Keystone Art Studios
Keystone is a Fine and Industrial Art studio space located in Glassell Park, Los Angeles. It houses a group of artists creating sculpture, paintings, performance, public art and media installations.
Recent News and Events
12 x 12 x 12 Exhibition and Art Sale
Tickets for the art sale event can be purchased on Eventbrite (Link: http://createla.eventbrite.com)
The event will also be an open studio. Come meet some amazing artists, see a lot of original artwork, and help our youth arts organization provide great art classes and workshops to community youth for free!
100% of proceeds benefit Create LA
Create LA is a non-profit arts educational organization dedicated to engaging youth in quality arts programming; promoting the spread of specialized skill-sets from this generation of artisans to the next and to provide a community space for creativity to thrive. Help us make this possible.
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Call for submissions 12 x 12 x 12 Exhibit
We are seeking donations of original art works up to, but not to exceed 12" x 12" x 12" for a special one night exhibit and art sale event. Donated art work will be hung anonymously, with the information on the artist revealed only after purchase. All donating artists will have their names listed on the Keystone promotional materials. Tickets will be sold to the public for $50. Each ticket guarentees selection of one piece of art. Donating artists can purchase $25 discount tickets for the sale. All artwork must be able to hang on a wall or sit securely on a pedestal.
100% of proceeds benefit Create LA
Create LA is a non-profit arts educational organization dedicated to engaging youth in quality arts programming; promoting the spread of specialized skill-sets from this generation of artisans to the next and to provide a community space for creativity to thrive. Help us make this possible.
If interested in participating please send an email to Keystonegalleryspace@gmail.com by March 20, 2013.
Delivery deadline is April 21, 2013.
For questions please call Krista: (561) 577-7877
COMMUNITY WOODSHOP LA
OPENING: DEAN STYERS SOLO EXHIBITION | Preservation Through Neglect
Dean's work uses images of people or objects without clear context to elicit familiar emotions (a pretty girl, a well-dressed man, a child, an astronaut, an embracing couple) but undermines the emotions that attend these icons with text. While the subject is often attractive and comforting – eliciting feelings of nostalgia and innocence – the sentiment that overlays the image is typically bitter, or melancholic, or cynical, or even bleak- but always with the tiniest amount of hopefulness. This juxtaposition often creates a unique conflict for the viewer.
Dean's paintings have appeared in numerous galleries & museums (The Santa Monica Museum of Art, The Zimmer Museum, The Tucson Museum Of Art, etc.) sharing wall space with dozens of prominent artists, including Marc Ryden, Diane Arbus, Ed Ruscha, Barbara Kruger, John Baldessari, Robert Rauschenberg, Ralph Steadman and Andy Warhol.
See: keystoneartspace.blogspot.com/2013/01/dean-styers-solo-exibition.html for more info.
Dean's website: deanstyers.com
KEYSTONE GROUP SHOW
Works from selected artists at Keystone Fine Art Studios will be shown in Gallery 4 of the James Gray Gallery at Bergamot station February 16th - March 10th, 2013.
Artists Included are Melanie Mandl, Tim Hussey, Krista Machovina, David Yow, G Mack Hill, and Jesse Vogel.
More at: Keystone Art Space Blog.OPENING:Dani Dodge's installation at SDAI: Museum of the Living Artist, "You Always Sleep Alone"
Dani Dodge's installation at SDAI: Museum of the Living Artist, "You Always Sleep Alone," examines the juxtaposition of longing for human connection, and fearing it at the same time.
In "You Always Sleep Alone," Dodge creates an immersive environment in which the participant moves into and through a dreamlike room where torn sheets are doors and white comforters hang overhead to create a ceiling. Contained in the environ are more than a half dozen separate narratives that explore the ways people attempt to cope with the utter aloneness of sleep, knowing by whatever means they grasp the present that it can still sneak away in the night, leaving them vulnerable to their nightmare fears and fantasies.
Some of these moments are created with bed-sized paintings wrapped in fabric and gauze. Others are hoisted onto bed frames attached to the walls or rest on the floor. The works are deeply layered and incorporate materials that both bind and protect, such as safety pins, staples and sutures. One piece is painted entirely with makeup. Another tableau plays out within a white baby crib.
And just as each Bonsai must have its Suiseki to create a true work of art, Dodge pairs each of these bed-shaped pieces with a counterpoint. Sometimes it's a box that the participant must open or a display of an item that reveals another side of the story.
