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BEYOND THE SKY film introduction by producers Rebecca Berrih, Martine Melloul and director Fulvio Sestito will also participate in a Q&A with Actors Ryan Carnes, Jordan Hinson and composer Don Davis at the Music Hall following the 4:50 PM screening on Sunday, September 23.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6PDj1fHugJ0
SCIENCE FAIR directors Cristina Costantini and Darren Foster will participate in Q&A’s Friday 9/21 and Saturday 9/22 after the 4:50 PM and 7:20 PM shows at the Music Hall.
THE RANGER director Jenn Wexler, producers Heather Buckley and Andrew van den Houten, and star Amanda Grace Benitez will participate in a Q&A moderated by EW’s Clark Collis after the 7:40 PM at the Music Hall, tonight, Friday, September 7.
Lawrence O’Donnell, host of MSNBC’s The Last Word, will attend the October 12 7:10 PM screening at the Music Hall to introduce MOYNIHAN and participate in a post-screening Q&A. Co-directors Joe Dorman and Toby Perl Freilich will attend the Saturday, 10/13 7:10 PM show to introduce and participate in a post-screening Q&A
Friday and Saturday, September 14 and 15: Live Dance Performances and Filmmaker/Cast Q&A’s after the first evening screenings of HOT TO TROT!
A WHALE OF A TALE director Megumi Sasaki will participate in Q&A’s at the Music Hall following the 7:40 PM screening on Friday, August 24 and the 5:10 PM screening on Saturday, August 25.
Laemmle’s Art in the Arthouse presents ISABELLA KELLY-RAMIREZ: WHO IS SHE? Explore the bold, dynamic works of Kelly-Ramirez on Wednesday, September 5 in our intimate theatre setting. Our special event features a slideshow on the big screen, artist talk, and refreshments. Meet Isabella and stay for the wine, cheese, and conversation Art in the Arthouse is known for. A portion of the sales benefit the Laemmle Foundation and its support of humanitarian and environmental causes in Los Angeles.
About the Exhibit
Isabella Kelly-Ramirez creates paintings and collages that introduce a host of fascinating females. Modern-day saints and superheroes, champions of the avant-garde, and fashionable figures to be reckoned with; these are icons of a new mythology from the imagination of the artist. Her arresting collages are playful acts of defiance. Kelly-Ramirez coopts images from fashion and art magazines, repurposing them to create surreal urban legends and ironic emblems of commercialism.
The works address the unattainable standards of beauty in fashion and life by reconstituting mainstream imagery into something quirkier and more humane. Kelly-Ramirez’s visual world continues in the striking paintings framed in soft sculpture. Bright, colorful portraits of humanoid figures appear in whimsical, unearthly settings. Somehow this creative, alternative place is more human, more generous, and more authentic than our curated “reality.”
Isabella Kelly-Ramirez lives and works in Los Angeles. Born in Santa Barbara, she has been involved in the art and theatre communities since she was a child. She received her B.A. from the University of California, Los Angeles in 2008 and works primarily in painting, collage, soft sculpture, and assemblage—with a pop surrealist flair.
– Stacey Ravel Abarbanel, Curator
Artist Reception
MONICA FILM CENTER
Wednesday, September 5, 7-9pm
1332 2nd Street
Santa Monica, CA 90401
Refreshments will be provided
The director, producer and several cast members of MAKING A KILLING will participate in a Q&A after the opening night screening.