Fw: AMOCA 2nd Saturday with Gerardo Monterrubio!

[Sean Bill]

Not sure if any of you received this email or knew about it already... but I thought I'd forward it!  Gerardo is giving a lecture at AMOCA! --- On Fri, 9/9/11, American Museum of Ceramic Art <fron...@amoca.org> wrote: From: American Museum of Ceramic Art <fron...@amoca.org> Subject: AMOCA 2nd Saturday with Gerardo Monterrubio! To: sbil...@yahoo.com Date: Friday, September 9, 2011, 5:30 PM Gerardo Monterrubio at AMOCA! Is this email not displaying correctly? View it in your browser. Friend on Facebook Follow on Twitter Forward to a Friend Visitor Information Hours Wednesday - Saturday 12 noon to 5 p.m. 2nd Saturdays 12 noon to 9 p.m. for Downtown Pomona's Artwalk. Group Tours (minimum of six in a group) available by appointment. Admission Members Free Adults $3 Students & Seniors $2 Children under 12 Free Address 340 South Garey Avenue Pomona, California 91766 http://www.amoca.org fron...@amoca.org BECOME A MEMBER NOW CLICK HERE Second Saturday Lecture Series Saturday, September 10, 2011 6:00pm - 7:00pm Gerardo Monterrubio Sed, 2008 Gerardo Monterrubio was born in Oaxaca, Mexico and relocated to Los Angeles at the age of ten. He obtained his B.F.A. from California State University, Long Beach and is currently in the process of obtaining his M.F.A. from the University of California, Los Angeles. Monterrubio has received scholarships to study in Peru, China, and Korea. In 2009 he received the Max Gatov scholarship as well as the Dramatic Allied Arts Guild award. Monterrubio's current work is a tribute to everything from Diego Rivera murals to cartooning, tattooing and known & anonymous graffiti. His work plays with the aspect of recording contemporary society predominantly related to the proletariat and street culture of Los Angeles. His monochromatic scenes depict his own stories and imagination, and his style of imagery is a fusion of graphite prison drawings, and etchings. "For thousands of years, various cultures have used the ceramic medium to record their existence. From these artifacts, we can form an understanding and numerous interpretations of such societies. Altered by my imagination, my work plays with the idea of recording aspects of contemporary society predominately related to the proletariat and street culture of Los Angeles." Gerardo Monterrubio Saturday, September 10, 2011 6:00pm - 9:00pm AMOCA turns 7! Join us as we celebrate our seventh year in conjunction with the Pomona Art Walk.   Current Exhibition August 13,  - October 29, 2011 Exposed: Sculpture and Promised Gifts from AMOCA's Permanent Collection Over the past seven years the museum’s permanent collection has grown to almost 2,000 objects, gifted from large collections such as the American Ceramic Society, Spencer Davis/Ceramic Monthly collection and the Bill Burke Collection. Other major donations have come from individual collectors such as Frieda Bradsher and James and Jackie Voell. We continue to build new relationships with collectors in order to preserve their unique collections for generations to come. With our last display at our current address, we would like to pay homage to the generous contributors who have helped us realize our mission to educate by collecting and preserving significant achievements of ceramic art. The stories behind the collectors and their relationships with the artists will be supported by written correspondence alongside the pieces they collected. Love to Bill, n.d. Carol Wedemyer Untitled, n.d. Jeff Margolin  follow on Twitter | friend on Facebook | forward to a friend  Copyright © 2011 American Museum of Ceramic Art All rights reserved. You are receiving this email because you opted-in at our website or at our museum. Thank you for supporting AMOCA. Our mailing address is: American Museum of Ceramic Art 340 South Garey Avenue Pomona, California 91766 Add us to your address book  unsubscribe from this list | update subscription preferences | view email in browser