The outdoor gallery style boutique will showcase top professional fine artists and craftspeople along the eastbound lanes of San Vicente Boulevard, beginning at Saltair and running east to Darlington in Brentwood. Admission to the event is free, plenty of free metered parking is available along San Vicente Boulevard (Sunday only) and pay lot parking at the VA north on Gorham.
This year’s event presents festival-goers and entire day packed with family-friendly fun activities. The art extravaganza features thousands of great gifts items, art collector’s favorites, eclectic home décor, and more. Other festivities include international food court offering tasty treats, live musical entertainment Business Expo with exhibits, demonstrations, free prizes, heath screen
ings, massages, palm reading and more, and Kids Are 1st provides child fingerprinting and free child ID kits, car seat safety checks, and fun child-safe activities.
For more information contact:
Brentwood Autumn Art Show: www.BrentwoodArtShow.com or (626) 797-6803
Business Expo: www.westlachamber.org or (310) 441-2900
Kids are 1st: www.kidsare1st.org
The Brentwood Art Show, one of the city’s favorite events for serious collectors and art-loving browsers. With a juried selection of displays and exhibits where everything is available for purchases – from whimsical to contemporary conversation pieces intermixed with traditional art festival favorites including fine art and photography, clothing and accessories, jewelry, sculptures, stained glass, hand-blown glass, porcelain and ceramics, paper and textile art, potpourri, soaps, candles, flowers and bonsai trees, children’s toys, furniture, and more – the eclectic selections offer items satisfy every taste and style.
A few of this year’s artists and craftspeople include:
Fine Art Photography – Bart Everett, Los Angeles
Mixed Media/Judica – Rica Aghasi, Sherman Oaks
Wood Sculpture – Nairi Safaryan, Glendale
Contemporary Paintings – Erik Nelson, Pacific Grove
Jewelry – Jivita Harris Casey, Long Beach
Gourd Art – Therese Miller, Monrovia
Paintings – Adam Stone, Los Angeles
Wood Boxes – Jeff Seaton, Ojai
Nature Photography – Thomas Mayberry, Morro Bay
Jewelry – Gina Davis, Pasadena
Festival-goers can enjoy live musical performances throughout the day:
10:30am – 12:30pm: Jammin Foundation Jazz Trio featuring Clarence “CJ” Johnston
1:00pm – 3:00pm: The Ed Wing Experience Exotic Harps and Guitar Ensemble
3:30pm – 5:30pm: The JazzZone Trio featuring drummer Stephen Foster
The 24th Annual Brentwood Spring Show is produced by Ray Leier for del Mano Productions, LLC and co-sponsored by the West Los Angeles Chamber of Commerce.
“This is a juried show, the major prerequisite for any of our art shows: All of the artwork must be hand-made. Our audience always expects the finest works available and quite often you’ll find rare pieces and one-of-a-kind finds. We turndown hundreds of applications each season because the work doesn’t meet our standards. I look for handmade items—those that display expert workmanship and are uniquely creative and interesting are always accepted,†explains event producer Ray Leier.
Leier added, “People often look at fine art and crafts pieces as a treat or release, and in tough times they may feel an even stronger need to buy something meaningful, something lasting that adds a sense of value and worth to their life experience. For the enjoyment of our visitors we bring the best-of-the-best, rejecting hundreds of applications because the work doesn’t meet our high standards. I continue to look for artists that create the most unique and interesting handmade items, and selecting the artists for the biannual event is one of the best parts of my job. I encourage the public to attend the event, browse the displays of the exhibiting artists and listen to the great musicians who lend their talent participating in this event.†I have taken the pledge to support hand-made, hopefully you will too!â€
Ray Leier, founder/owner of del Mano Productions, LLC, is also co-owner of Westwood’s award-winning del Mano Gallery. According to the New York Times and Fodor’s, the gallery is “considered one of the best sources for wood turnings, this store also carries fiber arts, ceramics, jewelry, and hand-blown glass by top contemporary American and international artisans.†The gallery has earned world-class distinction and represents artist from 14 nations around the globe and regularly exhibits artists work around the country, including the world-famous SOFA New York, The International Expositions of Sculptural Objects and Functional Art. Leier has co-author several books on wood, baskets and glass. He was awarded the “Lifetime Achievement Award†in the fields of woodturning by the Collections of Wood Art organization.
