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octobre | october 2009
Jeudi | Thursday
CONFERENCE
6 pm - 8 pm
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Conference on Franco-American cultural
differences
Guillaume Serina will hold a conference at the Alliance Française
on French-American cultural differences. Guillaume is the creator of the
Ben Franklin Post, an online newspaper giving American news in French.
A debate will follow the conference.
Conference in english
Tickets: $17 for non-members
Alliance Française of Los Angeles
10390 Santa Monica Boulevard, Suite #120
Los Angeles, CA 90025
310-652-0306
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octobre | october 2009
Vendredi | Friday
CINEMA
7:30 pm
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L'année dernière à
Marienbad Last Year at Marienbad
The Classic Films of Alain Resnais
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1961/b&w/93 min./Scope | Scr: Alain Robbe-Grillet;
dir: Alain Resnais; w/ Delphine Seyrig, Giorgio Albertazzi, Sacha
Pitoëff.
Unforgettable in its enigmatic details (gilded ceilings, diabolical
parlor games, a loaded gun) and nearly supernatural scope, Resnais's
investigation into the nature of memory is an unparalleled cinematic
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9:10 pm
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Toute la mémoire du monde (All the World's Memory)
and Le Chant du styrène
The Classic Films of Alain Resnais
1956/b&w/22 min. | 1958/color/19 min./Scope
In his 1956 short, Resnais channels Borges as he glides
through Paris's labyrinthine Bibliothèque Nationale, which at the
time housed some six million books and five million prints, and contemplates
it as both a supreme ornament of civilization and a representation of
the mind's inner workings.
Le Chant du styrene was hailed by Godard as Resnais's "fantastic
farewell to the short film."
Commissioned by the Pechiney Corporation and filmed in their ultramodern
polystyrene factory, it traces the production of plastics—from finished
product back through the primeval raw material from which it derives—with
the lighthearted vim of an Astaire and Rogers musical number.
Ticket Prices
$10 general admission.
$7 museum members, seniors (62+), students with valid ID.
$5 second film only of a double-feature; no advance purchase.
Where to Buy
Buy tickets at the museum box office (tel. 323 857-6010) or online. Many
programs sell out so try to purchase in advance.
Included
Your film ticket covers both films in a double bill, except where noted,
and includes entrance to the museum galleries as well.
The Leo S. Bing Theater
LACMA
5905 Wilshire Boulevard
Los Angeles CA 90036
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octobre | october 2009
Samedi | Saturday
CINEMA
7:30 pm
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Muriel ou Les temps d'un retour
The Classic Films of Alain Resnais
1963/color/115 min. | Scr: Jean Cayrol; dir: Alain Resnais; w/ Delphine
Seyrig, Jean-Pierre Kerien, Jean-Baptiste Thierrée.
Perhaps the purest expression of Renais's central theme—how
the present is held captive by the past—Muriel returns the director
to the concrete reality of the everyday world while maintaining an aura
of mystery and strangeness.
Hélène (Seyrig) is an antique dealer in the provincial port
town of Boulogne-sur-Mer who obsesses on the memory of her ex-lover Alphonse
(Kerien), as her stepson (Thierrée) is haunted by agonizing thoughts
from his army stint in Algeria.
9:30 pm
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Night and Fog (Nuit et brouillard)
The Classic Films of Alain Resnais
1955/b&w and color/32 min. | Scr: Jean Cayrol; dir: Alain Resnais.
Resnais' immortal short film is a lucid meditation on the
Nazi concentration camps ten years after their liberation. The director's
subtle counterpoint of present and past, color tracking shots of the camps'
ruins, and stark black and white newsreel footage, is heightened by the
lyrical narrative of Cayrol.
Ticket Prices
$10 general admission.
$7 museum members, seniors (62+), students with valid ID.
$5 second film only of a double-feature; no advance purchase.
Where to Buy
Buy tickets at the museum box office (tel. 323 857-6010) or online. Many
programs sell out so try to purchase in advance.
Included: Your film ticket covers both films in a double
bill, except where noted, and includes entrance to the museum galleries
as well.
