COLA 2018
May 3 – June 24

In this image, there is a large, circular sculpture comprised of various blue painted metal by the artist Doris Sung. To the right of this sculpture are two brightly painted abstract artworks by the artist June Edmonds. Towards the right foreground of the image is the exhibition title wall. The title wall is painted black and says, in part, COLA 2018 with a list of the artists' names beneath it.
COLA 2018, installation image, May 3 - June 24, 2018, photograph by Jeff McLane
In this artwork installation by the artist Dave Hullfish Bailey, there are thirty three photographic prints displayed in three rows across two walls. The photographs document a library located under a palo verde tree in Slab City, a squatters’ camp near the Salton Sea, and other landscapes in the Southern California desert.
Dave Hullfish Bailey, Working approximation of a conventional form, 2018, installation image, photograph by Jeff McLane
In this video installation by the artist Michele O'Marah, there are two TV monitors placed on pedestals set in front of a brightly painted blue wall and black and white striped painted wall. The video on the left plays a re-staged 1993 ABC report for Nightline titled What about Hillary Clinton? that originally aired on February 1993. To the right of this is a video that plays a re-staged video of Madonna speaking on censorship and defending banned Justify My Love video ABC Nightline 1990.
Michele O'Marah, installation image, 2018, photograph by Jeff McLane
In this artwork installation by the artist Sandra de la Loza, a black banner hangs from the ceiling with a white drawing of the back of a train and the words To Oblivion. Behind this work are small, black and white portraits of figures from the Pacific Electric Railway Strike of 1903.
Sandra de la Loza, installation image, 2018, photograph by Jeff McLane
In this artwork installation by the artist Julie Shafer, there are seven black and white photographs depicting landscape from the Oregon Trail. To the right of this, there are fifteen paper pieces of graphite rubbings depicting engravings located on the Oregon Trail. These engravings feature the names of the settlers and written phrases from the settlers who journeyed on the Oregon Trail.
Julie Shafer, Parting of the Ways, 2018, installation image, photograph by Jeff McLane
In this artwork installation by the artist June Edmonds, there are three paintings. The painting on the left features various lines of dark, skin-like colors with bright colors, while the painting in the middle features an abstract representation of the American flag with dark, skin-like colors, and the painting on the right (smaller in size compared to the other two) depicts circular, abstract shapes in both dark, skin-like colors and brighter pastel colors.
June Edmonds, installation image, 2018, photograph by Jeff McLane
This paper artwork by the artist Julie Shafer is a graphite rubbing of an engraving that says, Hurah for old Abe, The Union, and the Salmon River.
Julie Shafer, Abe, from the series Parting of the Ways, 2018, courtesy of the artist

Los Angeles – The City of Los Angeles Department of Cultural Affairs (DCA) was pleased to announce the 2017/18 City of Los Angeles (COLA) Individual Artist Fellowship recipients. These Fellows produced a new body of work with grants of $10,000 each and their new works were premiered by the City of Los Angeles in the Spring of 2018.


The 2017/18 C.O.L.A. Fellows in the design/visual arts, literary arts*, and performing arts** were: Dave Hullfish Bailey, Guillermo Bert, Terry Braunstein, Cassils, Sandra de la Loza, Michelle Dizon, Tim Durfee, June Edmonds, d. Sabela Grimes**, Peter J. Harris*, Michele O’Marah, Julie Shafer, and Doris Sung, Kristina Wong**

These Fellows were chosen in three review-rounds by nine interdisciplinary peer panelists who were curators, educators, non-profit gallerists, museum directors, and/or past COLA Fellows.

 

“C.O.L.A. Fellows are the types of unique civic entrepreneurs that we need in this city,” said DCA General Manager Danielle Brazell. “DCA is proud to honor these creative visionaries and nurture their symbiotic relationships with LA and other artists and the city’s history and identity as an international arts capital.”

 

“C.O.L.A. Fellows represent the spectrum of LA’s exemplary mid-career artists,” said DCA Grants Administration Division Director Joe Smoke. “The C.O.L.A. grants allow these accomplished, influential, and not yet ultra-famous artists to create new work that the City of Los Angeles will premiere for the general public in one or more group presentations accompanied by a promotional catalog as well as educational artist talks.”

 

The C.O.L.A. visual arts exhibition took place at DCA’s Los Angeles Municipal Art Gallery located at 4800 Hollywood Boulevard in Barnsdall Park; and the C.O.L.A. performance and literary showcase occured at Grand Performances at California Plaza in downtown LA. The C.O.L.A. 2018 catalog was designed and published by Susan Silton, a former C.O.L.A. awardee.

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