July 12, 2014

Screening of Mike Kelley's Mobile Homestead Video and Panel Discussion Saturday, July 12 at ArtCenter College of Design

WHO:
Film aficionados, community members, students, industry professionals and the general public interested in the work of artist and former ArtCenter faculty member, Mike Kelley.

WHAT:
ArtCenter College of Design presents a screening and panel discussion of Mobile Homestead, a video series documenting Mike Kelley’s large-scale public art project. Mobile Homestead is a full-scale replica of the 1950s Westland suburban home where Kelley grew up designed to operate as a community gallery with a removable façade on wheels that Kelley imagined would travel and dispense ‘public services.’ The videos document the remarkable journey through Detroit’s urban and suburban landscapes reflecting Kelley’s interest in its socio-economically diverse communities, as well as themes of biography, history and memory.

Bennett Simpson, curator of MOCA's current "Mike Kelley" exhibition; Patti Podesta, Graduate Art department faculty member at ArtCenter and Mary Clare Stevens, executive director of Mike Kelley Foundation for the Arts and Kelley’s studio manager from 2003 until 2012 will speak about the late artist throughout the July 12th program. The screenings and remarks will be followed by a panel discussion moderated by Jason Smith, prolific contemporary art scholar and associate chair of the Graduate Art department at ArtCenter.

WHERE:
ArtCenter College of Design | Hillside Campus | Ahmanson Auditorium
1700 Lida Street, Pasadena CA 91103

WHEN:
Saturday, July 12, 2014, from 11:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.

WHY:
“Mike was one of the most important professors in ArtCenter’s MFA program from its inception in 1986 until 2006,” said Diana Thater, chair of the Graduate Art department. “His 20 years of dedicated teaching had a lasting impact on his many students. We’re grateful to have this special opportunity to screen Mobile Homestead– to honor him as an artist and ensure his legacy at Art Center lives on.”

HOW:
The event is free and open to the public.

* Speaker lineup subject to change.