The Leo S. Bing Theater
LACMA
5905 Wilshire Boulevard
Los Angeles CA 90036
MUSIQUE
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8 pm
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Cabaret Batalla
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Grammy nominated vocalist, composer, and arranger
Perla Batalla will present an eclectic evening of music featuring
songs in Spanish, English, and French!
With guest Amanda McBroom: Amanda McBroom
became famous for a song she wrote: the title track from The Rose,
a movie inspired by Texan Janis Joplin. Bette Midler's recording
of the anthem became a hit.
Ms. McBroom will sing a few songs from Belgian songwriter and
composer Jacques Brel.
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Tickets: Adult $50 / Students $30
Ticket Sales & Information: (310) 286-0553
Theatre Raymond Kabbaz — Le Lycée Français de Los Angeles.
10361 W. Pico Blvd
Los Angeles CA 90064
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octobre | october 2009
Vendredi | Friday
GASTRONOMIE
7-9 pm
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Wine & Culture: Champagne, French
Wine & Language Class
Find always tricky pronouncing French grape names or appellations
such as Cabernet Sauvignon (Kab-er-nay Soh-vin-yoh), Viognier (Vee-oh-nyeh),
Cotes du Rhone (Koat doo Rohne), Pouilly Fume (Pooh-eey Few-may)...? Want
to learn some French while enjoying great wines from France?.. or know
how to order food & wine at a Cafe/Bistro during your next stay in
France?..
Skip for now the flight to Paris or the French Riviera, save on travel
expenses and come join us for this Champagne, French Wine & Language
Class! You will have a GREAT time!
How much?
only $88 for two - $55 for one - $65 at the door
(includes champagne + all wines, take-home educational documents, tasty
cheeses & appetizers+ a fun & friendly atmosphere!)
Questions?
please email Jean-Baptiste
at jb@lawinetasting.com
Where?
Miele Design Center
189 N. Robertson Blvd.
(1 block NORTH of Wilshire)
Beverly Hills, CA 90211
CINEMA
7:30 pm
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La Guerre est finie (The War is Over)
The Classic Films of Alain Resnais
1966/b&w/123 min. | Scr: Jorge Semprún; dir: Alain Resnais;
w/ Yves Montand, Michel Piccoli, Ingrid Thulin, Geneviève Bujold,
Jean-François Rémi. | Print courtesy of the Academy Film
Archive.
Montand stars as a Spanish communist party chief who lives
under multiple assumed identities. A revolutionary without a cause or
a country, he's exiled in Paris.
Engulfed by fears, fantasies, and futilities, he begins a love affair
with young radical Bujold. Contemplating a return to Franco's Spain even
with the risk of capture by the police, Montand is powerfully moving and
romantic as a lost man of ideals in Resnais's powerful illustration of
a troubling question: what happens to political commitment in the rush
of time?
9:40 pm
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Guernica and Les Statues meurent aussi (Statues also Die)
The Classic Films of Alain Resnais
1950/b&w/12 min.; Dir: Alain Resnais, Robert Hessens | 1953/b&w/30
min.; Dir: Alain Resnais, Chris Marker.
With the aid of Picasso's enormous fresco and an
impassioned text by surrealist poet Paul Éluard, Resnais's Guernica
offers a protest against war and a hopeful hymn to innocence and peace.
Long suppressed by the French government, Resnais and Chris Marker's Les
Statues meurent aussi explores European culture's misuse of African sacred
art.
Ticket Prices
$10 general admission.
$7 museum members, seniors (62+), students with valid ID.
$5 second film only of a double-feature; no advance purchase.
Where to Buy
Buy tickets at the museum box office (tel. 323 857-6010) or online. Many
programs sell out so try to purchase in advance.
Included: Your film ticket covers both films in a double
bill, except where noted, and includes entrance to the museum galleries
as well.
