LA Municipal Art Gallery at Barnsdall Park
4800 Hollywood Blvd.,
Los Angeles, CA 90027
www.lamag.org

Event site:
www.beyondedenartfair.com

THIS SATURDAY and SUNDAY, OCT 9 – 10

BEYOND EDEN –  Los Angeles’ first new contemporary focused event returns for a second year with a strong lineup of artists, galleries and special events!

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Saturday Night at 8 PM – Beyond Eden organizers along with Billy Shire and Matt Kennedy from La Luz de Jesus will present an award recognizing the contributions of artist Robert Williams

Main Press release

Artist and Gallery List

Robert Williams Lifetime Achievement Award and New Brow Film Screening information

Cannibal Flower Anniversary – DJ Mr. OneDerful – Bar Menu

Presented by

Arrested Motion
Art Ltd.
Artillery
Blik
Daily Dujour
Hi-Fructose
Juxtapoz
Lee Joseph Publicity for the Visual Arts
Living Color Graphics
Pop Surrealism Magazine
Sour Harvest
Visual Art Source

TIKIMENTARY  – IN SEARCH OF THE LOST PARADISE DVD
Now Available in the Dionysus Mailorder Store!

View the trailer here

“Tikimentary – In Search Of The Lost Paradise” is an intimate portrait of a charming, eccentric, and mostly cheerful group of friends. Starring: Otto von Strohein, Baby Doe, Shag, Lenore “Tikilicious” & Steve Koppleman, King Kukulele, Marina The Fire Eating Mermaid, Tiki Kiliki, Harold Golen, Sunshine Tiki, Kelly Patterson, Paul Spencer, Nicole & Joe Desmond and the music by The Intoxicators!, Martini Kings, The Bikini Beachcombers,The Tikiyaki Orchestra, and many more! “Tikimentary – In Search Of The Lost Paradise” had its world premiere at The Hukilau 2010 and its West Coast premiere at Tiki Oasis 2010 to large and enthusiastic audiences.

Award winning Brazilian filmmaker Duda Leite has always been fascinated by moving images and pop culture. In 1994 he directed his first short film in São Paulo, Brazil, called “Serial Cluber Killer“, inspired by the movies of John Waters and Russ Meyer. This short won the Best Short Film Award at Mix Brazil, got an immediate following and became a cult hit. “Serial Cluber Killer” was also shown at the Outfest, in Los Angeles.

In 1995, he directed his second film “Selma & Denise”, a lesbian-trashy punk version of the Hollywood hit Thelma & Louise. It was also shown at the Mix Brazil Film Festival. “After The Fox”, a sing-a-long homage to Surf and the music by Burt Bacharach came in 1999 and was shown at various Festivals around the world, including a special screening at the MOCA Miami.

“Resmungo” was his first short filmed in Miami, Florida, in 2005. It was shown at MTV Brazil, and was selected for the Frameline Film Festival in San Francisco, CA.

In 2009 he presented “Tikimentary – In Search Of The Lost Paradise” his first documentary and full-lenth feature. It premiered at The Hukilau, in Fort Lauderdale and was shown later that year at Tiki Oasis. “Tikimentary – In Search Of The Lost Paradise” has been show at various film festivals including the São Paulo International Film Festival, Rio de Janeiro Short Film Festival, Mix Brazil and at Otto’s Shrunken Head, in New York City. It won a Special Mention at Cine Mube, in São Paulo.

Informative, colorful and delicious mixology and cuisine symposiums to be held at Tiki Oasis 10 Extravagana in San Diego, CA August 2010.

Tiki Oasis 10 Extravaganza
August 19-22 2010
San Diego, CA

Event website:
www.tikioasis.com
Ticket information
www.tikioasis.com/tickets

The 10 year anniversary of Tiki Oasis features among its three days of non-stop day and night events, several symposiums covering a wide range of flavorful and visually appealing presentations with mixology and cuisine specialists, Martin Cate of Smugglers Cove, Chef Kelley Hawks of Tiki Go Go Personal Chef Service and  Suzanne Long from Forbidden Island. Eager and enthusiastic Tiki Oasis attendees plan all year to learn the ins-and-outs of food and drink from experts from these always festive and spirited event symposiums.

