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Less than 50 years ago, “the Summer of Love” was more than a pop culture fad: it aspired to bring about a major social and political shift in America. Today, however, we face a near total lack of public debate about love as the basis of connection, understanding, and acceptance in our culture and our communities.

Technological innovation makes it possible for us to be better informed about each other’s lives and feelings than any other time in human history. But is it deepening our connections with others? Or do cell phones, e-mail, and social media strip nuance from our communication and leave us lonelier than before?

L O V E, Montalvo’s latest exhibition, considers the challenges of extending ourselves to commune and connect with others, with an installation of video, drawings, sculpture, and other works. Featured artists include Elisheva Biernoff, Double Zero, Alexandra Grant, Jon Meyer, Omar Mismar, Fiamma Montezemolo, Stephanie Taylor, and Allison Wiese.

Through installation, sound work, video, drawing, and outdoor sculpture, participating artists explore the bonds of friendship; the important role of empathy in our lives; the intersection between desire and new technologies; and the complex relationships between love, belonging, identity and community. 

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Elisheva Biernoff
Alexandra Grant
Jon Meyer
Omar Mismar
Fiamma Montezemolo
Stephanie Taylor
Allison Wiese
Double Zero

On Love: Donna Conwell in Conversation with Leah Ammon
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Tonight: La Love
Join us tonight for our May Final Friday celebration: an evening of music and art celebrating the role love plays in our lives! See live musical performances by Bouquet, Nite Jewel, and Sonny Smith in the Carriage House Theatre followed by a reception in the Project Space Gallery where you can meet and mingle with artists as you check out our exhibition
L O V E one last time before it closes to the public on June 8.
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Salon-Style: Connecting in the 21st Century
By Leah Ammon, Associate Director of Marketing and Communications
The latest iteration of our monthly series of Final Friday Art Parties is coming up tomorrow, Friday, April 25. We're excited to try something a little different: our Art Party has been organized as a salon-style experience.
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Tonight's Final Friday Art Party: "Love & Voice"
If you can sneak away early from work, you should join us starting at 4pm for open studios at the LAP. Artists Christy Chan, Leah Rosenberg, Jen Shyu, and Double Zero (the partnership of Hannah Ireland and Annie Vought) will all be receiving visitors and sharing their latest work with the public.
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Poetical Recollections of an Art Party
For a gorgeous recap of our March Final Friday Art Party "Love and Voice," be sure to visit the Poetry Foundation website, where guest blogger (and Final Friday participant) Stephanie Young recorded her experience of the evening.
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Housed within Montalvo Arts Center, a 175 acre public park in the Santa Cruz foothills, and in the heart of the Silicon Valley, the Sally and Don Lucas Artists Residency Program (LAP) is a creative incubator dedicated to supporting the creative process for artists from all creative disciplines and geographical locations. 
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