Saturday, November 21, 2009

School Homework

Rensphotoshop




I use to have this business called Rensphotoshop what I would do is restore pictures for people this one I just did of a ship that my uncle was on.

Friday, November 20, 2009

A Horse with a view

Way Back



I found this stub in some old papers that I had from my Dad.

Art Work 1974



Back in 1974 I would and still do will draw something on anything(john Lennon & Yoko) like this old medicine cabinet door I found in a house that they were going to tear down.I also like to use a black marker there are a few more that I still have and I will show them on a later time.

Thursday, November 19, 2009






Friday Night at 5iftybucks Gallery
"Where the Wild Things Are"
ary by Manny, Cecilia, and Leo LeGaspe.

Saturday Night:
Bingo at the dA
7pm - 9pm

Film Symposium at Night Driving
7:30 - 9:30

Tool Pool benefit Concert at SCA Gallery
10:00

Baker Lumber



1093 west 2nd Street
Pomona Ca.
909-622-4027


Going way back




The one picture I was trying to sneak out of school but Mr.Garcia seen me told me to put my cap and gown on and get in the picture and the other picture Mr. G is in the picture bottom row am in there somewhere.
New holiday hours for Pomona City Hall

With the holidays just around the corner, the Pomona community is advised to keep in mind the business hours lised below for Pomona City Hall.

City Hall (505 S. Garey Ave.) will close early on Thursday, December 17th at 3:30 p.m. for the Annual Employee Holiday Party. City Hall will re-open for regular bsiness hours on Monday, December 21. Additionally, City hall will be open on January 4th 2010 for regular business hours. Regular business hours are Monday through Thursday from 7:30am-6:00pm. City Hall is closed every Friday
Posted by Pomona Chamber at 3:05 PM
Too Toxic to Trash Househould Hazardous Roundup

Dispose of household hazardous waste and e-waste the right way on
Saturday, December 19, 2009
9:00am-3:00pm
Brackett Field, Fairplex Drive and West Mckinley Ave
For a list of what you can and cannot bring or information on events contact 1(800)238-0172 or www.cleanLA.com or www.lacsd.org
Posted by Pomona Chamber at 3:27 PM
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Wednesday, November 18, 2009

Saturday, December 5
Pomona Heritage Annual Christmas Progressive Dinner
Pomona Heritage will provide Turkey, Ham, Beverages, and Mashed Potatoes and Gravy. Members are asked to provide appetizers, desserts, and side dishes.

Appetizers and Desserts will be at historic homes with the main course at the Ebell Museum of Pomona History

Members and Guests Welcome

Get ready for a Barn Dance



Thank you Kathy

Tuesday, November 17, 2009


ARTS COLONY BINGO FUNDRAISER

WHO: SCA project gallery and The dA Center for the Arts

WHAT: Arts Colony BINGO

WHEN: Saturday, November 21, 2009, Doors open 5pm - early bird 5:45pm - regular 7pm

WHERE: The dA Center for the Arts, 252 S. Main Street in Pomona

COST: $10.00 1st pack; $5.00 2nd pack; $3.00 3rd pack

CONTACT: The dA Center for the Arts, To secure a seat call 909-397-9716

Proceeds to benefit SCA project gallery and

The dA Center for the Arts

CASH PRIZES

Parking and Security

Snack Bar and Free Coffee

13 Regular Games and 3 Special Games

Intermission and Free Bullet BINGO


FILM SYMPOSIUM SmogdAnce Film Society is proud to present its Inaugural Film Symposium; an evening event of viewing new and exciting film-work by filmmakers, showing either an entire short film or portions of films hosted by Bob Pece. At the end of each presentation the filmmaker will be given the opportunity to discuss their films and their experience with the film-making process. The audience will also have an opportunity to ask questions and engage the filmmaker.



Featuring the following filmmakers:

Bob Pece (host) is a local Orange County visual artist and an original tenant of the Santora Building in the Santa Ana Artists Village. Bob has organized and conducted a number of film festivals in California and Arizona for college events, art galleries and community events. His own animation work transfers his enigmatic characters from canvas to screen as short videos.

