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July 5th, 2012 — Art and Culture, Babies, Interior Design, Kids
Minted.com has recently launched a collection of art, including family trees, maps, wedding celebration art, and more. Sourced from an ever-growing community of thousands of artists and designers, the Minted art collection will be continually refreshed. All artwork is available in several colorways except photgraphy, in order to allow customers to match art prints to their home décor. Their customization art work is particularly fun for children’s nurseries where you can add your child’s name, birthday, etc. Also be sure to check out their unique customizable family tree art.
Minted prints art on museum-quality, cotton rag archival paper. Sizes range from 5”x7”, 8” x 10”, 11” x 14”, 16 x 20”, 18” x 24”, 30” x 40” and 44” x 60.” In addition Minted.com is offering framing for the next three weeks. Helpful framing tips can be found on their blog Here. Until December 2012, proceeds from Minted’s children’s art category will be donated to Every Mother Counts, the maternal health advocacy and mobilization campaign founded by Christy Turlington Burns. Minted.com
December 9th, 2011 — About Me, Art and Culture
Art Basel, Night One, Homemade Dress made by Mama Jam and I
Group Photo at The Shelborne
Jeff Koons, Dots
Images: Taryn Cox for THE WIFE
September 29th, 2011 — Art and Culture
Pacific Standard Time is the culmination of a long-term Getty Research Institute initiative that focuses on postwar art in Los Angeles. Through archival acquisitions, oral history interviews, public programming, exhibitions, and publications, the Research Institute is responding to the need to locate, collect, document, and preserve the art historical record of this vibrant period. Between October 2011 and February 2012, a major exhibition at the J. Paul Getty Museum will present a survey of postwar painting and sculpture in Los Angeles, accompanied by a book that is at once an exhibition catalog and an overview of postwar art history in Southern California.
The eagerly anticipated Pacific Standard Time: Art in L.A. 1945-1980 is set to begin on October 1 and 2 with simultaneous exhibition openings at more than two dozen participating museums. Visitors of this unprecedented region wide initiative that celebrates the rise of the Los Angeles art scene can expect a number of free program offerings, including:
- More than 25 participating museums will offer free admission on October 2, 2011, courtesy of lead sponsoring partner Bank of America. Major partner museums offering free admission include Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Museum of Contemporary Art, Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego, Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County and Santa Monica Museum of Art.
- Free shuttle buses will carry visitors on routes connecting many partner museums.
- Many participating institutions are organizing free opening weekend (October 1, 2011 – October 2, 2011) celebration events, including:
- Multi Grammy Award-winning band Ozomatli will perform on October 2 at the Segerstrom Center for the Arts.
- On October 2, artists Arto Lindsay and Rirkrit Tiravanija along with West of Rome Public Art will hold a free speech celebration entitled Trespass. The downtown Los Angeles parade includes music, dance and other performances.
A full list of museums participating in Free Day, along with comprehensive information about Pacific Standard Time and its partners, exhibitions, events and shuttle routes, is available at:
PacificStandardTime.Org
March 4th, 2011 — Art and Culture
You can feel the pulse of Spain beat in every garment in Balenciaga and Spain. A dress ruffle inspired by the flourish of a flamenco dancer’s bata de cola skirt; paillette-studded embroidery that glitters on a bolero jacket conjuring a nineteenth-century traje de luces (suit of lights) worn by a matador; clean, simple, and technically perfect lines that extrapolate the minimalist rhythms and volumes of the vestments of Spanish nuns and priests; a velvet-trimmed evening gown aesthetically indebted to the farthingale robe of a Velázquez infanta.
On March 26, 2011, the de Young Museum in San Francisco opens Balenciaga and Spain, an exhibition curated by Hamish Bowles, European editor at large of Vogue, featuring nearly 120 haute couture garments, hats, and headdresses designed by Cristóbal Balenciaga (1895–1972). The exhibition illustrates Balenciaga’s expansive creative vision, which incorporated references to Spanish art, bullfighting, dance, regional costume, and the pageantry of the royal court and religious ceremonies. Cecil Beaton hailed him as “Fashion’s Picasso,” and Balenciaga’s impeccable tailoring, innovative fabric choices, and technical mastery transformed the way the world’s most stylish women dressed. The exhibition closes on July 4, 2011.
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December 9th, 2010 — Art and Culture, Kids
Orange County Performing Arts Center plays host to a unique event – a spectacular new production of J M Barrie’s classic story direct from London. Conceived by an award winning creative team and featuring 22 actors, puppets, music, dazzling flying sequences and the world’s first 360-degree CGI theater set on the tent walls at three times the size of Imax screens, this production of Peter Pan is not to miss! I was literally blown away by their use creativity to make the entire play come to life in the most magical way!
Performed in a state-of-the-art theatre production, Peter Pan is an extraordinary experience for the whole family. Generally, this show is not recommended for children under age five. Tickets range in price from $30 to $85. A $20 discount for children 12 and under is available for select performances. Tickets can be purchased online at peterpantheshow.com Also Soon coming to Atlanta and Chicago in 2011.
Orange County Performing Arts Center
600 Town Center Drive
Costa Mesa, CA 92626
Call for Tickets: 714-556-2787
Tue–Fri at 7pm
Sat at 1pm & 6pm
Sun at 12:30pm & 6pm
