Atelier Visit

Jose Lozano is an artist and published author based in Fullerton, California whose works include public projects, paintings, murals and serigraphs. He received his MFA from Cal State Fullerton. His drawings and paintings have been exhibited widely at venues which include the Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego, UCLA Armand Hammer Museum, Orange County Museum of Contemporary Art, Patricia Correia Gallery, Self Help Graphics, and Avenue 50 Studio. He has received many awards including a J. Paul Getty Mid-Career Grant in Painting and a California Arts Council Grant for Drawing and Painting. Lozano prefers to work in a series and focuses on particular themes and topics, such as Mexican wrestlers, paper dolls, Mexican movie imagery, clowns and loteria playing cards. Lozano was also granted and completed his own Metro train station located at La Brea's Expo line.

Background: From the late 1960s to the early 1980s Highland Park in Northeast Los Angeles was home to the influential Chicana/o artists collectives Mechicano and Concilio de Arte Popular, which included among their members some of the most important Chicana/o artists of their time: Carlos Almaraz, Frank Romero, Judithe Hernandez, Teddy Sandoval, Gilbert Magu Lujan, Leo Limon, Barbara Carrasco, and John Valadez. In stark contrast to the upscale galleries of West Los Angeles, where an individualistic conceptual art was taking root, Highland Park was becoming home to an art form that emphasized the themes of community, cultural pride, and economic struggle inherited from the great Mexican muralists of the previous generation. Read more at resurrectedhistories.com

"Resurrected Histories" has an exciting update. After scheduling, filming, editing and fine-tuning, KCET's Departures, has video clips, photos, and essays available online for viewing.

Brooklyn born Artist Myron Kaufman shares his time with Atelier Visit to discuss his work and thoughts on art. The interview/dialogue was filmed in his Pasadena studio in 2010. Mr. Kaufman's work has been exhibited at Project 210 and Offramp Galleries in Pasadena. -Abel Alejandre

Abel Alejandre revisits 2010 and discusses the future of Atelier Visit.

Based out of Los Angeles, California, we are pleased to present Graham Goddard. We caught up with him at Left Coast Galleries in Studio City, California. Graham is a Trinidadian-American conceptual artist who paints, sculpts and does site specific installations.

Peter J. Harris, wrote poem to honor the legacy of beloved Jamaican born artist Joseph Beckles. Peter performed piece for Atelier Visit in his Los Angeles studio.

We are proud to share this sliver of insight into Brandon’s mystical world of art making. San Fran­cisco Artist Brandon Walls Olsen dis­cusses his work with Raphael Noz. The interview was filmed at “Sight School” an artist run store­front located at 5651 San Pablo in Oak­land, California. Brandon received an MFA from California College of the Arts and BAs in Art and Psychology from UC Berkeley. For more information on Brandon’s upcoming projects and exhibitions visit his site at brandonwallsolsen.com. You can also check out our Artist Registry at ateliervisit.com/profiles/ to view some of his works.

Los Ange­les based Artist Lisa Adams shares her time with Ate­lier Visit to dis­cuss her work and thoughts on art. The inter­view and or con­ver­sa­tion was filmed in her Los Ange­les stu­dio in May of 2010. Lisa’s haunt­ing work of birds, nature, mys­te­ri­ous nar­ra­tives and col­li­sions with abstrac­tions adorn her stu­dio. Lisa has worked as a non-representational artist for ten years and then intro­duced her new visual vocab­u­lary for which she is known today. Her cur­rent work is a beau­ti­ful strug­gle to be seen.

Santa Barbara Visual Artist, Mary Heebner, shares some of her time with Atelier Visit. Her interview was filmed in Los Angeles at Edward Cella Art+Architecture where she was opening her solo show. Exhibit is running through April 17, 2010 at Edward Cella Art+Architecture located at 6018 Wilshire Blvd. Los Angeles, CA 90036.