The Torrance Art Museum 12 Gauge Series
Monte Vista
March 18-20, 2010
Special Event March 20, 11 am – 5 pm
The Torrance Art Museum, 3320 Civic Center Drive, Torrance, CA
http://www.torranceartmuseum.com
Monte Vista is an artist-run space in Highland Park. Since July 2007, they have hosted exhibitions, lectures, events, and performances. The space is self-determining, with the general aims of providing a platform for art and conversation, emphasizing experimentation and artworks that contribute to non-traditional dialogues.

From March 17–20, Monte Vista will be part of the 12 Gauge series. As part of this 3 day exhibition, the seven artists who currently run Monte Vista will show a sampling of their own work as well as a collaborative collage that playfully illustrates past members, events, and exhibitions that have been hosted at Monte Vista since 2007.

On Saturday the 20th from 11am–5pm, the Monte Vista artists have organized several events. Frank Chang will be offering up a “Psychic Juice Bar”, in which he has invited psychic artist, Asher Hartman, to give psychic aura readings. Chang and Hartman will interpret the aura reading into a personalized and unique juice mixture. Other events of the day include a musical performance by Tom Harris, Rafe Mandel, and Dan Hockinson (organized by Jay Lizo); a performance by Candice Lin; and a chance to make your own Monte Vista poster at the hands-on silk screening workshop, led by Chris Bassett and Christie Williams. Monte Vista artists Shizu Saldamando and Nikki Pressley will be assisting at these events as well. All events are free and open to the public.