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Awarded annually by DCA, the COLA Fellowships support the creation of new works by a selection of the City’s most exemplary mid-career artists. The COLA exhibition honors these creative visionaries and nurtures the symbiotic relationship between Los Angeles, its artists, its history, and its identity as an international arts capital.
Featured artists include: Paolo Davanzo, Marsian De Lellis, Keiko Fukazawa, Megan Geckler, Won Ju Lim, Sarah Maclay, Blue McRight, Sandeep Mukherjee, Christine Nguyen, Claudia Rodriguez, Jim Skuldt, and Lynne Thompson.
Please click here to see the website for the 2016 COLA exhibition.
Please click here to download a PDF of the 2016 COLA exhibition catalogue.
Director\’s Statement
At a time when Los Angeles is internationally recognized as a place for artistic experimentation and exploration, the Los Angeles Municipal Art Gallery (LAMAG) is pleased to welcome the 2016 recipients of the Department of Cultural Affairs’ City of Los Angeles (C.O.L.A.) Individual Artist Fellowships. For nineteen years the city has recognized the achievements of its diverse artistic community through this annual award. This year’s cohort of artists and writers was selected by a panel of their peers: curators and arts professionals based in the Los Angeles area.
As the city continues to grow as a creative hub, this award takes on particular meaning by recognizing the achievements of artists, performers, writers, and poets now in the middle of their careers. Their endeavors have helped to bring Los Angeles to this point. And this is reason to celebrate!
As the new director of the Los Angeles Municipal Art Gallery and Barnsdall Park, I am taking part in the C.O.L.A. exhibition process for the first time. Thinking about the importance of this show, I recalled my arrival in Los Angeles for graduate school. It was 1999, and LAMAG was one of the places to visit. I remember learning about the exhibitions and programs at the gallery with excitement and wonder. My hope is that young artists who are new to the city will see the C.O.L.A. exhibition and have a similar experience of excitement and wonder as they encounter the work of some of those who paved the way.
Undertaking the task of organizing and installing a nonthematic group exhibition that brings together disparate works can be a daunting proposition, as is developing programming that involves both visual artists and writers. Therefore it is important to acknowledge and thank the gallery staff, attendants, and preparators who make this possible: Michael Bell, Scott Canty, Gabriel Cifarelli, Diana Delmonte, Jacqueline Dreager, Marta Feinstein, Tashina Garcia-Garza, Omar Ibarra, Randy Keifer, Daniel Lavitt, Claire Little, Carrie Lockwood, Mark Lucero, Eduardo Malaga, Michelle Murphy, Albino Najar, Mary Oliver, Lawrence Rubin, Michael Sage, Marc Salazar, Jamaal Tolbert, and Nan Wollman.
Isabelle Lutterodt
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Sandeep Mukherhee, Gravity Forlds, 2016
Won Ju Lim, Casting, 2016
Keiko Fukazawa, Homage to A.W., 2016
Megan Geckler, Your escape from patterns your parents designed, 2016 (foreground), Blue McRight, Font, 2016 (background), installation image
Blue McRight, The Book of Rain, 2016
Blue McRight, Font, 2016
Marsian De Lellis, (In)/Animate Objects, 2016
Megan Geckler, installation image
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May 13, 2016