Updated: Jan 24, 2022
Kayla Bohan at the movie premiere for "Harper" on December 14th, 2021 at Laemmle's Playhouse 7 in Pasadena, California. Photo courtesy Kate Bohan.
Kayla Bohan, a leading actress and songwriter who appeared in Joey Zhou's short film "Pandemic Fitness Program", is pleased to announce that her feature length film, "Harper," is under consideration for an Academy Award®. The film was written, directed and produced by Kate Bohan (Chinese-American mother), who worked with an international team to film the movie in both the United States and China. The story is based on many of Kate's real life experiences growing up in China and later coming the United States.
Kayla Bohan
Born and raised in Los Angeles, Kayla began her career at age 4, and has since won multiple awards including the "Best Child Actress Award" at the 2018 New York Film Awards, the 2018 Festigious International Film Actor’s Award Los Angeles 2018, and the Los Angeles Film Awards in 2018. As a singer/songwriter, Kayla wrote and performed three songs for the film: “I Thought,” “Promise You,” and “Just Like You.”
"I think this film will inspire people," Kate Bohan said, "It's about inner strength, resilience and finding happiness on the path you never expected." In 2018, Kate wrote and directed a feature film called “Kayla” with her daughter which won a Best Screenplay award and several Best Director awards at multiple film festivals.
Kayla Bohan
The story about an 11-year-old girl who suddenly loses her single father and is then forced to live with an alcoholic aunt on a dilapidated family farm. Once Harper helps her aunt get into recovery, she lives in harmony with the farm and its lifestyle, discovering a sense of calm and security. This new life is upended, however, when her rich Southern Belle mother, who abandoned her at birth, reappears to claim her daughter for purely selfish reasons. Once Harper's aunt finds out about the miserable conditions Harper has been subjected to, she springs into action as her love leads the way. Harper is reunited with her aunt as they return to the farm where she finds her own happy place once more.
One reviewer described the film . . ."A picture that is both simpler and more profound than you imagined. The end is deeply ambiguous, neither punishing nor condoning its characters' behavior. It simply asks us to sit with them - to pay them the respect of attention, and learn something about ourselves in the process. Fantastic performance by Kayla." -- Janice Hoff, IMDB member
Kayla Bohan
"This film is dedicated to children and people struggling with the pain of being separated from their loved ones. May love be your guide." -- Kate Bohan
The film had its premiere screening on December 14th, 2021 at Laemmle's Playhouse 7 in Pasadena, California, and its qualifying run for the Academy Awards® during the week of December 15 and December 22, 2021. The nominations voting begins on Thursday, January 27, 2022, and will be announced on Tuesday, February 8, 2022. The 94th Oscars will be held on Sunday, March 27, 2022 at the Dolby® Theatre at Hollywood & Highland® in Hollywood, California. Produced by Kayla's Movies, LLC, "Harper" is distributed by Indican Pictures. Indican Pictures is a boutique entertainment label and film distributor that was founded in 2004.
The website for the movie is: www.harpermovie.com
The link to article on Joey Zhou's "Pandemic Fitness Program" short film: https://www.thebeverlyarts.com/post/pandemic-fitness-show-filming-in-pasadena-california-1
Kayla Bohan can be followed on social media:
Instagram : kayla.bohan — https://www.instagram.com/kayla.bohan/
YouTube: Kayla Bohan https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC_4gOvOF9EWtMhvweX_BC6g
IMDb : Kayla Bohan — https://www.imdb.com/name/nm8670231/
IMDB: Harper — https://www.imdb.com/title/tt14063688/
- The Beverly Arts
Updated: Feb 24, 2022
Los Angeles, California, USA. 19th January, 2022. The 27th edition of the LA Art Show opened with a premiere party benefiting St. Jude's Children's Research Hospital, a nonprofit hospital organization focused on fighting childhood cancer and other life-threatening diseases. The opening night was hosted by Kaia Gerber, a model and actress, who is most interested in fashion, art, literature, and culture. She enjoys doing charity work and supporting children's charities such as St. Jude's Children's Research Hospital. Gerber is the daughter of model Cindy Crawford and businessman Rande Gerber.
Model/actress Kaia Gerber, host for the 2022 LA Art Show Opening Night
The LA Art Show 2022 returned to its normal schedule after being postponed last year to July 2021 due to the pandemic. Faced with many of the same health and safety issues, it was decided to move forward as scheduled with the requirement that all attendees show proof of vaccination or a negative COVID test as per mandatory health code requirements. While some artists and visitors were unable to travel or attend, there was still a strong turnout of exhibitors and attendees.
