May is jam-packed with events. Mark your calendars!
YOU'RE INVITED
"BREAKUP WITH THE OCEAN"
New works by Ash Armenta
Opening reception May 3 6pm-9pm
COLD BEER - KARAOKE - BREAKUP JAMS - LIVE BLOCK PRINTING
Little Giant Collective is proud to present our next exhibit, "Breakup with the Ocean" featuring new relief prints and woodblocks by LGC member Ash Armenta. Please join us at the opening reception this Friday, May 3rd from 6pm-9pm with a block printing demo from 7pm-8pm.
Ash’s all new work looks at the relationship they have with the ocean and some the coastal animals. The show is Ash’s bittersweet farewell to the Pacific coast as they will be starting an MFA program at University of Wisconsin Madison.
Ash Armenta is a print media artist based in the Bay Area of California. Ash concluded the two year program at Tamarind Institute and received the title of Tamarind Master Printer in 2017. The program included several collaborations with artists such as Matt Shlian, Rashaad Newsome, Nicola Lopez, and Nina Elder.
Ash enjoys printing collaboratively with artists as well as printing personal work, painting outdoor murals, illustration, woodworking, sign painting, and anything involving handmade fine details. Ash also teaches studio art and art history lecture classes.
Other interests include organizing collaboration, investigating how queer bodies navigate public spaces and visual manifestations of community. Additionally what constitutes the multiple or edition and how principles of traditional printmaking can be expanded in similar practices of making.
Little Giant Collective is being hosted by the Art Cave gallery for an exhibit for the month of May. We're stoked to show our work in this new contemporary gallery. Keep an eye out for other events at the Art Cave.
Art Cave (in the Wrigley Building)
2801 Mission St, #2803
Santa Cruz, CA 95060
We'll be having a closing reception at the end of the month. Stay tuned!
6th Annual Catamaran Magazine exhibit opening at R. Blitzer Gallery
LGC members Lucas Elmer and Louise Leong are included in this exhibit
R. Blitzer Gallery
2801 Mission Street
Santa Cruz, CA 95060
Opening reception May 3rd 5pm-9pm
Original works from these artists featured in the 2018 quarterly issues of Catamaran:
Robert Bilensky, Jack Chapman, Hallie Cohen, Tom Bottoms, Kit Eastman, Alan Feltus, Sara Friedlander, Lisa Hochstein, Lucas Gasperik, Peter Hiller, Enrique Leal, Louise Leong, Stephanie Martin, Ursula O’Farrell, Minerva Ortiz, Hearne Pardee, Ed Penniman, Roland Peterson, Dorothy Robinson, Robynn Smith, Susan Solomon, Danielle Torvik Staffen
All events are free and open to the public
Exhibit runs May 3 – June 1.
Gallery hours: Tuesday – Saturday noon – 5:00pm
Closing Reception and Artists Talk
Saturday June 1, 2-4 pm
Participating Artists:
Sara Friedlander, Peter Hiller, Louse Leong, Minerva Ortiz, Ed Penniman, and Susan Solomon
BIKE NIGHT @ THE MAH
We're participating in Bike Night at the Museum of Art and History this Friday, May 3rd by live screenprinting (surprise)! We'll be posted on Cooper Street to help the public print up some juicy bicycle imagery on paper and fabric.
Bike Night @
the Museum of Art and History
705 Front St.
Santa Cruz, CA 95060
5pm-9pm
ONGOING EXHIBITS
"We're Still Here" at the MAH on view until September 22, 2019includes work by LGC member Ry Faraola. The exhibit explores senior isolation in Santa Cruz county and was created with local seniors and advocates.
COMING SOON
Little Giant Collective will be opening applications soon to experienced printmakers interested in becoming studio monitors. Please stay tuned!