{"id":15229,"date":"2022-06-15T23:51:51","date_gmt":"2022-06-16T06:51:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.diversionsla.com\/?p=15229"},"modified":"2022-06-14T00:18:36","modified_gmt":"2022-06-14T07:18:36","slug":"15229-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.diversionsla.com\/15229-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Aviary Soared – Curated by Betty Brown at Loft at Liz’s an Astonishingly Lovely Group Show"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>With <strong><em>Aviary,<\/em> <\/strong>the just-closed massive group exhibition curated by Betty Brown at Loft at Liz’s, birds of many feathers flocked together in a wonderful all-media exhibition that ranged from the sculptural to paintings, mixed media, and more.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.diversionsla.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Aviary-scaled.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-15252\" src=\"http:\/\/www.diversionsla.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Aviary-1024x952.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"648\" height=\"602\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.diversionsla.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Aviary-1024x952.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/www.diversionsla.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Aviary-300x279.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/www.diversionsla.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Aviary-768x714.jpeg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 648px) 100vw, 648px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>There was the fragile, poignant newspaper-based work of Nurit Avesar, and the lineoleum block ink tattoo of a fighting cock on rich crimson from Edwin Vasquez. Six stunning free-form sculptural works by Samuelle Richardson, working in fabric over armature to create birds in flight. Calling out, and about to fly, they were arrayed in the project room; Debbie Korbel’s cardboard, steel, and wood “As the Crow Flies”\u00a0 took off from the floor in the front gallery.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.diversionsla.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Aviary-Samuelle-2.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-15244\" src=\"http:\/\/www.diversionsla.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Aviary-Samuelle-2-768x1024.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"648\" height=\"864\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.diversionsla.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Aviary-Samuelle-2-768x1024.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/www.diversionsla.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Aviary-Samuelle-2-225x300.jpeg 225w, https:\/\/www.diversionsla.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Aviary-Samuelle-2-1152x1536.jpeg 1152w, https:\/\/www.diversionsla.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Aviary-Samuelle-2-648x864.jpeg 648w, https:\/\/www.diversionsla.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Aviary-Samuelle-2-144x192.jpeg 144w, https:\/\/www.diversionsla.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Aviary-Samuelle-2.jpeg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 648px) 100vw, 648px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.diversionsla.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Aviary-Korbel-2.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-15239\" src=\"http:\/\/www.diversionsla.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Aviary-Korbel-2-768x1024.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"648\" height=\"864\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.diversionsla.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Aviary-Korbel-2-768x1024.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/www.diversionsla.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Aviary-Korbel-2-225x300.jpeg 225w, https:\/\/www.diversionsla.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Aviary-Korbel-2-1152x1536.jpeg 1152w, https:\/\/www.diversionsla.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Aviary-Korbel-2-648x864.jpeg 648w, https:\/\/www.diversionsla.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Aviary-Korbel-2-144x192.jpeg 144w, https:\/\/www.diversionsla.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Aviary-Korbel-2.jpeg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 648px) 100vw, 648px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Placed with Richardson’s work, Joanne Julian evoked the brush strokes of Japanese calligraphy in her graceful graphite, ink, and prisma color work. Cynthia James oil on copper work seethed with salmon color in the same space while Jodi Bonassi’s vibrantly colored, intensely detailed canvas works were joined by her own sepia toned, simpler birds created on paper bags, and equally sublimely magical.<\/p>\n<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-15229 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-thumbnail'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.diversionsla.com\/15229-2\/aviary-the-salmon-colored-one-and-samuelle\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.diversionsla.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Aviary-the-salmon-colored-one-and-samuelle-150x150.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.diversionsla.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Aviary-the-salmon-colored-one-and-samuelle-150x150.jpeg 150w, https:\/\/www.diversionsla.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Aviary-the-salmon-colored-one-and-samuelle-330x330.jpeg 330w, https:\/\/www.diversionsla.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Aviary-the-salmon-colored-one-and-samuelle-96x96.jpeg 96w, https:\/\/www.diversionsla.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Aviary-the-salmon-colored-one-and-samuelle-1230x1230.jpeg 1230w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.diversionsla.com\/15229-2\/aviary-samuelle-and-joanne-julian\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.diversionsla.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Aviary-Samuelle-and-Joanne-Julian-150x150.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.diversionsla.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Aviary-Samuelle-and-Joanne-Julian-150x150.jpeg 150w, https:\/\/www.diversionsla.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Aviary-Samuelle-and-Joanne-Julian-330x330.jpeg 330w, https:\/\/www.diversionsla.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Aviary-Samuelle-and-Joanne-Julian-96x96.jpeg 96w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.diversionsla.com\/15229-2\/aviary-bonassi\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.diversionsla.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Aviary-Bonassi-150x150.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.diversionsla.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Aviary-Bonassi-150x150.jpeg 150w, https:\/\/www.diversionsla.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Aviary-Bonassi-330x330.jpeg 330w, https:\/\/www.diversionsla.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Aviary-Bonassi-96x96.jpeg 96w, https:\/\/www.diversionsla.