The ARTery at the Lab

The Lab

2930 Bristol Street

Costa Mesa, California 92626

Located at The LAB in Costa Mesa, The ARTery is at the heart of the urban resurgence of Southern California. The ARTery is dedicated to supporting emerging artists through their exhibitions. Each artist will be presented in a solo or group show that will last the duration of two weeks to one month. In addition to the show, each artist will be featured within the SoBeCa Newsletter (http://www.sobeca.net/) as well as promoted through The LAB's collaborative efforts to further support the artisan community. The ARTery will be open for the following hours during this next show: 11:30am – 3pm & 6pm – 9pm Sunday through Thursday. 11:30am – 3pm & 6pm – 10pm Friday and Saturday.

If you would like to submit work for the artery e-mail mailto:info@%20thelab.com

I'd like to introduce you to Melanie Gillotte who is a local LA photographer and artist.

She's taken her photography to a whole new level, creating beautiful photographic tile work, decorative plates and much more. Additionally, she has also put her crafty skills to work to hand-make custom photo albums like you will find no-where else.

Each of her tiles and plates are hand-done with any photograph you desire. Melanie takes the image and transfers it directly on to the tile or plate (only the image is transferred-it's not decoupage). The image is then sealed in for the added safety to the picture. The tiles are roughed up to create a beautiful, rustic look and can be custom framed by a fellow artist she works with or can be hung on the wall by itself or stood in a small plate stand on a shelf.

I have found, in my experience and research of her products that they make amazing and memorable heartfelt gifts for loved ones when you want to get them something really meaningful.

You can find her website at www.photoculturist.com (currently under construction, but will be up in the next couple weeks).

For more info on how you can get your hands on her stuff, e-mail her at photoculturist@yahoo.com.

Upcoming Exhibitions

Some exhibitions coming up that I can't wait to see:

LACMA - Glass: Material Matters (spring)

MOCA - Lorna Simpson (spring)














PMCA - R. Kenton Nelson: Prose and Cons/Rhyme and Reason (now)















The Getty - The Medieval Bookshelf: From Romance to Astronomy (now through early spring)

Mo on art

While visiting the Hesse exhibition at the Portland Art Museum I thought it would be cool to start my own blog.

I am an artist myself and as an artist I've come to realize that artists are incredibly individual people. Their views on aesthetics and art vary vastly and I personally really enjoy seeing and understanding each artist's invidivduality and sense of style.

I thought it would be a great idea to have a blog where I could share my views and experiences on the various artworks, hole-in-the-wall places (boutique art stores and such), exhibitions, etc. that I find in my travels and life. I hope you enjoy and find them useful!