Take Me to the River: A Celebration of Mel Chin’s The TIE that BINDS
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2780 W Casitas Ave
Los Angeles, CA 90039Description
Take Me to the River:
A Celebration of Mel Chin’s
The TIE that BINDS
Saturday August 13th, 5pm - Sunset at the Bowtie Project
Come to celebrate The TIE that BINDS, a new land art work by artist Mel Chin part of CURRENT:LA Water, the Los Angeles Public Art Biennial.
*VISIT the Bowtie Project, a naturalized stretch of the LA River and future state park
*TOUR the site with Mel Chin and see the California native plant model gardens
*RECEIVE an artist-designed blueprint and sign up to plant your own “mirror garden”
*ENJOY Refreshments + Tastings + Live Music and more!
5 - 6pm
Site + Model Garden Tours with Mel Chin + special guests
6p-sunset
Reception with tasting by Chef Mel + live music
8 - 9pm
Carmina Escobar’s FUENTES / This Nature of Ours
A site specific performative installation hosted by Clockshop
Join us for this final opportunity to put the Biennial in your own yard––To Go GREEN, you need your BLUEprint!
MORE INFO ABOUT THE PROJECT: http://the-tie-that-binds.org/
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The Graduate Public Practice Program is the only educational program in the Southern California region dedicated exclusively to providing artists with advanced skills for working in the public sphere, focusing both on collaborative and individual art production. Founded in Los Angeles in 1918, Otis College of Art and Design prepares diverse students of art and design to enrich the world through their creativity, their skill, and their vision.
More info about the Otis MFA Public Practice program.