The Leo S. Bing Theater
LACMA
5905 Wilshire Boulevard
Los Angeles CA 90036
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octobre | october 2009
Samedi | Saturday
CINEMA
7:30 pm
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Je t'aime, je t'aime
The Classic Films of Alain Resnais
1968/color/91 min. | Scr: Jacques Sternberg; dir: Alain Resnais; w/ Claude
Rich, Van Doude, Olga Georges-Picot.
After a failed attempt at suicide, Rich is chosen
as the first guinea pig for a time-travelling experiment. But a technical
malfunction lands him in a maze of his own fractured memories. He re-experiences
his seduction of a beautiful, rebellious Picot, their idyllic vacation
on the Riviera, and a fateful sojourn in Glasgow. Little seen in the U.S.
and featuring cameos by such Resnais collaborators as Robbe-Grillet and
Semprún, Je t'aime, je t'aime is perhaps Resnais's most
underrated work.
Ticket Prices
$10 general admission.
$7 museum members, seniors (62+), students with valid ID.
$5 second film only of a double-feature; no advance purchase.
Where to Buy
Buy tickets at the museum box office (tel. 323 857-6010) or online. Many
programs sell out so try to purchase in advance.
Included: Your film ticket covers both films in a double
bill, except where noted, and includes entrance to the museum galleries
as well.
The Leo S. Bing Theater
LACMA
5905 Wilshire Boulevard
Los Angeles CA 90036
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10-11
octobre | october 2009
Week-end
11 h à
17 h | 11 am - 5 pm
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Amitié- Expo 2009
pour le bénéfice de " Médecins Sans Frontieres"
Sous le haut patronage de M. David Martinon, Consul Général
de France,
Los Angeles Accueil présentera ses Artistes Francophones.
Entrée gratuite
Los Angeles Accueil will have its annual International
Art Show :"Amitie Expo 2009" , for the benefit of "Doctors
without Borders"
Art, drawing, music, pastries....
Open free to public
813 North Camden Drive,
Beverly Hills CA 90210
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octobre | october 2009
Dimanche | Sunday
SPORTS
 •Pétanque
Select Douplette
Rancho Park courts
West Los Angeles
Pour plus d'info concernant tarif et horaires,
consulter l'association Los
Angeles Pétanque
VISUAL
ARTS
DERNIER JOUR ! LAST DAY!
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Corot in California
Santa Barbara Museum
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octobre | october 2009
Jeudi-Vendredi | Thursday-Friday
CONFERENCE
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La Ville Marquée - Branded City
14th Annual Graduate Students Conference
French & Francophone Studies • University of California Los Angeles
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Paris,
with its long and active history, represents a unique indicator of
how cities shape the way in which men and women think about the world
and in turn, are shaped by our thinking.
While many writers and artists depict the city, their versions vary
considerably with regards to their own perspectives. One need only
think of the Paris of La Bruyère or that of Walter Benjamin,
Tahar Ben Jelloun, Mathieu Kassovitz, or Merzak Allouache.
In addition to the Parisian example, Montaigne’s Bordeaux, Stendhal’s
Grenoble and more recently, Assia Djebar’s Strasbourg or Azouz
Begag’s version of Lyon represent many different urban experiences.
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What this conference seeks to investigate thus, are the
points of view and strategies of those who have decided to make their
mark on or brand the city.
How is the city depicted? How have French and francophone cities influenced
and branded the works of artists from around the world? How has the city
been marked and thus shaped, physically or historically by the influx
and outflow of people?
The languages for this conference are French and English.
Contact Information:
UCLA
212 Royce Hall, Box 951539
Los Angeles, CA 90095 -1539
tel: 310.825.1145
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octobre | october 2009
Vendredi | Friday
CINEMA
7:30 pm
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Stavisky
The Classic Films of Alain Resnais
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1974/color/115 min. | Scr: Jorge Semprún;
dir: Alain Resnais; w/ Jean-Paul Belmondo, Charles Boyer, François
Périer, Anny Duperey, Claude Rich, Michael Lonsdale.
Resnais returned from a long hiatus with this voluptuous
film based on the real story of Serge Alexandre Stavisky, a small-time
swindler whose big connections elevated him to the level of international
financier, and whose downfall caused a major political scandal that
almost undid the French government in 1933.
