" Art in the Spirit III"
April 26, 2003

co-hosted by Linda Vallejo, Artist and Victor Raphael, Artist and Curator
"Art in the Spirit" is a salon dedicated to sharing friendship, conversation, and the arts with a focus on the spirit

For this third salon we focused on three vital questions:

* How do we create a balance between the work of the studio, the work of the spirit, and finding an audience in the material world for our art work?
*How does spirituality manifest itself within each individual artist?
*How does art in the spirit present itself in this time of war?

Our guests included:

Elizabeth Bloom, artist 
Angela De Mott, artist 
Sam Erenberg, artist
Judi Jordan, writer and director
Rick Ortega, artist
Gabrielle Raumberger, owner, EPOS, Inc.
Reyes Rodriguez and Marialice Jacob, owners, Tropico de Nopal Gallery and Art Space
Elena Siff, co-founder, Women Beyond Borders Project
Jan Williamson, co-director, 18th Street Arts Complex
Lalo Garcia, artist

Artist Elizabeth Bloom

"Art in the Spirit provided a rare sense of community that I think we all hunger for--especially as visual artists. Frequently our lives are insular, devoted to work or in pursuit of our muse in isolation. Linda provided a meeting place where creative people from different cultures, backgrounds ages and gender could interact, show their work, and respond to each other's work. The generosity of spirit, conviviality and the interest of kindred souls was heart-warming and fulfilling. A rare happening in a city as big and complex as L. A. Much thanks to you dear Linda for your big-hearted vision in creating Art in the Spirit Salon!"

- Elizabeth Bloom

Elizabeth Bloom is an artist based in Los Angeles who works in a variety of media. Her work has been exhibited at the Hammer Museum of Art, the Platt Gallery at the University of Judaism, the Lancaster Museum and the Downey Museum of Art. She has received the Founders' Award from the Woodmere Art Museum in Philadelphia and the Gimbel Excellence Award from the Fleisher Art Memorial.

Artist Angela De Mott

Angela DeMott is an artist specializing in ceramics.

Artist Elena Siff Erenberg

Elena Siff Erenberg has exhibited at the Santa Barbara Museum of Art, the New Media Gallery at Ventura College and the College of Creative Studies Gallery at the University of California, Santa Barbara (UCSB).  She has received grants from the NEA and the Keck Foundation.

Writer Judi Jordan

Judi Jordan, Golden Feather Productions, is a writer and director.

Artist Lalo Garcia presenting

Lalo Garcia was formerly "the in-house artist/designer for a liturgical arts and sacred environment company for whom he designed such special works as the vestments and miters of Pope John Paul II and all 350 Roman Catholic bishops for the Pope's visit to Los Angeles and the vestment worn by His Beatitude, Metropolitan Theodosius and other Hierarchies in Russia on the occasion of the millennium of Christianity in 1988. He has executed paintings, designed statuary, stained glass, etched glass, vestments and furniture for many churches throughout the United States, including the Shrine of the Holy Redeemer in Las Vegas and at Santa Rosa Catholic Church in San Fernando." 

   Victor Raphael is an artist based in Los Angeles who works in a variety of media including painting, photography, printmaking, video, and the computer. His artwork has been exhibited internationally, and can be found in such collections as The Bibliotheque nationale de France, the Skirball Museum, Los Angeles, and the Tokyo Metropolitan Museum of Photography. He has been the recipient of two grants from the Polaroid Corporation. In May 2000, Raphael had a 20 year retrospective exhibition of his work at the Frederick R. Weisman Museum of Art at Pepperdine University.

Ricardo Ortega 's works have been exhibited at Galeria Las Americas, in Santa Monica, Pueblo Gallery in L.A., Indigena Gallery in Monrovia, Martinez Books in Santa Anna, and has been a featured Artist for the Casa de la Cultura in Las Cruces New Mexico. His most recent works have been on display at the California State University Northridge Performing Arts Center and at the County of Los Angeles Century Gallery of Mission College and the Dr. Rudy Acuña Art Gallery in Oxnard, CA.

Our guests included:

Elizabeth Bloom, artist 
Angela De Mott, artist 
Sam Erenberg, artist
Judi Jordan, writer and director
Rick Ortega, artist
Gabrielle Raumberger, owner, EPOS, Inc.
Reyes Rodriguez and Marialice Jacob, owners, Tropico de Nopal Gallery and Art Space
Elena Siff, co-founder, Women Beyond Borders Project
Jan Williamson, co-director, 18th Street Arts Complex
Lalo Garcia, artist