PRINT-MAKING EXHIBIT OPENS AT LOS ANGELES AIRPORT

(Los Angeles, California - March 11, 2004) An exhibit featuring prints created by Los Angeles artists working in a variety of print-making techniques ranging from lithography to monotype to digital imagery has opened at Los Angeles International Airport (LAX). The exhibition, "Mirror Images: Reflections of Southern California Printmaking," is on display through June 7, 2004, in Terminal 1 and can be viewed by ticketed passengers only due to its location beyond passenger security screening.

The exhibit was installed by the Los Angeles Cultural Affairs Department, which administers and provides curatorial services for the Art Exhibits Program at LAX under a memorandum of understanding with Los Angeles World Airports, the City department that owns and operates LAX and three other Southern California airports.

According to Cultural Affairs Department's guest curator for the print-making exhibit, Todd A. Smith, a print is an image that is transferred from a matrix via a press that imprints the image onto paper. The fine art tends to be handcrafted, although this is not always the case, and produced in small editions to ensure its integrity as a unique, albeit multiplied, art form.

The purpose of the Art Exhibits Program is to educate, entertain and amuse the travelling public emphasizing a cultural experience featuring highlights of what makes Los Angeles unique and interesting. Art exhibits are currently on display in Terminals 1 and 3, and in the Tom Bradley International Terminal at LAX.