Set in the seaside resort of Biarritz and boasting elegant Art Deco
sets and a Sondheim score, Resnais's Stavisky is no mere biography
but an opulently staged and delicately constructed mediation on
the fragility of time. Belmondo is a perfect Stavisky, Sacha Vierny's
cinematography shimmers, and Boyer's Baron Raoul is peerlessly charismatic.
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Ticket Prices
$10 general admission.
$7 museum members, seniors (62+), students with valid ID.
Where to Buy
Buy tickets at the museum box office (tel. 323 857-6010) or online. Many
programs sell out so try to purchase in advance.
Included: Your film ticket covers both films in a double
bill, except where noted, and includes entrance to the museum galleries
as well.
The Leo S. Bing Theater
LACMA
5905 Wilshire Boulevard
Los Angeles CA 90036
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octobre | october 2009
Samedi | Saturday
4-10pm
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The 'Friends of Tahiti' Gala
under the Stars
Tahitian Dance entertainment will include Le Polynesia,
Tekurio Nui, and Our Grand Show by Lokelani's Rhythm of the Islands! Enjoy
a traditional Tahitian/Polynesian dinner, and Music by Te Mau Marite.
Also, direct from Tahiti our MC for the evening will be
the King of Rock, Rocky Gobrait!
Doors open at 4pm with vendors.
Come and join us for a unique and unforgettable Friends of Tahiti experience
under the stars, with dinner, tiki torches, drums and authentic Tahitian
performances.
$35/person.
Questions? Call Mareine at 949 581 5888 or friendsoftahiti@yahoo.com
Newport Aquatic Center ( NAC )
1 WhiteCliffs Dr.
Newport Beach, CA 92660
Coming from the Beach:
PCH to Dover Drive
Right on Westcliff Drive
Right at first & second stop signs
Right on Whitecliffs Dr.
The NAC will be straight ahead
Coming from the Freeway
55 FWY South to 17th St. and take a left
Left on Dover Dr.
Right on Westcliff Dr.
Right at first & second stop signs
CINEMA
7:30 pm
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Mon oncle d'Amérique
The Classic Films of Alain Resnais
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1980/color/123 min. | Scr: Jean Gruault; dir:
Alain Resnais; w/ Gérard Depardieu, Nicole Garcia, Roger
Pierre.
Interweaving fact and fiction, science and art, biography
and melodrama, Resnais's playful hit film finds workaholic Depardieu
in the middle of a downsizing panic, ambitious intellectual and
media executive Pierre pursing a political career, and talented
but seldom employed actress Garcia lost somewhere in between.
Winner of the Grand Jury Prize at the Cannes Film Festival and a
best screenplay Oscar nominee.
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Ticket Prices
$10 general admission.
$7 museum members, seniors (62+), students with valid ID.
$5 second film only of a double-feature; no advance purchase.
Where to Buy
Buy tickets at the museum box office (tel. 323 857-6010) or online. Many
programs sell out so try to purchase in advance.
Included: Your film ticket covers both films in a double
bill, except where noted, and includes entrance to the museum galleries
as well.
The Leo S. Bing Theater
LACMA
5905 Wilshire Boulevard
Los Angeles CA 90036
CINEMA
7:30 p.m.
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Goodbye, Children (Au Revoir
Les Enfants - 1987)
-- Fabulous French Films
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As World War II rages on, two students at a boarding
school, the French-Catholic Julien Quintin (Gaspard Manesse) and the
Jewish Jean Bonnet (Raphael Fejto), form an unlikely friendship in
director Louis Malle's powerfully moving drama based on events
from his own life.
Although the boys begin as adversaries, they soon find common ground,
especially when it becomes clear that Jean is merely trying to survive
the tyranny of the Nazis.
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Tickets: $10
The Warner Grand Theatre
478 West 6th Street
San Pedro
Located just "below" Pacific and 6th Street intersection.
Metered parking [FREE after 5 p.m.and free all day Sunday] is available
on 6th Street and also in a well-lit outdoor lot on 7th street, just "below"
Pacific.
