Saturday offers a variety of art opening options: Hollywood, Silverlake, Chinatown, and Downtown all have shows; however there is more going on in Culver City, and Ventura has an inaugural "Westside ArtWalk".

Some new reviews on Artcards Review below... we are are looking for writers in LA, so email us at help@artcards.cc if you are interested in writing. Have a great week!
 
New on Artcards Review:
- NYC: "Mythopoeic LANY Group Show at Peter Blum Gallery in Chelsea" by Gabriella Radujko
- Miami: "Art Walk-O-Mania" by Brinson Renda
- NYC: "Featured Gallery: ART BLOG ART BLOG" by Amanda Schmitt

Tuesday:
+ Performance: "A Live Animal" curated by Christopher Reiger, Selene Foster at Kristi Engle Gallery

Saturday:
+ Performance: "Fela-bration 7/23: A 'Central Nigeria Unmasked' Send-off Party!" at Fowler Museum at UCLA
+ Adrian de la Pena, Alexis Disselkoen , Amir Nikravan, C. Ree, Josh Cho, Marcus Perez, Maura Brewer, Noritaka Minami, Samira Yamin, Sophie Lee "Nothing Comes From Nothing: UCI MFA 2011" at Las Cienegas Projects
+ "Art Workshop Collaborative" at Las Cienegas Projects

Tuesday, July 19

Lecture: "Zocalo At The Hammer: Can Mentors Save Lives?" at Hammer Museum
Westwood / Century City: 10899 Wilshire Blvd, CA 90024, 7pm

+ Performance: "A Live Animal" curated by Christopher Reiger, Selene Foster at Kristi Engle Gallery
Highland Park: 5002 York Avenue, CA 90042, 7:30-9:30pm (performance begins at 8pm)

Wednesday, July 20

Lecture: "Shannon Ebner" at Hammer Museum
Westwood / Century City: 10899 Wilshire Blvd, CA 90024, 12:30pm

Reading: "Pen Center Usa: Emerging Voices" at Hammer Museum
Westwood / Century City: 10899 Wilshire Blvd, CA 90024, 7pm

Angie Bray, Astrid Preston, Astrid Preston, Catherine Eaton Skinner, Chris Richter, Diana Markessinis, Eric Zener, Gail Roberts, Gail Roberts, Hilary Baker, Hilary Baker, Jerry Burchfield, Jill Sykes, Jill Sykes, Jim Jenkins, Kim Abeles, Laura Haskell, Laura Parker, Lucy Brown, Lucy Brown, Suvan Geer, William V. Matthies "Speak for the Trees" at Scape
Corona Del Mar: 2859 E Coast highway, CA 92625, RSVP required, 6-9pm

Thursday, July 21

David Levinthal "Toyland" curated by Jonathan Brown, Robyn Rosenfeld at LEADAPRON
West Hollywood: 8445 Melrose Place, CA 90069, 6-8pm

Lecture: "Merce Cunningham, Choreography & Collaborative Technology" at Sci-Arc
Downtown: 960 E 3rd Street, CA 90013, 7-9pm

"Fuck Pretty" at Robert Berman Gallery (C2) Santa Monica: 2525 Michigan Avenue, CA 90404, 6-9pm

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Lecture: "Mindful Awareness" at Hammer Museum
Westwood / Century City: 10899 Wilshire Blvd, CA 90024, 12:30pm

Tour: "Free Weekly Tour" at Hammer Museum
Westwood / Century City: 10899 Wilshire Blvd, CA 90024, 6:15pm

Performance: "Also I Like To Rock: Grouplove & Milo Greene" at Hammer Museum
Westwood / Century City: 10899 Wilshire Blvd, CA 90024, 7pm

Jason Martin, Joel Shapiro at L.A. Louver
Venice: 45 North Venice Boulevard, CA 90291, 6-8pm

? Jacob Kassay at L&M Arts
Venice: 660 Venice Boulevard, CA 90291, (time not confirmed, check with gallery)

