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Coming:  Saturday, July 4, 2009

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Coming:  July 11, 2009

"Obatala" - Wendell Wiggins

Ashé
Blessings, Energy, Power

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Reception: Saturday, July 11, 2009 from 7-11 pm

Katie Elizabeth Brown, Eddy Bello-Sandoval, Viredo, Ricardo Silveira Miró, Wendell Wiggins,
Susan Matthews, Betty Kano, Lili Bernard, Gloria Longval

And an Elegua altar by Jorge Luis Rodriguez

The Yoruba religious beliefs and practices originated in Africa in Nigeria and Benin.  This is an ancient culture thousands of years old.  Brought to the New World through slavery, it gave birth to Santeria in Cuba.  Because of religious persecution, the Yoruba syncretised their religion with Catholicism to form what is now known as Santeria.

This upcoming July, the Avenue 50 Studio will present an art exhibition celebrating the Yoruba traditions known as Santeria.  Our exhibition will include visual art, bata drumming, and a lecture on the history and practice of the Yoruba traditions.

    
July 11- August 2, 2009

Sponsored by:  Saydel Incorporated, donde se preservan los secretos del mundo; El Colmao Cuban Restaurant

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and the Annex Presents:

Simple Pleasures - Alisa Adona

Portraits of Contemporary Cuba

Photography by:  Alisa Adona; Gil Garcetti; Louisa Marie Gauerke; Kevin Hass, Larry Shapiro and Carlos Ugalde

Reception: Saturday, July 11, 2009 from 7-11 pm

July 11- August 2, 2009

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Coming:  Sunday, August 16, 2009

Book reading and signing:  Sunday, August 16 from 2-4 pm

"A poet of the heart and head, of the personal and public, at times William Archila's poignant poems make me
hear and feel an echo of Pablo Neruda and Cesar Vallejo,"  -- Yusef Komunyakaa, Pulitzer Prize winner

William Archila was born in Santa Ana, El Salvador, and earned his MFA in poetry from the University of Oregon. His poems have been published in The Georgia Review, AGNl, Poetry International, The Los Angeles Review, Notre Dame Review, Crab Orchard Review, Rattle, Poet Lore, and Portland Review among others. In his first book The Art of Exile Archila asks readers to engage with a subject seldom explored in American poetry: the unrest in El Salvador in the 1980s and its impact on Central American immigrants who now claim this country as home.

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SAVE THE DATE:   August 22, 2009, 2 - 6 p.m.

4th Semi-Annual Tardeada and Art Auction Fundraiser

The Ave 50 Studio consistently produces the most exquisite exhibitions in town!

The design and concept of the shows and the quality of the work make this gallery one of the most important places in Los Angeles." --

Karen Mary Davalos, Ph.D., Chicana/o Studies Dept.
Loyola Marymount University

As we journey through our ninth year in the Northeast neighborhood of Highland Park,
we ask you to join us in celebration of art, friendship and community

August 22, 2009, 2 - 6 p.m.

At the home of Ricardo and Maria Teresa Muñoz

Tickets:  $25/per person or $40/couple

poetry, music, great food,

and, most importantly,

Wonderful affordable art by artist from Los Angeles to Mexico

(Selected artists as of 6/25/09):

Please meet our Honorary Board:

Chon A. Noriega
Director and Professor

UCLA Chicano Studies Research Center

Gregorio Luke

Writer and Art Lecturer

Mark Steven Greenfield
Director
LA Municipal Art Gallery

Ed P. Reyes
Councilmember, First District

Laurie Arroyo

Co-President

Arroyo Arts Collective

Gilberto Cardenas
Assistant Provost and Director
Universit of Notre Dame

CCH Pounder

Actress, Gallery Owner

Pounder-Kone Gallery

Nicole Possert

Friends of the Southwest Museum

Pam Hannah
Director of Operations

Autry National Center of the American West

Eliot Sekula

Art Collector

Howard Swerdloff
Owner and Curator
Howeeduzzit Gallery, Alhambra

Karen Mary Davalos
Art Historian and
Assistant Professor of Chicana/o Studies

Loyola Marymount University

Dr. Richard and Rebecca Zapanta

Friends of the Avenue 50 Studio

We would like to thank the following sponsors:

Bob Taylor Properties

Arroyo Arts Collective

COFAC

David Diaz, Environmental Planner

Best Custom Frames

LA Commons

East LA Repertory Theater

And our Food sponsors:

Arco Iris Mexican Restaurant

Las Cazuelas Mexican Food

The York on York
Juanitas
Cinnamon
Antigua Bread