Creative Arts

Send DATEBOOK items to Burbank Leader, 221 N. Brand Blvd., 2nd Floor, Glendale, CA 91203 or fax to (818) 241-1975. Submissions must be received two weeks before publication. ? TODAY The Creative Arts Center Gallery will host the annual Fine Arts Federation Membership Exhibit at the gallery, 1100 W. Clark Ave., Burbank. The juried mixed media exhibit represents more than 60 artists and includes painting, sculpture, pottery, collage and photography. Hours are 9 a.m. to 8 p.m. Monday through Thursday, 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Friday and call the gallery at (818)

Molly Shore With this year's shows already booked at the city's Creative Arts Center gallery, Kim Freed, the center's new recreation supervisor, is already looking ahead to next year's shows. "We haven't pinned down specific artists," Freed said. "We're looking at local artists who are bringing their work in, as well as those who are registered with the Slide Registry of Los Angeles." When the city's new fiscal year budget for 2003-2004 is developed, Freed said she will have a better idea how much money the center will have to work with.

Patti Lewis The Burbank Creative Arts Center will showcase its own in an exhibit opening Friday at the municipal gallery. Works displayed by the center's visual arts instructors will include watercolor, ceramics, photography, printmaking and other mediums. The art exhibit is a great way to show the residents of Burbank the high caliber of the teachers at the Creative Arts Center, Alejandra Biolatto, the gallery director, said. Many of the instructors are professional artists with master's degrees in fine arts.

Ryan Carter BURBANK -- A sale of unique holiday gifts will be Nov. 30. The sale, which is sponsored by the Park, Recreation and Community Services Department and the Burbank Fine Arts Federation, will feature pottery, paintings, photography, ornaments, decorations, clothing, jewelry, mosaics and more. It will take place from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. Nov. 30 and from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Dec. 1 at the Creative Arts Center, 1100 W. Clark Ave., in Burbank.

An art exhibit of works by members from The American Ceramic Society, Design Chapter, Southern California Section opens with a reception from 7 to 9 p.m. Friday at the Burbank Creative Arts Center Gallery. Outgoing President Melody Cooper has judged the membership's work, which provides an example of what's going on in Southern California clay among both established and newer ceramists. These works will be accompanied by a display by guest artist Neil Moss.

Those looking to knock out holiday shopping this weekend can swing by the Burbank Creative Arts Center and choose from hundreds of items handmade by 70 local artists. Through Dec. 19, the studio will be transformed into an arts and crafts boutique featuring handmade pottery, paintings, jewelry, clothing, ornaments and other items. The artists include students and instructors at the studio, along with members of the Burbank Fine Arts Federation. Organizers said 15% of the proceeds will go toward the federation, with the remainder of the profits benefiting the artists.

As the clock’s hands inched closer to 7 p.m. on Friday evening, photographer Cynthia Alarcon’s eyes darted around the Burbank Creative Arts Center giving everything a final visual nod of approval. In just moments the doors of the gallery would open to unveil her “One Woman’s Journey” exhibit that photographically documents her travels and experiences over the past two decades. The reception, staged to celebrate the opening of Alarcon’s retrospective, was not just a beginning, but also a culmination of a 20-year journey and a yearlong period of reflection.

Rudy Droguett has risked his life for the love of his art. The artist, who is in his 70s, has traveled to Africa twice to take pictures of wild animals, which he later uses as subjects in his scratchboard etchings. He's come close to losing his life, he said. During one trip to Kenya, the vehicle he was riding in had a flat tire. There was a lion lying under a tree nearby watching the entourage. Not wanting to miss the opportunity, Droguett got out of the vehicle to take a picture.

Instructors at the Burbank Creative Arts Center are debunking the myth that "those who can't do, teach." Ten ceramics teachers will display their works at an opening at the Creative Arts Center Gallery on Friday. Longtime ceramic instructor Judy Springborn's love of sculpture began while she was enrolled as an art history major during the 1960s at UCLA. "One of the requirements was to take a ceramics class, so I took a class and loved it," Springborn said. After college, she got married and started raising a family.

