• 06/21/08: Opening night of Accessorize, June 21, 2008
• 04/26/08: Hokum Opening Reception April 26, 2008
• 04/12/08: gem 2008
• 12/08/07: Open Show 2007
• 10/04/07: Tarfest 2007
• 09/20/07: Go Native Screening
• 09/13/07: 2007 Biannual at LAAA South
• 09/07/07: Opening of NaCl, H2O installation show
• 03/31/07: Artspeak "Artist Entrepreneur Workshop"
• 01/11/07: LAAA Los Angeles Gallery and Museum Mixer
• 12/16/06: 2006 Open Show reception
• Artspeak event: Blogging Forum
• 07/13/06: LAAA Live Art Auction and Architectural Tour
• 06/22/06: LAAA South Biannual opening
• 05/11/06: Exploring the Self Through Art

Opening night of Accessorize
June 21, 2008
(Accessorize Photos by Paul Esposito www.tastypiephotography.com)

Getty Museum Director Michael Brand, Accessorize juror and Peabody Essex Museum Director of Education and Interpretation Peggy Fogelman and LAAA Executive Director Peter Mays

Peter Mays, Otis College of Art and Desig President Samuel Hoi and Dylan Kendall, Executive Director Hollywood Arts discuss the Accessorize opening

Peggy Fogelman and internationally renowned artist Lita Albuquerque

Hokum Opening Reception
April 26, 2008

LAAA's Peter Mays and L.A. Department of Cultural Affairs Executive Director Olga Garay

gem 2008
LAAA's annual gem fundraiser kicked off LA's spring art season on April 12
April 12, 2008

Getty Museum Director Michael Brand and LAAA's Executive Director Peter Mays enjoy a light moment

Artist Gwen Samuels and Barbara Lazaroff

gem guests enjoy amazing food provided by Spago, Chinois on Main and Wolfgang Puck Catering

Live music by John David Rushton

gem's live auction featured pieces by Bruce Nauman, Frank Gehry, Kent Twitchell and more

Open Show 2007
December 8, 2007

LACMA Curator Howard Fox and LAAA's Peter Mays

Artist S. Lee Robinson and Dave Grohl of Foo Fighters and Nirvana fame share a light moment.

Tarfest 2007
October 4, 2007

LAAA was a proud partner on the visual arts programming for Tarfest 2007. Commemorating its fifth year as the Mid-Wilshire festival of Film, Music and Art, Tarfest has grown from a small local celebration to one of LA's most vibrant and most attended annual cultural events.

LAAA Executive Director Peter Mays, Tarfest Executive Director James Panozzo and LACMA Assistant Curator and Tarfest Curator Michelle Urton celebrate a winning exhibition at the Korean Cultural Center.

Go Native Screening
September 20, 2007

LAAA's citywide Go Native programming kicks off at the Center for the Preservation of Democracy with a special screening of experimental, non-narrative short films juried by Artist Nicole Cohen. Currently, Cohen is featured in the installation Please Be Seated: A Video Installation at the Getty Center. The films shown at the screening offer up commentaries and analyses of Los Angeles' current cultural milieu. Go Native allows emerging time-based media artists the opportunity to show their work to a larger audience.

The Go Native screening panel — comprised of artist and juror Nicole Cohen, LAAA Executive Director Peter Mays and internationally renowned video curator and expert Marc Glode — respond to the screenings as well as the current state of time-based media art.

2007 Biannual at LAAA South
September 13, 2007

Otis College of Art and Design President Sammy Hoi and LAAA Executive Director Peter Mays enjoy the opening reception

Opening of NaCl, H2O installation show
September 7, 2007

Internationally renowned Artist Lita Albuquerque reflects on the collaborative process and her goals for the installation

Artspeak "Artist Entrepreneur Workshop"
March 31, 2007

Carolyn Campbell, Director of Communications for UCLA's School of the Arts and Architecture and President of Campbell Communications facilitates the compelling "Artist Entrepreneur Workshop" at Gallery 825 and shares expert insight on targeted PR and Marketing strategies for artists.

LAAA Los Angeles Gallery and Museum Mixer
January 11, 2007

LAAA hosted the Los Angeles Gallery and Museum Mixer on Thursday, January 11, 2007. Sponsored by our friends at Art and Living Magazine, this event was an opportunity for all Los Angeles gallery and museum professionals to socialize, network and share a drink and appetizers.

All of Southern California's art professionals came out for this festive event

LAAA's Sinead Finnerty-Pyne and Bonhams & Butterfield's Ed Beardsley

Beverly and Stuart Denenberg of Denenberg Fine Arts, Janice Schopfer of LACMA and LAAA Executive Director Peter Mays

LAAA Executive Director Peter Mays and Barbara Lazaroff discuss the needs of emerging artists

2006 Open Show reception
December 16, 2006

Juried by UCLA Hammer Museum Director Ann Philbin.

Danny Devito and LAAA Executive Director Peter Mays enjoy the successful opening reception

L to R: LAAA's Peter Mays, UCLA Hammer Projects Director James Elaine, LAAA's Sinead Finnerty Pyne and Jessica Devereaux and UCLA Hammer Museum Director Ann Philbin

Artspeak: Blogging Forum

LAAA Live Art Auction and Architectural Tour
July 13, 2006

On July 13, 2006, LAAA hosted a special Live Art Auction and Architectural Tour at the AIA award winning Home/Gallery of Michael Collins and Daniel Banchik in West Hollywood, CA.

LAAA South Biannual opening
June 22, 2006

Peter Mays, Jeremy Strick and Michael Napoliello, Jr. at the LAAA South Biannual opening.

Exploring the Self Through Art
Exhibition celebrating 25 years of Fairfax Magnet Center for Visual Arts
May 11, 2006

Sponsored by LAAA at Gallery 825 in collaboration with Greenway Arts Alliance, this exhibition displayed the artwork of over 50 young artists who created artwork based on the Hercules Project, Greenway's multi-disciplinary theater production.