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TALKS & COURSES TO WATCH A SLIDESHOW OF WORKS FROM THIS EXHIBITION, VISIT LACMA.ORG. public programs 5 Gallery Discussion: The Art of Looking July 9 | 12:30 pm Join lacma educator Mary Lenihan for a one-hour facili- tated gallery discussion focusing on the permanent col- lection. To honor Independence Day (July 4) and France's Bastille Day (July 14), Lenihan will lead a discussion on art from the time of the revolution on July 9. BP Grand Entrance, by the ticket window | Free, no reservations Screening and Conversation: tank.tv The Young and Evil July 14 | 7 pm This event, guest curated by Stuart Comer, curator of film, Tate Modern, is a tank.tv initiative. As the digital glow of the internet begins to replace the dark space of the cinema, the web continues to evolve into an uncanny hybrid of personal longing and collective interaction. Configurations of watching and being watched take on radically new form. To reconsider the historical contours and shifting relationships of sex and community in the digital age, a range of artists were invited to select two works: one historical film from the underground, to be screened at lacma, and one contem- porary video by an emerging artist, to be screened as part of the upcoming Outfest which will be held in Los Angeles in July. Selectors include Stuart Comer, William E. Jones, Daria Martin, Carlos Motta, Karol Radzisze- wski, Akram Zaatari, and Bruce Yonemoto. The lacma program features works by filmmakers such as Ken- neth Anger, Anna Halprin, Curt McDowell, and Barbara Rubin, and will be followed by an onstage conversation between Stuart Comer and artist William E. Jones. note: This program contains material of an adult nature, which may be inappropriate for some viewers. Discretion is advised. On Friday, July 17, Outfest will host the contemporary program at redcat, originally commissioned and presented on tank.tv. Go to outfest.org for more information. Bing Theater | Tickets required: $7 general admission, $5 members, seniors 62+ and students with valid id. Gallery Course: Pompeii and the Roman Villa July 25 | 9 am This behind-the-scenes gallery course offers an intro- ductory lecture and private gallery tour of lacma's blockbuster exhibition Pompeii and the Roman Villa: Art and Culture around the Bay of Naples, affording a close look at the sculpture, paintings, frescoes, and luxury arts from the opulent houses of the urban elite in Pompeii. Brown Auditorium | Members $35, nonmembers $45 | Reservations: 323 857-6010. Gallery Discussion: The Art of Looking August 13 | 12:30 pm Join lacma educator Mary Lenihan for a one-hour facilitated gallery discussion focusing on the permanent collection. On August 13, Lenihan leads a discussion about Italian paintings from the sixteenth century. BP Grand Entrance, by the ticket window | Free, no reservations Art Chats: Your Bright Future July & August | 3:30 & 7:30 pm Join the conversation! From July through September gallery teachers will facilitate fifty-minute discussions about Your Bright Future: 12 Contemporary Artists from Korea with lacma's Art Chats. You'll look closely and learn about selected artworks in the exhibition, ask questions, share ideas, and consider multiple points of view. Bilin- gual tours in English and Korean will be offered twice a month; check lacma.org for more information. Fridays at 7:30 pm and Sundays at 3:30 pm | bcam, Level 2 | Free, no reservations Gallery Conversations: Modern and Contemporary Art July & August | 1–4 pm lacma introduces a new way to experience the museum with Gallery Conversations, every weekend. For the months of July and August, drop by the modern and contemporary art galleries for informative and informal conversations about works of art with gallery educators. Saturdays and Sundays | bcam, Level 3 and Ahmanson Building, Level 2 | Free, no reservations Save the Dates: Upcoming Your Bright Future Events Exhibition Lecture: Flash in the East, Flash in the West September 8 | 7 pm Art historian Miwon Kwon speaks about contemporary Korean art in conjunction with Your Bright Future: 12 Contemporary Artists from Korea. Kwon is an assistant professor of contemporary art at ucla and author of One Place After Another: Site-Specific Art and Locational Identity. Bing Theater | Free, no reservations Conversations