Sneak Peek of TAM's August Exhibitions....featuring 2 TAMA Members!!!

Torrance Art Museum Becomes Working Studio for Artists

FOR RELEASE: July 10th, 2015

Contact: Max Presneill

Torrance, CA - The Torrance Art Museum, the leading contemporary art museum in the South Bay of Los Angeles, announced today that for the month of August 2015 the Main Gallery will host 11 working artists from the local area as well as Los Angeles, San Diego and San Francisco for a month long Residency experiment. From Saturday August 1 to Saturday August 29 the Main Gallery will have these talented artists making new works, with a Closing Reception for the art works produced, on Saturday 29th August, 6-9pm

The artists are: Sydney Croskery, Elizabeth Dorbad, Nancy Evans, Josh Hagler, Seth Kaufman, Hung Viet Nguyen, Don Porcella, Dickson Schneider, Mariangeles Soto-Diaz, Vincent Tomczyk, Valerie Wilcox

This project is a unique experiment in bringing artists and their works to the public. It offers an insiders view of the processes and skills, dedication and imagination that are brought to bear in the creation of art at this level of expertise. It continues the cutting edge programming that has made the TAM a leading destination site for art and that the influential art magazine, LTD, awarded TAM with the placement of 6th place for the Best Museum Shows of 2014, beating out competition from exhibitions at LACMA, MOCA and the Hammer amongst others, as well as reviews in The Los Angeles Times and other publications.

Artist Dickson Schneider and his Free Art Cart will be distributing his art works directly to the public for free throughout this project's run.

During the month the artists will be available during open hours, Tues-Sat, 11am-5pm, to discuss their ideas, methods, materials and their thoughts with the public. The Museum is free to everyone and is located at 3320 Civic Center, Torrance, CA 90503.

TAM will also be presenting new large-scale sculptural works by Los Angeles based artist Kathleen Whitney in Gallery Two, as well as a selection of International video artist works in the Dark Room projection space.

To learn more about this project, please contact:

Max Presneill

Director / Senior Curator

Torrance Art Museum

3320 Civic Center

Torrance, CA 90503

phone: 310 618 6341

email: mpresneill@torranceca.gov