The museum is open Tuesday through Saturday, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.; and Sunday, noon to 4 p.m. The phone is 619-236-0011. Website:www.sandiego-art.org
Dodge, a Los Angeles resident, is represented by Pimento Fine Art in San Diego and currently has a solo show there as well. The show at Pimento, "Picking Up the Pieces," features paintings that incorporate architectural elements. The show runs through Jan. 1 2013. Please call 619-955-5285 to set up an appointment to view the show at Pimento. Pimento is located within Olive PR Solutions Inc. at 350 W. Ash St. #103, San Diego, Calif. 92101.
In 2012, Dodge also has had a solo show at L Street Fine Art in San Diego and a solo booth at Art San Diego 2012/Contemporary Art Fair. She is now working on an installation for the San Diego International Airport that will be placed in February 2013.
Dani Dodge can be reached at Dani@DaniDodge.com. Her website is www.DaniDodge.com.
GRAND OPENING
Keystone Fine Arts invites you to an opening reception and fundraising event for the arts non-profit CREATE LA
VIDEO OF NEW SPACE
Artist/Designer Melanie Mandl created this stop motion video documentation of the construction process during our big build at the Glassell Building in August. Check it out!
Greetings from Create LA and Keystone Fine Art Studios!
Create LA is a non-profit organization dedicated to engaging the arts community via educational art classes for area youth. The organization aims to create an inclusive and stimulating environment for adults and children by also providing affordable workspace and career development opportunities for existing artists. Create LA currently shares a space in Glassell Park with Keystone Fine Art Studios.
Keystone is a Fine and Industrial Art studio space formerly located in Los Angeles's Historic Echo Park. It houses a group of artists creating sculpture, paintings, performance, public art and media installations. This August Keystone picked up and moved its studios over to Glassell Park to join Create LA in their new 50,000 square-foot home at 2558 N San Fernando Road.
We need your support!! Create LA and Keystone Studios are joining forces to tackle a HUGE project in Glassell Park. We need to raise money to build our classroom and gallery space and get FREE YOUTH ART CLASSES at Create LA up and running! Come take a look at what we are doing and see how you can help!
CALL TO ARTISTS
Keystone Fine Art Studios is currently accepting submissions for a group show that will take place on August 24th. To submit please send up to 3 images to keystoneartspace@gmail.com.
Accepting submissions of the following:
- painting
- prints
- photography
- sculpture
No installations or performance.
If selected, pieces will need to be delivered on August 18th.
ECHO PARK ARTWALK
Enjoy music, refreshments & artworks by Melanie Mandl (painting, sculpture, video), Molten Metal Works (sculpture), Dean Styers (painting), Jesse Vogel (painting), Amy Musket (painting, drawing), Danny Perez (video installation), Dallas Ryder (painting), Krista Machovina (painting), Luke Whitlatch (painting), Chris Slatoff (sculpture) and more…!!! Not to be missed!
See: http://dianakohne.blogspot.com/2012/05/keystone-art-space-on-echo-park-art.html for images from the show.
Also - article about the Echo Park Art Walk in Huffington Post.
GROUP SHOW AND BENEFIT
Keystone Art Space in Echo Park announces a group art show and benefit auction that will take place on Saturday May 5th. DEPTH PERCEPTION will feature artwork from over 30 artists from California, New York, Virginia, Chigaco and Singapore. The silent auction will take place from 7pm-10pm. All donation proceeds will go to David Castleman and his family to help offset his extreme medical bills.
Direct monetary donations can be made to David through: http://www.giveforward.com/davidcastlemancancersurvival
SPACE AVAILABLE
STUDIOS AVAILABLE!
Contact
Keystoneartspace@gmail.com
for details!
AIR'S "RUN" ANIMATED BY MELANIE MANDL
Melanie Mandl's haunting animated music video for Air's song "Run" won the music video audience award at the 2008 Los Angeles Film Festival. The video was totally DIY, made in Mandl's own back yard. After it was finished she sent it to the French band Air to get their blessing on it and they liked it.
See: http://www.filmindependent.org/blogs/short-fix-airs-run-animated-by-melanie-mandl/
PARTY
Christopher Slatoff - The Illustrated Man
January 28th, 6to 9pm, at La Fonderie, 1755 Glendale Blvd., Los Angeles 90026. The entrance is on Aaron St.
PRESS
This weekend, the community along with the Echo Park Improvement Association will start a major cleanup of Glendale Boulevard.
Read the article at: EchoParkNow.com
ATLAS RESONANCE PROJECT
The Atlas Resonance Project is a
world-wide participatory art project.