LA Art Show 2022 Exhibit Floor Photo Credit: Birdman Photos for LA Art Show
This year's show featured a new DIVERSEartLA exhibition curated by Marisa Caichiolo, with an ecological and environmental perspective. The goal was to examine not only how the environment is represented in art, but how humanity’s place in the world is depicted. The purpose was to open up an dialogue about global climate change and the future we are facing. “One of the most powerful things about art, said Marisa, is that it brings people together, and transforms the way we communicate. The goal of DIVERSEartLA 2022 is to view this sector of art, and to show it through ecological glasses.
DIVERSEartLA Exhibition
Our engagement with museums and institutions this year includes projects with Dox Contemporary in Prague/Czech Center New York and The General Consulate of The Czech Republic in Los Angeles; MUSA Museum of the Arts of the University of Guadalajara and MCA Museum of Environmental Science; MUMBAT Museum of Fine Arts of Tandil & Museum of Nature and Science Antonio Serrano of Entre Rios, Argentina; Museum of Nature of Cantabria, Spain; Skid Row communities; Torrance Art Museum; Raubtier Productions & Unicus, said Marisa."
Executive Vice President of the University of Guadalajara, Mtro. Luis Gustavo Padilla Montes, TV host Joey Zhou, curator of DIVERSEartLA Marisa Caichiolo, artist Moises Vizcarra Schiaffino at the DIVERSEartLA exhibition.
TV host Joey Zhou and founder of the Los Angeles Beverly Arts (LABA), interviewed Marisa Caichiolo, who is also the founder of Building Bridges Art Exchange, about this year's DIVERSEartLA exhibition. He arranged an international exchange by video conference with LABA Blue-chip artist Jiannan Huang, who was located at his art studio in Beijing, China. They were able to communicate during the interview and she was able to answer his questions about her new exhibition. Joey gave him a virtual tour of the exhibit by cell phone, so he could enjoy some of the show.
TV host Joey Zhou and curator of DIVERSEartLA Marisa Caichiolo
Jiannan Huang is one of the world's finest artists, specializing in Chinese ink and oil painting. He is ranked third on the 2020 Hurun China Art List and 19th on the Hurun Global List with art sales of $29 million. Huang ranked second on Artron.Net's 2020 Art Auction Market Ranking. Artron.Net is the world’s leading Chinese art website and China’s largest art service platform. Recently two of Huang's paintings were appraised at over one million US dollars; "Inexhaustible" valued at $1,450,000 and "The Flower of Youth" valued at $1,150,000, and his artwork continues to attract high prices in the auction market.
TV host Joey Zhou and curator of DIVERSEartLA Marisa Caichiolo
LABA Blue-chip artist Jiannan Huang
Jiannan Huang holds several positions, Director of the Chinese Traditional Culture Promotion Association, Overseas Art Adviser for the "Olympic Cheers" organizing committee for the Beijing Olympics, member of the French National Artists Committee, art consultant for the World Low Carbon Cities Alliance, and France's Jiny City Gold Medal Honorary Citizen. He was awarded the title of "Earl" by the Indonesian Royal Family, and the "Royal Sacred Knight of Constantine" from Italy. In 2020, Huang was invited by the LABA International Art Festival Organizing Committee to participate in the LABA International Art Festival as a Blue-chip artist. Last year, he was awarded an honorary membership into the Royal Society of St. George, California.
The LA Art Show is one of the largest contemporary art shows in the United States, with an array of galleries, artwork, new media, and trendsetting technologies. The show attracts an elite selection of national and international galleries, acclaimed artists, curators, design professionals, art lovers, and discerning collectors. As Los Angeles emerges as a global epicenter for art, the LA Art Show provides visitors with an international art experience featuring painting, sculpture, works on paper, art installations, photography, performance art, design works, video, digital art, and cutting edge new technologies.
TV host Joey Zhou
Photo credit: CCAAPARIS
Dr. Jean-Francois Collignon, correspondent with the Académie des Beaux-Arts (Academy of Fine Arts) with Jiannan Huang, LABA Blue-chip artist at the Institut de France in Paris, France.
On October 31, 2018, the renowned contemporary artist Jiannan Huang was invited to visit the Institut de France, the highest honorary institution in France, at the invitation of Dr. Jean-Francois Collignon, correspondent of the Académie des Beaux-Arts (Academy of Fine Arts). In 2019, Huang was invited to exhibit his artwork in a special exhibition. The exhibition has had to be postponed due to the pandemic, but will be scheduled at a future date, and Huang will be one of the first artists to hold a solo exhibition.