Amy Caterina (filmmaker) studied at California State University Fullerton where she received her M.F.A. in Photography in 2002.

After college, Caterina co-founded Rat Powered Films, an organization dedicated to the presentation of art films from around the globe. She currently teaches traditional photography, filmmaking, digital photography, and art history at Santa Ana College and Irvine Valley College.

Sean Christensen (filmmaker) has directed more than 10 films and has been involved in acting, producing and designing art with another 20 films.

Born and raised in Phoenix, Arizona and studying cinema and film production at San Francisco State University, Christensen has gone on to produce multiple award-winning live-action and animated films. His company, Square One Cinema, LLC, is devoted to creating unique films with evocative imagery and emotional storytelling, emphasizing creativity and innovative methods of expression.

Franz Keller (filmmaker) began to VJ* in 2003, which is a fusion of graphic design, electronic music, and animation.

He studied film and media design at UCLA, CCA and AAU in San Francisco. As well as the usual electronic music acts, he has often VJ'd with and produced music videos with an eclectic range of rock and experimental bands. Recently he has returned to the world of puppets for some projects, as an antidote for the overproduced, un-spontaneous crop of current computer 3D films.

* Video Jockey is a digital projectionist at music concerts, art shows, etc., and refers to live performances using various

pieces of equipment (players, laptops, and mixers) rather than a self looping DVD installation.

Working on a New Office for the Mayor

Half-marathon set for Pomona this year
Monica Rodriguez, Staff Writer for the Daily Bulletin



POMONA - The first L.A. County Half Marathon, which will wind through Pomona, La Verne and San Dimas on Dec. 13, might be the first step to an annual full marathon in the Inland Valley.
The 13-mile run will involve numerous local partners and is being organized by former Olympic pole-vault champion and Pomona native Bob Seagren and his company, International City Racing.

The announcement was made Monday afternoon at Fairplex, where the race will start and end.

"It's a distinct pleasure to welcome Bob Seagren back to Pomona. We hope this event grows and becomes another longtime Fairplex tradition," said Jim Henwood, president and chief executive officer of the Los Angeles County Fair Association.

For Seagren, the marathon he hopes to make a signature event is a dream come true.

"We're here today because for at least 10 years, a dream of mine has been to do a run in Pomona," Seagren said Monday.

Seagren is familiar with the area. He graduated from Pomona High and Mt. San Antonio College before going on to USC.

This area marks "the start of my athletic career, and (it's) near and dear to my heart," Seagren said Friday.

Seagren's Long Beach-based organization is responsible for putting on various runs around Southern California, including the recent Long Beach International City Bank Marathon, which drew 22,000 runners.

The goal is to have a half-marathon this year and the next and then turn it into a
full marathon by the third year, Seagren said.
Half-marathons are the fastest-growing area of interest for runners, he said, because they don't require as much training and preparation yet "is a major accomplishment in itself."

In addition to the half-marathon, there will be a bike tour, a one-mile run for kids and a 5K run/walk that will benefit the Mt. San Antonio College Foundation, which is raising money for the construction of the Heritage Hall Education Center.

The facility will showcase the accomplishments of its athletes.

On Monday afternoon, Seagren said he was "a mediocre high school pole vaulter in 1964," the year he graduated from Pomona High.

The coaching and mentoring of longtime Mt. SAC track coach Don Ruh was what turned him into a star, Seagren said.

Seagren earned a gold medal in the pole vault at the 1968 Olympic Games in Mexico City and a silver in the 1972 games in Munich. Throughout the 1960s and 1970s, he was one of the best in his sport.

Ruh, the Mt. SAC track coach from 1963 to 1994, said after the announcement that to carry out an event such as this "takes a very special person."

Seagren has never forgotten Mt. SAC, and during his time as an executive of a major athletic-shoe company, it sponsored the Mt. SAC Relays.

The event will include several partners such as Pomona Valley Hospital Medical Center, which will be part of a free Health and Fitness Expo at Fairplex that weekend.

Pomona Mayor Elliott Rothman said the annual run "is going to put us on the map," adding it's also something many are looking forward to.

Registration information is available by going to www.runlacounty.com or through www.fairplex.com.

