Monday, May 2, 2011

LA TIMES FESTIVAL OF BOOKS COMES TO USC! PhotoJournal by Ginger E. Van Hook

Author Enilde Ginger Ingels-Van Hook displays her books at the Los Angeles Times
Festival of Books, held on the USC main Campus on April 30, 2011
The author of the novel
The Kingdom of Nuts and Bolts, Enilde Van Hook first released this book
for sale at the LA Times Festival of books in 2008.
Participating in author signings in
The Greater Los Angeles Writers Society booth 970
Author, Artist, Photographer and Writer
known as  Ginger E. Van Hook
works as a photojournalist specializing in documenting the Fine Arts
in local communitiesin Los Angeles, California.
Photo Courtesy of Tony Todaro, President of GLAWS,
known for writers mentoring writers as
The Greater Los Angeles Writers Society, one
of the oldest writing societies in California.
Ginger Van Hook introduced her lastest creation, a visual poetry book titled
"The Poetry of Art" documenting the story and journey of Ginger and Luke Van Hook
becoming artists in Los Angeles as well as documenting
the artists they've met along the way.
"The Poetry of Art" is not yet available to the public.
The publication date of this book will be announced.
One Sample copy was introduced for previews
at the Los Angeles Times Festival of Books held at
the University of Southern California (USC) main campus.
 Enilde Ginger Ingels-Van Hook is a graduate
of the Annenberg School for Communications and Journalism at USC.
Authors Ginger E. Van Hook, Paul Michel, Sara Beacham and Christian Amougou
present their written works at the
Los Angeles Times Festival of Books, held at the USC main campus
April 30, 2011. Photo courtesy of Tony Todaro, President of GLAWS
The Greater Los Angeles Writers Society, LA, CA 2011 



(Left to right) Authors Ace Antonio Hall, Leslie Ann Moore and
 the organization's president, Tony Todaro are responsible for
bringing the Greater Los Angeles Writers Society to the
LA Times Festival of Books on the USC Campus,
Photo by Ginger Van Hook©2011
Author of "In My Eyes",  Ace Antonio Hall and
Leslie Ann Moore, author of "Griffin's Daughter" Trilogy of books
participate in leadership activities related
to writers mentoring writers by leading critique groups.
Additionally Ace Antonio Hall is the Vice President of GLAWS





Author Paul Michel, Photo by Ginger Van Hook©2011

Author Sara Beacham, Photo by Ginger Van Hook©2011


Author, Deborah Pratt, Photo by Ginger Van Hook©2011

Author Leslie Ann Moore, Photo by Ginger Van Hook©2011

































Author Sarah Beach participates in the LA Times Festival of Books on the USC Campus.
Photo by Ginger Van Hook©2011


Sunday, February 6, 2011

Pieceable Kingdom Opens at Beacon Arts in Inglewood, California Feb 5, 2011. Photo Journal by Ginger Van Hook

Artist Devin Troy Strother, Beacon Arts Gallery Director Renée Fox
and Scott Lane of the Scott Lane Organization and Beacon Arts Building
attend the opening of Pieceable Kingdom Curated by David Pagel.
Photo by Ginger Van Hook©2011

Beacon Arts Gallery Director Renée Fox and Curator David Pagel
attend the opening reception of PEACEABLE KINGDOM for the
"Critics as Curators Series" at Beacon Arts Building Gallery in Inglewood, California
Photo by Ginger Van Hook©2011
Beacon Arts continues its Critics-as-Curators series with Pieceable Kingdom curated by art critic David Pagel, opening Saturday, February 5, 2010. The exhibition features works in a range of media by seven artists – Erin Cosgrove, Asad Faulwell, Maxwell Hendler, Laura Krifka, Mimi Lauter, Devin Troy Strother, and Matt Wedel – who capture the complexity of everyday life by giving form to its down-to-earth beauty and uplifting ordinariness, its tribulations and triumphs, its pleasures and pains. As a group, they piece things together, sometimes literally and sometimes figuratively, creating singular pieces that are complete unto themselves yet also openly invite all sorts of stories, from other times and places, to echo across their sensuous surfaces.

Pieceable Kingdom runs from Saturday, February 5, 2011 to Sunday, March 20, 2011. Exhibition special events include an opening reception on Saturday February 5, 6:00 – 9:00pm, an artists’ panel discussion on Sunday, March 6, which starts at 2:00pm, and a closing reception on Sunday, March 20, 1:00 – 4:00pm, which will include a catered brunch and a critics’ panel discussion. Beacon Arts is located at 808 N. La Brea Ave., Inglewood, CA 90302. Regular gallery hours are from 1:00pm to 6:00pm Thursday through Saturday, Sundays 1:00pm – 4:00pm. All Pieceable Kingdom events are free. For additional information please call 310-621-5416 or visit
 http://www.beaconartsbuilding.com/ as well as http://www.facebook.com/pages/Inglewood-CA/Beacon-Arts-Building/129817703733091?v=info. For additional Pieceable Kingdom photos, please see http://gallery.me.com/lynnhasty#100096.












Artists Luke Van Hook, Ken Ober and Michael Massenberg
attend the opening reception of
Peaceable Kingdom at Beacon Arts Building Gallery, Inglewood, CA
Photo by Ginger Van Hook©2011
Scott Lane with his wife Jan Lane attend the opening reception of
Peaceable Kingdom at Beacon Arts Building Gallery, Inglewood, CA
Photo by Ginger Van Hook©2011 

Artists Marcie Kaufmann and Luke Van Hook discuss the artwork 
at the opening reception of
Peaceable Kingdom at Beacon Arts Building Gallery, Inglewood, CA
Photo by Ginger Van Hook©2011