The Institut de France is a French learned society established in 1795, and defines itself as the "Protector of Arts, Literature and Science." It is grouped into five Académies:
Académie Française (French Academy, concerning the French language)
Académie des Inscriptions et Belles-Lettres (Academy of Humanities)
Académie des Sciences (Academy of Sciences)
Académie des Beaux-Arts (Academy of Fine Arts)
Académie des Sciences Morales et Politiques (Academy of Moral and Political Sciences)
The Institut de France awards prizes and subsidies, with most of these prizes awarded by on the recommendation of the académies.
The Institut de France located on the Seine River in Paris, France.
The Institut de France also manages prestigious foundations and museums such as the Château de Chantilly, the Musée Jacquemart-André and the Abbaye Royale de Chaalis. It also includes the Bibliothèque Mazarine, the oldest public library in France, which is open to scholars as well as casual visitors. The Institut de France was originally located in the Louvre, but it was later moved to the Quai de Conti on the 6th arrondissement of Paris.
Dr. Jean-Francois Collignon and Jiannan Huang
Dr. Jean-Francois Collignon has been a correspondent with the Academy des Beaux-Arts since 2004, and was honored for his achievements in architecture. Correspondents are those who, through their knowledge and expertise, are chosen to assist the Academy in its work. The Academy des Beaux-Arts was was created in 1816 in Paris as a merger of the Académie de Peinture et de Sculpture (Academy of Painting and Sculpture, founded 1648), the Académie de Musique (Academy of Music, founded in 1669) and the Académie d'Architecture (Academy of Architecture, founded in 1671). Collignon is a graduate of the University Institute of Technology in Rennes in 1970 (civil engineering) and the National Conservatory of Arts and Crafts in Caen in 1977-1978 (civil construction). Jean-François Collignon has been a design engineer and sales manager in several companies specializing in metal construction, petrochemical engineering, engineering structures, and waterproofing.
Dr. Jean-Francois Collignon
From 2000 to 2002, Collignon was a Business Engineer for the company EIFFEL (metallic constructions), responsible for studies of calls for tenders and proposals (Athens Olympic Games, Museum of First Arts, etc.), as well as the management and monitoring of construction projects (mobile bridges) and steel frame buildings. He then coordinated the construction of the Millau viaduct from November 2002 to December 2003. In January 2004, he was given the task of creating an EIFFEL agency in Dunkirk with the aim of developing business in the port, river and industrial fields.
From 2005 until his retirement in 2007, he was responsible for the management and monitoring of general contracting within the company EIFFEL Constructions Métalliques (Stade de Sarcelles, rehabilitation of the Saint-Denis covered market). In 2007, he became the founding President of the Europe-Asia Exchange Center Association (Centre d'Echanges Europe-Asie) whose purpose is the implementation, promotion and development of international, national and regional artistic and cultural exchanges, the promotion of knowledge and know-how traditional and contemporary arts and techniques.
Awards:
Knight of Arts & Letters
Hangzhou Cultural Advisor – Zhejiang Province
Associations:
Executive Vice-President of the Sino-French Calligraphy and Painting Association
Association of French & Chinese Experts – AEFC
Bibliothèque Mazarine at the Institut de France in Paris, France.
Jiannan Huang looking at one of the books at the library at the Institut de France.
Jiannan Huang holds several positions, Director of the Chinese Traditional Culture Promotion Association, Overseas Art Adviser for the "Olympic Cheers" organizing committee for the Beijing Olympics, member of the French National Artists Committee, art consultant for the World Low Carbon Cities Alliance, and France's Jiny City Gold Medal Honorary Citizen. He was awarded the title of "Earl" by the Indonesian Royal Family, and the "Royal Sacred Knight of Constantine" from Italy. In 2020, Huang was invited by the LABA International Art Festival Organizing Committee to participate in the LABA International Art Festival as a Blue-chip artist. Last year, he was awarded an honorary membership into the Royal Society of St. George, California.
Jiannan Huang at the Institut National de France in Paris, France.
The academicians of the Institut de France bring together the highest authorities of French academia, including poets, novelists, playwrights, philosophers, doctors, scientists, anthropologists, art critics who have made outstanding contributions to the brilliance of the French language, and also often cover those who are not from academia, such as soldiers, politicians, and religious figures. Through the rich diversity of its composition, the Instiut de France presents an image of a French think tank that is faithful to talent, intelligence, culture, literature and scientific imagination. The famous Chinese "Three Musketeers", Dequn Zhu, Wou-Ki Zhao and Guanzhong Wu are also among the academicians at the Institut de France.
Dr. Jean-Francois Collignon, Jiannan Huang, and a colleague at the Institut de France in Paris, France.