Each unique room pushes the boundary and limits of what art could be with the infusion of technology and space. What makes FLUTTER different from from other immersive spaces is the fifteen coveted contemporary artists whose goal was to create an experimental work spaces which evoke nostalgic sense of joy and playfulness. Liz Collins’ erected an excerpt of her “Liquid Sky“ installation that was taken from her displayed from The New Museum. Highlights include Katie Stout’s wing which uses mix media to convey the artists well loved works of rainbow creatures. The new exhibition opens its doors this coming week, on South LA Brea and will include work from exhilarating artists, and architects Katie Stout, Jacolby Satterwhite, Jillian Mayer, Saya Woolfalk, Leah Guadagnoli, Cyril Lancelin of Town & Concrete, Liz Collins, digital media duo Laia Cabrera and Isabelle Duverger, Elise Peterson, Guillermo Santoma, and Job Piston in collaboration with the award-winning architecture studio, Charlap Hyman and Herrero along with NAR, the NYC-based trans producer, musician and DJ widely known for his work with Rihanna’s Fenty collection. 97204.īig Sycamore Canyon to Deer Camp Junction: 6 miles round trip, 200 - foot gain in elevation.In the heart of Hollywood, between iconic museums and galleries FLUTTER has planted its roots for a three year project of visionary art. Phone (213) 744-3466.Īnyone wishing to obtain a list of those California state parks frequented by monarchs can send a self addressed stamped envelope to the Monarch Project, 10 Southwest Ash St., Portland, Ore. MEANDERINGS: The County Museum of Natural History is featuring an exhibit entitled “A Multiplicity of Monarchs.” You can view monarch-inspired art and a monarch video, and learn about the fantastic migration of this butterfly. Oak trees predominate over the sycamores along Wood Canyon Creek however, the romantic prefer the sycamores, some of which have large clumps of mistletoe in the upper branches.Īs you hike down the canyon back to the campground, the large and cranky blue jay population will continually scold you, but don’t let them stop you from enjoying one of California’s finest sycamore savannas. Drinking water and picnic tables suggest a lunch stop. Bear left on the signed Wood Canyon Trail and in a short while you’ll reach Deer Camp Junction. If you continue up the canyon, you’ll pass beneath more of the giant sycamores and soon arrive at Wood Canyon Junction, the hub of six trails which lead to all corners of the park. The total round-trip distance, then, would be a little over four miles. The oaks might be a good turnaround spot for a family with small children. The trail begins on the other side of the gate.Īnother easy mile of walking beneath the sycamores brings you to a picnic table shaded by a grove of large oak trees. Walk past the campground entrance through the campground to a gate. Outside the campground entrance there’s a dirt area where you may park. (Ask park rangers where the monarchs cluster in large numbers.) Bring your swimsuit when you finish this hike, you can take a plunge into the ocean.ĭIRECTIONS TO TRAILHEAD: Drive up Pacific Coast Highway (Highway 1), 32 miles from Santa Monica, to the Big Sycamore Canyon Campground. During October and November, Sycamore Canyon offers the twin delights of falling autumn leaves and fluttering butterflies.

The trail follows the canyon on a gentle northern traverse across Point Mugu State Park, the largest preserved area in the Santa Monica Mountains. Hawks and owls roost in the upper branches. The lower branches, stout and crooked, are a delight for tree climbers.

The sycamores that shade the canyon bearing their name are incomparable. Sycamore Canyon Trail takes you through a peaceful wooded canyon, where a multitude of monarchs dwell, and past some magnificent sycamores. This milkweed diet makes the monarch toxic to birds after munching a monarch or two and becoming sick, they learn to leave the butterflies alone. The butterfly feeds on milkweed-the favored poison of assassins during the Roman Empire. The monarch’s evolutionary success lies not only in its unique ability to migrate to warmer climes, but in its mastery of chemical warfare. “One of the best places in Southern California to observe the arriving monarchs is near the campground in Big Sycamore Canyon at Point Mugu State Park.” “All monarch butterflies west of the Rockies head for California in the fall,” explains Chris Nagano, an entomologist with the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County. The monarchs’ awe-inspiring migration and formation of what entomologists call overwintering colonies are two of nature’s most colorful autumn events. Every fall, millions of monarch butterflies migrate south to the forests of Mexico’s Transvolcanic Range and to the damp coastal woodlands of Central and Southern California.

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