Save the date - Next DNG Event at DNJ Gallery July 29th, 2010

Please save the date our next Designer Networking Event will be held at DNJ Gallery Thursday July 29th, 2010 from 7:00pm - 9:30pm.

DNJ Gallery is located at:

154 1/2 N. La Brea Ave. Los Angeles, CA 90036

323.931.1311

Current exhibition that will be on view: Photograms: Uniquely Simple, Curated by Darryl Curran

ABOUT DNJ Gallery DNJ Gallery is a fine art organization located in Los Angeles' West Hollywood neighborhood. Every day brings new ideas and ways of looking at the world around us. Art is an outlet for innovation and reflection. DNJ Gallery is dedicated to the exploration of artists and their discoveries. The Gallery introduces contemporary works by emerging and established artists, while displaying a broad range of subject matter and techniques.

Pamela Schoenberg, the owner of DNJ Gallery, has been active in the art world for over 20 years. After receiving her BFA in both History and Photography from Washington University in St. Louis, she then graduated with her MFA in Studio Art/Photography from Mills College in Oakland, California. Schoenberg pursued and exhibited her photography for more than fifteen years before opening DNJ Gallery. After graduate school, she lived in Jerusalem and was commissioned to photograph the immigration and acculturation of the Ethiopian Jews. In 1998, she received the "Artist-In-The-Community" grant from the City of Los Angeles Cultural Affairs Department. Schoenberg has also been involved with many Los Angeles institutions including Barnsdall Municipal Art Gallery where she worked for the education department and developed numerous elementary school programs. During this time, she published an essay for Museum Education of Southern California (MESC) at the 1996 annual conference. Then at the Los Angeles Center for Photographic Studies, she assisted in organizing exhibitions, educational workshops and grant writing. She has also worked in museum education and taught workshops at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Skirball Cultural Center and The Armory Center for the Arts in Pasadena.

Street and lot parking is available.

The purpose of our DNG Events is to bring talented individuals who work in the design industry to meet and network their talents and products.

PLEASE make sure you bring your business cards, portfolios and/or images of your work so you can share your products and design work with our members. If you would like to bring a product of your work - we encourage your to do so so we can see your designs. It is important that you bring your materials so we can view your work and products!

Please forward this invite to other interior designers, store owners, showroom managers, artists and product designers that you might know. And remember you need to be a member to join our events so if you would like you can bring your $25 membership fee (for the year) to this event.

Please RSVP (only if YOU CAN make it) - to turquoise.la@gmail.com
We look forward to seeing you on THURSDAY July 29th, 2010.

CraveLA Book Giveaway

Head on over to SimplyGrove and enter to win a signed copy (by me) of the new CraveLA book. Click the link above to enter and good luck to you all!

And a big thanks goes out to Kirsten for posting the giveaway.

Designer Tag Sale In Brentwood July 31st from 10am-2pm!

Vanessa Squared Productions (interior designer Vanessa De Vargas and design editor Vanessa Kogevinas) is proud to present its Third High-End Designer Tag Sale shopping event in Brentwood, California, July 31, 2010 from 10 a.m. - 2 p.m. The tag sale is being held in conjunction with Erin Castellino and Carrie Carr of Little Castle Productions (an interior design production company) and Mark Castellino of Fyndes (premier online home decor shopping site).

The Designer Tag Sale is an upscale interior designer yard/tag sale hosted by Fyndes and Little Castle Productions that will feature over thirty of Los Angeles' top interior designers and stores/vendors selling items including small furniture such as side-tables, lamps, rugs, pillows, art, accessories and more at incredibly low prices—from $5-$200 only!

Interior Designers

Vanessa De Vargas of Turquoise Alie Waldman of Alie Waldman Home Couture Bridgid Coulter of Bridgid Coulter Design Brittany Stiles of Brittany Stiles Interior Design Christopher Gaona of Christopher Gaona Design Cozette Coffman of Cozette Coffman Design Hillary Thomas of Hillary Thomas Designs Jolene Ballard and Amanda Malson of Domicile Interior Design Kelly Van Patter of Van Patter Designs Marcia Zia and Paul Priven of Zia-Priven Meredith Miller of Sunday Land Sabina Vavra of Madison West Interiors Sasha Emerson of Sasha Emerson Design Suzan Fellman of Suzan Fellman Showroom

Stores/Vendors

Fyndes (accessories, furniture, art) 27 Ground (rugs, pillows) Agnes & Hoss (pillows, handbags, scarves, gifts) Alex K. Mason (fine art) Carrie Burckle (hand screen-printed table linens) D. L. Rhein (pillows, frames, rugs) Ferrick Mason (textiles, pillows) Inheritance (home goods, accessories) Jiti Bedding (bedding) Jordan Cappella (candles) Krislyn Design (decorative objects) Nomad Style (rugs, fabrics and accessories) Pennyroyal Planters (planters) Rock Scissor Paper (home accessories)

A book signing by celebrity chef, caterer and lifestyle expert Lulu Powers of her new top selling book "Lulu Powers from Food to Flowers.”

Mini-consultations and appraisals by designers including Rachel Winokur, Stephanie Visser, Erin Marie Fernandez, Alicia Garey, Regina Victoria, Elizabeth Bomberger and Jessica Brende.

The designer tag sale also features: A silent auction, a raffle and entertainment including complimentary refreshments, light bites and a DJ.

Gift bags are offered to the first thirty attendees including gift certificates, coupons, and other fun items. Any left-over designer inventory will be donated to a local charity.

Entry fee is $10. Cash only; designers will not have credit card capabilities.

Bio information:

Vanessa De Vargas is an LA-based interior and furniture designer who launched her Venice Beach design label and interior design firm Turquoise. She has been named an ‘up-and-coming designer to watch’ by Angeleno magazine, is a regular contributor to Apartmenttherapy.com and runs a successful E-Decorating business. She has been published in numerous publications including New York Times, Los Angeles Times, Sunset magazine and Traditional Home. She recently founded VSP (Vanessa Squared Productions) with design editor Vanessa Kogevinas.

Vanessa Kogevinas’s career in publishing and management has spanned over fifteen years, including positions at Architectural Digest and as a founding editor of Western Interiors and Design magazine. She is currently serving as a Contributing Editor for California Homes magazine and Editoratlarge.com, an interior design-related website. In 2009 Vanessa founded her own consulting firm, Get It! Consulting, serving interior design professionals with their marketing and public relations needs, as well as VSP (Vanessa Squared Productions) with interior designer Vanessa De Vargas.

Little Castle Productions (LCP), founded by Erin Castellino and Carrie Carr, is an interior design production and business consultation company, which services all aspects of the interior design business. LCP provides the interior design community and the savvy home decorator the ability and freedom to concentrate on the creative side by taking over the time consuming details of the production side of the business. LCP's goal is to improve company profitability and efficiency through business consultation services including client and vendor contract reviews or creation of contracts and analysis of current operating systems and implantation of new ones. LCP also advises their clients on future business development, marketing, company identity and branding.

Fyndes (owned by Mark Castellino) is an online marketplace where you can discover and buy affordable art, design and vintage items from a handpicked selection of stores across the USA and Europe. Own a piece of history and support artists who will be making history. Encourage new design and rediscover the beauty of traditional craftsmanship. Voted one of the best vintage shopping sites on the web by the Los Angeles Times, Fyndes has also been praised by influential design blogs including Design Sponge and Apartment Therapy.