Monday, November 16, 2009

School Pic

Owner offers to sell downtown Pomona land to city
Monica Rodriguez, Staff Writer for the Daily Bulletin


POMONA - A downtown property owner has proposed selling land on West Second Street to the city that could eventually be sold to a developer or be used for a parking structure.
The proposal from Arts Colony LLC was presented Thursday evening to members of the city's Board of Parking Place Commissioners.

City staff members recommended the body purchase the eight separate but contiguous parcels that make up half a block along the south side of the 400 block of West Second Street, bounded by Park Avenue on the west, Gordon Plaza on the east and an alley to the south.

Redevelopment Director Raymond Fong told the board purchasing the property would be a good investment and "is consistent with the long-range plan for parking" downtown.

Part of the land is occupied by a historic building, referred to as the Giss Building, on the eastern end of the property, and a vacant structure on the western end.

Arts Colony LLC purchased the property in January 2007 at a cost of $3,055,000 but is now selling the property for the principal balance of about $1,063,560 plus the costs of demolishing the vacant building along with grading and paving the vacant land, the report said.

If Arts Colony LLC handles the demolition and paving, the total sale price to the city would be $1,225,000, the report said.

The purchase would require a substantial portion of Vehicle Parking District funds, which the commission manages, Fong said.
Such a purchase, which would require City Council approval, would leave the Vehicle Parking District with $775,000 - $175,000 in the Vehicle Parking District's Working Capital Fund and $600,000 that that city owes the Parking District, the report said.

That money was borrowed in the early 2000s so the city could purchase the Fox Theater.

Some commissioners, including Joseph Mladinov III and Mike Schowalter, have concerns, one of them being the investment.

"I'm uneasy about spending this much of our working capital," Mladinov said.

Acquiring the property, however, would give the commission control of a piece of land that in the immediate future could provide 80 to 90 surface parking spaces and produce revenue for the parking district, Fong said.

When the economy improves, the property, zoned for high density-mixed use, can be sold for a housing and retail development or could be used for a parking structure with retail uses on the ground floor, Fong said.

Commission members decided before they made a decision they needed information on how much it would cost the parking district to handle the demolition of the abandoned building and paving of the vacant land.

Commissioners also want information on the cost of having Jeved Management, which currently manages the Giss Building, continue to manage the property for the city. They also set as a condition for the purchase that the city will move to buy a Parking District lot located next to a city-owned apartment building for use by the tenants.

Finally, the commission would like to have the city repay the money it borrowed for the purchase of the Fox.

The commissioners scheduled a Nov. 19 meeting.

Sunday, November 15, 2009

Pomona Antique Row



Pomona Antique Row




Pomona Antique Row





A.S. ASHLEY GALLERY

Saturday, November 14, 2009


Art Walk from the past

Friday, November 13, 2009

New venues debut in Pomona Arts Colony
A.S. Ashley, Correspondent

POMONA - It is nothing short of amazing how the Pomona Arts Colony has expanded its art venues by 50 percent over the past year, with tonight's Second Saturday Art Walk featuring the opening of four new art venues.
Andi Campognone, who is no stranger to the Arts Colony (formerly co-owner of the dba 256 Gallery), is going it alone in a new venture on the Colony's west side named appropriately, Andi Campognone Projects, 558-B W. 2nd St.

Campognone, who has curated exceptional and diverse artists in previous shows, is continuing this high standard with her opening of "The New Irascibles," based on the Irascible 18 (painters from the New York school), who in 1949 protested the New York Metropolitan Museum's collection and acquisition policies.

"The New Irascibles" is an exhibition of artists dedicated to painting. Though some say "painting" had died, this show is about artists who are loyal to the craft, re-examining and forwarding the act of moving pigment on a surface.

Beginning as a smaller version of the traveling exhibit (11 painters), "The New Irascibles" will eventually highlight the works of 18 painters. Artists include Philip Argent, Daniel Brice, Max King Cap, Alex Couwenberg, Jimi Gleason, Robert Kingston, Andy Moses, Thomas Pathe, Roland Reiss, Greg Rose and Mark Zimmermann.

