Film Industry Art Show in Santa Monica, CA

[visfxpro]

The 2008 Visual Amalgam Show organizers announce the artist list for the one night only fine art show at Bergamot Station in Santa Monica, October 5th, 2008. The show features a collection of personal artwork created by film industry professionals.

Santa Monica, CA (PRWEB) August 9, 2008 -- The Visual Amalgam Art Show offers the public a rare opportunity to see a collection of personal artwork created by film industry professionals behind some of the biggest motion pictures at one of the premier art venues in the Los Angeles area.

The James Gray Gallery at Bergamot has an amazing space and they were excited about the doing the show with us. Patrick Finley, a successful painter and visual effects artist for motion pictures, conceived the first Visual Amalgam Show back in 2006. "I'd been showing my paintings in galleries for a while and I wanted to provide all these amazingly talented film artisans I was working with in visual effects an opportunity to show their art to the public in a gallery setting," says Finley.

"The filmmaking process is fundamentally collaborative," remarked Evan Jacobs, a successful visual effects supervisor and one of the show's organizers. "I picked up still photography as a way to explore my own creative instincts with more freedom. Patrick had this great idea to help all us closet artists step out of the shadows a little."

The show's concept took off, with over fifteen artists participating in the first show. "The show was a big hit," Patrick recalls. "We were overwhelmed with the response to our little show." Over five hundred people attended the 2006 event in downtown Los Angeles.

"When we started talking about putting together another show," Jacobs says, "we really wanted to raise the bar on the venue both in size as well as stature in the art community." The 2008 Visual Amalgam Show will be held at Bergamot Station in Santa Monica, Southern California's largest art gallery complex. "We thought Bergamot Station is the perfect place to have the show," Jacobs remarks. "The James Gray Gallery at Bergamot has an amazing space and they were excited about the doing the show with us."

Finley and Jacobs have put together an impressive list of artists for this year's show. Five-time Academy Award™ winning visual effects supervisor Ken Ralston (Polar Express, Forrest Gump) will be showing his still photography at the event and Academy Award™ winning Visual Effects Supervisor Kevin Mack (Speed Racer, Fight Club) will be showing his abstract dimensional math paintings. Production designer Albert Brenner (Georgia Rule, Pretty Woman), who has been nominated for five Academy Awards™, will be showing several sculptures and paintings.

Other featured artists include John Swallow (Hellboy II: The Golden Army), Angie Jones (Pan's Labyrinth), Ash Beck (various commericals), Ben Rittenhouse, Dainel Abramovitch (The Brave One), Danny Dimian (Polar Express), Shannon Blake Gans (Live Free or Die Hard), Darren Lurie (Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers), Diana Walczak (Fantastic Four), Eric Hanson (Cast Away), Eric Robertson (The Da Vinci Code), Evan Jacobs (Resident Evil: Extinction), Joe Strasser (Beowulf), Loic Zimmerman, Owen Demers (The Martix Revolutions), Pam Hogarth, Patrick Finley (I Am Legend), Snow Mack, Vincent Serrittela (Hancock).

The James Gray Gallery at Bergamot Station in Santa Monica, California is hosting the one-night-only event on Sunday October 5th, 2008 from 5pm to 9pm. Admission is free.

WHAT:

The Visual Amalgam Show 2008

WHERE:

The James Gray Gallery
Bergamot Station
2525 Michigan Ave., Building D4
Santa Monica, CA 90404

WHEN:

October 5th, 2008 5 p.m.-9 p.m.

WEBSITE:

visualamalgam.com

[Kevy Baby]

What is it with people who's first (and often only) post is to promote something?

[€uroMeinke]

Originally Posted by Kevy Baby

What is it with people who's first (and often only) post is to promote something?

I don't know - perhaps they think it might be something we're interested in, since many of us are known to haunt museums and galleries, some others have their connections into the film industry. My reaction to the above was more of, "dang that's only for one night." I mean it isn't like an invite to a porn site or an offer to buy Canadian drugs.

But honestly, I think if you want people to interact on the site, you might do better by engaging them in discussing their common interests rather than trying to publicly shame them for an alleged breach of etiquette.

On a different note, I think I will move this thread to the "On The Town"

Cheers,

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[visfxpro]

Thanks for moving the post to a more appropriate location. I thought I'd share the information because someone had posted info here about the 2006 show and I thought this might be a crowd that would like to know about it.

I didn't mean to offend anyone.

Anyway, the show is free so it's not like anyone's making money here. I'm just sharing what should be a cool event (with free booze!)

[Kevy Baby]

Originally Posted by visfxpro

Thanks for moving the post to a more appropriate location. I thought I'd share the information because someone had posted info here about the 2006 show and I thought this might be a crowd that would like to know about it.

I didn't mean to offend anyone.

Anyway, the show is free so it's not like anyone's making money here. I'm just sharing what should be a cool event (with free booze!)

I apologize. The show is appropriate for this crowd. Thanks for posting it.

I hope you stick around. This is a pretty cool crowd (despite my un-warm welcome).

[Ghoulish Delight]

Looks like an interesting show. Don't know if I'll be able to attend that date, but the gallery itself looks worth a visit too.

[Bornieo: Fully Loaded]

F**king Bubba Gumps....

[LSPoorEeyorick]

Yeah, usually I'd be all "hey, spamming promoter!" But I'd actually be totally interested in that show.

[Not Afraid]

I think it would be best to report a post if you think it is spam and leave the determination of said accusation to the mods and admins. I really like when potentially cool people join the board and it would be fun to know about other stuff going on in the 'hood (as if I have any free time anymore).

[Gn2Dlnd]

Originally Posted by Not Afraid

I think it would be best to report a post if you think it is spam and leave the determination of said accusation to the mods and admins. I really like when potentially cool people join the board and it would be fun to know about other stuff going on in the 'hood (as if I have any free time anymore).

Oh, I don't know, something may strike me as spammy, and I'm entitled to my opinion. Our general format is to post a quote from, rather than an entire, press release. That said, it looks like a cool show, and I hope visfxpro hangs out in some of the other threads, maybe tries the bacon.

Borneio snark mojo re: Bubba Gumps!

(note: every single word in that last phrase was underlined by spell-check - ha!)