with Artists: Haegue Yang and Lynn Zelevansky September 10 | 8 pm Artist Haegue Yang joins Lynn Zelevansky, co-curator of Your Bright Future, for a conversation about her perfor- mances and installations in the exhibition. A collab- orative performance by actors Evan Cleaver and Olivia Sandoval precedes the conversation. They will interpret a script written by Yang about her mixed-media installa- tion Storage Piece (2004). bcam, Level 2 | Free; tickets required—available one hour before the program Conversations with Artists: Guerrilla Girls and Young-hae Chang Heavy Industries September 14 | 7 pm The Guerrilla Girls, an anonymous collective of women artists, art historians, and art administrators, produce provocative posters, books, and actions that expose sexism and racism in politics, art, film and pop culture. Young-hae Chang Heavy Industries creates Web art, edgy digital poetry that flashes to the beat of music. A collabo- ration of Young-hae Chang (Seoul, Korea) and Marc Voge (USA), these texts are often politically pointed stories covering everything from sex and violence to alienation and the mundane. In this conversation with curator Lynn Zelevansky, each will discuss their similar uses of provocation, collaboration, and broad-based accessibility in their work. Bing Theater | Free, no reservations Also save the date for Muse 'til Midnight on September 12! LACMA Late Night joins this popular evening celebration where Pompeii and the Roman Villa and Your Bright Future will both be on view. See page 11 for details. ADULT ART COURSES Sketching from the Collection Five Saturdays: July 18, 25, August 1, 8, 15 | 11 am–1:30 pm Students will explore the elements of design and the differences between eastern and western art forms with artist Michael Wright. Limited enrollment | Members $145; nonmembers $155 (art materials included in tuition) Drawing—Gallery Session Five Sundays: July 19, 26, August 2, 9, 16 | 11 am–1:30 pm lacma's permanent collection serves as the classroom where students discover ways of looking at art. Focused on the human form, the class is designed to make drafts- manship accessible to all; with artist David Schoffman. Limited enrollment | Members $145; nonmembers $155 (art materials included in tuition) Watercolor in the Fall—Gallery Session Five Saturdays: September 12, October 3, 10, 17, 24 | 11 am–1:30 pm Students will use the museum's grounds and permanent collection to paint on location with watercolors, empha- sizing the fall light, the use of materials, and a sense of place with artist Michael Wright. Limited enrollment | Members $145; nonmembers $155 (art materials included in tuition) Drawing—Gallery Session Five Sundays: September 13, October 4, 11, 18, 25 | 11 am–1:30 pm The museum's permanent collection serves as the class- room where students will discover ways of looking at art. Focused on the human form, the class makes drafts- manship accessible to all with artist David Schoffman. Limited enrollment | Members $145; nonmembers $155 (art materials included in tuition) Water Soluble Oil Painting—Studio Session Five Saturdays: September 12, October 3, 10, 17, 24 | 11 am–2 pm This class is designed to introduce basic oil painting techniques and color theory. Through color mixing exer- cises to learn about the palette, and observations of the modern art collection, students will create sketches in oil and a final painting with artist Shannon Green. Limited enrollment | Members $200; nonmembers $220 (art materials included in tuition) Impressionistic Japanese Watercolor—Studio Session Five Fridays: September 25, October 2, 9, 16, 23 | 6:30–9 pm This class teaches students how to create paintings that capture the essence of this luminous and softly colored medium. Participants will learn Japanese brush-painting techniques and how to create three-dimensional images with a single stroke with artist Hisako Asano. Limited enrollment | Members $170; nonmembers $180 (art materials included in tuition) To register for classes: 323 857-6010 No art classes September 19, 20, 26, 27 top: Baron François-Pascal-Simon Gérard, The 10th of August, 1792, The Ciechanowiecki Collection, Gift of The Ahmanson Foundation below: Christmas on Earth, a film by Barbara Rubin, distributed by The Film-Makers' Cooperative

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