The Persuasive Power of Punch featuring Martin Cate
Join Smuggler’s Cove owner Martin Cate on an epic journey of high seas adventure through the history of punch.  Travel through the centuries as punch sails from India to Britain to Colonial America and beyond.  Discover the varied traditions of cultures around the world all united by the communal experience of shared spirits, and how the godfathers of the tiki bar movement joined these customs to bring us the Scorpion Bowl, Volcano Bowl, and more.  Learn great tips for making the perfect punch to entertain guests at your next Luau, and join together as Martin and symposium attendees create a hands-on communal punch like no other.  Don’t miss this once in a lifetime experience! Punch Symposium co-sponsors: Rhum J. M, Coruba, Zaya and Trader Tiki’s Exotic Syrups.

3:30 PM – 5:00 PM, Saturday August 21st
Location: Grand Hanalei Ballroom
Price: $35.00

Rum & Chocolate, A Match Made in Heaven featuring Martin Cate
Experience a marriage made in the tropics. Sugar Cane and Cacao Beans thrive in the same growing regions of the world- taste beautiful premium chocolates paired with a wide variety of superb rums. Learn how to match different styles of rums with chocolate for a decadent taste sensation. Rum & Chocolate co-sponsors: Appleton, Rhum Clement and Zaya.

3:30 PM – 5:00 PM, Friday August 20th
Location: Grand Hanalei Ballroom
PRICE: $25.00

Martin Cate bio

Martin Cate is a San Francisco Bay Area based rum and exotic cocktail expert. In Fall 2009, he opened Smuggler’s Cove San Francisco, a bar designed to celebrate the incredible diversity and versatility of the world’s most exciting spirit: Rum. Smuggler’s Cove offers a whole new approach to rum by featuring a vast array of traditional Caribbean drinks, classic libations of Prohibition-Era Havana, and famous exotic cocktails from legendary tiki bars- all under one roof. He was previously the co-creator, designer, and chief mixologist for Forbidden Island Tiki Lounge in Alameda, CA. Named by the San Francisco Chronicle as one of six Bay Area bartenders “essential in defining cocktail culture here and across the country,” Martin and his original cocktails have been featured in The New York Times, Wall Street Journal, San Francisco Magazine, Imbibe, Sunset, Food & Wine, 7×7, Details, San Francisco Chronicle, USA Today, Today Show, and more. Martin trained as a bartender at Trader Vic’s flagship San Francisco location and is a member of the United States Bartenders Guild. He is also a passionate rum collector, having been to over a dozen distilleries in six countries. He is a tasting judge for international rum competitions, and has led seminars at Bourbon and Branch’s Beverage Academy, Tales of the Cocktail, and Tiki Oasis. More information about Smuggler’s Cove can be found  www.smugglerscovesf.com

Aloha Cuisine by Tiki Go Go Chef Service
Chef Kelley Hawks of Tiki Go Go Personal Chef Service pulls it all together; the drinks, the food, the music, and the carefully crafted chaos of the tropical décor. Tiki Go Go has the secret recipe to create an irresistible mélange of tropical ambiance, relaxed sophistication, and over-the-top fun. Whether you plan to throw a blowout tiki party for a crowd or just a fun tropical inspired gathering with a few friends, you’ll learn dozens of tips and ideas for inexpensive, easy tiki decorating and entertaining. Learn “How To” decorating projects that will give the most impact at your next party.

1:00 PM – 2:00 PM, Friday August 20th
Location: Grand Hanalei Ballroom
PRICE: $5.00

Tiki Go Go Chef Service Symposium
With a focus on cooking & creating special party foods,  attendees of Tiki Go Go’s Chef Service Symposium will learn how to  make Tiki Go Go hors d’oeuvres & appetizers such as Tropical Fruit Jasmine Risotto Spring rolls served with a vanilla mango dipping sauce and a Green Papaya Salad.  There will be lots of great tasting samples for everyone to enjoy along the way, as Chef Kelley Hawks highlights Aloha Cuisine – food made from the heart and served with unique style. Tiki Go Go cuisine utilizes fresh ingredients with tropical inspiration, along with traditional flavors used in unexpected ways.

12:00 PM – 1:30 PM, Saturday August 21st
Location: Grand Hanalei Ballroom
PRICE: $25.00

Chef Kelley Hawks bio

A graduate of the United States Personal Chef Institute, Chef Kelley Hawks infuses the aloha spirit and health conscious cuisine into every meal, presented with her own unique vision of California Tiki.  For over ten years, Chef/Owner Kelley Hawks, of Tiki Go Go Personal Chef Service in San Francisco has been creating great tasting food for all kinds of different clients from corporate lunches, weddings, family gatherings to the weekly In-House customized dinners. Chef Hawks wants to capture people’s imagination to transport them into the tropics, one meal at a time. Her fun tropical themed catering company Tiki Go Go offers more than just awesome food with all the many vintage Hawaiian Platters, Tiki Gods and Polynesian collectibles. www.tikigogo.com

Cocktail Garnish Class with Suzanne Long
A great tasting cocktail isn’t finished until it is presented beautifully, and the correct garnish not only makes a drink look appetizing, but also adds to its aroma and taste.  Join Master Mixologist Suzanne Long of Forbidden Island as she shares professional bartender tricks on how to cut, peel and design cocktail garnishes that will make your cocktail look fantastic.  A professional tool kit is included in the symposium price. Be the envy of your friends in room parties all weekend long with that fabulously garnished cocktail!

