Susan O'Malley, Leah Rosenberg, Christine Wong Yap
Montalvo Arts Center Project Space Gallery
15400 Montalvo Road, Saratoga, CA 95070
OPENING RECEPTION: Friday, January 25, 2013, 7 - 9 p.m.
Exhibition: Friday, January 25, 2013 - Sunday, April 14, 2013
Gallery Hours: Thurs-Sun 11-3
Through existing works and new commissions, artists Susan O’Malley (San Jose), Leah Rosenberg (San Francisco), and Christine Wong Yap (New York) explore the age-old question: How do we cultivate happiness? By transforming the gallery, O'Malley, Rosenberg and Wong Yap also examine the role of aesthetic pleasure in inspiring positive emotion.
Happiness is… extends outside the gallery on to Montalvo’s 175-acre grounds, with Wong Yap’s Irrational Exuberance Flags. O’Malley and Rosenberg have collaborated to create A Healing Walk.
Through research, experimentation and grand gesture, O’Malley, Rosenberg, and Wong Yap examine the complex emotions, conditions and actions involved in generating happiness.
Happiness is… is organized by the Lucas Artists Residency. This exhibition launches Montalvo Art Center’s new theme, Flourish: Artists Explore Wellbeing. Over twenty months, Montalvo will explore the topic of wellbeing through a series of exhibitions, conversations, performances, workshops and screenings, developed in collaboration with artists from the Lucas Artists Residency Program, and Montalvo’s Education Department.
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In addition to the reception and first glimpse at Happiness Is... exhibition, visitors will have a chance to explore Montalvo’s grounds with a short silent nighttime walk led by artist Susan O'Malley (Happiness is WALKING). We will walk rain or shine, so please wear comfortable shoes and dress accordingly. Flashlights provided. In the gallery, visitors will experience some of the components of happiness - pleasure, celebration and sharing - by joining us for site-specific cookies created by artist Leah Rosenberg.
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IRRATIONAL EXUBERANCE FLAGS (Saturday, January 26, 1-1:30pm, LAP Lot 1)
Celebrate the raising of Irrational Exuberance Flag with artist Christine Wong Yap.
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HAPPINESS IS…A CONVERSATION (Saturday, January 26, 1:30pm, Phelan Library in the historic Villa)
Join Happiness is… artists Susan O’Malley, Leah Rosenberg, and Christine Wong Yap, and Carole Pertofsky, Director of Wellness and Health Promotion Services at Vaden Health Center at Stanford University, for a conversation about the pursuit of happiness.
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A SPACE (FOR YOU) (January 26 - April 14, Project Space Gallery)
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HAPPINESS TAKES SHAPE (Wednesday, March 20, 7pm, Phelan Library in the historic Villa)
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THE SOUND OF HAPPINESS: A VOICE AND POETRY WORKSHOP (Saturday, March 23, 2-3pm, historic Villa)
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Happiness is WALKING (March 23, 2-3pm, Project Space Gallery)
Explore Montalvo’s grounds with artists Susan O’Malley and Leah Rosenberg.
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Happiness is TALKING, Happiness is LISTENING (April 13, 1-3pm, Project Space Gallery)
Listen and talk with artist Susan O’Malley in the gallery.
