Past Events

Time again for the Monster Drawing Rally, a live drawing and fundraising event hosted by Outpost @ Armory at Armory Center for the Arts. Featuring live drawing by 100 artists, the event includes tacos, food, beer by Craftsman Brewing Company, music, and kids drawing activities. Admission is a $10 donation at the door.

Monster Drawing Rally features 100 artists—twenty-five artists drawing simultaneously in four, one-hour shifts. Audiences will have the rare opportunity to watch art being created and purchase completed drawings for $75 each. Proceeds benefit Outpost@Armory.

Monster Drawing Rally is an annual tradition established in Los Angeles by Outpost for Contemporary Art, now Outpost@Armory. The event concept was developed in 2001 by Southern Exposure, a San Francisco-based, artist-centered, not-for-profit, and has continued to thrive there since. Outpost@Armory is pleased to bring the concept to Los Angeles' vibrant art scene.

Guest DJs
Canyon Cody (Subsuelo) and Xandão (Sound Ethnography Project)

Guest Curators
The artists in this year’s Monster Drawing Rally were selected by a group of area curators including Juliette Bellocq, Jeff Cain, Carol Cheh, Commonwealth & Council, Gladys-Katherina Hernando, Katie Herzog, James MacDevitt, Lauren Mackler, Sohrab Mohebbi, Corrina Peipon, Cindy Rehm, Amy Thoner, Marjan Vayghan, and Stephen van Dyck.

Participating Artists (list in formation)
1:00 – 2:00 Mark Allen, Jennifer Celio, Daniel Chang, Robey Clark, Alika Cooper, Ramiro Gomez, Jonathon Hornedo, Daniel Ingroff, Carey James, Virginia Katz, Ana Llorente, Susan Logoreci, Danielle McCullouh, Chris Oliveria, Paul Pescador, Mary Anna Pomonis, Nikki Presley, Mark Rodriguez, April Street, Jon-Paul Villegas, Michelle Weiner, Jemima Wyman

2:00 – 3:00 Raul Baltazar, Kristin Beinner James, David Bell, Tanya Brodsky, Anna Bruinsma, John Burtle, Josh Callaghan, Veronica Duarte, Kate Hoffman, Steven Hull, Flora Kao, Janne Larsen, David Leapman, Sophie Lee, Maryrose Mendoza, Amitis Motevalli, Corrie Siegel, Sergio Teran, Geoff Tuck, Dani Tull, Paul Waddell, Yuju Yeo, Adriana Yugovich

3:00 – 4:00 Ali Chitsaz, Veronique d'Entremont, Tim Durfee, David P. Earle, Helki Frantzen, Audra Graziano, Mark Steven Greenfield, Evah Hart, Asher Hartman, Lorraine Heitzman, Nick Herman, Anna Ialeggio, Alice Konitz, Jeff Levitz, Jason Manley, Hagop Najarian, Christopher O'Leary, Ian Page, Michael Pinto, Joe Sola, Christine Wang, Liz Young, Weronika Zaluska

4:00 – 5:00 Scoli Acosta, Julie Adler, Alyse Emdur, Jay Erker, Roni Feldman, Justin John Greene, Josh Holley, Adria Julia, Sojung Kwon, Elizabeth Leister, John Martin, Ragen Moss, Alison O’Daniel, Patricia Perez, Calvin Phelps, Sarah Rara, Pranay Reddy, Guan Rong, Nils Schirrmacher, Kate Sikorski, Skip Snow

Image of artist Julia Paull participating in Monster Drawing Rally 2012.