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octobre | october 2009
Dimanche| Sunday
VISUAL
ARTS
DERNIER JOUR ! LAST DAY!
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Exhibition
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Exposition
Walls of Algiers:
Narratives of the City"
at the Getty Center
Sepulveda Blvd
Los Angeles
getty.edu
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octobre | october 2009
Samedi| Saturday
MUSIQUE
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MUSIQUE
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•Jessica Fichot
Chanteuse and songwriter Jessica Fichot
is a lot like her hometown of Paris: French at heart, but with a soul
that's truly international. Her multi-ethnic French / Chinese / American
upbringing colors the songs on her debut album. It's called Le Chemin,
"The Path," and for good reason: Jessica takes the listener
on a twisting journey out of the French chanson tradition, into the
lands of gypsy jazz, Chinese and Latin American folk music, through
the classic American repertoire, and off into the wilderness of her
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Event Tickets: Adults 25$ children (3-11) 5$
Catalina
Festival of World Music Catalina Island, CA
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octobre | october 2009
Jeudi | Thursday
4:30 pm
CONFERENCE
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"To count or not to count: The 'ethnic statistics'
debate in France"
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The UCLA French and Francophone Studies Department
and The Centre for the Study of Global France present Jean-Loup
Amselle, Directeur d'études, École des hautes
études en sciences sociales (EHESS): "To count or not
to count: The 'ethnic statistics' debate in France."
A wine and cheese reception will follow the lecture.
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UCLA
Royce Hall 236
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octobre | october 2009
Vendredi| Friday
VISUAL
ARTS
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Ingres's
'Comtesse d'Haussonville'
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The Norton Simon Museum is delighted to announce
the arrival this fall of Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres’s
magnificent painting Comtesse d’Haussonville, 1845,
on loan from The Frick Collection in New York.
This portrait of the comtesse, a young woman known
as Louise, Princess de Broglie (1818–1882), is the first
loan from the Frick in an art exchange program between the venerable
New York institution and the Norton Simon foundations.
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More
about this exhibition
Norton Simon Museum
of Art
411 W. Colorado Boulevard
Pasadena, CA 91105-1825
626.449.6840
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30-31
octobre | october 2009
Vendredi-Samedi | Friday-Saturday
THEATRE
8:00pm
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Stages
presents young actor Aurélien
Daudet
in the adaptation of his forefather
Alphonse Daudet’s “Lettres de mon Moulin”
as directed by Léo Cohen-Paperman.
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As part of a two months residency at Stages Theatre,
Aurélien Daudet will give two special performances only of
the Letters, on Friday October 30th and Saturday the 31st at .
Letters from My Windmill is a collection of
short stories by Alphonse Daudet first published in its entirety
in 1869.
The stories are all told by the author in the first person, typically
addressing a Parisian reader.
The author, having relocated his home from Paris, recounts short
bucolic tales about his new life in Provence as well as his trips
to Corsica and French Algeria.
Considered to be light-hearted, and often a bit tongue-in-cheek,
the stories vary from day-to-day events in southern France to Provençal
folk-tales, and often feature professions and faunal references
characteristic of Provence.
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Info and Reservations 323-465-1010
Location:
Stages Center Theatre
1540 N. McCadden Place
Hollywood, CA 90028
One block east of Highland Ave.
I/2 block north of Sunset Boulevard
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octobre | october 2009
Samedi | Saturday
SEMINAIRE
| SEMINAR
•How
to look and think about art
 French
writer Frank Navarro (Art Gate founder, Art & Philosophy writer,
France) offers you to discover Contemporary Art in a smart & entertaining
way.
A series of 3 seminars (Saturdays October 31st,
November 7th & 14th) breaking complex notions into simple words will
show you how art can enhance our grasp of life.
Our mediators will guide you through the prolific world of
art while getting a clearer understanding of what art is, how it is created,
exhibited and collected.
Seminars are 4 hours each
Price for the series of 3 seminars: $390 (special inaugural price)
ART GATE
P: 323 448 6156
E: info@art-gate.org
www.art-gate.org
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