Friday, February 10, 6–8 pm
Monterey Museum of Art–La Mirada
720 Via Mirada, Monterey
Admission is free to Mo+Co members and $10 for non-members
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Dear Museum Supporter,
This has been an exciting year for the Monterey Museum of Art and we thank you for your ongoing support. We continue to organize and exhibit historic and contemporary art in our galleries, as well as special exhibitions that highlight the rich visual arts history of Monterey and California.
In addition, we proudly present to our community, and especially to the children of Monterey County, the highest quality educational arts programming possible. As you may know, visual arts education in our region is in crisis and only seven percent of students in Monterey County schools participate in visual arts learning. As the only nationally accredited art museum between Santa Barbara and San Jose, we are in a unique position to offer a diverse range of high caliber arts programs to children and families.
I thank you for your ongoing generosity and ask you to consider making a gift of $100 or more beyond your annual membership dues. As an additional thank you, donors will be invited to a special reception during Family Day this spring. It will be my opportunity to thank you personally and show you what your gift helps achieve at the Monterey Museum of Art.
Sincerely,
E. Michael Whittington
Executive Director
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Friday, February 10, 2012, 10 am-4 pm
MMA Pacific
$85 MMA members
$100 non-members
Learn lighting techniques for portraits and still lifes
The Monterey Museum of Art (MMA) is pleased to offer Studio Lighting for Fine Art Photography, a workshop to be conducted by popular local photographer, videographer Greg Mettler.
Exploring the history and technicalities of lighting for fine art photography, students will receive a hands-on experience in how to illuminate still lifes and portraits using ambient and artificial lighting. A guided tour of works by Ansel Adams, Edward Weston and other preeminent photographers on exhibition at the MMA will serve to inspire participants to find new meaning and understanding in the visual elements that make the art of photography so compelling.
Space is limited and early registration is recommended. Register below or call 831.372.5477 x 104.
Sunday, February 12, 2012, 2 pm
MMA La Mirada
Free with Museum admission
A screening of Warhol’s rarely seen video art piece
The Monterey Museum of Art (MMA) will present a screening of Andy Warhol’s video piece, “Kitchen”. This screening is being held in conjunction with the Museum’s exhibition Pop Icons: Andy Warhol and Roy Lichtenstein, which is made up of large-scale works on paper brought from the collections of the Achenbach Foundation for Graphic Art, Legion of Honor, Fine Arts Museum of San Francisco, as well as private collections.
The film Kitchen by Andy Warhol is a testament to his famous dictum “In the future everyone will be famous for fifteen minutes.” Warhol’s days in New York were spent working on his art and films while also attending a slew of social events with a self created clique he duped his “Superstars.” These individuals were an embodiment of Andy’s fascination with fame and were everyday New York personalities that captured his personal and artistic interest. Not only did he utilize them as his colorful social entourage, but also as key players in his art works and films. The American heiress, actress, and socialite Edie Sedgwick is one of these “Superstars.”
In Kitchen, Edie Sedgwick and her costars take part in a film that explores the mismatching of melodrama and improvisation. In Warhol’s own words the film was “illogical, without motivation or character- completely ridiculous. It’s very much like real life.” What makes Warhol’s film so interesting is his combination of the mundane experience with that of the unexpected. At one moment the film’s stars will faithfully recite their lines and then quite suddenly veer into improvised dialogue only to feverishly strive to finish their lines right as each film reel ends. This work gives the viewer a fascinating look into the development of Warhol’s cannon of filmography and his exploration of video as a new and growing form of artistic expression.