Between the Serene and the Ominous-Natalie Arnoldi’s paintings featured in Arts Manhattan inaugural show
Natalie Arnoldi with one of her gas station paintingsGLORIA PLASCENCIA, CONTRIBUTING PHOTOGRAPHER Arts Manhattan is no more. But don’t place a wreath on the coffin just yet because the group has, with modifications, metamorphosized into Art Avenue Foundation according to Homeira Goldstein. As past president of the former and now president of the latter, Goldstein knows better than anyone else how the art organization she’s led has been progressing through our changing times. She says that the name Arts Manhattan was somewhat vague. “What we do is not just for Manhattan Beach but also for the surrounding communities. It’s much better not to have a location connotation attached to the name.” However, the internal drive will not remain exactly as it was before. “We were really due for a change,” Goldstein says. “We needed new blood. It’s going to include a lot of new people, maybe people who are more in touch with contemporary art and people who are more active in the art world. I think our demographics is changing; the environment is changing everywhere, not just here.” In the past, the City of Manhattan Beach has allotted Arts Manhattan time and space for two shows a year in the…
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