After a year of up and down, budget cuts and not, endless meetings and rallies and letters and begging and crying and weeping and nashing of teeth, the good news is, the Barnsdall Art Center lives. Classes are offered this winter session, starting January 22.
If you have not partaken, these classes are one of the L.A.'s great treasures. Classes are held in East Hollywood at the Barnsdall Arts Center, willed to the city by Aline Barnsdall, independent woman, thinker and lifelong supporter of the arts. Her Frank Lloyd Wright Hollyhock house is right next door for inspiration.
Classes are affordable, come in manageable 6-week chunks, and are taught by truly top of the line, working artists.
Today was registration day for kids classes. I arrived exactly when the flyers said to, at 8:45, and I was last in line. The hard core Korean mamas had been there since 5 am, camping out with fuzzy blankets, Ugg boots and folding chairs. I heard in the past the line has gone up and around the block. But with the center under seige for the last year, the public has grown confused. Lots of people don't even know classes are underway again.
So I am putting the word out. Sign up. For the foreseeable future Barnsdall and all its amazing teachers are here to teach us about what they love. Art will make you happy. I promise.
Try it.
December 10
8 years ago
2 comments:
i was walking through the hospital yesterday and saw all this beautiful artwork from barnsdall, i guess they have a partnership to display the art. i was also kind of stunned by the art they exhibited from school children around the world... really interesting seeing the different styles from a 6 year old in china to an older child in denmark. xx
mitch, you should take nina to some of the classes. all the teachers are AMAZING artists themselves who mostly do art, but teach to round out their incomes. i told them they should post their bios on line. so nice to see you back here. i miss you (on line and off)xo
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