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WINTER OPEN

  • Bergamot Station Arts Center 2525 Michigan Avenue Santa Monica, CA, 90404 United States (map)

Join Bergamot Station Arts Center for their WINTER OPEN event, Saturday, December 10 from 11 am-9 pa! Bergamot Station Arts Center is an internationally renowned creative arts complex, boasting over 20 galleries and creative businesses. The WINTER OPEN highlights gallery exhibitions and brings together artist talks, curator walk throughs, live performances, opening receptions and more. Come enjoy a thriving arts community gathering! This is a FREE family friendly event! There are no tickets necessary to gain admission. Special event times listed on the following page.m. This is an unparalleled arts and community celebration in Santa Monica, CA.

SPECIAL EVENT TIMES

11:00 AM - 12:00 PM Artist Talk with Michael Deyermond & Ned Evans  Craig Krull Gallery (B3)

12:00 PM - 1:30 PM Workshop with textile artist Carmen Mardonez / let’s share our dreams and desires / (Please    

bring a pillowcase) Building Bridges Art Exchange in partnership with Audio Salon (F2) 

12:00 PM - 4:00 PM Artist Gift Tables - Ceramics, blown glass and hand painted ornaments bG Gallery ( A-2)

1:00 PM -3:00 PM Screenwriting Museum Project Writer & Artist Collab  Writers Boot Camp

2:00 PM - 4:00 PM Ornament Painting for Kids Copro Gallery (T5)

2:00 PM - 2:30 PM Curator Walk Through Justin Liam O’Brien - “Vespers”  Richard Heller Gallery (B5A)

2:00 PM - 4:00 PM Opening Reception for the Curation Room at Galerie XII (B2)

2:00 PM - 3:00 PM Olympio Artist walk through bG Gallery (A2)

3:00 PM - 3:30 PM Artist and curator walk through Building Bridges Art Exchange (F2) 

3:30 PM - 4:00 PM Curator walk through “ Water Water Everywhere”  at Von Lintel Gallery (A7)

3:00 PM - 6:00 PM Artist Talk & Participatory Interactive Animation with Peter Wallis, Lois Lambert Gallery (E3)

3:00 PM - 6:00 PM Opening Reception for Bryan Schutmaat: River Sun solo exhibition at Marshall Gallery (A6)

3:00 PM - 6:00 PM Spooky Jack's Dark Holiday Gifts at Copro Gallery (T5)

4:00 PM - 6:00 PM Opening Reception with Aaron Lacy “You should see This”  Group exhibition featuring Aaron Lacy, AdeY, Patty Carroll and Yannis Guibinga at  Galerie XII (B2)

4:00 pm - 4:30 pm Exhibition Walkthrough of Domestic Fictions: A Life Less Ordinary with featured artist Jo Ann Callis at ROSEGALLERY(B7)

4:00 PM - 8:00 PM Opening Reception for Xue Wang. Ciou, Stefanie Vega, Craig LaRotonda Copro Gallery (T5)

4:00 pm - 8:00 pm Opening Reception and Artist live painting of a model Speedy Gallery (B5)

5:00 PM - 8:00 PM Opening Reception Alex Couwenberg - “SuperGlide”  William Turner Gallery (E1)

5:00 PM - 6:15 PM Comedy Show (Free & Family Friendly) The Crow (F4)

8:00 PM - 9:30 PM Comedy Show I Gotta Crow ($20 ticket ) The Crow (F4)

ALL DAY EVENTS

11:00 AM - 4:00 PM        Book sale and signing for Bryan Cooke’s Art Can Kill at Skidmore Contemporary          Art(B4)

11:00 AM - 4:00 PM       Potpourri Performances: an open mic at The Crow(F4)  - Free to participate!

11:00 AM - 6:00 PM        Appraisal and Selection for Spring Auction 2023 at Santa Monica Auctions (A5)

11:00 AM - 6:00 PM       Holiday Shoppe of handcrafted artifacts made by local and international artist at ROSEGALLERY (B7)

LIVE MUSIC

12:00 PM - 4:00 PM Live Music by Steve Stajich and Friends at Lois Lambert Gallery (E3)

4:30 PM Taiko Drum Performance at bG Gallery (A2)

 FOOD/BEVERAGE

11:00 AM - 6:00 PM Outdoor BBQ pop-up at the Bergamot Cafe (A3)

11:00 AM - 8:00 PM Serendoggity hot dog vendor

12:00 PM - 5:00 PM Cookies, eggnog, beer & wine on food stand at Birdie G’s

5:00 PM - 6:00 PM Early Birdie’s Happy Hour -  bar-only menu featuring specially-priced snacks, cocktails, wine and beer  at Birdie G’s

Visit bergamotstation.com to see a list of exhibitions that will be on view at the galleries during the WINTER OPEN. For more information please contact Yiwei Lu at Yiweigallery@gmail.com