WESTERN US DUTCH EVENTS

Events list for Dutch cultural events in the 13 westernmost states. Follow the links to individual websites for more details on the listed events. Events/dates/locations may be subject to change. It is recommended that you consult the venue/website before attending an event.

For the Greater Glory of God: Religious and Liturgical Art for the Archdiocese of Los Angeles
Our Lady of the Angels, Los Angeles, CA
Through May 31, 2008
Additional info: www.olacathedral.org
Intricately hand-embroidered vesture worn by Popes and created by the Stadelmaier Company of Nijmegen, Holland, are on view at the Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angels in downtown Los Angeles.

Jasper de Beijer
Museum of Contemporary Art Denver, Denver, CO
Through August 3, 2008
Additional info: www.mcadenver.org, www.debeijer.com
Jasperde Beijer finds inspiration in historical records and photographs that range from Japanese modern and traditional culture to memories of Pacific Island rubber industries and First World War photography. Reconstructing this detritus into scale models in paper from which he creates his works, de Beijer brings the past back to life and leaves a new record of his reinterpretation.

Petra Blaisse
Art Center College of Design, Pasadena, CA
May 7-9, 2008
Additional info: www.artcenter.edu, www.insideoutside.nl
Interior designer, Petra Blaisse, will participate in the 2008 biennial Art Center Design Conference. This three-day international gathering of entrepreneurs, thought leaders, and innovators from many fields and disciplines takes as its theme "Serious Play," exploring the essential role of play in business, the arts, science, storytelling, technology, and more.

Catch Electric Guitar Quartet
Center for New Music and Audio Technologies, Berkeley, CA
May 11, 2008
Additional info: www.cnmat.berkeley.edu
This unique ensemble, consisting of four electric guitars, presents an evening of music hosted by the Center for New Music and Audio Technologies.

Armin van Buuren
Tentation Ultra Lounge, Newport Beach, CA
May 13, 20088
Additional info: www.tenrestaurantgroup.com/tentation, www.arminvanbuuren.com
Giant presents a concert by Dutch trance DJ Armin van Buuren, voted 2007's top DJ in DJ Magazine's annual top 100 vote. Tickets available online at www.clubvibes.com.

Visual Power Show
Million Dollar Theatre, Los Angeles, CA
May 17, 2008
Additional info: www.nextnature.net/powershow
Visionaries in Residence at Art Center for the Winter/Spring 2008 Term, Mieke Gerritzen and Koert van Mensvoort present the 4th Visual PowerShow. The Biggest Visual Power Show is an intellectual show that blends a conference and a pop concert. The show represents a field of mixed cultural disciplines, presenting visionairy statements, radical ideas and powerful imagery, exploring a new understanding of Nature.

Johan Snapper
The Netherlands America University League of California, Berkeley, CA
May 18, 2008
Additional info: www.naul.org
Professor Johan Snapper presentsa personal retrospective of the Holocaust in the Netherlands. For more information, call (925) 253-1189.

Mijke de Jong
Mountainfilm, Telluride, CO
May 23-26, 2008
Additional info: www.mountainfilm.org
Mijke de Jong's film 4 Elements will be screened during the Mountainfilm festival in Telluride.

Lars Spuybroek
UCLA Department of Architecture and Urban Design, Los Angeles, CA
May 28, 2008
Additional info: www.aud.ucla.edu, www.noxarch.com
Lecture by Dutch architect, Lars Spuybroek, known as a leading innovator in the use of new technologies inarchitecture.

Maria Sibylla Merian & Daughters: Women of Art and Science
The Getty Center, Los Angeles, CA
June 10 - August 31, 2008
Additional info: www.getty.edu
Maria Sibylla Merian was a pioneering woman of art, science, and business. She was an accomplished painterof flowers and insects and an entomologist from an early age. In her fifties, she traveled to Suriname, then a Dutch colony in South America, to study extraordinary insects first hand. Working with her two daughters, Merian made and produced one of the greatest illustrated natural history books of all time, The Insects of Surinam. This exhibition introduces Maria Sibylla Merian to American audiences and focuses on natural history illustration, which is one of the most accessible and engaging art forms. Co-organized by the Museum Het Rembrandthuis and the J. Paul Getty Museum, the exhibition travels to Los Angeles after its presentation in Amsterdam and is accompanied by a fully- illustrated catalogue.

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On June 19, 2008, Kim Todd, author of a new book on Maria Sibylla Merian, and anthropologist Richard Price, an expert on Suriname, provide insight into Merian's world.

Jasper de Beijer
Chung King Project, Los Angeles, CA
June 14 - July 12, 2008
Additional info: www.fette-gallery.com, www.chungkingproject.com, www.debeijer.com
Dutch artist Jasper de Beijer exhibits a new series of photographic works, "The Riveted Kingdom," which draw inspiration from major engineering feats of the Victoria era. The show, organized by fette gallery, will be hosted by Chung King Project in Chinatown.

Marlene Dumas: Measuring Your Own Grave
MOCA, Los Angeles, CA
June 22-September 22, 2008
Additional info: www.moca.org
This mid-career survey of the work of the acclaimed painter Marlene Dumas, the first of its scale to be mounted in the United States, is organized jointly by The Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, and The Museum of Modern Art, New York. The exhibition includes approximately sixty paintings and 120 drawings, providing a comprehensive examination of the work of one of the most thought- provoking and fascinating artists working today.

Junkie XL
US Tour
July 19, 2008
Additional info: www.junkiexl.com
Dutch-born DJ/producer Junkie XL makes several stops in the Western US on a tour following the release of his latest album, Boomin' Back at You. Tour stops include:

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July 19, Red Rocks, Denver, CO

Saskia Laroo
NedFest Music and Arts Festival, Nederland, CO
August 22-24, 2008
Additional info: www.nedfest.com
The 10th Annual NedFest is a three-day outdoor music festival located on the shores of Barker Reservoir in the mountains of Nederland, Colorado. The festival features Bluegrass, Jazz and World music. Dutch jazz trumpet sensation, Saskia Laroo, will be part of this year's line-up.

Edo de Waart
Hollywood Bowl, Los Angeles, CA
August 26, 2008
Additional info: www.laphil.org
Edo de Waart conducts the Los Angeles Philharmonic orchestra in a program that includes Wagner's Meistersinger Prelude, Brahms' Symphony No. 1, and Schumann's Piano Concerto, played by pianist Sa Chen, winner of the Van Cliburn Competition.