Gary Baseman grew up in the Fairfax district of Los Angeles – his mother worked at Canter’s Deli and he attended Fairfax High. You’ll recognize his imagery from the cover of the box of the popular board game Cranium, from …
Gary Baseman at the Skirball: The Door is Always Open
Spring Break 2013 Edition
10 ACTION ITEMS for this year's Spring Break
The goal of any vacation is to expand our horizons beyond the normal routine. There's plenty of ways to do just that, here in LA. We've organized this year's Spring Break Edition with some motivating verbs!
Architecture Month in LA – Overdrive at the Getty Center
If you have a yen for our city’s unusual and fascinating structures – from buildings to freeways – the next three months present rich opportunities for exploring how the modern art of architecture has rose up over the past fifty …
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War/Photography at the Annenberg Space for Photography
In the past year I saw an original war protest poster that looked like this:
If you asked your kids tonight if war was good or bad it would be like one of those AT&T ads where the market research …
Exodus Steps at Skirball Cultural Center: Fun for all ages!
Read on for a TFS Subscriber’s Experience at this fun exhibit
A temporary exhibit, Exodus Steps, provides a clever way to explore the familiar tale of the Israelites’ journey from slavery in Egypt to freedom in the Promised Land, …
Domestic Integrities at the Hammer for four days in March
Come Make a Rug with Artist Fritz Haeg
An artist looks at our daily lives in a slightly different way than anyone else does, so it’s always intriguing to learn from a new type of art, whether a painting, photography, …
Creating Citizen Artists
Last night, I attended a discussion hosted by The Music Center and The Aspen Institute Arts Program. The panel, “The Citizen Artists Public Forum” explored ways in which artists serve as activists in their communities both as vehicles of …
What to Do on Valentine’s Day: Cupid — Draw Back Your Bow!
What does Valentine’s Day mean in your house? Booking a sitter and heading out to a blissfully quiet restaurant date? Decorating heart cards with loads of stickers and colored pens? Gorging on chocolate? However you partake in Cupid’s festival, we …
In The Family Savvy Spotlight: The Natural History Museum
The Natural History Museum has always been a prime L.A. destination, with its beautiful rose gardens, dinosaur bones, and a myriad of other exhibits that showcase the wonders of nature for children and adults. This year, the LA institution turns …
