This Saturday and Sunday Venice will turn into a haven for artists, sculptures, architects and more. You will have the chance to explore artists’ studios, bid on original art, tour spectacular homes, sample great food, drink, dance, watch, and enjoy. All of proceeds for the weekend will benefit Venice Family Clinic which provides free, quality health care to people in need.

Saturday: We begin with “The Newly Hatched Homes of Venice”

Meet the architects and developers involved in Venice’s freshest new residences. Please note that some of the homes are nearing completion - guests are advised to wear flat shoes.

Tickets: $75 per person, self-driving (bicycles encouraged). Architects will be on-site at each home to discuss the project and answer questions.

• Radziner Residence
  Marmol Radziner & Associates, AIA
  Completed in 2007, the residence challenges conceptions about indoor and outdoor space and investigates concepts of mass, void, light, proportion, and materiality.
• Nuss Mashaal Residence
  Warren Wagner, AIA, W3 Architects
  Part of a series of two-story passive solar designs for Los Angeles, this recently completed residence of modern sustainable design demonstrates the integration of solar and sustainable technologies into the highest level of architecture.
• Vienna Way Prefab Residence
  Jennifer Siegal, Founder and Principal, Office of Mobile Design
  The newest project from OMD merges responsible design with precision crafting, creating a residence from four modular prefab structures with repurposed existing structures, designed around a courtyard inspired by the LA climate.
• Palms Boulevard Residence
  Daly Genik Architects
  An existing house and garage are transformed into colorful garden lanterns that enfold a shared courtyard, entirely wrapped with a perforated metal skin to provide sun shades and privacy. Winner of 2007 AIA/LA NEXT LA Award.
• Marco Place Residence
  Conception, Design and Construction by Eddington Design
  This newly constructed “dark green” residence employs many new pilot technologies under the LEED program, aiming for Platinum Certification with features such as a living wall of plants to clean and detoxify the air.

Please note:

• The Art & Architecture Tours are generously sponsored by Dwell Magazine. All guests will receive a complimentary copy of Dwell at registration and may enter to win one of 10 annual subscriptions!
• Ticket includes admission to the free Silent Art Auction Preview on Saturday, May 17, from 4 - 6 pm at Westminster School, 1010 Abbot Kinney Blvd., Venice.

For more information on how to get tickets or on the event, go here.
Sunday: Studio Tours, Special Exhibits, and Silent Art Auction

Sunday, May 18, 2008
11 am – 6 pm; Registration opens at 10:30 am
Begin at Westminster School, 1010 Abbot Kinney Blvd., Venice

Tickets: $50 per person (children age 12 and under admitted free). Includes an all-day pass to the following activities, as well as a Venice Art Walk Catalog and Event Guide.

The Artists:

• More than 60 private artists’ studios, homes and special exhibits! New artists added every year. Begin at Westminster School. Free shuttle buses run continuously throughout the day and will be there to help you cover more ground and see more art.
• Click here for a list of participating Studio Tours artists and Special Exhibits.
• Tour Hours: 11:30 am – 4:30 pm

Art Collectors:

• Don’t miss LA’s best silent auction. A wonderful opportunity to browse and bid on more than 400 original works of art including paintings, sculpture, graphics, photography, ceramics, cartoons and furniture donated by Los Angeles-area and Venice Art Walk artists.
• Note: Free Silent Art Auction Preview on Saturday, May 17, 4:00 – 6:00 pm, at Westminster School. Open to the public.
• Click here for a list of participating artists.
• Lower floor: 11 am – 5 pm; upper floor: 11 am – 5:15 pm

And for your viewing comfort and pleasure:

• Food Faire
• Featuring cuisine from LA’s best restaurants, including Acadie Crepes, Bravo Cucina, Cafe Surfas, California Sushi Academy, Chaya Venice, The Counter, Joe’s, Meditrina, Upstairs 2, and Venice Grind. 11 am – 6 pm
• Cocktail Lounges
  On the Venice Art Walk trail. Beverages courtesy of Sauza Hornitos Tequila and Cruzan Rum.
• Artful Living Silent Auction
  Bid on a fabulous selection of fun and functional lifestyle items. 11 am – 5:45 pm
• Live Music
  On the main stage. Noon – 6 pm
• Toyota Prius Drawing
  Enter to win a two-year lease of a new 2008 Toyota Prius. Winner’s name to be drawn on the main stage at 5:45 pm. Click here for tickets.
• Plate Project Drawing
  One lucky person will go home with a limited-edition set of twelve porcelain plates featuring original artwork contributed by Mark Bradford, Kota Ezawa, Gajin Fujita, Charles Gaines, Joe Goode, Salomón Huerta, Kerry James Marshall, Kim McCarty, Raymond Pettibon, Allen Ruppersberg, Alison Saar, and Álvaro Siza. Each plate is 14 inches in diameter, signed and numbered. Courtesy of Santa Monica Museum of Art’s Twentieth Anniversary Artist Plate Project. Winner to be drawn on the main stage at 5:45 pm. Click here for tickets.
• Venice Art Walk Posters and T-Shirts
  Available for purchase all day. Poster sponsored by the David Bohnett Foundation; T-Shirt sponsored by Gelson’s Markets. Click here to purchase.
• Parking Information
  Free parking and shuttle service available on Sunday, May 18. (Details to follow.) Westminster School is also conveniently accessible by the Santa Monica Big Blue Bus:
  Route 1: Santa Monica Boulevard
  Route 2: Wilshire Boulevard

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