12:00 PM – 1:30 PM, Saturday August 21th
Location: Grand Pacific
PRICE: $25.00

Suzanne Long bio

Suzanne Long has been working in industry for over 15 years and spent time in Boston, Massachusetts running the cocktail consulting business Hawai’i Calls, which specialized in creating custom cocktails to pair with new menus in many restaurants, for private elite parties, and the like. With her innovative spin on mixology and her penchant for pairing drinking with games, Suzanne created and continues to run the Black Orchid Club, a multi-level card and location based game which features custom created new cocktails weekly, custom cocktail syrups, collectible cards, riddles, and prizes for clever imbibers. She is also the force behind Black Orchid Sessions, a unique cocktail experience available nowhere else in the world – custom libations created on the spot at your request, using all premium spirits and fresh juices.  Suzanne recently spoke at CocktailCamp in Portland Oregon, and has been mentioned in the Oregonian, the San Francisco Chronicle,  and Mutineer Magazine, amongst others.  She also writes a blog about her adventures as head mixologist and manager at FI, called “Shakin’ Rum and Pineapples – Tales from Behind the Bamboo Stick at Forbidden Island.”  Swing by and check her out at www.rumnpineapple.blogspot.com.

The Hukilau 2010 presents “Poly Blend” – a group art show curated by Harold Golen featuring SHAG and many others.

Shag “Mai-Kai Tiki #1” and “Mai-Kai Tiki #2″ Both: Acrylic paint on Canvas 9″ x 19″

Participating artists: SHAG, Atomic Kitty, Atomos, Bosko, Crazy Al, Dave Burke, David Parise, Dawn Fraiser, Derek Yaniger, Donnela Vitale, Doug Horne, Haikai Sarnes, Heather Watts, Joe Vitale, John Kissee, Ken Bernstein, Ken Ruzic, Lisa Petrucci. Luiz Diaz, Marc Paper Scissor, Mitch O’ Connell, Mookie, N! Satterfield, Netherland,  Robb Hamell, Rod North, Sam Gambino, Scott Scheidly,  Skot Olsen,The Pizz, Thorsten Hasenkamm, Tiki Tony, Tom Fowner

Opening reception
Thursday, June 10,  5 – 7:30 pm
Bahia Mar Commodore Ballroom
801 Seabreeze Blvd,
Fort Lauderdale, FL 33316, USA
(954) 764-2233
www.bahiamarhotel.com

Lisa Petrucci “Miss Menehune, 2010” – liquid acrylic and envirotex on wood 14” x 8”

Tiki Kiliki Productions in association with Harold Golen presents an on-site “Hukilau” group art show, “Poly Blend” as part of the opening night of the Hukilau 2010. “Poly Blend” combines a world-wide, multi-media mix of art that is exotic, tropical, modern, and primitive, in a Mid Century Modern flavored installation. The show includes paintings, sculptures and curiosities from Africa, Asia, The Bahamas, Brazil, Easter Island, Hawaii, North America, Peru and beyond.

The name “Poly Blend” is derived from the term “Poly Pop” or “Polynesian Pop” and this group show puts into perspective how visual “exotica” is a blend of many different styles, elements, geographical, cultural and ethnic art and icons.

Harold Golen is an art collector and curator who introduced the Pop Surrealist art scene to Florida via his gallery, Harold Golen Fine Arts, in the Wynwood Art District of Miami.

