Back by popular demand, this event offers a beautiful setting for mingling and enjoying art and music. The evening’s featured entertainer will be Vonda Shepard, the striking young singer and songwriter best known for her four-year role as the resident singer at the local Boston bar frequented by the cast of the NBC series Ally McBeal. Shepard’s “Searchin’ My Soul” was the series theme song. She also wrote and performed all of the tunes on the show’s soundtrack album, which went triple platinum and became a hit around the world soon after its release in 1998.
Absolut Raspberri Vodka will be hosting martini bars and Robert’s Catering will be serving a sumptuous buffet dinner. Set both in indoor galleries and in the museum’s courtyard, the elegant evening will also feature musical entertainment and curated art tours through the museum. Supporting organizations include the Orange County Armenian Professional Society, the Orange County AGBU Young Professionals and the Orange County Triple X Fraternity.
Beautiful Losers presents contemporary work by more than 30 artists inspired by the last three decades of street culture, graffiti, punk and skateboarding, which have all had a widespread impact on the worlds of fashion, music and film. The featured artists are part of a lineage that dates back to the dynamic East Village scene of the 1980s, a moment when the renegade spirit of street culture collided with the art world with dramatic effect. Gritty, rebellious and sincere, they share an interest in pop-culture iconography, a sense of the absurd and an independent perspective from outside the mainstream.
The exhibit has been organized by the Contemporary Arts Center, Cincinnati, and Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, San Francisco, and is guest-curated by Iconoclast Productions. It has received significant funding from Nike and Agnes B with additional support from Curators’ Circle.
Founded in 1992, Junior Achievement of Armenia is dedicated to promoting free-market economics, democratic governance, social responsibility and ethical business practices in the Republic of Armenia via Economics and Civics education. JAA’s mission is to give today’s Armenian youth the knowledge and skills necessary to succeed in tomorrow’s world. With courses in all 1400 high schools in the country, JAA now reaches 170,000 students in Armenia each year. By 2005, nearly 20% of the total population will have taken a JAA course. For more information, visit HYPERLINK "http://www.jaarmenia.org" www.jaarmenia.org.
Since 1992, the Armenian EyeCare Project has been ‘bringing sight to Armenian eyes’ through a comprehensive ophthalmology program. Dedicated to the elimination of preventable blindness and making 21st Century eye care accessible to every Armenian child and adult, the EyeCare Project’s initiative is an integrated program of assistance focused on strengthening the Armenian eye care delivery system and reducing preventable blindness in Armenia. The five comprehensive program components include direct patient care, medical training and education, public education, research and capacity building. For more information, visit HYPERLINK "http://www.eyecareproject.com" www.eyecareproject.com.
The event will begin at 6:30 p.m. at the Orange County Museum of Art, located at 850 San Clemente Drive in Newport Beach. Ticket prices are $250 per person. A limited number of tickets are available at $50 for professionals 35 years and younger. Reservations, due by February 28, can be made by calling (949) 675-5767 or (818) 753-4997.
