ArtBites and a museum educator and food history buff, visitors experience intimate gallery discussions tracing the role of food in historical and social contexts through art. Immediately following each tour, Ray’s executive chef Kris Morningstar will present a three-course meal inspired by the evening’s theme, which is, in July, the Parisian Salon and French dining from the seven-teenth to the early twentieth century. BP Grand Entrance | $90 members, $100 general admission | Includes tour, dinner, and parking; wine pairings by sommelier Paul Sanguinetti available at an additional cost | Tickets and more info: lacma.org or 323 857-6010

Muse ’til Midnight 2012August 25 | 8:30 pmlacma becomes a sonic adventure at Muse ’til Mid-night when the museum’s galleries are filled with tailor-made soundtracks arranged by various DJs and live musicians. This exclusive after-hours exploration of sounds includes both amplified and “silent” music, taking advantage of exciting new developments in audio technology. lacma | Tickets: $25 Muse members, $40 general admission | Tickets and more info: lacma.org/muse

nexgen

Dragon DaysAugust 5, 12, 19, 26 In Asia, dragons are believed to be mythical beasts that symbolize good luck, while dragons are thought to be fierce and dangerous in the West. Compare these creatures in an installation of art featuring dragons from lacma’s collection and make your own composite animals.

THE BOONE CHILDREN’S GALLERYDon’t be fooled by the name—this gallery is not just for kids. Everyone is invited to paint in this family-friendly space in the Hammer Building. Join us on Mondays and Fridays at 2 pm as gallery staff read picture books and folk tales. Free, tickets requires and available in the Ticket Office. Children must be accompanied by an adult. | Hours: Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, and Friday, 12–5 pm; Saturday and Sunday, 11 am–5 pm | Closed Wednesday | More info: 323 857-6128 or lacma.org

above: Badge (Lizi) of the Imperial Prince with Dragon, late Ming dynasty (1368–1644), mid-17th century, gift of Miss Carlotta Mabury

Through the Mic

Ai Weiwei: Never Sorry

Do you see the waves and clouds that surround the dragon?

In ancient China, only the imperial family was allowed to wear clothing decorated with dragons.

A rank badge is similar to a patch that scouts earn and wear.

A Chinese prince most likely wore this rank badge.

Andell Family Sundays celebrates Dragon Days every Sunday in August. Join us!


enrich your exp erience!

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see an exhibitionLACMA.ORG/EXHIBITIONS Fracture: Daido MoriyamaThrough July 31 | Pavilion for Japanese Art

. . . Is James BondThrough September 9 | Art of the Americas Building

Michael Heizer: Actual SizeThrough September 9 | Resnick Pavilion

Sharon Lockhart | Noa EshkolThrough September 9 | bcam

The Sun and Other Stars: Katy Grannan and Charlie WhiteJuly 22–October 14 | bcam

InstallationsVulture PeakThrough July 15 | Hammer Building

The Way of the Elders: The Buddha in Modern Theravada TraditionsThrough July 22 | Ahmanson Building

Whistler’s Etchings: An Art of SuggestionThrough July 22 | Art of the Americas Building

Robert Therrien: Selections from the Broad Collection and LACMAThrough August 5 | bcam

The German Woodcut: Renaissance and Expressionist RevivalThrough September 9 | Ahmanson Building

Rostam 2–The Return Series by Siamak FilizadehThrough December 3 | Ahmanson Building

Figure and Form in Contemporary PhotographyJuly 22–October 14 | bcam

Ohie Toshio and the Perfection of the Japanese BookAugust 4–October 19 | Pavilion for Japanese Art

Coming SoonKen Price Sculpture: A Retrospective Opens September 16

Stanley Kubrick Opens October 28

ENROLL IN A CourseLACMA.ORG/PROGRAMS

Adult Art Coursesweekend art classes

Basic Studio Art—Studio SessionFive Saturdays: July 14, 28, August 4, 11, 18 |

11 am–2 pm

With artist Kyungsoo LeeNote: Class will not be in session July 21

$210; members $190

Drawing Class–Gallery SessionFive Sundays: July 15, 29, August 5, 12, 19 | 11 am–1:30 pm

