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<FONT SIZE="-2" COLOR="#002200" FACE="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif"> "The Eyes and Ears Foundation, (A non profit, 501(c)(3), public benefit corporation), has sponsored billboard art shows since 1977 in high traffic, Los Angeles, (New York), and San Francisco locales. Through them, a random urban audience is exposed to conventional 'high art' sited in unconventional locations and scaled unconventionally large." <I> Studio International - The International Journal of Contemporary Art, Design and Architecture: Sculpture on the grand scale, 1982, Volume 195, Number 995 </I></FONT>
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<CENTER><img src="images/eruscha77.gif" width="1276" height="632" ALT= Ed Ruscha's "Back of Hollywood">
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<FONT SIZE="-2" COLOR="#002200" FACE="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif">Ed Ruscha's <I> "Back of Hollywood" </I>
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The Museum of Contemporary Art (MOCA) has used Ed Ruscha's work on the current exhibit, "Under the Big Black Sun: California Art 1974 - 1981" Under the Big Black Sun: California Art 1974-1981 will constitute the most comprehensive survey exhibition to date to examine the exceptional fertility and diversity of art practice in California during the mid- to late 1970s; a period bracketed by Richard Nixon's ignominious resignation and retreat to Southern California in 1974, in the aftermath of the Vietnam War, and the landslide election of California Governor Ronald Reagan and his ascent to the American Presidency in 1981. Organized by MOCA Chief Curator Paul Schimmel, Under the Big Black Sun: California Art 1974-1981 will feature works by approximately 125 artists working in a wide array of mediums and styles. The exhibition seeks to demonstrate how collective loss of faith in government and other institutionalized forms of authority yielded a pluralistic spirit of freedom and experimentation that reached its artistic apex in California, already a fertile ground for creativity and non-conformity.
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<IMG SRC="/images/WileySF2.gif" width="408" height="239"> William T. Wiley's <I>"VOID"</I>
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<IMG SRC="/images/RGriffin2.gif" WIDTH="408" HEIGHT="243"> Rick Griffin's, <I>"Imperial Message"</I> Before, "Repent" added by Rick for San Francisco show. <BR><BR><BR>
<IMG SRC="/images/Moscosco2.gif" width="385" height="255"></A> Victor Moscoso
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<img src="http://www.eyesears.org//images/DJHall2.gif" WIDTH="397"HEIGHT="261"> <img src="http://www.eyesears.org//images/PWhitehead.gif"WIDTH="408" HEIGHT="272"><BR><BR> D. J. Hall's "Midge & Madge", Paul Whitehead's, "Solar Carte,"
<BR><BR><BR> <img src="http://www.eyesears.org//images/KCarson.gif" WIDTH="408" HEIGHT="272"><BR><BR>Karen Carson's,"How To Draw," <BR><BR><BR> <IMG SRC="/images/NPark.gif" width="408" height="123"> <BR><BR> Neon Park XIII's, tribute to his lost dog, "Tyrone of Tuhunga," became Little Feat's, "Hoy-Hoy!" Album Cover.
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<CENTER> <FONT SIZE="-2" COLOR="#002200" FACE="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif"> <IMG SRC="/images/Griffin_Hollywood.gif" width="387" height="354"> At Grauman's Chinese Theatre on Hollywood Blvd.
<BR><BR><BR> <IMG SRC="/images/Griffin_HB.gif" width="586" height="314"> <BR><BR><BR> </CENTER> <FONT SIZE="-3" COLOR="#002200" FACE="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif">Above - On the 30th Anniversary of the original artboard Festival, 1977, Rick Griffin's <I>"Imperial Message"</I>, returned to Los Angeles for three weeks in August, 2007. The occasion, as noted on the banner, was, "Heart and Torch: Rick Griffins Transcendence," an exhibit at <B>The Laguna Art Museum</B>, June 24 to September 30, 2007. Rick's first major retrospective and solo museum exhibition. The exhibition, which included some 140 paintings, drawings, posters, album covers, and artifacts, surveys thirty years of Griffins work from the 1960s until his death in 1991. The accompanying 156-page catalogue, published in association with Gingko Press, was the first publication to address Griffins impact on the surf, psychedelic rock, and born-again Christian movements. Photos and space courtesy of Clear Channel Outdoor. To view a larger Artboard from LAM's Griffin Exhibit, guest curator, bon(d) vivant, <A HREF="http://www.eyesears.org/FrankenGriffin.html" TARGET="new window"> Greg Escalante's FrankenGriffin.</A><BR><BR><BR> <CENTER> <IMG SRC="/images/poster.gif" width="329" height="500" ALT="Heart and Torch, Poster"> <BR><BR> Laguna Art Museum's Official,<B> "Heart and Torch: Rick Griffin's Transcendence," </B> <BR> poster and catalog cover, designed by Jeff Girard.</FONT>