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Aviary-Bonassi-1230x1230.jpeg 1230w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.diversionsla.com\/15229-2\/aviary-bonassi-2\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.diversionsla.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Aviary-Bonassi-2-150x150.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.diversionsla.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Aviary-Bonassi-2-150x150.jpeg 150w, https:\/\/www.diversionsla.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Aviary-Bonassi-2-330x330.jpeg 330w, https:\/\/www.diversionsla.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Aviary-Bonassi-2-96x96.jpeg 96w, https:\/\/www.diversionsla.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Aviary-Bonassi-2-1230x1230.jpeg 1230w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p>Like a shedding royal cape, feathers fell from a large scale work by artists Cheryl Dullabaun and Linda Parnell in the lush, regal “Volaries.” John M. White positioned his paintings of birds on wires; L. Aviva Diamond’s riveting archival pigment prints soared in black and white.\u00a0 Edwin Vasequez provided “Mayan Birds” as masks, evoking both totem poles and Mayan civilizations.<\/p>\n<div id='gallery-2' class='gallery galleryid-15229 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-thumbnail'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.diversionsla.com\/15229-2\/aviary-the-duo\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.diversionsla.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Aviary-the-duo-150x150.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.diversionsla.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Aviary-the-duo-150x150.jpeg 150w, https:\/\/www.diversionsla.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Aviary-the-duo-330x330.jpeg 330w, https:\/\/www.diversionsla.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Aviary-the-duo-96x96.jpeg 96w, https:\/\/www.diversionsla.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Aviary-the-duo-1230x1230.jpeg 1230w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.diversionsla.com\/15229-2\/aviary-mayan-birds\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.diversionsla.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Aviary-mayan-birds-150x150.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.diversionsla.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Aviary-mayan-birds-150x150.jpeg 150w, https:\/\/www.diversionsla.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Aviary-mayan-birds-330x330.jpeg 330w, https:\/\/www.diversionsla.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Aviary-mayan-birds-96x96.jpeg 96w, https:\/\/www.diversionsla.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Aviary-mayan-birds-1230x1230.jpeg 1230w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.diversionsla.com\/15229-2\/aviary-aviva\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.diversionsla.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Aviary-Aviva-150x150.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.diversionsla.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Aviary-Aviva-150x150.jpeg 150w, https:\/\/www.diversionsla.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Aviary-Aviva-330x330.jpeg 330w, https:\/\/www.diversionsla.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Aviary-Aviva-96x96.jpeg 96w, https:\/\/www.diversionsla.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Aviary-Aviva-1230x1230.jpeg 1230w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.diversionsla.com\/15229-2\/aviary-gold-leaf-one\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.diversionsla.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Aviary-gold-leaf-one-150x150.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.diversionsla.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Aviary-gold-leaf-one-150x150.jpeg 150w, https:\/\/www.diversionsla.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Aviary-gold-leaf-one-330x330.jpeg 330w, https:\/\/www.diversionsla.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Aviary-gold-leaf-one-96x96.jpeg 96w, https:\/\/www.diversionsla.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Aviary-gold-leaf-one-1230x1230.jpeg 1230w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p>Kaoru Mansour presented works on wood panel illuminated with gold leaf and thread.<\/p>\n<div id='gallery-3' class='gallery galleryid-15229 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-thumbnail'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.diversionsla.com\/15229-2\/aviary-laura-and-dean\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.diversionsla.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Aviary-Laura-and-Dean-150x150.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.diversionsla.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Aviary-Laura-and-Dean-150x150.jpeg 150w, https:\/\/www.diversionsla.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Aviary-Laura-and-Dean-330x330.jpeg 330w, https:\/\/www.diversionsla.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Aviary-Laura-and-Dean-96x96.jpeg 96w, https:\/\/www.diversionsla.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Aviary-Laura-and-Dean-1230x1230.jpeg 1230w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.diversionsla.com\/15229-2\/aviary-laura-and-dean-2\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.diversionsla.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Aviary-Laura-and-Dean-2-150x150.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.diversionsla.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Aviary-Laura-and-Dean-2-150x150.jpeg 150w, https:\/\/www.diversionsla.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Aviary-Laura-and-Dean-2-330x330.jpeg 330w, https:\/\/www.diversionsla.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Aviary-Laura-and-Dean-2-96x96.jpeg 96w, https:\/\/www.diversionsla.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Aviary-Laura-and-Dean-2-1230x1230.jpeg 1230w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p>Dean and Laura Larson offered a phenomenal collaboration. Laura Larson’s astonishingly alive bronze sculptures, “Birds in Mourning,” were paired with a beautiful large-scale composite photograph by Dean Larson that placed the sculptural works within a fully invented setting.<\/p>\n<div id='gallery-4' class='gallery galleryid-15229 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-thumbnail'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.diversionsla.com\/15229-2\/aviary-bibi\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.diversionsla.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Aviary-Bibi-150x150.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.diversionsla.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Aviary-Bibi-150x150.jpeg 150w, https:\/\/www.diversionsla.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Aviary-Bibi-330x330.jpeg 330w, https:\/\/www.diversionsla.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Aviary-Bibi-96x96.jpeg 96w, https:\/\/www.diversionsla.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Aviary-Bibi-1230x1230.jpeg 1230w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.diversionsla.com\/15229-2\/aviary-i-wish-i-knew-who\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.diversionsla.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Aviary-I-wish-I-knew-who--150x150.