Levin & Associates Announces New Projects March 17, 2003 We are pleased to be involved in the following new projects: • Library Court Conversion of a 1960's office building into 90 units of market rate housing. • Los Angeles County of Modern Art SARGENT AND ITALY EXHIBITION - TO OPEN FEBRUARY 2ND AT LOS ANGELES COUNTY MUSEUM OF ART Designed by architect Brenda Levin, FAIA, the Los Angeles County Museum of Art's (LACMA) exhibition Sargent and Italy opens February 2 and continues through May 11, 2003. Ms Levin, founder of Levin & Associates architecture and urban planning firm, is known for her work on several of the city's most important landmarks, including City Hall, Griffith Observatory, Grand Central Market, the Bradbury, Oviatt, Fine Arts and Pellessier (Wiltern Theater) buildings, and the Boone Gallery at the Huntington and the University Art Museum at UCSB. The exhibition was organized by LACMA and Ferrara Arte and was funded by the Iris and B. Gerald Cantor Foundation in celebration of its 25th anniversary and co-curated by Elaine Kilmurray, Richard Ormond and by LACMA curator Bruce Robertson. Sargent and Italy explores the unique relationship between one of the best known American artists and Italy. John Singer Sargent was born in Florence to expatriate American parents who traveled through Europe incessantly returning most frequently to Italy. Sargent is most famous for his grand manner portraits, but he began his career in the late 1870's painting the island of Capri and Venice. Ms. Levin developed the installation design to draw the visitor through a sequence of spaces which model the environment in which Sargent was painting. The scale and colors change dramatically as the viewer emerges from the darker early painted genre scenes and portraits, into the mountains and cashmere series of figures in the landscape, through a metaphorical row of cypress trees and into the warm, golden Italian landscape and views of Venice. The design attempts to capture the quality of light and air that characterize Sargent's scenes. The Sargent and Italy exhibit is running concurrently with Ansel Adams at 100. MODIGLIANI AND THE ARTISTS OF MONTPARNASSE - TO OPEN IN JUNE AT LOS ANGELES COUNTY MUSEUM OF ART For information on LACMA's hours and tickets call 323-857-6000 or visit www.lacma.org. • Plaza de Cultura y Arte Development of a master plan that incorporates the historic Antique Block with new construction "to celebrate, promote and preserve an appreciation of Latino historical contributions through the El Pueblo de Los Angeles Historic Monument. The proposed project would display the cultural richness of its people and heritage through Latino education, cultural and arts programming. • Vibiana Arts Project Adaptive reuse of 1876 St. Vibiana Cathedral into a multi-use performing arts center. • Camp Bloomfield Master Plan Master plan of summer camp in Malibu for partially sighted and blind children. • Barnsdall Park – Phase 2 Restoration of the Hollyhock House and renovation of Residence A to accommodate the Barnsdall Adult Art Center. • Scripps College Dance Facility Renovation and expansion of the current facility to accommodate the Claremont Colleges Dance Program including studios, academic, and administrative spaces. Currently under Construction: • Griffith Park Observatory The renovation and expansion project is currently being bid, with construction commencement scheduled for spring 2002 and reopening in spring 2005. • Travel Town Locomotive Pavilion A 27,000 sq. ft., 300 ft.-long steel trussed, open-bay structure designed to cover and protect Travel Town’s historic train collection. Education | Arts & Culture | Civic & Social | Urban Revitalization About Levin & Associates | News | Home