The City of Beverly Hills in collaboration with TZ Projects and the Wallis Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts are excited to bring to you an art installation created by artist Torie Zalben and producer Liana Weston alongside Surface Productions, proposed for November 19-29, 2020. This installation is part of Embrace & Celebrate Culture, a new citywide inter-Commission collaboration to celebrate diversity and create a greater culture of inclusion, equity & belonging in the City of Beverly Hills. 

Visions in Light: Windows on the Wallis is concerned with the power of art and culture to speak for a diverse humanity. The show, a video display, comprises various media, still and moving, projected onto the windows of Beverly Hills' The Wallis Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts. The windows serve not only to present the show physically, but to stand metaphorically for seeing beyond one's own point of view. Art thus becomes a tool for justice and harmony.

DATES/TIMES: Nov 19-29th, 5:30-9PM nightly.

LOCATION: Wallis Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts: *Intersection of Canon Drive and South Santa Monica Blvd. in Beverly Hills.

RULES: You can view the show from your car or the nearby sidewalks while adhering to social distancing guidelines. *There will be no admission onsite and viewable only from the street.

Music Playlist links: Queen Kwong, Chris Holmes, + Dublab’s Greenroom Para Todxs .

PRESS: BEVERLY HILLS COURIER, BEVERLY PRESS, KCET, KTLA, MSN.



Participating Artists: Adrienne Adar, Alison Saar, Awol Erizku, Ayana V. Jackson, Bettina Hubby, Bhanu Kapil, Calida Rawles, Cam Hicks, Carter Murdoch, Chris Cadaver, Cleo Wade, Darian Zahedi, Damien Hirst, Diane Holland, Diana Hakobyan, Fatemeh Burnes, Fawn Rogers, Firooz Zahedi, Forrest Kirk, Gabriella Sanchez, Gajin Fujita, Gegam Kacherian, Genevieve Gaignard, Glen Wilson, Greg Ito, Gregory Siff, Haleigh Nickerson, Hank Willis Thomas, For Freedoms, Heather Rasmussen, Jen DeNike, JPW3, Keith Mayerson, Lauren Halsey, Lezley Saar, Manjari Sharma, Mario Moore, Maynard Monrow, Mónica Hernández, Omid Mokri, Patrick Martinez, Paul Rusconi, Shaina McCoy, Rakeem Cunningham, Simphiwe Ndzube, Spencer Mar Guilburt, Terry O’Neill, Summer Wheat, & Tom Pazderka.

Curatorial Advising Committee: Lois Plehn, Peter Frank, Lisa Applebaum Haddad, Maynard Monrow, Laura Dvorkin, Bettina Korek, Kimberly Davis, Caroline Tufenkian, Christina Caputo, Taylor Brock, Michelle Woo, Erin Christovale, Christopher Lew, Michele Snyder, Breanne Bradley, Meghan Doherty, Antoine Girard, Becky Pynoos, Victor Finley, Luis Calderon, Spencer Rudin, and Ashley Woods Hollister. 

BEVERLY HILLS:

City Council: Mayor Lester Friedman, Vice Mayor Robert Wunderlich, Councilmember John Mirisch, Councilmember Lili Bosse, and Councilmember Julian A. Gold M.D.

City Manager: George Chavez.

Assistant City Manager: Nancy Hunt-Coffey.

Arts and Culture Commission: Chair Michael Smooke, Vice Chair Deborah Frank, Commissioner Zale Richard Rubins, Commissioner Stephanie Vahn, and Commissioner Liliana Filipovic.

Human Relations Commission Chair Ori S. Blumenfeld, Vice Chair Karen Popovich Levyn, Commissioner Jerald Friedman, Commissioner Annette Saleh, and Commissioner Rhoda J. Sharp.

Community Services Department: Jenny Rogers, Pam Shinault, James R. Latta, Karen Buth, Stephanie Harris, Kristin Buhagiar, Paul Paolone, Adrine Ovasapyan, Dana Beesen, Joana Torres, and Aida Thau.

Featured Patrons: Domino Realty, Hon. Lili and Jon Bosse, Jeff Hyland and Rick Hilton, Josh Flagg, K Period Media, Liana, Helen and Richard Weston, Mapleton Investments, The Kranzberg Arts Foundation, The Konheim Family, Rochelle Maize Luxury Estates, Stephanie and Leon Vahn, Shawn Far + Vertigo.

Additional Patrons: Annette and Marc Saleh, Beksan Designs, Betsabe Botaitis & Kevin D. Whittaker III, Brigette Diller, Caroline Tufenkian, Cynthia Plehn, David Freitag, Deborah and Andrew Frank, Diane Holland, Eden Alpert + Vibrato Grill Jazz, Ernie Ruehl, Forrest Kirk, Forte Wellness, Hrishikesh Desai & Justine Roach, Max Ostrow, Ned Low, Patricia Van Ronkel Low, Scott Levenson, Skin Style Beverly Hills, The Shamtobi Family, and more. 

Special Thanks: American Eagle Protective Services, Beksan Designs, Beth Rudin DeWoody, Brooke Megdal, Cheyenne Yousuf, David Bronstein, Embrace and Celebrate Culture inter-commission committee members, Geoffrey Rodriguez & Bernhard Punzet, Jill Black Zalben & Marvin Caesar, Joe Simantob, Joel Domantay, Glenn Fuller, Héritage Fine Wines + Paris Tokyo, Lily Dulan, Lois & Richard Plehn, Marc Karzen, Michelle Homami, Michelle Wiesel, Mina Sotoodeh, Nevers, Palazzo, Packard, Wildermuth & Wynner PC Law, Norman Zalben, Patti Penn, Rachel Fine, Rachel Zelaya, Robert Wynner, Samantha Moray, Steve & Krystie Souza, Souza Insurance, Surface Productions, The Black Family, The City of Beverly Hills, The Wallis Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts, Virginia Sandoval, Zach Zalben, and more. 

Show Video Credits: Daniel Jaffe, Surface Productions,TZ Projects and Quinn Meyers.

This show is dedicated in loving memory of Jerusha Simantob Darvish.