AVA ROY AND NATHANIEL JUSTINIANO: A VIDEO PROFILE
By Tina Case While in residence this summer, Ava and Nathaniel worked to develop the production HEROMONSTER, a new work of intensely physical theater inspired by the epic poem Beowulf. Here, they take a moment to sit down with Tina Case to discuss their work, their creative process, and the satisfaction they have gained from their time at Montalvo. Read More >> |
WE PLAYERS EXPLORE THE HEROIC AND THE MONSTROUS
By Lori Wood, Lucas Artists Residency Manager This month, a new kind of cacophony echoed over the orchard hillside of the Lucas Artists Residency Program (LAP). Throughout the day and into the night, from the dancer’s studio at the top of the hill came bellowing shouts, grunts, and cries. At artist dinner, two artists came down exhausted, sometimes stained with red food coloring, asking all kinds of questions. Read More >> |
BOTANICA POETICA: HECTOR MENDOZA & WHITE WILDERNESS
By Donna Conwell, Botanica Poetica Curator On Friday, September 25, we open a new exhibition in our Project Space Gallery: Botanica Poetica, which showcases new work by Lucas Artist Fellows inspired by the varied and diverse plant life found in Montalvo Arts Center’s 175-acre public park. Among the featured artists is Mexico-born Hector Dionicio Mendoza, currently based in Monterey, California. Read More >> |
IMIN YEH: A VIDEO PROFILE
By Tina Case Imin Yeh is an interdisciplinary project-based artist living in San Francisco. She graduated from the M.F.A program at California College of the Arts in 2009. An active participant in the Bay Area art scene, she has shown her work at the San Jose Museum of Art, Asian Art Museum of San Francisco, Contemporary Jewish Museum, and Headlands Center for the Arts, among other venues. Read More >> |