A Celebration of Van Hook Family Treasures

A Celebration of Van Hook Family Treasures

A Celebration of Van Hook Family Treasures

VAN HOOK FINE ART GALLERIES

Van Hook Galleries, Duarte California

1820 Evergreen Street Duarte, CA 91010

Dead Bird Series, 2017, Oil on Canvas  by Luke Van Hook

Water Hyacinths, 2017, Digital Photography by Ginger Van Hook

A Celebration of Van Hook Family Treasures will reveal several new works of art not exhibited before and some works of art (nfs) of collections from various art pilgrimages and journeys throughout the artists’ lives. Ginger and Luke Van Hook work collaboratively as well as independently on their art mediums, demonstrating a wide range of work across several artistic fields.

Ginger Van Hook is a landscape photographer and documentary film-maker. Having earned her MFA degree from Otis College of Art and Design, her subjects focus on the beauty and historic value of landscapes as well as the underlying 

environmental and scientific issues impacting artist communities. 

Ginger Van Hook’s subjects range from flowers to animals

and artistic films documenting the importance of the artistic process.

Luke Van Hook is a fine arts painter who also earned his degree from 

Otis College of Art and Design in drawing and painting. His practice has evolved into sculpture, installation art and experimental processes. Luke Van Hook has several bodies of work that expand his portfolio to include work that demonstrates the exploration of new techniques blending painting, painting with light 

and experimental use of LEDs and scientific processes.

Please note the the VHF Foundation

Has moved to a permanent location in Los Angeles, California. USA as of AUGUST 31st, 2017.

Please update the mailing address to include the new physical studio location for the 

VHF Foundation

And add the updated contact information: Ginger and Luke Van Hook, VHF

8722 South Wilton Place

Los Angeles, California 90047

Landline: 323-305-2856

We continue to maintain an online presence and our support of the surrounding artist communities

Website: Ginger Van Hook http://www.gingervanhook.com

Website: Luke Van Hook  http://www.lukevanhook.com

Blogs:  https://gingersartjournal.blogspot.com

Blogs: http://finearttrekkinlosangeles.blogspot.com

The Fine Art Trekkin Series of artistic journals for surrounding areas may be found on Google.

Social Media Links Enilde Van Hook https://www.facebook.com/enildevanhook

Social Media Links Luke Van Hook https://www.facebook.com/lukevanhook

Social Media Twitter: EnildeVanHook@twitter.com

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MOVIES AND YOU TUBE VIDEOS EnildeVanHook:  https://www.youtube.com/user/EnildeVanHook

MOVIES AND VIMEO VIDEOS GingerVanHook:  https://vimeo.com/user7077923

ACT-SO Afro-Academic, Cultural, Technological and Scientific Olympics held in Duarte, California. PhotoJournal Review by Ginger Van Hook

Tonette Morehead celebrates the theme of DANCE in her Photographic piece titled "Essence"
Tonette Morehead earned the highest points in the photographic competition sponsored by
 the Pasadena Chapter of the NAACP and Duarte High School for the event ACT-SO.
Afro-Academic, Cultural, Technological, and Scientific Olympics. Photo by Ginger Van Hook©2014

participants in the Photographic Olympics portion of the competition held in Duarte, California

Tyree McLemore, Tonette Morehead, Tyler Woolridge and Faith Earley.

All contestants earned high points very closely tied to each other due to the excellent quality of photographic work that was presented. Photo by Ginger Van Hook©2014

Tonette Morehead's exhibition presentation for the ACT-SO Event sponsored by the Pasadena Chapter of the NAACP displayed her photographic work as created on traditional film as well as digital printing and night photography. Ms. Morehead explained that the major themes in her work revolved around the culture of dance, especially celebrating her Afro-American Cultural expressions of Hip-Hop, jazz, and movements with water by the sea. In her interview, Ms. Morehead was poised and discussed her photographic technique in particular detail as it related to capturing the image she obtained in "HIP HOP" and to the extent that she also used a live model in the image "Essence".

 Tonette Morehead. Photography "Dancing with the Sea"

Tonette Morehead

 

  Faith Earley

 In an interview with Faith Earley, she discussed her black and white photography in terms of the themes of race, perception and cultural stereotyping that often occurs in society.

Tyree McLemore

Tyree McLemore discussed his photographic efforts to capture musicians, travel related photography and documentary landscapes.

Tyler Woolridge

Tyler Woolridge discussed his photographic process of this image as he was capturing a moment in the "Barber Shop" culture. This image was one of three of his digital images Tyler Woolridge presented in the ACT-SO Photographic Competition Event held in Duarte, California. Photos by Ginger Van Hook©2014

 

A delightful buffet of breakfast and lunch goodies were served to the guests, judges and contestants and the competition held a wide array of the arts to judge and admire. 

There were categories of sculpture, painting, entrepreneurship, writing, poetry and humanities that engage the student artists in lively activities relating to creating 

new artwork with their skills in each field.

 The Pasadena Chapter of the 

National Association for The Advancement of Colored People (NAACP)   

ACT-SO Afro-Academic, Cultural,Technological and Scientific Olympics presented the awards for excellence and participation on Saturday April 26, 2014.

Photographer Frank Zgnoc and Photographer Joseph R. Davis together with Photographer Ginger Van Hook participated as judges in the photographic portion of the ACT-SO competition.

The judges participating in the Photographic Olympic Competition sponsored by the Pasadena Chapter of the NAACP and Duarte High School held at the Duarte Senior Center on April 26,2014.

Reading From left to right, Photographer Joseph R. Davis, 

Photographer Frank Zgnoc, and  Photographer Ginger Van Hook. All three photographers are local representatives from a number of art and photographic groups in Los Angeles; the one shared in common by all three is the Monrovia Association of Fine Arts in Monrovia, California.

In a followup email, Lois Gaston thanked the judges for participating in this event. She stated:

Thank you  for taking time to be an ACT-SO  judge. On behalf of Marilyn, Aida, Karen, me and the rest of the ACT-SO team we are grateful. ~Lois Gaston