Emily Winters - 50 Year Retrospective
Artist/Activist Emily Winters will celebrate her
43 years in Venice and her 70th birthday with a 50-Year Retrospective
(1956-2006) at The Social & Public Art Resource Center (SPARC), which is
also celebrating its 30th Anniversary.
Emily is a graduate of the Chicago Art
Institute. She moved to Venice in 1963 where she raised two daughters while
working in commercial art as: a billboard painter for record companies and then
outdoor advertising, ( the first woman painter hired by Foster and Kleiser, a
union activist in Local 831, elected to the executive board and served as shop
steward), television graphic artist and animation, taught at Rustic Canyon and
Santa Monica College Art and Entertainment Technology School.
She has also designed and painted
several murals, two in Venice for the Neighborhood Pride Program through SPARC
and the Los Angeles Cultural Affairs Department. They are “Endangered
Species,” located at 801 Ocean Front Walk at Park Ave and the “Jaya
Mural” on the corner of Dell Avenue and South Venice Blvd. Jaya was a
women’s artist collective that flourished in the
70s.
The exhibition is composed of her
student years at the Chicago Art Institute, her move to Venice, images of her
life and experiences, ie: eye surgeries, camping at Joshua Tree National
Monument with the Free Venice Astronomy Club, graphics for the Free Venice
Beachhead, a broad spectrum of drawings and paintings of figures, friends,
landscapes from 1956 to current work
2006.
Emily founded and is Chair of the
Venice Arts Council, served on the Grass Roots Venice Neighborhood Council 5th
District, the planning committee for the Jazz at Palms Court – a fund
raiser for The Venice Community Housing Corporation. She also served on the
panel to select muralists for the Neighborhood Pride Mural Project. She is an
avid international folk dancer and is Publicity Chair for the Westwood
Co-operative Folk Dancers.
This
exhibition is the opening event for the 30th Anniversary of SPARC. Social &
Public Art Resource Center 685 N. Venice Bl. Venice. CA. (310)822-9560
x15.
Gallery hours Mon. - Thurs. 10 am
- 4 pm, Fri. 10 am - 8 pm, Sat. 1 - 5 pm.
Posted: Wed - February 1, 2006 at 12:26 PM