Jerico Presents
Cocktails and Art Adventure Series
Ode to Blues – Cocktail Party # 3
St.Patricks Day – Wednesday March 17th , 7pm-2am

Blues at the Crossroads of 3rd and Traction
e3rd Lounge
734 East 3rd Street
Los Angeles CA 90013
Ph – 213-680-3003

Featured Musical Guests:
(All one-man gutiar format with the full Lightnin’ Woodcock Band closing)
Lightnin’Woodcock and the Bad Motherf**kers www.myspace.com/lightninwoodcock
princessFrank – www.myspace.com/masterslave
Tokyo Mississippi – www.myspace.com/tokyomississippi
Stevie Casual www.facebook.com/stevie.casual
Mal Pal- www.myspace.com/malpalz
Event MC – Emmeric Konrad

7 – 8 pm: Edward Colver plays vintage 78 RPM records
Event Dj Lee Joesph spints Delta, Mississippi, Chicago, British and modern Blues records. www.dionsusrecords.com
Vj Historian TV Terry Ellsworth
Blacklight Art Installation By Jerico www.cherrymeltdown.com

Cocktail Napkin Art Invitational Vol #2 :
The last show we had over 100 artists join our Cocktail Napkin Art Dept. We provide the pens and napkins,  just bring your creative mind 🙂

Admission :
$7 flat rate or $5 with a recession story of 75-100 words, written prior or at the door or step into THE RECESSION CONFESSIONAL (brought to you by INSURGENCY INC), an easy way to save a few bucks, step into the booth and tell us your hard luck story. Written stories will be read by the patio host throughout the course of the evening. Live Confessions will be shown live and featured at http://insurgencyinc.com following the event.

The Story :
Originally the blues “Crossroads” was a literal right-angle crossing of two railroads – “where the Southern cross the Dog” – in Moorhead, Mississippi. The “Southern” was a line of the Southern Railway, sold to the Columbus and Greenville Railway in 1920, and the “Dog” was the “Yellow Dog”, officially the Yazoo and Delta Railroad, part of the Illinois Central Railroad system after 1897. This place is mentioned in a number of blues, including the recorded works of W. C. Handy and Bessie Smith. There songs were influenced by The king of the Delta Slide Guitar Robert Johnson who tells a story in his song “Cross Road Blues” about going down to the Crossroads and selling his soul to the devil to learn how to play guitar.

In Honor of Community Spirit – Carrying the Arts Torch we Remember :
Joel Bloom, who owned and operated Bloom’s General Store since 1994 in the Arts District of Los Angeles, was one of the forces responsible for bringing the Arts District much needed recognition. A sampling of his numerous achievements included bringing the community a bus route, 30 street lights, 75 trees, plus being active in the naming of the area known now known as the Arts District.

On July 3, the Los Angeles City Council honored Bloom by officially approving the Motion to rename Third and Traction in Downtown Los Angeles Joel Bloom Square.

We’ve recently become friends with Jerico Woggon and paid a visit to his Downtown Los Angeles studio where we snapped several photos of his work area and the amazing view from his windows and roof. Here Jerico puts together his cocktail and blacklight art. Double click the slideshow to fullscreen!

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Jerico Woggon is a painter, installation artist and creative event producer. Jerico’s inspirations include  the art of his grandfather, Bill Woggon (creator of the 1945 Archie comic book supermodel Katy Keene) and Southern California custom car culture. He was introduced to Led Zeppelin and The Doors before learning to walk and spent his childhood eating health food, surfing and skateboarding every day.  A leftover 1960s blacklight became his teenage “light at the end of the tunnel” which inspired him to play around with blacklight paint in the mid-80s. In the year 2000, Jerico created “The Year Of The Snake” which was 138 feet of blacklight art on canvas. In 2003, Jerico expanded the piece to 400 feet which was installed at the Coachella Music Festival. Jerico has also installed art at Burning Man, and numerous other art festivals. Jerico holds the #1 spot on Google for ‘blacklight art’ and is the 2010 feature window artist at Bert Green Fine Art on 5th and Main Street in Downtown Los Angeles.

“Being inside creation, that is the driving force. I create art installations that infuse the environment with vibrant colors, fashion and dance. The work seeks to bring you an energy that is created by the moment and for the moment. I want to create a space where you can have it all: good friends and beauty all around.” Jerico Woggon.

This coming Saturday February 27, Jerico will be throwing a Downtown LA Cocktail / Art Party. Jerico’s vision is to create an atmosphere where the past meets the present, future meets the past and old meets the new. This is the second in a series of monthly art concept cocktail parties in Downtown Los Angeles for 2010. Come on down and meet the fun spirits of the New Downtown Los Angeles Renaissance Cocktail Nightlife for a Swinging Shindig full of special surprises and good times.

Jerico’s Downtown LA Cocktail Party #2:
Ode to the Lounge Lizard – A Cocktail Napkin Art Invitational

Saturday, February 27, 2010
8pm- 2am

e3rd Steakhouse Lounge
734 E. 3rd Street
Downtown Los Angles Arts District 90013
Tel: 213.680.3003

Following up on “Cocktails & Art Party #1: Ode to the Rat Pack,” Jerico Woggon presents his second monthly art event of the year “Ode to the Lounge Lizard – A Cocktail Napkin Art Invitational.” Guests are invited to create a work of art on a cocktail napkin using art materials provided by the house. Each napkin will be exhibited on the lounge wall, and each guest can trade, sell or take the art home. The mixer is designed to get artists out of their studios and into the cocktail lounge atmosphere.

