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The Beach Reporter, May 30, 2017
Redondo Beach's CA 101 art exhibit explores fake news, immigration, politics
Fake news, immigration, President Trump … issues that have made headlines in recent months have also inspired artists.
“A lot of what’s happening in the world is being reflected in the work that artists are doing now,” said curator Nina Zak Laddon, including the dozens of artists taking part in the sixth annual CA 101, which opens Friday, June 2, with an artist reception.
2017
CA 101 2017, It Takes A Village, Riveria Village, Redondo Beach CA
Easy Reader, June 1, 2017
“CA 101” opens on Friday in Riviera Village
I don’t want to sound like a shill for the Friends of Redondo Beach Art, but the annual “CA 101” shows really do seem to get better year after year. And why shouldn’t they? For this one, entitled “It Takes a Village” (it’s being held in Redondo’s Riviera Village), there were 900 submissions from 55 cities up and down the state. Beginning tomorrow evening and on view through Sunday, June 11, we’ll get to savor the work of 137 artists. And, as before, the exhibition director is Sandra Dyer Liljenwall and the curator/juror is Nina Zak Laddon.
2016
Easy Reader, July 20, 2016
“CA 101” has an impressive lineup of artists from throughout the state
Just as Highway 101 brings together northern and southern California, so it is with “CA 101,” the annual arts exhibition founded four years ago in Redondo Beach.
Previous exhibitions have taken place at the AES Power Plant, the Palos Verdes Inn, and on the Redondo Beach Pier. This year it’s in the heart of the South Bay Galleria, near Macy’s, on the corner of Hawthorne and Artesia.
“CA 101” has become more prestigious during its short history. Now there are 141 artists from 69 different cities, with 240 works lined up for our viewing pleasure.
Expecting to Fly,
Denis Richardson
CA 101 2016, Front & Center,
South Bay Galleria,
Redondo Beach CA
Sleepers,Gus Harper
The Beach Reporter, July 27, 2016
CA 101 gives Galleria an artistic vibe
CA 101, the beach cities’ annual pop-up art exhibition, electrifies the South Bay Galleria mall this year, featuring 141 artists and 240 artworks. Running through July 31, the stellar mix of local and regional California artists includes works in oil, watercolor, mixed media and photography, as well as a variety of major installation art.
Produced by the Friends of Redondo Beach Arts (FRBA), a non-profit organization dedicated to promoting the arts in Redondo Beach, opening night last Friday was packed with more than 1,000 visitors taking in the exciting exhibition, which is divided into two spaces: the CA 101 Gallery and the CA 101 Affordable Art Store, featuring original works for sale at $200 or less.
The Beach Reporter, July 21, 2016
Art exhibit moves from AES to South Bay Galleria
Nearly 70 California cities are represented in the fifth annual CA 101, an art exhibit that will move from the AES power plant to the South Bay Galleria this year beginning with an opening reception Friday, July 22, starting at 5 p.m.
More than 200 artists submitted 928 art works of all mediums, with mixed media/assemblage being the most popular in the exhibit, followed by photography and installations.
2015
Easy Reader News July 31, 2015
High Voltage:
CA 101 art show is plugged into the AES Power Plant
The AES Power Plant in Redondo Beach will be generating an extra dose of energy this weekend and next. “CA 101,” an annual exhibition now in its fourth year, has again pulled in a multitude of visual artists from up and down the state, and by multitude we’re talking roughly 126 artists and 157 works, with 76 of these artists exhibiting with “CA 101” for the first time.
In addition to paintings, drawings, and photographs, the staples of most gallery or museum shows, “CA 101” features 21 site-specific installations. That’s an impressive number by any standard, and something that needs to be seen in person because catalogues, videos or still images can never do them justice.
Abyss, Adrian Amjadi
The Beach Reporter, Jun 27, 2014
Artists flock to Redondo:CA101 art exhibit, with
more than 100 artists, will take place at the
Redondo Beach Pier
More than 100 artists from all over California will showcase more than 230 pieces of art at the third annual CA 101 art exhibit, which opens at the Pier Plaza on the Redondo Beach Pier,with a reception on Friday, June 20.
Forty artists from Redondo Beach, six from Hermosa Beach and three from Manhattan Beach are featured out of the 39 cities represented in CA 101. The art will occupy several business offices in the Pier Plaza. According to curator Nina Zak Laddon, they received more than 650 entrees, but selected 231 in total. Photography was easily the most popular medium submitted and accepted to CA 101, followed by mixed media and oil painting.
2014
Pinpricks and Potions,
BB McIntyre
2013
Easy Reader, June 7, 2013
Cruising down the highway of art with “CA-101 2013”
The AES Power Plant in Redondo Beach is surging with energy. “CA-101,” an all-media art show that filled up hallways and rooms at the Palos Verdes Inn, is back for an encore performance, this time in a venue that has already proved itself to be something of a secular cathedral for art enthusiasts.
Once again, also, Nina Zak Laddon and her cohorts, including exhibitions director Sandra Liljenwall, have lured an assortment of artists (117 of them, from 35 southern California cities), with about half of them from outside the area. New faces, and old friends.
The Beach Reporter, June 5, 2013
Inspired by California: The second CA 101 art exhibit takes place over two weekends beginning Friday, June 7
California has inspired generations of artists and that continues today, across the state and into the beach cities a well. CA 101 2013, which opens this weekend at the historic AES Power Plant in Redondo Beach, explores how living in the Golden State inspires their work.
Produced by the nonprofit groups, Friends of Redondo Beach Arts and the Redondo Beach Art Group, CA 101 features 117 artists from 35 California cities. There are 180 works of art, according to curator and juror Nina Zak Laddon. The exhibit opens Friday, June 7, from 5 to 9 p.m., and will also take place June 8, 9, 14, 15 and 16.
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