Beyond Eden Art Fair at Barnsdall Park

You are invited to attend the first Beyond Eden Art Fair will be held at the Los Angeles Municipal Art Gallery at Barnsdall Park. The Beyond Eden Art Fair is a multi-gallery event celebrating the contemporary art scene in L.A. Admission is free! the success of last year's East of Eden exhibition, which drew over 3,000 people, the organizers have decided to branch out the scope of the fair and expand the focus geographically to include galleries from all across Los Angeles.

The goal of Beyond Eden is to celebrate the new contemporary movement that has been building momentum in L.A. for the past several decades and is finally starting to receive mainstream recognition from major institutions and publications the world over. Organizers are partnering with some of the city’s leading cultural and community organizations to help broaden the scope of the event. A percentage of the event's sales also will be donated to MOCA on behalf of the MOCA Contemporaries. The event organizers forecast this year's event to be even larger and more well received and are expecting upwards of 5,000 people to pass through over the weekend.

Event Schedule:

Friday, October 9th

VIP invite only event

Preview presented by: Bear Flag Wine

Saturday, October 10th

Noon-5PM: OPEN FAIR HOURS / ART VIEWING

7-8 pm OPENING NIGHT KICK-OFF EVENT, benefiting the MOCA Contemporaries.

Special membership drive (sign up and receive a special 'gift bag')

7:30 pm SYMPOSIUM - A special address from Mark Steven Greenfield, the director of the LA Municipal Art Gallery

8 pm SPECIAL PRESENTATION - Presentation of a lifetime achievement award to Billy Shire in recognition of all he's done for the new contemporary art movement.

8 pm – 12 am OPENING NIGHT GALA

Cash bar by 1933 Group and Bigfoot Lodge. Tunes from DJ Mr. NumberOnederful

Admission is free

Sunday, October 11th

Noon – 5 pm OPEN FAIR HOURS / ART VIEWING

2 pm  SPECIAL EVENT - Film Screening at The Barnsdall Theater 'Scribble.08' Documentary film featuring Clayton Brothers, Martha Rich, Jeff Soto, Joe Sorren, Camille Rose Garcia, and Kevin Christy from Murphy Fine Art Films

Admission is free

Beyond Eden will also feature an Artist Village in the courtyard outside of the LAMAG in the Barnsdall Art Park. The Artist Village will feature an array of live painters curated by the featured galleries alongside installations from DeLab and Machine Projects plus live screen printing from P.U.M.A. Project and performance art courtesy of Cannibal Flower.

For more information, visit www.beyondedenartfair.com

Photograph by Tatiana Wills & Roman Cho Courtesy of Beyond Eden

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