Image courtesy of Joshua White, 2005.
Join the MAK Center for the Mackey Apartments Block Party – an afternoon with friends and collaborators! Located on a flat lot in a residential neighborhood, the Mackey Apartments is a rare four-unit apartment building built in the 1930s by R.M. Schindler. Currently, the apartments are home to the MAK Center’s Artists and Architects-in-Residence program, as well as our Garage Top open-air gallery space featuring the bi-annual exhibition series, Garage Exchange: Los Angeles x Vienna. The Block Party invites the general public to learn more about MAK Center’s Mid-City location through an open house of the Mackey Apartments, a presentation of projects by current Artists- and Architects-in-Residence, an artist book launch featuring 2021 CalArts MFAs, a playlist by Kristin Posehn, and a peek into Lindsey Adelman’s studio.
OPEN HOUSE
Explore the Mackey Apartment units and get to know our Artists and Architects-in-Residence through open studios, where residents will present their current and ongoing work.
Manuel Gorkiewicz presents his paper curtain and smaller works on paper he’s completed during the residency.
Julia Obleitner & Helvijs Savickis invites reflection on the weather and water supply systems in L.A., sharing a film and hosting a water tasting – sparkling, tap, alkaline, mineral, spring, and water from various regions, both far away and close by.
Emilija Skarnulyte presents film and sculpture tracing the ocean basin and trawling the aphotic zones of the ocean for lasting effects of human intervention.
RE:CONNECTIONS PUBLICATION LAUNCH
Panel Discusion 4:00 PM
Zoe Strauss, Tatum Howey, Audrey Min, & Ashley Hunt
Take home a copy of the artist book re:connections, produced by the 2021 MFA graduates of the CalArts School of Art. The launch will culminate at 4:00 PM in a panel discussion among CalArts visiting faculty and Guggenheim Fellow Zoe Strauss; Tatum Howey (Creative Writing MFA 21), PhD candidate at UCSD; curator Audrey Min; and CalArts faculty Ashley Hunt.
The artist book re:connections features artworks by 18 members of CalArts’ 2021 Art MFA cohort: Danielle Trent, Yaozhi Liu, Seongeun Kim, Benjamin S. Gordon, Shan Ni, Eleanor Francis, Juan Herrera, Fía Benitez, Dongpu Ling, Jing Dong, Aimée Dopa, Caleb Craig, Lois Bielefeld, Ruoyi Shi, Dana Carly Eitches, Amanda Bauer, Kendra Le Bault de La Moriniere, and Richard Nam, as well as an introduction by Howey. Visit re:connections for more information.
CASTING GLANCES WITH KRISTIN POSEHN: INVERTED DOME
Enjoy a music playlist selected by invited artists to accompany the exhibition Kristin Posehn: Inverted Dome, currently on view in the Mackey Apartments Garage Top.
LINDSEY ADELMAN STUDIO
Peek into the lighting and space of the Mackey Apartments Penthouse featuring the extraordinary designs of Lindsey Adelman’s studio. Adelman will present paintings completed the week prior during a residency period in her studio.
Tacos and refreshments will be served. Masks and proof of vaccination or recent negative Covid test. You can read more about our Covid policies here.
