Artnight At 18th Street September 29, 2007

Santa Monica, CA – 18th Street Arts Center presents “ArtNight at 18th Street,” a quarterly free art and music event, on Saturday, September 29, 5:00-8:30pm at 18th Street Arts Center, 1639 18th Street, Santa Monica, north of Olympic Blvd. This edition features gallery receptions, free concerts, site-specific art installations, and artist open studios. Contact 310-453-3711 or [email protected] for information. ArtNight is sponsored by the Santa Monica City Cultural Affairs Division, Los Angeles County Arts Commission, Crossroads School of Arts and Sciences, IZZE, and Hpnotiq.

MUSIC: California Choro Collective – A gathering of some of Southern California’s best Brazilian Choro musicians, including Mitchel Walker, Eva Scow, Ted Falcon, Ami Molinelli, and others. Bobby Matos Afro-Cuban Jazz – One of LA’s most popular Latin jazz bands returns to 18th Street. EXHIBITIONS: Incognegro – New and recent visual works by Mark Steven Greenfield exploring African-American depictions in American pop culture through blackface imagery. (AND) Guatemalan Forced Migration – Photos from Guatemalan refugee camps in Mexico by Manuel Gil in collaboration with writer Oscar Gil-Garcia. OPEN STUDIOS:
New and recent works by 18th Street Artists-in-Residence (as of 8/13/07):
Barry Frydlender
Electronic Café Int’l
EZTV
Continuum
Antony Hamilton
Hsiao-Fang Lin
Cindy Pop
Phranc

Official Website: http://www.18thstreet.org