THE WEEK IN ART

Cassie Williams, 06/29/12

Southern California Native, Attorney and Blogger of My Thoughts

As a native of Southern California, I fulfilled my stereotype and learned to surf at a young age. What I didn't expect to find after converting to Islam in 2001 were many other Muslim girls who shared my hobby.

Albert Imperato, 06/29/12

Co-founded 21C Media Group

Not quite sure how it happened, but I'm turning fifty years old in a couple of days. Time sure does fly. To mark these double occasions, I've put together a list of 50 classical music recordings, arranged alphabetically by composer, that have given me particular pleasure over the years.

Jane Chafin, 06/29/12

Director, Offramp Gallery, Pasadena, CA

That's all we need, I thought -- more dry, cerebral artspeak to take all the fun out of erotic art. So I was very pleased to discover that How to Read Erotic Art is written in straightforward prose that educates and enhances viewing pleasure.

Stephen Beal, 06/29/12

President, California College of the Arts

This is the perfect time for creative, committed students to attend art and design school. There have never been more career opportunities for creative people, and the value of a college degree has never been greater.

Anav Silverman, 06/29/12

International Correspondent in Jerusalem

Although Edwina Sandys' work is often inspired by political and social themes, she says that much of it is also personal, reflecting her own journey and that of the world during her lifetime. "'As an artist, I am still trying to fulfill my own potential.

Adam Huttler, 06/28/12

Founder and Executive Director, Fractured Atlas

In a surprise ruling, the Supreme Court this morning upheld nearly the entirety of the Affordable Care Act, including the controversial individual mandate provision. This is great news for America, but it is an especially welcome development for the nation's two million artists.

MutualArt, 06/28/12

World's largest online art information service

Three different incidents this month alone show us, however, that crime in museums is very easy to achieve. Elementary yet different in execution, these recent events allow us to ascertain what motivates people to commit art crimes.

Peter Clothier, 06/28/12

Author and Blogger, The Buddha Diaries

You could hardly have lived in Southern California these past three months and not know something about this massive, 340-ton granite boulder and its journey from the quarry in Riverside County where the artist laid claim to it.

Lisa Adams, 06/28/12

lisamakesart.com

Presented by Film Independent and hosted by LA Live Regal Cinemas, the LA Film Festival was the best staycation one could have ever hoped for.

Adria Rolnik, 06/26/12

Web Coordinator and Archivist, Antony Tudor Ballet Trust

Stephanie Woodard, 06/26/12

Writer on human rights and culture

We have seen the future of dance, and it is fun! For two nights in June, Klaus' company, Ballets with a Twist, took viewers for a spin with its 21st-century take on an American tradition -- blasting the boundaries between high art and entertainment.

Leo Stutzin, 06/26/12

Retired arts editor and theater critic for the Modesto (CA) Bee

With Emotional Creatures, which opened a few days ago at Berkeley Rep, Eve Ensler has taken a broader focus. Rather than limiting attention to issues of sexuality, she has attacked a huge gamut of abuses faced by young women.

Julia Friedman, 06/26/12

Author, critic, curator, Herberger Institute for Design and the Arts, ASU

What I would like to do is to suggest looking for art outside the art-industrial hive where those who, for whatever reason, are not compelled to conform, are free to create work not doomed to sameness.

Rebecca Tinsley, 06/27/12

Journalist and human rights activist

There is good news for lovers of Art Nouveau, one of Europe's oddest cultural phenomena.

Dan Lybarger, 06/27/12

Kansas City-based freelance writer and critic

In her fourth feature, Your Sister's Sister, the Seattle writer-director introduces her protagonist, Jack (played by Mark Duplass, star of her 2009 movie, Humpday), by giving him an angry diatribe to deliver -- one that sours a party held in honor of his late brother.

Lev Raphael, 06/27/12

Author, 'Rosedale the Vampyre'

My favorite memory of Emma is reading it in a hammock at the edge of my uncle's orchard outside Tel-Aviv. I loved it best among her books at the time, and I'd brought it with me almost as a talisman since I'd never been so far from home.

Russell C. Smith and Michael Foster, 06/27/12

The sci-fi movie masterpiece Blade Runner turns 30 this month, and it's still ahead of where we are culturally.