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<FONT SIZE="-2" COLOR="#002200" FACE="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif"><B><I>Sunset Magazine,</I></B> Nov. 1977, Pg. 23: "Imagine a billboard that has at its base a crowd shading their eyes against the sun, pressing closer for a different perspective, discussing the artist's message - and perhaps returning late in the day to see the effect of changing light."<BR><BR><B><I>Horizon Magazine,</I></B> Jan., 1978: "Acknowledging California's drive-in ethos, the <I>Eyes and Ears Foundation</I> intregated art with environment by turning the cities into drive-through galleries. Last year as many people saw the billboards as glimpsed the country's biggest museum draw, <I>Treasures of Tutankhamun </I> __without standing on line or, in most cases without leaving their cars."<BR><BR><B><I>Artweek Magazine,</I></B> November 26, 1977 / Vol 8 No. 40 "This aspect of the unexpected is a definite advantage; discovering art, whatever its form, where it is not thought to exist can be a rewarding experience." - Judith L. Dunham <BR><BR><BR> <CENTER><FONT SIZE="-3" COLOR="#002200" FACE="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif">Newspapers: <A HREF="http://www.eyesears.org/1977_78Press.html" Target= "new window"><I>Artweek, Los Angeles Times, San Francisco Chronicle, L A Free Press,</I></A> <BR><BR> Pictures, Articles: <A HREF="http://www.eyesears.org/MagazinePictures.html" Target= "new window"><I>Sunset, Horizon, Artweek Magazines, </I></A>and featured: <BR><BR> <A HREF="http://www.eyesears.org/Newest.html" Target= "new window"><I>New West Magazine,</I><img src ="images/Newestcvsm.gif" width="160" height="213" Border="0" alt="New West Magazine, Feb. '77"></A></FONT>
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<BR><BR> <FONT SIZE="-2" COLOR="#002200" FACE="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif">Eyes and Ears Foundation is a Festival Sponsor for the <B>San Francisco International Arts Festival,</B><BR> that, every year, since 2003, has featured artists from many countries in the disciplines of dance, music, theatre, visual arts, and film. <BR><BR>
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<I><B>News and Updates:</B></I><BR><BR>
<B>La Colmenita,</B> the National Children’s Theatre Company of Cuba, returns to the Bay Area for two performances: October 28 & 29, 2011. <BR><BR> <B>Raices Profundas</B> from Havana, Cuba, make their much anticipated US debut at SFIAF 2012. <BR><BR>
<B>Season Announcement & Fundraising Event: Sunday November 13, 2011.</B> Come to the party and see who else is on the bill! For details on SFIAFestival, <A HREF="http://sfiaf.org/" TARGET="new window"> - <I>San Francisco International Arts Festival - http://sfiaf.org/</A></I></FONT>
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<A HREF="http://www.eyesears.org/YogaWorks.html" Target= "new window"><IMG SRC="http://www.eyesears.org/images/Onpath.gif" width="842" height="208" alt="On Path"></A></I>
</CENTER> <BR><BR> <FONT SIZE="-3" COLOR="#002200" FACE="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif">Also, for the past several years, The Eyes and Ears Foundation has participated in wall mural projects in Los Angeles and San Francisco. Sponsoring artists, Logek, Chase, and Sano, in a combined effort, mural, acrylics w/aerosol, completed in August, 2003. Located on the north wall of co-sponsor, Yoga Works' corporate center, Main and Pacific Streets in Santa Monica, California. Larger version,<A HREF="http://www.eyesears.org/YogaWorks.html" Target="new window"> "ON PATH," August, 2003." <BR><BR><BR><BR><BR> <CENTER> <A HREF="http://www.eyesears.org/Truth.html" Target="new window"><IMG SRC="http://www.eyesears.org/images/truth.gif" width="275" height="143" alt=""Truth" by Rigo 02"></A> <img src="images/ExTop.gif" width="303" height="143" border=0 alt="Rigo's Extinct"></A> <BR><BR> </CENTER> Rigo 02's, "TRUTH," a 55 X 140 foot mural, dedicated in April, 2002, adorns the exterior of San Francisco's landmark, Oddfellows Building, 7th and Market Street, across from the United Nations Plaza. "TRUTH" is visible from the steps of San Francisco City Hall. For the large version see <A HREF="http://www.eyesears.org/KingDay.html" Target="new window"> "TRUTH;"</A> and another of Rigo's murals with Eyes and Ears, 1996's <A HREF="http://www.eyesears.org/Extinct.html" Target= "new window"> "EXTINCT" </A>(?)</FONT>
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<FONT SIZE="-2" COLOR="#002200" FACE="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif"><I>THANK YOU, <BR><BR> Donors, Benefactors, Grantors, Artists and Writers</I> <BR><BR><BR> Since 1976, <BR> grant beneficiaries: <BR><BR> <img src="images/cac.gif" width="83" height="112" ALT="California Arts Council"> <BR> <img src="images/NEA.gif" width="254" height="42" ALT="National Endowment For The Arts"> <BR><BR><BR>
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