Smaller Pieces: Brian Mallman at TEDxMoorparkCollege

Recorded April 18, 2014

Combine an abandoned gas station, a giant wind chime, the song "Jingle Bells" and shareable sketchbooks and you get the work of artist Brian Mallman. In his TEDx talk, Mallman discusses how the act of drawing can change the way you look at the world and potentially make it a more peaceful place.

Brian Mallman is a Milwaukee-born, Los Angeles-based artist. He was the founder and former director of Los Angeles arts organization, NELAart. He is the Gallery Director of the 50NYork Gallery in the Highland Park neighborhood of Los Angeles. He has shown his figurative drawings at Long Beach Museum of Art, Center for Contemporary Art Sacramento, Orange County Center for Contemporary Art, Zaha Museum, and INSA Art Center. He and his wife, Mary Jean Mallman, also an artist, have two sons.

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