Celebrate St. Patrick's Day at the Santa Monica Airport Artwalk March 17, 2012

Gregg Chadwick
Nightwalk
8"x6" oil on linen 2012*

Celebrate St. Patrick's Day with Art, Workshops, Music & Food

at the Santa Monica Airport Artwalk 2012

Saturday, March 17, 12-5pm

 


Each year the city of Santa Monica sponsors an Art Walk at the Santa Monica Airport. At the airport a  community of artists works quietly alongside the hum of rotor blades and the roar of jet engines. Hidden from the world at large on most days, on March 17th 2012 the artists that call the airport home will once again open their studio doors and let the public into their creative process. I am fortunate to have an intelligent, talented and caring group of artists and gallerists around me. When the news of the world threatens to throttle our creative souls, a shared artistic community can help keep us on the path.

I enjoy this day greatly. The crowd of visitors is convivial and eclectic and represents the diversity that I love in Los Angeles. Children and friends of all ages are welcome.

My studio is located at the Santa Monica Art Studios Hangar
Studio #15
3026 AirportAvenue
Santa Monica, CA 90405

The event runs from 12pm to 5pm. Hope to see you on March 17, 2012!

Santa Monica Airport Artwalk 2012
Saturday, March 17 from 12:00 pm – 5:00 pm
Santa Monica Airport, Airport Avenue between 23rd and Bundy
Free Admission, Free parking

More Info Below:

The Santa Monica Airport and Cultural Affairs Divisions invite you to discover Santa Monica Airport. Explore open studios, watch artful demonstrations, try your hand at an art workshop, and enjoy live Irish jigs, food trucks and family friendly activities all in one of LA County’s oldest operating airfields. Santa Monica Airport has a rich background as the former home of the Douglas Aircraft Company and the birthplace of the DC-3. 

Director Sergio Sanchez Suarez in Gregg Chadwick's Studio
#15 at the Santa Monica Art Studios

The airport has developed over time into an arts incubator, and is home to a number of creative venues housed in converted airplane hangars. More than 60 local artists and performers will have their private studios and works on view. Painting, sculpture, ceramics, and mixed media will be represented and many artists will be selling work from their studios and offering refreshments. 


 HIGHLIGHTS INCLUDE:  
* SANTA MONICA ART STUDIOS - Silent Auction of original 6"x8" artworks by studio artists - bids starting at $75

Producer Daniela Uriza and Director Sergio Sanchez Suarez
visit Gregg Chadwick's Studio #15
at the Santa Monica Art Studios

 ARENA 1 GALLERY - Pacific Standard Time exhibit BREAKING IN TWO: PROVACATIVE VISIONS OF MOTHERHOOD


 SANTA MONICA COLLEGE ART MENTOR PROGRAM - Works from a group of gifted SMC Art Department Students


 SANTA MONICA COLLEGE CERAMIC ARTS - Pottery throwing and Raku firing demonstrations


 RUSKIN GROUP THEATRE - Performances of its popular L.A. Café Plays and  theater and art workshops for children


 THE MUSEUM OF FLYING - Tours of the newly opened museum every half hour between 1:30-4:30pm 


 CLIFF WAGNER & OLD #7 - A lively mix of bluegrass, blues and country music with a few Irish jigs 


 RESTAURANTS - Typhoon and Spitfire Grill serve delicious meals including  green St. Patrick's Day specials


 FOOD TRUCKS - Border Grill serves modern Mexian food and Waffles de Liege  serves authentic sweet Liege waffles


 The ArtWalk is part of Buy Local Santa Monica Expo 2012, a free community event 
dedicated to showcasing local businesses and the importance of buying local.  

Thoughts of Travel on Saint Patrick's Day

Phil Cousineau at Yeats Tower in County Clare, Ireland.

"I am convinced that pilgrimage is still a bona finde spirit-renewing ritual. But I also believe in pilgrimage as a powerful metaphor for any journey with the purpose of finding something that matters deeply to the traveler. With a deepening of focus, keen preparation, attention to the path below our feet, and respect for the destination at hand, it is possible to transform, even the most ordinary journey into a sacred journey, a pilgrimage."
--Phil Cousineau, from THE ART OF PILGRIMAGE

Before he departs on a journey, Phil Cousineau calls a dear friend or a trusted mentor. In his wonderful book, The Art of Pilgrimage, Phil describes just such a call to his friend and mentor Joseph Campbell before Phil left on a journey to Paris in 1987. Phil describes how Joseph Campbell's bon voyage felt like a blessing and that Campbell's voice "took on a shimmer of delight" as they spoke of Campbell's years in Paris in the late 1920's.

Before I leave for Tokyo, I intend to ring up Phil and congratulate him on his new television program, Global Spirit which is set to premiere Sunday, April 12, 2009 on Link TV. Global Spirit will delve into humanity's existential questions, "tracing our collective human journey in the timeless quest for truth, wisdom and understanding."

Phil's passion for humanity is evident in all aspects of his work: writing, filmmaking, and teaching.

Phil - you inspire me daily and I am honored to be your friend.

"Beannacht Lá Fhéile Pádraig"

More on Phil Cousineau:
Phil Cousineau's Website