Lunar Welcome - Metal Ox

The sun is growing dim now and sinks in the dusk.
People are coming home. The bright mountain-peak darkens.
Wildgeese fly down to an island of white weeds.
...At midnight I think of a northern city-gate,
And I hear a bell tolling between me and sleep.

- Wei Yingwu 韦应物
excerpt from Mooring at Twilight in Yuyi District

To welcome the new Lunar New Year, we invite all to ring a bell on February 11, 2021 at 8am PST (Time in Los Angeles, California), 12 midnite CST (Time in Shenyang, China), or anywhere thereabouts.

Let's celebrate the New Year of the Metal Ox with the ringing of a bell!

Melodic Bells of Near and Far
 

An exhibition of a selection of ringing bells from the collection of The Union for Aural Reverberations, on view in the lobby of the Velaslavasay Panorama. 

~Forthcoming~

Every year the Bob Baker Marionnette Theatre (BBMT) puts together a celebration of Bob’s life and legacy in the form of Bob Baker Day - a Festival involving puppets, art, creativity and historical celebration. This annual event has grown to include countless puppeteers, staff members, fabricators, fans, children, and people who were touched by Bob Baker’s work both during his lifetime and after.

For our contribution to the festival this year, the Velaslavasay Panorama partners with Shenyang Visual Archive to give a tour of Shengjing Panorama, the historic train stations La Grande Station (Los Angeles, 1893-1939) and Shenyang Station (1910 to present), along with a garden visit.

Bob Baker Day 2021, in partnership with Metro Art, will launch digitally from historic Union Station via www.BobBakerDay.com on February 27th and will be available for exploration through March 7, 2021.

See you on the platform,
The Velaslavasay Panorama

1122 West 24th Street
Los Angeles, CA 90007
(213) 746-2166