ARLENE BOGNA
SAFARI AMERICANA: SCENES OF DELIGHT

A solo show by Arlene Bogna featuring large, whimsical, special edition color photographs making a social commentary about our need to have animals as cultural symbols and companions. This collection of fine art photography employs the use of toy cameras, cross-processing, and custom printing.

Presented by Los Angeles Art Association.

WHEN:
Artist Reception
June 21, 2008
6 - 9 pm

"Conversations with the Artists" Panel Discussion
Panel: Barbara Blatt, Arlene Bogna, Denise Siegel, and Juror of Group Show 'Accessorize' Peggy Fogelman (Peabody Essex Museum), Moderator: Peter Mays, Executive Director, LAAA / Gallery 825.
June 21, 2008
4:30 pm

WHERE:
Gallery 825
825 La Cienega Blvd.
Los Angeles , CA 90069

Free to Public / Valet Parking
Exhibition runs June 21 to July 18, 2008
Gallery Hours: Tues - Sat, 10 am - 5 pm
* For a Private Tour, please call: (310) 204-4665

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ABOUT LOS ANGELES ART ASSOCIATION / LAAA:

	As a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization, LAAA's mission is to provide opportunities, resources, services and exhibition venues for Los Angeles artists, with an emphasis on emerging talent. Founded in 1925, LAAA has launched the art careers of many celebrated artists and has played a central role in the formation of Los Angeles' arts community.
LAAA / Gallery 825 825 La Cienega Blvd., Los Angeles, CA 90069 (310) 652-8272 www.laaa.org

FOR MORE INFORMATION:

CONTACT: (310) 204-4665 arlenebognafineart.com

ABOUT THE ARTIST

Arlene Bogna is a native Angeleno who seems to have had insight into her true calling early on in life. As a small child she would hike out to the Angeles Forest, where she staged and photographed scenes with her casts of dolls and stuffed animals. As a teen she was awarded various art scholarships and trained in figure drawing at Art Center Pasadena. She earned a degree in film and literature at UCLA and spent a year studying cinema and mass media at the Universita di Bologna, Italy. Arlene went on to become an award-nominated art director and an award-winning director.

Arlene explores themes of cultural identity and emotion in her photography and paintings with a formal interest in color and composition. Her work has been exhibited in Los Angeles, and her paintings have appeared in the TV PSA Canvas which is in national broadcast rotation and won the 2007 Platinum Best of Show Aurora Award, a Telly Award, and a Davey Award. Arlene is an artist member of the Los Angeles Art Association.

Arlene Bogna's next solo show SAFARI AMERICANA: SCENES OF DELIGHT is scheduled for June 21, 2008 at Gallery 825.