WESTERN US DUTCH EVENTS

Events list for Dutch cultural events in the 13 westernmost states. Follow the links to individual websites for more details on the listed events. Events/dates/locations may be subject to change. It is recommended that you consult the venue/website before attending an event.

Jasper de Beijer
Museum of Contemporary Art Denver, Denver, CO
Through August 3, 2008
Additional info: www.mcadenver.org, www.debeijer.com
Jasperde Beijer finds inspiration in historical records and photographs that range from Japanese modern and traditional culture to memories of Pacific Island rubber industries and First World War photography. Reconstructing this detritus into scale models in paper from which he creates his works, de Beijer brings the past back to life and leaves a new record of his reinterpretation.

Wouter Dam
Frank Lloyd Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
Through August 23, 2008
Additional info: www.franklloyd.com Works by ceramic artist Wouter Dam are included in a group exhibition at Frank Lloyd Gallery at Bergamot Station in Santa Monica.

Maria Sibylla Merian & Daughters: Women of Art and Science
The Getty Center, Los Angeles, CA
Through August 31, 2008
Additional info: www.getty.edu
Maria Sibylla Merian was a pioneering woman of art, science, and business. She was an accomplished painterof flowers and insects and an entomologist from an early age. In her fifties, she traveled to Suriname, then a Dutch colony in South America, to study extraordinary insects first hand. Working with her two daughters, Merian made and produced one of the greatest illustrated natural history books of all time, The Insects of Surinam. This exhibition introduces Maria Sibylla Merian to American audiences and focuses on natural history illustration, which is one of the most accessible and engaging art forms. Co-organized by the Museum Het Rembrandthuis and the J. Paul Getty Museum, the exhibition travels to Los Angeles after its presentation in Amsterdam and is accompanied by a fully- illustrated catalogue.

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Curator's Talk
Stephanie Schrader, assistant curator of drawings, the J. Paul Getty Museum, leads a series of gallery talks on the exhibition Maria Sibylla Merian & Daughters: Women of Art and Science, August 7 at 1:30pm

Exhibition Overview
The museum offers a one-hour overview of the exhibition daily at 1:30pm through August 17.

Bas Jan Ader, Jeroen de Rijke and Willem de Rooij in Living Flowers: Ikebana and Contemporary Art
Japanese American National Museum, Los Angeles, CA
Through September 7, 2008
Additional info: www.janm.org
Traditional Japanese culture has exerted a profound influence on the vanguard of Western art practices for over 150 years. Living Flowers: Ikebana and Contemporary Art explores addresses the history of ikebana as a starting point to explore an impulse found in contemporary artistic practice that both overtly and inadvertently references aspects of ikebana and includes the work of Dutch artists Bas Jan Ader, Jeroen de Rijke and Willem de Rooij.

Marlene Dumas
MOCA, Los Angeles, CA
Through September 22, 2008
Additional info: www.moca.org
This mid-career survey of the work of the acclaimed painter Marlene Dumas, the first of its scale to be mounted in the United States, is organized jointly by The Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, and The Museum of Modern Art, New York. The exhibition includes approximately sixty paintings and 120 drawings, providing a comprehensive examination of the work of one of the most thought- provoking and fascinating artists working today.

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Class: Figure Painting from Photography
August 9 - 30, 2008
In conjunction with the Marlene Dumas exhibition, UCLA Extension offers a four-session course exploring the artist's work and giving students the chance to create their own figurative work from photographic sources. Taught by LA-based artist Stephanie Pryor on four consecutive Saturdays. Visit www.uclaextension.org for registration information.

Lecture: Richard Schiff on Marlene Dumas
September 7, 2008
Catalogue essayist and professor of Art History at the University of Texas at Austin, Richard Schiff, will talk about the work of Marlene Dumas in conjunction with the exhibition Measuring Your Own Grave.

Laidback Luke
The Love Festival
LA Coliseum, Los Angeles, CA
August 9, 2008
Additional info: www.thelovefestival.com, www.laidbackluke.com
Known for producing some of the best dance tracks in Holland, DJ Laidback Luke will perform a set as part of the annual Love Festival on the grounds at the LA Coliseum.

Saskia Laroo
NedFest Music and Arts Festival, Nederland, CO
August 22-24, 2008
Additional info: www.nedfest.com
The 10th Annual NedFest is a three-day outdoor music festival located on the shores of Barker Reservoir in the mountains of Nederland, Colorado. The festival features Bluegrass, Jazz and World music. Dutch jazz trumpet sensation, Saskia Laroo, will be part of this year's line-up.

4 Strings
Fresh Squeezed Festival, Los Angeles, CA
August 23, 2008
Additional info: www.freshsqueezedfestival.com, www.4strings-music.com
Dutch trance music DJ duo 4 Strings, comprised of Carlo Resoort and Jan De Vos, is included in the lineup for the 2008 Fresh Squeezed festival.

Checkpoint Dreamyourtopia
Burning Man, Black Rock Desert, NV
August 25 - September 1, 2008
Additional info: www.burningman.com, www.dadara.com
Checkpoint Dreamyourtopia is an installation challenging viewers to cross the boundaries of their own hearts and minds to reach the place where their dreams and reality intertwine, created by Daniel Rozenberg, an artist based in Amsterdam.

Edo de Waart
Hollywood Bowl, Los Angeles, CA
August 26 and 28, 2008
Additional info: www.laphil.org
Edo de Waart conducts the Los Angeles Philharmonic orchestra under that stars at the Hollywood Bowl in two programs that includes Wagner's Meistersinger Prelude; Brahms' Symphony No. 1; Schumann's Piano Concerto, played by pianist Sa Chen, winner of the Van Cliburn Competition; Shostakovich's Festive Overture; Prokofiev's Violin Concerto No. 2, with Julian Rachilin on violin; and Tchaikovsky's Symphony No. 5.

Marcel van Eeden
Daniel Weinberg Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
September 6 - October 18, 2008
Additional info: www.danielweinberggallery.com, www.marcelvaneeden.nl
Dutch artist Marcel van Eeden's oeuvre is comprised of drawings based on source material pre-dating his own birth in 1965. Since 1993, van Eeden has made at least one drawing a day. This will be the artist's first exhibition in Los Angeles.

Villeroy & Boch in Ultrasonic III: Elementary, my dear Watson
Mark Moore Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
September 6 - October 25, 2008
Additional info: www.markmooregallery.com
The Dutch artist collective of Villeroy & Boch, formed by Ellemieke Schoenmaker and Alex Jacobs, is included in a group exhibition at Mark Moore Gallery, presenting a collection of works that explore individual obsessions.