Roughly 20 Burbank students were recognized for their artistic talents this week as part of the annual Youth Art Expo, which featured the drawings, sketches and sculptures of more than 200 students. The program, which was organized by the park, recreation and community services department and the Burbank Fine Arts Federation, received 1,500 art submissions from students in kindergarten through 12th grade, according to gallery director Frances Santistevan. Roughly 250 were chosen for the exhibit, and 20 students were awarded for their talent.

Those looking to knock out holiday shopping this weekend can swing by the Burbank Creative Arts Center and choose from hundreds of items handmade by 70 local artists. Through Dec. 19, the studio will be transformed into an arts and crafts boutique featuring handmade pottery, paintings, jewelry, clothing, ornaments and other items. The artists include students and instructors at the studio, along with members of the Burbank Fine Arts Federation. Organizers said 15% of the proceeds will go toward the federation, with the remainder of the profits benefiting the artists.

Ongoing renovation at the historic Brand Library and Art Center in Glendale forced organizers to secure a new location for this year's annual art exhibition, but they found a willing and generous venue in the Burbank Creative Arts Center. Juror Bonese Collins Turner culled carefully through hundreds of entries from across the United States to choose various award winners for “Brand 41: Works on Paper: Memories,” which remains open through Wednesday. The Burbank Creative Arts Center is much smaller than the Brand Gallery, but there is plenty of room to display the winners and a reasonable representation of the entries, all of which are de facto honorable mentions.

Send DATEBOOK items to Burbank Leader, 221 N. Brand Blvd., 2nd Floor, Glendale, CA 91203 or fax to (818) 241-1975. Submissions must be received two weeks before publication. ? TODAY The Creative Arts Center Gallery will host the annual Fine Arts Federation Membership Exhibit at the gallery, 1100 W. Clark Ave., Burbank. The juried mixed media exhibit represents more than 60 artists and includes painting, sculpture, pottery, collage and photography. Hours are 9 a.m. to 8 p.m. Monday through Thursday, 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Friday and call the gallery at (818)

It?s back ? a place to buy a variety of handmade gifts for the holidays while supporting the arts in Burbank. The Creative Arts Center Holiday Boutique, organized by the Burbank Fine Arts Federation, opens Friday in the center?s gallery. ?The money we make is used to buy equipment that may be needed in the arts studios, mainly pottery,? said Barbara Rog, recreation program specialist. In addition to its gallery space, the center offers art classes from beginning to advanced levels in pottery, drawing, sketching and painting, including oil, acrylics and watercolor, Rog said.

Arline Helm’s knack with color earned her artwork top honors in the Burbank Art Assn.’s Fall Juried Show, which opened Friday at the Creative Arts Center Gallery. Community artists and members of the art association are allotted only two entries for this show. Helm, an 83-year-old watercolor artist, got first-place awards for both of her entries. One of the two is “Canyon River Blues.” “I did it from a photograph in a brochure advertising Arizona,” the former Glendale resident said.

The design and effective use of colored glazes in her tile mural, “Maia,” won Felicia Nilson the Robert Sandmeyer Memorial Award, officials said, in the Fine Arts Federation of Burbank’s juried show. The Burbank resident said she was inspired by a small illustration by Eugene Grasset, an artist in the early 1900s. The subject of the piece is a woman’s face. “I love art nouveau, and this piece really called to me,” Nilson said. The show is taking place at the Creative Arts Center in Burbank through March 20. Members of the arts federation, a support group of the center, each enter one piece of artwork.

Artists have gathered unusual items, from intricate pieces of jewelry to gravel, and applied them to canvas in the new exhibit at the Creative Arts Center Gallery in Burbank. The show features 50 works by 31 members of the Collage Artists of America. The exhibit is unique because it’s all assemblage and collage, said gallery Director Frances Santistevan, of Glendale. “In the last five years, maybe we’ve had three or four shows that have been strictly collage-like,” she said.

For holiday shoppers looking for gifts with a little more imagination, students and teachers at the Creative Arts Center are selling their handmade works at their annual Holiday Arts & Crafts Boutique. The event allows the center’s artists the chance to have their work shown and make a little money for themselves and the center, said Barbara Rog, recreation program specialist. “The boutique is a fundraiser for the Fine Arts Federation, which is the support group for the arts center,” she said.