Across the street from Campognone's gallery is the newly refurbished Edison Building, housing a dozen artist live/work units, some doubling as
exhibition space. One such space making its debut is Silence Gallery, 565-1 W. 2nd St., operated by Kai Streets, a Pomona native and photography artist.
Kai Street has an interesting take on art. His reasoning for naming his gallery "Silence": "I wanted to be part of this (Arts Colony) by giving artists an avenue for their work to have a voice, and most importantly be heard. Every piece of art speaks volumes that are immeasurable, and every viewer hears something different sometimes nothing at all. It's that `silence' that gives it its true meaning art!"

Silence Gallery's Second Saturday exhibit will present the photography of Rocco Myers, a teacher who enjoys spending his summers traveling the world and capturing the people, places and wonders of this incredible planet in photographs.

Switching up the exhibition space later in the month for Last Saturday's Metro Night Out on Nov. 28, Silence Gallery will present a group show of more than 20 local photographers.

Another art venue opening in the Colony featuring photography is Faded & Blurred, also the name of the 200-member photography group exhibiting at the gallery.

Faded & Blurred was founded by two photography instructors, Frank Wisneski and Jeffrey Saddoris, from Tri-Community Adult Education in Covina, one of the best known schools for beginning and advanced photographers in Southern California.

A body of like-minded photographers, Faded & Blurred shoots, retouches, shares, instructs, displays art and discusses photo-related issues, additionally performing community outreach.


Asked why the group is named Faded & Blurred, Paul Knight, member and curator of the gallery, said, "Sharp and vibrant is simply too overrated. Faded & Blurred represents the quest for promoting photography as an art, a business, and a group of socially conscious individuals giving back to the community."

The gallery is in the Founders Building, also the home of the Latin Art Museum, and the SCA Project Gallery. Unlike their neighboring venues located in the basement, Faded & Blurred requires an elevator ride to the second floor, 281 S. Thomas St. No. 205.

Having done a spectacular job converting the space at the northeast corner of Thomas and 4th St., Kirk Pedersen will debut his new gallery, PEDERSEN Projects, 396 S. Thomas St., during the Art Walk.

Pedersen has recently exhibited at the Downtown Cal Poly Art Center and completed five exhibitions in China including the Today Art Museum, Beijing, and Duolun Museum of Modern Art, Shanghai. His first hard-cover photography book, titled "Kirk Pedersen: Urban Asia," was published earlier this year.

Pedersen's first offering at the gallery will be "FINISHED/UNFINISHED," an introduction to PEDERSEN Projects featuring the paintings and photographs by Pederson himself. Future shows will focus on group exhibitions of paintings and photographs by national and international, established and emerging artists.

Pomona's Art Walk is every "Second Saturday" of the month in downtown Pomona, 6 to 10 p.m., with closing exhibits on display during Pomona's Last Saturdays Metro Night Out, 6 to 10 p.m.

For more information and to download a map of all 36 art venues in Pomona's Arts Colony, go to www.pomonaartscolony.com.

A.S. Ashley is a Pomona Arts Colony artist and advocate.

New neighbors

Four new galleries have recently opened in the Pomona Arts Colony:


• Andi Campognone Projects, 558-B W. 2nd St.

• Silence Gallery, 565-1 W. 2nd St.,

• Faded & Blurre, 281 S. Thomas St. No. 205

• PEDERSEN Projects, 396 S. Thomas St.

Horse with a Window

e-Waste Roundup Day
Date: November 14th
Time: 9-3

Location: A-American Self Storage at 1710 W. 2nd St., and 730 East 1st. St., Pomona

In conjunction with the Pomona Chamber. Roundup your old computers, TVs, cell phones and other end-of-life electronics for FREE \"clean & green\" recycling! Load up the car and drive-through to drop off. It\'s that easy! Proceeds benefit the Pomona Chamber of Commerce

Thursday, November 12, 2009

Doors slide open


Ren`s sing along altogether now

Wednesday, November 11, 2009

This is a P-Barn Update

We Shall Not Forget

Tuesday, November 10, 2009

Monday, November 09, 2009

New Bike Lanes



They start from Mission then south on Hamilton then they stop at Phillips and they are on both sides of the street.