HomeMy WebLinkAbout05-12-2016 - City Arts Commission - 03 Staff Report Cultural Arts Activities for April 2016TO: Newport Beach City Arts Commission
FROM: Tim Hetherton, Library Services Director
(949) 717-3810, thetherton@newportbeachca.gov
PREPARED BY: Tim Hetherton
TITLE: Cultural Arts Activities for April 2016
2015 Best of Orange County – Public Art
Newport Beach Civic Center and Park was recently honored in 2015 OC
Weekly’s “Best of OC” for having the best “Public Art” in the county.
Selected by the readers of OC Weekly for the second year in a row, the
publication explains its choice, “We're not being lazy by voting for them
two years running because Newport Beach's Arts Commission has been
busy installing another 10 sculptures since we shared the love last
year.” They note “Newport may have this category locked up for a
while.”
Film Festival Seminars
Funded by a grant from the City Arts Commission, several Film Festival seminars were held at the
Central Library and Civic Center on the weekend of April 23/24 covering a variety of film related topics,
Crowdfunding, Directing, Women in Film, Music in Film, Screenwriting and more. There was also a
Virtual Reality Lounge in the Friends Room at the Central Library and the Film Festival used the Media
Lab for film screenings.
Eva Malhotra reception
The Newport Beach City Arts Commission hosted a reception for artist Eva Malhotra on April 30 in the
Friends Meeting Room at the Central Library.
Mrs. Malhotra’s art received a great deal of favorable attention during the exhibition.
Upcoming exhibitions at Central Library include:
May 2016: Bea Riley
June 2016/July 2016: Salli Hosseini
August 2016/September 2016: Fernando Del Rosario