Filter Foundry supports KCRW (89.9) and LAUNCH LA and other industry brands to present LA's 10th Annual free, Music & Art festival,TARFEST, which returns to the historic La Brea Tar Pits on Saturday, September 22nd, with an impressive lineup of musical performances, live art exhibits, Biergarten, Wine Bar and local gourmet food for the whole family to enjoy.
TARFEST will take place from 2:00 PM til 9:00 PM on Sat., September 22nd with performances by red-hot indie-rock bands Blondfire, Helena, Soft Swells, So Many Wizards, The Steelwells and The Makepeace Brothers with live paintings by revered artists Greg “Craola” Simkins, Johnny “KMNDZ” Rodriguez and Van Saro. A featured sculpture by Bertil Petersson, produced through a unique partnership with USA Projects, will make its debut along with sculptures by Tom Winter, Mattia Biaggi and David O. Johnson. The festivities will also include a Lagunitas Biergarten, a wine bar sponsored by Whole Foods and gourmet food trucks as well as fun social awareness and activities provided by Keep A Breast Foundation, Keep A Breast Non Toxic Revolution, The Pablove Foundation and Hoop It Up Worldwide.
In anticipation of the annual event, TARFEST will hold an opening reception on Thursday, September 20th from 6:00 PM - 10:00 PM (Address: 5900 Wilshire Blvd., Variety Building, East Annex, Los Angeles, CA 90036) for TARFEST 10 Year Anniversary Art Exhibition 2003-2012. The retrospective exhibition will be curated by Holly Harrison the Curatorial Administrator for Contemporary Art at LACMA and will feature art from 36 of the 225 artists from the past nine years of TARFEST Juried Exhibitions. Previous Jurors include Nancy Myers, Edward Robinson, Rita Gonzalez, Howard Fox and Michele Urton of LACMA and local arts administrators, writers and gallerists including Peter Mays, Molly Barnes, Laurie Frank, Kathy Gallegos, Peter Frank and Holly Myers among others.
TARFEST sponsors include Warner Bros. Records, Olympia Medical Center, The Beverly Center, Los Angeles’ Councilmember Tom LaBonge, CD 4, Lagunitas Brewery, JAK Prints, Whole Foods, the Miracle Mile Chamber of Commerce, Merry Karnowsky Gallery and LA Art Machine, among many others.