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Bridge Projects is pleased to announce A Composite Leviathan, a two-part exhibition of emerging Chinese artists opening September 12, 2020.

Curated by James Elaine, founder of Telescope, a non-profit art space in Beijing and former curator of Hammer Projects in Los Angeles and the Drawing Center in New York, A Composite Leviathan features twenty contemporary artists from China: Deng Tai, Fan Xi, Stephen Gleadow, He Wei, Jiu Jiu, Li Ran, Li Zhenwei, Liu Dongxu, Liu Fujie, Lyu Zhiqiang, Nabuqi, Wu Di, Xie Hongdong, Yang Jian, Ye Su, Zeng Hong, Zhang Miao, Zhang Ruyi, Zhang Xinjun, and Zhao Yang.

Named after Yang Jian’s monumental sculpture, the show’s title also references the Book of Job’s “leviathan”—a sea dragon evoking the threat of chaos against order—and Thomas Hobbes’ political treatise of the same name. An iteration of the exhibition was first presented at Luhring Augustine Bushwick from October 11, 2019 to February 1, 2020 and featured twelve emerging Chinese artists. In its Los Angeles iteration, the show expands with fresh examples of contemporary art in China. In A Composite Leviathan, each work emerges from the complex fissures of the artists’ own lived realities, both spiritual and political.

The exhibition will be presented in two distinct chapters. All 20 artists will be on view from September 12 to November 21, 2020. The second chapter from December 5, 2020 to February 13, 2021 will be anchored around a large installation by Zhang Xinjun titled Green Hole, a sprawling sculpture constructed of common materials from Chinese construction sites and rural markets.

Christian Youth GOOD VIDEO CONTEST is for young people ages 12-18. The contest is designed to encourage you to produce a GOOD VIDEO that brings a little light into a sometimes dark world. Specifically, we want:
To encourage you to create.
To encourage you to enter a movie in the next Christian Youth Film Festival; March 6&7, 2021.
To encourage you to pursue education and/or careers in film.
To add positive content to online communities.
Christian Youth GOOD VIDEO CONTEST will showcase “non-cheezy” stories where faith, hope, and love prevail. We’re looking for outstanding films with captivating characters that move, surprise, inspire, and entertain.

Navigators Hollywood is offering Alpha online for entertainment professionals to explore the Christian faith. Hosted by entertainment professionals, Alpha is a safe place where you can explore faith, ask questions, and share your point of view. Sundays, October 4-November 22, from 7:30-9 pm. Sign up and get more info at www.NavigatorsHollywood.com/alpha. If you’d like to host an online group or have questions, contact allen@navigatorshollywood.com.

Navigators Hollywood is offering Alpha online for entertainment professionals to explore the Christian faith. Hosted by entertainment professionals, Alpha is a safe place where you can explore faith, ask questions, and share your point of view. Sundays, October 4-November 22, from 7:30-9 pm. Sign up and get more info at www.NavigatorsHollywood.com/alpha. If you’d like to host an online group or have questions, contact allen@navigatorshollywood.com.

Dr. Naima Lett (@DrNaimaLett) is an award-winning actor, producer, co-pastor of Hope in the Hills (Beverly Hills) and recent co-founder of the 40|50 Project to heal our nation’s racial divide. She loves helping leaders find their purpose and follow their dreams while deepening their faith. Her candid and humorous storytelling make her an in-demand speaker and her professional mentoring program has helped countless dreamers, self-starters and go-getters. She formed Lett’s Rise! Productions with her husband Kevin, and they have been married for almost two decades. Dr. Lett graduated top honors with a BFA from Howard University, received Dallas Seminary’s first MA in Media & Communications and became Biola’s first female with a Doctor degree in Preaching. https://NaimaLett.com

This BREAKTHROUGH event offers BOTH in-person AND virtual attendance tickets.  Two prophetic ministers will join Dr. Daniel Sherstad- Sir Clyde Rivers and Pastor Douglas Hefley for a round-table discussion addressing topics like:

– stirring up the prophetic gift of each and every person

– warring for your prophetic future

– warring for the prophetic future of Hollywood and our Nation

– prophesying to dry bones

Navigators Hollywood is offering Alpha online for entertainment professionals to explore the Christian faith. Hosted by entertainment professionals, Alpha is a safe place where you can explore faith, ask questions, and share your point of view. Sundays, October 4-November 22, from 7:30-9 pm. Sign up and get more info at www.NavigatorsHollywood.com/alpha. If you’d like to host an online group or have questions, contact allen@navigatorshollywood.com.

Christian Women in Media has seventeen chapters that meet four times a year. These quarterly events feature media seminars from trained experts, well known keynote speakers, and gifted worship leaders. The networking opportunities offered are an invaluable part of each event as we form friendships and working partnerships to influence, inspire, and impact our culture. Check out our upcoming events in a city near you.

Informal gatherings for networking, training, inspiration, mentoring and support. Don’t go it alone! 

• Connect with other media professionals
• Develop new skills through education and training 
• Collaborate with other members to further your projects 
• Form lasting friendships 
• Refresh your faith with inspirational speakers 
• Follow God’s call on your life
• Redeem and restore women through our programs benefiting Heart of Mercy Mission to abused women

ACADEMY AWARD-WINNER AND FOUR-TIME OSCAR® NOMINEE, GRANT HESLOV has been recognized for his work as a producer, writer, director and actor. He is especially known for his award-winning producing and writing collaborations with GEORGE CLOONEY, with whom he founded Smokehouse Pictures in 2006. The company’s most recent projects are the upcoming film “Midnight Sky” produced by Heslov and George Clooney, directed by Clooney, and starring Clooney, Felicity Jones, and David Oyelowo, and the documentary series “Trial By Media” executive produced by Heslov and Clooney.

Navigators Hollywood is offering Alpha online for entertainment professionals to explore the Christian faith. Hosted by entertainment professionals, Alpha is a safe place where you can explore faith, ask questions, and share your point of view. Sundays, October 4-November 22, from 7:30-9 pm. Sign up and get more info at www.NavigatorsHollywood.com/alpha. If you’d like to host an online group or have questions, contact allen@navigatorshollywood.com.