This page is a work in progress! Our editorial team is at work migrating archival content to the Open Access blog. Please check back soon for more posts about all of our exhibitions and events from 2015.
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COLLABORATION
Innovation in Music: OneBeat 2015 For the second year in a row, the Lucas Artists Residency Program was proud to host a youthful international consortium when 25 musicians (ages 19–35) from 17 countries and territories gathered for OneBeat. An act of musical diplomacy and an inimitable force of creative energy, OneBeat kicked off its 2015 whirlwind of collaboration with its Montalvo residency. Read More >> |
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EXHIBITION
Botanica Poetica: New Work by Lucas Artists Fellows This group show in Montalvo's Project Space Gallery featured new work by four Lucas Artists Visual Arts Fellows, Fieldworks Collaborative, Monica Lundy and Hector Dionicio Mendoza, and guest artist Kija Lucas. Works on view drew inspiration from Montalvo's varied natural environments and explored the ways in which natural and cultural ecologies and discourses intersect, overlap, and sometimes collide. Read More >> |
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FESTIVAL
Art on the Grounds 2015: Performance in the Park In July 2015, the Lucas Artists Program organized a large-scale performance festival on Montalvo's grounds featuring many new site-specific performances by Lucas Artists Fellows. The event, culminated with Japanese-born and LA-based artist Hirokazu Kosaka's breathtaking performance KALPA, featuring Butoh master dancer Oguri and acclaimed harmonica player Tetsuya Nakamura. The event was presented as part of a year-long celebration of the 75/10 anniversary of Montalvo's artists residency program. Read More >> |
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THEME
75/10: Alumni Celebrations Across the Globe 2015 was a year for celebration at Montalvo! We marked two important anniversaries: 75 continuous years as an artists residency and the 10-year jubilee of our international Sally and Don Lucas Artists Residency. To commemorate the occasion, alumni Artist Fellows around the world mounted happenings in their home cities honoring Montalvo's commitment to supporting artists. Read More >> |
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EXHIBITION
Possibilities of Paper This exhibition highlighted the diverse and innovative ways that Lucas Artists Program (LAP) Fellows and Guest Artists have used paper as a vehicle for creative expression. Whether crafted from delicate, handmade Nepalese paper or inexpensive and readily available cardboard, works on view recalled the rich and varied histories of paper and its changing societal role and value. Read More >> |
