This month's bookmark by:
Karen Velas
Karen Velas is
a bird lover, and is currently taking an extensive
bird biology course from Cornell, with the intent to
possibly
study ornithology for graduate school. She graduated
from the California Institute of the Arts in Spring
2003 with a BFA in photography. While in school, she
made
a large scale installation
which created
a living environment for a fictional
character as well as miniature
nature dioramas using her photography as the two-dimensional
backdrop.
Concurrently, she was a
collaborator, researcher, and partner in the creation
of the (currently in transition)
Velaslavasay Panorama's Avian Alcove. She works at
Otis, where she maintains
the printmaking lab and supervises the students who
use it. She is also a volunteer at
the
Wildlife Waystation, where she primarily
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Sunday, May
30th
8:00pm
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Speakeasy takes an avian turn this month when
we welcome
Daniel Cooper of the Audubon
Society and bird-enamored
artist, Karen Velas. Our
game for the night, Homing, will test your knowledge,
or, well, guessing skills about bird habitats
in our fair state. Daniel Cooper's book, Important
Bird Areas of California, will
be available for sale courtesy
of Book Soup. We
will stir up some Cactus Wren Coolers. The password
is Dodo.
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Daniel S. Cooper (A.B., Harvard 1995; M.S., UC Riverside
1999) is the Director
of Bird Conservation
for Audubon California, the state office
of the
National Audubon Society. His research
focuses on bird distribution in California,
with a particular emphasis on native
bird communities in southern
California, and has been published in Biological
Conservation, Western
Birds, and other journals. An avid birder since early
childhood, Dan has
traveled widely in the U.S. and abroad conducting fieldwork.
In January 2004,
Audubon California released Important Bird Areas
of California, a book Dan
has worked on since late 2000. Dan is based in Los
Angeles, California.
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Sunday, May
30th
(& the last Sunday of Every Month)
8:00 until 10:00 in the evening
Mt. Hollywood Underground
4607 Prospect Avenue
(Underneath Mt. Hollywood Church in Silverlake, corner
of Prospect and Rodney,
one block North of Hollywood
and one block east of Vermont.
Enter on Rodney)
Gents and Dames welcomed with equal regard!
Admission $5.00
Bookmarks $10.00*
Passwords & such
310.572.7347
www.smartgals.org
Mix, mingle, swoon, shine,
speakeasy!
*Keeping this all on the QT, we
don't sell booze, but
we do sell
bookmarks. Do I make myself
mysterious enough here?
We
don't sell booze, but
we do sell
bookmarks. Pack $15.00 for a full
night. And hush!
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click here for the
password
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