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.diversionsla.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Aviary-I-wish-I-knew-who--150x150.jpeg 150w, https:\/\/www.diversionsla.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Aviary-I-wish-I-knew-who--330x330.jpeg 330w, https:\/\/www.diversionsla.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Aviary-I-wish-I-knew-who--96x96.jpeg 96w, https:\/\/www.diversionsla.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Aviary-I-wish-I-knew-who--1230x1230.jpeg 1230w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.diversionsla.com\/15229-2\/aviary-jill-sykes\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.diversionsla.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Aviary-Jill-Sykes-150x150.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.diversionsla.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Aviary-Jill-Sykes-150x150.jpeg 150w, https:\/\/www.diversionsla.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Aviary-Jill-Sykes-330x330.jpeg 330w, https:\/\/www.diversionsla.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Aviary-Jill-Sykes-96x96.jpeg 96w, https:\/\/www.diversionsla.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Aviary-Jill-Sykes-1230x1230.jpeg 1230w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p>As very different as they were striking, works by Bibi Davidson – touching on the vibrantly surreal, and rich works from Deena Capparelli both each provided immersive visual stories. Quite different works by Roberto Benevidez were equally filled with movement and power, his astonishingly alive sculptural birds perched on wooden dowls. Jill Sykes’ work glistened and shone in spare, graceful patterns.<\/p>\n<p>Seventeen artists in all presented work, which viewed collectively was like entering an actual aviary, filled with varied birds from every corner of the world. Feathers, captured in sculpture or paint, photography or mixed media erupted in a swirl of motion and color, layered and lovely, fragile yet powerful.<\/p>\n<div id='gallery-5' class='gallery galleryid-15229 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-thumbnail'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.diversionsla.com\/15229-2\/aviary-unknown\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.diversionsla.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Aviary-unknown-150x150.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.diversionsla.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Aviary-unknown-150x150.jpeg 150w, https:\/\/www.diversionsla.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Aviary-unknown-330x330.jpeg 330w, https:\/\/www.diversionsla.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Aviary-unknown-96x96.jpeg 96w, https:\/\/www.diversionsla.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Aviary-unknown-1230x1230.jpeg 1230w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.diversionsla.com\/15229-2\/aviary-vasquez\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.diversionsla.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Aviary-Vasquez-150x150.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.diversionsla.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Aviary-Vasquez-150x150.jpeg 150w, https:\/\/www.diversionsla.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Aviary-Vasquez-330x330.jpeg 330w, https:\/\/www.diversionsla.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Aviary-Vasquez-96x96.jpeg 96w, https:\/\/www.diversionsla.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Aviary-Vasquez-1230x1230.jpeg 1230w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.diversionsla.com\/15229-2\/aviary-who-knows\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.diversionsla.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Aviary-who-knows-150x150.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.diversionsla.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Aviary-who-knows-150x150.jpeg 150w, https:\/\/www.diversionsla.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Aviary-who-knows-330x330.jpeg 330w, https:\/\/www.diversionsla.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Aviary-who-knows-96x96.jpeg 96w, https:\/\/www.diversionsla.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Aviary-who-knows-1230x1230.jpeg 1230w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.diversionsla.com\/15229-2\/aviary-samuelle\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.diversionsla.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Aviary-Samuelle-150x150.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.diversionsla.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Aviary-Samuelle-150x150.jpeg 150w, https:\/\/www.diversionsla.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Aviary-Samuelle-330x330.jpeg 330w, https:\/\/www.diversionsla.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Aviary-Samuelle-96x96.jpeg 96w, https:\/\/www.diversionsla.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Aviary-Samuelle-1230x1230.jpeg 1230w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p>Collectively, the works spoke to each other in a kind of contrasting, wonderful cacophony of song you could almost hear, wings you could almost feel brushing the air of the gallery space. 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There was the fragile, poignant newspaper-based work of Nurit Avesar, and the lineoleum block ink tattoo of a … <a href=\"https:\/\/www.diversionsla.com\/15229-2\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Aviary Soared – Curated by Betty Brown at Loft at Liz’s an Astonishingly Lovely Group Show<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":15233,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[2],"tags":[1525,1259,336],"class_list":["post-15229","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-art","tag-aviary","tag-betty-brown","tag-loft-at-lizs"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.diversionsla.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Aviary-Bonassi-3.jpeg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.diversionsla.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15229","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.diversionsla.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.diversionsla.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.diversionsla.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.diversionsla.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=15229"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.diversionsla.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15229\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":15257,"href":"https:\/\/www.diversionsla.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15229\/revisions\/15257"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.diversionsla.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/15233"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.diversionsla.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15229"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.diversionsla.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15229"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.diversionsla.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=15229"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}