Tag: Art on the Vine

This Saturday is the next “Art on the Vine” at Mari’s Wine Bar, 8222 Firestone Blvd across from Porto’s Bakery.  The event starts at 7PM and features two passionate local artists, Isabelle Looper and Laura Sanchez.  It should be a great night for community, culture, and conversation.

Isabelle Looper  is a fashion designer who’s worked in the Los Angeles fashion industry for many years. Creating designer jeans, and designing  for small but prestigious labels who boast a long list of celebrity clientele, such as Halle Berry, Brittany Spears, and Megan Fox to name a few.  Designing clothes has always been a dream of hers.  From the day she received her first Barbie doll at age 5, she’s been sketching, and sewing creations from her whimsical imagination.  The fashion industry has demanded much of her time, and after being artistically dormant for 15 years, she has found a renewed passion to sketch and paint again.  Her style is based more on fashion “croquis”  illustration.  Most  famous fashion houses from Versace, to Chanel create sketches to present before each collection is made.  Each sketch is not necessarily for a collection, but is a communication or a feeling , that has been illustrated on an exaggerated figure that if you look close enough will tell you a story.

Laura Teresita Sanchez was born in Mexicali, Baja California, grew up in Los Angeles and carries her Mexican traditions in her soul.  To forget the torment of childhood and to shift painful memories, she uses art as a form of therapy.  As a self-taught artist who recently discovered a passion for painting women warriors using acrylic and watercolor, she conquers her emotions and creates a new vision of a guerrera.  In a culture that demands women to do for others, first and always, women often forget to love themselves. Through her work, she claims a new identity of self-love and empowerment.  Una Revolución Llamada Mujer  tells the story of a cure for generational curses; to no longer take orders or keep our hearts hostage.

Please come out and support the Downey Arts Coalition to bring more of the arts to our great city.

Saturday night, February 4th, opens the next “Art on the Vine” at Mari’s Wine Bar, 8222 Firestone Blvd, Downey, CA.  The opening reception begins at 7PM and continues until midnight, and the art work will be up all month for the public to view.

Art on the Vine is proud to present the work of Alina Wilson and Maritza Molina.  Both are local artists close to the community: Alina from Downey, and Maritza lives in South Gate.  Alina presents all new work, having previously shown successful pieces with the Downey Art Vibe at the Taste of Downey and Suburban Renaissance.  Maritza (Mares) Molina, who has shown her artwork around the LA art scene since 2006, will present a special themed show for Valentine’s Day.

Maritza’s bio from her website says her philosophy is “Art is a language, art is the self expression of our own soul talking, art is diverse just like every being, art can be so strong that it can move cities and country’s, it can change a person’s life.”

Alina comes from a diverse family background, she describes in her online bio, “Being raised by 3 parents with polar opposite walks of life instilled in me a natural inclination to see the positive and intense similarities among humans. I explore and focus on the likeness between all people and animals and their undeniable connection to nature.”

Come join us for a great night of community, conversation, art, and wine.  We will raffle off two original pieces by Maritza and Alina, tickets can be obtained with a $5 donation, and two people will go home with two framed pieces of original local artwork.

Then don’t forget that Sunday, Feb 5th is the “Contraptions” Art Show at Number 34 Barbershop, 9029 Florence Ave in Downey.  Click the link to read more about that unique event.

Saturday January 7th, come experience the artwork of two talented artists from right here in Downey, Ricky Ostendi and Monica Pucciarelli.

Visit the facebook event page to tell us you’re coming: https://www.facebook.com/events/348368495178962/

Ricky Ostendi attended Warren High School and has his BA from the Art Institute of California. In addition to his painting, he is also a modeler for 3D graphics and a concept artist. His work has been shown as part of the Downey Art Vibe‘s events at the Taste of Downey and the Downey Civic Theatre.

Monica Pucciarelli, originally from Argentina, is a self-taught artist who has been painting for over a decade. Her work is figurative, abstract, and mixed media is my preference both on canvas and paper. She has shown work at The Lankershim Arts Gallery in Hollywood, Gallery Expo in Long Beach, Downey Museum of Art, Cypress Art Faire Juried exhibition, as well as many other juried art shows and exhibit where her art has won numerous awards.

Saturday night, October 8th, was the opening reception for “Art on the Vine” featuring the work of Roy Anthony Shabla.  The artwork and poetry will be on display until the end of the month at Mari’s Wine Bar, 8222 Firestone Blvd, Downey, CA 90241.