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Patch Blog: Valerio Ventura Will Show Art At Concert

South Pasadena resident Valerio Ventura's art has been appreciated around the world.

During the ‘Carnegie Stage’ Concert in the Library Community Room on May 5, artwork by acclaimed South Pasadena director and artist Valerio Ventura will be on exhibit.

Ventura is known for his design work for many feature films, including Disney’s “Hercules” and “Mulan.” 

For the concert he will be displaying a new series of ink drawings created especially for the event in which he explores Jazz musicians and pays homage to Billy Childs, the three-time GRAMMY® winning pianist who will headline.

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Information will be available on how the drawings may be purchased offsite and a portion of the proceeds will be donated to the Friends of the South Pasadena Public Library. Ventura will also be seated in the front row during the concert and sketch the musicians with their permission. Valerio will also be donating one of these drawings to the Friends for their use in a future fundraiser.

Born in Italy, Valerio Ventura is a multi award-winning filmmaker and artist. 
He grew up in Rome before moving to Los Angeles in the early 80s to work as a
designer in the film and television industry. For the past twenty-years,
Ventura has worked as a visual artist on many major animated features and
television shows. 

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As a director/art director he has worked with such studios as Nickelodeon, Hanna-Barbera, Turner Pictures, Universal Studios, and Dreamworks.   Ventura is also the art director of two well-loved animated television series: “Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child,” for HBO and “Class of 3000” for Cartoon Network. Valerio’s own animated TV show is due this summer and is currently being produced for YouTube viewers. He is a member of the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences and The Animation Guild.

Presently, Valerio Ventura is Editor-In-Chief of the urban youth culture magazine Innerview, created by the students of Thomas Jefferson H.S. in South Central Los Angeles. Ventura is also on the faculty at the California Art Institute in Valencia and is an art instructor for the CalArts-based non-profit Community Arts Partnership, as well as for Sony Pictures’ inner city Media Arts Program.

Valerio’s fine artwork has traveled the globe for the Disney Studios and he’s also authored a limited edition hardcover book, “Altered Scapes Vol. 1.” The limited edition coffee table book willbe on sale for the special price of $20 at the concert (the regular price on Amazon is $50).

The ‘Carnegie Stage’ Concert lineup is as follows:

  • LA Clarinet Choir at 5 p.m.
  • AlmaNova at 6:15 p.m.
  • David Batt at 7 p.m.
  • Rick Shea and Band at 7:45 p.m.
  • Billy Childs with his son Aaron Childs at 9 p.m.

The free concert is able to be presented because of the partnership between the , the , the , , , Athens Services, and the .

Special thanks to S & B Sound, the Restoration Concert Committee of the Friends of the South Pasadena Public Library, and the South Pasadena Public Library Board of Trustees.

The Library Community Room is located at 1115 El Centro Street. No tickets or reservations. Seating is limited and refreshments will be provided. For more information on the Eclectic Music Festival which will present a wide variety of free concerts around South Pasadena on May 5, please refer to www.SouthPasadena.net.

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