Back in early July I noted that the Lafayette Art Gallery Sculpture Garden was getting paved over for a parking lot to handle customers to the new restaurant Cooperage and as you can see from the photo above the sculptures are completely gone and the new boundary has been marked. There is hope that some of the sculptures will be moved the front and you can see one of them there now:
1345 Locust Street, Walnut Creek
Back last January I posted about the Diablo Actors’ Ensemble Theatre in downtown Walnut Creek on Locust St. next to Peet’s and I just noticed that it has closed. It turns out that it closed in May according to the Contra Costa Times:
The jewel box of a theater, home to Diablo Actors’ Ensemble for the past five years and Lois Grandi’s Playhouse West for 13 years before that, will close at the end of May. The property at 1345 Locust St. has been sold, and the new owner envisions a restaurant where the theater, the Paint Palette and The Bead Store currently reside.
Recently I checked out an art exhibit at the Bedford Gallery in the Lesher Center called, “Larger than Life: Exploring Scale in Contemporary Art”. It’s on display through August 18th and is really cool. I think everyone including kids will enjoy this exhibit. Although it’s hard to tell from the photos, most of these art pieces are massively huge.
From the Bedford Gallery exhibit page:
Since the Egyptians, art has played with the limits of its medium, stretching its size and scope to unfamiliar and unbelievable proportions. From the Great Sphinx of Giza, to Michelangelo’s Sistine Chapel, artists have realized large-scale projects that have pushed the dimensions of their work to new and spectacular heights (and lengths!)
Larger than Life will explore how contemporary artists have begun to use new materials and technologies to reshape the traditional scale of sculpture. Recently, artists have focused of unfamiliar materials and methods of construction, using these elements to investigate the oversized, overstuffed, and uncanny elements in art. This exhibition will encourage viewers to reconsider what they have come to know about the role of art, and the way in which subjects and themes can be represented.
Viola Frey, Fallen Man:
See more art after the jump…
As I passed by Bank of America on N. Main St. in downtown Walnut Creek I glanced at this beautiful work of art hanging next to the ATM. I read the sign next to it wondering who the artist was when I learned it’s actually an abandoned night drop. How funny is that?!
Spotted at the Lafayette Whole Foods, it’s huge! I bought the TJs kit and plan on making it soon. Who else is making one?
A new popup art gallery called A Tom Matousek Gallery will be open through the holidays in the alley behind Patxi’s Pizzeria in downtown Lafayette on Mt. Diablo Blvd. Several artists are represented in various mediums such as paintings, photography and sculptures. When I dropped by the first time the art seemed familiar to me, and that’s because the artwork was on display at Cypress restaurant in Walnut Creek. Recognize it? I think it looks incredible! You can follow the gallery on their Facebook page here. They will be hosting a poetry reading soon so keep checking their page for updates.
Check out the artwork by Susan Jenkins and Tom Matousek:
Check out the photography art by Mathew Carden on the walls:
This is really great stuff so if you’re in the area definitely drop by and check it out. The photos don’t do justice to how cool it really is. Can anyone name the musicians depicted in the artwork above?
Spotted at Misto Lino in downtown Lafayette.
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