With artist David SchoffmanNote: Class will not be in session July 22

$165; members $155

weekday art classes

Impressionistic Japanese Watercolor—Studio SessionFive Fridays: July 20, 27, August 3, 10, 17 | 6–8:30 pm

With artist Hisako Asano$190; members $170

Classes for FamiliesOne-Day Workshops: 2-D and 3-D Utopian WorldsSaturdays: July 14, August 4, or August 18 | 10:30–12:30 pm

With artist Caitlin Lainoff$50; NexGen members $40

teens

Large-scale Mixed MediaJuly 23–27 | 11 am–2 pm

With artist Earnest Merritt

$225; NexGen members $200

Mixed-Media Drawing and PaintingJuly 30–August 3 | 11 am–2 pm

With artist Kyungsoo Lee$225; NexGen members $200

Making Mobile Movies August 6–10 | 11 am–2 pm

With writer and filmmaker Leena Pendharkar$225; NexGen members $200 Note: Students must bring their digital camera and/or cell phone and memory card.

WINTER ART CAMPChildren ages 6 to 13December 17–21; December 24–28* | Monday–Friday, 10 am–3 pm

With the summer coming to an end, now is the perfect

time to start thinking about enrolling your children

in lacma’s winter art camp.* Camp will not be in session December 25.

Enroll in classes in person at a Ticket Office, over the phone at 323 857-6010, or by mail (print the enrollment form at lacma.org/programs). Enrollment is limited; art materials and parking are included in tuition.

For more information about classes listed here, contact the Education Department at 323 857-6139 or email [email protected].

USE YOUR BENEFITSLACMA.ORG/MEMBERSHIPMember Preview DaysOne of the great perks of being a member is getting the chance to see exhibitions before they open to the public during Member Preview Days.

The Sun and Other Stars: Katy Grannan and Charlie WhiteJuly 19–21

Experience Caravaggio and His Legacy as a Patron MemberUpgrade to the Patron-level membership or higher to receive your exclusive preview party invitation for Bodies and Shadows: Caravaggio and His Legacy (opening this fall). You will also receive a beautiful Caravaggio and His Legacy exhibition catalogue, reciprocal member-ship privileges at twenty-four museums nationwide, and invitations to four Art 101 art history classes.

Automatic Renewal = No More Reminders, No Hassle! Sign up for the Automatic Renewal Program and you won’t miss a moment of your lacma membership benefits. Simply check the “Automatic Renewal Program” box on your renewal notice, and we’ll renew your membership at your current level at the begin-ning of your expiration month each year. When you enroll, you help lacma save valuable resources by reducing printing and postage, which means more of your membership support will go directly toward the outstanding programs that enrich the lives of so many in our community. Such a simple act on your part makes a world of difference to so many—not to mention it makes life easier for you! Questions about the Automatic Renewal Program? Please call 323 857-6151.

SHOP LACMA’S STORELacmashop.org | 323 857-6146

The lacma store has been reimagined with a focus on products relating to the museum’s collections and exhibitions, such as this handmade vase inspired by the Arts & Crafts movement. lacma’s collection of Arts & Crafts is the largest and most comprehensive in the country. As always, your purchase directly supports the museum’s exhibi-tions, programming, and education initiatives.

Vanilla Orchid Vase$198 | Member price $178.20

top: Daido Moriyama, Beauty Parlor, Tokyo, c. 1975, Ralph M. Parsons Fund, © 2012 Daido Moriyama

bottom: Siamak Filizadeh, Untitled, from Rostam 2—The Return, 2010, purchased with funds provided by Karl Loring and Art of the Middle East Contemporary, © 2012 Siamak Filizadeh

Enroll in art courses online!


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