Come On In, We're Open!
Welcome to our online magazine and archive project dedicated to providing readers with a window inside the creative incubator of the Lucas Artists Residency Program at Montalvo Arts Center.
Welcome to our online magazine and archive project dedicated to providing readers with a window inside the creative incubator of the Lucas Artists Residency Program at Montalvo Arts Center.
|
|
|
Recent Posts
|
Upcoming Events
Arts events at Montalvo are often led by fellows in the LAP. The Lucas Artists Program is also proud to present its signature event series, Open Access, designed to showcase artists’ work, offer a behind-the-scenes view into how they generate ideas, and provide a forum for dialogue. Find out what is happening now and what is coming soon! Read More >> |
|
SCRATCH SPACE
Access is Love Join disabled activist, media maker, and consultant Alice Wong and visual artists Jason Lazarus and Siebren Versteeg as we explore tactics for making protest accessible to all and giving voice and visibility to communities at the margins. Read More >> |
|
SCRATCH SPACE
Rethinking Artificial Intelligence Join transmedia artist and scholar Stephanie Dinkins and digital media theorist and artist Jason Edward Lewis as we explore how to imagine a future with A.I. that contributes to the flourishing of all humans and non-humans. Read More >> |
|
SPOTIFY MIXTAPE
Winter 2020: Quarantine Edition By Emily Borchers It's normally around this time of the year that Montalvo welcomes back smooth jazz musician and LAP alum David Benoit for his annual holiday concert. However, due to COVID restrictions, that couldn't happen this year. Instead, we've gathered all his holidays albums into one playlist for you to enjoy. Happy holidays! Listen Here >> |
|
VIRTUAL ARTVENTURE
Studio Visit with James Gouldthorpe Join us for an intimate virtual visit with visual artist and painter James Gouldthorpe. View and discuss the brand new body of work created by Gouldthorpe during these past eight months of shelter in place, and the new Corona-Virus reality we share. The Covid Artifacts 2020 series of paintings has been a daily practice for Gouldthorpe, beginning after he arrived home from his first visit to the grocery store, and the ensuing efforts of tirelessly wiping down each purchased item, to rid it of any potential contamination. In the words of the artist, “…I began to consider our new world. What previous innocuous objects have suddenly become heavy with Corona baggage...” Watch Here >> |
|
PRESS RELEASE
Montalvo Welcomes New De Staebler Statue to Permanent Collection Montalvo Arts Center welcomes the addition of One Legged Woman Standing by internationally renowned sculptor Stephen De Staebler (1933-2011) to its permanent collection, a generous gift of artist Danae Mattes. Read More >> |
|
SCRATCH SPACE
How can we keep our hearts open? On November 19, 2020, we had a conversation with visual artists Leah Rosenberg and Christine Wong Yap as they discussed their shared interest in psychological wellbeing at a time of great social anxiety and discord. Watch Here >> |
|
SCRATCH SPACE
The Dilate Ensemble Presents: "On Memory II: Scaling the Palace" On November 12, 2020, we held a live streamed audio visual performance by the artist collective the Dilate Ensemble, featuring LAP Fellows Carole Kim and Scott L. Miller. The performance was followed by a discussion about the importance of creating shared imaginative and collaborative spaces, how memories can interweave within a collective dream-space, and what we will remember about living through 2020. Watch Here >> |
|
COLLABORATION
OneBeat Marathon Live Online! This fall marks the 10th anniversary of OneBeat, the series of revolutionary international collaborations led by the Found Sound Nation team. This is some of the most noble work—using music to build bridges across geographies and nationalities and cultures, redefining and expanding our artistic family, giving deep and meaningful opportunities to musicians coming from a wide spectrum of disciplines and traditions, underlining the recognition that our communities need to be central to how we all make music together. In honor of these 10 years, OneBeat showcased some groundbreaking work from past OneBeat alumni in a 4-hour long live streaming marathon concert, co-hosted by Montalvo! Read More >> |
|
SPOTIFY MIXTAPE
Fall 2020: Quarantine Edition By Emily Borchers The leaves are changing, days are becoming shorter, the smell of warm spices linger in the air—it must be fall. For this year's fall playlist, we opted for more soothing sounds that feel reminiscent of the season: soft atmospheric hums, folk-inspired rock, and some classical music. Listen Here >> |
|
SCRATCH SPACE
Reinventing Ritual On October 29, 2020, we were joined by artists Hector Dionicio Mendoza, Amalia Mesa Bains, Viviana Paredes, and Pilar Agüero-Esparza as they discussed their shared interest in ritual, memory and tradition. Watch Here >> |
|
SCRATCH SPACE
Weeping Mary On October 22, 2020, we were joined by moving image artist Lisa Crafts, composer and performer Matt Petty, and playwright Alva Rogers to discuss their collaboration on Weeping Mary. Watch Here >> |
|
SCRATCH SPACE
Reimagining Border(ed) Lands On October 15, 2020, we were joined by visual artist Maria Hupfield and poet Natalie Diaz as they reimagined our border(ed) lands as fluid, and returned to the practice of migration as a natural relationship with language, story, land, water, and one another. Watch Here >> |
|
SCRATCH SPACE
Investigating Whiteness On October 8, 2020, we were joined by artist, educator, and mediator, Dorit Cypis; artist and scholar Janet Owen Driggs; and artist and justice reform advocate Gregory Sale where we discussed and reflected on whiteness in this moment of racial reckoning. Watch Here >> |
|
SCRATCH SPACE
The Possible Impossible: Lex Brown & Kristina Wong On October 1, 2020, we were joined by artist, musician, and writer Lex Brown and performance artist, comedian, and writer Kristina Wong for a wide-ranging conversation on dismantling internalized and external racism and sexism through art and humor. Watch Here >> |
