calendar

Wednesday, March 9th

noon- 1 pm [LA]
conversation: 'Insatiable Desires'
USC Fisher Gallery (Watt Hall; USC; downtown LA)
info: 213-740-4561; jlavere@usc.edu
detail: Photographer Rena Small discusses her artwork.

1230 pm [LA]
event: 'Lunchtime Art Talk'
UCLA Hammer Museum (10899 Westwood Boulevard; Westwood)
info: 310-443-7000; hammerinfo@arts.ucla.edu
detail: Join Museum curators Wednesdays at 12:30pm for brief and insightful 15-minute discussions about works of art on view at the Museum. Today curators discuss Henri Fantin-Latour's 'Portrait of Miss Edith Crowe'. Talks continue every Wednesday through March.

630-930 pm [LA]
lecture: 'Frontiers for Graphic Designers'
MoCA (250 South Grand Avenue; downtown LA)
info: 818-558-3968 [AIGA LA]; aigala@vel.net
detail: Thirty years ago, graphic artists blinked at the very idea of designing for computer screens. Yet the World Wide Web somehow became the Graphic Designer Full Employment Act. Science fiction writer Bruce Sterling, 2005's "Visionary in Residence" at Art Center College of Design, speculates on over-the-horizon developments with a screaming need for effective graphic design, including tomorrow's medical imaging, social software, locative technologies and ubiquitous computation. Come prepared to confront concepts that the 20th century never heard of. AIGA members: $15; AIGA student members: $10; non-members: $30; student non-members: $20. +$10 at-the-door. DON'T WAIT! Register ASAP as this event is limited to 150 people. Register on-line.

7 pm [LA]
lecture: 'I Heart Powerpoint'
UCLA Hammer Museum (10899 Westwood Boulevard; Westwood)
info: 310-443-7000; hammerinfo@arts.ucla.edu
detail: Best known as the lead singer and founder of the band Talking Heads, David Byrne has been creating visual art, design, photography, and film throughout his effusive 28-year career. His 2003 book project, 'Envisioning Emotional Epistemological Information', uses Microsoft's presentation application as the medium for original visual art, and is accompanied by a unique soundtrack of electronic music. This is a presentation of the project.