SPARC Exhibition @ Leisa Collins Art Studio
March 8 – 29, 2014
Ashley Nunn “Creation”, 13” x 16”, Acrylic on Studio Wrap.
South Pasadena Arts Council (SPARC) announces its latest exhibition
project taking place from March 8 –
29, 2014 at the Leisa Collins Art Studio, 812 Fremont Ave, #101, South
Pasadena California 91030, as part of the South Pasadena Spring Arts Crawl.
Curated by Leisa Collins and Howard Spector, the
Opening Reception will take place on Saturday,
March 8, from 6-9 pm
Fifteen artists in different media were selected for this
exhibition. They are: Michael Childs, Brian Cho, Dominique Heffley, Cathy
Perlmutter, Paul Grab, Andrea Bogdan, Valerio Ventura, Vanessa Schoth, Carol
Dequech, Janet Milhomme, Ashley Nunn, Garey Porter, Cody Patterson, Clare
Hebert, and Michiko Ito.
Howard Spector is Director of SPARC and Principal of Skyework Consulting. He
works with non-profit organizations on program development, planning, and arts
education; and with artists on exhibitions and projects.
He received a Master of Fine Arts Degree from the State University
of New York at Buffalo; is a professional visual artist and has exhibited his
work both nationally and internationally. His work is included in numerous public
and private collections and Thistle & Weed Press published his first book
of digital images, Dialog Box, a collaboration with poet Jay Brecker, in 2012.
Leisa Collins is a native of Auckland, New
Zealand. She embarked on her artistic career in the late 1970′s. At the age of
17 she abandoned the confines of formal art training, opting to learn her craft
by traveling across New Zealand and capturing its rugged beauty in her
paintings.
She continued her travels around the world and set up a
studio in Alexandria, Virginia and became actively involved in the Alexandria
community. She served as a commissioner on the Commission for the Arts, formed
a community art nexus of active local visual artists, and completed a number of
public art projects. She travels extensively, enjoying the freedom of making
her living from her art. In 2013 Leisa decided to head west and has now made
South Pasadena, California her home.
In addition SPARC will host a closing event on Saturday, March 29, from 6-8pm
at the Leisa Collins Art Studio
Come out for an evening on the town, enjoy music, food and
fun time and stop by to see the exhibition and also artwork by Leisa Collins. Admission
to the opening reception is free as part of the Arts Crawl.