Screening: "Third Thursdays & Cinema Orange: Space, Land and Time: Underground Adventure with Ant Farm" at Orange County Museum of Art
Orange County: 850 San Clemente Drive, Newport Beach, CA 92660, 7pm tour, 8pm screening

Friday, July 22

Performance: "Ty Segall, Audacity, Tijuana Panthers" at Center for the Arts Eagle Rock
Eagle Rock: 2225 Colorado BLVD, CA 90041, $10, 8pm

Saturday, July 23

Lois Howard at Harris & Ruble Gallery
Hollywood: 6424 Santa Monica Boulevard, CA 90038, 5-9pm

Alex Prager, Ayanah Moor, Judy Chicago, Kim McCarty, Lisa Steele, Mary Beth Edelson, Stella Vine, Swoon "Eve" at Subliminal Projects
Silverlake / Echo Park / Atwater: 1331 W Sunset Boulevard, CA 90026, 8-11pm

"Beyond Impressions: A Print Exhibition" curated by Shervin Shahbazi at Morono Kiang Gallery
Downtown: 218 W 3rd Street, CA 90012, 6-9pm

Abel Baker Gutierrez "Swimming" at Luis De Jesus Los Angeles
Santa Monica: 2525 Michigan Avenue, suite F2, CA 90404, 5-8pm

Annie Seaton, Bill Sosin, Cynthia Greig, David Trautrimas, Dylan Vitone, Michael Eastman, Richard Gilles, Tom Stone "Out of Con(text)" at DNJ Gallery
Santa Monica: 2525 Michigan Avenue, suite J1, CA 90404, 6-8pm

Anne Ramis at TAG Gallery
Santa Monica: 2525 Michigan Avenue, CA 90404, 5-8pm

"Abstraction" at Ruth Bachofner Gallery
Santa Monica: 2525 Michigan Avenue, suite G2, CA 90404, 5-7pm

"Chain Letter" curated by Christian Cummings, Doug Harvey at Shoshana Wayne Gallery
Santa Monica: 2525 Michigan Avenue, B1, CA 90404, 6-8pm

+ Performance: "Fela-bration 7/23: A 'Central Nigeria Unmasked' Send-off Party!" at Fowler Museum at UCLA
Westwood / Century City: Westwood Blvd at Sunset Plaza, CA 90069, 1-4pm

+ Adrian de la Pena, Alexis Disselkoen , Amir Nikravan, C. Ree, Josh Cho, Marcus Perez, Maura Brewer, Noritaka Minami, Samira Yamin, Sophie Lee "Nothing Comes From Nothing: UCI MFA 2011" at Las Cienegas Projects
Culver City: 2045 S. La Cienega Blvd., CA 90034, 6-9pm

+ "Art Workshop Collaborative" at Las Cienegas Projects
Culver City: 2045 S. La Cienega Blvd., CA 90034, 6-9pm

Kristin Calabrese, Mindy Shapero, Monique Van Gendren at Susanne Vielmetter Los Angeles Projects
Culver City: 6006 Washington Boulevard, CA 90232, 6-8pm

Robert Pruitt at Koplin Del Rio Gallery
Culver City: 6031 Washington Boulevard, CA 90232, 6-8pm

Adrienne Burks "Windows of Downtown Ventura" at Edward Cella Art + Architecture
Mid-Wilshire: 6018 Wilshire Boulevard, CA 90036, 4-7pm

David Stone "Quick Response (Within Reason) And No Regrets" at Charlie James Gallery
Chinatown: 975 Chung King Road, CA 90012, 6-10pm

Performance: "Tonalism: An All Night Music Happening" at Center for the Arts Eagle Rock
Eagle Rock: 2225 Colorado BLVD, CA 90041, 6pm-6am

"New Westside ArtWalk" at Museum of Ventura County
Ventura: 100 East Main Street, CA 93001, RSVP to 805.563.0323 x7, 1-9pm (7-9pm afterparty)

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