The Brand Library & Art Center announced the return of Art Talks at Brand this fall. This series invites contemporary artists to discuss their work and the issues surrounding it. Each talk will be followed by a moderated Q&A session led by Brand staff member, artist and writer Jennifer Remenchik. The fall series will feature Los Angeles-based artists Shanna Waddell, Ish Lipman, Andres Estrada Payan and Christina Ballantyne. The series is sponsored by the Brand Associates; it is free and open to the public. Each talk is at 7 p.m. 

On Thursday, Sept. 4, Shanna Waddell, a Los Angeles-based painter, will be making a presentation. Waddell’s paintings depict a built world focused on the activities of a self-sustaining flower farm artist commune called Sheness Society. Her works demonstrate a fantastical otherworld, one that is both whimsical and utterly alluring, thrusting a viewer into an imagined utopian landscape.

Brand staff member and program moderator Jennifer Remenchik is an artist and writer based in Los Angeles. Remenchik began organizing art talks at Brand Library & Art Center to showcase artists who reflect the diversity of the art scene of the greater Los Angeles area.

Visit BrandLibrary.org/Art-Talks for more information on the artists in the Art Talks at Brand series as well as links to recordings of past programs.

Brand Library & Art Center is located at 1601 W. Mountain St. in Glendale.