As the winter solstice of 2012 approaches we are
inundated with messages about the foreboding changes
that will occur on our planet induced by the Mayan
prophecies.
The concept–the coin–is conceived — cast by a
collective of artists at "La Fonderie" in Los Angeles.
The culmination–the bronze bell–is the realized unified
harmonic heart to be cast and rung in the Atlas
Mountains of Morocco in 12/2012.
More info at: atlasresonanceproject2012.com
ARTIST LECTURE
Keystone artist Dean Styers, along with Raymond Pettibon and Douglas Nielsen, spoke on a panel at the Tucson Museum of art last fall.
Read about it at: keystoneartspace.blogspot.com
NEW SHOW
Announcing the Grand opening of
Jefchak/Wyrick Gallery in Beverly hills.
The first group show, "Urban Nothingness" features
seven artists based in Los Angeles, including Keystone
Art Space's Dean Styers, Jesse Vogel and Melanie Mandl.
Hope to see you there!
More information at: keystoneartspace.blogspot.com
Artists
Wayne Bannister
Wayne's education and background work experience is in the fields of Environmental Design and Geographic Information Systems. He is currently studying Collage and Print Making at the Art Center College of Design.
Luc Bernard
A Canadian artist now residing in Los Angeles, Luc is represented by four galleries in North America. Luc first established himself in the Canadian art scene as an encaustic painter. The lush and textured landscapes he created always wanted to push towards abstraction, which became more and more apparent over the years. For the last 2 years, Luc's paintings have explored color and texture in oils and sumi ink.
Dani Dodge
Installation Artist
Dani Dodge explores the wars we wage within ourselves, and tells the stories in mixed media and installation.
Dani works primarily by layering different media – acrylic paint, spray paint, ink and collage – to create raw, abstracted images that tell tales of loneliness, joy, pain and triumph – in short, of being human.
Karen Kang
Karen creates art on old book covers and book pages. She is particularly drawn to recycled and vintage materials, like old ads and magazines from the 50's. The use of vibrant color is important to her, as it contributes to the feeling of something new emerging from what has been discarded. Her use of collage, paint, detailed drawing and a multi-layered approach merge seamlessly together to form a cohesive visual experience.
La Fonderie
Mold making,bronze, aluminum, and
stainless steel casting, and patinas
Our experience and continuous presence in the metal
casting and fabrication industries allows us to
assemble and organize the required appropriate vendors
and teams. We provide and oversee all detailed
drawings, manufacturing techniques we have developed to
expedite the project. Quality control of every part
produced and on-site project management of each phase
of manufacturing.
Melanie Mandl
Melanie's work includes paintings, miniatures and video installations.
Niki Sabot
Niki is a Canadian artist and philanthropist who currently focuses on contemporary sculpture and painting. After five years living in Asia, she made LA Fonderie her home in 2009. She studied Interior Architecture at Ryerson University in Toronto, Canada, and remains involved with a variety of programs in Canada and the US.
Dean Styers
Dean's work uses images of people or objects without clear context to elicit familiar emotions (a pretty girl, a well-dressed man, a child, an astronaut, flowers) but undermines the emotions that attend these icons with text. While the subject is often attractive and comforting – eliciting feelings of nostalgia and innocence – the sentiment that overlays the image is typically bitter, or melancholic, or cynical, or bleak. This juxtaposition often creates a unique conflict for the viewer.
Ray Vanatta
Jesse Vogel
Originally from Santa Barbara, Jesse received his BFA from San Francisco State before moving to Los Angeles, where he currently resides. His paintings explore brief moments in time in urban and suburban landscapes. The images are drawn from photos he has taken around Los Angeles.
Miri Chais
Chais' art combines cutting edge technology and virtual imagery in a dizzying and fascinating new aesthetic vision. Images from modern culture, from Japanese manga to pop music and other popular expressions can be found, along with a bizarrely modernist statue of the Colossus of Rhodes, which includes video, soundtrack, and tracking cameras straight from an Orwellian novel.
Keystone Art Studios
Keystone is a Fine and Industrial Art studio space located in Historic Echo Park, Los Angeles. It houses a group of artists creating sculpture, paintings, performance, public art and media installations.
La Fonderie
La Fonderie is located in the heart of Los Angeles, California. We cast sculptures for sculptors nationally and internationally with competitive pricing and quality work. Our team of highly skilled artisans, technicians, and managers specialize in executing multi-faceted projects at their inception and concept proposals, thru design, manufacturing and installation in the field.
Contact
Our Location
2558 N San Fernando Rd Los Angeles CA 90065
Email: keystoneartspace@gmail.com
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