Santa Monica Cultural Affairs’ 2018 Art @ Tongva Series Launches with The Wonder Room
March 15, 2018 10:26 AM
WHEN: Wednesday, March 28, 7:30 – 9 p.m.
WHERE: Tongva Park, 1615 Ocean Ave., Santa Monica, CA 90401
The 2018 Art @ Tongva season kicks off with the fifth annual Wonder Room on Wednesday, March 28. The Wonder Room is an evening of performances and visual art by an interdisciplinary group of artists who synchronously activate the intimate “rooms” of Tongva Park.
This year’s Wonder Room features a theatrical performance by visual and performance artist Emily Mast in collaboration with the award-winning composer and arranger Alan Chan, and live music by Cesar Castro, LA’s own master of son jarocho music. Alongside new and exploratory visual artworks and intimate dance pieces, the evening will be rounded out by special guest, Kate Johnson, a video installation artist and resident of Santa Monica. Johnson’s work will bring the park’s century-old Moreton Bay Fig tree, Morty, to life in new and surprising ways.
Audiences are invited to stroll and choose their own artistic adventure, discovering each work or performance at their own pace. The program highlights Tongva Park’s unusual geography of gardens, winding paths, and urban vistas, reimagining the small, exquisite spaces of the park designed by James Corner Field Operations, the creative geniuses behind the High Line in New York.
Art @ Tongva is a series of intimate and informal events in Tongva Park running since 2014. In addition to The Wonder Room, this year’s season includes performance theater by the company The Wilderness in April, an interactive audio-theater experience Among Us in April and May, and performance and art by contemporary indigenous artists in May. Art @ Tongva is co-produced by Santa Monica Cultural Affairs and Dyson & Womack.
Free and open to the public. For updated information, visit smgov.net/tongvapark/events.
Visit bigbluebus.com for bus routes to Tongva Park. Ample bike parking is located near each park entrance (Ocean Ave., Main St., and Olympic Blvd.).
Parking is available at the Civic Center Parking Structure, 333 Civic Center Dr. First 30 minutes free, $1 per each additional hour. $5 maximum per day.
2018 SEASON: Art @ Tongva: The Wilderness - Two evenings of physical performance theater created especially for the park by experimental theater company The Wilderness, Wednesday & Thursday, April 25 & 26, 7:30 - 9 p.m. nightly; Art @ Tongva: Among Us - four interactive audio-theater performances, April 7 & 8 and May 12 & 13, 4 p.m. daily; an evening of interdisciplinary performance and art by contemporary indigenous artists, Wednesday, May 30, 7:30 - 9 p.m.
SANTA MONICA CULTURAL AFFAIRS
Santa Monica Cultural Affairs brings the City’s art scene to life for residents and visitors by supporting engaging and accessible cultural events for all ages throughout the year. Cultural Affairs nurtures local arts organizations, promotes artist involvement in the community, manages the landmark Santa Monica Civic Auditorium and presents and produces innovative programs citywide at the Annenberg Community Beach House, the historic Miles Playhouse, 1450 Ocean and in the city’s parks, enriching Santa Monica’s reputation as an international cultural destination. For more info visit smgov.net/arts.
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More Information
http://www.smgov.net/tongvapark/events
https://cityofsantamonica.box.com/s/h6z30h550a9jqytt4a519t4zaaztc1r4
http://www.smgov.net/arts