Emmeric Konrad, e3rd resident artist, will be live painting to music by DJ Dan Moses and DJ Lee Joseph (former resident DJ at Bigfoot Lodge) – masters in their craft of 50’s and 60’s lounge-genre – while VJ Terry Ellsworth presents visuals inspired by the swinging 60’s burlesque. In the patio, Blacklight Artist Jerico Woggon illuminates the scene with his Minimalist modern installation.

Live Music ” The Ladies of Lounge” featuring
Alicyn Packard
Tawny Ellis
Anna Broome
Marissa Gomez

Lounge Lizard: A person who frequents relaxing retreats that provide necessary libations and entertainment. Just as lizards lay on a rock to bask in the rays, you will be musically transported to your place in the sun while soaking up the Tequila Sunrise. Put on your cocktail-night-on-the-town-best and join us in the FUN!!! Cocktail Attire Encouraged: Lounge Lizards and Lizardettes are encouraged to dress up! “Men put on a tie, ladies dawn a cocktail dress for this Art-Cocktail-Lounge-Social Event!

Admission: $10 donation. $5 with a recession story of 75-100 words, written prior or at the door.
THE RECESSION CONFESSIONAL is an easy way to save 5 bucks, step into the booth and tell us your hard luck story. Written stories will be read by the patio host throughout the course of the evening. Guests who dress up as a lizard, complete with tail and face make-up to get in for “Free.”

On May 13th, Jerico will have an installation at the Museum Of Neon Art’s “California Surf” which brings you into the curl of a wave which surfers call a “Tube Ride.”

Jerico Woggon’s website:
www.cherrymeltdown.com

Photos of Jerico’s studio by Terre Bozem and Lee Joseph, photos of Jerico’s art installations courtesy of the artist.

Tiki Kiliki Productions presents…
THE HUKILAU
Experience Polynesia in America’s Vacationland
www.thehukilau.com
June 10 – 13, 2010
Ft. Lauderdale, Florida

THE SUFFERING BASTARD:
JOE SCIALOM, INTERNATIONAL BARMAN OF MYSTERY
Jeff “Beachbum” Berry, author of five books on vintage Tiki drinks and cuisine, will be giving a seminar on international mixologist, Joe Scialom, creator of one of Tiki’s most notorious drinks, The Suffering Bastard. Berry, world celebrated cocktail expert who has been profiled in LA Magazine, The LA Times and the Wall Street Journal, will reveal the untold story of how Scialom, a trained chemist who spoke eight languages and survived two revolutions, imprisonment and exile, to create some of the 1940’s most infamous drinks. Berry, who spent two years tracking down his elusive subject might even mix event goers a potent cocktail or three during the course of his tropical drink seminar at this year’s Hukilau.

Berry created the cocktail menu for the Luau in Beverly Hills, which the New York Times cited as one of the nation’s 24 “Bars on The Cutting Edge,” and co-created “Tiki+” for iPhone, a drink recipe app which Macworld magazine called “beautifully rendered and, thanks to Berry’s tireless reporting, impeccably sourced.”  Berry’s original cocktail recipes have been printed in publications around the world, most recently the 67th edition of the Mr. Boston Official Bartenders Guide; his drinks have been served at Elletaria in Manhattan, the Tabou Tiki Room in Berlin, Taboo Cove in Las Vegas, the Tiki Room in Stockholm, Pho Republique in Boston, the Palace Cafe in New Orleans, and Intoxica in Copenhagen, among others.  Jeff has appeared on Martha Stewart Living Radio and Radio Margaritaville, and has conducted tropical drink seminars and tastings across the U.S. and Europe.  He serves on the advisory board of the Museum Of The American Cocktail.

Immediately after The Hukilau, Berry will travel from Florida to Greece to start a month-long project, “Bum Berry’s & Captain Vadrna’s Faux-Tropical bar School.”  On the unspoiled Greek island of Antiparos, Berry will be teaching beachside classes on Tiki mixology, history, and barmanship.  Berry’s fellow instructor, acclaimed mixologist Stanislav Vadrna travels the world teaching and learning different drink-making disciplines and is the most passionate and dynamic spirits educator alive today.  There will be four sessions for enrollees to choose from, each session four days long. www.bartendersforlife.com/antiparos.html